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Thanks community/devs, but I'm probably headed back to a Moment

I was having dust issues with my phone, so I took it to sprint for it to be replaced. I received my new phone on Friday. Today I pull my phone from my pocket and guess what..dust, on a 2 day old phone.
I'm probably headed back to the Moment.
Thanks, all!

K, g'bye!!!

LOLOLOL Good luck with that pile of **** they call a Samsung.

IHMO, it's a shame this phone's design is as poor as it is. It really is something amazing, but it's dust issue kills it after a while. So far, i have two specks, but I love this phone. Good luck with the moment!

dude just keep *****ing about how u like sense. this is my second hero with dust and they said that if my 3rd one gets dust they will upgrade me to a evo. I have to pay upgrade price but still that's a bad ass deal ill throw my hero in the ****ing sand box for an ego
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Rally187 said:
dude just keep *****ing about how u like sense. this is my second hero with dust and they said that if my 3rd one gets dust they will upgrade me to a evo. I have to pay upgrade price but still that's a bad ass deal ill throw my hero in the ****ing sand box for an ego
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Yeah..I'm rather irritated. I've had this phone for 2 days and I already have a dust problem. I tried logging into Sprint Chat and at 5:37 Eastern its closed on Sunday, yet they're open until 7pm? Weird..
Anyway..I'm completely undecided..I love the Hero, yet the Dust issue is a complete killer.
Update:
Just called and talked with Sprint and they transferred me to Assurion (wtf?) Anyway, they say I have a 30 day warranty on replaced phones and to take it back to the store it was replaced it.
I'll probably be getting yet another phone.

yea like radxcoresteven says its an amazing phone just a ****ty build. i wouldnt give up on it tho. i got this gel case and it seems to help a lil bit.... just a lil tho

Sprint is a Service provider, not a phone manufacturer. Hate the Hero.. Then hate HTC not sprint. Hopefully the EVO is better!

I had my friend at the sprint store hook me up with a refurb that was supposed to be fixed 3 weeks and no dust yet.. my dusty hero i gave to my my brother..lol he doesnt care to much.. since u can only really see the dust in the sun.. inside u dont notice it.. he is happy.. but ya the hero is a great phone but some production issues...... the moment is nice so at least your still with android..

Sorry what's this dust issue?

its common on the hero's to get dust in the screen on the actually glass. usually on the bottom left is where it starts. and if you've had the hero for more than 27 minutes and dont know what the dust issue is then your doing pretty good.

the moment is a solid phone. im on my 3rd hero, the next one im buying a moment myself. well unless sprint gets off their asses and releases the nexus one first.

Rally187 said:
its common on the hero's to get dust in the screen on the actually glass. usually on the bottom left is where it starts. and if you've had the hero for more than 27 minutes and dont know what the dust issue is then your doing pretty good.
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Yeah my first hero didn't have this issue. Got a new hero a few days ago due to my trackball being ****ed. Still no dust issue.

There's a little dust in the upper right side of my screen, nothing major though. I had the Samsung Instinct before I switched to Hero and I hated that phone. I'll never buy a Samsung again.

I hate the Moment, the screen feels cheap and plasticky. I'm sure it has to do with it having a physical keyboard, because it feels just like a G1 screen to me.
Anyway, nice having you around for 5 minutes, see you later.

I've still never seen dust under the screen on my phone, and I've had it since mid-October, carried it in my pocket constantly, and had it literally covered in extremely fine dust from ground corn a lot of times lol

Rally187 said:
its common on the hero's to get dust in the screen on the actually glass. usually on the bottom left is where it starts. and if you've had the hero for more than 27 minutes and dont know what the dust issue is then your doing pretty good.
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Lmao...
27 minutes...comedy.

scriz said:
I was having dust issues with my phone, so I took it to sprint for it to be replaced. I received my new phone on Friday. Today I pull my phone from my pocket and guess what..dust, on a 2 day old phone.
I'm probably headed back to the Moment.
Thanks, all!
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Take it back and tell them to replace it. At some point, they will give you a different phone. Hold out until the Evo comes around.
I've heard of major stability issues with the Moment. I'm glad I didn't get that phone.

SkinIt
I put a skin from SkinIt on my Hero shortly after getting it. So far, no dust.

Las_Vegas said:
I put a skin from SkinIt on my Hero shortly after getting it. So far, no dust.
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Nice, another Vegas resident.

