Phone fell 3 and half floors onto solid concrete - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Its almost completely fine, there is a tiny scuff on one corner (amazingly) anyway I was just asking in case there's anything I should worry about. The phone appears to be OK and has been used since then and is typing this, but I'm worried about any damage happening inside the phone or any damage to the battery. Will my phone be OK? Thanks
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1Chef said:
Its almost completely fine, there is a tiny scuff on one corner (amazingly) anyway I was just asking in case there's anything I should worry about. The phone appears to be OK and has been used since then and is typing this, but I'm worried about any damage happening inside the phone or any damage to the battery. Will my phone be OK? Thanks
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It's pure luck that your phone survived such fall. I think you should bring it to store and check.

fuzzyAI said:
It's pure luck that your phone survived such fall. I think you should bring it to store and check.
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Pure luck and a case. What store do you mean? I have bought the phone from Google play and am not in any form of contract.
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1Chef said:
Pure luck and a case. What store do you mean? I have bought the phone from Google play and am not in any form of contract.
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Any local store that has the expertise.
I live in a country with lots of local store that can fix, replace broken phones so that might not apply to your case sadly

fuzzyAI said:
Any local store that has the expertise.
I live in a country with lots of local store that can fix, replace broken phones so that might not apply to your case sadly
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I'm currently a uni student in aber wales. Its a very small town with not much here plus I have very little spare money. I think I'll have to wait till I go home where there are as you say lots of phone fixing stores.
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1Chef said:
Pure luck and a case.
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What case are you using?

hp420 said:
What case are you using?
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The ringke fusion case. I have no idea how it managed to save the phone as it isn't particularly big or bulky, but it did .
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To save it from scuffs just get a case for it.
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1Chef said:
The ringke fusion case. I have no idea how it managed to save the phone as it isn't particularly big or bulky, but it did .
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Same here. I mistakenly dropped my phone couple times but surprising it survived. Best case I ever purchase.
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badboy47 said:
To save it from scuffs just get a case for it.
Same here. I mistakenly dropped my phone a couple times but surprisingly it survived. Best case I ever purchased.
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Well there's saving it from scuffs...and what i did to it.
Anyway I think the phone is completely fine, I fully charged it last night and have had the great battery life I normally get today. Everything working fine .
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1Chef said:
Well there's saving it from scuffs...and what i did to it.
Anyway I think the phone is completely fine, I fully charged it last night and have had the great battery life I normally get today. Everything working fine .
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Reminds me of the time I was out on my mountain biking and got cold hands so pulled my gloves out , at the same time my phone also came out.
Hit the concrete did at least 30 flips and slid across the floor 10 to 20 feet.
I walked over to it expecting the worst. There wasn't a single scratch on it . The case had stood up proudly.( cheap one )
Then I read on this forum that folks have smashed the back glass just by putting it in there jeans pocket.
Seems like some devices maybe have a better build quality then others.
We must be the lucky ones.
Also from the U.K maybe they ship better phones here . Ha ha
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Dropped my note while cycling...

