A bird aerial assaulted my Nexus 5X - Nexus 5X General

Yup. I cleaned it off but I swear I can still see some in between the screen and frame. It's driving me crazy. Turns out the gap is so small I can barely fit a piece of paper down it, that's impressive. I should have stood under the bus stop overhang

can you get it out with an x-acto knife?

rickyray9 said:
can you get it out with an x-acto knife?
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Not willing to try that, especially since I noticed a dead pixel the same day. How lucky am I.

Compressed air can.

davidnnn said:
Not willing to try that, especially since I noticed a dead pixel the same day. How lucky am I.
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If you have a dead pixel, you can get an exchange from Google stating that it's defective. I've seen others exchanging for dead pixels.

yeah return it, I wouldn't deal with that noise

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managed to drop my nexus in the toilet!

AND IT LIVES!
hah i was surprised at myself for how non hesitant i was to reach in and grab that sucker soooo fast
lucky for me it was in a clean toilet in my home
anyways
void sticker didnt even get touched
immediately ripped out the battery
let it sit in paper towels for a bit
and then put it in a warm place near a heater just not very close
two hours later i dared to turn it on and im totally safe ^_^
its been a few days now with no problems at all!
you should put it in a bowl of dry rice just in case
does it feel nice to the face? haha glad it survived. Sure way to know if you have the peeling screen issue. Seems like yours is sealed 100000% no dust for you!
You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
MadFlava said:
You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
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lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
matthewboii said:
lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
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LOL So am I and you're right about the lack of good pr0n apps
Glad the phone survived!
I bet you're feeling flush..
... I'll get me coat..
Holy Crap your one very lucky person!
matthewboii said:
lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
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JonInAtl said:
LOL So am I and you're right about the lack of good pr0n apps
Glad the phone survived!
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I think you two may be the first people I've seen mention their sexual orientation on XDA, lol...
I dropped my Treo 600 in a freakin lake about 2 months after getting it. I dove in and got it, threw it in the boat and it was dead, dead, dead. Took it home and it sat on the counter the remainder of my vacation. At first you could see the unit exhibiting small signs of life and eventually it came back and worked 100%. Sometimes miracles happen
lol funny thread
[x] would read again
Wow, I'm surprised your Nexus One still works dude.. guess HTC's testing process did do some good. Or, you just got extremely lucky somehow.
On an off-topic side note, did anyone notice in the video where the Nexus One fell, the screen did not crack? I assume this was an almost final version of the product? Why though, does when people drop their phones on the concrete it still breaks? If HTC went through this rigorous testing process, why are phones breaking so easily?.. Of course glass breaks easily, but did the material they dropped the phone on was not as dense or hard enough as concrete? Or was it simply the multiple angles they tried..
MadFlava said:
You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
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is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
Eclair~ said:
Wow, I'm surprised your Nexus One still works dude.. guess HTC's testing process did do some good. Or, you just got extremely lucky somehow.
On an off-topic side note, did anyone notice in the video where the Nexus One fell, the screen did not crack? I assume this was an almost final version of the product? Why though, does when people drop their phones on the concrete it still breaks? If HTC went through this rigorous testing process, why are phones breaking so easily?.. Of course glass breaks easily, but did the material they dropped the phone on was not as dense or hard enough as concrete? Or was it simply the multiple angles they tried..
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In the video it looks like the phones are dropped from what appears to be rather less than hand-holding height, onto a surface that appears to be slightly rubbery. Concrete tends to be rather unforgiving no matter what you drop on it.
In December, I dropped my HTC Magic into a kid's swimming pool, left it to dry for one day and it's still in great working condition today =)
Did this exact same thing to my old Nokia 8190 back in the day, and the bowl wasn't "fresh". Phone came out fine other than the battery life dropped to 6-8 hours of standby, ended up carrying a spare in my wallet.
Oh lol, nice reaction tho..
Futomaki said:
is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
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Lmao! This is offtopic.
Please create your own thread for this.
Futomaki said:
is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
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Mikandi.com porn app store
OOOOhh Myyyyy Goooosshhhh I would have totally gone hysterical.
I had a google Ion that I paid toooo furkin much for and dropped the bloody thing on the pavement and scuffed it - I nearly had to have counselling I was so gutted.
Its excellent to know it wasn't killed, was the screen off when it went in?
I have porn on my nexus, but only the stuff I wrote myself (see sig)
Dayz

