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Hi. So story goes like this.
While going to biking I was going to put my Defender case on my HD2, but tried it and found out that these invisible shields and this cheap one i got make it that much bigger otterbox defender dont fit. so I left defender in.
When going out of the door one hand on bike and one with HD2 with sportypal finding satellites, tried to close the door and doing that dropped my precious HD2 to concrete floor from around 1.5m or 5feet. I saw it dropping and I was like NOOOOOO, but my music didnt stop playing from my bluetooth headset so I knew atleast it didnt break fully.
Well what do you expect happened to HD2 with gorgeous 4.3" glass display..
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Well nothing really happened, except little dent on the corner, it looks worse in pictures. I was so sure that I broke my precious HD2's screen but no.
You might notice that theres no invisible shield/other plastic wrap around, thats because I took those off so I can use my otterbox defender again!
Earlier, 2months ago defender case saved my HD2 from mud where it fell when I stumbled in darkness using HD2 as my flashlight
Anyone else had these lucky or not so lucky moments with your HD2? Post your stories and pictures if any.
Thanks.
Lucky git, I've kicked mine a few times as when I drop it I try to stop it hitting the floor so stick my foot out, most of the time it lands on my foot then falls on the floor but a few times Iv'e kicked it a good 4/5 foot :lol:
Feel lucky this is what I got when I dropped mine from 3 feet.
my HD2 survived a 1.20m flight on stone - even the battery-cap jumped away - but the display and the handy was without any problem - puuuuuuh
drop...
I had my hd2 about 3 days and a friend was holding it while i took off my motorbike helmet. she dropped it about 1 meter and all it did was ding the side...
must admit i was bricking it..
Mine has fallen from the top of the toilet onto the floor... My wife came running in when she heard me scream, she thought I'd has an accident. LOL
Incidentally zero damage.....
Very lucky!
I think I would spontaneously combust if I dropped mine...
Oh I had dropped that one several times and not once did it break. Most of the times it fell it landed on it's back or side. The one that did it in was a face shot (lol), It dropped and landed face down for the most part. It landed on the bottom right corner first blowing out the bottom then slapped down all the way killing the upper half. I used to keep it in that gell case and had Invisishield on it as well before. For some reason I stopped using the gell case and the Invisishield started to peel in one corner, so it came off as well. I believe with the use of the Invisishield alone it would have helped in keeping the phone from breaking. That stuff rocks.
There is always that feeling when you get a shiny new phone. You know that you're going to drop it at least once.
The first time I dropped mine from 3 feet ish, it landed on the screen. But as I tried to grab it from falling I just ended up propelling it towards the floor. Then I got that sinking feeling as I went to pick it up. Just as I turned it over I expected the screen to be smashed (it didn't land on a flat surface) but nothing. Just a small scratch on the screen protector.
Also as someone mentioned before, I've done the whole "use your foot to stop it falling but end up kicking it further thing" still in perfect condition. Awesome phone.
Mine has survived a 30 km/h swipe
i was getting to sleep, it was dark and i forgot that my HD2 was lying on bed
when i was sweeping my bed with a pillow, i felt that i've just swiped a heavy metal thing on the ceramic floor , n i heard a glass-metal sound :O
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brightened the light, and it was my HD2 without even a minor scratch
the glass-metalic sound was from the back cover being popped out
I droped ine once in a carpeted room...I went to walk out and it slipped out my hand and flew out... the sound of it hidden the wood under the carpet was enought to scare the **** out of me... I didnt scream...I was breathless the moment it left my fingers..
The other day my sister bought a new phone and went to me to show me and so i can open it up for her... Once she picked it up for the first time, she dropped it. You would think she dove for it. Nope she screamed and walked away... So i laughed and gave it to her.
Wil Badger said:
Feel lucky this is what I got when I dropped mine from 3 feet.
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I've just sent my device to my insurer this afternoon, dropped from taking out of pocket and having butter fingers, this is the second replacement screen I'll be getting, looked the same as yours although the ENTIRE glass front was shattered into what was a rather cool looking honeycomb effect haha, and the row of buttons at the bottom were dying to fall off too, it's been 4 hours and I miss my device already, using a nokia 6300 at the minute!!!
My replacement was one dayed to my house. It would also appear to brand new and not a remaned unit. New one came with a new memory card,charger, the whole box. I also kept my 16 gig card, battery, and rear cover from the broken one,lol.
