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What is overclock?

Wikipedia said:
Overclocking is the process of running a computer component at a higher clock rate (more clock cycles per second) than it was designed for or was specified by the manufacturer, usually practiced by enthusiasts seeking an increase in the performance of their computers. Some purchase low-end computer components which they then overclock to higher clock rates, or overclock high-end components to attain levels of performance beyond the specified values. Others overclock outdated components to keep pace with new system requirements, rather than purchasing new hardware.[1]
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=overclocking

jovera said:
What is overclock?
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It's when you make your phones clock run faster effectively turning your phone into a time machine, but it's a big responsibility with some serious risks.
Beware the butterfly effect.
I would have added an actual explanation but danknee covered that.

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Hahahahahaha

And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.

tejasrichard said:
And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.
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hahahahahahaha
(it wasnt that funny, just you know...10cars)

tejasrichard said:
And for christ's sake if you do travel back in time to the recent past, DO NOT TRY TO ADD YOURSELF ON LATITUDE. Don't be that guy. Just don't.
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I'm lost on that one...
Is there a post I should have seen somewhere? damn it, it's been a long day. My humor gland is dry. I can see a few jokes.....
awwwwwwwww screw it.

Kcarpenter said:
I'm lost on that one...
Is there a post I should have seen somewhere? damn it, it's been a long day. My humor gland is dry. I can see a few jokes.....
awwwwwwwww screw it.
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No no....there was no inside joke. It just seemed like the kinda of thing that a geeky stoner with a hero would do, if he has the opportunity to travel back to last week.
And it seemed funny to me to warn folks away from doing this. There. Are you happy? You forced me to explain the humor, and now it will never grow up to be a real joke.

tejasrichard said:
No no....there was no inside joke. It just seemed like the kinda of thing that a geeky stoner with a hero would do, if he has the opportunity to travel back to last week.
And it seemed funny to me to warn folks away from doing this. There. Are you happy? You forced me to explain the humor, and now it will never grow up to be a real joke.
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1. I know its 4-20, but I am still at work, wait till about 7 tonight before posting any more of this "humor" you speak of.
2. Did a Mod make you get rid of your Rick-roll in your sig?

Kcarpenter said:
1. I know its 4-20, but I am still at work, wait till about 7 tonight before posting any more of this "humor" you speak of.
2. Did a Mod make you get rid of your Rick-roll in your sig?
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Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.

kbizzle said:
Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.
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Hell, I still gotta find some my self.
There are 4 days a year tops I will participate in festivities. This happens to be the only required one.

Kcarpenter said:
Hell, I still gotta find some my self.
There are 4 days a year tops I will participate in festivities. This happens to be the only required one.
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4 days a year!!
I try to restrict it to weekends and weekdays only

Too bad y'all aren't in Austin. I'd show you some real Tejas hospitality. We're all getting together about five. I'm gonna throw some buffalo on the grill and an eggplant casserole in the oven. And after we're all greasy and well fed, it's in to the music room for some kickass tunes on Daddy's Bigass Stereo (official title), enhanced liberally by Daddy's finest 'dro. Good times!

tejasrichard said:
Too bad y'all aren't in Austin. I'd show you some real Tejas hospitality. We're all getting together about five. I'm gonna throw some buffalo on the grill and an eggplant casserole in the oven. And after we're all greasy and well fed, it's in to the music room for some kickass tunes on Daddy's Bigass Stereo (official title), enhanced liberally by Daddy's finest 'dro. Good times!
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Houston here buddy, catchin' ya loud an' clear... Nothin like some Brisket, potato salad and Corona to top off the week!

drummingfool said:
Houston here buddy, catchin' ya loud an' clear... Nothin like some Brisket, potato salad and Corona to top off the week!
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w00t, it's still here!

kbizzle said:
Sucks to here someone that lives right down the road from you will be enjoying the 420 festivities while I sit at home and look at my "grinder". Lol.
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absolutely BRUTAL...drop a nickel in it and shake the xmas tree for all shes worth...

