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How many times did you droped your XDA or XDAII

How many times did you droped your XD or XDA II? is there any scratches? any errors appeared?

double_ofour said:
How many times did you droped your XD or XDA II? is there any scratches? any errors appeared?
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In case : repeatedly, but no harm done..
Wothout case: Only once, and it got scratched on the front near the Bluetooth led and near the answerbutton below.
No errors !

dropped it once. the point of impact was directly on the yellow/red led which pushed the led inside the XDA2. no errors occurred. but i'm pissed!

you're all lucky buggers, i've dropped my xda twice in the last year. First time it cracked the screema nd had to replace that, and dropped it again this morning and the screen's messed up but not cracked, how do you lot get away with it, i didn't even drop it from a great distance and it was a capeted floor

Why i am asking the times you dropped it, beacouse mine was dropped a miniut ago. i was so nervous and worried. but there is no scratches or errors, when the time it was dropped, it restarted and search for something i found bad, but there is nothing bad happens, still i am worried and nervous.

if there's nothing obvious just after you drop it, chances are you're lucky and it'll be fine

Dropped it 5-6 times (Im not clumsy, really, Ive had it for 10 months now ), always in the standard case, which offers little protection on the sides, resulting in a number of scratches to the device on the sides. No errors however, seems like a tough enough device. If I put on a new cover it will be as good as new
Surur

i dropped my device once and a little peace of the black plastic is cracked.
Who knows where i can get the black peace from the back site of the phone? I have search here in the Netherlands but doesn't find it yet

Dropped the XDA I in its case dozens of times, no real damage. Unfortunately, I have been carrying the XDA II in the old case, and it fell out twice now and hit the pavement naked. No functional damage, but sure scratched it up.

mwetering said:
i dropped my device once and a little peace of the black plastic is cracked.
Who knows where i can get the black peace from the back site of the phone? I have search here in the Netherlands but doesn't find it yet
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The crack in the black plastic was probably not from the drop. A buddy and myself had the crack develop by the power button and then aother to where it made the piece fall out. Neither of us had dropped ours at that time. Since then only twice in the case. One no damage, second hit the corner by the voice recorder button. Drop on the pavement from about 2 1/2 feet. No functional damage but the silver part is definatley got the marks to show...
Dustoff

seriously, how do you buggers get away with scratches when mine always gets damage i have to pay for, i'd give anything to know taht if i drop if it won't cost me a penny

I have quick reactions and have always managed to stick my foot under it to cushion the fall.

lol, i have steel toe capped boots, i think it would be slightly worse

I dropped mine on concrete . . . no cover . . . naked. The antenna cover (black plastic) cracked diagonally up from the record button to the top of the back and then back down past the external antenna connector. It seems to be holding fast and working perfectly - but at some point I am going to want to replace it.

i dropped mine of a roof and its still works just damage to my case on the corner next to my green light so if anyone knows how to get a new one please let me know

a roof? this get's better, mine fell off a bed and it's buggered

i've never dropped mine. Didn't know I was supposed to.

dropped mine on carpet few times no damage, dropped it in the garage hit the ladders then conrete floor dented the sides and corner....
changed housing.....
got a clear plastic case
had a car crash phone was thrown out the windscreen plastic case totally ****ed but only 2 minute scrashes on my xda 2 cant beleive it survived the car crash

gazzaman2k said:
dropped mine on carpet few times no damage, dropped it in the garage hit the ladders then conrete floor dented the sides and corner....
changed housing.....
got a clear plastic case
had a car crash phone was thrown out the windscreen plastic case totally ****ed but only 2 minute scrashes on my xda 2 cant beleive it survived the car crash
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Where did you find the casing?
I've been lookig everywhere for a replacement for mine...
I dropped it to concrete from about 12 inches, I dented one corner (near the bluetooth led) and scratched the two corners on the bottom...
Pleaaassse! Let us know where to get a replacement case!!!
Best regards,
Rayan

drop no
i did not drop it it fell off the car roof doing about 40mph,20min to find the bits dented the yellow led corner,and now it reboots on its own where can i find a new case from any body know plz plz help i am so fed up. And o2 are c**p at helping u...................

