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Picked up one of these 2 months ago:
http://www.boxwave.com/products/hig...apacity-extended-battery-t-mobile-g1_3283.htm
The battery life is decent enough, a charge will last me all day......but the problem is the battery cover, which is paper thin. I've been through 3 of these covers in two months, and not once dropped my phone. each time the cover breaks in the same spot, lower right corner, right on the edge.
I've emailed Boxwave about the issue 3-4 times, and not once heard a peep back from them on the issue....which I think is a manufacturing issue as the break has occurred in the exact same spot each time.
This has been my only interaction with Boxwave, and i have to say that I am far less than impressed. Anyone else have experience dealing with boxwave, or the battery/cover in question?
Anyone seen any drop test on the net? Havent been able to find a video of it.
The closest to a drop test that i found is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv4Llv3UedY
A dude tries to scratch its screen using random tools.
But I guess some of you have dropped your phone already, so how did it go and did you use any protection around the phone? I've read that our Ace isnt that sustainable.
i have dropped mine several times, from 3FT to 5FT high, i use a protective back case (the perforated one which clips from the back) and a normal screen protector.
The phone is still alive, no scratches. I manage to destroy 2 protective back case though due to the drops.
The reason i bought this perforated back case is that the chrome finish in the galaxy Ace is sensitive since it is a chrome finish over a plastic base, not a chrome finish over metal.
Did you ever drop it with the screen faced down(using the screen protector)?
That would be interesting to hear about.
I personally use/like the transparent silicone one, since it's bump resistance, good grip as well!
QNBT said:
Did you ever drop it with the screen faced down(using the screen protector)?
That would be interesting to hear about.
I personally use/like the transparent silicone one, since it's bump resistance, good grip as well!
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Did the drop with the screen facing down. No problem because the silicone case i am using protrudes, creating a buffer between the screen and the case.
I dropped my phone face down too from about waist height, since I'm using a silicone case and screenprotector, no traces of damage at all.
Dropped my SGA a while ago, face down. Aint quite sure about the height but I guess its around 3ft.. or less maybe lol.
I can say there aint any damage done to the phone.
I did perform some quick-test (camera, microphone, loudspeaker etc.) after the drop just to make it sure, and all of them works just fine.
p.s. I was using Capdase soft case at the time I dropped it, so I think even though I dropped it face-down, there wasn't actually a contact between the screen and the floor.
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Did the drop with the screen facing down. No problem because the silicone case i am using protrudes, creating a buffer between the screen and the case.
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I really don't like those silicone case since it makes the SGA thicker, the perforated back panel protector are just right, it protrudes as well in front, but not as deep as the silicone cases.
And as for dropping it face down, the thing is most of the time it drops on its corner (due to one side being heavier). Making it fall face down will be coming from a small height not giving enough air time for the phone to actually rotate on its heaviest side
I dropped mine from around just ~10cm or so, while using VillianROM, and it hit the ground on it's top corner, and my network and sound stopped working when I checked my phone after a while. After that, none of the Froyo firmwares would work when I tried flashing. Only Gingerbreads would, but with no network and sound. Totally weird of a situation.
I accidentally dropped it twice. First one around 2 ft high. Produced no scratches. Second one was worse as it was higher around 5-6 ft high and ground was wet at around 10mm deep. Back was all wet. Good thing only the back cover was scratched. I had it air cooled for a night and turned out pretty well. No hardware/software issues covered after the accident. It must be noted too that I had no accessories attached back then!
i have 2 so small scartch eve invisible in sometimes can i use the phone without screen protector, i have te vietnam version
I can tell you it's not the drop, it's the force it hits the floor with, believe me: I can tell.
QNBT said:
Did you ever drop it with the screen faced down(using the screen protector)?
That would be interesting to hear about.
I personally use/like the transparent silicone one, since it's bump resistance, good grip as well!
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Yup i remember that I dropped it a month ago when I was filming my brother's son's insane activities....
He was just one and a half years old...
I was filming him on my bed and he came near the ace and smacked it.. LOL...
Ace went right down flat on the face...