Frankly, Sir, your penguin terrifies me.
And the perspective makes my head heart.
I actually knew a girl once, who SWORE she never dreamed of anything but penguins. She was actually hauled away by men in white coats, one day. Not for telling us about the penguins, though, for other things entirely.

jovera said:
What is overclock?
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what is google?

tejasrichard said:
Frankly, Sir, your penguin terrifies me.
And the perspective makes my head heart.
I actually knew a girl once, who SWORE she never dreamed of anything but penguins. She was actually hauled away by men in white coats, one day. Not for telling us about the penguins, though, for other things entirely.
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well getting dragged away by men in white coats mean one thing...and one thing only...she zigged when she should have zagged and also added too much detergent when trying to inflate the bike tire with christmas tree gas lol

here is the Nexus S NFC demo from CES

I think NFC has potential

slowz3r said:
I think NFC has potential
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only if it survives the launch time
it'll be a nice try,
since they failed at the same strategy with bluetooth, back then marketing people were also planning the same thing with bluetooth but in the end it failed
too much security hassle and issues with prevention, etc, etc
if NFC wants to survive, better make it clear to the people it's not used to suck data out of your phone, but just to pick up data from stuff

AllGamer said:
only if it survives the launch time
it'll be a nice try,
since they failed at the same strategy with bluetooth, back then marketing people were also planning the same thing with bluetooth but in the end it failed
too much security hassle and issues with prevention, etc, etc
if NFC wants to survive, better make it clear to the people it's not used to suck data out of your phone, but just to pick up data from stuff
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as always people are turned off by new things,
I think security with NFC is allot better than RFID, anyone with the right equipment and a lil cash can eavsdrop on people who have Bluetooth enabled on their cell phones, and with RFID its the same way.
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you

The fact that you have to tap the pad to get it to work is good for security. That means it won't read through your pockets. +1 there.
Unfortunately because America is so slow to take on new technologies, I'm sure we'll all go through one or two new phones each before NFC is actually on the marketplace in public venues on a large scale.

allen099 said:
The fact that you have to tap the pad to get it to work is good for security. That means it won't read through your pockets. +1 there.
Unfortunately because America is so slow to take on new technologies, I'm sure we'll all go through one or two new phones each before NFC is actually on the marketplace in public venues on a large scale.
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All it takes is one company to put NFC tags in their products, for example a movie poster or what have you, pretty sure its the same company that produces those cardboard cut outs for movies,

slowz3r said:
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you
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LMAO !!!
good one
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slowz3r said:
All it takes is one company to put NFC tags in their products, for example a movie poster or what have you, pretty sure its the same company that produces those cardboard cut outs for movies,
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yup, movies poster and magazines are the best way to launch NFC into full stream

AllGamer said:
LMAO !!!
good one
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Its the truth Not going to lie, but if sat in a starbucks and peeled info from peoples bluetooth enabled cellphones, i never did anything with the data i got but it was a learning experience and once you get the process down its easy
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yup, movies poster and magazines are the best way to launch NFC into full stream
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Yup, I really wish I could find a place in CA that something with NFC tags just so i can test it

slowz3r said:
as always people are turned off by new things,
I think security with NFC is allot better than RFID, anyone with the right equipment and a lil cash can eavsdrop on people who have Bluetooth enabled on their cell phones, and with RFID its the same way.
I think the short range of NFC is a big security factor, I mean if you dont notice someone rubbing something on your ass you deserve to get money stolen from you
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Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you. Or may be you just can't realize that the rest of the world don't or can't afford 1 car per person nor able to enjoy the space you have.

greenstuffs said:
Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you.
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IF you wanna put it like that then yes. but you are obviously missing my point.
credit cards, cell phones and other devices are much less secure than an NFC device would be when you compare the range

greenstuffs said:
Are you trying to be funny? Do you realize a lot of people live in big cities and rely on public transportation and usually during rush hrs the buses, metro, trains are packed where people ride like canned sardines. I bet them deserve to have their money stolen too according to you. Or may be you just can't realize that the rest of the world don't or can't afford 1 car per person nor able to enjoy the space you have.
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and a nfc on/off widget would solve that

tomqman said:
and a nfc on/off widget would solve that
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We can turn it on/off in the Wireless & Network Settings . i'm sure creating a widget is pretty easy for this. For now I've got mine off so it doesn't waste additional battery (I don't know the effects it has yet).