Case-mate tough case

Hi all i would just like to share my experience with this case..Last week i had the unfortunate accident of dropping my Samsung galaxy s phone in the toilet at home...
The phone fell out of my pocket and straight in too the pan and finally landed in the u-bend.
The phone was in total water submersion for not more that 3-5 seconds..my heart fell to the floor...
I quickly grabbed the phone from the toilet..turned phone off and removed the battery..water was all inside the phone.
I shook the phone and lots of water came out..my thoughts at this time was phone was well and truly buggered.
I proceeded to dry the phone on my radiator at home..sim-card,sd-card,battery and back plate all removed to aide drying.
Left the phone to dry for a full 24 hrs...before attempting to turn phone back on.
There was condensation inside the phone which all dispersed after 24 hrs. of drying out the phone.
And the big moment arrived of putting the phone back together to see if it would ever work again....
My heart was pounding at this time hoping and willing the phone back to life..pressed the power on button and the phone came to life.
Apart from having to do a reset on the phone and re-installing all my apps there has been no problem with the phone working 100%.
Phone has been working for well over a week now with no problems.
How lucky was I??...Im not saying that the Casemate Toughcase is the be all and end all in cases but im sure it went some way in helping reduce the damage that would have been caused by water ingress in to the phone.
happy case hunting...

Ewwww That Dirty Samsung Galaxy S

Lol..must add the water in toilet was clean...

The tough case was not the parameter influencing the luck in this case. As long as the rear speaker hole is not sealed, the water will always have a way inside the phone, no matter how many shock protection layers you have o the phone.
And generally speaking, tap water is not dangerous for the electrical parts of low voltage powered devices (like watches, phones and so on). The main issue with phones dropped in water is that the water will infiltrate in the optical dispersers of the LCD screen and on the screen connectors, generating blurry pictures or no picture at all.
I've learned something from your experience ... the water will not go in between the OLED screen and the digitizer .. which is a GOOD thing.

Great! I'm glad your SGS survived!
just take more care of it, ok? and don't drop it on Sea Water!

any waterproof supplies for galaxy s?

alex.bacer said:
any waterproof supplies for galaxy s?
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Zip-lock bag?

I've almost fell from my seat reading the end of your story. I am glad to read that everything went Ok. But does the phone smell .... hmmm different?

Truly lucky.
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There are better ways to change the colour of the phone

Update phone still working a OK two and a bit weeks on...

I have toughcase as well. Not the prettiest case, the phone loses it's "luxury" feeling, but you can certainly throw around the phone no problem.

I dropped my Galaxy S (with Tough Case) today, it fell directly on my hard tiles floor at a height around 70cm. I was really freaked out! I picked it up and it was still there like nothing happened (no crash, no slow, no reboot, no nothing) really happy that I chose this case!

thanksss a lot for content

I drop my phone so much....

It's amazing this thing still works..... These htc phones are built like tanks. I mean it flies apart cover goes flying the batterry goes flying I must drop this thing from a height of no less than 3 feet bout 3-4 times a month and usually its in my lap and i stand up and it gets launched with a bit of velocity too. sheeesh

Some_dude36 said:
It's amazing this thing still works..... These htc phones are built like tanks. I mean it flies apart cover goes flying the batterry goes flying I must drop this thing from a height of no less than 3 feet bout 3-4 times a month and usually its in my lap and i stand up and it gets launched with a bit of velocity too. sheeesh
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lol, I will refrain from making any sexual innuendos...