I have the amazing wallet-phone! (there's thread on here about it) My HD2 jammed into a faux-leather case, with space for cards and money as well. I've thrown my phone place to place and never had a problem thanks to the protective cushion. It might be bulky but the trade-off is I have all my things together, the phone's protected, and when I take my 11-month phone out it looks shiny and new. So there's an alternative for people with the same butter-fingers I have
Link: The XDA Thread for Wallet phone - it's about £4!
Trig0r said:
Lucky git, I've kicked mine a few times as when I drop it I try to stop it hitting the floor so stick my foot out, most of the time it lands on my foot then falls on the floor but a few times Iv'e kicked it a good 4/5 foot :lol:
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Yeah that really can save your phone if you have chance to do that. did that with my old Touch HD few times, also found out that if timing isn't right it can go really far away on flat floor
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Feel lucky this is what I got when I dropped mine from 3 feet.
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ouch :/ haven't seen that bad crack before, most of em have only screen kind of smashed. I cancelled my full insurance during summer because I thought I can keep it nicely have had luck with these two incidents.
No one was near me when dropped mine, someone probably would have thought Im crazy or something when dropped it and yelled fooock..
Had a incident myself posted the info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812370
but the end result is this
Im still crying inside
Edit : im gonna now go with the idea smeddy has just tring to find your post now re the case wallet
The first time I dropped mine was on my desk at work. It hit the table 2 twice very fast. I almost dropped it twice in my kitchen on solid hone But I have quick hands and I caught it just in time. The only time I really dropped it was on a carpet from a relatively small height. Those cracked screens look horrible, I hope I never have to see something like that ever again. When I bought it, it didn't have the original case, but another one. I try to keep it in that case most of the time. My problem is not butter fingers, I am not always careful when holding things
My OtterBox Defender has saved mine from 2 drops. Not a bit of damage.
I know the invisible shield type things are popular, but they don't do a damn thing if you really drop your phone.
My wife dropped her HD2 into a bucket of water once. The power was on and she was even on a phone call when it happened. Fortunatly she retreived it quickly and had the Otterbox Defender case on. After removing the battery and making certain it was throughly dry it is working fine to this day!
seeing all these broken HD2's upsets me, though i dropped mine at the bus stop as i was getting it out of my pocket, and the screen smashed at the top left, it still works perfectly fine though.
the next day, i did it again, but as i was walking and the phone went flying forward into a curb and smashed the camera and made the top right of the screen go black!
i've got insurance, but the phone is quite battered, with scuffs everywhere, so i dont want to claim in case they just repair it and give me back my scuffed phone!
and ive never claimed insurance before haha, i feel a bit silly claiming.
i cant post photos because i lurk instead of posting and im yet to be verified ;(
Made the rather stupid mistake of driving off with my phone sat on the roof of the car. Got out of the car park to the traffic lights and thought "oh bugger".
So back into the car park I go expecting the worse. And after retracing my exit route there was this black leather thing off to the side on one of the bends. With tyre marks on it.
I picked it up fearing the worse. And with the official HTC leather slip case seemingly welded to the phone I really thought it would be a mess. And yet as I slid the phone out of the case I saw that the screen was completely intact. With all the buttons working! And a quick check showed that aside from a small crack on one corner of the case (presumably where it hit the concrete!) its still pristene!
So bravo HTC. As my mate put it on Facebook "an iphone wouldn't have survived even with a case!!"
There's like a quarter inch cushion between your phone and where the seams of the leather case meet. That more than likely embrace the fall. I'm glad your phone is still in one piece!
After about a year, the leather case loses its "traction", so the phone will easily slip out of it. I was walking up some pathway and took my phone out of my pocket. It slipped out of case and went over the side of the path to the little walkway about 14 ft below.
Smack. Face down on the concrete.
And all it suffered is a little chip to the glass face right by the speaker. Not a scratch nor dent anywhere. It really was quite amazing. But after having suffered a few knocks since, I really don't have the same heart in mouth reaction anymore.
I had mine 5 days, dropped from waist height removing from pocket, I lost count at 38 individual sectors of glass, you guys are more than lucky
I myself am a 250 pound man, and I tripped, landed on my side where my HD2 was holstered...landed SQUARELY on the phone on concrete...and NOTHING. NO DAMAGE whatsoever. HTC has always been about build quality, and the HD2 is no exception.
yeah I've dropped my phone about 10 times and it still looks 10/10 mint, didn't even soft-reset
It fell out of my pocket while biking.