i spilled my milky galaxy

This phone is so far from perfect, I actually hate it, Its one of the crappiest Android phones there is when compared to HTC etc...
I spilt the most tiniest bit of milk on it, I mean a splash and dried it within a second, now.... when plugged into USB on my pc it says USB Device Not Reconized and that it has failed... it charges fine but WONT work in usb, turning it off n on worked fine until today... now it sometimes doesnt want to turn on by power button, I have to plug the power cable to get it to boot...

to make such a statement you'd have to spill the same amount of milk over different devices. For scientific results you'd also need a considerable amount of the different devices, at least 100 I9000s and HTC Desires for example.
Considering the finances of a private person you can also just test 20 of the same devices or so.
after that you can make assumptions about milk resistance.
Good luck and happy testing
TDK

Iv had previous phones that have survived in the rain, falling in the bath etc..

theduckking said:
to make such a statement you'd have to spill the same amount of milk over different devices. For scientific results you'd also need a considerable amount of the different devices, at least 100 I9000s and HTC Desires for example.
Considering the finances of a private person you can also just test 20 of the same devices or so.
after that you can make assumptions about milk resistance.
Good luck and happy testing
TDK
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Epic!
Woah I just looked at the tags below, are they automatically added or edited by the OP or anyone?
*Edited: Now the tags are a bit tamed, earlier it was full of trash words about the phone...

Theducking @ nice post dude. Made my day )
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My galaxy survived rain, drop in mud, juice spill.
You just don't have luck.

no it has to be milk, otherwise you just assume that a) the galaxy has problems with all liquids (to prove this would require additional tests) and b) that other phones are more resistant to milk (which some things additional to water in it) than the galaxy.

i guess we should try beer also... but we should start with some htc devices in beer.
And with some iphones in other liquids, not that i would mention them here...

Iv had previous phones that have survived in the rain, falling in the bath etc..
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rain isnt a problem for this phone! Btw, i you want to take a bad, take this thing :
http://bilder.buecher.de/produkte/29/29774/29774749n.jpg
I spilt the most tiniest bit of milk on it, I mean a splash and dried it within a second, now.... when plugged into USB on my pc it says USB Device Not Reconized and that it has failed... it charges fine but WONT work in usb, turning it off n on worked fine until today... now it sometimes doesnt want to turn on by power button, I have to plug the power cable to get it to boot...
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tell samsung this story, they ´ll facepalm over you. If you cant handle your brain, than you cant handle a phone.
The Galaxy is one of the Best Android Phones at the moment. ITS an PHONE MAN, not a Toy !!! So take attention how you treat it...

FlanFlinger said:
Kernels.....Kernels.....Kernels
Back to school fella
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says the guy thats from The wild 'Wesht' of Ireland

Phone is blamed because of the carelessness of the user. Phone not meant to get soaked. If your other phones were also got wet then there must be something wrong on how you handle your things...
Besides Galaxy s was never advertised as liquid-proof...
I could call, text, surf the net, download games, play games, play music, watch videos and many more without any problem. Is it really a crappy phone?

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says the guy thats from The wild 'Wesht' of Ireland
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As see your assumption fails to take into consideration that after many years of hard work I have retired and emigrated to Ireland.
Was it a small dribble of "man milk" that you spilt on it ?

I have been trying to work out the purpose of this post, as it seems pretty clear that the OP is not actually asking for help or advice, but merely having a small fit about what is clearly either a coincidence or seriously bad luck. Surely he must have some higher, edifying purpose behind his post.
Then I saw it...MILK! He is warning us against the evils of milk...and he is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
Milk, or cow grease as it is known to the wise, is SATAN'S OWN BEVERAGE! I have seen the destruction that milk can unleash, thousands dead, millions more scarred for life and I for one can tell you that you should NOT believe the hype, or assume because it is sickeningly white and innocent looking that milk is actually GOOD FOR YOU! Quite the opposite my friends. MILK is sheer, liquefied TERROR! Poor, helpless babies only drink it because we FORCE them to by locking them into elevated chairs and shoving evil MILK DISPENSERS into their horrified mouths when they can't resist. For the love of decency, STOP THE HORROR OF MILK.
MILK! Defend yourselves and your phones against it, OR PAY THE PRICE!
This post paid for by The Coca Cola Company, all rights reserved.

