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http://www.fonearena.com/blog/37419/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-drop-tests.html
nice. too bad they can't be purchased though....or can they?
Nice purse...
what is that antenna for?
Digital tv
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Thanks for posting it here and thanks for the videos
so no one noticed that the Gorilla Glass has come away from the chassis? don't believe me? look at the top right hand edge of the device, the glass has gone translucent, and if you quickly pause, you'll notice a line running down both left, and right edges of the glass, at first i thought it was the chrome bezel... it's not... explains speeding the video up, hides these mistakes. TBH still a good case, but throwing it off the roof of a building is a tad extreme.
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so no one noticed that the Gorilla Glass has come away from the chassis? don't believe me? look at the top right hand edge of the device, the glass has gone translucent, and if you quickly pause, you'll notice a line running down both left, and right edges of the glass, at first i thought it was the chrome bezel... it's not... explains speeding the video up, hides these mistakes. TBH still a good case, but throwing it off the roof of a building is a tad extreme.
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Polish your specs
That is a bubble in the screen protector and the edges of the screen protector, not damage to the glass.
I have hay fever eyes so you maybe right, however why does it get worst throughout the video ???
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I have hay fever eyes so you maybe right, however why does it get worst throughout the video ???
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Maybe from taking it out of the case and putting it back in?
If it didn't look too much like a purse, i would get one. I don't think i can take that out/carry it around without feeling embarrased
Wow DMB makes the korean version look like something out of transformers
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Wow DMB makes the korean version look like something out of transformers
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DMB is awesome during the worldcup season. Imagine having that during any major sports playoffs. NFL, NHL, NBA, etc
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DMB is awesome during the worldcup season. Imagine having that during any major sports playoffs. NFL, NHL, NBA, etc
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Yup ****ty U.K is soooooo backward. They just got HD tv like 2years ago.
Korea got it like 10 years go...ridiculous.
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I would rather my phone smash than carry it in a purse.
I agree. but if their leather case is so protective. Imagine what their hard cases can do! Not that they have any at the moment though.
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I would rather my phone smash than carry it in a purse.
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yes my SGS2 would want to die than stay in there that's for sure rofl.
Rock solid case though. Freaking heck... they dropped it fron 4 5?floors straight onto asphalt..
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I agree. but if their leather case is so protective. Imagine what their hard cases can do! Not that they have any at the moment though.
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I think they run the case company..
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What I mean is that they dont have any hard covers like Casemate.
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Nice purse...
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ph00ny said:
If it didn't look too much like a purse, i would get one. I don't think i can take that out/carry it around without feeling embarrased
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I would rather my phone smash than carry it in a purse.
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That's not a purse. That's a satchel!
Sir, I believe your purse is ringing
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!
Cool. That means i won't need to be careful of my phone in the toilet. :3
Wicked! I hope to see this technology on electronics devices soon--on cameras (DSLRs), on watches, etc...
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!
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Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again as well.
I hope this becomes standard.. and soon!
I have been lucky to never kill a phone with water (well there was a nokia dumbphone that went though the washing machine) but still, wow.
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Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again.
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True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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Hope they come out with something like a spray can so you can apply any device.
I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.
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I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.
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They're not the only company doing this sort of thing - but this is the best demo I've seen of it!
Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.
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zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.
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I had a dream last month that my s2's screen was cracked.. Glad i woke up
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Would definitely be interested in this for sure
Shut up and take my money!
Hi
Couldn't get any link to work, so I found another site talking about this kind of protecting electronic from the inside:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/galaxy-s2-release-hzo-technology-makes-galaxy-s2-waterproof-video-61905/
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Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?
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I guess induction charging and BT/WIFI transfers would solve this issue.
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Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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Ahhahahahahah D waterproof is an excellent idea, never have to worry in the rain
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Sound too good to be true. I wonder how does it cost?
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True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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To be honest I haven't noticed that, but considering the fear of getting the bloody thing wet im not surprised.
Not dying in the wet it half way towards usable in the wet at least
(and considering when we get rain over here, we really get rain, bloody hell!)