Chipped the metal case
Has anyone else dropped their phone (I mean serious drops)?
Fortunately not, my friend did drop his iPhone 4 off a bridge whilst taking a photo. A sharp gust of wind blew it out of his hand.
I was laughing for about 2 days.
Yup, dropped mine a couple of weeks ago. Bit of a chip on the top right corner of the case by the screen and a bit of a scuff on the bottom right corner of the sim cover.
Was dropped from quite a height onto a hard pavement, so I'm pleased it didn't come off a lot worse!
Dropped mine too. I was busy attaching it to the windscreen for use as satnav, and my wife called me to help get our son into his car seat (after all this time she STILL can't do it...) I went to assist, but the phone wasn't securely fixed to the windscreen... and, well, you guessed it.
Gutted.
Mine has dropped twice from 50cm ~1.5ft. Bad positioning on the nightstand + groggy first time, and a trip of the lady on the charging cable (phone resting on aforementioned nightstand)..
...two slight chips on the top left corner metal. I'm all about the survivor look, being a Fallout fan, I hate those unwieldy black rubber cases, but it pains me to know that those two little chips are there, right out of sight, mocking me for failing to take good care of my DHD.
And that coming from the guy who used a smashed iPhone 2g for the past 2 years. Cracked yet (surprisingly) fully operational screen, more dents in the metal backplate than you can shake a stick at.
Oh well.
Dropped mine from about chest height onto laminated floor while trying to open a door while carrying shopping, unfortunately it did do something to the internal hardware.
Volume keys stopped working, wi-fi would not turn on and fm radio would not turn on. Case had no visible damage so sent back to HTC under waranty, 20 days later got my phone and its working flawlessly.
dropped mine so many times now but i'm lucky and it just hasnt scratched it
can we have some pictures please
this is exactly the reason I made sure I ordered and received my otterbox commuter series case BEFORE I bought my telus desire hd
only had mine for about a week or so but already dropped it a few times, battle wounds... reminds me of my silver back iphone 1 after a few month, just adds character as far as im concerned.
I dropped mine down a flight of steps on to tiles, man that thing can bounce. It only got the smallest scratch on the top edge where i can see silver but it bugs me every time I look at it but it could have been so much worse without my barely there case or if the screen shattered. If only they sold nail polish in a DHD brown to use as repair paint ...
smurcoch said:
this is exactly the reason I made sure I ordered and received my otterbox commuter series case BEFORE I bought my telus desire hd
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How is that Otterbox treating you? Any idea if Otterbox defender is any good? Is commuter better?
darkreize said:
How is that Otterbox treating you? Any idea if Otterbox defender is any good? Is commuter better?
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I don't know about the defender but I ordered a commuter at the same time I ordered my phone and love it. I had one for my iPhone 4. I've not dropped this phone yet *touch wood* but it's a great case and if nothing else it makes the back more even so the camera is less likely to get scratched.
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I don't know about the defender but I ordered a commuter at the same time I ordered my phone and love it. I had one for my iPhone 4. I've not dropped this phone yet *touch wood* but it's a great case and if nothing else it makes the back more even so the camera is less likely to get scratched.
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Does it give you the confidence that if you drop it from a considerable height it won't get badly damaged, say 2 feet on a wooden floor?
No drops here (yet), but i remember when i got my first phone. It was 12 years ago, and I, Mini Bazooka, was only 12 years old. I was rocking a brand new Panasonic GD-450. Pretty small back then, but it's about the size of a small grizzly.
I dropped it four floors down, and it landed on the concrete floor. The battery fell off. Nothing more.. Ahh, the good ol' days when a phone was a phone, and not a control center for launching nuclear weapons and baking cookies.
darkreize said:
Does it give you the confidence that if you drop it from a considerable height it won't get badly damaged, say 2 feet on a wooden floor?
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Mine got knocked off a table and fell at least 3 feet onto tile floor and nothing happened. I feel a lot more confident holding the phone and I don't have to worry so much about holding a super thin phone and not letting it drop. The case makes it feel perfect in the hand.
