does it interfere with the buttons and ports on the phone?
1422434
no, it covers both the side on/off and the quick camera buttons. and it leaves the charge port and camera button open. If you look at the ones with colors, the back triangular "inside" piece is hard, and removable.And is like a photo frame piece,that pulls out to stand up on it's side or lengthwise to view on a table without holding. impresive for what I paid...less than $5 shipped!
1422435
Have not had an issue this far with charging port or headphones. Buttons work fine as well.
1422436
On my Nokia Lumia 521 not at all. I always put the silicon wrap first, follow by the metal/carbon fiber Kevlar appearance grip. Moreover assure that it is well installed. After all I haven't face any issue with mine so far.
1058414
No not at all, the material that covers the buttons is soft so it's easy to use. The buttons fit perfectly with zero complications. Hope this helps!
743941
IF you are talking about the cover, No on the "cutting out" the cut outs. If you have it on properly it should expose the buttons. And the other answer does make a good point about "sloppy manufacturing".
344530
not as I have noticed. any of the side buttons covered have extender buttons built in. nothing covered on the front.
1141125
Strange, don't have any suggestions other than it maybe bad as it is not suppose to do that and imagine it would drive one crazy.Is there anything close to it that may interfere with the touch bar?
1478036
No, it doesn't interfere with any of the hands-free on my device. The smart scroll and the air browse both still work just as they did without the protector. In fact the only difference I've been able to see from the bare glass is the tempered glass doesn't attract finger prints hardly at all, where as my bare screen smudged very easily. There really are no trade-offs here, it's all good things.
1519670
No. I have the Verizon phone and case and the case has a toggle cover with a bump in the center for the button.
1925788
No it does not. It does not hinder the phone performance in any way. My niece loves this cover
2123079
I honestly didn't have any issue with the buttons. The case fit perfectly on my S4 mini, and was actually pretty tough to get off once it's on the phone. I use the case with the belt clip when I'm at work and it stays in place just fine. :)
1240383
home button is not blocked by the case. the case does cover the volume and power buttons with soft rubber nubs. I actually found that those buttons work better with the case nubs because the additional height of the nubs made those buttons more obvious for "touch" use.
908461
It doesn't effect the phone in any way. It only protects the device from drops and scratches. I still love mine!
2099450
Yes. The power and volume buttons are covered by the case, however, I have had no problem pushing the buttons through the case. The areas over those buttons are formed and raised so they look like buttons, but are actually part of the case. You can easily tell where the buttons are by touch.
744068
It covers them but has 2 button shaped indentations that say + and -. It does not interfere with the use of the buttons at all if that is what you are wondering.
1392622
If you're referring to where the 4 gold docking pin connectors are, then yes, it does block it. The purpose for the case is more portability to prevent impacts from drops instead of docking. So the micro USB port, headphone port, speaker vent, and Sim card hole at the only openings accessible from the outside. Hope that helps.
354161
Yes. There's a opening at the bottom for the button, and a small opening at the top for the ear speaker. The opening are not exactly as shown in the picture, there are openings. The protector does cover the front facing camera, but I haven't seen any interference or distortion with the camera. Hope this helps
615411
No it doesn't interfere with the screen protector. I have one on my phone and they work awesome together. My screen is protected and the case does the rest. The case even sticks up above the screen a bit so if you set the phone face down the screen won't be touching what ever you have it laying on.
1416187
If your question is whether the case makes the phone waterproof, then the answer is no. The ports are not covered but in my opinion , they allow smooth easy access. (The flip-up ones on my otterbox eventually wouldn't stay down smoothly and the rubber ultimately broke down with corners flaking off).