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R.I.P HTC Fuze

Hello Everyone, Today I was riding my bike on such a beautiful day, i was listening to my music, i had it in my case and when i was crossing the street the phone had fallen on the road, i went to turn around to get it but i was too late, a freaking car had rolled it up. its a shame ive only had this phone for 3 months and i managed to screw it up, first time this has ever happened, i always baby my phones and this happens, it sucks so much and im so pissed. the funny thing is everything still works except the screen, so i was able to use my mobiler to see what i was doing on the phone so i could backup everything, hopefully i should be able to get a new one though

our thoughts will be with u and ur phone.
hopefully u will find a new phone soon.

sorry about your loss, was it insured?

Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.

Aww man, that sucks. RIP

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TriAxisFL said:
Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
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Same here. In the pocket, screen towards leg.
I've had all four of my HTC devices survive that way

I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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KD8DNS said:
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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My God MAN!!! Have you no Soul!!! Guy's just lost a loved one and you want to feed your voyeristic hunger with PICTURES!!!??
Remember...all good phones go to heaven.
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.

telegraph0000 said:
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Uh huh, you couldn't resist either huh?

damn that sucks... i feel for ya and your poor poor phone...

Well I Took Some Pics of the Aftermath. Here are the Graphic Images

Ouch!
I had this nightmare scenario occur to me as I jumped on my bike to ride to the office. (finally warm here - even just for 2 days)
I put mine in a holster on my backpack (www.chromebags.com)...and only listen to music with one ear of my Discovery 855.

sorry to hear that, i too was riding because of the amazing weather, i was using the htc audio dongle which got ran over too but survived

OMG!!! lol...I can't look!!!!

Damn so sad lol.... not even the Invisible Shield could have prevented this!
Bahhh best of luck with your next one!
JFlitt

haha hopefully i should get a replacement soon, but ya if i do i will get a much better case, i wish i could get a bulletproof case for this thing, the funny thing is the screen was what got rolled up first and it did not crack whatsoever, the motherboard, camera, keyboard, sim card + memory card slot, speaker and all the buttons still work, the lcd has no cracks just a pressure mark. that touch screen is tough.

I know it is some serious wishfull thinking but have you opened the thing up and make sure your ribbon cable connecting the screen top half hasn't just been pull apart from the bottom half? Looks like the phone twisted pretty much around the slidin rails (understandably), but if everything works ok except you have no screen at all, I would be opening it up and checking the ribon cables. I have seen a service manual floating around somewhere, can't remember if it was here, but it gave instructions on openning the Raphael up

i have opened it up, i put it back together, but the thing was i didnt know how to take out the lcd panel so that i could see the wiring on that, the lcd cable attached to the motherboard was tightly connected. i basically got almost everything out of the lcd assembly except the lcd itself. the wire itself looks perfectly fine. its all good though, i will have a parts phone, i should hopefully be getting a free replacement soon

yesterday in class my teacher literally took my phones from my hands when i was texting. i thought she woudl just keep it til after class
(this is college mind you)
she then walked to the window and tossed it out. i was in shock i didnt even know how to react
luckily it was grass and no damage but still what the hell do you do in that situation

[DIY] Custom Colored Capacative Buttons..(Pics Fixed)

Disclaimer : I am not responsible for any damage you do to your phone during this modification, and I am not held liable if your warranty becomes VOID.
If you would like your capacitive buttons to be a different color, other than white, or even if they are too bright and you want to tone them down a little, then this is the mod for you...It does require taking the phone apart, so if you are afraid of doing this and voiding your warranty, than stop now and wait till your warranty is over...I did this for my EVO 3D and made a write-up for it the other day, and today I got around to doing my wifes 4G, as you can see in the pics, it took me 12 minutes...
You will need your EVO 4G, some transparent vinyl, or any other material you can think to use, some ppl have used tape and different kinds of films, a T6 torx tool, a small phillips screw driver, and a razor blade or scissors to cut the material...
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Once you turn off your phone and remove the battery cover, there are 6 screws that you need to remove with the T6 torx tool...There is a sticker on the middle left screw that tells the techs whether or not it has already been opened...
Once those have been removed, you need to take off the back of the phone, you can use a safe plastic tool to do it, or I just used my finger nails, some ppl have even said they used the battery cover...Then there is a small phillips screw in the top right corner that needs to be removed...
Once you have that done, you need to pull up the PCB board from the right to access the LEDs that you need to cover, be careful when doing this as you have ribbons that are still attached and can be broken...In the first pic you can see the LEDs and in the second pic you can see the vinyl that I placed over them...
Once you've done all that, put it back together and enjoy...