(Also that's a stupidly good movie, gotta love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)
So the back of the battery door was peeling. So I decided to take a nicket to it like a lottery ticket. Feel free to try it out. Looks so much more bad ass now. Bit of a fingerprint magnet though.
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i scratched the coating on the battery door of a long time ago whit a sugar cube.
Sugar cube eh? I don't think I've ever even held one
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So the back of the battery door was peeling. So I decided to take a nicket to it like a lottery ticket. Feel free to try it out. Looks so much more bad ass now. Bit of a fingerprint magnet though.
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OK, what the heck is a nicket
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OK, what the heck is a nicket
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Nickel...maybe?
Yeah, that stupid coating came off so quickly. I was all WTH when it started coming off then spent the next few nights in the bars scraping it while I was drunk came off pretty quick with just my nails lol
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Yeah, that stupid coating came off so quickly. I was all WTH when it started coming off then spent the next few nights in the bars scraping it while I was drunk came off pretty quick with just my nails lol
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Dude it took me 45 minutes and I think I caught carpel tunnel in my right hand lmao
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It took me about 20 minutes to scrape off the remainder of what was left on my phone of that coating haha. It looks so much better now, i don't know why i didn't do this earlier xD.
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Lol! I thought it was some strange British something I scratched the bugger off with me nicket! hahahahhaha
I did the same with light fluid (paint thinner, fingernail polish remover, anything that has some alcohol) after it started peeling off somewhat. This was several months ago. I do have to warn you about the excessive scratches that appear now. They are quite minor and I have had my G2 since day 1 of its release. And yes... it will may be shiny but it does get fingerprints like the display now.
Mine went off by itself after 10 months of heavy use. i am pretty mercyless with my devices though...
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10 minutes work and look like new
Lol glad I brought this up. Makes the phone look shiny
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I don't know why this never occurred to me before. I've put my G2 through quite a bit of abuse, so the battery door looked terrible. Looks so much better now. Thanks for the idea!
I can't believe you guys never realized it before. Mine started peeling off a long time ago, so I just scratched off the rest over the course of a few days with my fingernail. "Mod" . . . ummm sorry no.
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I can't believe you guys never realized it before. Mine started peeling off a long time ago, so I just scratched off the rest over the course of a few days with my fingernail. "Mod" . . . ummm sorry no.
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I think the "mod" would be the nickel giving it some new scratches?
Lol, I mean it happened in about a month of owning the phone, just never did post anything. Figured everyone would just do the same, take the glaze off
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Hmm interesting. It seems the finish on the door isn't great. Perhaps putting something onto the battery door to make it look better. I'm suprised how the finish isn't that great. After several months of use the finish is coming off.
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haha, this is great! I was just starting to notice mine peeling; I had a case on it for a year, so it didn't start getting rough until now.
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I can't believe you guys never realized it before. Mine started peeling off a long time ago, so I just scratched off the rest over the course of a few days with my fingernail. "Mod" . . . ummm sorry no.
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It is a mod. Your changing the phone from its stock look to something CUSTOM. yea it happened by accident. So what? The nexus s we had a bat door mod where you basically do the same except use sanding paper to give the door a black brushed metal look. Not only that I've only had this phone for 2 weeks.. sorry were not leet enuff for ya to figure this out ages ago AND NOT SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF US! lol some people lol always someone hating for no reason lol :-/
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It is a mod. Your changing the phone from its stock look to something CUSTOM.
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Scratching off something that is already peeling off is "custom"? You go on thinking that, bud.
As to why I didn't come on here and share this knowledge? Well, I thought it was pretty obvious that something that is scratching off (the clear coat) could be . . . . scratched off (TA-DAAAAA!!!!)
Its not stainless steel, anyway. Its aluminum. When I first read the thread title, I thought it was some crazy mod where you made a new battery cover out of stainless steel, or some kind of S/S coating. But . . . its not.
Although, I do appreciate the fact that some folks on here did not realize they could scratch off the deteriorating clear coat. So I agree that this is a useful thread. But I'd use something softer than a nickel (or other metal), to avoid scratching the brushed aluminum while you remove the clear coat.
