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So, I`m trying to find the topic that guy posted on where he broke his screen twice in a few weeks. Saying that its a very easy to brake screen.
Well guess what, I dropped my phone from bed. Fell with the screen I guess onto something hard ... BROKEN. The proper protection screen has no marks or anything on it, the lcd behind it (i guess) when I turn it on is smashed. I`d say it was ... 40 cm`s.
So watch out, the screen is very easily broken.
P.S. I have insurance on another phone with a bank account. If I want to change the phone , will they do it if the new phone I want to ensure has an empty battery ?
Edit : Exactly my problem : http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/mobile-devices/f/3824/p/19337854/19730927.aspx
I think they use a gorilla screen for a very poor quality 5" lcd.
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I dropped my phone from bed
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Well of coarse depending on what surface it fell unto it will break. Anything above a 1-2 foot drop will more than likely break the Streak.
Sorry for your loss, but why does it become a Dell/O2 problem if it was due to user error?
I wouldn't say the screen is fragile. I've put my Dell through a massive amount of pain and it has survived pretty much everything thrown at it (It always slides out of my pocket when I sit down!). Unfortunately there is a tiny crack in the internal LCD from where I dropped it yesterday but it's hardly noticeable and fully functional.
The Streak is a big phone so to drop it will cause damage. The design protects the external screen from scratching which I personally find far more reliable than having an external screen that shatters when you drop it.
P.s. I am a little bit sad that I almost killed my Streak, but It's my fault and not Dells I take full responsibility and should really try and get my hands on a decent case in future... wooops!
Mine's been down the stairs twice now (too big to fit in my 'comfy' pant's pocket so it often falls out ><) and everything's fine here.
The second time it took quite a bad knock against the glass door and it rebooted itself, but no external damage thus far
2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
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2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
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Yes, htc is the shizz! I just brought mine back to life and everything works after dropping it on the deep side of my pool. On cases like mine, taking it apart right away and putting it on a bowl of uncooked rice for a week(just to be sure) and it will dry it completely!
Alas mine wasn't so lucky, fell in a puddle as I got into the car, grabbed it out, turned it off and removed battery, sim and SD, wiped as much water off as I could with tissues.
Left it for 2 days to dry, nada. Might be that the impact with the ground (wasn't that deep a puddle) killed it.
Embarassingly and luckily I'd only taken insurance out on it that lunchtime!
Wow, that's pretty impressive for a phone. Touchscreen phones are usually prone to most types of damage, but it's good to see being fully submerged in water didn't completely disable the phone.
You lucky guy
Hmmmmmm
I'm a little dubious... I spilled a really small amount of water from a glass on the bedside table onto my HD2. Even though I immediately jumped out of bed, cursed and wiped it dry, the water seeped into it. I could see the water in the LCD (it looked like a shadow that spread across the screen slowly over days). Two weeks later, the digitizer stopped responding to my touch even though the LCD itself still seems to work. I've hard reset the handset and that hasn't helped. I also tried heating up the unit a bit (without the battery) to try to have the water evaporate from it, but that hasn't helped either.
I took the phone into O2 who had their people look at it. Ultimately they said it was out of warranty because of water damage and that I could purchase a replacement (since I don't have insurance on it).
I'm considering trying to replace the digitizer, but it sounds like a lot of fuss and ultimately the phone won't be under warranty.
Annoying... I miss my HD2. I'm stuck with a Motorola Razr at the moment.
You can drop the phone in anything... aslong as the water does not have minerals that are conductive or prone to errosion it will be fine
[OP] just happen to have some clean water falling from the sky
I had a Blackberry Storm that once got submergered in baby oil.. It stopped working and I left it alone for A month or so...One day i picked it up and it started working... The LCD was messed up with Oil in it but other then that it worked...I opened it up and there was baby oil everywhere.... Got some distalled water and let it sit for a day or so to get it clean then replaced the LCD and it worked like new.
Distalled Water is H20 with notthing in it... As clean as water can get... Sine it has no conductive minerals you can drop a phone or PSP and it will work just fine.
Really?
I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
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I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
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if it has clorine in the water then yea... most citys add a small amount of clorine in their water system......
the phone boots but its unresponsive?
we love stories
I dont want to THINK mine under water not to be under water NEVER
I've had my TF101 for three months now, and the more I use it, the more I love it. Tried a few ROM's, got some games, watched some video I'd converted to HD mp4, played some old text based adventures. Spent time bonding.
