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R.I.P My galaxy s2?

I accidently droped my sgs2 last night... In the begining it was just a corner with red small spots and I saw som old meny in the dark corner. I tested some hidden menys and I changed nothing (I think) But after had my phone off for the night it looks like this??? Blue???
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Just take it to the service centre&they will replace the screen for u
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i agree, time to service it! hehe

Even wearing that case it has suffered that bad? It seems that most cases protect only against scratches, unless you have one of those extremely bulky. It makes me wonder why to use a case at all if in the end the damage will be the same. Or would it be even worse without the case? Well, who knows...
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The first time I got no protector on it I droped it :/ OMG service isnt cheap!

janne303 said:
The first time I got no protector on it I droped it :/ OMG service isnt cheap!
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Well, there is a tutorial on these forums explaining how you can do it yourself. You'll need courage though :| take a look, it does even include a video and eBay link for buying the necessary parts.
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Wow, mine is exactly the same as yours, the crack is even in the same place...

wonder what the costs of service will be...

I just viseted the store for mine, they said 140-150 euros...

rozza21 said:
I just viseted the store for mine, they said 140-150 euros...
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Was that operatorshop (for example Vodaphone) or was it a regular phone company?

janne303 said:
Was that operatorshop (for example Vodaphone) or was it a regular phone company?
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It was the phone shop i got it from, the dutch provider Hi, so yes like a voda store. I Sent it in, And Samsung is gonna quote me an exact figure.

ok! Mine is getting darker and darker now. The most darker area in the pics is spreading all across the screen... hmmm

janne303 said:
ok! Mine is getting darker and darker now. The most darker area in the pics is spreading all across the screen... hmmm
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Yeah mine got worse and worse, untill the screen was barely visable...
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dropped mine and istantley lost the bottom half of the screen then within 2 hours the whole thing was black. Three UK charged me £72 for the repair. which i though wasnt bad.

rojdag said:
dropped mine and istantley lost the bottom half of the screen then within 2 hours the whole thing was black. Three UK charged me £72 for the repair. which i though wasnt bad.
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No, thats actually quite good...

Oh that sucks..
you guys should be more careful!

wolfbrigade said:
Oh that sucks..
you guys should be more careful!
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Well in my case a mate pushed me into a pole with my phone in my pocket...it was weird, because the back was facing the pole, not the screen...
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wolfbrigade said:
Oh that sucks..
you guys should be more careful!
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I know :/ Im going to have insurance for now...

Spontaneous screen crack sg3

Hiya guys I've had the most interesting thing happen to my .sg3 yesterday. The only way to explain it is as a spontaneous screen crack! My phone just cracked by itself!! Yes without a lie! It's the most microsceptic crack I've seen and after a few minutes looking at it i decided to measure the location and it's exactly in the middle of the panel! No one believes me and people think I'm stupid. i was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I've done some research and have found that other Samsung phones have done this but there isn't allot of info about it.
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Interesting... Can you share some pictures of it?

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Sorry, I'm not being helpful, but I couldn't resist...
Is this really a thing? I mean that this can happen, I have never heard about anything like this before.
Show a pic of the crack if possible?

Well from what info I've gathered on the web it is very rare!
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probably because of the curved glass. Curved things tend to bend when they reach certain point. the gorilla glass 2 being thinner than its predecessor should crack easier especially when bent. Send it back to Samsung, the crack seems natural and is a Samsung fault rather
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I believe you. My friends AMOLED screen crached but the glass was perfectly fine on his Droid RAZR. It was extremely weird and did not make any bit of sense.

Well see the thing is i didn't even move from my desk at work when this happened! It's so so strange. What would be the best way of contacting Samsung about this , because atm I've talked to official Samsung repair people and they all say I'm crazy and 3 just told me I'm a liar and that i broke it on purpose. (As if!)
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Wtf is that a perfect straight line?

No but it nearly is!
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strelk112 said:
No but it nearly is!
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You should go to the 3 store and show them the device because there is no way anyone can make a perfect straight crack like this on purpose/accidentally.

