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Your thoughts for the HTC Aria

My thoughts for the Aria is that its a great phone because I dropped it many times no problems it might not have flash and can't play NFS Shift but it is a really good phone
Write what your thoughts are for the Aria
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Does everything I could want in a phone! Yeah, no flash, no snap dragon, bit is A highly functional yet small phone. I liked the htc sense ui, bit cm7 is more suited for me...
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AriaUSer_ said:
My thoughts for the Aria is that its a great phone because I dropped it many times no problems it might not have flash and can't play NFS Shift but it is a really good phone
Write what your thoughts are for the Aria
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The only thing I can imagine is that you must have dropped it on a pillow. The forum is full of posts on shattered Aria digitizer screens from drops of as little as 18". I have 2 Aria's, one working and a second for backup, and the backup is waiting now for another digitizer to arrive.
Other than that and no Flash, it's a great phone.

cHarley04 said:
The only thing I can imagine is that you must have dropped it on a pillow. The forum is full of posts on shattered Aria digitizer screens from drops of as little as 18". I have 2 Aria's, one working and a second for backup, and the backup is waiting now for another digitizer to arrive.
Other than that and no Flash, it's a great phone.
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I've dropped mine several times on hard surfaces including asphault and the only damage it has is a little nick in the corner of the back cover. I've even dropped it in water, fully emersed and it never even got wet inside except some moisture under the screen that dried up. This little guy is going on 9 months old now Ans never had a single issue. Its a sturdy and very reliable little phone IMO.
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the aria is a great phone, especially with cm7 installed on it. its way more powerful than it should be.

Mine survived a toilet drop. But I think the silicone case did alot of the work.
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Mine can run nfs shift...? Just not on cm7, that I know of

I've dropped my aria while it was on my lap in the truck and when I opened the door to get out it flew off my lap as I stood up and skidded face down across the road. Not even a scratch thanks to the gel HTC case I have for it
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It just works well
Coming from a HTC Fuze, I'm glad I did not give up on HTC. The Aria makes up for all of the glitches and freezes I experienced with the Fuze. My Aria simply works reliably, quickly, and without hassle - except for random bluetooth connection issues which may or may not be due to my Motorola earset.
My only beef with it is that the compactness comes at the price of text entry speed. It's still leaps better than T9, but well short of what's possible with a physical keypad, and a notch or two off of even the iPhone. But if I send 5 texts a day, that's heavy use for me, so this is hardly worth my worry.
No trouble after dropping it face down onto concrete with a vinyl/gel cover on it.
Considering it's a $0.01 upgrade (+ AT&T $18 fee) under contract extension at Amazon.com right now, more bang for the buck is hard to find.

This phone is great! only complaint is the size and no physical keyboard >.<
even so its better than the tilt2 i came from

I like the aria. It's fast, compact, and looks pretty.
I chose the aria because of its smaller size. I was coming from a motorola pebble so I didn't want anything gigantic. It even sports the same soft back as the pebble which is comforting.
There are, however, some things that I do not like about the phone. I don't like the antenna being built into the back cover; I feel that over time the contacts might wear out. Additionally, the back cover itself is annoying... It isn't as securely attached as I'd like; the glass around the top of the phone tends to lift up about 1mm from its protective back cover - something I noticed a few days after purchasing the phone. And lastly, I'm regretting buying a phone this small; I'm 6' so my hands are fairly large, it's a little hard to hold a phone this size without dropping it. An evo 4G would fit much better in my hand.
Having said that, I believe without a doubt that the screen will crack if you drop it onto contrete from waste high without a case for it. I have never dropped my phone though...
But I did go through a car accident with it (no case).When everything was all said and done I found my little aria under the brake peddle.. It was in my cup holder before. Not a single scratch on the screen - no idea how that happened.
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My first phone to welcome me to the Android world and I said it did a great job, i also got a lot of help from the community here though >.<

I love my aria, only problem is battery life, but I keep it on the charger most of the time so there are no worries. When I turn my data off, it can go 24 hours without a charge without a problem.

I love this phone. It was my first Android and considering I was coming from WM 6.5 it was a huge upgrade. While I like the large screens of other androids I felt they were too bulky and opted for this one. Other than a few shortcomings (slower processor, smaller screen, and no flash mainly) the phone is great.

