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So .. who dropped the big galaxy ?

Well i'm planning to buy this phone and i'm a bit scared of the plastic build
for me to be convinced ..there is nothing more trustworthy than user-experience !
so .. who dropped the galaxy .. where/how & did it effect it ?

check this out, it will answer your question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xASJobjD68

Plastic, due to being flexible, is a MUCH better shock absorbant than super-hardened glass.
Best case scenario for a drop would be a flat-drop on the back.

Plastic used in galaxy s is so flexible that almost every drop is harmless.
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azazin said:
check this out, it will answer your question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xASJobjD68
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WOW our phone is amazing! it can survive all that
finding a replacement screen is easy
incredible, as long as you don't drop it from over 1.5m high, you've got nothing to worry about

I didn't drop mine but I fell down with it in my pocket and now I have a cracked lens glass on the back of the phone.
I guess the lens glass isn't as strong as the plastic back!
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I launched mine on a granite floor.was trying to apply a screen protector and for some reason it just flew out my hand.The back and battery ended up about 3 foot away from the rest of the phone but when i put it back together there wernt a scratch on it,and everything worked fine.

Every time I get a new gadget I go through a period where I'm terrified (well, at least worried) that I am going to drop it and damage it. No difference here. I have tried to be so freaking careful - then the other day at work as I was getting back into my car to run an errand (work related) I pulled it out of my pocket and inadvertantly threw the darn thing into a plastic/metal box on my passenger seat. I do not know how it happened. My heart just sank. Yet it appears to have come out of this minor incident with nary a scratch or sign of injury. Relieved.
I believe that it is fairly durable... thankfully.
El Mono

Why not just use a case?

I think a case is always a good idea. But sometimes I just like to enjoy my gadget(s) unencumbered.
El Mono

Dropped mine three times before I decided this phone is too slippery to use without a good case.
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Shot at 2010-07-11
the most noticable damange are around the slivery chrome on the side of the phone. Other than that are minor scratches around the front and the back. The screen was protected with a screen protectors from day one, so it remain scratch free.
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The case is ugly as hell, I know. but hey, whatever works right?

Wow it's pretty foolproof! but i won't try to drop it and i always cary it with me in a pullup case!

I've bricked my phone!!!!!

Maybe I should stop reading stuff on it on the toilet..........
just hope O2 have a replacement HD2 for me

lilikin said:
Maybe I should stop reading stuff on it on the toilet..........
just hope O2 have a replacement HD2 for me
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wow , u droped an hd2 in toilet?

Yep! old school bricking!

Remove the battery now!
Then, put it on the radiator for one week.
After that, disassemble it as much as you can and insert the mainboard and most other parts into cleaning-alcohol, you can get it at a pharmacy.
I guess other users will have more tips for you.

Thanks anyway but it's insured so it's all good just a bit annoying, and I can't wait a week as I have to fly stateside this week!
thanks again!
just kinda thought it was funny!

just kinda thought it was funny!
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it definitely is

Probably should be called-
'I've bricked ON my phone!!!' Haha.

I've heard soaking it in distilled water before you do the 91% rubbing alcohol helps too, hope you fix your baby
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"He did what? Dropped his HD2 in the toilet?!"
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"Yea. And when you see it, you'll **** bricks...literally."

Put it in with some decasents, rice and antiseptic..
Good luck..

insurance
Brand spanking new (or reconditioned) one arriving here tomorrow

That is too funny. You **** bricked your phone.

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Brand spanking new (or reconditioned) one arriving here tomorrow
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O2 Prem insurance really is great .. I dropped mine and had a TINY scratch but it annoyed me so i rang and told them i dropped it and got a new one 1 day later

Friends, when you drop your phone in water it is still not dead. You should IMMEDIATELY remove the battery. After that you should disassemble it and rinse all parts except the screen in distillate water and dry naturally or by worm air from hair dryer.
It is not the water that kills the phone. If you remain the battery on place the electricity in it and salt/acids i water will destroy the printed wires on the internal PCBs by galvanization for few hours and even minutes. It is just eating them.

well, **** a brick(ed HD2)

I replace my defy screen and it's still "broken" please help!

Hello, I have this problem on my phone:
I purchased this on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180844682216?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2134wt_1265
But did not solve the problem even with the new screen I can see those "pixels"....what's the problem then? cannot be fixed? could you help me out please? thank you!

thats only the thouch glass ! Not the display
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yuo need to replace the LCD, The Bezel holds the Glass, which the digitiser is attached to ( allows the touch screen to opperate) this is the top bit that you touch, underbneath this is a separate LCD ( liquid crystal display) if the LCD is broken you get a bleeding effect on the display, if the glass is broken you get a crack, or spiderweb crack on the scree, but underneath the display is OK.

Have you tried putting your defy in the Freezer?
If it looks like this
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it might work
Simply take your Battery SDcard and Micro SD card out of your defy and put it in a plasticbag and close it very hard so that no air or water gets in there
After 12 hours take your defy out and wait until it reaches normal temperature, rice can be good if some water got in there
Then put everything back in and look if it worked

Steveletack said:
Have you tried putting your defy in the Freezer?
If it looks like this
it might work
Simply take your Battery SDcard and Micro SD card out of your defy and put it in a plasticbag and close it very hard so that no air or water gets in there
After 12 hours take your defy out and wait until it reaches normal temperature, rice can be good if some water got in there
Then put everything back in and look if it worked
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Dude You serious!? 12 hours in freezer!?

veddandekar said:
Dude You serious!? 12 hours in freezer!?
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it does work!
make sure u dont keep the batt in
Sent from my MB526 using xda premium

Steveletack said:
Have you tried putting your defy in the Freezer?
If it looks like this
it might work
Simply take your Battery SDcard and Micro SD card out of your defy and put it in a plasticbag and close it very hard so that no air or water gets in there
After 12 hours take your defy out and wait until it reaches normal temperature, rice can be good if some water got in there
Then put everything back in and look if it worked
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Had these twice. They were gone after 2 days without freezer! Could be that it doesn't disappear with others. Anybody knows what it actually is?
Yours is clearly damaged. You only replaced the protection glass and digitizer(touch screen) and still need the LCD. Please don't put it in the freezer for everything.