...and it survived like a boss. Only a small scratch on the back cover.
My iPhone had a much less drastic fall and was destroyed.
Also dropped my Note while cycling. The silicone case took all the shock so my Note is still in a perfect state.
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garethwi said:
...and it survived like a boss.
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LooooL!
Love it!
Holy s**t!! I dont want that to happen to me. Will take good care of my Note. Never fall yet
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you are lucky, i dropped my gn and the silver rim are also scratches...... my fault that i was not using any protective cover then.....
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haha, btw, i also like your survive like boss analogy!. but certainly my note is more lovely!!
my note fell twice already. once from a normal table down on the hard ceramic floor and once from the bed down on the wooden floor. not a scratch. having previously owned the HD2 i've come to expect that kind of endurance from a smartphone, and the note didn't dissapoint.
U guys r lucky. I dropped my note once and the top has a small chip. Heavy phone = larger impact
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I also wiped out skiing last week with it it my inside jacket pocket. It broke two of my ribs and still was not damaged
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Lucky people! I dropped mine from about 30cm and it hit the floor on the corner left of the menu button and the screen shattered!!
Still using it because the display and touch is still working. I live on a farm, so to get to town is a day trip to get it to a repair shop.
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I was even more lucky. I was at a small rock koncert yesterday. And ive been jumping around as is custom for that kind of music. But sudden i get a feeling that im stepping on something. I look down and my foot is on my phone :S luckily not a single scratch. I have no idea how it survived this treatment :O
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garethwi said:
I also wiped out skiing last week with it it my inside jacket pocket. It broke two of my ribs and still was not damaged
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ohhhh...im glad you note is ok!!!! LOL
TxDLoaD said:
I was even more lucky. I was at a small rock koncert yesterday. And ive been jumping around as is custom for that kind of music. But sudden i get a feeling that im stepping on something. I look down and my foot is on my phone :S luckily not a single scratch. I have no idea how it survived this treatment :O
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Its funny at the same time i feel sorry for your Note!..not you..haha
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zs6wdl said:
Lucky people! I dropped mine from about 30cm and it hit the floor on the corner left of the menu button and the screen shattered!!
Still using it because the display and touch is still working. I live on a farm, so to get to town is a day trip to get it to a repair shop.
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Why do you have a smartphone? Living in a farm and all... I don't get it
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I've bought a plastic case from DX, only 2.50$, my phone is in good health '-'
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razorhanny said:
Why do you have a smartphone? Living in a farm and all... I don't get it
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Are you practically saying that any person living in a farm should not have a smart phone??
Answer to your first question "why do you have a smart phone?" is " what's it to you ??? and you said " i don't get it " and answer to that is " he doesn't need you to understand why he bought his galaxy note" as that is none of your frickin business.... HOPE YOU GET IT NOW....
take care it pal
i love my note!
I gave it a lot love afterwards
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Sang I'm glad it survived. I can only amagine the terror ....
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TxDLoaD said:
I was even more lucky. I was at a small rock koncert yesterday. And ive been jumping around as is custom for that kind of music. But sudden i get a feeling that im stepping on something. I look down and my foot is on my phone :S luckily not a single scratch. I have no idea how it survived this treatment :O
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Dude, that's....
On one side extremely funny since I know full well how rock concerts can be and on the other really useful information about an extreme test I doubt ANY manufacturer ever makes.
Really cool that it lasted like that mate!
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I gave it a lot love afterwards
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Hahahaa that made me laugh...
Well I dropped once on a ceramic floor while forgot that my headphone cable was still attached as was pulling it and it literally flew off lol and second time on wooden floor ..My note is like as new hehe Though using a hybrid case..

The Ultimate Drop TEST!!!

So i just bought the note 2 a few weeks ago and desided to give me brand new never scratched mind condition S3 to my girlfriend.In 5 days she dropped it between the elevetor crack and fell down 9 floors !!!
When we finally found the phone (thanks to the elevetor guy) i checked the phone several times in detail and found that the only thing that was broken was the glass in front of the screen the screen worked perfectly (i could still use the phone btw touch worked) .
Samsung i love you..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ae1cwm6z6ugx4j/20121024_153106.jpg heres a pic of the phone (cant upload to xda for some reason..)
So she dropped her phone through the 1inch gap between the floor and the elevator....really??
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Wow lol long drop
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That is crazy dude!
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Cool, a Skrillex test: one hell of a drop! :silly:
(Apologies to XKCD)
I dropped mine to a hard ground from normal standing height and I thought it was bad enough until I saw yours.
Anyway mine just got some unnoticeable scratch and works perfectly.
That kind of robustness could only be found in older Nokia phones. :good:
We wannt see pics.... We want pics.....with the elevator crack and the screen !!!
Hmmmm sorry I don't seem to believe your story, I smell troll
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Impossible. The Elevator crack is too small..and i dont think that the phone drops exactly into it -.-
Such pessimists, I've seen old school elevators where there are couple inch gaps and you can see all the way down. I believe the guy, and if it's fake, with a mind like that, he should be writing literature
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I think I believe him!
Well, kudos to Samsung, I suppose. The only weak spot on our phone is made my Corning. (>_>)
I love Samsung and I believe S3 is pretty resistant. Depends on how is dropped. But she should had very bad luck and dropped the phone on the bezel in order to fit that space between elevator... that's why I want to see the elevator.
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dropped mine on the treadmill @ 10km/h...shot out pretty quick...thank God for screen protectors lol...
Dropped mine from a pub roof, survived with minor chips off the corner,
As for the elevator, did your phone grow wings on the way down and did you or the other half take any funny looking tablets before this all happened?
I think u have had way too little sleep
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spoxone said:
Impossible. The Elevator crack is too small..and i dont think that the phone drops exactly into it -.-
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It is possible! Just shot this picture @ my work
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LollieLaurie said:
It is possible! Just shot this picture @ my work
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Just imagine how unlucky you would have been if you had dropped your phone down there whilst trying to take that picture!
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alias_neo said:
Just imagine how unlucky you would have been if you had dropped your phone down there whilst trying to take that picture!
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Owwwh the horror
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9 floors? really? is someone willing to perform a Myth Buster? i surely wont because due to physics, there would be more damaged..unless it had on an iron man suit.
my friend dropped his while walking and the phone bounced and flipped many times, the battery cover popped off and the bezel was effed. messed up part about it, it happened right after he purchased it from the phone store.
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Impossible. The Elevator crack is too small..and i dont think that the phone drops exactly into it -.-
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Wow, you know all elevators are not the same right? :angel:
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alias_neo said:
Just imagine how unlucky you would have been if you had dropped your phone down there whilst trying to take that picture!
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Haha, not funny, well it is but that would be awful! You have a sick mind for thinking of it!
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9 floors? really? is someone willing to perform a Myth Buster? i surely wont because due to physics, there would be more damaged..unless it had on an iron man suit.
my friend dropped his while walking and the phone bounced and flipped many times, the battery cover popped off and the bezel was effed. messed up part about it, it happened right after he purchased it from the phone store.
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There is often a lot of crap at the bottom so it would have had a softer landing than say outside where rubbish has not accumulated.
I still smell bull****, but the troll is getting what he wants and that's replies lol
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Something that is always on my mind...