The Death of my Nexus One

It has been a really slow process, about 24h+ later my beloved Nexus One purchased in early February 2010 has finally come to an end. Picture speaks for itself.
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Try replacing the LCD. The rest of the phone is probably fine
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I broke my AMOLED screen while skiing. It is replaceable and a lot cheaper than buying a new phone. You can find new screens on ebay for $70-$80 usually. Make sure you find out whether you have an AMOLED or SLCD so you can get the right screen. Google can help you determine that.

bassmadrigal said:
I broke my AMOLED screen while skiing. It is replaceable and a lot cheaper than buying a new phone. You can find new screens on ebay for $70-$80 usually. Make sure you find out whether you have an AMOLED or SLCD so you can get the right screen. Google can help you determine that.
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I have an AMOLED screen but i dont wish it to replace. I'm looking for replacement between a Galaxy Nexus or a White Skyrocket for $200. My Nexus One still works. I still use it with the broken screen to call my boyfriend (I'm female), i just memorized how to get into the favorites contacts and call, hehe but just him. It's useless screen is now completely black and non existant.
I was charging it and it suddenly fall down into the floor, as usual. It was not a very hard hit per se, but must be the angle.

Must be slot of that going on my phone usually falls hard with no prob. Two days ago it fell like6 inches screen is now cracked
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mvtm said:
I have an AMOLED screen but i dont wish it to replace. I'm looking for replacement between a Galaxy Nexus or a White Skyrocket for $200. My Nexus One still works. I still use it with the broken screen to call my boyfriend (I'm female), i just memorized how to get into the favorites contacts and call, hehe but just him. It's useless screen is now completely black and non existant.
I was charging it and it suddenly fall down into the floor, as usual. It was not a very hard hit per se, but must be the angle.
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Zomg there is a girl on-the-job forums...
Aanyway.. replacing the screen is actually pretty easy. Took me about 20 minutes the first time. Now I can swap it out in under 10. (5th screen now)
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camalus said:
Aanyway.. replacing the screen is actually pretty easy. Took me about 20 minutes the first time. Now I can swap it out in under 10. (5th screen now)
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Stop breaking your screen!
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I got this about 2 days ago!!!
It was a gift, i paid 0 for it!!!
The only thing... is it does have the grainy screen when brightness is <40%.

Screen
Is it ICS 4.0?

Oh poor cellphone
You should pay more attention to it, especially with water, it kills many electronic devices. And you can still use it by changing a LCD

Try replacing the screen. Hope all other things are fine
Dont give up the NEXUS ONE

Well those screenshots are from a Galaxy Nexus . So its ICS and slightly redundant to ask her to save the N1 You, my friend, have a generous benefactor! You could keep the N1 in a glass cabinet in memoriam of the first Nexus device. Should have a lot of value a couple of decades later!

Bought mine when the nexus 1 was launched, almost made 2 years, until last night ended up cracking my screen, so I downgraded to the galaxy nexus
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sirgoob said:
Bought mine when the nexus 1 was launched, almost made 2 years, until last night ended up cracking my screen, so I downgraded to the galaxy nexus
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lol, downgraded to a Galaxy Nexus. Our N1s are already going to be historic in the Hall of Fame of phones. I'm going to pretend the G1 never existed .
Heck, she should send me the broken N1. I'll fix it up good as new. Luckily, I'm still using my N1 without any major issues. I'm due for an upgrade sometime next year. HTC Nexus 4 I hope?

If youre interested in selling your broken N1 I would be interested in purchasing it! PM me if so.

Here comes the famous drop test for sgs3

not looking good, order your cases asap
edit: keep your beast safe...

Ohhh she's adorable..
Wait.. I was sposed to be watching the phones?
Moral here is "Don't drop your $700 phones from chest height into rough concrete kids"

Maybe the wind was too much when the S3 was dropped
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Hey guys, I found Casper the ghost!
I mean....the S2 is still the strongest phone out there when it comes to dropping. We need a S2 vs S3 drop test. We already know that iPhone 4S will get ****ed up every time
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yea, will have to get good case + screen guard.

I guess this will be the first time when I'll buy a case for my phone. S2 was invincible.

She wasn't very accurate with her dropping.
But anyone who uses a phone w/out a case is a fool (IMO).
Just a $300+ accident waiting to happen.
And cases are available sooo slim nowadays.

.. and seriously, you need to be 7ft tall or even taller for the phone to be dropped that high.. LOL
unless you're on a horse or umm levitating.. LOL.. what are the odds? hmm?

CZ Eddie said:
She wasn't very accurate with her dropping.
But anyone who uses a phone w/out a case is a fool (IMO).
Just a $300+ accident waiting to happen.
And cases are available sooo slim nowadays.
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I'm a fool and risky as hell. I hate cases, I like to see the natural beauty of my phone. I honestly forgot how nice my wife's Moto Atrix looks without the case cause she has this horrid(in my opinion) Speck case on it. To each their own though.

