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Dear All,
All are talking about Fragile Screen of HD2. So did it happned to u aswell dropped and screen cracked.
If you have dropped your HD2 more than 1 feet (12 inches) and still survived the crash, Please Vote
Sorry for those who have broken screens. It hurts to see it cracked.
Edited: Also tell any kind of case or screen protection you using in case it survived ?
Update 10 % of dropped HD2 cracked.. hmm i will care my hd2 when it comes.
hello,
Mine fell four times already from my hands straight on to wooden floor, luckily my hd2 survived these little tests
cannavarolt said:
hello,
Mine fell four times already from my hands straight on to wooden floor, luckily my hd2 survived these little tests
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Please vote !! It will help New HD2 buyers .
When my HD2 arrived I opened the box upside down and dropped it before even seeing it
mine survived too(dropped on marble facing the screen)...without a single scratch
...but i will not push my luck again
H2D2 said:
When my HD2 arrived I opened the box upside down and dropped it before even seeing it
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Lucky one - if anything else would have happened it would be a good one for the "epic fail" category
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Someone drops his HD2
H2D2 said:
When my HD2 arrived I opened the box upside down and dropped it before even seeing it
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roflmao....as my wife has been known to drop her phone down the toilet before now she's been banned from touching mine unless under my direct supervision...
Dropped it last night at a KFC when I was drunk lol not even a scratch when it fell on the pavement.
Eruzembreg said:
Dropped it last night at a KFC when I was drunk lol not even a scratch when it fell on the pavement.
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Do u use any case or screen protection ?
H2D2 said:
When my HD2 arrived I opened the box upside down and dropped it before even seeing it
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Omg that made my laugh (no offense, just to hilarious )
The other night I was texting someone and my friend turned round very quickly and accidentally knocked it out of my hand. It landed on the steel table base, then onto the concrete floor...the battery cover popped off and the battery went walkies, but the screen was completely undamaged and the cover wasn't broken.
I've not dropped it myself, in near a month of ownership thats the first time it's hit the deck.
Only dropped mine once and that was from standing on to........... carpet As you might imagine no harm was done. I dread dropping it on concrete though :S
Mine fell out of my jacket pocket getting out of a train on my way back home on New Years Eve. Thankfully the phone was in it's leather case and it survived without a scratch.
Dropped once on high street using Google maps for directions - Survived unscathed
However sat on my parents couch when over for Sunday dinner and now I have permanent black pressure marks on the middle of the screen Not so bad when the screen is lit up, but now film are unwatchable on it !!!!!
Anyone know how much a replacement screen is? Or if HTC would be kind enough to cover it under warranty?
AshHD said:
Dropped once on high street using Google maps for directions - Survived unscathed
However sat on my parents couch when over for Sunday dinner and now I have permanent black pressure marks on the middle of the screen Not so bad when the screen is lit up, but now film are unwatchable on it !!!!!
Anyone know how much a replacement screen is? Or if HTC would be kind enough to cover it under warranty?
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can you post the pic of the phone ? Hope htc covers minor defect of this premium device. in warranty!!!
had mine hit the sidewalk pretty hard, battery came out, but no damage afterward. second hit from 5ft high on a stone tile floor with a metal bar hitting it afterward: screen is ok but little scratch on battery cover finish... a third drop from my pocket in a crowded club, again with no damage at all... im not using a case or cover, so i could say its either pretty solid, or im very lucky
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Someone drops his HD2
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WTF!!! apple employee! lol. dropped mine about 4-5 times now not a scratch on it. never on the pavement. (touch wood)
Use at least the original leather case
I've dropped my love twice. Once when I was capturing photos outside in december - it fell down to snow without leather case, and nothing happened, I just cleaned it up and swaddled it like baby Second time it fell off my jeans' pocket in a gym, about 50-60cm with leather case, and nothing happened. So I can give you just general advice - keep your Lion in leather case while you don't use it
Mine got smashed out of my hand by a friend of mine who didn't agree with the uber-blinding flashlight of my beloved device..
Landed from 6.3ft high on the stone floor. Not a single scratch.
I'm thinking of buying a GS2 and what scares me the most are the threads by people who cracked the screen.
All my phones fall, from the first siemens (back in the '90) to my my last htc hero.
At least once a month it makes a flight off the sofa, off the table, on the cement ... at most the back cover comes off, the battery flies away and the body (not the display) reports some scratches.
