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Model Specific Forums => Cosmo Communicator => Cosmo Communicator - Hardware => Topic started by: NormMonkey on January 02, 2020, 10:41:53 am
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Hi all,
My Cosmo closes nice and tight, but when it is open the hinge is pretty loose and the top is a bit flappy if you know what I mean.
Is this normal for the Cosmo and the Gemini?
Are there any known tweaks for tightening things up a bit? I haven't braved taking the cover plates off my Cosmo yet....
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Just found this Gemini post on the loose hinge: [a href=\'index.php?showtopic=35377\']Gemini loose hinge post[/a]
Has anyone tried this on their Cosmo?
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From my experience the hinge of the Cosmo is much more sturdy than the Hinge of the Gemini (At least with my devices). I would say the Hinge of the Cosmo is perfect. The screen nearly does not move when shaking the Cosmo around. With the Gemini I can easily close the device just by shaking it around. This is not possible with the Cosmo (with reasonable force).
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From my experience the hinge of the Cosmo is much more sturdy than the Hinge of the Gemini (At least with my devices). I would say the Hinge of the Cosmo is perfect. The screen nearly does not move when shaking the Cosmo around. With the Gemini I can easily close the device just by shaking it around. This is not possible with the Cosmo (with reasonable force).
My Cosmo screen flops a fair bit, but not as bad as you describe for your Gemini hinge. I can close the Cosmo with a determined flick, but not accidentally.
(normally I close it quite gently, though ... I'm treating it delicately since it would be a real pain to get another Cosmo if I break this one, and it's my daily (only) phone)
I suspect that the factory QC tolerance for hinge tightness isn't very strict. I imagine there are many Cosmos that are sturdy out of the box, and some that are more floppy like mine.
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my hinge just started clicking when it opens and closes today... uhhhhg