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Hi,
Got a Note 3 with the Galaxy Gear this week. Woke up today and put the Gear on charge, took it out of the cradle after it was 100% and noticed a nice crack at the top of the screen's glass. :|
There are no scratches/scuff marks/nothing in anywhere else in the watch or around that area of damage which would show that it was dropped or the damage occurred because of some force.
Does anyone know if the Gear's screen can be replaced or not?
Cheers.
siddsm said:
Hi,
Got a Note 3 with the Galaxy Gear this week. Woke up today and put the Gear on charge, took it out of the cradle after it was 100% and noticed a nice crack at the top of the screen's glass. :|
There are no scratches/scuff marks/nothing in anywhere else in the watch or around that area of damage which would show that it was dropped or the damage occurred because of some force.
Does anyone know if the Gear's screen can be replaced or not?
Cheers.
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In due course there will be replacement screens out and you could replace it. If its really a problem i would get in touch with Samsung. But doubt they will fix it for free. They didn't when my S4 amoled cracked due to temp change in my pocket.
Hendrickson said:
In due course there will be replacement screens out and you could replace it. If its really a problem i would get in touch with Samsung. But doubt they will fix it for free. They didn't when my S4 amoled cracked due to temp change in my pocket.
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Thanks for the reply mate.
I have a feeling it was due to temp changes as well. Couldn't find any explanation how can a glass crack without an external force..apart from it being on charge at the time.
I am more than happy to pay to fix it though...the perfectionist in me will take the easy way out to get it back to it's original state. I hope the outer glass is a single piece guarding the main screen, instead of being a part of the casing which house the whole device. If it's just a glass piece, there might be some ebay options to look at.
siddsm said:
Thanks for the reply mate.
I have a feeling it was due to temp changes as well. Couldn't find any explanation how can a glass crack without an external force..apart from it being on charge at the time.
I am more than happy to pay to fix it though...the perfectionist in me will take the easy way out to get it back to it's original state. I hope the outer glass is a single piece guarding the main screen, instead of being a part of the casing which house the whole device. If it's just a glass piece, there might be some ebay options to look at.
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Sorry to hear about your problem.I believe the glass to be sapphire crystal which is a very hard and expensive material.I do not know for sure that is the case but it has been said a number of times on the internet.I would very interested to know how things go for you in your repair and whether I am right about the glass
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I am more than happy to pay to fix it though...the perfectionist in me will take the easy way out to get it back to it's original state. .
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I don't understand this, you pay $250 for a device, charge it and the screen breaks, and you're more than happy to pay to fix it??????
If you bought a car, filled it with petrol and all the windows shattered, would you be more than happy to pay to replace them?
M8 this was your 1st full charge? If yes i strongly believe it happened due to temp change from the inner part of the phone and the room outside temp. It's huge flaw if this is true
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M8 this was your 1st full charge? If yes i strongly believe it happened due to temp change from the inner part of the phone and the room outside temp. It's huge flaw if this is true
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Thanks for the replies again.
It was my second full charge. Attaching some pics of it now. Have been treating it like a baby since I got it, not wearing it much, and if I am wearing, shielding it with my hand all the time :\
Thanks adrian. If it was a sapphire crystal glass, I doubt their claims of being super strong if it cracks so easily :\
Dickson, this one will be a case where it would be my word against the samsung service centre guy. I will claim it as a design flaw and it cracked due to temp change, and he will claim that i mishandled it. Usually these situations get to a deadlock where the only way out of getting it fixed is paying for it. Unless ebay has a replacement part and there is a guide online on how to replace it.
Attaching the pics, notice the curved crack at the top. There are no other scratches or scuffs on the glass or the brushed metal around to suggest that it actually hit something. The two small dots are dust specks. The watch always stays in my room...which no one else have access to either.
Cheers.
To me it appear that is a design flaw or simpler a assemble flaw and I explain. We all see the gaps in our phones between the frame and the glass and this serve a purpose which to absorb the glass as it grows a bit in hot situations or going smaller in cold, I saw a guy pointing this in forum here who was unable to understand why they exist and making a thread for this. My point is that if the watch has the glass exactly to the frame then this is the problem. Someone will say why normal watches dont have this problem? My reply will be that normal watches don't raise temperature from their guts because their are not computers like this one.
In resume I suggest you to go to sammy and explain them what happened and what is your opinion in the mater. If people are logical will see it accordingly and will forward your phone to R&D of sammy central for Ferther examination.