Story on Engadget about the screen coming loose

Mine apparently is doing it also I didnt notice it until I looked in the dark. Mines mild right now, but its def coming up...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/htc-evo-suffering-from-glass-separation-issues/
psufan5 said:
Mine apparently is doing it also I didnt notice it until I looked in the dark. Mines mild right now, but its def coming up...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/13/htc-evo-suffering-from-glass-separation-issues/
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not a big surprise. probably exactly the same crappy screen adhesion problems that were leading to all the dust under the nexus screens... :/
mine is starting to do it as well, I can feel it slightly raised above the bezel
What problems will manifest due to this problem?
regards
qu1nn
What problems will manifest due to this problem?
regards
qu1nn
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Dust under the screen. And you can see light leaking out of the bottom of the phone
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Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "DISPLACEMENT" of the screen
glad to see this is getting media attention. i'm sick of htc and their crappy quality control. i went through this whole thing with my hero already...
and yes, my screen is coming apart too. it definitely wasn't like that when i got it last week.
redrazr7791 said:
Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "uprising" of the screen
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Yeah can't have the screen gathering up and revolting
mrono said:
Yeah can't have the screen gathering up and revolting
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I couldn't think of another word to use
If HTC continues to mass produce phones that fall apart because of faulty manufacturing...then the customers just might revolt
Dang it!!! mine starting to raise up as well I love this phone and Sprint service but I'm afraid the problem will worsen up as the time passes. I'm not the type to switch devices after every new released and perfer to hang to something until I feel it's not doing what I ask it to (still have HTC Uni, 8525, Treo 750 and Axim x51v).
This and the 30 fps capped is my only main concern about this phone, especially this screen separation (more light leakage or dust problem). The rest of the problem doesn't really bother me much such as the laggy touch input, improperly grounded screen and other problem doesn't apply to my device.
Is it worth the hassel of exchanging it hoping to get one without the screen separation or do they all have this problem? I'm hoping the newer hardware version (version 3) doesn't have this sort of problem, mine is hardware version 2. What you guys think?
I have been noticing more and more light leaking. I thought at first I was maybe just getting paranoid (still possible) but I saw a line about 1.5 cm long along the lower left side last night... That was definitely not there before.
What should I do? Would getting the TEP plan be prudent at this point, to cover this issue if/when it gets worse? Or would be the kind of thing HTC would be more... lenient about replacements?
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
booloobunny said:
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
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Doesn't hurt to try. If it worked on the NX-1, it might work again
redrazr7791 said:
Wow this is totally sh*tty
I just placed my order for the Evo and should be receiving it sometime this week.
I am wondering if maybe keeping the phone in a tight-fitting silicone case might help to reduce any possible "DISPLACEMENT" of the screen
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I know this is off topic but...
How are you getting yours that fast? Where did you order from
booloobunny said:
Think the hairdryer method will work like it did on the Nexus? My nexus had this issue and the hairdryer method fixed it up permanently.
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Yeah I actually just tried this and it worked pretty well only a little of leakage left, I figure I'll seal it up some more when I have the time and Im pretty sure I did not hold it down long enough to let it cool effectively. but the parts that are still down work like a charm. way better than having to go back, lose all your apps, headaches of customer service, etc.
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Dust under the screen. And you can see light leaking out of the bottom of the phone
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So this is the reason I see light under the buttons when their off and the screen is off, and its dark in the room? because my screen seems to be holding up well, and I have it in my pocket all day, no case or screen protectors. then again, I haven't been messing with it, trying to apply things or mods to it.
Hair dryer, bubble gum, tape and what else?! These are high-end devices (Evo Nexus One, etc) and they should NOT need a MacGyver handbook to keep them together after days of ownership. HTC needs to do right by us from the design stage period!
Dear Babies,
This is a site about hacking phones. Stop *****ing and use your brains for a change. Get some black silicon caulk from Lowes. Rub a small small amount in the crack where the buttons meet the case where the light leaks. Congratulations, your phone can now be left in the desert for 10 years and nothing will get through that seam including light... I swear, you guys can spend all day rooting phones but cant use some damn common sense to fix the hardware itself. I had tons of light leakage when i got the phone. Zero now, and you cant tell i did anything to it.
AshMa said:
HTC needs to do right by us from the design stage period!
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This is very true, but there seems to be a gray area when it comes to (S*** HAPPENS and a bug that can be fixed)... And it seems to get grayer everyday.....
hair dryer seems to have worked fine on my evo

[Q] Screen gap?

