Well it was short lived. I got my EVO on lanch date and this after noon the unthinkable happened . I was showing my friend a picture and she fumbled the phone, droped on a concreteflor face down. We just looked at it for a couple of seconds in disbelief. I wjent to pick it up and it looked like this.
https://picasaweb.google.com/m/view...02987/5626404303611502465/5626404311359125522
I can't seem to attach the picture bc I'm on my phone but let me know if the link works
I have yet to drop a phone and I've had a lot of different phones in the last 9 months
But i did bump my 52 inch lcd tv which was less than 5 months old and now its ****ed.
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Well I gotta give you credit for your kindness, I grill everyone about making sure they don't drop my phone... if I decide to let them hold it.
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nate420 said:
I have yet to drop a phone and I've had a lot of different phones in the last 9 months
But i did bump my 52 inch lcd tv which was less than 5 months old and now its ****ed.
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Yeah I never dropped it at all...
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Yeah I never dropped it at all...
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Oh lol I misread I though you dropped it! Oh man that's even worse when someone else does it
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For some reason picture isn't working.
When I got my Epic, I got the $20 Zagg screen protector on it and my cousin peeled it off thinking it was some of the wrap that came on the phone...
Overstew said:
For some reason picture isn't working.
When I got my Epic, I got the $20 Zagg screen protector on it and my cousin peeled it off thinking it was some of the wrap that came on the phone...
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Hahahahaha thank god for lifetime warranties
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I dropped my 3vo on day 2 onto my concrete patio, it was about a 4 foot drop. Thankfully I had my hard rubberized case on it and not a scratch was made, not even to the case!
I've dropped mine, but luckily it was only a 2 ft drop or so and landed flat on it's back. I was pissed. First time I've dropped my phone in about 2 years, and it happens just a couple days after I get my 3D.
usually happens when we try to be the most careful
Dropped my evo from 80 feet up a tower. I was trying to avoid it getting wet.
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I went through 4 evo 4gs within about 6 months or so... I hate cases, but I got a commuter otterbox for my evo 3d
ah2480 said:
Dropped my evo from 80 feet up a tower. I was trying to avoid it getting wet.
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A+ for good intentions
Did it live?
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Dropped mine twice already, I keep a rubber on it for protection. The link dont work, how bad is it?
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/[email protected]/5911251868/sizes/m/
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Wow that looks like it was thrown to the ground
Did she spike it like a football?
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nate420 said:
Wow that looks like it was thrown to the ground
Did she spike it like a football?
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Hahahah good one. Called up the insurance company should be getting a replacement in tomorrow. So I guess no harm done ?
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Did it live?
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Sure did. Not sure how it landed, and the ground was not soft (dirt +1/4" grass), but she survived without any damage. I was pleasantly surprised.
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oh mean that sucks.... I went to the hospital for my god fathers heart surgery and dropped my titan! it fell just right to ruin a button on the side.
after paying the $100 deductible, it was replaced. I've never dropped my expensive phones again! but sometimes, out really isn't your fault.
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Ouch!!! Don't feel too bad. I dropped my launch day Evo 4G at work barely a week after having it & it looked just like that! Luckily your getting it replaced so quickly. Took me almost a month to get a replacement. They were sold out everywhere & Assurion couldn't keep them in stock. I did get a brand new one though, with all the accessories. Then 2 weeks before the 3D came out I dropped that one 4 floors down the elevator shaft at work. It's still there submerged in about a 1 1/2 ft of water & hydraulic oil. Lost phone, one of my 3500 Seidio batteries, extended case & my 32GB class 10. Talk about hurt! I still get tears thinking about it.
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I dropped it and the side dented what should i do?? im so sad right now
Out of curiosity what kind of case do you have, and where exactly is it bent?
Wipe off your hands when you get done spanking it. It will help you keep a grip on the phone.
Ouch man....as far as what you should do..I vote you go stand in the corner for a few hours because you dont appreciate nice things jk lol. Sucks though.....
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Best suggestion, send it to me. I'll fix it ;-)
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Isn't much you can do except contact CS and say the sprint store dropped it and put a dent in it. Then say you didn't notice it till now, see what they say.
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Isn't much you can do except contact CS and say the sprint store dropped it and put a dent in it. Then say you didn't notice it till now, see what they say.