Y u cry over spilled milk?

rschenck said:
I have been trying to work out the purpose of this post, as it seems pretty clear that the OP is not actually asking for help or advice, but merely having a small fit about what is clearly either a coincidence or seriously bad luck. Surely he must have some higher, edifying purpose behind his post.
Then I saw it...MILK! He is warning us against the evils of milk...and he is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
Milk, or cow grease as it is known to the wise, is SATAN'S OWN BEVERAGE! I have seen the destruction that milk can unleash, thousands dead, millions more scarred for life and I for one can tell you that you should NOT believe the hype, or assume because it is sickeningly white and innocent looking that milk is actually GOOD FOR YOU! Quite the opposite my friends. MILK is sheer, liquefied TERROR! Poor, helpless babies only drink it because we FORCE them to by locking them into elevated chairs and shoving evil MILK DISPENSERS into their horrified mouths when they can't resist. For the love of decency, STOP THE HORROR OF MILK.
MILK! Defend yourselves and your phones against it, OR PAY THE PRICE!
This post paid for by The Coca Cola Company, all rights reserved.
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thanks for that, u put a lot of effort in, give yourself a pat on the back

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Let it out guy, but on your phone. Tears could be the cure!

Milky Way = Galaxy

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HAHA soo funny.
but seriously what is the point in this thread ?
maybe your phone has a milk allergy. Search the market for 'SGS intolerance test'
And perhaps you should buy lactose free in future.

Post of the week, and it's only Monday morning... Brilliant. Keep getting looks from co workers...
Thanks OP...

GS2 falls from the sky... (and crashes to the ground)

In true, what goes up must come down - my phone went up ... and came back down - with a thud!
I attached my GS2 to an RC quadcopter using an array of balsa and hard wood, cable ties and foam and took to the skies. Since this is my phone, I have to rebuild a camera mount each time I fly and yesterday and today, I've had 4-5 flights with jello-wobble vibration video - and over beautiful fields too .. anyway, this was my third camera mount of the day and it worked! It did work... before it fell...
the RC quad it as attached to had the camera mount broken (I can make another), two broken props, and some nylon standoffs - on and a carbon fibre rod and LOTS of cable ties!
Sadly, an animal was harmed in the making of this video... a slug (or snail), jad a 1kg+ weight fall out of the sky directly upon it. I'm sorry - at least it was quick!
Oh, and the phone? Fine! Not a scratch or noticable fault - auto focus still works You can see the whole flight ...
I've not had much luck embedding on here so just in case ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXEXRVsc9JY
The phone and quad WILL fly again but right now I'm off to sleep - it's been an interesting day!

One where the phone doesn't fall out of the sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbkJmkl3mD8

Really loving your vids, keep them up
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA

Awesome videos! What's the highest you've flown it?

Looks like a 30 meter drop? Surprised there's no damage!

jzmtl said:
Looks like a 30 meter drop? Surprised there's no damage!
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It landed on grass and soil, doubtless that would have cushioned the impact. If it was solid concrete it will probably do worse.

My heart almost stopped watching it fall,and fall,and fall...Ouch.Madman.

When it hit the floor I farted.

got a big ding on the side after it fell to concrete blocks, i think i should be more careful now

Heli Cow.
Nice video.

Thanks for the great comments everyone.
Almost 24 hours later and I can find no fault with the phone. It was in a silicone case (one that wraps around the phone completely), encased in packing foam and then secured to a light wood mount. Unless the phone took a direct hit on something sharp, the only thing that would affect it is the inertia of the falling and sudden stop. Although I think when it was upside down, it was accelerating downwards!
The quad has breaking points such as the "feet" i made and just tied on. Mainly through ease but they've proved invaluable! Many ties reduce the impact and "break the fall" hopefully saving the quad and phone!
From yesterday, as far as I can tell, there's no damage to the phone. The only damage this phone has incurred was when I used an inferior case which didn't protect the top on my first or second flight and the quad arm vibrated a notch in the front .. GUTTED!
I don't have a reliable way of tracking the altitude yet but I think it was higher than 30m - though I could be wrong. Maybe 100m? Any suggesions and theories to the estimated height? Ideally, I'd like a GPS logger which was capable of running in the background and 1s intervals... Even just height

