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Dropped my Desire Z in a gel case... from a bike @ 20km/h

And NOTHING happened. I suggest those little, cheap ass gel cases to anyone now. I was holding my phone and driving my MTB when I suddenly hit a bump and had to drop the phone not to lose control.
Anyway, the phone hit concrete in the gel case, and it only opened up the keyboard after that (hit on the floor while being closed).
Phew.

You're lucky.
I just drop mine , and the battery flew away. The 4 battery connectors are now bent.
Still, the phone's working. The dz appear to be much stronger than my old ipaid, iclose, or what ever you call it

My battery is totally covered with the gel case, I would have to rip it off to open it.

I've accidentally dropped my phone many times onto the wooden floors of my house and it has never gotten any dents or anything. One time though, i completely fumbled my phone and it flew out of my hands onto rough concrete and it only got a few small scratches which have worn off by now! haha, this is definitely a hardy phone! I've never used a case with my Desire Z and i don't plan to because i know it's a tough phone.

I can't use it without a case, it's surface it's too slippery, it just feels right in a case although it is thick as hell in it.

I used to baby my DZ in a case, but now I don't bother. I've dropped it loads, and although it does have a lot of battle scars, it still works fine.
I found all of the cases I tried made the phone ridiculously bulky as well, and I find it just much nicer to handle it "naked"

1847. cripioru
Gorilla glass disappointed me badly, i have my phone covered all the time in the holster and still has two minor scratches on the display. Silver backside surface is damaged too, not sure why.... surface layer is peeling. Otherwise, its heavy and solid.

You see, OP? That's why you should never use the phone while moving on the bike. Get one of those handlebar holders for the phone and worry not. Of course, don't drop your bike!
My recommendation? Follow the "no phone while on the saddle" rule.
palad1n said:
Gorilla glass disappointed me badly, i have my phone covered all the time in the holster and still has two minor scratches on the display. Silver backside surface is damaged too, not sure why.... surface layer is peeling. Otherwise, its heavy and solid.
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This is Gorilla Glass? I would've never imagined it; I broke the screen on one in a stupidly short fall and this replacement already has a scratch!
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rmcsc said:
You see, OP? That's why you should never use the phone while moving on the bike. Get one of those handlebar holders for the phone and worry not. Of course, don't drop your bike!
My recommendation? Follow the "no phone while on the saddle" rule.
This is Gorilla Glass? I would've never imagined it; I broke the screen on one in a stupidly short fall and this replacement already has a scratch!
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Nah I don't think the DZ has gorilla glass I have tons of scratches on my glass because I was to lazy to buy some screenprotectors
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http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/htc
According to this webpage, Desire Z should have Gorilla Glass.
But I expected more.

gorilla glass is far superior over old screen screens. my g2 has an almost flawless screen, same with my girlfriends. neither of us has had a phone for longer than six months with out me replacing the screen. so yeah we must have gorilla glass or we have both just became lucky

rmcsc said:
You see, OP? That's why you should never use the phone while moving on the bike. Get one of those handlebar holders for the phone and worry not. Of course, don't drop your bike!
My recommendation? Follow the "no phone while on the saddle" rule.
This is Gorilla Glass? I would've never imagined it; I broke the screen on one in a stupidly short fall and this replacement already has a scratch!
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I do have a holder I was just changing some settings on GPS ;P
Also it does have Gorilla Glass but I am using hte screen protector anyway.

Also without the Gel-Case the DesireZ wouldn`t be broken imo.
I`ve threw my DZ many times very hard on the floor and against the wall and the only thing that happened was that the battery-cover opened and the battery dropped out.
No display crack or something similar
The DZ is the best mobile phone ever! And i`ve seen many (broken and working ) devices. Try to throw a Samsung <foo> against the wall, you will only do this once

How many times did your device fall?

1 time. Luckily the bumper protected my device, then wasn't damaged

10+ times. Not a scratch on it. I only have screen protector, no bumper or anything.
It has fallen onte wooden floors, concrete floors, tarmac etc..
Really good quality I'd say.