fix pics plz, would like to see end result before tweaking it.

dcmasta said:
fix pics plz, would like to see end result before tweaking it.
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What do you need me to do exactly? If its too dark I will take another pic tonight for you...

Wow. Thanks for sharing! Don't think i will do this...but a lot of detail. Good DIY project
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Here's a better picture of the lights...

Good instructions but all the pics are blank reading this on my evo.
"Hell don't want me"

selders59 said:
Good instructions but all the pics are blank reading this on my evo.
"Hell don't want me"
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I've looked at this thread on my EVO 3D and my computer and I can see all the pics fine...Not sure what's going on or how I could fix it...This thread has a couple more examples in it, I made this walkthrough as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174384

creektrack said:
I've looked at this thread on my EVO 3D and my computer and I can see all the pics fine...Not sure what's going on or how I could fix it...This thread has a couple more examples in it, I made this walkthrough as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174384
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The only way to see the pictures is to go to the android central forums and log in to their forums. You're linking to the bigger version on the other forum and can only see them by logging in.

Auengun said:
The only way to see the pictures is to go to the android central forums and log in to their forums. You're linking to the bigger version on the other forum and can only see them by logging in.
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That explains it...I will fix it shortly...
EDIT: Pics have been fixed...Please confirm..

I know they make rainbow led's that change color, does anyone know if they make rainbow smd's? i loved how my nextel i930had the rainbow led going all day.. would love to have the same affect on the evo! if not i have lots of blue red orange and green smds left over, maybe il spice it up!
EDIT: here is a thread where they've done the same with a few different color combos
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/141064-evo-4g-rainbow-led-modification.html

civicsr2cool said:
I know they make rainbow led's that change color, does anyone know if they make rainbow smd's? i loved how my nextel i930had the rainbow led going all day.. would love to have the same affect on the evo! if not i have lots of blue red orange and green smds left over, maybe il spice it up!
EDIT: here is a thread where they've done the same with a few different color combos
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/141064-evo-4g-rainbow-led-modification.html
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You can not use RGB LEDs because the phone itself is not capable of using them...You can however change the LEDs individually to get the effect that you posted...The reason I haven't done that yet is because if something happens to the phone, Sprint wont take it that way, so it' easier to just remove some film layed over the LEDs...But they should be size 0603...

Awesome! I've already done the edge scraping (to add a red 'racing stripe' around the outside of my battery cover), so I'm not sure which color to do this. My phone is green-themed (PlurStarAlpha, though if a MattedBlues port comes out I'm definitely using that), with a visibly red case. I suppose I could strip the case of internals, sand, and paint the red racing stripe green...but then the camera ring would be red still, as would the plastic underneath the kickstand.
I don't know what to do!

Bizzare screen defect - help!

So check this out. I got a replacement phone from verizon about 2 weeks ago. After the first few days i noticed a slight discoloration in the top left side of the screen. You could only see if on a white screen, other than that it was pretty inconspicuous. However I was dissatisfied that my new replacement had this defect so I called and they promptly sent a new one with standard 5 day shipping!
So, as the week went on this weird spot that I can only compare to a grease stain on a piece of clothing, started to grow... every day it was a little bigger. It grew at a rate that was barley noticeable. I had to see what icon it was touching, and then compare that to its position the next day.
by last night (about a week later) it had grown to affect half of the screen. i assumed that it would eventually take over the enter screen and I would be left with a slightly shaded screen coloring.
when i woke up this morning, this is what it looked like
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Its pretty much totally unusable. you can see from the picture that somehow the puzzle piece pattern burned into the screen (not sure how as that screen is never on for more than a few seconds, especially since it wasn't burned in last night and my phone sits on my nightstand and was not on).
Its like the screen 'ink' or whatever just totally failed.
anyway, i have the replacement already, but I wanted to share this weird story
the replacement phone is already listed on ebay and I will be upgrading to the HTC Rezound as soon as it comes out.