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Trying to get a perfectly innocent employee in trouble for his mistake? Besides I'm still waiting to hear what case it was in.
I'll put money on no case at all.
Sorry to hear about your phone man, I can only imagine what you feel like right now.
Buy the insurance or live with the consequences.
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Go to Best Buy, get an Otterbox Defender case and, never take it off. That way you won't have to see that eyesore of a dent everyday.
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I dropped it and the side dented what should i do?? im so sad right now
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Go Cry About it ?
haha Sorry I had to.
get a case for it and forget about it. Battle scar.
Sorry, dude
Buy a case
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Super fail. You have butter fingers.
Get a TPU case
when siedio makes that rugged case like i used for the evo 4G, you can drop the phone from about 2 stories with no worries
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when siedio makes that rugged case like i used for the evo 4G, you can drop the phone from about 2 stories with no worries
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= otterbox
sucks for you
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Go to Best Buy, get an Otterbox Defender case and, never take it off. That way you won't have to see that eyesore of a dent everyday.
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best idea all day lol
I say let your EVO rock it out as a battle scar! It will make other phones piss themselves, such as the iPhone! Haha
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Just get it swapped out for another one. Guess it depends on where you purchased it, but I would go in..maybe towards the end of the day, or at a busy period, try to find the most chill looking employee who won't put your phone through a 160 point inspection, smile and hope they do not notice.
If that fails, and if it bothers you that much, add on the insurance.
This is just a questionare in hopes that I'm not the only idiot who has done something retarded unintentionally and broke their phone. So I somehow thought that putting my phone under my halogen desk lamp on max would generate enough heat to remove the air bubbles from my newly installed ZAGG screen protector as the instructions say "heat will speed up the process." Well after about 20 minutes or so i picked up the phone and damn near burnt myself it was so hot. Dismantled it as quick as I could and let it cool for 45 minutes and of course melted the screen underneath the glass
Dropped my blackberry 8330 2 feet on fluffy carpet and cracked the screen in multiple spots pretty bad. Nothing before hand.
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I dropped my EVO 4g in the toilet once.
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I sent an old Samsung flip phone on a journey through the washer and dryer late one night. I woke up wondering where my phone was and found it when I went to get my pants out of the dryer. Only phone I have owned that met an accidental demise that was the fault of a human or animal, it also led to my first smartphone, Treo 600.
I've never broken a phone. I tend to take really, really good care of my expensive toys.
The wife did wash and dry an LG env, but it never skipped a beat and still works to this day.
I placed my EVO 4g on top of the fridge in a rush. I didn't realize my EVO was half way on the freezer door till I opened it. Fell face down and shattered the s#&t out of the screen. I kind of deserved it for putting it up there in the first place.
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Dropped in a toilet
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Dropped in a toilet
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Never leave the lid open with phone on vibrate on top of the can while in the shower lmao.
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My phone was on the floor next to a Wii controller that was standing up, the controller feel over and shattered my screen
Fat kid smashed my phone in school... I broke his glasses in return... went to principals office and I had to pay for his glasses and he didn't have to do anything to my phone as he was the son of the school governor. Idiot
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The damn virgin Mobile firmware. I've been lucky with my phones as far as breaking them physically goes. Mostly cause I baby them.
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The damn virgin Mobile firmware. I've been lucky with my phones as far as breaking them physically goes. Mostly cause I baby them.
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I came in here to post this. The only time I've dropped a phone in the last 5 years is my wife smacking my phone out of my hand (on accident). She can be a klutz sometimes.
Other than that, VM firmware. And then breaking it even more with an experimental fix, LOL.
Was drunk and flashed the wrong hboot on my hero...
Was drunk and tripped on the steps comin up from the t station...
I think i have a problem... I need to stop... Flashing stuff and walking while im drunk
Threw my Verizon env3 at the wall cause I wanted to get a smartphone... It already had a broken screen, but the phone held together pretty well.
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Had an Acer Liquid E prior to my Evo... I forgot it was on my lap and when I got out of the truck, it landed face first on the sidewalk.
I casually quipped to my buddy, "Thank God it isn't an iPhone, those things'll shatter on impact..."
Oops! So did my Liquid E!