Belfia said:
10+ times. Not a scratch on it. I only have screen protector, no bumper or anything.
It has fallen onte wooden floors, concrete floors, tarmac etc..
Really good quality I'd say.
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the quality comparable to nokia

3 times so far on the concrete. No screen protector one small scratch
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3 times on concrete floor. Mic not working...hehe
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0 time since I got it last year! I always take very very good care of my expensive phones. I think it's been a while since my last expensive phone fell......in fact, I think I never dropped any of them.
The cheap ones...a lot of time!!

1 time on concrete floor with flip cover and battery flyin to different directions, gathered and put it back and work as usual

Same here, even though i have a gel case and screen protector on it, the note was a lot of money, and i cannot afford to replace it.
John.
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0 time since I got it last year! I always take very very good care of my expensive phones. I think it's been a while since my last expensive phone fell......in fact, I think I never dropped any of them.
The cheap ones...a lot of time!!
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1 time in my holiday in Thailand. Fell down exactly on a sharp edge of a small stone. Crack'n Cry
But: Samsung service center in Udon Thani repaired the display and even put in a new motherboard within three days. Great service and unbeatable price.

one time on the carpet from 2 feet, almost had a heart attack! no problems at all

Twice. Once on the concrete and once on asphalt. Got a couple of tiny marks on the bezel, so nothing special.

Bought on 20th Jan, ZERO drops.
Probably because I quit alcohol.

Probably once or twice a day, thats nearly 180 falls, I'm really clumsy and distracted, but with TPU case and screen shield it's intact...
I should count my throws, when drunk I throwed it twice already at someone who made fun of his size, no problems yet thankfully, really nokia build quality comparable.

several times per week and mostly on tiles
and everytime i think that the screen is gone but it suprises me everytime
great build quality
the side bezel and back cover have some scratches but the screen is still intact

Teflanzy said:
several times per week and mostly on tiles
and everytime i think that the screen is gone but it suprises me everytime
great build quality
the side bezel and back cover have some scratches but the screen is still intact
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Have you considered quit drinking?

Three or four times. In all of them, but one, my Note was protected by bumper. Not a single scratch, so far

I've dropped mine a few times and all has been fine as it's in a Tridea case and the phone is fully covered, but one time last month I took it out if the case to change the battery and dropped it on to concrete.... the one time it's out of the case and I drop it!
Needless to say, it now has the battle scars on the Bezel to show it was in the "great war" but the screen is fine and so is it's general workings lol.
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I dropped mine 3 times in one week the first week i had it once on the concrete then my case came in and guess what? I haven't dropped it since, in 7 months..lol
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nCoder said:
Have you considered quit drinking?
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hehehe
i have nevered drinked in my life
i just have slippery hands
and mostly it falls during my job (i am a nurse)
i keep the note in my shirt front pocket
and most of the times when i have to bend my knees the note just come out and fall
but luckily still intact
i hope it stays intact atleast until the Note 2 comes out

servel time, mostly scratch on the sides. not using any protection

S6 Edge Screen Cracked. Not even a 6 inch drop.

So we were moving my bed and the mattress was put on side. The mattress is roughly 7 inches high and the phone was a bit on its side, so it slipped and fell on side. I even saw it fall, the curved glass hit the floor first. (Theyre marble tiles) I kept it there, thinking oh its a minor fall, Ill take it when I am back.
I come back and pick it up and I see a crack. I think its a hair or something. But it was a crack!!! It cracked over a 6 inch mini drop with no impact whatsoever. It was in a Spigen Air Cushion case as well.
I have no words. You may see it here: http://imgur.com/a/7xi4C
Luckily the crack in invisible when screen is on but omg wtf. Gorilla Glass my ass. I am selling it off on eBay or whatever when they replace it. Which I hope they will. For free. I am so not paying. I dont even care if I sell at a loss.
Literally fed up with this phone.

