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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..
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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

Broken Hero Internally

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I was at the gym working out and listening to music on my hero. A 45lb weight dropped and rolled right on the hero. I tried to turn it on the screen was a little cracked internally but can still see 85% of it.
The Problem:
When I turn it on it just sits at the first HTC screen, vibrates once and won't boot.
Ive tried soft and hard reset but nothing. The buttons/trackball does not light up.
Ive plugged it in to my computer and removable disc(f drive) recognizes something is plugged in. But when I click on it it says Please insert a disc into the f drive. The orange charge light on the hero does not light up either.
Im pretty sure the phone is done but if anyone has any suggestions let me know. Its about to go under the knife to see if I can see anything messed up internally.
thanks
nick

Haha.........

If you have insurance take it in, otherwise it's time for scalpel and tweezers....

ouch.
There is very little real estate between the screen and the main board, so...i hope you dont have any damaged ICs.
Hopefully you will see something obvious once dissected.
Thats a bummer, man. At least its easy to take apart!

i wouldn't attempt to take it apart, just put it stock and request a refurbishment because that's what your gonna get and will probably have to pay the $100 to boot.

Day 1 in the OR....
Didn't see much, very little damage to the circuit board almost cant tell, but that little bit goes a long way. Went through poking everything like a dentist looking for a cavity. There was a loose solder, so keeping my fingers crossed.
After I put together, the LED indicator now lights up when its plugged in. Im going to let it sit to see if it gets to green.
Will update.
Thanks guys,
Btw: im using a blackberry as a backup, first non htc phone in the last 3 years. This thing kinda sucks

after 5 hours into the operation. The hero is alive up and running after a hard reset, soldering, and moving some of its "guts" around.
I just ordered a screen and it will be up and running in now time.
So excited!!!!

ovrboostVR4 said:
after 5 hours into the operation. The hero is alive up and running after a hard reset, soldering, and moving some of its "guts" around.
I just ordered a screen and it will be up and running in now time.
So excited!!!!
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wow man, good job!!

Well, awesome news on the brain surgery....I think I would have just rather coughed up a Benjamin. To each his own.

There is no satisfaction in buying another!
Good work!

ovrboostVR4 said:
after 5 hours into the operation. The hero is alive up and running after a hard reset, soldering, and moving some of its "guts" around.
I just ordered a screen and it will be up and running in now time.
So excited!!!!
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What a success! Congratz man!

Our Heros are pretty resilient. Mine has survived TWO plunges into the hot tub (thanks to a clumsy girlfriend) with no damage!

lordofokra said:
Our Heros are pretty resilient. Mine has survived TWO plunges into the hot tub (thanks to a clumsy girlfriend) with no damage!
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Well, mine has survived a plunge into a coffee cup with nothing but a tiny brown stain in the top-left corner of the screen.

If you have need of a replacement, I just bought a droid.
The only things I really miss are the trackball and the Sense clock.

man pics would have been awesome...

Ah, man! Thanks for the great laugh! That's so awesome you took your phone apart and fixed it right up. Great work!

Kcarpenter said:
Well, awesome news on the brain surgery....I think I would have just rather coughed up a Benjamin. To each his own.
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He may find out after ordering the screen that it may have been cheaper to cough up the $100 for a replacement. Had that issue on a laptop once...the screen costs more than the entire computer. Wasn't worth fixing.

HeroMeng said:
Well, mine has survived a plunge into a coffee cup with nothing but a tiny brown stain in the top-left corner of the screen.
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Mine survived a four-foot drop directly onto a concrete driveway...face down. Chipped the glass a little (about the size of a needle tip), but otherwise the phone works fine.
Didn't even bounce. I'm lucky the screen didn't break.

tkirton said:
He may find out after ordering the screen that it may have been cheaper to cough up the $100 for a replacement. Had that issue on a laptop once...the screen costs more than the entire computer. Wasn't worth fixing.
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$30 for a new screen isn't bad. Ive replaced many screens, 2 kaisers, a wizard, and an Excalibur(Not all mine), Whats this $100 for a replacement people keep mentioning?

ovrboostVR4 said:
$30 for a new screen isn't bad. Ive replaced many screens, 2 kaisers, a wizard, and an Excalibur(Not all mine), Whats this $100 for a replacement people keep mentioning?
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If you have to get a new phone and it wasn't due to a manufacturing defect then there is a $100 deductible to get it replaced (if you have insurance on it...if not, you're SOL).
$30 for a screen? I thought it would be much higher.

The Destruction Of My First Evo - Whats Your Story

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Just for fun I thought I would share my story, of how I broke my first evo. I set my evo on the bumper of my car. Rearranged something in the the bed, and forgot my evo on the bumper. 20 minuets later I'm driving and looking for my phone. Well to make a long story short, the evo stayed on my bumper until I hit a speed bump in the parking lot of my apt. I drive all the way back home, and see it right next to the speed bump face down, screen shattered. The good news I have a tough case, and even though it was run over by a car, it still works! I would love to hear any other stories about evo destruction!

Dang. That's crazy that it still works even after being ran over, ha-ha.
I've only just dropped like crazy onto concrete, floors, etc, and it only has one tiny little crack by the search button and some dings.

jkinnison90 said:
Dang. That's crazy that it still works even after being ran over, ha-ha.
I've only just dropped like crazy onto concrete, floors, etc, and it only has one tiny little crack by the search button and some dings.
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Personally I'm pretty impressed with the durability of the phone. Extreme damage no phone can withstand, but I dropped it before out of the case and it holds up well to some of the older phones that I have dropped.

I dropped it by accident face first straight flat fall ON the face on my hardwood floor and not one single thing was damaged.
Edit: it was about a 4 foot drop.
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I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?

xp3nd4bl3 said:
I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?
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They are so strict on that, they wont do it, why sell you one for 200 when they can get 500 from you. I'm surprised they didn't tell you about insurance, it's a huge money maker for them. They want you to have insurance. It sucks losing a phone

xp3nd4bl3 said:
I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?
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Mobile defense (when re-released) and lookout are your new friends..

Evo 1 had burning in screen.
Evo 2 shattered screen
Evo 3 stolen
Evo 4 dead pixels
Waiting on evo 5
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xcodesterox said:
Evo 1 had burning in screen.
Evo 2 shattered screen
Evo 3 stolen
Evo 4 dead pixels
Waiting on evo 5
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Im assuming you only use the new phone for 1 day, because the wait times to receive a new phone is crazy. I waited a week and a half for my 2nd evo...and now this one has a crack on the back camera lens.

Your car has a bed!

Mine has held up really well. 5 months with no case or screen protector. My G1 did go through the laundry once, it still worked for a few days after too.
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garyfunk said:
Your car has a bed!
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The Bed Of My Truck! But I suppose I could put a bed in it.

First one lasted five weeks, then went to sprint store. Second one lasted a month or so.. Next one took a week, and was stolen before I got home.. Damn fedex.. And a week later this evo, my eta from asurion is monday for lucky number five lol.
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I'm on number 2. First one had the speaker stop working and the kickstand spring broke so the kick stand would flip in and it would fall over all of the time. I wasn't about to be responsible for it falling over and flying off the table so it was replaced.
This second one has been like two weeks and the kickstand spring is on the way to dying again. The kickstand squeaks - it slowly gets worse till the spring gives out. I'm sure the speaker will stop working on this one too.
With the luck I had with the first Touch Pro (12 of them in 10 months) I'm sure I'll be seeing the same crap here. I'm gentle to them, they just all fail terribly. I'm beginning to wonder why I bought another HTC phone after the Touch Pro and TP2 were so bad.

Asurion said 5-7 days for my replacement, and I got an email today saying it's been shipped and I'll have it tomorrow. Amazing...... What can I expect, a refurb piece of crap?

EVO #2 here, First one was fine except it had a cracked camera lens, Then i put it in my back pocket, almost sat down in the car and realized it was there. Pulled it out LCD was broken , Glass intact.
Second EVO - Perfect except for crack on power button. Not replacing it for that. And hopefully its my last one.

ShadowDrake said:
I'm on number 2. First one had the speaker stop working and the kickstand spring broke so the kick stand would flip in and it would fall over all of the time. I wasn't about to be responsible for it falling over and flying off the table so it was replaced.
This second one has been like two weeks and the kickstand spring is on the way to dying again. The kickstand squeaks - it slowly gets worse till the spring gives out. I'm sure the speaker will stop working on this one too.
With the luck I had with the first Touch Pro (12 of them in 10 months) I'm sure I'll be seeing the same crap here. I'm gentle to them, they just all fail terribly. I'm beginning to wonder why I bought another HTC phone after the Touch Pro and TP2 were so bad.
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12 in 10 months, I would think sprint would just cancel you. I replaced my diamond once and never had a problem with the refurbished one I got. Getting them to replace it took a couple trips to the sprint store though, 2nd trip they ordered my new one. They must know you by name there, probably keep a phone for you in a drawer.
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bharris25 said:
They must know you by name there, probably keep a phone for you in a drawer.k
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LOLLOL
On my second one, it should arrive today. The assurion backorder thing is a joke. They said it would take 3-5 days, that was yesterday when i sent them the info. And fedex overnight is so damn fast. They must have a driver dedicated just to me.
In all honesty, the first one i got a big scratch on the glass, so i decided to buff it out with a whole bunch of different grits of sand paper and polish. Well i did a good job (i have done auto paint multiple times, it isn't much different) but the scratch was so deep i would have had to remove way too much glass to make it go away. So i bought a new digitizer off of ebay. Put it on, was very happy about everything and that very day I didn't have my jelly case on it because I had it off to put the new digitizer on and i dropped the SoB on the floor at work and the LCD went out. Digitizer didn't crack or anything though.
I told assurion I lost it in the trash compactor at work so that I could sell the digitizer and other parts to recoup some of the cost of the deductible and new digitizer though.
I will never remove my baby from it's case again.

My 1st evo the headphone port broke.
My 2nd evo was accidentally hit with a baseball bat.
3rd Evo is great.

DeMiNe0 said:
My 1st evo the headphone port broke.
My 2nd evo was accidentally hit with a baseball bat.
3rd Evo is great.
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So uh, did the 2nd one get hit with a baseball bat while in your pocket or something? Mouthing off to the wrong people?

Almost saw my nexus get destroyed

Well, tonight at work we had a game night / employee event.
For some reason the network in the store was not letting my ps3 connect so we could get some COD: Black ops going online. So I whipped out my nexus one and setup my wifi hotspot and got it up and running.
Tmobile 3g + nexus one + PSN ... Very lag free!
But ... one guy was behind us and was leaning in watching us play. Next thing I know a few pound chunk of wood from the shelf pops out and falls a few feet and with its corner hits my nexus one.... my heart stopped....
I thought I was going to be living with my nexus with a busted glass screen and going to be upset every time I saw him and saw my phone...
But nope. Thank you invisibleshield and whatever glass that this thing has but it took a hard hit right in the corner and survived without a scratch. Other than the shield getting sliced right where it hit.
Not a sales pitch or anything but was so happy that my nexus lives another day in near mint! (other than my dust ... )

haha good story bro. Black Ops sucks tho. XD

Get serious with some bad company 2 bro
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elmerendeiro said:
Get serious with some bad company 2 bro
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cod over bad company all day.

v0kal said:
cod over bad company all day.
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Not a chance. Take a hike noob.LOL

CoD and Bad Company are two different kinds of FPS games. I never understood why people feel the need to compare the two, completely different gameplay styles. I personally enjoy both, depending on the mood. (I must admit they need to start patching the PC version asap, its craptastic at times)
Also, glad to hear your Nexus is ok. I had mine drop on concrete the other day from my holster and the hard case took the damage, made me happy. Until the day all of our phones come with Gorilla glass and some kind of titanium alloy/scratch proof coating on the body - keep it protected.

Shift slider loose when closed?

Anybody else's Evo Shift loose when closed? The top can move about 1mm easily, just holding it normal or upside down causes it to happen. If i shake it holding the bottom half you can feel the top slightly moving back and forth? This normal? it seems like a small issue, but even after one day it's bugging the **** out of me.

Mine does this as well and it's rather annoying.
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Mine does this thought it doesn't move enough to the point that it bothers me.

pretty typical on slider phones. Alot less than the TP or TP2 IMHO...

You can try putting a case on it. Makes everything snug and tight.
^ Shift Faced

The thing is though, this isn't a spring loaded slider, there's nothing that is pulling/pushing to give it the amount of play it has when closed. Even with spring loaded sliders, they might have a little play when closed, but they dont freely move the way the shift does. In contrast, the OG droid is the same type of slider and I've gone through god knows how many replacements of those, with no play at all. And HTC > Moto's quality as far as I can tell. Until now I guess =/ Love my shift, but still, I can definitely see a new phone in my future more recently than I thought I would.

Put a case on mine and its actually really tight now. To the point where it can be difficult to slide it open so I've been using the touchscreen more now. I refuse to take the case off though...it would be my luck that as soon as I do remove it my phone would bite the dust...
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Quis89 said:
Put a case on mine and its actually really tight now. To the point where it can be difficult to slide it open so I've been using the touchscreen more now. I refuse to take the case off though...it would be my luck that as soon as I do remove it my phone would bite the dust...
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This happened to my Evo.
When I had to eat the $400 to get the Shift, while I still use it without a case, I MADE SURE to get insurance on it.

Xodium said:
This happened to my Evo.
When I had to eat the $400 to get the Shift, while I still use it without a case, I MADE SURE to get insurance on it.
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Definitely got insurance too. I just like my phone looking all new and purty too lol
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Mine has a little play in it. Not too much but just enough to make it annoying. This is my first slider so not sure how "normal" it is. I would be interested to see if anyone has any sort of fix. No insurance because I'm very careful with my phones but I'm pretty sure that "slightly loose when closed" isn't considered in the warranty lol.

Mine has a small amount of play when closed. I wasn't sure if it was normal so I returned it for another one (within my 30-day window) and the new one does it too.

dkd711 said:
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^ this
Had both of those. 2 tp's and a tp2. The shift (at least mine [with all side and back stickers removed]) is pretty tight. All 4 phones naked.

there was a plastic protective cover on the inside of the keyboard, along the right and left edges. If you leave that on it doesn't seem to be loose. My Mom just got her Shift a week or so ago, and never took that plastic off, and it's solid while mine feels quite loose.

Mine's solid as a rock. Thing doesn't even budge unless I physically move it with my hand.