[Q] Any new ways to root??

I Had a beautiful Rooted G2 that fell off my desk and screen quit working... Now I was sent a new G2 (Insurance pays) and I tried rooting... Well Visionary is a No Go, Rage.. No go, and no matter what I tried its not working... Any suggestions?? When using Visionary it hangs and thats it.. Rage just hangs.. And rebooting DOES NOT MATTER they just hang... I put in a different Hboot nothing, tried a PC10 .zip Wrong reboot.... Any suggestions?? I cant have all this freakin eat your battery Bloatware. It pisses me off and would love my custom rom back on. Again any suggestions PLEASE???
PS... psneuter does not work either.

I'm guessing you were sent a replacement device with gingerbread?
if so, you're s.o.l. at this point. sorry.

Why is that?? What did they do to the system this time??

Patched the exploit that allowed us to root.. along with change the build.prop to read "2.3"

Nope theres no way to root gingerbread. It looks like your stuck because it seems like no one is working on it. I'm on my fifth replacement with gingerbread, I keep asking for one with froyo and they say it's coming but I get gingerbread every time, this really sucks I need CM7
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I guess there's no downgrade hack for the G2 like these is for the Bell Mobility DZ? If not, then perhaps you can sell your LNIB G2, buy a secondhand DZ, root it, and have money left over. I paid $200 for an unlocked DZ in excellent condition from a local eBay seller, which is a heck of a lot better than the $500 the carriers want off-contract.

taob said:
I guess there's no downgrade hack for the G2 like these is for the Bell Mobility DZ? If not, then perhaps you can sell your LNIB G2, buy a secondhand DZ, root it, and have money left over. I paid $200 for an unlocked DZ in excellent condition from a local eBay seller, which is a heck of a lot better than the $500 the carriers want off-contract.
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Sounds ok except for the fact that its really not an equal trade.Going from keyboard to no keyboard. That's a big deal to most g2 owners.
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xsteven77x said:
Sounds ok except for the fact that its really not an equal trade.Going from keyboard to no keyboard. That's a big deal to most g2 owners.
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Uh... the DZ has a keyboard. Its the same thing as the G2 with a few different frequency bands.
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slapshot30 said:
Uh... the DZ has a keyboard. Its the same thing as the G2 with a few different frequency bands.
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lol, yup. Why else would they be in the same forum
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Well i guess it doesnt matter now... Dropped the g2 when going to answer the phone while sitting on the couch, and now screen is completly shredded.... The G2 is build to break on slightest impact. The drop was less than 2 feet. The first one dropped from a desk and i only had the second one 8 days with the protective cover on it. I will try and android my iphone 3g and wait for the iphone 3gs android break.
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isa_rod said:
Well i guess it doesnt matter now... Dropped the g2 when going to answer the phone while sitting on the couch, and now screen is completly shredded.... The G2 is build to break on slightest impact. The drop was less than 2 feet. The first one dropped from a desk and i only had the second one 8 days with the protective cover on it. I will try and android my iphone 3g and wait for the iphone 3gs android break.
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I don't know why other people's g2's break so easy... I have droped mine from about a meter onto concrete about 5 times and down stairs twice... nothing happened
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Its all on where the initial impact is. I've read somewhere that the G2s come with Gorilla Glass, but even that with just the right pressure in the right place with beak the LCD. Just like the right amount of pressure of just 7lbs on your foot the right way will break a bone.
You just happened to be unlucky.
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lawalty said:
Its all on where the initial impact is. I've read somewhere that the G2s come with Gorilla Glass, but even that with just the right pressure in the right place with beak the LCD. Just like the right amount of pressure of just 7lbs on your foot the right way will break a bone.
You just happened to be unlucky.
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Lol, no, I'm think I have been lucky
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I will paypal anyone that helps me get my gingerbread G2 rooted. I can't handle this t-mo bloatware

foxhoundisill said:
I will paypal anyone that helps me get my gingerbread G2 rooted. I can't handle this t-mo bloatware
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Don't let anyone take your money dude. At the moment there is no way possible to even root gingerbread on this device. You are just going to have to hold on and wait. Have you called T-mo? Last I heard, they were letting people trade in their gingerbread G2's for froyo ones, because gingerbread was never even supposed to go out on those devices.