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
I read the last post of a poor guy whose s2 fell to less than one meter on the gravel and the display cracked!
But is it really so fragile?!
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
L.
volpe71 said:
I'm thinking of buying a GS2 and what scares me the most are the threads by people who cracked the screen.
All my phones fall, from the first siemens (back in the '90) to my my last htc hero.
At least once a month it makes a flight off the sofa, off the table, on the cement ... at most the back cover comes off, the battery flies away and the body (not the display) reports some scratches.
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
I read the last post of a poor guy whose s2 fell to less than one meter on the gravel and the display cracked!
But is it really so fragile?!
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
L.
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at the right angle anything can crack
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You have a 4.3 inch screen, 8mm phone, ofcourse it's fragile. All of them are. Like ^ said, buy a nice case, and you'll have some protection against small falls.
If you cannot afford the Case Mate Tough Case , then Amazon has some reasonably cheap gel cases , do not buy a silicone case as they attract dirt/dust like a magnet
OP, I dropped mine from 1 meter height a number of times, but always on wooden or carpeted floor. Never dropped on concrete or gravel. But I bet most modern smart phones with large touchscreens will crack if dropped on hard surface landing on the screen or even not on the screen but at a proper angle like someone already mentioned.
Either buy a good case, or buy a tough weather and impact proof phone.
dropped mine 100 times.....apart from a few cosmetic scratches, been fine
volpe71 said:
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
L.
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I dropped mine the first day from about 1.7 meters/5.6 feet(?) (I guess that's the height my ear is at) on the pavement. It's fine, just scratches and scuffs on the corners and the back, but nothing bad.
Bought the CaseMate Tough Case though, just to be sure.
PS. Damn cats! mine keeps battling my remote, it lights up as he touches it... chews through the lcd screens
I have just a full-body screen protector on mine and have dropped it a couple of times and its been fine. What part of the phone that hits the ground first is going to make a big difference too. If it hits the ground vertically on a corner than yes, you're more likely to have the screen crack. A couple of the reported cracks were from stress where the screen was in someones pocket and either pressed against something or sat on. Also, consider how many are out there now and the cracked screen reports are less than a dozen. I was afraid of it when I first got it but less so now.
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at the right angle anything can crack
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Gonna get one of those. Looks good.
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Having come from Nokia phones and Htc phones.. this is as light as a feather and just slipped through my hands quiet a few times.. but you get used to it..
Once it dropped of the table but no harm done. yes it is very light and I would suggest getting it a case or something to make it feel more in the HAnds although I never used cases on any of my phones leave alone screen protectors.
But yeah you get used to it after a while so go GET one
i threw mine, it still works. Buy a big leather case. Top tip of the day, it saves you ££££'s
You guys just need to be more careful with your phones.
DVC1985 said:
You guys just need to be more careful with your phones.
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http://youtu.be/lcepWNOuUuM
LOL at "iPhone Dropped in Slow Motion"
Tinderbox (UK) said:
If you cannot afford the Case Mate Tough Case , then Amazon has some reasonably cheap gel cases , do not buy a silicone case as they attract dirt/dust like a magnet
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600€ for the phone so the price of the case would not be a problem.
A must have accessory (for my use) is an active car holder; one you put the phone in without having to plug cables, to put the phone out from the case, etc. ( like the original samsung one )
Anyway, thanks to everybody.
At the end I think I'll go for the phone, some "invisible skin" protector and an insurance.
L.
I am really a bit confused about this entire thread. Maybe I just haven't seen the flood of threads complaining about cracked screens, but the only ones I've seen even remotely related are:
1) Some dude dropped a dumb bell on his phone. You be the judge of whether or not that is indicative of the screen's robustness.
2) Some dude dropped his phone into the toilet for a swim with some poo and water. And, it still survived.
So, I guess if you want a phone that is impervious to heavy metal weights being dropped directly on it, then yes, I would be wary of this phone. The good news is, if you're the type to possibly have your mobile phone go for a **** swim every once in a while, you're in luck.
All joking aside, get a decent case for it, screen protectors, and the phone is as well built as any other well built phone. Plus, the phone in its "naked state" is a bit too thin for me anyway.
I dropped mine from like 1,5M on solid stone. Landed on a corner which now has a little dent other then that there is nothing to see...
I was actually surprised it survived i have seen phones die from less.
1m height to solid stone
Dropped mine from 1m onto solid stone floor. Landed flat on the screen side. 2 or 3 fix points on backcover opened. Other than that, not even a scratch. Back cover was also ok.