Wow, that's sux
How in the world the drop tests are fairly good from waist and head level high, but unbelievable bad at real life accident.
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It's glas....it cracks.!?! " I am not paying"..."I am fed up"...better don't drop it lol)
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Pretty unfortunate seeing as the screen has been tested over and over again in videos of dropping it. That's what insurance is for, though. I imagine it won't be cheap to repair!

A shame that it cracked from such a low drop, but this much isn't Samsung's fault:
So we were moving my bed and the mattress was put on side. The mattress is roughly 7 inches high and the phone was a bit on its side, so it slipped and fell on side. I even saw it fall, the curved glass hit the floor first. (Theyre marble tiles) I kept it there, thinking oh its a minor fall, Ill take it when I am back.
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There are safer places to put an expensive electronic device while rearranging furniture.

I don't think it's about whose fault this is, accident happens, sometimes people aren't careful enough, sometimes **** just happened.
On the drop tests, it's rated pretty good, which should reflect on real life in theory. But again, another factor also matters, angle of drops, whether the screen itself has a drop before or not, or maybe a dud, we don't know.
It's just under normal circumstances, it shouldn't crack at 6 inched drop, period, especially for gorilla glass 4, that supposedly to be as strong as superman, except the only weakness is to its kryptonite, its own clear view case from Samsung... Cough cough
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So we were moving my bed and the mattress was put on side. The mattress is roughly 7 inches high and the phone was a bit on its side, so it slipped and fell on side. I even saw it fall, the curved glass hit the floor first. (Theyre marble tiles) I kept it there, thinking oh its a minor fall, Ill take it when I am back.
I come back and pick it up and I see a crack. I think its a hair or something. But it was a crack!!! It cracked over a 6 inch mini drop with no impact whatsoever. It was in a Spigen Air Cushion case as well.
I have no words. You may see it here: http://imgur.com/a/7xi4C
Luckily the crack in invisible when screen is on but omg wtf. Gorilla Glass my ass. I am selling it off on eBay or whatever when they replace it. Which I hope they will. For free. I am so not paying. I dont even care if I sell at a loss.
Literally fed up with this phone.
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Your phone fell on a tile floor and you're expecting to get it replaced for free? good luck with that

Samsung never claimed it cracked or break resistant!

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It cracked over a 6 inch mini drop with no impact whatsoever. It was in a Spigen Air Cushion case as well.
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First of all, if you're referring to the Spigen Ultra Hybrid case, it frankly probably helped it break. There's too much play in the case, so the device itself already moves around and some drops would result in somewhat of a secondary impact. That's why I can't wait to get rid of mine. The Neo Hybrid/CC is a better bet if you don't mind the design.
Secondly, there's no such thing as a "mini drop with no impact" when you're talking about a device weighing nearly half a pound (with case) encased in glass hitting one of the hardest surfaces (marble) it could possibly fall on. Not to mention I doubt it was only 6 inches (which you stated was 7 inches initially) from the ground; unless your mattress was on the floor, and it wasn't at all lifted when you were moving it.
Finally, glass hitting from a side or corner is never minor. The only drops that qualify as "minor" are flat drops onto soft surfaces. Other than that, you should be expecting a break unless you have a proper case (meaning one that -entirely- encases the device). Will it always break? Of course not. But you should expect that it will nonetheless.
There's nothing unusual that occurred here. This accident is entirely your fault. Gorilla GLASS is still glass, and glass tends to break when it hits something. Especially other hard surfaces.
It's pretty humorous how unrealistic people's expectations of glass has become just because somebody put the word "gorilla" in front of it. If Corning starts selling Gorilla Paper, I'm betting somebody would probably cover themself in it and expect to be bulletproof.
Corning I expect 5% of the profits if you use that for an idea.