Moral of the story?
Ballistic HC! Now I hacky sack my phone just to make people nervous
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I was on my Evo 4G, using it... put it in my pocket, and 5 seconds later, purposefully jumped into a pool, completely forgot that I had just put it in my pocket.
It was like one of those slow motion Low pitched "Nooooooo" moments as I'm flying through the air reaching into my pocket trying to pull it out quick enough before I hit the water...
Lol.
It didn't work right away, but after I let it dry out a bit, it worked again, but there was some significant issues with the phone. 3G didn't work at all anymore and the screen looked like it had a mountain picture burnt into the screen. Lol...
I still got it replaced for free, cause they "didn't see any water damage" haha...
Wife crushed my HD2 in a car door. Needed a new lcd, digitizer and mainboard...
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Hey guys, quick question. I've had the aegis case for about 3 months and it's broken in 2 places. Do they have any kind of warranty that you know of?
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Sorry, it's a kraken, not an aegis.
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Check your box, I think the phone is good without a case ( I've dropped it like 6 times )
Phreaks play on the Fone, and the HTC Amaze 4G, - XML
Yeah its a beast honestly
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Dropping it on the floor and dropping it on concrete is a different scenario. You wouldnt be saying that if it fell on the concrete.
It fell 4 feet onto a granite counter top
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It fell 4 feet onto a granite counter top
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Wow. Were you on a ladder? lol
I got pissed off at someone, and threw the phone on the asphalt really hard, the plastic shell broke free. My phone survived, all thanks to the kraken. A few Knicks on the black plastic..nothing major
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With the kraken my phone has fallen 15ft w no problems... On a ladder from my chest pocket down the stairs..
Total scenario.. 15ft..Floor bounce.. 3bounces down the stairs to the landing.. Last stage was more ninja star than just a fall
e-Sex.. All of the carpral none of the tunnel
Damn .. my Trident Aegis just cracked today. Gonna get the Ballistic SG now.
i have broken my krken before and just called them and they replaced for me free of charge
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i have broken my krken before and just called them and they replaced for me free of charge
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I emailed them yesterday and now I'm just waiting for them to respond. I was nice as possible.. would it matter where I bought the case from? I didn't buy it from they're website...I bought it from amazon.
I bought mine from amazon to. Just showed them the invoice and that was it
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I bought mine from amazon to. Just showed them the invoice and that was it
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Thanks. They did ask me for a copy of my invoice. But how did you send them a copy of it? I copied the screen as a .txt and sent it. Hopefully that's enough.
Edit: Bingo! They're sending me a new case! Good thing I didn't buy a new one..but would've went with the Ballistic SG if I did.
6 months using, case gel destroyed in audio jack and USB. The plastic got destroyed too .
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So I caught my dog chewing on my girlfriends evo this morning and he shattered the screen. Now it's pretty much unusable because he ruined the digitizer. What's the best way to go about getting this replaced or do we just have to pay the $150?
Gotta pay the 150 and euthanize the dog
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Gotta pay the 150 and euthanize the dog
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Lol I felt like it this morning. But he's a pure bred Siberian husky and that would just be a waste of money
Pictures!!!
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So I caught my dog chewing on my girlfriends evo this morning and he shattered the screen. Now it's pretty much unusable because he ruined the digitizer. What's the best way to go about getting this replaced or do we just have to pay the $150?
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If you feel comfortable doing it yourself, keep an eye on Ebay for bad esn phones. All you have to do is swap the motherboards.
My girl dropped her phone and shattered the screen last week. I found a nearly mint condition, completely in tact phone (minus motherboard and cover that has the hex/dex numbers) for $85, free shipping. I ordered it last Thursday, and got it Monday afternoon.
You can buy just the digitizer for around $70, but there's a lot more effort in changing the digitizer versus just swapping motherboards.
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If you feel comfortable doing it yourself, keep an eye on Ebay for bad esn phones. All you have to do is swap the motherboards.
My girl dropped her phone and shattered the screen last week. I found a nearly mint condition, completely in tact phone (minus motherboard and cover that has the hex/dex numbers) for $85, free shipping. I ordered it last Thursday, and got it Monday afternoon.