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Have them replace it. I don't think you have to pay for it. It looks like an assembly flaw to me.
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siddsm said:
Thanks for the replies again.
It was my second full charge. Attaching some pics of it now. Have been treating it like a baby since I got it, not wearing it much, and if I am wearing, shielding it with my hand all the time :\
Thanks adrian. If it was a sapphire crystal glass, I doubt their claims of being super strong if it cracks so easily :\
Dickson, this one will be a case where it would be my word against the samsung service centre guy. I will claim it as a design flaw and it cracked due to temp change, and he will claim that i mishandled it. Usually these situations get to a deadlock where the only way out of getting it fixed is paying for it. Unless ebay has a replacement part and there is a guide online on how to replace it.
Attaching the pics, notice the curved crack at the top. There are no other scratches or scuffs on the glass or the brushed metal around to suggest that it actually hit something. The two small dots are dust specks. The watch always stays in my room...which no one else have access to either.
Cheers.
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That's not my understanding of how it works sapphire glass is very hard to scratch only a few things can scratch it diamonds ect but it is also brittle. Hard and flexible are two different things which why I think you might be right on temperature change causing you crack.
siddsm said:
Thanks for the replies again.
It was my second full charge. Attaching some pics of it now. Have been treating it like a baby since I got it, not wearing it much, and if I am wearing, shielding it with my hand all the time :\
Thanks adrian. If it was a sapphire crystal glass, I doubt their claims of being super strong if it cracks so easily :\
Dickson, this one will be a case where it would be my word against the samsung service centre guy. I will claim it as a design flaw and it cracked due to temp change, and he will claim that i mishandled it. Usually these situations get to a deadlock where the only way out of getting it fixed is paying for it. Unless ebay has a replacement part and there is a guide online on how to replace it.
Attaching the pics, notice the curved crack at the top. There are no other scratches or scuffs on the glass or the brushed metal around to suggest that it actually hit something. The two small dots are dust specks. The watch always stays in my room...which no one else have access to either.
Cheers.
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My family have been in the watch trade for over 100 years. I am NOT though. I do however collect watches. From what I can see the crack is possibly a 'stress crack'? This type of crack can occur when the body of the watch is not exactly the same dimensions as the glass and the glass will crack over a small time due to 'stress'. This could be a one off production problem, ie its a lemon or a design fault in either the body or the glass in terms of size? Only time will tell, we need to see if more owners develop this problem.
Glass can be very difficult to understand, it can be very strong and take enormous pressures or just decide to break on its own. Stress fractures are not uncommon in 'cheap' watches where the tolerances between body and glass are not monitored properly by a quality control team.
One thing we have now established however, is the crystal is NOT made from sapphire glass.
So sorry to learn you have this problem. My immediate response would certainly be with Samsung, failing that first take the watch to a qualified horologist and request a report then go to your Samsung dealer.
Sorry to write I very much doubt you would be able to replace the glass yourself even if you could purchase one. As a novice you would probably break a dozen in trying.
Best wishes
Not saying this is right but it's said in a couple of reviews at least. The Galaxy Gear measures in at 11.1mm thick and weighs in at 73.8 grams. Overall the watch feels solid and given the metal frame and sapphire glass it should be able to take a few bumps without much to worry about.
I have checked up on my earlier comments and I think I am right cracking in itself does not prove it's not sapphire glass.toughness and hardness are different in fact cheaper glass is often more prone to scratching but tougher in other ways
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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Sorry about the repeats
hhadrian said:
I have checked up on my earlier comments and I think I am right cracking in itself does not prove it's not sapphire glass.toughness and hardness are different in fact cheaper glass is often more prone to scratching but tougher in other ways
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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I have done some more digging.I have found an Internet comment that says the glass on the gear is the same material used for the home button on the iphone.If you go to the Apple spec page the button is made of sapphire crystal.It does seem strange Samsung does not list it in there spec sheet
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On the Moh scale of hardness Diamond is rated as 10 and sapphire glass at 9, In all my years I have never heard of nor seen a sapphire glass break like that. According to one member here in the safety manual that comes in the box in some countries, not this one, the crystal is made from "Glass or acrylic"
That confused me even more as how can the crystal be made of Glass OR acrylic? surely Samsung know what the crystal is made from?