The relationship hit a bump in the road yesterday. The Transformer fell out of its protective case (I shoulda closed the zip) and landed on the corner closest to the power button. The bezel popped away from the screen a little, there's an ugly dent, and now I can't use the power button. I push, pull & tweak it, but nothing happens, it either doesn't work at all, or locks on.
I've called Asus (in Sydney) and got an RMA number for it... guess I'll wait and see what happens. The warranty clearly states that it doesn't cover accidental damage or misuse.
Already having withdrawals.
PW
yeah sorry about your mishap man....sucks for sure!!!
i ve had my tf101 for about 2 and a half or 3 months as well and just about a week ago i had it pluged in and using it on my lap basically. thre fone rang and when i jumped up i fumbled the tab and it took a fall onto the stone infront of the fireplace. it hit on the tab and dock the corner by headphones jack and the corner by the docks sd card. Its dented and scratched in a few places but i got extremely lucky and even though it fell a good 4 ft and hit with some force it functions as intended still (knock, knock, knock) on wood.
surprised me really, seeing ive heard and seen so many people crack a screen from a 2 ft drop onto surfaces much softer than what mine hit.
i have an OG IPAD that i let the rest of the family abuse now, but when i had it i forgot it on the roof of my blazer one day and took off....At about 45 mph i looked in the rearview and watched as it hit the dirt road and bounced and slide about 30-40foot......OUCH!!!!....And it survived without a scratch the case was scuffed up a bit but that was it....
My Point is....basically these little things can be pretty tough really.
I got mine during the US launch, and had not dropped it ONCE since then ... until last week. Had it under my armpit in the Asus-branded rubbery case while toting a bunch of crap to my car. Forgot that it was under my arm when I opened the car door, and when I reached in the car to put my bag in, it fell from under my arm SMACK onto the driveway. I looked down in horror, tears welling in my eyes, quivering in terror (OK I exaggerate). Picked it up, and the only problem was the back had popped off a bit on one edge. Snapped it back into place, and all was right with the world. I was lucky that it fell flat, rear-side down, instead of on a corner I guess.
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I've had my TF101 for three months now, and the more I use it, the more I love it. Tried a few ROM's, got some games, watched some video I'd converted to HD mp4, played some old text based adventures. Spent time bonding.
The relationship hit a bump in the road yesterday. The Transformer fell out of its protective case (I shoulda closed the zip) and landed on the corner closest to the power button. The bezel popped away from the screen a little, there's an ugly dent, and now I can't use the power button. I push, pull & tweak it, but nothing happens, it either doesn't work at all, or locks on.
I've called Asus (in Sydney) and got an RMA number for it... guess I'll wait and see what happens. The warranty clearly states that it doesn't cover accidental damage or misuse.
Already having withdrawals.
PW
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After reading the thread title I was about to post a witty comment about not telling me what to do but then I dropped my transformer onto my wood floor. (karma, right?) and then I read the thread. Gosh that really does suck. Mine landed side-of-the-dock down first so my SD card shot out and got lost somewhere under the couch... I really hope they will fix it for you. From my experience Asus is really good with RMA stuff if you can talk with a real asus employee rather than their phone people and explain what happened. I had an amazing motherboard which shorted out after a month of use and they had stopped selling that exact model (sabertooth gx or somethng like that) so, instead, they gave me a better, more high end replacement for it. They also fixed my dock even though I lost my serial number (I had to pay for shipping but it was worth the 30 bucks). Like I said, good luck and I hope they don't charge you for the repairs
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Don't drop your transformer onto concrete...
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Sorry to hear about the problem, but this is just common sense...
****s happened!!!
I've dropped it on concrete from about 4 feet high.
Case took most of the impact but got a little dent.
Beside my cell phone the tf get handle a lot so sooner or later
it get dropped.
If the actual button isn't screwed up, you can probably insert a flat head under the bezel (easier in BACK!) and pry it up a little, and reseat the button (hold it with the button facing the ground) and pop the bezel back. Give or take the beds.
I'm really glad I don't have formica floors, or concrete...I keep mine in a backpack when on the go, just in case lol.
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really sorry man.
got mine for a week now
i dont want to drop it
thats why i bought case and screen protector for it.
i love this thing way too much. i dont wanna break it
Dropped mine off the arm of the sofa onto carpet, it was docked and inside its neoprene case at the time. Result = screen cracked into 2 seperate peices
Guess its all down to luck in terms of damage done in accidents like this, mine is still useable but I thought the Gorilla glass would be much tougher.