Here is one more
Might as well add it to OP
They wasted like 3 + 3 devices!
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im glad i have a case and insurance for my S3

That gorila Glass 2 might still be as hard but it looks like it isn't as though, that combined with a thinner bazel and you end up with a cracked phone. Luckely i already have a case, now i just need the phone,...
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Most people buying S3 already have a case and other accessories except the phone
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My girl dropped her phone from the second floor, she was wearing her robe and it had slipped out, then it fell over the railing upstairs straight to the hardwood on the first floor and slid several feet.
Turned out the phone had no scratches and just scratched the case, Good thing she had a case cause her palm pre would of got murdered!
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chuunarusamurai said:
My girl dropped her phone from the second floor, she was wearing her robe and it had slipped out, then it fell over the railing upstairs straight to the hardwood on the first floor and slid several feet.
Turned out the phone had no scratches and just scratched the case, Good thing she had a case cause her palm pre would of got murdered!
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galaxy s 3 thread man
yeah sometimes a phone can fall from 30cm and get smashed, other times not a single scratch :X

Someone should make a video of 'real life events'. You know...having the phone on lap then getting out of the car, etc. Because, in those instances, the phone isn't falling straight down. It's got some angle and slide to it.
(I took my Nexus One and threw it face down onto tiles about 3 feet in front of me...and nothing but the lcd underneath broke.)

SiNJiN76 said:
Someone should make a video of 'real life events'. You know...having the phone on lap then getting out of the car, etc. Because, in those instances, the phone isn't falling straight down. It's got some angle and slide to it.
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Im gonna get a zorb ball so i can protect my smartphone
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LeviathanPT said:
Im gonna get a zorb ball so i can protect my smartphone
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Hahahaha. Make sure you make a video!

hawkeye2188 said:
I'm a fool and risky as hell. I hate cases, I like to see the natural beauty of my phone. I honestly forgot how nice my wife's Moto Atrix looks without the case cause she has this horrid(in my opinion) Speck case on it. To each their own though.
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I am with you. I have never had a case, but do have a screen guard. Never had a problem yet.
It makes me laugh how the iphone crowd go on about how great looking their phone is and how the glass back looks great. Or when they go on about how the S2, looks like cheap plastic. Yet they cover their phone with a £1.99 cover from ebay, so they never see or feel the phone. And the gel, rubber cover from ebay is cheaper and tackier than the S2 phone.

this is the biggest downside of the phone... i don't care for the minor issues that i read about this phone except for this.. what was samsung thinking? didn't they test a few phones before putting it into production? didn't they test how tough gorilla glass 2 or lack there of before using it on their flagship phone?
fail!
i'm still upgrading to it though.. LOL

Your WORST HD2 accident

ok the thread says it all. so here's mine:
we were at school partying for we finished it, we were all jumping around, hd2 in my pocket.
it was like 5 turns we made. we were done. hd2 was no longer in my pocket.
i looked everywhere but was almost sure someone broke it cz there was like 500 person there.
my friend was looking for who dropped it, gave it to me, battery was still in with the cover ejected.
unlocked and had to reboot wp, but everything worked perfect. now even a single scratch on the screen.
2 weeks later, in an exam, it fell out of my pocket but was all fine.
so what's your worst accident?

Launched mine off of my bike at 80 going to work at 4 am.. Went back after work on my way home and found the main body and some pieces in the center divide, it's in its box in the cupboard currently.. Very sad day
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my worst would be putting one of my HD2 in the cabinet for a month since i still have another one.
When I tried it out the other day the touch screen wasn't responding :crying:
my 2nd HD2 that had the touch problem

mengfei said:
my worst would be putting one of my HD2 in the cabinet for a month since i still have another one.
When I tried it out the other day the touch screen wasn't responding :crying:
my 2nd HD2 that had the touch problem
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mine decided one day to not work. that was very bad :/
i installed tytung's ics and usb host kernel in order to use a mouse temporarely until i fixed it
LONG LIVE the HD2

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It fell off the desk while flashing HSPL. Floor broke.
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That must have been a very Hard SPL
I must have dropped my hd2 plenty of times but it was fine.
Once when i first got the phone I had it in my back jeans pocket and sat on it. I think it bent the phone and I had the screen problem with Newton Rings (here)
Recently though I had the phone leaning against a skirting board on a concrete floor and it fell over onto the screen and the glass cracked. Oh well, I now have another one

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When it's touchscreen was unresponsive for few days and i was using HTc TyTn II (or Kaiser) with WM 6.1 and Samsung Wave with Bada... Uhhhh...
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Yeah, touchscreen of death. Took all the pro tools available for me, took all the guts I have. Repaired it, replaced the touchscreen, glued it to the chassis with really badass doble-faced adhesive tape and was just happy that my fellow HD2 is still alive. Now, about 2 or 3 weeks later, the touchscreen won't respond again. And I'm anxious to open it again to attempt to fix it - got the fear that I glued some of the tape to the display.
f**k me, right?