That is what i said! I showed them the phone and they just made a mug of me!
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Faryaab said:
You should go to the 3 store and show them the device because there is no way anyone can make a perfect straight crack like this on purpose/accidentally.
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My thoughts exactly!
Contact the relevant authorities.
To me it seems this device wasn't fit for purpose!

strelk112 said:
Hiya guys I've had the most interesting thing happen to my .sg3 yesterday. The only way to explain it is as a spontaneous screen crack! My phone just cracked by itself!! Yes without a lie! It's the most microsceptic crack I've seen and after a few minutes looking at it i decided to measure the location and it's exactly in the middle of the panel! No one believes me and people think I'm stupid. i was just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I've done some research and have found that other Samsung phones have done this but there isn't allot of info about it.
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Maybe somebody played with it and dropped it while you were away? Lol.. Just a theory.. Hehe

Vibrant03 said:
Maybe somebody played with it and dropped it while you were away? Lol.. Just a theory.. Hehe
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No i was at my desk at work.
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...was in on your desk at work as in... it was in you back pocket as you were sitting on the desk at work, LOL!

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...was in on your desk at work as in... it was in you back pocket as you were sitting on the desk at work, LOL!
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No. I was dat on my chair at my desk with it in my side pocket. Nothing out of the ordinary!
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nbhadusia said:
...was in on your desk at work as in... it was in you back pocket as you were sitting on the desk at work, LOL!
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If this is the case, something else would have cracked then.. LoL

[DEFECT] Gap between glass and casing. Whose got it?

Does your SGS3 have a gap down the left hand side of the screen?
Is dust building up in it?
If so, post a photo, if you can
I am returning my first SGS3 today as there is a gap between the glass and the casing.
Dust is building up in it and it looks rather unsightly.
I was just wondering if it's just me or not.
Can you see the line of dust down the left side of the screen?
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No gaps here. Mines is nice and tightly sealed up.
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Mine has a small gap but I can't see it with the case it's in.

OP are you sure its not a HOX you're using? ;-P

I have got another one, but im afraid its still the same.
To be sure, I'll have to have it for a few days and see if any dust accumilates in it.
I looked at another one in phones4u and the screen is perfectly alligned.

Dont have it. Take some tooth brush and clean it.
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Oh, yes I have a gap now you mention it..

zmsudu said:
Dont have it. Take some tooth brush and clean it.
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I don't think the bristles of a toothbrush would get in the gap to be honest.
That's bedside the point anyway It should be perfect!

johnboywilson said:
Oh, yes I have a gap now you mention it..
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+1

vinokirk said:
I don't think the bristles of a toothbrush would get in the gap to be honest.
That's bedside the point anyway It should be perfect!
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I just ran my nail along the gap and managed to dig out the few flakes of dust in there, so a toothbrush should work fine.

afaik all the samsung mobiles i have used had micro gaps, its the way it is designed. cant notice the gap in s3 as it is white, but it will have it surely.
btw the micro gap is required to absorb the shocks. else all the shock will reach out the screen easily.

The problem I have is that on the left side the gap is quite substantial. Where as there is no gap at all on the right side.
It's like the whole glass part it too far over to the right.
I have seen another blue S3 at Phone 4u and there it an equal gap on either side; so I know for sure there is a problem with this batch at the 3 store.

My white one has no such gap. At least nothing I can discern anyway...

vinokirk said:
I don't think the bristles of a toothbrush would get in the gap to be honest.
That's bedside the point anyway It should be perfect!
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Use this. It's fantastic at keeping nooks and crannies of electronic devices clean.
http://www.cyberclean.net/cleaning/en/Products/HomeOffice.html

Yeah cyberckean is pretty pro.
Also, thumbs up for everyone who is now inspecting the edge of their phone for the first time?
I have a little gap at the top of my screen, but its not gathered any dust.
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You are not the first to bring this issue up, so I'm thinking many people have this issue but only a few of them will notice it.

demonwind said:
You are not the first to bring this issue up, so I'm thinking many people have this issue but only a few of them will notice it.
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I thought there was one, it is moving slightly. But guess that's good, firmness bad for drops.
It is also an optical illusion! Depending on the lighting angle. Does it look like a big gap on the left? Flip the phone upside down, the gap is still on the left it doesn't flip. Not worried now after noticing it, you had me for 20sec.
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Silver to Black attempt

I bought the HTC One in silver since it was the only colour stocked by O2. But i do really prefer my phones in black so tried making a sticker for the front and back. Here's my attempt, its not perfect but what do you guys think?
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Wow!!! That looks amazing!
What did you use to do it? And how?

Really how did you do it??!!!
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Black and silver combo looks cool why don't HTC doesn't think about it? This could be a possibly a 4th colour option maybe?
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photoshop ???

ggreg said:
photoshop ???
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I don't think so. You can see some air bubbles under the sticker and the seams from the white dividers on the top and bottom

Sell This
Can you describe how you did this and or sell a kit? This would make me feel better about pre-ordering a silver One.
Surely OP will deliver!