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So we were moving my bed and the mattress was put on side. The mattress is roughly 7 inches high and the phone was a bit on its side, so it slipped and fell on side. I even saw it fall, the curved glass hit the floor first. (Theyre marble tiles) I kept it there, thinking oh its a minor fall, Ill take it when I am back.
I come back and pick it up and I see a crack. I think its a hair or something. But it was a crack!!! It cracked over a 6 inch mini drop with no impact whatsoever. It was in a Spigen Air Cushion case as well.
I have no words. You may see it here: http://imgur.com/a/7xi4C
Luckily the crack in invisible when screen is on but omg wtf. Gorilla Glass my ass. I am selling it off on eBay or whatever when they replace it. Which I hope they will. For free. I am so not paying. I dont even care if I sell at a loss.
Literally fed up with this phone.
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You need to learn how physics works. You dropped your phone. It's your fault. Samsung should not, and will not, replace this phone for free. You ****ed up. You pay for it. It could have happened with any phone.

sorry to hear that man. maybe you just got unlucky because i dropped mines from about 6 feet high onto concrete without a case... and literally didnt have a scratch on it. overall ive had a great experience with this phone (even though i still liked my s5 better...)

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So we were moving my bed and the mattress was put on side. The mattress is roughly 7 inches high and the phone was a bit on its side, so it slipped and fell on side. I even saw it fall, the curved glass hit the floor first. (Theyre marble tiles) I kept it there, thinking oh its a minor fall, Ill take it when I am back.
I come back and pick it up and I see a crack. I think its a hair or something. But it was a crack!!! It cracked over a 6 inch mini drop with no impact whatsoever. It was in a Spigen Air Cushion case as well.
I have no words. You may see it here: http://imgur.com/a/7xi4C
Luckily the crack in invisible when screen is on but omg wtf. Gorilla Glass my ass. I am selling it off on eBay or whatever when they replace it. Which I hope they will. For free. I am so not paying. I dont even care if I sell at a loss.
Literally fed up with this phone.
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I predict a ton of people with this complaint. I have the Edge, the large curved screen seems particularly vulnerable. I fear the day I drop mine.

CafeKampuchia said:
A shame that it cracked from such a low drop, but this much isn't Samsung's fault:
There are safer places to put an expensive electronic device while rearranging furniture.
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I agree, partially my fault.
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Your phone fell on a tile floor and you're expecting to get it replaced for free? good luck with that
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Alright, chill. Most of you going all defensive on Samsungs side, wait for it to happen to you. Sure I placed it somewhere I shouldnt have but it was NOT that high. It should be able to deal with that small a drop, period.

i cracked mine week 2 of owning and been running naked for many years with my other phones and never cracked a screen. just thought i would let you know your not alone and i got an insurance replacement.
it was my fault and only angry at myself but i will say that i have dropped many other phones with no issue so maybe its an easier phone to crack or maybe i hit it just right.
i read a post from a guy that dropped his from his moving 18 wheeler tractor and with no case and it barely had a scratch so who knows.

I dropped mine from about 5 feet height last week and there is not a single scratch. . Luckily it landes on the bottom speaker grills side.. screen would have been a different story...phew.. I would still not use a duly case.. This phone is too hot to put a case on.. if the screen shatters, I would get it replaced. .lol

You really need to understand what hardened glass means, it does not - by any measure - mean it's harder to breaks, as a matter of fact it might actually be easier to break than regular glass. However hardened glass is harder to scratch - which is also the main focus.
So please don't blame either Samsung or Corning for the glass to behave exactly as expected...
//M
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I never used Samsung because they Use cheap quality,After see good product comes in market they slightly price down the product

Mainaharen said:
I never used Samsung because they Use cheap quality,After see good product comes in market they slightly price down the product
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[emoji58] this thread needs to die. OP needs to be a big boy and get over it. "Stuff" happens, deal with it.

Yeah. I agree with FluffyR.
What's the purpose of this thread? The OP damaged the thing and want to blame Samsung for it? I don't get it...
@Mainaharen. The so called cheap quality /plastics that Samsung used till the S5 prevented even such damages....
You cannot change the physics of glass/metal....