I'm glad I ran into this forum, I was about to order a new G2 because my keyboard is sticky. Well people were asking for Gingerbread, now we got it alrite :-/... Doesn't matter to me though, I'm on Sense 3D :-D
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slapshot30 said:
Don't let anyone take your money dude. At the moment there is no way possible to even root gingerbread on this device. You are just going to have to hold on and wait. Have you called T-mo? Last I heard, they were letting people trade in their gingerbread G2's for froyo ones, because gingerbread was never even supposed to go out on those devices.
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Lol oh no no. nobody would get my money 'til i had a rooted phone. That trade bit sounds interesting though. Even if I bought my phone off craigslist and am on a non-data family plan? They might be biased against me lol

If you bought your phone off Craiglist it will show up in Tmo's "Device Model Warranty Tool" as "Warranty not verified." (Unless the phone had never been used before, then it should appear as a new device.) Unfortunately, that status will make it impossible for you to exchange your phone through Tmo, you may still be able to get support from HTC depending on the age of your device.
If you have the PHP insurance/warranty it's another matter, then you should be able to exchange the phone regardless of its age or origin.
(I'm a former Tmo rep btw)

The php insurance is nice. I've replaced a few phones, I just hate how Asurion verifies their authorized account users. They never see me as an auth. user!!
A few years back, it was no problem, but now they seem to be much more strick or something...
Sry bout my rant lol... maybe you can get an independent insurance plan and go from there
Goodluck.
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On my 2nd Shift and I am done.

After my last post about needing to run to stock to get my phone fixed, sprint took their time to send me a replacement, might I add my mother has an evo 3D and 2 days before mine broke her's did the same. I got a replacement yesterday finally after being told it was sent more than a week ago (I live in florida so that's illogical)
My replacement is now having the same exact issues of flickering, half touch screen not working and random dead spots on the digitizer for the half that does work.
I am simply done with HTC, I was told that due to the issues I had with them hanging up on me, dropping me after saying I was on hold and having my replacement take 2 weeks to get to me after being told it was shipped on the day I went in only for it to have been shipped few days ago from me receiving it, I may be either switching from sprint. He did put a flag and ticket up for me on my issues though, he seemed to be the only tech that cared. He said I should now be able to get a new phone entirely, so I may just switch to the samsung epic, it's old but It's better than this ****.
Sorry but I needed to vent about this crap, thought some of you might have gone through the same, I am just starting college again and this was not the time to be dealing with this crap.

That sucks, I've never had any issues with HTC myself. Had a HTC G1 before this and it's still working even with a half cracked screen. Every phone is going to have some defective ones made. I've known a lot of people with Samsung that also get defective phones. Sorry you had a bad experience though.
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gigermunit said:
so I may just switch to the samsung epic, it's old but It's better than this ****.
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Ugh, don't get the Epic... If you push hard enough you should be able to get the NS4G, i know at least 3 people that got the Nexus as a replacement. Plus its a solid device.
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My cousin and friend have the epic and I really liked it, they didn't have any issues with it since the gb update, but if I do get the NS4G I will take it, just don't like not having a keyboard even though I barely used it on my shift. The possibility of me getting another shift is high also but I am going to complain til I get a new phone, 3 phones with same issues is bull.

It's not a problem with the shift that I've seen very frequently. I've gone through 4 shifts. I say you should give the Shift another chance. It's the best phone Sprint has short of a nexus prime and if you're like me, you don't want a nexus prime because there's no keyboard.
edit/note: Make sure you try and get a Sprint store rep to send you a REPLACEMENT rather than going through asurion. Make sure you express your extreme dissatisfaction, time lost, and the fact that you are considering cancelling your account. This is the biggest thing that is hurting Sprint right now, customer retention, so I'm pretty sure that would help. If it doesn't go to another Sprint store, call Sprint customer service, ask for a supervisor, and express your extreme dissatisfaction with the service you received at that store.

That is what I plan to do, guy on the phone said I can ask for a replacement fine due to all the flags on my account from the last week.

gigermunit said:
That is what I plan to do, guy on the phone said I can ask for a replacement fine due to all the flags on my account from the last week.
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Cool. From what I've heard getting a replacement phone is almost as good as getting a brand new phone.
If you have issues with the 2nd phone and you have asurion take both phones in to the Sprint store and they can swap bad parts for good parts. Just call Sprint customer service ahead of time and tell them to schedule an appointment for you.