I sent Samsung a very polite simple question requesting this information and Samsung replied that they don't answer this sort of question?
I know its not worth the paper its written on but initially wikipedia quoted the Gear as having sapphire glass but this has been removed.
Yet again today on the other thread a poster has written the glass is corning gorilla glass 111! I have requested said poster to please inform us where he got this information from.
THE only brand I know that doesn't quote what glass it uses on its mobiles are Sony. So much confusion over that too. Why?
Can you reference your source please? many thanks.
Kind regards
< http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-Gear-Review_id3441
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http://m.technobuffalo.com/videos/samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-hands-on/
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http://m.imore.com/samsung-galaxy-gear-shows-what-apple-probably-wont-do-iwatch
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http://www.gizmochina.com/2013/10/02/review-of-samsung-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-device/
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All above done from multitasking on Note 3 my first time.fantastic
Same problem - bad outcome
siddsm said:
Hi,
Got a Note 3 with the Galaxy Gear this week. Woke up today and put the Gear on charge, took it out of the cradle after it was 100% and noticed a nice crack at the top of the screen's glass. :|
There are no scratches/scuff marks/nothing in anywhere else in the watch or around that area of damage which would show that it was dropped or the damage occurred because of some force.
Does anyone know if the Gear's screen can be replaced or not?
Cheers.
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I had exactly the same problem. First overnight charge and I was dismayed to see a hairline crack running from the top to the left hand side of the screen. Contacted Samsung UK who arranged to ship it back for repair. I was told that on receipt their engineer would assess the damage. If they deemed it to have not been caused by a manufacturing fault then I would have to pay for the repair. Having seen the OEM price for the glass at $8 I was not too bothered and was happy a Samsung engineer would be involved. I was advised the repair would take 7 to 10 days. After 6 days the repair status still showed received. I contacted them by phone and they assured me it was assigned to an engineer and if I checked 3 days later I would probably see it had been dispatched back to me. 3 days later they didn't know where the watch was or if it had been repaired. Multiple calls to the customer service team over the next 9 days with promises of callbacks then on day 15 a quotation arrived from some third party crew called A Novo Ltd. asking for £138 to replace the whole LED assembly. I was called the following day by their customer complaints team and told that they had tried to call me the day before to let me know the estimate had been sent but I was on the phone. I pointed out that I have call waiting and have since checked and can find no details of any call from them on that day. Basically, if you buy a Gear, enjoy it but if the screen cracks then wait until you can get a replacement fitted by your own back street repair rather than Samsung's low rated (check the internet) back street crew.
In my experience they don't care if there may be a thermal fault with their Gear. They have your money for the original purchase but after that, who cares, you are just an individual and we are a big business who has outsourced their warranty service and repair service.
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I had exactly the same problem. First overnight charge and I was dismayed to see a hairline crack running from the top to the left hand side of the screen. Contacted Samsung UK who arranged to ship it back for repair. I was told that on receipt their engineer would assess the damage. If they deemed it to have not been caused by a manufacturing fault then I would have to pay for the repair. Having seen the OEM price for the glass at $8 I was not too bothered and was happy a Samsung engineer would be involved. I was advised the repair would take 7 to 10 days. After 6 days the repair status still showed received. I contacted them by phone and they assured me it was assigned to an engineer and if I checked 3 days later I would probably see it had been dispatched back to me. 3 days later they didn't know where the watch was or if it had been repaired. Multiple calls to the customer service team over the next 9 days with promises of callbacks then on day 15 a quotation arrived from some third party crew called A Novo Ltd. asking for £138 to replace the whole LED assembly. I was called the following day by their customer complaints team and told that they had tried to call me the day before to let me know the estimate had been sent but I was on the phone. I pointed out that I have call waiting and have since checked and can find no details of any call from them on that day. Basically, if you buy a Gear, enjoy it but if the screen cracks then wait until you can get a replacement fitted by your own back street repair rather than Samsung's low rated (check the internet) back street crew.
In my experience they don't care if there may be a thermal fault with their Gear. They have your money for the original purchase but after that, who cares, you are just an individual and we are a big business who has outsourced their warranty service and repair service.
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That's bad mate. To give you an update, I got the watch fixed by Samsung under warranty terms for free. They took some time (think around two weeks) to get it done. And I had the same problem trying to trace it's whereabouts after I sent it back. I now rarely use the Gear. As much as I love it, I know that if the screen cracks again for any reason, I won't be that lucky to get it fixed by Samsung under warranty any more.
Where did you find the oem price of the glass btw? Any link?
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If you want a clean, looking like brand new screen, use a little furniture polish, just a couple small squirts is all you need and the screen will shimmer like crazy.
Give it a try
Bahahahahahahaha I been doing it for awhile. I wanted something to clean my screen and all there was furniture polish under the sink. So tried it and it worked
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Another thing that works great and lasts with minimal smuging, is car polish. Aaaaand they actually make a glass polish that is supreme.
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Bahahahahahahaha I been doing it for awhile. I wanted something to clean my screen and all there was furniture polish under the sink. So tried it and it worked
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Another thing that works great and lasts with minimal smuging, is car polish. Aaaaand they actually make a glass polish that is supreme.
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WOrks great doesn't it? I kinda found it by accident one day, wifey was cleaning and got some on it by accident, and when I wiped it up I couldn't believe my eyes :good:
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WOrks great doesn't it? I kinda found it by accident one day, wifey was cleaning and got some on it by accident, and when I wiped it up I couldn't believe my eyes :good:
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That's funny. But it does.
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Bahahahahahahaha I been doing it for awhile. I wanted something to clean my screen and all there was furniture polish under the sink. So tried it and it worked
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Another thing that works great and lasts with minimal smuging, is car polish. Aaaaand they actually make a glass polish that is supreme.
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Take care. Furniture and car polish may contain wax.
FWIW, I use a micro fiber towel with no solvents at all. Works flawlessly.
Microfiber and eye glasses spray!
Actually just microfiber. Don't need any kind of liquid. I got some of these at Amazon and they work fantastic. I got them for cleaning the lens on a piece of equipment at work and I needed a wipe that didn't drop any kind of material on the drum of the machine.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N8LX6MW
So I went to a water park today and used my phone underwater to take pictures for the firts time. It's pretty awesome, you have to set the volume button to take the picture, the touchscreen doesn't really work underwater. And also afterwards the speakers sound muffled I guess from the water, I'm thinking that will fix itself when it dries out. Other then that it's really cool to be able to do it.
Post a pic of the shot
That's crazy
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I wish S7E can retain the underwater job as well as my previous Sony Z Ultra, it served me well taking underwater pics and vids.
Here are some shots
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Here are some shots
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That is pretty cool! When i first got the phone before even setting it up, I amazed my family by putting it in a tub of water. The look on their faces before i told them its water proof
I read the paperwork that comes with it. It says saltwater, and other chemical water may not work with S7 waterproofing. So be careful
wow amazing.... more underwater photos!
Just so some of you understand, using the phone underwater or getting it wet will trip the "Water Damage Strips" and Samsung may or may not use this against you if you were to have any problems down the road. T-Mobile also won't let you jump it if they see the water strips triggers.
I had read reports from CNET (I believe) that it's good for 1m for 30 minutes. If Samsung doesn't accept the phone back because of "water damage" then I'd expect that you went beyond this limitation. I don't believe the phone is intended for water park recreational use. I believe (just my opinion) that it's ideal for accidental drops in puddles, sinks, toilets (gross!), pools (if your friends get wild and toss you into one surprisingly while you still have your phone in your pocket), etc. Of course if you want to be like Lil Wayne and pour a bottle of bubbly on it... that should also be fine. Waste of champagne though.
I'm just worried on the SIM card seal..
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Took mine on the swimming pool at the coast with the family back on the 5th.worked great, took plenty of photos and video. Took about 2.5 hours before it'd charge again because it must of detected moisture in the charge port. But just fine after that phone is in perfect working order. Will definitely do it again.
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So I went to a water park today and used my phone underwater to take pictures for the firts time. It's pretty awesome, you have to set the volume button to take the picture, the touchscreen doesn't really work underwater. And also afterwards the speakers sound muffled I guess from the water, I'm thinking that will fix itself when it dries out. Other then that it's really cool to be able to do it.
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That's cool. I wish I had the balls to do that. Lol
Guys the phone is not waterproof it's water resistant. Your damaging your phones.LOL
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Guys the phone is not waterproof it's water resistant. Your damaging your phones.LOL
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No we aren't dumb ass, it's "water resistant" IN WATER up to a meter for 30 min. We aren't damaging our phones. We're using them to their specified potential. Even samsung shows Lil Wayne dropping the phone on the fish tank while on a call and holding it there 100 percent SUBMERGED. They wouldn't advertise it in that manner if it couldn't hold up to it.