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2 Foot Drop = Catastrophic failure

I was in the office, my Note 5 was on the desk. Was getting up and knocked my phone and it dropped to the office-carpeted floor on its back. Didn't think much, I picked it up and went to do my thing. Came back to my desk, then felt like checking something on the phone, fingerprint unlocked, fine, then I found a tiny 1 cm (0.3 inch) crack on the top left corner of the AMOLED screen. I was like wtf?? I'm using a Spigen hybrid case with tempered glass screen protector... it fell 2 feet from the desk on the carpet floor... and it bloody cracked the screen??
After getting really annoyed at what I saw, thought I start looking for the thing I was after on my phone.... but what's this.... I swiped and I swiped but it's not responding.... touch sense has died on the screen.... wtf???? 2 foot drop??? After a minute of being furious, I had an idea of trying if the stylus still worked... and it still does. So the touch layer has died but the digitiser layer is still working... sigh. After 10 mins of being angry, I just put the phone back to sleep and back to work.
30 mins later I went to check my phone again.... and what did I find? My AMOLED screen slowly bleeds purple blood from the sides (not from the crack itself) and purple spots like bruises all over the screen. Omgwtf??? 2 foot droooop come ooooon! And after a day, you can see what my screen looks like now on the attached picture.
I've never seen anyone having 3 different failures from a phone drop.... felt extremely unlucky. I have treated my Note 5 super carefully, although that was the third drop (never more than 3-foot drop) since I purchased it 4.5 months ago from Dubai. I live in UK, so there's no chance of the components being available here since it was never released in Europe. This is the first time I ever broke a phone.... and from a slight drop as well.
Take extra care of your Note 5... it's very fragile...

That's gutting. I switched last month to the note 5 cos I dropped my Nexus 6 off the office desk onto carpeted floor and the screen cracked. Guess side effect of such great designs

It's amazing how fragile things are now days. I dropped an sd card on the carpet once from waist height. Killed it. Lmao
Must of seen at least 50 phones broken in the reception of my old work. People would accidentally drop em or knock them of the counter as they were about to leave and smashed everytime.
For a device that is meant to be carried everywhere they sure are easy to kill.
Why make them.sturdy when they can make another $1000 by selling them a replacement...
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my note 5 fell from 5 feet and nothing happened. it was without screen protector. you have bad luck.

It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.

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It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.
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Yeah, well worth the money for a decent case. I got blind rotten drunk and dropped my s6 on the concrete numerous times without damage to the phone and just a few chunks of plastic gone from the case.
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I've dropped my note 5 about five times onto hardwood flooring and never had anything happen more than the SPen going for a wander. My friend was skateboarding with his n9200 and he dropped it, poor device went flying face down on the pavement the same day he decided to remove his glass screen protector becaise it was cracked. Bad luck.

I always get insurance with my phone. Worth the 9 bucks a month. Go to the store, ask for replacement, new one is at my door the next day.
ON a side note, my note 5 flew out of my hand and slapped the corner of my closet and the zagg shield shattered but the rest of the phone is golden.

Another problem with lcd glass
In the upper left corner there is an air bubble inside the lcd glass.
it dropped from 2- 3 feet height with silicon cover on it.
here the pictures

Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case

That's how amoled screens work. If you crack an LCD, everytime you turn it on back again you will see the cracks but the screen will still be backlighted. But, since every single led is individually backlighted in amoled screens, if you turn off the screen and turn it on again there's a 90% of chances that the screen will not turn on again. It will start bleeding purple or green colors and flashing straight lines all over the screen until it finally dies. The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead. Time to get a new Glass + Screen replacement my friend...
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Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
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This, they could protect you from scratches but they will never save you from a screen crack. Same goes for the tempered glass.

Probably worth remembering that even though stuff does happen, the Note 5 is basically a "glass" object.
Treat it as such.