I already sent in my original and I got this replacement here and more parts of my digitizer are slowly not working, I have just enough response to answer calls.

gigermunit said:
I already sent in my original and I got this replacement here and more parts of my digitizer are slowly not working, I have just enough response to answer calls.
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Get 1 more replacement. Trust me I had to go through 3 to get a good shift. Also make sure you hack it up and see how far you can overclock it. If you can get past 1.6ghz you've got a good cut of the wafer CPU.

Both my original and this replacement could do 2.0ghz and be just fine, it's the screen that kept giving out, my flex ribbon in my first broke while I took a nap then this phone's digitizer took a dive right after activating it, then it worked fine, put a screen protector on it. To which it stopped working, then wouldn't work without the protector on now wont work at all.

gigermunit said:
Both my original and this replacement could do 2.0ghz and be just fine, it's the screen that kept giving out, my flex ribbon in my first broke while I took a nap then this phone's digitizer took a dive right after activating it, then it worked fine, put a screen protector on it. To which it stopped working, then wouldn't work without the protector on now wont work at all.
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Yeah I found a place here that will put the screen protector on perfectly here, you should be able to find one in the mall once you get a good working Shift.

I really don't want those kids touching my phone....

lol, Ive been thinking about bricking my phone to try and get a nexus s 4g

jesuscash said:
lol, Ive been thinking about bricking my phone to try and get a nexus s 4g
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Thought the same but I love our small community. I can only hope my next phone has yet another small community so that I get to know everyone like I do here
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YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Thought the same but I love our small community. I can only hope my next phone has yet another small community so that I get to know everyone like I do here
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The more i think about it the more i dont really care.
Honestly, i dont do much with my phone because im stingy with my battery life and ram lol
I honestly dont know why i want a more powerful phone, so I'm just gonna give my shift a good use until its time to upgrade or use my insurance.
If i get offered a nexus though, im taking it.
Not willing to ditch this guy yet, I didnt think I was gonna need/like the slideout keyboard, but now I love it lol

VICODAN said:
It's not a problem with the shift that I've seen very frequently. I've gone through 4 shifts. I say you should give the Shift another chance. It's the best phone Sprint has short of a nexus prime and if you're like me, you don't want a nexus prime because there's no keyboard.
edit/note: Make sure you try and get a Sprint store rep to send you a REPLACEMENT rather than going through asurion. Make sure you express your extreme dissatisfaction, time lost, and the fact that you are considering cancelling your account. This is the biggest thing that is hurting Sprint right now, customer retention, so I'm pretty sure that would help. If it doesn't go to another Sprint store, call Sprint customer service, ask for a supervisor, and express your extreme dissatisfaction with the service you received at that store.
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The Shift is obviously not the best phone Sprint has. Don't be a schmuck, get the Nexus.
*if you didn't wipe /system and /boot it is NOT A FULL WIPE*

jesusice said:
The Shift is obviously not the best phone Sprint has. Don't be a schmuck, get the Nexus.
*if you didn't wipe /system and /boot it is NOT A FULL WIPE*
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What is sprint's best phone - e4gt?
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sdk234 said:
What is sprint's best phone - e4gt?
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Maybe... maybe straight hardware wise... but if you're looking for a phone with a good amount of development I think you'll be disappointed with it. Same goes for the E3D and the Design. If I were getting a new phone I'd wait until the Galaxy Nexus is released. There may be phones with better hardware but hardware is kinda like benchmarks - good for comparing your e-penis but doesn't necessarily determine how the actual user experience is. The pure Nexus experience really is nice and the Galaxy Nexus will have a lot of great development for a long time to come. Personally I'm really pleased with my Nexus S and don't think I'll grow tired of it before my next upgrade in 10 months.
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jesusice said:
Maybe... maybe straight hardware wise... but if you're looking for a phone with a good amount of development I think you'll be disappointed with it. Same goes for the E3D and the Design. If I were getting a new phone I'd wait until the Galaxy Nexus is released. There may be phones with better hardware but hardware is kinda like benchmarks - good for comparing your e-penis but doesn't necessarily determine how the actual user experience is. The pure Nexus experience really is nice and the Galaxy Nexus will have a lot of great development for a long time to come. Personally I'm really pleased with my Nexus S and don't think I'll grow tired of it before my next upgrade in 10 months.
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Can't find it right now, but I'm pretty sure I saw a comparison (maybe phonedog?) of the Galaxy Nexus vs e4gt and nexus was REALLY laggy going from portrait to landscape compared to e4gt. Of course it was stock vs. stock . . .
Seems to me that development for the shift is great. Seems like e4gt is a really popular phone, hmmm .. . - is development worse because of something intrinsic to the phone?