Definitely a faulty panel there.
Very strange to see it go that way, though. Pretty interesting picture.
BTW: These screens are not LCD, there's nothing like "Screen ink" in them. Each pixel is an array of 3 tiny LED lights (one Red, one Green, one Blue).

AlexDeGruven said:
Definitely a faulty panel there.
Very strange to see it go that way, though. Pretty interesting picture.
BTW: These screens are not LCD, there's nothing like "Screen ink" in them. Each pixel is an array of 3 tiny LED lights (one Red, one Green, one Blue).
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thats what I thought too. So what is causing it to "bleed" like that? by the way.. its only been a about 2 hours since i took that picture, and its almost entirely "blue". my guess is that in a few hours it will be completely failed

Probably just a bad run on the screen.
I'd be interested to see if there are more of them out there, since the panels are manufactured in large batches, so one defect should have several similar screens like it out there.
Could also be a fault somewhere else in the device, like maybe the display controller, and it's maybe overvolting the red and green LEDs, causing them to burn out much faster. (pure conjecture on my part)

I did just install ep3Ha on that the day I got it. wonder if its possible something went bad in the flash and toasted the screen, or is that even possible

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I did just install ep3Ha on that the day I got it. wonder if its possible something went bad in the flash and toasted the screen, or is that even possible
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doubt it, that looks like massive hardware fail

yeah, I don't think there's anything you could do software-wise that would do anything like that.

Is that a pressure crack? That's what it looks like.

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Is that a pressure crack? That's what it looks like.
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no, this happened very very slowly. it looks like an LCD screen when you sit on it or step on it.. but no. since its not lcd it cant do that.
it took it about 7 days to get to this point.

I was talking to a colleague of mine who is an EE. He thinks it was a failure in the glue that holds the layers of the panel together. because of how it started, small and in 1 corner, it is similar de-lamination that can can happen in things like plywood. these screens are layered pieces of plastics and material that allows it to work as a screen. once it started to 'peel' apart, it was just a matter of time.
the screen slowly started to come apart until it reached a critical point. the result would be the same if you had the screen out of the phone and started to separate its layers.
seems to make sense to me, hes the EE, im just a physics major.. what do i know

I can hear the screen saying IIIIIMMMM MEEEEELLLLLTTTTTIIIINNNNNGGGGG
Sent from my Droid Charge running Infinity Beta

Tough Screen on the Note 3, very tough!

I've had a little accident regarding my Note 3. I was taking part in my hobby (Horse Riding) during a trot my phone decided to fall of my pocket. (when not having lessons I have a Bluetooth ear piece for taking phone calls). Long story short, my phone got trodden on by 200lbs, twice, 200lbs per hoof.
What I want to know is, is there anyone else that has had a lot of pressure placed on their phones?
Picture if anyone is interested: http://i.imgur.com/VlFWjgH.jpg

androidlover287 said:
Picture if anyone is interested: http://i.imgur.com/VlFWjgH.jpg
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Amazing photo. I cannot see even the tiniest mark on the glass.

paulrh said:
Amazing photo. I cannot see even the tiniest mark on the glass.
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I don't have a spare camera, That picture is for anyone wants to how much pressure this device can take.

androidlover287 said:
I don't have a spare camera, That picture is for anyone wants to how much pressure this device can take.
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You don't need a spare camera. You can take a screenshot and show it to us!

Signed in for the first time in months just to say that this thread is hilarious. That smug face.

idiot..... lol
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Try that again on tarmac and let us know but this time show the pic of your phone instead.