Looking forward for more vids.
Sent from my SGS2 powered by cm9 love

Great video. And i'm surprised to see that GS2 has so nice camcorder. Anyway...got to get myself one of those copters - seems like great fun.

chipko3k said:
Thanks for the great comments everyone.
Almost 24 hours later and I can find no fault with the phone. It was in a silicone case (one that wraps around the phone completely), encased in packing foam and then secured to a light wood mount. Unless the phone took a direct hit on something sharp, the only thing that would affect it is the inertia of the falling and sudden stop. Although I think when it was upside down, it was accelerating downwards!
The quad has breaking points such as the "feet" i made and just tied on. Mainly through ease but they've proved invaluable! Many ties reduce the impact and "break the fall" hopefully saving the quad and phone!
From yesterday, as far as I can tell, there's no damage to the phone. The only damage this phone has incurred was when I used an inferior case which didn't protect the top on my first or second flight and the quad arm vibrated a notch in the front .. GUTTED!
I don't have a reliable way of tracking the altitude yet but I think it was higher than 30m - though I could be wrong. Maybe 100m? Any suggesions and theories to the estimated height? Ideally, I'd like a GPS logger which was capable of running in the background and 1s intervals... Even just height
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It's hard to jugde the hight from the video. The recordings can trick you somethimes. But it's definetly more than 30m, maybe up to 100.
I regulary fly rc-sailplanes(5m wing span) and somethimes over 1000m (measured with a unit called Piccolario that transmits the height via VHF
You can't trust GPS hight readings.
You have to buy the new S3 that has a barometer

The autofocus after the fall was extremely comical. Excellent videos.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA

nilste said:
It's hard to jugde the hight from the video. The recordings can trick you somethimes. But it's definetly more than 30m, maybe up to 100.
I regulary fly rc-sailplanes(5m wing span) and somethimes over 1000m (measured with a unit called Piccolario that transmits the height via VHF
You can't trust GPS hight readings.
You have to buy the new S3 that has a barometer
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5m wingspan?! Wow! You need to duct tape your phone to one and fly (that's how I first started filming with my GS2... duct taped underneath pointing down)
I think I'll look into the Piccolario... thanks I would love to try out the S3, it's camera and barometer .. Samsug?!

Did the snail survived?
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whats the DnB track of the 2nd video? tried to shazam it but no result
Nice videos!!

lol, great video

Paradoxxx said:
Did the snail survived?
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Sadly no The send off is on Saturday...
Randi said:
whats the DnB track of the 2nd video? tried to shazam it but no result
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It's Through the Air by Naibu-Aki
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On a positive note, the quad is rebuilt and seems to be flyable (only tested slighty in my house). After a test flight and new camera mount, I'll be out making my phone fly again. All going well, there'll be more videos to come...
This time I will turn off WiFi, phone connectivity and make sure it's in FLIGHT MODE. I take it this was why Android has this feature?! I mean what else could it be for?
Speaking of the phone, it has been performing fine (although, I'm not sure my HSPDA/3G connectivity is faulty because of phone antenna jolt or provider problems (TalkMobile). Still testing. It connects, just sometimes doesn't.
Thanks once again for all the great comments and the views - they are appreciated

T-Mobile Z3 bent already :mad:

Just noticed that my phone is already bent. The only thing I can think of is that this could be the result of the arm band I used the first day I had it. FFFFFFFFFKKKKK. This is real BS I hate cases but I hope you guys are using them..
EDIT: Adding pictures. The phones seems to have bent at the frame at the power button - there is a slight dimple right below it.
I am extremely sad, mad, angry, and upset.
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The Glass is warped on both sides. I am afraid of using the phone because it might crack if it gets too hot
This picture shows the worst of it!

dhaliwal925 said:
Just noticed that my phone is already bent. The only thing I can think of is that this could be the result of the arm band I used the first day I had it. FFFFFFFFFKKKKK. This is real BS I hate cases but I hope you guys are using them..
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can you post photos of your phone?

Hustlervanz said:
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Updated with pics - I am not happy at all!

Back pocket? Ultra tight front pocket?

abhinav.tella said:
Back pocket? Ultra tight front pocket?
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He said arm band.
which is weird unless it's a really tight armband or he put it near his elbow.