My note 5 fell more than 5 times on the street and not on the its back but on the screen, everytime i picked it up i was ready to see a big crack! But never was!! And i don't even use a screen protector, just samsung view cover case, i guess it's a bad luck for u my friend.

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Silicone cases dont make anything look like crap unless the color or design on it looks like crap. They actually should give u slightly better shock absorption than a hard plastic case. Otterboxes are unusable to me because of the bulk it adds. I prefer slimmer cases and mainly silicone or rubbery. U just were having bad luck.

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The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead.
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Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.

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Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.
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Well, don't ask me how but my Note 4 screen stopped working when I took it out of my pocket like a year ago. I've sent it for repair and the guy told me that the screen was all shattered by the inside but the glass was brand new. Also they werent signs of bending or a certain sharp point that caused the screen failure. I still have the photo of the old screen. As you can see the glass was fine, but the screen was broken from inside (look at the left edge). Even there's dirt inside the screen!

That sucks for sure, hopefully you can get it fixed without too much trouble.
However since it seems you have the dropsies (3 drops in 4.5 months is a lot) I would do as the others suggest and get a rock solid case for it to prevent future issues.
I've had mine over 6mos and haven't dropped it once. Fingers crossed that trend continues lol
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LG G5 Drop test

https://youtu.be/lrq5-CvpBjU
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Smasho, to be honest ever drop test is different but not many phones can survive. Get a tempered glass or case or insurance and you should be good to go
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joshuadjohnson22 said:
Smasho, to be honest ever drop test is different but not many phones can survive. Get a tempered glass or case or insurance and you should be good to go
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yeah, but the issue here, is that it cracked in the first drop !!!, and it didnt even land on its face first, that's damn horrible !

FalconFX said:
yeah, but the issue here, is that it cracked in the first drop !!!, and it didnt even land on its face first, that's damn horrible !
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I take that with a grain of salt. I've seen so many drop test videos of so many devices. It all depends on where it lands. One g5 may have lasted 3 or 4 drops whereas other g5 will crack on the first one. If any phone lands on the glass first it will break. Of it landed on the bottom it would be different.
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I take that with a grain of salt. I've seen so many drop test videos of so many devices. It all depends on where it lands. One g5 may have lasted 3 or 4 drops whereas other g5 will crack on the first one. If any phone lands on the glass first it will break. Of it landed on the bottom it would be different.
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go and watch the first drop, it actually dropped on the bottom corner, which is not connected to the glass, yet it broke the screen

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go and watch the first drop, it actually dropped on the bottom corner, which is not connected to the glass, yet it broke the screen
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It was because it hit the top during the fall (probably the second contact with the ground) that it broke. You can see the nick on the top that started the crack. This is not new news. Pick any popular phone and search drop tests. You will find some that ever break and some the break right away. It happens. Yes, there is a chance it will break every time but we need more drop tests videos to prove it. But phones will break when dropped... It will happen. If you don't have insurance, case or screen protector and drop it you will have some problems.
The V10 does a good job with drops and of course the new driod turbo but most other phones will break easy.
Gorilla glass may help with scratches but it is still glass, glass will break when under force. Personally why I've never been a big fan or curved glass, I feel the glass is under stress and it provides a bigger surface of bubbled glass that will probably make contact with the ground sometime during the fall. In this case it was enough to crack. The second drop shattered more since the integrity of the screen was already broken. There is a chance if the impact hit the bottom that the glass would not have broken further.
Just my 2 cents from experience and many many glass videos and drop tests
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I think the corner is the worst place to drop. All kinetic energy from the drop is focused into the tiniest area Erich the disperses through the phone whereas landing on front of back or even sides absorbs the shock over a larger surface area.
FWIW, I did drop mine yesterday (day 2) from about 5ft onto tile. Hitting the corner first. Corner is scuffed but OK besides that.
Every drop is different though. Drop tests are so so unscientific.
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Every drop is different though. Drop tests are so so unscientific.
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I completely agree. It depends about height, angle, speed, material of the floor (a carpet, cement, tile is all very different from each other).
I am going to have a case regardless, but still... The last phone I actually had that could withstand many drops was my old Blackberry 8300, 8800, 9700, etc. Those were built like bricks (tons of plastic, very little glass if any at all).
Any and all glass will crack. Maybe if the surface were completely flat and the floor was completely clean that fall wouldn't shatter the screen, but if there is a grain of sand on the floor or a spiky piece of cement or ground, all the force would be focused there!