Haha yeah I was gonna say.
Still even with the loose substrate I think it held up quite well to the increased pressure compared to other phones due to its size.

How do u know it's exactly 200 lb per hoof. What if one hoof was smaller then the other.
How do u know which hoof..
Serious questions man lol.
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I didn't think people we're replying... I don't that was just a wild guess (the horse (Small pony) + tack + me is 800lbs...I don't have a camera to get a picture...but the little tiny crack is still there in the bottom left of the screen.

not sure how much kilos but my daugther always steps on it and thinks that its like something to step on. and she always throws it here and there. i has gone through a lot of throwing. it even landed face first on solid concrete from lets say 20". (not to imagine it was thrown really hard). but not a single dent/crack whatsoever. really happy with it for now. its handling the brutal day to day life. lol
btw, mine has a back case. and the lower/upper side of the phone is completely unprotected. and it has a screen protector that wasn't cheap and that the guy that sold it to me when i bought the phone said it is genuine stuff. lol
have fun killing your phone mate

androidlover287 said:
I've had a little accident regarding my Note 3. I was taking part in my hobby (Horse Riding) during a trot my phone decided to fall of my pocket. (when not having lessons I have a Bluetooth ear piece for taking phone calls). Long story short, my phone got trodden on by 200lbs, twice, 200lbs per hoof.
What I want to know is, is there anyone else that has had a lot of pressure placed on their phones?
Picture if anyone is interested: http://i.imgur.com/VlFWjgH.jpg
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It depends on how it fell and if it was face down or face up. Pretty sure it was fave down in the dirt. The dirt probably soften the hit and the back of the phone is straight plastic
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JAMIE1000UK said:
How do u know it's exactly 200 lb per hoof. What if one hoof was smaller then the other.
How do u know which hoof..
Serious questions man lol.
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If one hoof was smaller it would still be the same 200lb exerted over a smaller surface area ha it wouldn't make it lighter.
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This thread really doesn't matter anymore....the phone survived and this happened back in November...I don't actually remember it happening now too well (My memory is terrible) and I don't care too much as it's a small crack and it doesn't bother me

androidlover287 said:
This thread really doesn't matter anymore....the phone survived and this happened back in November...I don't actually remember it happening now too well (My memory is terrible) and I don't care too much as it's a small crack and it doesn't bother me
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Can we get a video of the horse biting it please?

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If one hoof was smaller it would still be the same 200lb exerted over a smaller surface area ha it wouldn't make it lighter.
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not to mention the fact that the horse/pony (to me it looks more like a big pony) is never rollin' on 4 hoofs at the same time...there are at the most 3 hoofs on da ground when he's ....hmmmm.. rollin' ....it's called dynamic weight distribution and, depending on da hoof, it could've exerted as much as 400lb on da device...and if da pony was fitted wit dem steel rims (horsyshoes) no way that piece could've escaped.....
...mabe' neva happened....

htc9420 said:
not to mention the fact that the horse/pony (to me it looks more like a big pony) is never rollin' on 4 hoofs at the same time...there are at the most 3 hoofs on da ground when he's ....hmmmm.. rollin' ....it's called dynamic weight distribution and, depending on da hoof, it could've exerted as much as 400lb on da device...and if da pony was fitted wit dem steel rims (horsyshoes) no way that piece could've escaped.....
...mabe' neva happened....
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the moral of the story is: dont take your note 3 on a donkey....
all this horsing around has given me headache....

The phone is good for upto 218lbs of direct pressure.....try it again after you horse and you have eaten.

Defect - Bubble under S6 glass assembly.....(Whats up with Samsung???)