I have owned my Shift since the day it came out. My friend has one and so does my brother. All working, no problems what's so ever. I love this little guy and I'm sorry you were having bad luck with faulty hardware.
My dad has a Samsung Epic no problems I guess.
I really want ICS but like the physical keyboard to get the Nexus.

The awful journey of my DZ and what should i do with it?

Hi DZ owners, I want to share a story with you:
*walloftext*
I had my DZ for about a year.
Then it was stolen one evening in a place full of people. I never thought I would see it again.
But then after about half a year I got 2 parties, which accused each other of having it.
Through intimidation on luck of one of them still having it I have got it back.
That imbecile did neither sell or use it. He just had it lying around in a cupboard as a kind of trophy, propably even smasehd it on ground some times... (And I wondered why I couldnt track it.)
Now the phone is a terrible mess. The battery was empty for a long time, degraded to not even last a day. The display (not the glass) was broken.
Then I bought a new battery and display for about 30€ replaced the display and while opening one of those small fragile connectors at the side of the board (I dont actually know what they connect, can someone tell me?), the lower one broke but I kludged it with a small piece of tape in place.
Fine everything worked, my Virtuous Unity install boots with /data as I left it.
The reading of my notes and contacts from that time really got me a nostalgia flash.
The sdcard was gone (I actually searched that guys box of stolen phones). Putting a new one in, phone mounts and stops complaining. After that I turned it off, wanting to sleep. The next day I loaded a fresh rom, QuadraSense because Virtuous Unity uses too much ram. Put it on SD and guess what? The SD (any of 5 microsds i have.) cant be mounted, not with FAT, not with EXT. Can the broken connector from the insides cause this?
But when I shake the phone the display brightness varies, (the kludged clip is not really stable) so I guess the connector is either for the display energy or the sensor but it could be multipurpose.
When I have fixed that, what will propably be the next problem with this phone?
Should I invest more time/replacement stuff into it or just buy a new one? Are there newer phones with physical keyboard?
I had a Motorola Milestone 2 for a while for really cheap but their keyboards suck because the keys stop working or stick, it seems like the existing MS2s have reached their end of life. (I have tested 4 MS2s all the same.)
I am thinking of a Galaxy Note if not keyboard. Anyone here knows about the openness and rom diversity? (I am browsing that forum right after this post so this is not just a lazyass question, more of an if someone just has the info in mind right now.)
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sounds like the connection to the sdcard slot is damaged as well as the main flexcable as it sounds like you replaced the lcd
I don't know your situation but if it were me id find it gratifying to kick the guys ass and demand a brand new g2, but to each there own
personal opinion there isn't a better phone on the market right now than the g2/dz, at least not for my needs so it may be worth your time fixing this one
(that guy sounds like the kind of *******s that deserve very bad things)
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What cell phone does this guy use? You should just take it out of his hand and tell him you're even. I did that to a guy who stole my skateboard once. He was on steroids and weighed 50lbs more than me, but I guess I used the f word enough times loud enough that he realized he was wrong? I don't know if i'd try that again though hahaha
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I fear it might be the end of your DZ and tbh if it was me in your position I would go with a Note or may be the SG3

I'll pay him a visit today when hes back from work, I think hes got enough money to buy a new one. His currently used phone is an old Sony Erricson thing. As for if I am even with him, dont know my physical condition is not the best but with the power of ale one can not fail. XD
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Urgh phones get so filthy when you zoom in.

the parts aren't that expensive. U you can get them on eBay and repair it yourself
If you get a new phone. I'd get an sgs3
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Illidan Pornrage said:
I'll pay him a visit today when hes back from work, I think hes got enough money to buy a new one. His currently used phone is an old Sony Erricson thing. As for if I am even with him, dont know my physical condition is not the best but with the power of ale one can not fail. XD
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Urgh phones get so filthy when you zoom in.
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Just so you know my post was half joke. Yes, I think he owes you a new phone, but I don't want to find out you got in a fistfight with him b/c of my joke advice. haha but still, if he knows he's wrong, you'd be surprised sometimes how compliant a guilty person can be.
Good luck! Let us know what you decide and how it turns out =)
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SMASHED SCREEN!!! doh