I found that my after leaving my Nexus 10 in a case for a day there is now a piece of dust under the screen. I have had this tablet for a few months and I'm 99 percent sure that this wasn't there even a week ago. It sort of looks like a small hair in the middle of the screen, which is the exact reason I exchanged the last one, so I made sure to look this one over several times. Any chance there is a gap between the glass and the display?
Not a chance. The screen is beyond sealed. It had to be there.
I can't quite make it out. Any chance it could be a series of dead pixels?
Also should I send it in to Samsung?
tcb4 said:
Also should I send it in to Samsung?
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Yes the pixels could have died... Look for a stuck pixel app on the market... But this is very very rare.. I would deffently send it in. There is no reason you should live with that on there considering how much this device cost
Nickslife89 said:
Yes the pixels could have died... Look for a stuck pixel app on the market... But this is very very rare.. I would deffently send it in. There is no reason you should live with that on there considering how much this device cost
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The only reason I question sending it back in is due to the iffy samsung repair service. I am also worried I will get a screen with even worse light bleed.

N4 - Sliding Off Surfaces Falling Onto Floor

Ok guys - weird happenings, i use a usb cable from my desktop pc to charge my N4 at times. I had been sitting it on top of the pc tower & it has fallen onto the laminate floor 3 times and came out without injury. So i thought it was vibration from my pc tower, so i have been sitting the phone on my pc desk surface, today i found the phone hanging half way across the edge of the desk. There is no serious vibration to mention from my pc or desk, the phone has not been ringing for the phone vibrate to cause it either. So does anyone else have any paranormal activity with their N4 strangely falling off surfaces??
only thing i notice is the glass bottom surface is very slidey
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
this is the reason I bought a bumper when I ordered mine
Yeah, that's not paranormal I'm afraid, the back is very slippery, the device can and does slide even with no vibrations at all. Just make sure to place something in the surroundings of the phone when you leave it charging that can block random slides.
cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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Richieboy67 said:
You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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stop being such a forum ****.
I never said i was charging it on top of the pc tower, i sat it there. When its charging its on a flat desk surface as is the charge cable. I have sat the phone on my desk and sat it on top of my wallet and it falls off. So with this phone i will need to be careful how i place it. Of course its a bad design, i should be able to sit my phone flat on a flat surface and not worry about it falling onto the floor. Nexus aint gonna give me a new one if it were to get broken and no warning came with the phone.
oh and you know what, common manners to fellow humans, that aint rocket science :silly:
Wrong forum for this discussion really
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estallings15 said:
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
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can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
mystic.bertie said:
can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
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Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
grubbster said:
Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
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ok thanks matey, the zagg ones are very expensive so i bought one of these from germany only £2.55. :good:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360592861179?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
simms22 said:
my n4 has the same problem, its constantly trying to cut its life early. ive considered taking it in for therapy, but i havent found a doctor that specializes in nexuscide. yesterday morning, i woke up to it dangling by a chord besides me, about an inch above my hard ceramic tile floor
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close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
grubbster said:
You seem very angry. This is just an internet forum. Not much to get worked up over.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
mystic.bertie said:
close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
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my n4 has probably fallen/jumped at least 50 times over the past 5 weeks, and its still in perfect condition(no cases or screen guards). luckily, the far majority of falls have been on a carpet, but some have been pretty scary
I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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man this means no where can be trusted to sit your phone. what puzzles me is it always slides off to danger, not further onto my desk .
minieod said:
everyone is MAKING FUN OF YOU
do you not see that?
wow.
if you have something on top of a flat surface...unless there is something acting upon it...there is no way for it to "slide off" ... how can you perceive that even possible?
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im not making fun of him. and there is something acting on it, its called gravity. it does mean that the surfaces arent perfectly flat, but even the slightest non perceivable slant cause it to slide.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
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Better get a thicker skin quicker as you're dealing with a lot of teenagers in these forums. Its like playing WoW, way too many prepubescent teens.
guys, it's not the phone. It's the surfaces you're placing it on. Most tables/desks are nice, smooth and shiny. Combine that with the glass and a NOT SO PERFECTLY FLAT SURFACE and you get falls
Trust me...it's not voodoo or non-Newtonian physics
Just get any cheap gel case and you're set. I actually got a brilliant one for 2 GBP Really nice looking and with really really grippy sides.
Thread clean. It's really not nice to make fun from someone, especially here - on a biggest tech forum in the world
@OP Private messages are meant to be PRIVATE, so please don't post them here.
Now let's back on topic, please.

Pixel XL Bending?

Hello,
Ive had my Pixel XL Since October. I've used it day in and day out since then. Have been very careful with it. In November I got a case for it. Made buy Bear motion. I noticed that when I would put my phone down on any level surface. I would rock back and forth. I thought it was the case, so I didn't think much of it. Today I was rocking the phone Naked and it did the same thing! After taking a look at it, I tried bending the phone from is corners to try to straighten it out. I put it back on the counter and now was rocking the opposite way. It wasn't very forceful either. I mean very little effort on pressing of the corners. I'm kind of disappointed in this as I had a Nexus 6P and I know it had a bending issue (towards the center) as well but didn't rock like this. Has anyone had this issue with their Pixel or Pixel XL? I have a couple of videos to illustrate what I saw. I hope this helps explain a bit better. Sorry for the music playing in the background!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9lhmvMdbsX8dlRJNGpDSFhqTm8/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9lhmvMdbsX8SndtLU5vTFhiRnc/view?usp=sharing
Nope
"Scratch test, BEND test, Burn test - Durability video"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18nJ3hjUCTw
aholeinthewor1d said:
"Scratch test, BEND test, Burn test - Durability video"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18nJ3hjUCTw
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how does that help?
bestofrhcp said:
how does that help?
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Sorry for some reason I only say you title but missed the post and I think I assumed someone was asking about durability. My mistake
aholeinthewor1d said:
Sorry for some reason I only say you title but missed the post and I think I assumed someone was asking about durability. My mistake
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Oh, No worries.
No bending here
None
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mine is bent, i noticed the rocking the other day. I thought it was my case as well, took it out, and it still rocked. Mine rocks the same exact way as in the first linked video. A lot of people say it is an iphone clone from the front, now it rocks like an iphone lol
Haha yea. Well I think it might be from maybe sitting on it from time to time.
None here. I once went go karting with my nexus 5 and it was bent like that after it. I just bent it back lol
Your phone is not bent.
The Pixel and Pixel XL are pretty durable phones. The thing about the pixel is that from top to bottom, the thickness is slightly chaffered. Depending on how smooth and even the surface, you can notice how the thickness gets thinner from top to bottom.
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Has anyone had this issue with their Pixel or Pixel XL?
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Never had these issues with my 6P or Pixel XL.
My phone was bent from day one. slight rocking on multiple flat surfaces. kind of anoyying. My honor 5x is perfectly flat, alumninium build, and was $200.
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The Pixel and Pixel XL are pretty durable phones. The thing about the pixel is that from top to bottom, the thickness is slightly chaffered. Depending on how smooth and even the surface, you can notice how the thickness gets thinner from top to bottom.
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. I know there is a thickness difference from the top to the bottom but it shouldn't rock like it does. It's a catacorner rocking.
dermotti said:
My phone was bent from day one. slight rocking on multiple flat surfaces. kind of anoyying. My honor 5x is perfectly flat, alumninium build, and was $200.
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I remember seeing all these videos online on how durable this phone was. It sucks that it has this problem.
I'm wondering if the people with bent phones are carrying them in their back pocket.
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I'm wondering if the people with bent phones are carrying them in their back pocket.
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This. Not to mention at least 90% of all women I've known that have dropped their phone in the toilet keep it in their back pocket. That thought alone prevents me from putting my phone back there, even though it's sometimes annoying to have in the front pocket of my jeans. (The grey Google Live case is a really sticky silicone).
No bending here. Flat as a rock.
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I'm wondering if the people with bent phones are carrying them in their back pocket.
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This might be the case. I sat on it while driving before. I'm going to not do that to see if that was the cause.
Alcolawl said:
This. Not to mention at least 90% of all women I've known that have dropped their phone in the toilet keep it in their back pocket. That thought alone prevents me from putting my phone back there, even though it's sometimes annoying to have in the front pocket of my jeans. (The grey Google Live case is a really sticky silicone).
No bending here. Flat as a rock.
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This might be the case. I sat on it while driving before. I'm going to not do that to see if that was the cause.
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I've never carried a phone in my back pocket, a flat phone on a round ass just doesn't seem like a good combo.

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