BazookaAce said:
No drops here (yet), but i remember when i got my first phone. It was 12 years ago, and I, Mini Bazooka, was only 12 years old. I was rocking a brand new Panasonic GD-450. Pretty small back then, but it's about the size of a small grizzly.
I dropped it four floors down, and it landed on the concrete floor. The battery fell off. Nothing more.. Ahh, the good ol' days when a phone was a phone, and not a control center for launching nuclear weapons and baking cookies.
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Must be a Baking cookie app, nuclear weapons is easy thou....
Anyway droped mine a few times my case looks after her thou, she is still like new.
The first time you drop it is always the worst! After that it doesn't hurt so much ;-)
Dropped mine the first time whilst in the toilet. Just managed to deflect it from going down the pan! It landed on the floor luckily and has a marked corner now...
I would buy a case but I really don't like them at all.
I think I had my DHD for about a week before I dropped it, and of course straight into asphalt. It got some nasty scratchmarks on the bottom / bottom left corner. I felt parts of my soul (and wallet) die that day ;(
Bought a gel case the day after, just to prevent further damaging of the DHD case.
tykoon said:
The first time you drop it is always the worst! After that it doesn't hurt so much ;-)
Dropped mine the first time whilst in the toilet. Just managed to deflect it from going down the pan! It landed on the floor luckily and has a marked corner now...
I would buy a case but I really don't like them at all.
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Lol your hand must have been shaking really hard.... Random excercise at 2am anyone?
Long story short, I watched the Android Authority videos, the CNET torture test...
But I had to be at Walgreens before 6... and I couldn't find my case...
I am 6'2 pushing 6'3... I dropped my One without a case on it... it flew all over the place... then ended on its face...
There are only minor scratches on the aluminum and one tiny dent... there isn't a single (even microscopic) scratch on the face...
Had I dropped my S3, it would have shattered...
I'm not saying to drop your One... but should you drop it, it will fare better than any phone out there. HTC balanced the phone to the point that unless it is purposely dropped on its face, it will not break...
Keep a case on it... but imagine the horror when I dropped it from my EAR today... a 6' plus fall and just minor dents?
I guess I can put up with the signal issues... Because any other phone would have been dangerous to use because of the shattered glass.
Anyone else have an "I dropped my One and it survived" story?
Didnt the top and bottom speakers fell out? Saw some videos that 2 parts are quite flimsy
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... but imagine the horror when I dropped it from my EAR today... a 6' plus fall and just minor dents? Anyone else have an "I dropped my One and it survived" story?
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I can top that.
I've dropped my One at least three times I can think of.
Once, when on a ladder using 'smart tools' to level my flat-screen TV on the wall, a drop of about 7' in total, bouncing off the ladder step, onto the (natural stone) hearth of my fireplace, and another 1' to the floor.
Once, when hiking in a nearby State Park, the phone bounced out of the holster (must have gotten some shirt tucked into the latch) and onto rocks/rubble/roots, coming to rest screen-down on some pebbles.
Once, while in bed, I 'bobbled' it out of my hand, it bounced off the mattress and onto the hardwood floor.
In all of these drops, thankfully I had both a Seidio 'Surface' case and an SPG/Spigen GLAS.tR screen protector. No discernible damage that I can detect, no scuffs or dings. Speakers are fine, and the camera works as it should - in other words, the optical image stabilization is working fine.
There can be no compensation for the three heart attacks I've suffered, but that's another story.
I was visiting Japan in April this year and had literally only received my One days before as it was delivered the day before I was to go on holiday through EE.
I was visiting a shrine in the Kyoto and walking up a steep hill capturing some video. Just finished recording the video but hands were sweaty and was turning the phone around to put it back in my pocket when it slipped face down and slid down an incline. I'm about 6"1 and my hands were in the air recording the video above my head.
The top of the silver mesh by the front facing camera came slightly away from the plastic and dented the metal and it dented beneath in two places and even took a chunk out of the side of the screen but the screen itself didn't even suffer a a scratch. Of course I was devastated I'd ruined such a beautiful phone but I was shocked by its build quality being so good.
I dropped a One X I had a couple weeks prior and it fell on the bottom edge horizontally causing no damage to the phone at all but completely shattering the screen. On the back of this I was expecting the same or worse from the One but I was totally surprised.
Best phone I've ever owned. Period. It's right to be acclaimed as the best smartphone you can buy right now.