I just bought a nexus 4 on Tuesday and have been literally babying the phone like I would a baby. I have heard all the issues of a cracked back screen from wearing tight jeans etc. and it has me worried. Are those unfortunate defects just a manufacturing process gone wrong, luck of the draw? Am I right to be concerned or am I just being a wimp?
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d4c said:
I just bought a nexus 4 on Tuesday and have been literally babying the phone like I would a baby. I have heard all the issues of a cracked back screen from wearing tight jeans etc. and it has me worried. Are those unfortunate defects just a manufacturing process gone wrong, luck of the draw? Am I right to be concerned or am I just being a wimp?
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Man up buy a case and you be fine...i have my N4 in my skinny jeans and is fine
I do have a screen protector both front and back and also the official bumper.
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d4c said:
I do have a screen protector both front and back and also the official bumper.
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That is fine then....Being serious though my friend i was like you in the beginning.. Thought that i need to buy a case and take extra care of it...Phone is in my pocket i throw it in my bag when i am on my way to work and the beast still is a live and kicking and still brand spanking new since the day i bought it...
relax let yourself enjoy the phone my friend
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I do have a screen protector both front and back and also the official bumper.
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You should be fine.
I take my N4 BMXing in skinny jeans with a TPU case and I've had no issues, you'll be fine
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I've have my Nexus 4 for a few weeks now and it's not as fragile as everyone was making it out to be, at least not the newer models with the 2 bumps on the back.
I have that version and the back doesn't seem to be glass. Tapping on it, it makes a different noise in comparison to the front. I'm probably wrong.
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d4c said:
I have that version and the back doesn't seem to be glass. Tapping on it, it makes a different noise in comparison to the front. I'm probably wrong.
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you're partially correct there's a plastic back and there's a glass back, I'm guessing the glass one was left over and the plastic is for the newer models being pushed out.
i have screen protector only on the back, and use it without bumper in a quite tight jeans. dont worry, youll be fine
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Get a case.
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Lol @ all the skinny jeans
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illgodson said:
Lol @ all the skinny jeans
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I couldn't get my fat ass in skinny jeans, so maybe my nexus 4 won't break after all
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d4c said:
I couldn't get my fat ass in skinny jeans, so maybe my nexus 4 won't break after all
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Lmao me too, anything smaller than a 38 waist is skinny jeans for me haha
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illgodson said:
Lmao me too, anything smaller than a 38 waist is skinny jeans for me haha
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umm, i guess i should shut up with my 30 waist jeans
zakoo2 said:
umm, i guess i should shut up with my 30 waist jeans
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Your nexus 4 is defo gonna break bro, quick put some weight on and save your nexus!
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d4c said:
Your nexus 4 is defo gonna break bro, quick put some weight on and save your nexus!
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believe me, i tried, but cant. :/ so lets just hope my n4 will survive in these conditions
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umm, i guess i should shut up with my 30 waist jeans
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Lol I was probably in 6th grade in a 30 waist and cell phones were still in bags back then so it wasn't an issue Haha.
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I have a 211k rev 10 (Made in November 2012), and I have had no issues with cracking or anything. I didn't even run a case for 5 months or so, and I dropped it twice without a case from ~4.5 feet up (The second time it got slammed out of my hand, my friend was getting into his music a little too much)
All this talk of skinny jeans...... I know that's the new style but damn I'm 33 and can bare the sight much less wear them. Too funny!
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Warning? Scratches

