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Whew! Talk about lucky (yeah, another toilet story).

Ever wanted to kill your wife after she dropped her evo into the crapper? I have. Just happened on Saturday. She forgot it was in her back pocket, and out it slipped (luckily pre-dump, lol). Pulled the battery right away, and buried it in a sealed tupperware container of rice. After a day and a half, took it out, and it works. Still has moisture under the screen, and the haptic feedback for the capacitive buttons isn't working right, but she can deal with those two things, unless they're cheap to fix. We'll see how things go over a longer period, as I just took it out today, but I've got some hope at least. Just felt like sharing a little messed up story.

I bet it went plop!

Nope, can't say I ever wanted to kill someone over a piece of electronics.
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wuclan48 said:
Nope, can't say I ever wanted to kill someone over a piece of electronics.
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I have...my crazy ex-girlfriend decided to break my EVO and break my laptop, then tried to take slash my tires, but the police got her and she is in a psych ward right now...in the heat of the moment, you want to hurt them really bad, but afterwards you cool down..
>_>

Shigster said:
I have...my crazy ex-girlfriend decided to break my EVO and break my laptop, then tried to take slash my tires, but the police got her and she is in a psych ward right now...in the heat of the moment, you want to hurt them really bad, but afterwards you cool down..
>_>
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You sir are either horrible at reading women (near impossible.some say it is as hard as recovering an RSA key) or you are unlucky if then that is the case you have my apology.
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Blitzpwnage said:
You sir are either horrible at reading women (near impossible.some say it is as hard as recovering an RSA key) or you are unlucky if then that is the case you have my apology.
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It was bad luck...and well she was nice and sweet from the beginning and then 2 years in, after a couple of weeks, complete switch...
I got a new Evo out of it, but still..be careful out there...

Shigster said:
It was bad luck...and well she was nice and sweet from the beginning and then 2 years in, after a couple of weeks, complete switch...
I got a new Evo out of it, but still..be careful out there...
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Always the nice ones...always.
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Wow, this thread took a weird turn. Looks like I might have to hurt someone after all, as it seems the phone stopped working after about 2 days. Now it's stuck at the splash screen. Oh, and btw, I wasn't talking about literally killing someone.

but was she good in bed?
Shigster said:
I have...my crazy ex-girlfriend decided to break my EVO and break my laptop, then tried to take slash my tires, but the police got her and she is in a psych ward right now...in the heat of the moment, you want to hurt them really bad, but afterwards you cool down..
>_>
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wuclan48 said:
Nope, can't say I ever wanted to kill someone over a piece of electronics.
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...i don't think he was serious, party pooper...
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live2ride96 said:
Wow, this thread took a weird turn. Looks like I might have to hurt someone after all, as it seems the phone stopped working after about 2 days. Now it's stuck at the splash screen. Oh, and btw, I wasn't talking about literally killing someone.
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That does suck. My first thought when I read your OP was that a day and a half isn't long enough in rice.
Buy your wife lots of new shoes, and use the desiccant packs to dry out the evo. Then return the shoes to punnish her
This may help also:
http://www.ehow.com/way_5311385_homemade-desiccant-packs.html

xlGmanlx said:
but was she good in bed?
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You bet, petite Asian girl but wild in the sack...that's why the relationship lasted around 2 years xD
Buy your wife lots of new shoes, and use the desiccant packs to dry out the evo. Then return the shoes to punnish her
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I agree =D

Oh also, goggles doesn't work and when browsing threads using the xda app and using the goggles setup, the screen flashes to full brightness ....
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Screen Coated?

I have a scratch coming from the upper part of the screen going right and down. It's very small right now.
I was freaking out because my last phone was a pre which cracked and slowly went across the screen.
My question is I know the screen is glass so is there a coating on the screen that is just scratched or do I now have to worry about it slowly spreading across my screen?

I dunno man but if that was my phone I would be sick to my stomach. I know what some of you are thinking. Christ, its just a damn phone. True, but I am very careful with my phones and treat them like they're my baby. God I'm so embarassed admitting this!
The first and only time I let someone use my epic, they immediately dropped it on the concrete. It had a case on it and I don't think the phone was damaged but I cussed at them anyways (it was a customer too). I will NEVER again let someone touch my phones after that incident.