I had one of the worst scares of my life when I dropped my one the first day that I received it.
I was using the stupid plastic bag that cames with the one to protect it from scratches lol. But when I was going to bed it was dark and I holded the one with the plastic bag face down and the one quickly slipped out of the bag
I almost cried when I saw that it didnt had a single scratch probably fell something like 3.5 feet. I was even tempted to ask for a return as I was having very bad battery life and the phone didnt have a single scratch or dent :' )
Yes!
Both times getting out of the truck at the end of the lane to fetch mail. I had it sitting in the arm rest in the door and it fell to the driveway which is coarse tar and chip (crusher run).
Fortunately it was in a Speck Candyshell Grip both times. The first time the case didn't even show a mark! The second time put a few marks on the case. The phone is mint. Both times the phone's final resting place was screen down. Dropping a smart phone is like dropping a cat or a buttered piece of toast. You can wager full retail price replacement on which way it lands!
If you have a carpet on the floor nothing will happen to your phone
But if it fall on cement or asphalt it will break at least the screen
I've been wrestling and phone flew into traffic, no cars hit it, but did bend the lower left corner, crazy ex girlfriend through it through a wall also, landed in living room unscathed .... Both times no cases.
sent from a Renovated HTC ONE
vegetaleb said:
If you have a carpet on the floor nothing will happen to your phone
But if it fall on cement or asphalt it will break at least the screen
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I've twice dropped my One from my ear onto the sidewalk and my screen is fine. A few dings, but no major damage.
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my cousin dropped his on his big toe and bruised it badly lol!!!!
luck was on your side because I seen a dude drop his htc one inside of tmobile on the carpet and the screen, its a hit or miss with phones falling on the floor just consider yourself bless and get a strong case
i dropped my HTC One and Camera lost its Focus. camera costs 20-40$ ebay BUTTT there is no company in my country who can dissamble my phone.
HTC One is great but it is too risky to have one!
Conclusion - Put it in the biggest and thickest Case ever and even after that DON'T DROP IT
it is jewelry not phone i will not buy anything like this anymore.
Hail Plastic!
Die Aluminum!
good for you
Unfortunately not everyone is as lucky as OP.
my one is fine thank god but my missus dropped her phone between the cushions on the corner of the couch, result, it hit the base board underneath and dented the side of the phone and the screen now has a single crack right across the screen. Not a great advertisement for a phones durability if it cant survive a six inch drop.
The phone is still perfectly usable and the crack isnt too bad, not too noticeable head on but if viewed from an angle its very visable.
I use it with an UAG case and i drop it almost every day haha not a single flaw, its still new.
Desiredrive said:
I use it with an UAG case and i drop it almost every day haha not a single flaw, its still new.
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like i said mine is still perfect, i just use a cheapy silicone cover and screen protector.
So I was looking at something on the phone this evening, about chest height. Dropped the phone like it was a water snake, ***** is slippery, once it gets moving, I can not wait till the case for it gets here. I digress ....the phone hit the floor, face down on the deck, deck old is wood, so it was rather hard as it has been beat down by the Florida sun .... From my vantage point here,reading these threads on XDA, it should have shattered. Regardless, I was scared till I picked it up, it twas good, not a scratch or crack, not even a nick.. I hope not to do that again in the near furture,, bit I am comfortable the phone could hang on this instance One solid thumbs up
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So I was looking at something on the phone this evening, about chest height. Dropped the phone like a water snake, ***** is slippery, once it gets moving, I can not wait till the case gets here. I digress ....the phone hit the floor, face down on the deck, deck old wood, ao it was ratherb
beat down by the florida sun .... From my vantage point here,reading these threads it should have shattered. Regardless, I was scared till I picked it up, it twas good.. I hope not to do i that again in the near furture,, bit I am comfortable the phone could hang on this instance One solid thumbs up
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This is a tad comforting, I'm still trying to decide if I need an tempered glass protector or not (going to use a case). I had my S3 without protector with tpu case for two years. Dropped it alot and it's never been a problem. I'm hoping with protected corners the Z3C will behave the same.
I had the same thing, first day I received the phone, it also fell on my wooden floor. Not a scratch!
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My wife dropped her's as well onto our hard wood kitchen floor. It was fine.
I dropped mine from waist height onto a linoleum floor a couple days ago, and it doesn't even have a scratch. :good: