I have had my Cingular 8525 since November and I love it. I live in Baltimore, MD and it has been cold and extremely windy here lately. Well I got out of my car and went to get something out of the passenger side door. When closing the door I had the phone in my hand. Suddenly a huge gust of wind comes and the phone goes flying out of my hand, slides 8 feet down the curb and into the sewer!!!! I can't believe it!! I was shocked. It was almost like somebody had it hooked on a fishing line and reeled it in.
Luckily it hadn't rained in a few days and the gutter was like 5 feet deep. I tried so many ways of getting it out, including using two mop handles like chopsticks, trying to catch it with tape, and trying to get it into a plastic bag. Eventually I taped a small gift bag to the end of one of the mopsticks and knocked it into the giftbag then pulled it up. After an hour and a half of blistering cold work i have my scratched up 8525 back. Only problem is that my micro SD card came out!!!!!
A lot of people have had success avoiding these issues by removing the sail that comes standard on some of the hermes.
Seriously though, the wind blew it out of your hand, 8 feet away?!
Yes. I hate parking near it so I thought I was okay since it was so far away. It was almost like a practical joke.
Themajesticking....Friends of yours?
No...seriously
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Themajesticking....Friends of yours?
No...seriously
Mike
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ROFLMAO!
Funniest thing ever. Very unfortunate for you tho. You should get a strap that hooks into the port opposite of the stylus and strap it to your belt or on your wrist whenever you have it. I always do and its prevented many accidents! They are cheap to.
I find it's best to keep my 8525 securely chained to the side of my head. In my car, I use a big magnet to affix it to the side of the car. Hasn't gone anywhere yet.
lol I know this might sound so stupid but I wont walk over sewers without holding my pockets inconspicuously...never mind me walking over them when Im on my phone.
I also wont talk on the phone next to the window of a car...Im afriad it will slip out or Ill have the inclination to throw it
haha
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Hi guys,
I'm having this problem and I would like to know if it's happening to someone else. There are certain parts of the battery cover that will click and crack when pressed. They're basically the phone's "temples" (the top part of the phone's sides) and the area around the headphone jack, as shown on this pic:
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It's pretty irritating, since that's basically the area I use to grab the phone and get it out of its case. Do you get it too?
I don't have this problem. But I expect people will get the same problem if they open the battery cover too many times. You can try calling HTC to see if you can buy a battery cover from them.
mine does it. Didn't at first, now it does. No big deal.
Thanks for your replies guys, glad to know that at least one more person has this problem too
Rvinny, have you ever dropped your phone? I have, and fear both things might be related.
I've dropped it like four times now and mine doesn't creak. I am probably the pickiest person in the world too, but I have to say... the build quality on this phone is pretty solid... its just too bad they used the worst speakers ive ever heard in a mobile phone before. Bet the speakers on the desire will be good though ... bastards...
mine clicks in the same spots.
i've been thinking about getting a replacement battery cover.
easy fix - put a miniscule amount of electrical tape right under each of the corner tabs on the battery cover to use as a padding/buffer. result - solid feeling phone, no more flex.
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easy fix - put a miniscule amount of electrical tape right under each of the corner tabs on the battery cover to use as a padding/buffer. result - solid feeling phone, no more flex.
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Dude, it worked! you saved my phone!
I got my EVO yesterday and have seen threads about water/moisture and the EVO.
when I had my HTC Touch Pro I used it in light rain and never worried about it , so , I am a little concerned about getting this thing near water.
Dan
I use mine in the tub. Well not really I used the kickstand and had it seating on a hamper next to the tub and watched some shows...lol. I wouldnt think it would be worse than a touch pro or any similar phone. it has very few buttons for moisture to get into I'd say as long as it didnt fall in water and it wasnt pouring down rain using it while it was sprinkling or light rain should be fine.
Caution
There is another thread started in regards to this, be verrrry carefull with moisture and WATER!!! Sprint has been sneaky about how they placed the water damage indicator right on the edge, and I mean RIGHT ON THE edge of the phone under the battery.. Ive never seen this before. Most indicators are placed behind the battery
I have been told numerous times by sprint employees that the phones are physically checked for water damage if there an issue. They wont always turn you away immediately just because a piece of paper turned red. They can tell if water got into the phone and caused whatever issue you are having.
I still wouldnt want to go in there with the strips wet, but it does ease my mind a bit.
I wonder if you could put a piece of tape over the indicator and make it water tight?
I actually dumped most of a glass of water onto my phone without a problem.
What happened was I had my phone plugged in on my night stand and I went to set a glass of water down and it slipped. I'm not sure that the water actually fell ONTO the phone, but it was definitely sitting in a nice puddle for a second or two.
Luckily, I moved it away VERY quickly and there were no ill effects. Neither of the moisture sensors actually tripped.
However, this is making me seriously consider covering the moisture sensors with some tape.
That's just how close it is, practically sticking out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrono/4686482873/
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Told you! Its like they want us to get them wet..lol
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Well i'm planning to buy this phone and i'm a bit scared of the plastic build
for me to be convinced ..there is nothing more trustworthy than user-experience !
so .. who dropped the galaxy .. where/how & did it effect it ?
check this out, it will answer your question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xASJobjD68
Plastic, due to being flexible, is a MUCH better shock absorbant than super-hardened glass.