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Just so some of you understand, using the phone underwater or getting it wet will trip the "Water Damage Strips" and Samsung may or may not use this against you if you were to have any problems down the road. T-Mobile also won't let you jump it if they see the water strips triggers.
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DEFINITELY TRUE.
My strip turned red!!!!
Its in the sim card slot. Little square piece
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Just so some of you understand, using the phone underwater or getting it wet will trip the "Water Damage Strips" and Samsung may or may not use this against you if you were to have any problems down the road. T-Mobile also won't let you jump it if they see the water strips triggers.
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I had read reports from CNET (I believe) that it's good for 1m for 30 minutes. If Samsung doesn't accept the phone back because of "water damage" then I'd expect that you went beyond this limitation. I don't believe the phone is intended for water park recreational use. I believe (just my opinion) that it's ideal for accidental drops in puddles, sinks, toilets (gross!), pools (if your friends get wild and toss you into one surprisingly while you still have your phone in your pocket), etc. Of course if you want to be like Lil Wayne and pour a bottle of bubbly on it... that should also be fine. Waste of champagne though.
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if its not intended for it then they shouldnt promote it that way. The exclusive tmobile unboxing video was done 100% underwater and its 10 mins long i think
And then they have all this commercials with wayne pouring bubbly on it and everything
There is nothing in terms in paperwork that says it is not intended for that either
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DEFINITELY TRUE.
My strip turned red!!!!
Its in the sim card slot. Little square piece
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if its not intended for it then they shouldnt promote it that way. The exclusive tmobile unboxing video was done 100% underwater and its 10 mins long i think
And then they have all this commercials with wayne pouring bubbly on it and everything
There is nothing in terms in paperwork that says it is not intended for that either
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Check your resources before posting. It's pages 2 and 3 of your Health & Safety and Warranty Guide.
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Check your resources before posting. It's pages 2 and 3 of your Health & Safety and Warranty Guide.
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What exactly in the mess are you talking bout?
For one thing your proving my point
2nd of all i said "ADVERTISING" such as in commercials
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What exactly in the mess are you talking bout?
For one thing your proving my point
2nd of all i said "ADVERTISING" such as in commercials
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When you stated "There is nothing in terms in paperwork that says it is not intended for that either" they provided pretty specifically what the phone can handle within the warranty. Before anyone posts what Samsung can and will cover within their warranty everyone should verify the information from official sources.
This argument is silly. I see car commercials everyday where they crash the car to show off the nifty safety features. How many of you are going to drive your car into a concrete wall just because it was advertised as being able to protect you from the crash? How is this different? It is a safety feature of the phone, like just because it has scratch resistant glass, are you guys rubbing it with your keys to see if it scratches?
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This argument is silly. I see car commercials everyday where they crash the car to show off the nifty safety features. How many of you are going to drive your car into a concrete wall just because it was advertised as being able to protect you from the crash? How is this different? It is a safety feature of the phone, like just because it has scratch resistant glass, are you guys rubbing it with your keys to see if it scratches?
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I agree. I wouldn't wear my bullet proof vest just to go out and intentionally get shot at. Just because there is protection doesn't mean it's advisable.
My girlfriend is notorious for scratching and breaking her phones. She has had her Note 7 for 1 week now and the phone is totally naked. She throws her phones into her purse and they ping pong around bouncing off various plastic and metal objects while shes on the move. I warned her over and over that this glass is softer and scratches easier, she didn't listen. Today her phone was sitting face down on the tile counter top covered in greasy, lotion smudges. She hasn't even removed the IMEI sticker from the back of the phone yet. It looks like ****. So I took it and spent 3 minutes wiping it down to take a really close look at it under our dining room table light. I cleaned it to perfection and put it under the light. Can you guess what I found?
Not a single mark or scratch. I don't know if she has been lucky or if the scratches have been hyped up somewhat. I have a Note 7 on the way and plan to put it through some real world use, not the Mohs scale.
If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability
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If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability
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Wow a day riding around with keys lol Can you please find the nearest light and look closely for any scratching? I was thinking that maybe my girl got lucky and her phone missed the keys every time, but if you had it in a small pocket with nothing but keys, well that right there is scientific evidence my friend lol
I left mine with my keys also and have not scratches. I even check under bright lights.