Im a part time graphics designer and have access to a vinyl plotter and endless types of vinyl. So i got to work by creating a template of the front/back for the plotter, loaded the matt black vinyl and let the plotter do the rest.
The hard part was measuring every aspect of the fone, as you can see for the front camera n sensors I got the measurements slightly wrong.
In the future i would love to try carbon fiber vinyl on this.
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Im gonna plasti-dip mine since i got the silver. Gives you color options, adds some protection and gives it a nice grippy surface... :beer:
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i willingly could buy your silver device if you dont like it even its not announced yet offcialy in my country. just checkin' picks

I don't care about black or silver.
The main thing is, the surface is not shiny.
That's why I always liked the phones from HTC (my One is on the way )

would you be willing to start making more of these and selling them?!

I think a matte sky blue...a la Volvo's blue in their performance line...but matte or satin would look amazing on the One.
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omg i want that..........

That's seriously nice. Gives me faith that someone will make skins ala Nexus 4. Also makes me reconsider waiting for black.
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Now if only the battery didnt suck.
Have To Charge

baberswallet said:
Now if only the battery didnt suck.
Have To Charge
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At least you stayed on topic.

Napoleon_PhoneApart said:
At least you stayed on topic.
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LOL...Made me giggle!
Phone looks pretty awesome in the pics. Nice work!!
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kasa7 said:
Im a part time graphics designer and have access to a vinyl plotter and endless types of vinyl. So i got to work by creating a template of the front/back for the plotter, loaded the matt black vinyl and let the plotter do the rest.
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So. Jealous. I wish I could convince my boss that we need to get one, unfortunately we have no use for one so....:crying:

Awesome work Kasa! Any chance you'd be willing to share the plotter file so we could hit up a local shop and get our own vinyl cut?

[Q] Note 3 screen gap and dust

Hello everyone. When looking at note 3 in the right anlge and lighting, i have a gap around my screen, and it fills up with dust, see picture. Anyone else having this? I think its only visible on black model.
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I also have that! Bought mine in Norway

No gap here in white model.
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Quasar83 said:
I also have that! Bought mine in Norway
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I also bought mine in Norway...

Yep black version from the netherlands also has this gap. I noticed it after the 1st time i pulled it out my pocket.
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Get it changed. .... these isnt supposed to be a gap. My s3 had that and samsung changed the whole screen for me
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Here 'ya go...
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http://www.cyberclean.net/cleaning/en/Products/HomeOffice.html

Black version Scotland no gap/dust that I can see
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Black version, the Netherlands, no gap.
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I also have a "wiggly" HOME-button that sits kind of crocked and makes a loud clicking noise when I press it. Anyone else have this?

Nope anything like that you should just go get a swap
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White version 9005 in Bahrain .. no gap .
I had a gap with my old Note 2 though and i lived with it .. thought it was normal and didn't know it can be covered by warranty .

You guys are so lucky to be able to get a replacement...here Malaysia we are required to accept repairs and parts replacements only...
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I now got a new device. No gap

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You guys are so lucky to be able to get a replacement...here Malaysia we are required to accept repairs and parts replacements only...
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+1 on that..no joy..
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Egypt SM-N900 black no gap
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Yes my friend! The same here, black version, Greece... it has a gap on the spreaker side like yours. On the down side it hasn't..... OMG I've just changed at DOA because it was stuttering as hell and now the gap..... I can't believe it. Now if I go back to the store AGAIN and tell them for the gap they will kick me out.... :silly: I guess I just have to call samsung for that.
Sorry my friend but I noticed that you took the picture with an iphone ha?... :silly:

Hi,
UK simfree and I had the same thing i had dust stuck on the side of the screen and tried to remove it using and special vacuum cleaner, lint free cloth and also a special light brush and tried to clean it, but the dust seems like it stuck to the glue in the gap.
I got mine swapped over as its still within 28 days.
some consider it cosmetic and wont change it for you.
I had my new one for a day so will see how I get one.
Thanks

Quasar83 said:
I also have a "wiggly" HOME-button that sits kind of crocked and makes a loud clicking noise when I press it. Anyone else have this?
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Maybe the little sticker is still on it and is making a crinkly noise when you touch it.

I have it but on the bottom right side.