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Droid explodes into mans ear

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/cell-phone-explodes-in-man-s-ear-droid-did-it
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anybody else thinking spousal abuse??

SilverStone641 said:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/cell-phone-explodes-in-man-s-ear-droid-did-it
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anybody else thinking spousal abuse??
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probably.
looks like someone smacked it upside his head.

Should've bought an Evo.....
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Someone got a little temper and threw the phone. There is no possible way for the phone to just "blow up" and still work. If the phone were to blow up it would have to be battery related deeming the phone un-usable. My $.02 a struggling family who needs a little money for the holiday season and is trying to get money out of this to fund Christmas because the guy bought a phone they couldn't afford.

Yellowcard8992 said:
Someone got a little temper and threw the phone. There is no possible way for the phone to just "blow up" and still work. If the phone were to blow up it would have to be battery related deeming the phone un-usable. My $.02 a struggling family who needs a little money for the holiday season and it trying to get money out of this to fund Christmas because the guy bought a phone they couldn't afford.
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thats cold! But, i agree with you. he's seen all the stories of laptop batteries and such. he's just looking for a pay off. I wonder if he damaged the phone and his ear seperately? or damaged his ear to fix the phone??

These Lipo batteries should be licensed as weapons. Have you watched a video of what happens when these things get overcharged? Think grease fire + blowtorch + grenade.

SilverStone641 said:
thats cold! But, i agree with you. he's seen all the stories of laptop batteries and such. he's just looking for a pay off. I wonder if he damaged the phone and his ear seperately? or damaged his ear to fix the phone??
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Yeah, it is I know and I probably come off as a rude @$$ hole. I tend to be fairly blunt to people on my opinions, but its hard to believe the kind of antics that people will use these days for money, or attention. From the pictures there are not any burn marks on the phone, and from anything I have every heard the only thing to really explode is the battery. If after investigating this Motorola finds something exploded that wasn't obviously the battery, I would be very surprised.

That's one more to add to the Droid Does list.
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Yellowcard8992 said:
Yeah, it is I know and I probably come off as a rude @$$ hole. I tend to be fairly blunt to people on my opinions, but its hard to believe the kind of antics that people will use these days for money, or attention. From the pictures there are not any burn marks on the phone, and from anything I have every heard the only thing to really explode is the battery. If after investigating this Motorola finds something exploded that wasn't obviously the battery, I would be very surprised.
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Right there with ya Yellowcard ..its not being rude..Its called Street Smarts...
I have long been desensitized to lifes' BS after hearing and seeing way too much it every day... for way too long.
Next time he will check his voicemail when advised and wont piss off the Drrrrrrooooiiiidddd!!!!

jkinnison90 said:
That's one more to add to the Droid Does list.
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Hahaha! This ^

jkinnison90 said:
That's one more to add to the Droid Does list.
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lmao
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Maybe he didn't read the notes about when u root ur phone the dev is not responsible for ur phone blowing up or killing ur cat or malfunctioning lol... yes i know he prolly wasn't rooted cuz it was only a few days old according to the article or at least so we think... but nonetheless I still immediately thought of every post the devs put up when flashing a custom rom hopefully his hearing is not affected in the long term.
EDIT: just saw the video on FOX4... the man said "It's an incredible phone... perhaps a little too incredible" LOL

Eargasm!
10char

Skynet has been activated and is taking out the stupid people first!

Damn not skynet!! Were all doomed!!
Evo - Unrevoked Forever - HBoot .76 - Myn Warm 2.2 RLS3

Rofl thats some badass way to advertise the new Droid 2.

I'm calling bs on this guy. Does VZW insurance cover exploding screens?

My MWC woes.