Someone told me that the liquid crystals in the displays might go out or something like this
I left my defy 2 days on the back but it didnt help! The freezer method did but remember to do it only without Battery Sim and MicroSD card
A photo of your problem wouldnt be bad!(if you have uploaded one i cant see it)

Phone fell in toilet :( help me~

You know you love your phone too much when you take it with you everywhere you go...
No I wasn't taking a selfie on the toilet!
Anyway, I tried to dry it off as fast as I could but you can't open it easily and I couldn't turn it off before it started acting funny (green then blue LED alternating)
So, went online to read about what might be done about it and not sure what is legit or not.
AT&T 2yr contract purchased on launch day
No, I don't have insurance. Currently won't power on.
Any suggestions?
My plan is to buy Nexus 5 off contract or try Swappa for LG g2 though I see that Verizon has it for 450 off contract at the moment.
I really loved my G2, poor thing sitting in a bag of rice right now, lol!
(sorry about the one sentence paragraphs)

Sorry about your issue, but how is anyone to help you exactly?

Nothing much you can do. But wait and let it dry a couple of days/week. Sad thing with unremovable batteries you can't take them out, and thus minimize damage.
To my knowledge there is no insurance for this, even if the seller says everything is covered . Sorry. It sucks.
Do note that by swapping it you give someone else headaches with faulty phone.

exacly the same thing happend to me..
I dropped my phone in a bucket of water as well.... best thing to do is open it and blow dry... alot of people are against this method because of warping the internals but all you have to do is watch out to not blow dry it to much.... if ur scared of blow drying try putting it in a bag a rice for about a week if its opend even better... mine worked a day after but was acting funny for about a week.. now its been a month and the only thing that stayed messed up is the power button.. thank god for knock on or else i would have been screwed lol Good luck and have 0patience,.. it shall work again..
Ps.. dont turn it on much or u have a higher probability of shorting out your phone n it will die forever... :crying:

Put it in rice for a few days

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Jokes aside, do not try turning it on just yet, just let it dry.

The alternating led simply means it has been in water not to state the obvious but there is nothing you can do because 1 its been opened 2 water damage sticker plus crossed circuit has been tripped as well so i hate to say this but brother your screwed rice is your best bet

replaced with... same model of course!
@bachera. I only meant to use swappa to buy a new phone and not to swap / sell my dead phone.
I ended up buying a used g2 from craigslist instead of a new n5. Perfect condition and all is well. I even have a new data cable that isnt chewed through by my bird so I'm glad my old phone took a dump!

Same here
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I guess this is a goodbye..

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It was an amazing phone, went through hell and back, but the cold temperatures and humidity finished it off. I'm sad...
Probably going to get the new Zenphone 2 or Moto G 2 4G.
Was running stock 4.1.2, tried lollipop, kitkat, ICS, JB, GB, amazing phone, I loved it <3

Dont Cha!!!
MikeTheBlueFox said:
It was an amazing phone, went through hell and back, but the cold temperatures and humidity finished it off. I'm sad...
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Don'tcha throw it away! I know, you're keen on a new one - so get it, but give the S2 one more try; if you guess, humiditiy was the last strike, bake it in the oven at around 50 degrees, or leave it a few days on/at the heating radiator - or, if you live anywhere no heater necessary, leave it under a black cloth in the sun. Sometimes it works....
naturally WITHOUT the battery
Some guy at a phone repair shop might not take so much bucks either for only disassembling and cleaning / drying the inner ....
good luck
brin,
still using my old one at cyano 4.4.4 and have a spare one from my lady who went iphone

MikeTheBlueFox said:
It was an amazing phone, went through hell and back, but the cold temperatures and humidity finished it off. I'm sad...
Probably going to get the new Zenphone 2 or Moto G 2 4G.
Was running stock 4.1.2, tried lollipop, kitkat, ICS, JB, GB, amazing phone, I loved it <3
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Do not forget to donate it to someone who wants to develop for the s2 if you are thinking in throwing it in the trash. That's sad to see too...

brindisi said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Don'tcha throw it away! I know, you're keen on a new one - so get it, but give the S2 one more try; if you guess, humiditiy was the last strike, bake it in the oven at around 50 degrees, or leave it a few days on/at the heating radiator - or, if you live anywhere no heater necessary, leave it under a black cloth in the sun. Sometimes it works....
naturally WITHOUT the battery
Some guy at a phone repair shop might not take so much bucks either for only disassembling and cleaning / drying the inner ....
good luck
brin,
still using my old one at cyano 4.4.4 and have a spare one from my lady who went iphone
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Haha, I'll be giving it away to a friend, It's good enough for what he does, he just needed a phone that would be able to use Viber to talk to his girl. I bought myself an used S3 today, i9300, no 2GB of Ram sadly, but hey it works. I've had one before and I missed this phone <3
Thanks for your help, but to solve this issue it'll have it's screen replaced, it's cracked and the humidity gets to it easily.