Would be very interested to hear what happens with the RMA for the OP, I haven't dared contact ASUS uk for fear of the number of digits in the bill.
Had a similar incident with a happy ending
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I've had my TF101 for three months now, and the more I use it, the more I love it. Tried a few ROM's, got some games, watched some video I'd converted to HD mp4, played some old text based adventures. Spent time bonding.
The relationship hit a bump in the road yesterday. The Transformer fell out of its protective case (I shoulda closed the zip) and landed on the corner closest to the power button. The bezel popped away from the screen a little, there's an ugly dent, and now I can't use the power button. I push, pull & tweak it, but nothing happens, it either doesn't work at all, or locks on.
I've called Asus (in Sydney) and got an RMA number for it... guess I'll wait and see what happens. The warranty clearly states that it doesn't cover accidental damage or misuse.
Already having withdrawals.
PW
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I had the same incident 3 months ago. I dropped the transformer with dock in my office parking lot. It fell flat. When I pushed the power button it would not turn on. As it was an accidental drop I was sure ASUS warranty would not cover it. Still sent it to ASUS and was happy it was repaired under warranty.
Thank you so much for this warning, I was just about to try this with mine.
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Thank you so much for this warning, I was just about to try this with mine.
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Stop flaming the OP ffs, he was just telling us what happens if dropped on concrete and how sturdy it is.. Jog on if you have nothing useful to say.
blickmanic said:
Stop flaming the OP ffs, he was just telling us what happens if dropped on concrete and how sturdy it is.. Jog on if you have nothing useful to say.
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I dropped mine once in uni flew 2 meters across the room and was thankfully ok
I hve never dropped it again since or let it leave my sight so to speak
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Thanks for all the good wishes. I rang the service centre (Dingotech, cool name) and a very sympathetic young lady told me all I need to do to get it RMA'd. I told her what had happened, she didn't think it would be done under warranty. Ahh well. Anyways, I couriered it out to them, and they'll ring me with the quote sometime. NOT looking forward to it. So I'm forced to play with my old Advent Vega, with its cruddy viewing angles and bluetooth dropouts. I knew there was a reason I didn't sell it.
I'll keep you posted.
PW
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Thanks for all the good wishes. I rang the service centre (Dingotech, cool name) and a very sympathetic young lady told me all I need to do to get it RMA'd. I told her what had happened, she didn't think it would be done under warranty. Ahh well. Anyways, I couriered it out to them, and they'll ring me with the quote sometime. NOT looking forward to it. So I'm forced to play with my old Advent Vega, with its cruddy viewing angles and bluetooth dropouts. I knew there was a reason I didn't sell it.
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Yeah, they can hardly be expected to cover it. Your choices are either to buy insurance with accidental damage cover yourself, or just tell yourself that accidents happen, and when they happen it just means it's time for an upgrade.
I heard ASUS charges US$75 for the labor & bezel.
The same happened to my transformer. I dropped it on the corner and ruined the bezel.
However, I was able to hammer it out with a small ball peen hammer after carefully removing the bezel (which was a more difficult task than banging out the bends & dents).
It's very thin and flexible so I was just as easy to fix as it was to break.
After I put the bezel back on the only noticeable damage left were some scuffs on the metal from the fall. I just sanded them down a bit to smooth them out and it's good as new to me.
The entire process took about 15 minutes.
I once had my transformer in my bag (docked) with a steel water bottle. It was raining, and i went to jump over something, slipped, and landed on a pointy edge.
The aluminium water bottle was mangled but my transformer was fine (though i later realised that at full brightness, on a black screen there is pressure damage.)
I suppose it saved my back though.
Only dropped mine on to carpet (given, it was from four feet up), but no damage.
On the other hand, I just finished a screen/digitizer replacement for a friends iPad 2 - he had it under his kids stroller and it fell, only about two feet, on to asphalt when he went to load the stroller in to his car. The drop mangled the corner where it impacted and totalled the screen.
I hold onto mine like it's my child. I will never ever drop this... And now I'll be more careful because I probably jinxed myself.
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I dropped my onto concrete from about 6'. It damaged the bezel something fierce, but I have bent it back into shape. It could use some super glue to hold it into place a bit better, but I was pleasantly surprised that it is still 100% functional. My EVO 3D hasn't received nearly this type of abuse and is hardly usable.
I do agree though, don't drop it on pavement.