I'm gonna be in jail clearing up a warrant starting today. Which means no pathetically slobbering over engadgets live blogs. And already the small leaks leading up to it are so good!
Maybe they'll have the internet in there after all, they are like hotels nowadays

LOL! well good luck to you! stay out of trouble from now on! lol

Buahah that sucks... ill send you a letter with the blog updates

doh_tee said:
I'm gonna be in jail clearing up a warrant starting today. Which means no pathetically slobbering over engadgets live blogs. And already the small leaks leading up to it are so good!
Maybe they'll have the internet in there after all, they are like hotels nowadays
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How long are you in for?

elegant: I know I'm really gonna have to cut back on the terrible crime of turning left into the right hand lane
shroomz: that would be excellent. just to make it irritating for the mail guy, send one for each update.
metal: hopefully only a week... but could be a month or more depending on which way the judge goes hahaha.

doh_tee said:
metal: hopefully only a week... but could be a month or more depending on which way the judge goes hahaha.
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Good luck to you man, I know how bad jail sucks. Best piece of advice I can give you- don't drop the soap

hahaha its washoe county.
A. They probably don't have soap.
B. 80 of people in there are weekend warriors for possession of marijuana.
C. I pity the fool that tries to give me a log ride if I were to drop the soap.

Good luck m8.... you'll be fine. Just remember, the first thing you do is find the biggest Guy that's in your cell block/pod... what ever they call them now.
Hit him square on the chin... this can have 2 outcomes. Both a plus!!!
1. He drops like a bag of bricks, you'll get your own cell for a bit and no one will f with you.
2. He smiles, drops you like a bag of bricks, you'll get your own bed in the hospital wing and people will think your crazy and have some kind of death wish.
Win... Win... plus you'll have a great story to tell either way, right?
Anyway here's a link you may want to check out.... I think they over night...
http://www.soaponarope.com/

doh_tee said:
I'm gonna be in jail clearing up a warrant starting today. Which means no pathetically slobbering over engadgets live blogs. And already the small leaks leading up to it are so good!
Maybe they'll have the internet in there after all, they are like hotels nowadays
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I know my way around a jail a bit. So no internet, listen to the tank boss, stick to your own kind white on white, black with black, etc... always brush your teeth before morning chow or you will get a beatdown. Lastly find out which toilets are for what. One will be for pissing, one for ****ting, and one for washing clothes. Don't mess that up. Good luck.
The EVO you wish you had

Why not show up with a bondsman and skip jail until the court date?
Pay it in full you get it all back if you show up to court.

Better do those taxes with turbotax. You'll get your refund in a week so you can pay those fines.
Take your Evo and disassemble it and smuggle it in your anus like some people do. You can also train a pigeon to drop it off in the yard.
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gqstatus0685 said:
Take your Evo and disassemble it and smuggle it in your anus like some people do.
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Wow, I literally lol'd. Bravo, sir, bravo.
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klquicksall said:
I know my way around a jail a bit. So no internet, listen to the tank boss, stick to your own kind white on white, black with black, etc... always brush your teeth before morning chow or you will get a beatdown. Lastly find out which toilets are for what. One will be for pissing, one for ****ting, and one for washing clothes. Don't mess that up. Good luck.
The EVO you wish you had
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Can you elaborate on that toothbrush part?
Sent from the void...

It probably means that inmates don't want to see pubes in between your teeth during chow time.
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gqstatus0685 said:
It probably means that inmates don't want to see pubes in between your teeth during chow time.
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And rightfully so. I mean, would you?

good luck bro. next time stay out of trouble!

gqstatus0685 said:
It probably means that inmates don't want to see pubes in between your teeth during chow time.
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So the site of a dude's hairy cornhole which you're about to go to town on is less offensive than some plaque on his teeth? There's a hefty amount of rationalization going on in jail.
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got out today. got lucky that I have an IQ higher than 9 and got time served haha.
got on here and definitely laughed my ass off. thanks. not like I was doing sirups all day. jerks.

Notification bar doesn't WORK!

Yes, I understand that there are several threads that discuss this, but everybody seems to find an answer and I don't. My notification bar does not slide down, but it does while in landscape mode (on the left side the whole way up and down). I ran a screen test and there was nothing wrong, and I didn't drop it. Anybody know what it could be?

Have you tried wiping and reflashing your ROM/ kernel?