I have read these unfortunate threads before and I admit I was scarred to to pick it up lol.
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cmd512 said:
I am really a bit confused about this entire thread. Maybe I just haven't seen the flood of threads complaining about cracked screens,
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XDA is not the only place in the world talking about phones ... anyway, am I free to be scared and ask or not? ;-)
L.
dropped mine 2 days ago ad the screen is chipped and cracked, now on the lookout for a new piece of glass
Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow and then hit the concrete beneath, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as I immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as i immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Doesn't sound like it was the drop that killed it but the water. My guess is that a small amount of water got in and caused an issue. Could have been water that remained under the bumper and took a few minutes to soak in. Disassembly may fix the issue but not sure if you want to do that. No reason for google to send you a new phone. They did not drop it in the snow. :crying:
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Hi all...
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Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
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mine fell out of a plane bounced of a volcano then got stomped on by a herd of elephants while studying in the african safari then got struck by lightning...no physical damage just lost root doing the 4.2.2 update
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abnormalreply said:
Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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I agree, water is bad. But the phone still responds to being plugged in. Blinking red light when plugged in and my PC shows it's connected. It's not fried from water damage. At this point it just won't turn on.
I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
Definitely sounds like a water issue to me. Turn off your phone and put a bag of dry rice to help pull out the moisture.
P.S. The phone in lap syndrome is the number 1 killer of phones lol I had it happen to me before. It's just to easy to forget you put your phone there esp when you are in a hurry.
Rotellian said:
I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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Okay well its been nearly 24 hours since this happened. You think the water would've dried by now? The only place the snow could've gotten into the phone is probably the headphone jack. And there's no water corrosion on any of the contacts.
You should have dried it for 24 hrs before turning it on. Not turn it on, find problems, try to dry it.
Im going to assume since it landed near the headphone jack that some snow got pushed up into it. It being frozen probably didnt do much at the time but when it thawed out it probably ran down a VERY small part of the circuit board and is making the phone flip out. Water will not always 100% kill a device, it will only effect the part of the circuitry it is touching.
It is too early to see corrosion from it if you ever see any at all. Ive seen many water damaged devices that look totally fine on the outside but on the inside where the water got it turned all the solder joints green and crossed up a bunch of things.
I say if its still showing signs of life then you MAY have a chance. Like others have said put it in some rice for at least a couple days. DO NOT try and charge it or power it on anymore. Remember its not the water itself that usually damages things, its the power put to a wet device that does it.
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Trying to turn the phone on after possible water damage was probably the dumbest thing you could have done. Water damage wouldn't completely fry the phone, as someone said it probably just shorted something.
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I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Theax40 said:
Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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My god you had a bumper case also?? Damn that sucks. Sorry man.. I'm gonna get me some kind of ballistic case...
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I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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No. It's not a good example. I didn't trash my phone on purpose and expect google to give me a new one. I didn't drop it out of a two story window, I didn't drag it through the mud, it didn't land in a puddle. It broke first time I ever dropped it. And like I said, it was a minor fall. If all phones were this fragile, no one would have a phone. If they all succumbed to such apparent minor water damage, you wouldn't know anyone who dropped their phone in the toilet and it still worked.
There's people all over this forum who rooted their phones, flashed it with a custom kernel or ROM, now their phone wont turn on and they expect a new phone from google even though they were knowingly screwing with their phones. I drop mine, it shows no physical damage, and everyone thinks I'm lying about the circumstances, as if I have to convince you people to send me a new phone. This is ridiculous. I joined this forum for a little bit of advice but really all I've gotten is criticism and doubt. I've got no reason to lie to you people about what happened.
You have no right to mock me, exaggerate what happened and act like I'm just some asshole who threw his phone against the wall and expects a new phone. Its pathetic. Thanks for your help, children.
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You neglected to move the phone before exiting your car, your carelessness murdered your cell phone.
It's not a basketball, cell phones aren't made to bounce off the ground and survive.
It's not a rubber duck, cell phones aren't made to get wet.
I wish people would claim even an once of responsibility.
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I just wanted to see if anybody has actually cracked the screen yet, or even really damaged the phone. I watched some drop tests and it looked amazingly durable. How has yours held up (add pictures if possible)?
Cracked mine front and back. The back crack was a fall from a second story window onto concrete. The front crack was from the handset being left on the dashboard in the sun, the heat caused a crack.