Hahaha. I lost 3 of my 6 pres to the usb crack.
I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm slightly worried about my phone too.. it does look like there might be a crack towards one side of my screen. I bet we're just traumatized by the pre where if you waited out a problem, it didn't get better. The good thing, I guess, is that I got used to dealing with asurion.
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herbthehammer said:
I dunno man but if that was my phone I would be sick to my stomach. I know what some of you are thinking. Christ, its just a damn phone. True, but I am very careful with my phones and treat them like they're my baby. God I'm so embarassed admitting this!
The first and only time I let someone use my epic, they immediately dropped it on the concrete. It had a case on it and I don't think the phone was damaged but I cussed at them anyways (it was a customer too). I will NEVER again let someone touch my phones after that incident.
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Nah I am the same way. It's weird cuz I have no clue where it could have even came from. I've never dropped it, never remember it scratching on anything and no one really plays with my phone

BaBnkr said:
Hahaha. I lost 3 of my 6 pres to the usb crack.
I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm slightly worried about my phone too.. it does look like there might be a crack towards one side of my screen. I bet we're just traumatized by the pre where if you waited out a problem, it didn't get better. The good thing, I guess, is that I got used to dealing with asurion.
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Yea I went through 4 Pre's I think. I still have the last one that cracked. I put webOS 2.1 on it to mess around lol

draztikrhymez said:
Yea I went through 4 Pre's I think. I still have the last one that cracked. I put webOS 2.1 on it to mess around lol
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How does it work? Is there a 2.1 OC kernel? I haven't been keeping up. I was thinking of digging mine out to try out the new webos when I first read about it on precentral, but I forget it exists most of the time now. I never thought I'd buy into android, but htc phones are great.
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BaBnkr said:
How does it work? Is there a 2.1 OC kernel? I haven't been keeping up. I was thinking of digging mine out to try out the new webos when I first read about it on precentral, but I forget it exists most of the time now. I never thought I'd buy into android, but htc phones are great.
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It runs real well and yea there is overclock kernel available now. Same here but now I'm addicted to Android haha

phone fell from 12th floor

my friend droped hes phone off the 12th floor by accident lol lucky it didnt hit anyone, anyone know where to get a new screen ?

Yeah, from your friend. Haha Jesus that sucks. It still works just with a cracked screen?
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tvr84 said:
my friend droped hes phone off the 12th floor by accident lol lucky it didnt hit anyone, anyone know where to get a new screen ?
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Butterfingers
The screen is specially made only in Samsung's Factory, You will only be able to get a new screen direct from them. Give them a call and see what they can do for you
JD

yes the phone turns on still but there is no light on the screen, wont let me post a pic yet, i went in o the carphone warehose they said it will cost about £120

tvr84 said:
yes the phone turns on still but there is no light on the screen, wont let me post a pic yet, i went in o the carphone warehose they said it will cost about £120
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that sounds about right
SNS replacement screens are harder to come by than the SGS replacements
technically they should be the same
you can always try a SGS SAMOLED replacement screen on the SNS

Damn dude! If that happened to me I would be sick to my stomach and maybe shed a tear or two. For Christ's sake, be more careful!
I'm sorry, I'm weird. It upsets me when I see some people's expensive phones all beat to hell.

i was not there when he dropped it, but his bro said that he leaned right over trying to catch it, and was stood on 1 leg i was like omfg what if he had fell over, he had been drinking i think as well, if he had fell over he would not have survived.

he should have waited. i see otterbox are releasing the ns defender case soon! it'd have bounced right back up to him!

AllGamer said:
that sounds about right
SNS replacement screens are harder to come by than the SGS replacements
technically they should be the same
you can always try a SGS SAMOLED replacement screen on the SNS
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Contour != Galaxy S. Don't think it'll work.

This makes me happy I have black tie. I'm sorry for your loss.
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That sucks. Makes me feel just slightly better for buying square trade.
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zephiK said:
Contour != Galaxy S. Don't think it'll work.
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I think the "contour" thing is only for the glass, not the screen itself

The screen is flat the display glass aint
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and here is how it looks
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Holy crap
10char

Trying to imagine which side hit first.
Looked like spider webs all over the screen.

i think it will work with new screen it powers up ok and and sound of it turning on he will have to do some overtime at work lol for that e screen

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9820935930
you can get a new one at the cost of 89USD（excluding the freight） ....

i am not to sure on getting a screen off a chinese website don't they make fake stuff all the time ?, i am in the uk have you ordered off them b4 ?
ok so i used google chrome to translate £54 for screen, but i am not sure how much it will cost in shipping

it can hardly be fake....they have no such technology....if they have such techology...they do not need to produce a fake samsung screen，they would make a product with their our brand.
shipping costs about £20 if is not taxed........
i post that in order to tell you how much the screen really costs and it can be bought from the market...you can search it on a b2c website in your own country...
wish you good luck...