Best case scenario for a drop would be a flat-drop on the back.
Plastic used in galaxy s is so flexible that almost every drop is harmless.
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check this out, it will answer your question:
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WOW our phone is amazing! it can survive all that
finding a replacement screen is easy
incredible, as long as you don't drop it from over 1.5m high, you've got nothing to worry about
I didn't drop mine but I fell down with it in my pocket and now I have a cracked lens glass on the back of the phone.
I guess the lens glass isn't as strong as the plastic back!
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I launched mine on a granite floor.was trying to apply a screen protector and for some reason it just flew out my hand.The back and battery ended up about 3 foot away from the rest of the phone but when i put it back together there wernt a scratch on it,and everything worked fine.
Every time I get a new gadget I go through a period where I'm terrified (well, at least worried) that I am going to drop it and damage it. No difference here. I have tried to be so freaking careful - then the other day at work as I was getting back into my car to run an errand (work related) I pulled it out of my pocket and inadvertantly threw the darn thing into a plastic/metal box on my passenger seat. I do not know how it happened. My heart just sank. Yet it appears to have come out of this minor incident with nary a scratch or sign of injury. Relieved.
I believe that it is fairly durable... thankfully.
El Mono
Why not just use a case?
I think a case is always a good idea. But sometimes I just like to enjoy my gadget(s) unencumbered.
El Mono
Dropped mine three times before I decided this phone is too slippery to use without a good case.
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the most noticable damange are around the slivery chrome on the side of the phone. Other than that are minor scratches around the front and the back. The screen was protected with a screen protectors from day one, so it remain scratch free.
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The case is ugly as hell, I know. but hey, whatever works right?
Wow it's pretty foolproof! but i won't try to drop it and i always cary it with me in a pullup case!
Hmmm, so last night, I left my phone sitting on my desk in perfect condition, got up this morning, put it in my over-coat pocket and went to school. When I got home to use it, there was the famous power button crack, which I know wasn't there yesterday because I cleaned my whole phone really well (eww, germs), and then I found the much worse crack by the volume button. I never even took my over-coat off today, and my phone has never been dropped. ;( What POS.
Do you think the hardware warranty will cover this? I'm sure my AMEX card warranty will, but I'll have to wait until June of next year before I can use it.
I'm worried that the piece by the vol. button is going to snap off randomly. It also seems like the plastic just does this at random, from my personal experience, and others have said the same thing.
Here are some photos, if you haven't seen the vol. button crack before...
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Sorry about your misfortune my friend. Seems that the otterbox cases have taken to long to come out for some...
Damn, just saw your headline and looked down at my phone to find that I have a crack as well at the same place by the volume button. It's not coming off, but thats not to say that it won't in the future.
Unfortunately a few weeks ago I dropped my phone, and there's a scuff mark on the top. I'm sure if the crack worsens that they'll claim it was from abuse and won't cover it.
Got the two same cracks. I am not too worried about it.
I'm just worried about other cracks showing up randomly...I don't think this phone is built for more than a year of easy usage. I don't use a case, burt I'm not throwing my phone around it dropping it either.
Sent from my Warm twopointtwo EVO.
I just got my phone replaced for the powerline crack
The sprint employees said they did it as a "courtesy" because it's not a known defect. When I told them it's all over the web, they said HTC has to issue it as a known problem.
"courtesy" my ass, I pay for TEP every month and I haven't even used it yet!
This its old news, lol, op should have serched, and yes I have this to, iv had them sense the phone came out, and no further damage has happend.
Sent from my netarchy_toast, froyo beast of a machine evo!
Well, I fell snowboarding the other day with my phone in a chest pocket. I caught an edge and sandwiched my hand between my body and some ice. Needless to say I broke my hand and completely bent my phone but miraculously my screen didn't break, so at least I have that going for me which is nice.
Kind of sucks because HTCS 6 month manufacturing warranty only covers cracked screens, fml
Here are some pictures, I figured somewhere here might enjoy this.
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Hope you have a speedy recovery!
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On a serious note that should be easily fixed just by replacing the case. That is if everything works fine inside
I got pain on the chest by looking at those pictures.
Hope you can fix it soon.
Yeah, ordering a new backside should be the cheapest way. Replacing it is not hard - all you need is a bit of patience and a source of heat. Order the top and bottom of the front aswell, those are bastards to remove and replace properly - other then that it sounds more dramatic then it is.
remove tops and bottom, heat and remove back side (there is guides on youtube/interwebz). The internals and screen is the expensive parts and those should still be allright for you.
Yea I've thought about replacing the case., I was able to bend it slightly back into place which makes it at least fit in the case again.
Everything works, for now. The only problem I've noticed is two bright spots in the center of the screen most likely from something pushing on the backlight. It's only noticable when looking at dark content which I can lI've with.
I must say HTC did a pretty damn good job engineering this phone :good:
if HTC-LG have a baby...this is the HTC G-flex
@popwarfour At least you managed to answer the question. "HTC One M8 - Does it bend?"
Hope your hand recovers okay.
I actually bent mine as well somehow and I sent it into htc for repair, they fixed it and didn't charge me anything for it. I can't even tell it was even bent. Mine was not as severe as that though.