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Cracked mine front and back. The back crack was a fall from a second story window onto concrete. The front crack was from the handset being left on the dashboard in the sun, the heat caused a crack.
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Well I feel a little better about my tiny scratches now.
Mine fell out of my pocket as i got out of the car and hit the road.. about a 3 ft drop max, and it cracked the back. Either very unlucky or no where near as durable as my old iphone that i drop kicked everywhere without any cracks
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Mine fell out of my pocket as i got out of the car and hit the road.. about a 3 ft drop max, and it cracked the back. Either very unlucky or no where near as durable as my old iphone that i drop kicked everywhere without any cracks
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Very unlucky from my perspective: dropped mine from about 70cm screen down on a gravel road (good 4-6cm size rocks), just a dent in the screen protector
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Dropped mine the other day from chest height to tile floor. Have the "licensed" Roxfit bumper on it, so it was fine.
Dropped mine with no case from about 1.5m, I was reading the phone and trying to reach to go to settings while walking in milan. Phone bounced around on concrete and slid along the ground to the horror of me and my girlfriend. In the end just some scratches to the rubber coating on the edges and some scratches to the screen protectors.
I never dropped my XZ, but at one morning i put it out of the Charging Dock and it was cracked from the upper left through the whole screen. The touchscreen was no longer useable. The Device sometimes made things by itself. For Example turned on Fly Mode. The Battery Life was then very very long, and every morning the Alarm Clock was ringing. There was no chance to turn off the device. Only Reset.
Couple of issues:
- After taking it to the pool couple of months back, there was condensation the next morning on the 2 cameras. Opened all flaps and left it to dry for a day and it was all gone and working fine (this being said I did not put anywhere near water since)
- Internal screen cracked by itself (2 months ago). I know it was not dropped or anything. Had to get it repaired as the touchscreen stopped working around the crack line
- Back got unglued couple of weeks ago. Maybe due to the licensed shop repair?
- Last week, the touchscreen struggle to register touch (had to firmly press the phone for it to work for 20-30s). Next morning the problem was gone.
I'm using dock at office and home (so never flipping the flaps) and I've never dropped the phone. Honestly, not happy with the build of the phone and not looking at buying any other sony phone for some time.
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I never dropped my XZ, but at one morning i put it out of the Charging Dock and it was cracked from the upper left through the whole screen. The touchscreen was no longer useable. The Device sometimes made things by itself. For Example turned on Fly Mode. The Battery Life was then very very long, and every morning the Alarm Clock was ringing. There was no chance to turn off the device. Only Reset.
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Ouch, that sounds like my hell.
Flaaamp said:
I never dropped my XZ, but at one morning i put it out of the Charging Dock and it was cracked from the upper left through the whole screen. The touchscreen was no longer useable. The Device sometimes made things by itself. For Example turned on Fly Mode. The Battery Life was then very very long, and every morning the Alarm Clock was ringing. There was no chance to turn off the device. Only Reset.
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I left my xz on the kitchen counter yesterday, fully functional and uncracked, then I went out for a walk and when I came home in the afternoon I was gonna make a phonecall but couldn't get the screenlock off. I see there is a crack right where the powerbutton is, with three cracks going across the entire screen. The cracks can't be felt so they're on the backside of the screen so to say.
Is this common? The phone is useless now...
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Dropped 3 times, washed everyday before go to bed and still perfect. No damages, no scratches.
ps: i removed both film the first day i bought this phone
DinoSoup said:
I just wanted to see if anybody has actually cracked the screen yet, or even really damaged the phone. I watched some drop tests and it looked amazingly durable. How has yours held up (add pictures if possible)?
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my thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436558
enjoy photos: http://imgur.com/a/mSpk9
I was in the office, my Note 5 was on the desk. Was getting up and knocked my phone and it dropped to the office-carpeted floor on its back. Didn't think much, I picked it up and went to do my thing. Came back to my desk, then felt like checking something on the phone, fingerprint unlocked, fine, then I found a tiny 1 cm (0.3 inch) crack on the top left corner of the AMOLED screen. I was like wtf?? I'm using a Spigen hybrid case with tempered glass screen protector... it fell 2 feet from the desk on the carpet floor... and it bloody cracked the screen??