[Q] I'm a jerk, and broke my new camera!

Seriously just bummed myself out pretty hard with this one. #1 reason for getting an S4 was the potential of the 13 megapixel camera. The one I just broke!
S4 in my pocket, leaned against something just right I guess, and BOOM! Not really a boom more of a sad sad whimper when I first saw my cracked lens.
I've searched this already, and there is hardly even a mention of this happening on google.
Hoping that someone has good news for me, or hopefully some helpful suggestions!
Ghost Glass on the front, Machined aluminium bumper, and not a thing to protect that stupid little piece of glass (why glass?) over the camera.:crying:

http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-back-camera.html
Is this my best option?

sputnik378 said:
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-back-camera.html
Is this my best option?
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i would buy one for the i9505; i9500 might be different somehow. best safe than out $28

Slade8525 said:
i would buy one for the i9505; i9500 might be different somehow. best safe than out $28
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mine is a SGH-I337 AT&T model
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-back-camera.html
so dat's my jam.. Right?

sputnik378 said:
mine is a SGH-I337 AT&T model
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-back-camera.html
so dat's my jam.. Right?
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Yes that one is the right one. Really bad luck you have though!
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sorry to hear that. But $28 not bad!
and here is a video shows how to replace it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4f2XjQLAM

def sucks for sure, but trust me when i say you picked the most easily replaced part to break LMFAO. that or the speaker. rofl good luck friend!!!

Slade8525 said:
i would buy one for the i9505; i9500 might be different somehow. best safe than out $28
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hapticxchaos said:
def sucks for sure, but trust me when i say you picked the most easily replaced part to break LMFAO. that or the speaker. rofl good luck friend!!!
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I like this forum, it's neat!
Thanks for the info, ordering now, and hopefully it will be here when I get off the river next week.
If anybody on XDA is in Colorado and wants to go get wet/weird in a raft, kayak, SUP, mountian bike, or whatever... Hit me up, nerd friends are my friends. My family owns the 1st Outfitter in Colorado (since 1969) and we are really good at what we do. Not selling, just sayin.

sputnik378 said:
I like this forum, it's neat!
Thanks for the info, ordering now, and hopefully it will be here when I get off the river next week.
If anybody on XDA is in Colorado and wants to go get wet/weird in a raft, kayak, SUP, mountian bike, or whatever... Hit me up, I'll hook you up. My family owns the 1st Outfitter in Colorado (since 1969) and we are really good at what we do. www.dvorakexpeditions.com
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Advertising! It's a nada here
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Taylor_Swift said:
Advertising! It's a nada here
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i cant take any mod with a name like that seriously
im just kidding lmfao.

joelvn said:
Really bad luck you have though!
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It's a relative thing, I should probably fish more this week and play with my phone less anyway. Thanks for the sentiments.

sputnik378 said:
It's a relative thing, I should probably fish more this week and play with my phone less anyway. Thanks for the sentiments.
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Hope it gets fixed though. What's that case like? Worth getting? Looks neat
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Taylor_Swift said:
Hope it gets fixed though. What's that case like? Worth getting? Looks neat
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I finally received my camera from China... Quite an interesting trip it must have been for this little thing. About to replace the broken one, wish me luck.
the case is sweet.. I really like that it protects the outside of the phone as that is usually the part to hit the ground first on a drop. I also really like the Ghost glass that I've put on the screen. It feels just like the naked screen and doesn't inhibit the feel of the phone at all. The only thing that seems to not be protected by this setup is the camera... However at $28 a pop, I could think of worse things to happen. I'll be sure to do a quick write up when I'm finished in a few minutes.

Damn this phone is easy to fix. Took me five minutes total to fix.
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Screen coming unglued!!!