Right, I got me s4 on release day in UK (well 27th noth 26th), all was good until tonight, I just got me s3 back from a mate today who put a new front glass on it (broke in my pocket a couple a months ago but was usable, cost me £12 for glass and £20 to get fitted)
Sat down on sofa tonight and heard a cracking noise, took my s4 outta me pocket and the bottom 3/4 of the screen was black. Samsung phones build quality is s****, don't get me wrong I'm the biggest Samsung fan there is, it's the only tv or phones in my house but to break in my pocket after 2 weeks. NOT ON.
The good news is I contacted O2 uk straight away and they have a new phone on the way since its insided the 28 days from purchase. You can guess I've ordered a few cases to protect it but if its gonna break with a bit of stress in your pocket no case will save it.
I know your bound to be thinking "this mad man must haved a screw driver or sum other sharp instrument in his pockets" but I don't, just my wallet and maybe a few loose coins.
Anyone else have any issues like me or am I the only one.
Cheers,
Glynn
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Your lucky to get a replacement mate.... You must of bent the phone as you sat down.
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maybe they should put a warning on it 'dont sit on your phone, you're fat it WILL break' lol

You should review the way you sit.

fade2green514 said:
maybe they should put a warning on it 'dont sit on your phone, you're fat it WILL break' lol
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lol, yeah gonna have te shed a few pound way thed help of s health lol. Naw but seriously, if I didn't love me sammy gadgets so much I'd be sitting her with a working xperia z / htc one. Was gonna say iphone 5 but naw I wouldn't go that far.
Thank god it happened within the first 28 days, at least now I know how vulnerable it is to fat b**tards and can get the biggest rubberised case I can find. Sort of defeats the purpose of having a slim sleek phone but I don't wani be landed with a £2 or £300 bill to fix it the second time round
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MaKTaiL said:
You should review the way you sit.
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I know mate, I'm not trying to embarrass you or anything but I'm disabled after having had 2 failed spinal surgeries so I've gotta sit whatever way I can get down. I'm gonna try and remember to keep it out of my pockets when I can so not to break the fecker again
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Tomo1971 said:
Your lucky to get a replacement mate.... You must of bent the phone as you sat down.
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Yeah tomo, as I said I'm glad it happened within the 28 days or I'd a been landed way a damn expensived paper weight
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You are not the first one to mention your screen cracked simply from having the phone in your pocket. A few pages back you find this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260083
Note they mention it's the LCD itself that shattered, not the Gorilla Glass. At this point I could not buy an S4 without constantly worrying about my device. I will see what phones the late summer/fall will bring.

Too much surface glass on this device for a pocket. That 5" display and a small bezel is a fragile combination.

are you a leprechaun?

Your pants must b 2 tight
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don't put the phone in your back pocket
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IMHO.

I'm one of the others who's LCD cracked while phone was in pocket, but three said they would charge me just to look at it, then charge me again as is physical damage and was fine for the first week!
I've now sent it back to Samsung, who have said they will charge me to fix it, still waiting on the quote!
So your very lucky O2 are shipping you a new phone.
As probably 80% of phone owners carry their phones in their pockets, it's very worrying that Samsung seem to have made a phone that can easily break if carried that way!
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Quick update I phoned Samsung this morning was told their service center has informed them that my phone is fine! I guess they had a quick look saw the glass wasn't cracked and decided its fine without even turning it on or looking at it from different angles! I'll find out more on Monday when I the service center is open
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sounds promising. i just can't wait to get my baby back again.
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Out of interest was the phone in a back pocket or front?

azibux1 said:
Out of interest was the phone in a back pocket or front?
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Mine was in my front pocket

SATAN999 said:
Mine was in my front pocket
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That's quite odd
Was there anything else in the pocket? Or just the phone?
Not doubting what you're saying, just trying to think of what could have caused it and what to try and avoid when I get mine

This is kind of worrisome since I'm planning on getting an S4 soon and always keep my phone in my pocket.
Please keep us updated, everyone.
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