Let this be a big Finger to every review for this phone. Drop a sensation once, it's broken. Drop this 1000 times, and it'll still be good as new.

drop an iphone and the screen will crack before touching the ground

gtmaster303 said:
lol, I will refrain from making any sexual innuendos...
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Yea , every time i see this thing bounce across the floor im like " awww man time for a new phone " now matter how hard it hits or how many times. noooooo problem

Says you guys. I used my phone with my face and got the backlighting dislodged from the LCD which was in turn dislodged from the digitizer. I haven't dropped my phone once, I just used it like a phone. ;_;

Limewirelord said:
Says you guys. I used my phone with my face and got the backlighting dislodged from the LCD which was in turn dislodged from the digitizer. I haven't dropped my phone once, I just used it like a phone. ;_;
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Well everyone makes a lemon once in a while ... I mean ive dropped this thing 30 times atleast since ive owned it . ATLEAST as i said from no less than 3 ft and it works perfect.
Maybe it's the rom? I am running bulletproof xD

I've had mine since August 6th of last year - in all that time and being in the legitimate top % of time actively being used, i've dropped it exactly 1 time, and that was because a bucket fell off of a scaffold onto me.
It was in the trident case when it happened, and it's okay - that ate the force of the fall.
You sound like you need to put it on a lighter leash man, or something like that
You need at minimum a trident case, and you should probably get some kind of padded pouch to keep it in. (well, that's what I do, and most don't - but it might be worth you looking into)
I lol'd at the bulletproof comment. Glad it's serving you well ( the phone, and the ROM)

I drop mine more than [your provider's name] drops calls in rural Ethiopia. I mean the thing is like it's slippery as Hell, but every time, it hits the ground, the back comes off flying, the battery slips out, the keyboard slings open. I was just as bad with my old G1 and it worked for 3 years. Then one more drop to the asphalt and the radio lost about half its signal in all bands. Couldn't keep calls or data for more than a few seconds at a time. Anyway, I have been impressed by HTC for the two phones I've had.
On an aside, my father in law has a G1 still. Bronze. Got it the same day I got mine. Mine looks like R. Lee Ermey (or maybe Gary Bussey on a good day); his still looks like a very young George Clooney.
I don't know what it is, but I think it's the fact I'm always trying not to smudge the screen so I pick it up by the edges like a CD. Come to think of it, I drop CDs a lot too.

OMG, I dropped my phone today
Sitting in lecture, slipped right out of my pocket and hit the rough plaster floor behind the chair. Battery cover came off and battery was out.
The first time I have dropped a phone in nearly two years
God is crying today
Bottom corner of steel rim has a small scuff now about the size of a pencil eraser :'(

Man, if you all seen my phone, you would swear I bought it at the scratch and dent special.
At least twice a week I leave it on my lap and hop out the car and there goes my phone, the outer green edge on my camera lens is chipped to hell and back, all 4 corners are destroyed now to the 3 falls it took just today and this thing still runs like it came from the box yesterday.
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Close calls....Post them!

Everyone share your stories for close calls relating to the potential destruction of your phone. I'll begin.
Today I was on the second story of my home with my phone on the windowsill. There's a highway about 300 yards from this window, and from it I can hear the gentle ambiance of passing motorists. My phone was resting on the windowsill as I heard loud screeching followed by a thunderous crash. I opened my window to see the extent of the damage and my phone fell two stories to the ground below. Luckily it fell right onto a patch of grass, missing concrete by less than 2 feet. The feeling of dread quickly turned to relief as I picked up my face up non damaged phone.
Lets hear your horror stories!

2 stories fall with no damage? Even with grass that's a big fall. Consider yourself very lucky!

Wow. Did you use a case?
I've never dropped my phone from more than waist height.

ECrispy said:
2 stories fall with no damage? Even with grass that's a big fall. Consider yourself very lucky!
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Thats why I felt inspired to post! Everywhere I look I see cracked screens, and I consider myself supernaturally lucky to never have damaged a phone from a fall (although one of my old clamshell's hinge broke once while opening it oddly enough). I want to hear about others who spat in the face of physics and got lucky.
stargate125645 said:
Wow. Did you use a case?
I've never dropped my phone from more than waist height.
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Oddly enough I just switched from one of those bulky otterbox type protectors to a flimsy $2 rubber skin a week or so ago to conserve pocket space. I was mostly mad at myself, I usually handle my phone more carefully than a mother handles a newborn. I did drop my old droid 2 a couple times but never had more than a scratched screen protector.