After being through at least three s6 phones; with this one having a latest manufacturing date less than two weeks old (15.11.2015) I suppose I am now sick and tired of Samsung quality issues....or just plain unlucky.
My brand new S6 (Black Sapphire, 64GB) has a slightly warped / bubbled area around 2 mm wide underneath its glass assembly directly under the Samsung logo. This is likely due to excessive glue pressing too hard on some internal component or warping owing to excessive heat....or may have risen in transit in case something pressed too hard on the box, putting pressure on the display assembly.
First phone bought online had tiny screen and aluminum bezel scratches out of the box. (Manufactured in April 2015, made in Korea)
Second phone had a scratched home button, scratched speaker grill and bubbles / warping under the rear glass panel ( this was a June 2015 batch phone, Vietnam...I can share pics of this too if needed).
Third time, the subject of this thread....... still unlucky ......made in Vietnam.
Nearly all Sapphire Black variants I have seen have the bubbling / warping issue to a minor extent near the touch buttons, but anywhere else on the phone is certainly not acceptable. I have seen this on the Platinum Gold model as well.
I suppose 99% of consumers live without realizing such 'defects'; but anyway, please let me have your thoughts on this. Its either abysmally poor QC in the manufacturing facilities or something else is amiss.....Samsung seems to have completely lost it in recent times....
Look under the 'A' and 'M' in the Samsung Logo. Can this be fixed? (edit...looks much prominent in actual once you have noticed it and then you just cant ignore it :/ )
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Mine is absolutely ok, mine is SM G920I, made is Vietnam, manufacturing date- 2015/08/22, Sapphire Black 32GB...
Looks like u are very very unlucky..
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Ive bought a galaxy s6 64gb gold platinum and ive noticed the HR sensor has a large scratch on its glass/cheap plastic, i was about to return it and get a new one but then again ive noticed no screen dead pixels, no camera dead pixels and no other scratches on the entire phone, conflicted ive tried to swap it from the nearest store i could find of the Company that sold me that phone, they told me i should go to the exact store i bought it instead as it must have been some issues with their own stock, i gave up as i was pretty worried that if i wasted my time to go to that other store they wouldve traded me for an even more damaged unit, so i decided to make an effort and live with it but i get what you are saying, its absolutely insulting to buy a 650€ phone in such petty conditions, itll make me rethink later about my next brand phone pursache.

I've had multiple GS6's in my hand and yes, I've seen what you are talking about. Mine has it also. But damn man you are picky. No phone is ever going to be perfect. I've had LG phones that had "defects" like these. Don't even get me started on iPhones. I've had an iPhones 5s factory sealed. When I opened it the top part of the screen was coming off. I've seen several marks on brand new iPhone 4 and 4S's.
It's your opinion and you have a right to have them but I think this is too mutch. Try to enjoy your devices instead of trying to find "defects".

I've had the same problem!! I sent it to repair. Warranty covered it and now I have a new screen.

Robi-K said:
I've had multiple GS6's in my hand and yes, I've seen what you are talking about. Mine has it also. But damn man you are picky. No phone is ever going to be perfect. I've had LG phones that had "defects" like these. Don't even get me started on iPhones. I've had an iPhones 5s factory sealed. When I opened it the top part of the screen was coming off. I've seen several marks on brand new iPhone 4 and 4S's.
It's your opinion and you have a right to have them but I think this is too mutch. Try to enjoy your devices instead of trying to find "defects".
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I agree with most of your comments.
Its a bit of OCD.....plus a bit of inherent 'experience'.....
....around 5 years of building scale models as a hobby; painting...buffing, finishing to perfection.
....A side stint for 3 years as a forum administrator / reviewer of tech stuff.
For my current bread and butter; I am employed in Financial Services and have spent three torrid years in the early part of my career auditing and managing quality assurance of financial reports.
To cut it short yes I am overfussy over build quality; but if you recall; back in a the day a Finnish Nokia used to rock like a Mercedes. I still hold on to an N8 which I have kept in mint condition except for a few hairline scratches on the glass appeared over time. Outsourcing production has improved economies of scale but has had corresponding negative effect on quality. A VERTU phone built like a Rolex will obviously have zero issues but lets not forget the S6 has been specifically marketed for build quality and looks...its a $550 phone
On the greater side of things; I do realize that fussing over mundane issues really does nothing in the grand scheme of life......
I have taken the advice to heart. (But I will keep updating you guys and sharing my future experience).