Have you contacted t-mobile?

abhinav.tella said:
Back pocket? Ultra tight front pocket?
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Never put the phone in my back pocket, and I don't wear tight fitting pants. The phone is usually in my hand when I am driving, and on the desk at work.
ayamgoreng said:
He said arm band.
which is weird unless it's a really tight armband or he put it near his elbow.
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The armband couldn't have been too tight otherwise I would have no blood flow to my arm, and if it was near my elbow no movement. However, this is the only thing I can think of because of the above stated.
digitalpirate said:
Have you contacted t-mobile?
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No, not yet. I think I would be just better off returning the phone - it's literally just been 4 days.

Screen cracks are fairly common with arm bands
First time i see a bent phone from it.
It is easy to generate a lot of force when jogging even when it isn't really tight, it tends to be the g-force doing the damage.
Well no harm trying to request for return.
I'd say it is really a bad timing to return a bent phone due to bendgate.
Good luck.

It actually looks prettier like this lol!

dedei said:
It actually looks prettier like this lol!
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Xperia Arc is back! .... I loved that phone So much.
I hope this is a rare case. As much as I care most about the thickness of a device when it comes to dimensions, it does make them bendy.
Maybe i'll create an app that straightens your phone........
Sent from my Xperia Z3 while underwater

None of this adds up to me. Can't see how an arm band could cause this. I tried bending my phone a little bit after seeing this thread, and it's a little flexible, but my bending didn't cause a permanent bend (granted I wasn't trying to permanently bend it either). If you don't wear tight fitting jeans and don't put it in your back pocket, all I can think is you tried to bend it yourself... If it's not that then there is something else you did that you're not telling us...

Please show us what the armband looks like.
What model phone(s) is the armband designed for?

Whatever the cause, using wooden blocks and clamps you should be able to bend it back. I have seen it done with an iPhone 5/5S.

Elysian893 said:
None of this adds up to me. Can't see how an arm band could cause this. I tried bending my phone a little bit after seeing this thread, and it's a little flexible, but my bending didn't cause a permanent bend (granted I wasn't trying to permanently bend it either). If you don't wear tight fitting jeans and don't put it in your back pocket, all I can think is you tried to bend it yourself... If it's not that then there is something else you did that you're not telling us...
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Look, I'm just telling what could be the issue by giving you as much information as possible. The phone is big enough and skinny enough to bend - aluminium isn't known for its strength. I am not rich enough to buy a phone and bend it just for fun. I switched to T-Mobile and ran with an AT&T M8 waiting for this thing to get released, and I'm just sharing my concerns and experience with community.
I don't need to lie to you, even I don't know how in the heck this is possible!
sunoryjim said:
Please show us what the armband looks like.
What model phone(s) is the armband designed for?
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MN...200_QL40&qid=1414861715&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1
abhinav.tella said:
Whatever the cause, using wooden blocks and clamps you should be able to bend it back. I have seen it done with an iPhone 5/5S.
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Lol, I will skip on that - I rather pay the $50 restocking fee.

That's a significant bend for you to not know how it happened.

Elysian893 said:
That's a significant bend for you to not know how it happened.
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And that is exactly my point! Phones shouldn't just bend.
Besides I think you have already made up your mind about me so there is no point in arguing with you. Just consider this a warning and be careful with your phone.

You must have massive muscle bulges, while running the flex of your deltoid and biceps/triceps probably caused it to bend. Its a testament to your strength.
Comedy aside, it definately sucks though. I do not think TMO will replace it. It does seem more fragile than the Z2 according two those who have both.

I usedto have a copper z3 that hada slight bend in it just like yours. What made mine worsewas a bulge that separated the aluminumfrom the glass just behind the power button. Like you im not sure how it hapoened as i usually take great care of my phones (have not dropped one since 2006). I was out for the night with friends while it was in my front pocket. The jeans were a little snug but not really tight. I think we may see more issues like this in the future as more time passes. I had had the phone for some time before i noticed it so it was definitely a new occurrence.

Oh man.. this is no bueno. If this happened here, it is going to happen to a TON of people. Jeez.. maybe this will be the 1 upside to the thicker, bulkier, plastic based Z3v frame and body.

dhaliwal925 said:
The phone is usually in my hand when I am driving
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Put the phone down and and drive properly.