I had this EXACT problem. only.. it happened right after i dropped it. i just called sprint and told them idk y it was doing it so they replaced my phone.

full wipe and reflash the rom.
It also helps us more if we know what rom and kernel you're running

AbsolutZeroGI said:
full wipe and reflash the rom.
It also helps us more if we know what rom and kernel you're running
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+1, it's all about pinpoint accuracy around here

Mines don't work either ..they said I broke my motherboard on the phone
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I had the stock rom when I started.. I whiped and reflashed to MikiFroYo rom, idk what the kernel is. I can't get another one because I bought this on eBay and don't have insurance for it :/ I wanted to get an otterbox or something for it, but I have an extended battery on it.

Well you can get insurance with Sprint that's what I did and I just my EVO from eBay also....I'm not sure if you can get it anytime or if its open enrollment this month....I suggest you check it out...oh and my bar is messed up too.

I've haven't had access to my notification bar for probably 6+ months. Just click menu and notification and move on with life lol. I heard it could be as simple as cable on motherboard isn't fully inserted as in popped out on a drop. Or rough handling.
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I've had this issue with themes on several ROM's. Remove the theme and run the ROM as normal and the bar returns. Install the themes again and it goes away.

mbaseball3 said:
I've haven't had access to my notification bar for probably 6+ months. Just click menu and notification and move on with life lol. I heard it could be as simple as cable on motherboard isn't fully inserted as in popped out on a drop. Or rough handling.
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Not everybody is as ghetto as you and enjoys using a half working product.

Evo4eva said:
Not everybody is as ghetto as you and enjoys using a half working product.
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I'm ghetto cause sprint won't repair my screen and I'm not wasting 100 bucks on a refurb EVO? Nice contribution to the community numb nuts!
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mbaseball3 said:
I'm ghetto cause sprint won't repair my screen and I'm not wasting 100 bucks on a refurb EVO? Nice contribution to the community numb nuts!
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Actually yes, that makes you cheap and ghetto. $100 is a fair price for a refurb considering your busted a** piece that you call an EVO has a cracked screen and it's still cheaper than any upgrade you're thinking about getting.

Evo4eva said:
Actually yes, that makes you cheap and ghetto. $100 is a fair price for a refurb considering your busted a** piece that you call an EVO has a cracked screen and it's still cheaper than any upgrade you're thinking about getting.
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Wtf is up your ass?! When did I ever mention my screen was cracked?! When did I ever say I wanna upgrade?! Dude take your newb filth and shove it up your ass! Everyone is right I'm seeing it more. Right when e3d came out all the cheap morons like yourself jumped oh the ghetto cheap EVO4g's and joined the forums. Now we got wanna bes like yourself floating around with elephant dicks shoved up your asses.
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mbaseball3 said:
Wtf is up your ass?! When did I ever mention my screen was cracked?! When did I ever say I wanna upgrade?! Dude take your newb filth and shove it up your ass! Everyone is right I'm seeing it more. Right when e3d came out all the cheap morons like yourself jumped oh the ghetto cheap EVO4g's and joined the forums. Now we got wanna bes like yourself floating around with elephant dicks shoved up your asses.
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Lol, I've had my EVO since launch. Ghetto people like yourself disgust me. You didn't say you wanted to upgrade. I was just making my point. That point would be that your cheap and that getting a refurb would be more cost effective for ghetto people like you than to upgrade. Use your brain before you open your mouth or put your fingers on a keyboard.

Evo4eva said:
Lol, I've had my EVO since launch. Ghetto people like yourself disgust me. You didn't say you wanted to upgrade. I was just making my point. That point would be that your cheap and that getting a refurb would be more cost effective for ghetto people like you than to upgrade. Use your brain before you open your mouth or put your fingers on a keyboard.
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funny how my non issue became your "issue". people like you who try way way to hard disgust me. from other users who have had same problem found out it could be loose cables or indeed a fall; in regards to op's post. ego fanatic you though decided to open your **** hole and spill it all out on me for what? use your brain before putting your fingers on the keyboard. im not posting of a notification bar issue but helping another member looking for answers. for me, ive dealt with it cause I DONT CARE!!!!! ghetto? cheap? nope. far from it. just dont give two ****s. but obviously, you making a scene, clogging up the boards with your spillage from your debunked head, dont give a damn about the community. your just a newbie, trying to gain some kinda status....which worked.....your officially a complete moron. congrats!

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

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!

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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.