So I've had my Nexus 7 for less than a week now and last night it slipped off my bed and the screen cracked and the is unresponsive. I've only at least a dozen touch screen devices and almost all of them have made the same fall (about 3 feet on to carpet) which makes me wonder, is this a quality control issue or was it just a fluke? It seems to me that a device like this had to go through some sort of drop test so I'm thinking it just happened to land in the perfect way that broke the screen.
I want to buy a new one but not if I'm going to have the same issues. Have any of you guys broken your screens yet?
Also anyone know what a 16GB Nexus 7 with a cracked screen is worth?
Fluke. Dropped mine down the stairs(carpet tho) and not a scratch
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I feel like the screen lifting issue may be partially to blame here, there is no way a 3 foot drop onto carpet should be able to break a device. - unless the glass is mounted like crap, already stressed from lifting or improperly mounted reducing structural integrity.
Hmm oh well. I think i have a buyer lined up and just put in an order for another one. Love this tablet way too much to give up that easily. I think I'm going to get a SquareTrade warranty just to be safe.
Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow and then hit the concrete beneath, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as I immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as i immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Doesn't sound like it was the drop that killed it but the water. My guess is that a small amount of water got in and caused an issue. Could have been water that remained under the bumper and took a few minutes to soak in. Disassembly may fix the issue but not sure if you want to do that. No reason for google to send you a new phone. They did not drop it in the snow. :crying:
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Hi all...
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Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
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mine fell out of a plane bounced of a volcano then got stomped on by a herd of elephants while studying in the african safari then got struck by lightning...no physical damage just lost root doing the 4.2.2 update
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Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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I agree, water is bad. But the phone still responds to being plugged in. Blinking red light when plugged in and my PC shows it's connected. It's not fried from water damage. At this point it just won't turn on.
I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
Definitely sounds like a water issue to me. Turn off your phone and put a bag of dry rice to help pull out the moisture.
P.S. The phone in lap syndrome is the number 1 killer of phones lol I had it happen to me before. It's just to easy to forget you put your phone there esp when you are in a hurry.
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I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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Okay well its been nearly 24 hours since this happened. You think the water would've dried by now? The only place the snow could've gotten into the phone is probably the headphone jack. And there's no water corrosion on any of the contacts.
You should have dried it for 24 hrs before turning it on. Not turn it on, find problems, try to dry it.
Im going to assume since it landed near the headphone jack that some snow got pushed up into it. It being frozen probably didnt do much at the time but when it thawed out it probably ran down a VERY small part of the circuit board and is making the phone flip out. Water will not always 100% kill a device, it will only effect the part of the circuitry it is touching.
It is too early to see corrosion from it if you ever see any at all. Ive seen many water damaged devices that look totally fine on the outside but on the inside where the water got it turned all the solder joints green and crossed up a bunch of things.
I say if its still showing signs of life then you MAY have a chance. Like others have said put it in some rice for at least a couple days. DO NOT try and charge it or power it on anymore. Remember its not the water itself that usually damages things, its the power put to a wet device that does it.
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Trying to turn the phone on after possible water damage was probably the dumbest thing you could have done. Water damage wouldn't completely fry the phone, as someone said it probably just shorted something.
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I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Theax40 said:
Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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My god you had a bumper case also?? Damn that sucks. Sorry man.. I'm gonna get me some kind of ballistic case...
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I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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No. It's not a good example. I didn't trash my phone on purpose and expect google to give me a new one. I didn't drop it out of a two story window, I didn't drag it through the mud, it didn't land in a puddle. It broke first time I ever dropped it. And like I said, it was a minor fall. If all phones were this fragile, no one would have a phone. If they all succumbed to such apparent minor water damage, you wouldn't know anyone who dropped their phone in the toilet and it still worked.
There's people all over this forum who rooted their phones, flashed it with a custom kernel or ROM, now their phone wont turn on and they expect a new phone from google even though they were knowingly screwing with their phones. I drop mine, it shows no physical damage, and everyone thinks I'm lying about the circumstances, as if I have to convince you people to send me a new phone. This is ridiculous. I joined this forum for a little bit of advice but really all I've gotten is criticism and doubt. I've got no reason to lie to you people about what happened.
You have no right to mock me, exaggerate what happened and act like I'm just some asshole who threw his phone against the wall and expects a new phone. Its pathetic. Thanks for your help, children.
Re: Minor drop of Nexus 4 killed the screen
You neglected to move the phone before exiting your car, your carelessness murdered your cell phone.
It's not a basketball, cell phones aren't made to bounce off the ground and survive.
It's not a rubber duck, cell phones aren't made to get wet.
I wish people would claim even an once of responsibility.
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