That was my first and only drop.... But nothing happened no scratches...
I just use a scratch guard..
Hit the thanks button if I helped
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I want to ask is anyone find or do it a drop test on it?Thanks
Buy one and try it yourself.
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Good luck trying to find someone who'll do that, but have a look around this forum/use search etc. there are plenty of people posting their dropage stories.
Unfortunately what I have gathered from the majority of these is that the plastic material is very brittle and some users have been posting pictures of the cap being cracks with gaps or hairline cracks from often pretty minor drops.
The white variant also is not fully white plastic, but black-painted-white plastic so when this is chipped the black shows through.
So just don't drop it!
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I did not test it
but I think that XS is extremely weak
It's doesn't have gorilla so should be breakable as ice
plastic is eco green and get glossy as soon as it possible so it isn't soft plastic so breakable too I think
I don't wish You all to drop it
I will do a video if I get enough donations for the repairs or for a new device (almost for a new device at least)
not scientific, but I have dropped mine from a meter onto hard wooden floor, it landed screen down, my heart stopped, but it survived .
The bottom cover is the only weak part of the SXS, the rest of the phone will survive the drop.
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The bottom cover is the only weak part of the SXS, the rest of the phone will survive the drop.
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The screen....
That means there is no any video of drop test
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I would be willing to drop mine, if people donated at least 2 third of the cost of the phone, or I would be happy to donate to someone who is also willing...
kinda get scared at the thought dropping it deliberately
Have dropped mine twice onto asphalt, from the heights of 1.5 meters and about 1 meter. Only a couple on tiny scratches on the screen, the phone still works OK. Lucky me...
Dropped some times and nothing i think i was Lucky once screen down on the asphalt
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mine is fallen from my car door on the wet asphalt, then it bounced in a water puddle, i took it up immediatly, throwing a lot of blasphemies, but no severe damages at all... just a little in the top corner, but is not even visible after a few days... just a waste of blasphemies... but i think i was very lucky
I take it asphalt is the stuff they use on roads, tarmac?
lucky
I got myself an Otterbox Defender case a few days ago and because the phone seemed so much heavier with it on I decided to do 2 drop tests on the floor from hip height to see how it behaves. There was no damage to the case and the phone also seemed to be in one piece. An hour later, when I was browsing the web, I noticed a lot of dead pixels, mostly clusters in the corners of the screen but also scattered along the left side. The next day, however, I saw that the dead pixels that were more widely spaced had disappeared, and only the tighter-packed ones remained. Now there are even fewer, and my guess is that they'll all be gone by the end of the week.
Has anyone else had this happen to their phones? Is there a Defender owner out there who managed to drop the phone from a height greater than hip hight without breaking the phone? I'd like to know what the limits are on this case, because the extra weight doesn't seem to help the phone at all, even with the extra protection.
I have dropped mine from the roof of my two story house onto the driveway 3 times and nothing happened.... if you're screen has dead pixels then you had issues before you put the case on
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No defender protection and i dropt the streak atleast 5 times on the concrete, i only have a small silicone case protection. And i'm very lucky no screen damage.
Dropped mine from the dinnertable with no protection. Ended up with the right bottom corner totally dead. It started creeping up on the right side during the next few weeks. Until it went totally dead. Had to buy a new one (100$).
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Worst thing about the defender case is that stupid belt clip, if a piece of clothing gets stuck in with the phone as you click it in, your phone will fall out, i have lost count of how many times mine has fallen from the belt clip onto concrete, phone is fine though, case has one small dent, but again, its fine and still going strong. Unlike the PDMI port.
That **** bounced like a golf ball on a solid ceramic floor speed test and it barely even has a dent in the casing. I've heard a bunch of people talking about breaking their Pixels after dropping them, and I wanted to give my personal (obviously very lucky) experience.
I appreciate a lo showbox t of it not breaking was luck, but some credit has to go to the phone considering how much of the display is glass!
lucky boy
Impressive.
Now that you know you're accident prone, it may be wise to invest in both a case and a screen protector!
Lucky you! Order a case asap! Cheers