"1E fatal hit" error.....can't run any rom or any recovery...bought another one XD

Mrs Geeba went to work... asked on her way out for me to do some washing.... filled washing machine... added liquid etc... fired up a 40c wash... sat down with a cup of tea... got really annoyed with the clonking sound the washing machine was making and though.."good grief what has the Mrs put in there!!!" - went in the kitchen only to see the HTC logo doing the rounds on the glass front of the washing machine after an almost full 40c wash
Dried it out in rice in the airing cupboard.... worked fine for a week then the screen failed...
Gutted... but bought another!

Geeba said:
Mrs Geeba went to work... asked on her way out for me to do some washing.... filled washing machine... added liquid etc... fired up a 40c wash... sat down with a cup of tea... got really annoyed with the clonking sound the washing machine was making and though.."good grief what has the Mrs put in there!!!" - went in the kitchen only to see the HTC logo doing the rounds on the glass front of the washing machine after an almost full 40c wash
Dried it out in rice in the airing cupboard.... worked fine for a week then the screen failed...
Gutted... but bought another!
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LOL that is what i would call a full wipe and reflush

Robbie P said:
LOL that is what i would call a full wipe and reflush
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+1
Tomorrow i have big exams, and i'm planning to use my hd2 once i get stuck writing answers. hopefully there won't be some accident like it ringing in the exam or some error:invalid boot image header or such at the time

gilbert32 said:
+1
Tomorrow i have big exams, and i'm planning to use my hd2 once i get stuck writing answers. hopefully there won't be some accident like it ringing in the exam or some error:invalid boot image header or such at the time
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Are you going to "phone a friend"

Robbie P said:
Are you going to "phone a friend"
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LOL i was thinking of maybe asking wolfram, my friend, a question

Nexus 6 Drop Thread

Today I dropped my Nexus 6... And my case won't be here for another two days! The drop was from about 2 feet, the damage wasn't bad. Just a little scuffed up on the corners. Pictures below
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That just makes me cringe.

When I ordered it from sprint they told me it was gonna be 1 to 3 weeks for the phone to get there that's why I didn't order a case sooner but the phone came in within 3 days.

One drop, about 3.5 feet....

Ouch! This phone is very slippery in dry cool weather and if your skin is dry. A little moisture and hand locks on like a magnet. Regardless, I'm looking forward to my case as I cling on to my N6 with a "kung fu grip" until it arrives

I've had mine slip out of my shirt pocket two times on to a hard tile floor. It landed screen down both times. It's in a spigen slim armor case and there was no damage.

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One drop, about 3.5 feet....
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Ouch. It must of landed on a corner pretty good. I believe mine landed backside down on the asphalt and slid. Fell out of my lap when I got out of the car. Hopefully its not to expensive for you to get a replacement.

tloc623 said:
Ouch. It must of landed on a corner pretty good. I believe mine landed backside down on the asphalt and slid. Fell out of my lap when I got out of the car. Hopefully its not to expensive for you to get a replacement.
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I don't know if getting a replacement is an option at this time. Probably putting it on ebay just to get it out of my sight.

I just gasped. I can't follow this thread anymore

Put a dark case on it and you won't see it.
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Glad I went ahead ordered my case... Got all my accessories but no phone lol.

Every new phone I decide I am going to try no case...then I come across one of these threads. Thanks, guess I am going to go check it the accessories threads now.

One benefit of being backordered is that my case came first.

Thing I love most about following new phones on XDA... Is the people that drop then within the first week. Do you guys have hands made out of butter?

Yikes. I bet quite a few people already have broken nexus 6's. Which would suck so bad.
Mine yesterday slipped out of my shirt pocket and landed on my foot. I was only getting up from my couch and the ground is soft anyway, along with my foot, so nothing at all happened.
Not gonna be putting it in this shirt pocket again. It's too big for the pocket haha

RedBlueGreen said:
Thing I love most about following new phones on XDA... Is the people that drop then within the first week. Do you guys have hands made out of butter?
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It's funny, i was thinking the same thing earlier today. But I was expecting to see a bunch of "Google screwed us with a cheap screen. Only cheap glass breaks like this. I've never heard of any other phone screen breaking. This is not my fault in any wayl Google made the phone slip out of my hand!". But surprisingly, every one in this thread has acted civil.

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It's funny, i was thinking the same thing earlier today. But I was expecting to see a bunch of "Google screwed us with a cheap screen. Only cheap glass breaks like this. I've never heard of any other phone screen breaking. This is not my fault in any wayl Google made the phone slip out of my hand!". But surprisingly, every one in this thread has acted civil.
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Haha yeah! Give it time.. We'll definitely have some of those.

Sucks bad for you guys.
I was just thinking about not using my Moko case when my N6 finally comes in the mail...I'm thinking again on that

Ouchies at these pics.... Can't wait till my diztronic gets here
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I'm hoping it is built like my motox 2014. I've dropped it twice from 3.5 feet screen down onto tile floor and you can't even tell. No case