I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.
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I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.
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I'm saving the link to this thread and when XDA implements the the thumbs down button, you will be the first to receive it.
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I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.
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lmao
Funny i babied mine for a week, i have a fine scratch on my screen and smaller ones on the back near the bottom curve from dust/sand that got in the case.
These testimonials are great but Gorilla Glass hasn't broken balance of hardness to toughness so the more shatter resistant they claim to be, its very likely the easier they will become to scratch as hardness drops.
Some of you just arent looking hard enough and micro scratches add up over time.
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pcriz said:
Funny i babied mine for a week, i have a fine scratch on my screen and smaller ones on the back near the bottom curve from dust/sand that got in the case.
These testimonials are great but Gorilla Glass hasn't broken balance of hardness to toughness so the more shatter resistant they claim to be, its very likely the easier they will become to scratch as hardness drops.
Some of you just arent looking hard enough and micro scratches add up over time.
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Sand will scratch diamond lol No but sand is some scary stuff. I've seen so many friends get grime in between their phone and case and they pull it out months later only to find their phone is destroyed. No cases for me.
I read an article where the author gave Corning a chance to rebut the whole scratch video and what the essentially said was that it wasn't the glass scratching but the softer substrate being left on the glass. Also was stated that all glass has a hardness rating of at least 5. I'll see if i can find the article and link to it
Here we go
http://www.androidauthority.com/corning-responds-samsung-galaxy-note-7-scratch-test-video-711210/
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seh6183 said:
Sand will scratch diamond lol No but sand is some scary stuff. I've seen so many friends get grime in between their phone and case and they pull it out months later only to find their phone is destroyed. No cases for me.
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I keep my case and take a risk, maybe get that spray on stuff for the back. Fine scratches from a case is better than a shattered back or from no case IMO
pcriz said:
I keep my case and take a risk, maybe get that spray on stuff for the back. Fine scratches from a case is better than a shattered back or from no case IMO
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I've have 14 quadrillion phones and have only broken one so I just keep insurance for that super rare occurrence. I do have a huge problem with phones falling out of basketball shorts when I'm sitting but that only chunks the housing. Damn basketball shorts....
I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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drmacrofish said:
I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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Yeap. Pretty much how i got my first one.
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drmacrofish said:
I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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Yeap, happened exactly like that for me.
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ice5192 said:
If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability
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My friend on my plan was taking a photo while hiking and dropped it onto dirt and grass and the screen shattered. It's all about how it's dropped I guess
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I will say that I've been rocking mine without a screen protector for a week and I have no scratches. However, on my first Note 7 (returned it because of
) I got two small very thin scratches on the screen within having it for 3 hours... I had only put it in my clean pockets for like 10 minutes, I pulled out lint and vacuumed my pockets since it was day one and the video had just come out showing how easy it was to scratch.
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My friend on my plan was taking a photo while hiking and dropped it onto dirt and grass and the screen shattered. It's all about how it's dropped I guess
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I will say that I've been rocking mine without a screen protector for a week and I have no scratches. However, on my first Note 7 (returned it because of
) I got two small very thin scratches on the screen within having it for 3 hours... I had only put it in my clean pockets for like 10 minutes, I pulled out lint and vacuumed my pockets since it was day one and the video had just come out showing how easy it was to scratch.
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No pics of the shattered device ?
no screen protector no scratches since day 1 and i put in my pocket.
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5 days now and no marks. Woke up and the phone was on the floor this morning 10 feet from my bed. No idea how it got there. Was on carpet though. Bumped it into a door frame earlier and not a mark. Phone is flawless. Only time will tell.
I dropped mine face down and it didn't scratch or ding. I was expecting a broken screen lol. I got lucky
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no marks here either
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Gave my girlfriend my Z3+ it's under-clocked etc and this is from playing candy crush for 30 minutes.
RIP glass back
too much tension on the glass perhaps ? (from Sony)
oh dear ...
Mu phone back cover was broken when it dropped from table 3feet high. Back glass is very sensitive and I recommend using covers.
This was in a cover. The heat must of expanded the glass and since Sony must have a low tolerance it would of strained pushing on the metal frame. Made some noise.
Commit it... She dropped it and she made a temporary story to you.
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Commit it... She dropped it and she made a temporary story to you.
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:laugh::laugh:
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That's actually looking pretty cool, a pattern in the glass back.