Most of the material is off my panel door as well, just haven't taken it all off yet. But, it scratches up really bad, so be prepared for it to look pretty beat up after some time. Still though, it looks much better without that finish on there.
I was wondering if it's just me or do you guys fall asleep with your S3 in bed? I usually read the forums till I fall asleep and naturally forget to put it on the bedside table. I end up waking up with it lost in my blanket or sleeping on top of it having it sandwiched between the bed and I. Hopefully this doesn't damage the phone or anything with it being so thin I'm afraid I might break it if the habit continues; I don't really mind the radiation. Lol.
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These threads get better everyday!
Now we have sleeping with the S3.......custom vibration tips?
Since no study so far has been able to even hint at ill effects by electromagnetic radiation (and you don't care about it anyway) you're safe on that side.
I think the highest risk would be your phone falling off your bed or getting thrown out during rem sleep.
The mattress are good protectors and your weight is distributed across the body so I don't see a very high risk there but it's still possible.
You could set yourself an alarm with eg 30min snooze intervall (Alarmclock xtreme is good at such configurations) to wake you up.
Ultimately the decision is between you getting less sleep to protect the devi(e or the device running the risk of damage.
Anternatively you could get one of those badass case protectors but they make the phone feel clunky.
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How would you prove brain damage judged by many posts its not the SGS but a genetic problem .
jje
My bad phone habbit is im on it all the time.
Does that count?
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My bad phone habbit is im on it all the time.
Does that count?
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My bad phone habit is I use it all the time, I'm downloading through it a lot (is 6GB in 2 days healthy?)
[email protected] trying to tell me 1GB is loads, I know more than them.
My bad phone habits involve joining a forum related to the phone and having to wade through insufferable threads like this to get to something useful.
Every day...
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yeah sometimes i fall asleep reading a book on play books wake up and it's where i left it. But one time it fell out of my bed and landed near my table. Woke up nothing happened to it cuz i had a case and screen protector lol..
@kcaz
Chill out, take a day off. Its not like the OP said Brand New Rom
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My bad phone habit is I use it all the time, I'm downloading through it a lot (is 6GB in 2 days healthy?)
[email protected] trying to tell me 1GB is loads, I know more than them.
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I normally use about 6GB a day lol.
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Wow it's unbelievable how rude people are on xda nowadays compared to when I joined back in 2010. I was just curious about how people use their s3 and if my experience was the same as theirs. Honestly if you don't like the thread topic then please just don't reply. There is never any good excuse to be rude.
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The very same happens to my s3 often
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prinzhernan said:
I was wondering if it's just me or do you guys fall asleep with your S3 in bed? I usually read the forums till I fall asleep and naturally forget to put it on the bedside table. I end up waking up with it lost in my blanket or sleeping on top of it having it sandwiched between the bed and I. Hopefully this doesn't damage the phone or anything with it being so thin I'm afraid I might break it if the habit continues; I don't really mind the radiation. Lol.
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I fall asleep with my wife in bed. We usually play around till we fall asleep and naturally forget to put back on our clothes. I end up waking up naked with my clothes somewhere under my blanket and my face sandwiched between.... I don't really mind it either
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How very droll.
prinzhernan said:
Wow it's unbelievable how rude people are on xda nowadays compared to when I joined back in 2010. I was just curious about how people use their s3 and if my experience was the same as theirs. Honestly if you don't like the thread topic then please just don't reply. There is never any good excuse to be rude.
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Dude it's not good if you're falling asleep with a s3.
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Jesus relax man, it's a light hearted tread. Sometimes you get sick of the "I installed a custom rom" treads.
Most of the time I don't read them and move on to the next one.
Sometimes it's nice just to have a giggle.
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Bad habit? Get it out of my pocket to see the time, look at the screen, put it back in pocket, forget what's the time. ALL the time.
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Bad habit? Get it out of my pocket to see the time, look at the screen, put it back in pocket, forget what's the time. ALL the time.
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I often take it out to check a message and put it back only to take it back out to check the time.