You can buy just the digitizer for around $70, but there's a lot more effort in changing the digitizer versus just swapping motherboards.
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That's a really good idea
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Personally I would buy the digitizer and replace it. But that is because I don't have insurance on my phone! If it sounds scary tearing the phone apart just pay the $150(I thought it was 199). Next time make sure to put it in a heavy duty case and keep it in the holster at all times!
parts thread is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788399
sorry man that's ruff...I'll see myself out
Get a cat.
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Or better yet, buy through Best Buy and get their warranty. Best $9.99/month I've ever spent. I got my EVO the day it became available and dropped it off the roof of my father's RV just under a month later. They replaced my phone with a brand new one even after I told them I dropped it about 12 feet flat on its screen. Best Buy has no deductible and don't care how it got damaged.
I now have the Otterbox Commuter case but at the height I was, I don't even think the defender case would have saved it.
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Get a cat.
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Have 3 cats too lol. But she needed a new one now so we just had to spend the $150 sadly. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Here's Zed for whoever wanted pictures
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Have 3 cats too lol. But she needed a new one now so we just had to spend the $150 sadly. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Here's Zed for whoever wanted pictures
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Pictures of the destruction...not your dog haha
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hahaha wow I feel dumb.
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Have 3 cats too lol. But she needed a new one now so we just had to spend the $150 sadly. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Here's Zed for whoever wanted pictures
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Awesome looking dog, I have a malamute those colors (just with two brown eyes).
I just got my phone 8 days ago and last night I dropped it without a case on and scratched up the front corners. It's it possible to get it exchanged at AT&T? If so how?
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mito8485 said:
I just got my phone 8 days ago and last night I dropped it without a case on and scratched up the front corners. It's it possible to get it exchanged at AT&T? If so how?
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No
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Thanks for the feedback.
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mito8485 said:
I just got my phone 8 days ago and last night I dropped it without a case on and scratched up the front corners. It's it possible to get it exchanged at AT&T? If so how?
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how bad is it, you can always claim something else is wrong with it. Where did you buy it from?
It's very small. I was able to kind of hide the clear aluminum showing with a black marker. I also just noticed I have 3 dead pixels so maybe that would be enough if they don't really notice the scrapes. I got it from an official AT&T store.
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Definitely worth a try. Dead pixels are a big deal. I say go for it. Plus, those scuffs don't look too bad.
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SKyRocKeting727 said:
Definitely worth a try. Dead pixels are a big deal. I say go for it. Plus, those scuffs don't look too bad.
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Thanks for the reply. Im going to try and get it exchanged.
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Yeah dead pixels is a different story, go for it
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So you dropped your unprotected phone and expect Att to replace it...wow...
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So you dropped your unprotected phone and expect Att to replace it...wow...
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I don't expect them to do diddly squat. They can say no and I would just live with it. But thank you for your input!
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how bad is it, you can always claim something else is wrong with it. Where did you buy it from?
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It's sad how many people commit Fraud
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Personally I dropped mine and it got scuffed a little too, so much that it bothered me. I was within 14 when it fell so I took it back and told them that it was to fragile along the edges, got way to hot (130°) which I screenshot and the headphone jack doesn't work well with FM radio and he said no problem and replaced it and that was that. It was fraud on my end, and I paid good money for a phone that I wanted to keep in mint condition. Haven't dropped the second one yet but I have gaps, which isn't too bad. My advise, go for it and it isnt fraud of there is actually a problem with it anyway.
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Personally I dropped mine and it got scuffed a little too, so much that it bothered me. I was within 14 when it fell so I took it back and told them that it was to fragile along the edges, got way to hot (130°) which I screenshot and the headphone jack doesn't work well with FM radio and he said no problem and replaced it and that was that. It was fraud on my end, and I paid good money for a phone that I wanted to keep in mint condition. Haven't dropped the second one yet but I have gaps, which isn't too bad. My advise, go for it and it isnt fraud of there is actually a problem with it anyway.
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I ended up trading it in and getting a silver one. I was completely straight with the rep and showed him the scratches which he thought was no big deal and were barely even noticeable. I had to point out the scratch locations since he couldn't even see them at first. I showed him the dead pixels and also the power button which had this awful click sound which drove me crazy. I just had to pay a restocking fee and was good to go.