After getting really annoyed at what I saw, thought I start looking for the thing I was after on my phone.... but what's this.... I swiped and I swiped but it's not responding.... touch sense has died on the screen.... wtf???? 2 foot drop??? After a minute of being furious, I had an idea of trying if the stylus still worked... and it still does. So the touch layer has died but the digitiser layer is still working... sigh. After 10 mins of being angry, I just put the phone back to sleep and back to work.
30 mins later I went to check my phone again.... and what did I find? My AMOLED screen slowly bleeds purple blood from the sides (not from the crack itself) and purple spots like bruises all over the screen. Omgwtf??? 2 foot droooop come ooooon! And after a day, you can see what my screen looks like now on the attached picture.
I've never seen anyone having 3 different failures from a phone drop.... felt extremely unlucky. I have treated my Note 5 super carefully, although that was the third drop (never more than 3-foot drop) since I purchased it 4.5 months ago from Dubai. I live in UK, so there's no chance of the components being available here since it was never released in Europe. This is the first time I ever broke a phone.... and from a slight drop as well.
Take extra care of your Note 5... it's very fragile...
That's gutting. I switched last month to the note 5 cos I dropped my Nexus 6 off the office desk onto carpeted floor and the screen cracked. Guess side effect of such great designs
It's amazing how fragile things are now days. I dropped an sd card on the carpet once from waist height. Killed it. Lmao
Must of seen at least 50 phones broken in the reception of my old work. People would accidentally drop em or knock them of the counter as they were about to leave and smashed everytime.
For a device that is meant to be carried everywhere they sure are easy to kill.
Why make them.sturdy when they can make another $1000 by selling them a replacement...
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my note 5 fell from 5 feet and nothing happened. it was without screen protector. you have bad luck.
It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.
southphillysean said:
It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.
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Yeah, well worth the money for a decent case. I got blind rotten drunk and dropped my s6 on the concrete numerous times without damage to the phone and just a few chunks of plastic gone from the case.
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I've dropped my note 5 about five times onto hardwood flooring and never had anything happen more than the SPen going for a wander. My friend was skateboarding with his n9200 and he dropped it, poor device went flying face down on the pavement the same day he decided to remove his glass screen protector becaise it was cracked. Bad luck.
I always get insurance with my phone. Worth the 9 bucks a month. Go to the store, ask for replacement, new one is at my door the next day.
ON a side note, my note 5 flew out of my hand and slapped the corner of my closet and the zagg shield shattered but the rest of the phone is golden.
Another problem with lcd glass
In the upper left corner there is an air bubble inside the lcd glass.
it dropped from 2- 3 feet height with silicon cover on it.
here the pictures
Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
That's how amoled screens work. If you crack an LCD, everytime you turn it on back again you will see the cracks but the screen will still be backlighted. But, since every single led is individually backlighted in amoled screens, if you turn off the screen and turn it on again there's a 90% of chances that the screen will not turn on again. It will start bleeding purple or green colors and flashing straight lines all over the screen until it finally dies. The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead. Time to get a new Glass + Screen replacement my friend...
nickbarbs said:
Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
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This, they could protect you from scratches but they will never save you from a screen crack. Same goes for the tempered glass.
Probably worth remembering that even though stuff does happen, the Note 5 is basically a "glass" object.
Treat it as such.
My note 5 fell more than 5 times on the street and not on the its back but on the screen, everytime i picked it up i was ready to see a big crack! But never was!! And i don't even use a screen protector, just samsung view cover case, i guess it's a bad luck for u my friend.
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Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
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Silicone cases dont make anything look like crap unless the color or design on it looks like crap. They actually should give u slightly better shock absorption than a hard plastic case. Otterboxes are unusable to me because of the bulk it adds. I prefer slimmer cases and mainly silicone or rubbery. U just were having bad luck.
galaxynote2 said:
The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead.
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Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.
zsolti256 said:
Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.
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Well, don't ask me how but my Note 4 screen stopped working when I took it out of my pocket like a year ago. I've sent it for repair and the guy told me that the screen was all shattered by the inside but the glass was brand new. Also they werent signs of bending or a certain sharp point that caused the screen failure. I still have the photo of the old screen. As you can see the glass was fine, but the screen was broken from inside (look at the left edge). Even there's dirt inside the screen!
That sucks for sure, hopefully you can get it fixed without too much trouble.
However since it seems you have the dropsies (3 drops in 4.5 months is a lot) I would do as the others suggest and get a rock solid case for it to prevent future issues.
I've had mine over 6mos and haven't dropped it once. Fingers crossed that trend continues lol
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