But my real bad habit is probably taking it to the toilet with me. Haven't dropped it yet and give it a wipe with disinfectant once in awhile.
I never take it to bed though, wife would **** a brick.
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Bad habit? Get it out of my pocket to see the time, look at the screen, put it back in pocket, forget what's the time. ALL the time.
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Always do the same lool. Instead i go on fb and instagram. But forget to check the damn time haha.
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Does anyone else noticed the back of their Nexus 7 being ever so slightly curved? Not that this is something that would bother me, but when I place it on a table it is able to have just enough rock to it that swiping my finger with it or plugging a cable into it will pull the device in the direction of the tension.
(Moderators, I originally put this in Q&A, but since I realized it isn't so much a Q&A thread, I put it here in general. You can delete the Q&A one)
EDIT: Video comparison I just made - http://youtu.be/EhS7-KTwn4g
I believe it is designed that way so the speakers don't sit flat.
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Osiris19 said:
I believe it is designed that way so the speakers don't sit flat.
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But it is down the vertical spine of the device, not the horizontal one. Plus the speaker grills are placed on the curve of the devices edge, so laying flat shouldn't be much of a problem anyway.
Not sure then. I just tried it with mine and I don't have that problem.
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Not sure then. I just tried it with mine and I don't have that problem.
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I just made a video of it. I put the new Nexus 7 next to the old Nexus 7.
http://youtu.be/EhS7-KTwn4g
The back is indeed slightly curved... In the words of Will Graham, "this is by design"
Oh, I wasn't sure what you meant by that. I thought you meant if you pressed down on the top or bottom edge it would rock.
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Best buy just refused to exchange it and wouldn't even try another device to see if it also did it, claiming it is a design choice (clearly she was on the ASUS/Google development team). Nor would they PM with the Staples coupon after the fact (but I can understand that one). She was just very rude and dismissive.
I just laid mine down on a marble counter. It sits flat. Only the edges are tapered for the speakers. Its pretty sturdy.
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Yes! Somebody else notices. I was using my tablet in class today vertically and it kept turning horizontal. I noticed that the back isn't completely flat which is causing it to have movement when I lay it on a flat service.
Orite said:
Yes! Somebody else notices. I was using my tablet in class today vertically and it kept turning horizontal. I noticed that the back isn't completely flat which is causing it to have movement when I lay it on a flat service.
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Yeah, It might not be a huge "issue" (as the comment on my video says), but it is very annoying, especially considering I like to have the charger plugged in when I'm on it at times, and if there is any tension on the cord from where it is plugged in to where I am sitting, it will pull the tablet toward it.
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I just laid mine down on a marble counter. It sits flat. Only the edges are tapered for the speakers. Its pretty sturdy.
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Can you push it with your finger and spin it like the videos in this thread?
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Can you push it with your finger and spin it like the videos in this thread?
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Nope. Mines pretty flat. Even on my desk, nightstand, table. No spins.
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why you need it to spin...
Rahav Griffith said:
why you need it to spin...
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I don't want it to spin.
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I don't want it to spin.
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Oh... I thought you might want to find some fun in cases,
Man! If I hadn't seen these videos I would have never noticed!
Contemplating exchanging it, but my screen is perfect and zero hardware glitches others have experienced.
Hmm...
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Man! If I hadn't seen these videos I would have never noticed!
Contemplating exchanging it, but my screen is perfect and zero hardware glitches others have experienced.
Hmm...
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I didn't really notice either until I had it plugged in and kept pulling away from me. Then I noticed it when I would swipe the screen. It really is annoying but I don't know how widespread the problem is and it is hard to gauge from the limited responses in this thread so far.
this really shows how far people are willing to go to find something to complain about..
slightly curved back that allows your device to spin freely when on a perfectly flat surface... really?
people in this world will never be happy ever.
nextelbuddy said:
this really shows how far people are willing to go to find something to complain about..
slightly curved back that allows your device to spin freely when on a perfectly flat surface... really?
people in this world will never be happy ever.
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Lol... This.
I tried to replicate, but I did not experience anything like that. I'm going with it's by design. It's in my hand 99% of the time anyway so I don't care.