I got a couple of small scratches on my screen from the metal logo from the back. Not sure how common this is, but let this be a warning for those without case.
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Azeazezar said:
I got a couple of small scratches on my screen from the metal logo from the back. Not sure how common this is, but let this be a warning for those without case.
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lol my whole logo is away from the case, i have the note since 14 months
wear and tear, your phone has lived and seen things lol.
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my phone also saw rocks
ReNeH99 said:
my phone also saw rocks
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I think he is not only seeing rocks but also sleeping with them.
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baz77 said:
I think he is not only seeing rocks but also sleeping with them.
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it fell out of my car..
ReNeH99 said:
it fell out of my car..
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so sad bro, that must have hurt.
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yes, it really was.. i almost cried, i just looked on my phone for the rest of the day lol, i still cant believe it. but hey, i have my note 3 soon. my n7000 had a hadt live. emmc bricks, dead batteries and ****
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yes, it really was.. i almost cried, i just looked on my phone for the rest of the day lol, i still cant believe it. but hey, i have my note 3 soon. my n7000 had a hadt live. emmc bricks, dead batteries and ****
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yeah it lived, its the first to go beyond what everyone was saying, brought the passion to a whole new level of fun. It was and still is great.
He maybe someone who needs a motherboard can use it, you can always sell that.
The Note3 is very nice, a powerhouse, awesome. I want it but I will likely go for the Oppo N1. If I can afford either lol

Cracked digitizer

So today I flipped open my case and my digitizer was cracked on my less than 2 week old N7. Won't let me unlock or anything. I have not dropped or otherwise damaged it. Has this happend to anyone else? Manufacturing defect? I also noticed last night that on black screens there were some red splotches. I'm just afraid if I try to get it replaced they will say physical damage have a nice day.
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Quick pic with it out of the case.
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Quick pic with it out of the case.
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I believe it and no have not heard of this happening. If it was a drop, there would be a clear dent or shatter marking on that line before it splits into two. Just talk to google or where-ever you bought it from and try to keep calm. When glass breaks, it shatters and not produce hairline breaks like that.
get it replaced for free.
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Quick pic with it out of the case.
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Looks like a heat crack.
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Andrew149 said:
Looks like a heat crack.
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yup either that or a crack form pressure like sitting on it or having it in the back pocket and forgetting about it.
that's not a defect. it just doesn't crack on its own.
I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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AnarchoXen said:
I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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Did you sit down on it hard? Is it a very stiff sofa?
DonMigs85 said:
Did you sit down on it hard? Is it a very stiff sofa?
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The tablet had slipped down the back of the sofa between the seat cushion and the back of the sofa. I sat down and it must have squished it. The cushions are super soft and I'm still not 100% sure it happened.
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AnarchoXen said:
I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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lol did u went and got a new one? cause it said "sent from my nexus 7". just wondering lol.
pham818 said:
lol did u went and got a new one? cause it said "sent from my nexus 7". just wondering lol.
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I bought a 32gb the same day and had it sent overnight. I learned an expensive lesson to be more careful. Flo isn't as tough as my SGSIII. These screens seem soft.
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I bought a 32gb the same day and had it sent overnight. I learned an expensive lesson to be more careful. Flo isn't as tough as my SGSIII. These screens seem soft.
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ahaha, nice!!
is Asus charging you to repair that device?
The nexus 7 has a very weak glass.
Mine got hairline crack from twisting.
Most drop test videos show it breaks on the first drop.
I have replaced first unit, waiting until local repair guy can get parts from his usual source to get first one fixed. May try contacting google/Asus about a repair but have not done that yet.
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