news flash - glass breaks when you drop it on a hard surface.
in other news, water is wet.

rebar71 said:
news flash - glass breaks when you drop it on a hard surface.
in other news, water is wet.
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wait... so if I drop a G5 at the pool and it hits the concrete then bounces in the pool it will break the glass and get wet?!
LG needs to do something, this is an outrage

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news flash - glass breaks when you drop it on a hard surface.
in other news, water is wet.
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Wait... WHAT?! Cancelling preorder.
joshuadjohnson22 said:
wait... so if I drop a G5 at the pool and it hits the concrete then bounces in the pool it will break the glass and get wet?!
LG needs to do something, this is an outrage
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Wait... WHAT!?!??! I'm going to REORDER and then RECANCEL just to show how angry I am! How dare water be wet, and how dare glass break under pressure!

barondebxl said:
https://youtu.be/lrq5-CvpBjU
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When I first got this phone I was pumped about what was under the hood and I was glad to be free of the woes of touchwiz. But the more stuff has surfaced about the scrappy build quality around this phone makes me think a flagship is not in my hand.

Found this.
Jerry speaks about how the glass is thinner than on Samsung, etc.
I don't know if this is accurate, but it may explain why the drop broke the glass, although different drops can have different results.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ43cF5TuU

https://youtu.be/ekIv0xC6Vto
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Get an Otterbox Defender and stop whining LOL

Nope mine fell 5" out of pocket landed on back and the screen shattered lime no tomorrow...g5 worst durability i have seen.

I have dropped this phone more in the past three weeks then all my phones ever combined. Its almost like I am trying to break it lol. The only damage to my g5 after at least eight drops one flying down my aggregate driveway is a couple chips in the paint and a small scratch, screen is still perfect. Guess I am lucky lol

Drop tests are pointless...drop your phone without protection and something breaks...period. My coworker broke (shattered screen)his Galaxy S7 (without case) dropping it out of his pocket. It doesn't matter what phone you buy, just don't plan on dropping it and buy protection.
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thunderbls said:
I have dropped this phone more in the past three weeks then all my phones ever combined. Its almost like I am trying to break it lol. The only damage to my g5 after at least eight drops one flying down my aggregate driveway is a couple chips in the paint and a small scratch, screen is still perfect. Guess I am lucky lol
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Mine dropped a few feet and was fine, i kind of paniced as i was waiting to switch it out (and thought that extra damage might have stopped it being exchanged?) luckily it was fine.

Lol every time i see a video of people showing drop test and overall durability for some reason my pocket hurts LIKE HELL!!! lol. Come on people, you have to actually be....( Let me try to be as respecful as possible), you have to be an idiot to buy a phone (any phone) and not buy a cover before you actually use it. Sometimes i think people like to spend thousands and thousands of dollar buying smartphone just because they dont want to buy a cheap but good cover ($20-$60). Do you expect your phone to be terminator ot something? Lol. Everything manmade can be broken. And as some previous comments said, glass is glass, and the glass used in phones under no circumstances can be bullet proof lol. (there was a video a saw about an S7 been dropped from 100 fts up by using a drone, and guess what, IT WAS ALL SHATTERED AND IT DIDNT TURN ON AT ALL, what a surprise!!! (sarcasm) ). Soooooo, i motivate you to buy a good cover since day one just like i do. I dont currently own the G5 but when college let me safe a couple of bucks i will buy the cover before the LG G5 lol. And if you are able to pay $500-$900 for a phone, then you certainly are able to buy a good cover.