I dont know if this is the first "gate" fiasco for this phone but it definitely sounds like the glue is coming undone! Worst part is that I just pulled the phone out of the box. Everybody better check their screens. Im calling it Glue-gate
https://youtu.be/GSS9G8EUOwY

blakedunc235 said:
I dont know if this is the first "gate" fiasco for this phone but it definitely sounds like the glue is coming undone! Worst part is that I just pulled the phone out of the box. Everybody better check their screens.
https://youtu.be/GSS9G8EUOwY
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Honestly just fire it up, play some games for a few hours, let the glue heat up.. see if that helps

pestilencec11 said:
Honestly just fire it up, play some games for a few hours, let the glue heat up.. see if that helps
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Its gotten worse with me using it and it getting warm. It didn't do this when I first took it out of the box. I've had it out of the box for about 2 hours and now the sound gets longer and longer. Like more areas of the screen are coming undone.

blakedunc235 said:
Its gotten worse with me using it and it getting warm. It didn't do this when I first took it out of the box. I've had it out of the box for about 2 hours and now the sound gets longer and longer. Like more areas of the screen are coming undone.
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Looks like you'll be making a trip to the store on Friday. GL man. This is truly sad to hear.

pestilencec11 said:
Looks like you'll be making a trip to the store on Friday. GL man. This is truly sad to hear.
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Sadly I'm thinking they are going to have to send me one. Every other phone that I've had they said that they couldnt take it back in the store... this sucks
I'm setting up a phone that Im going to give back but then again i dont have to use a screen protector

yea I think they make u ship it out. it's dumb. same company

RotaryXperiment7 said:
yea I think they make u ship it out. it's dumb. same company
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as long as they send me a new one first

mine isnt doing that. just checked it too

I don't think one bad phone is sufficient for a "gate" name.
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PsiPhiDan said:
I don't think one bad phone is sufficient for a "gate" name.
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I know that, I can dream can't I?

Return and that is it
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It's inevitable with all devices, don't think there's ever been a product launched that didn't have a few bad apples in the bunch. It sucks for sure to be "that guy", but you'll have a new one in hand pretty damn quick...
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Steve Lazarus said:
It's inevitable with all devices, don't think there's ever been a product launched that didn't have a few bad apples in the bunch. It sucks for sure to be "that guy", but you'll have a new one in hand pretty damn quick...
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Oh I know, this isn't the first time and I'm not whining about it too much. Only bad thing is that tmobile is trying to make me send the phone back first. I'm like heck no!

RotaryXperiment7 said:
yea I think they make u ship it out. it's dumb. same company
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Kind of true and kind of false. Some of these stores are 3rd party retailers. They have their own inventory and at times have their own promotions. For example the one near my house smells and looks like T-Mobile, but it's owned and operated by a different company.
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Tidbits said:
Kind of true and kind of false. Some of these stores are 3rd party retailers. They have their own inventory and at times have their own promotions. For example the one near my house smells and looks like T-Mobile, but it's owned and operated by a different company.
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OK so I had to call like 3-4 times in order to get them to ship me a new one before I send mine back. But it'll be here on Monday. I will say that the screen scratches really easily... I only put it in an empty pocket once and only for like 2 minutes! It's got two fine scratches on the screen already. To all of y'all who plan on going without a screen protector, good luck! You are definitely going to need it

Haha I've always wanted to be the first out of the gate, but I'll let you have this one.

blakedunc235 said:
I dont know if this is the first "gate" fiasco for this phone but it definitely sounds like the glue is coming undone! Worst part is that I just pulled the phone out of the box. Everybody better check their screens. Im calling it Glue-gate
https://youtu.be/GSS9G8EUOwY
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That sucks I am sure they will give you another one. Sorry
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jason504 said:
That sucks I am sure they will give you another one. Sorry
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Yeah they are. It took like 4 calls just to get them to send me the replacement first though...

My Tab S did that...took it back ans the next one did it again...waited and got the Tab S2... that sucks man I know your heart's broken.
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blakedunc235 said:
OK so I had to call like 3-4 times in order to get them to ship me a new one before I send mine back. But it'll be here on Monday. I will say that the screen scratches really easily... I only put it in an empty pocket once and only for like 2 minutes! It's got two fine scratches on the screen already. To all of y'all who plan on going without a screen protector, good luck! You are definitely going to need it
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I've heard this from more than one source, it seems like the GG5 is less prone to breaks, but more prone to scratches. On a hardness scale I seen it got scratched at 3 and the S7 edge was like a 7 or 8. Mine is sitting in the box til I get my Xtremeguard and either The Spigen I paid for, or the promos Rinke sent me to review.