Third day I had my GSIII I had it plugged into my home theater with an aux cord, listening to music. Was sitting on a shelf about 6 feet up, landscape mode, propped against a CD book. Don't know if the vibration from music shook it loose, but I turned my back and then heard a nice solid SMACK on my concrete floor. Phone slid off the shelf and landed face down...Not a scratch or crack on it. I was amazed.

eyesxlikexvice said:
Third day I had my GSIII I had it plugged into my home theater with an aux cord, listening to music. Was sitting on a shelf about 6 feet up, landscape mode, propped against a CD book. Don't know if the vibration from music shook it loose, but I turned my back and then heard a nice solid SMACK on my concrete floor. Phone slid off the shelf and landed face down...Not a scratch or crack on it. I was amazed.
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oh geez thats lucky. any case or anything on it? Screen protector?

I am so afraid to even have a close call...The S3 seems so fragile. I wish I could use it neked.

well in theory all cell phones are just as fragile. For the most part they all have the same delicate hardware inside that isn't meant to absord shock. Some of them may have a sturdier exterior than others but they're ruggedness may be in our head.

pwhoeler said:
oh geez thats lucky. any case or anything on it? Screen protector?
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No case, no screen protector, phone was totally unprotected. I've since gotten a case!

eyesxlikexvice said:
No case, no screen protector, phone was totally unprotected. I've since gotten a case!
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Almost makes you want to believe in the phone fairy

pwhoeler said:
Everyone share your stories for close calls relating to the potential destruction of your phone. I'll begin.
Today I was on the second story of my home with my phone on the windowsill. There's a highway about 300 yards from this window, and from it I can hear the gentle ambiance of passing motorists. My phone was resting on the windowsill as I heard loud screeching followed by a thunderous crash. I opened my window to see the extent of the damage and my phone fell two stories to the ground below. Luckily it fell right onto a patch of grass, missing concrete by less than 2 feet. The feeling of dread quickly turned to relief as I picked up my face up non damaged phone.
Lets hear your horror stories!
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So my burning question: why on earth was your phone on a windowsill when the window was open? Were you asking for trouble? Death wish, perhaps?

The first day I had my GS III, I had it plugged in, in the kitchen, my dog came running through the house, and snagged the charger and sent the phone and charger flying, luckily the only thing that broke was the charger.
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Today, I went to pull my phone out of my pocket and fumbled it a bit.
Not an exciting story seeing as I treat and watch over my phone better than my own body.

mustbepbs said:
So my burning question: why on earth was your phone on a windowsill when the window was open? Were you asking for trouble? Death wish, perhaps?
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I was reacting quickly and carelessly to the sounds outside. Should have looked first.

I was taking a morning wiz and sat the phone down to wash my hands and it was a little bit too close to the toilet. Girlfriend rushing to the bathroom after me pushed the door open and my phone almost slid in the toilet. Felt like max Payne slow mo as I nudged My phone away from that open toilet lol.
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blestsol said:
I was taking a morning wiz and sat the phone down to wash my hands and it was a little bit too close to the toilet. Girlfriend rushing to the bathroom after me pushed the door open and my phone almost slid in the toilet. Felt like max Payne slow mo as I nudged My phone away from that open toilet lol.
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ooo and you know water has a 100% kill rate. I think water based stories will almost always end up in tragedy, even though they're a lot less climactic than a drop

Has anyone else dropped their phone and broke its fall with your foot? I have. It feels awesome.
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RCOVA said:
Has anyone else dropped their phone and broke its fall with your foot? I have. It feels awesome.
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Done that a few times.
My favorite close call though has to be when I was standing next to a pool messing with my phone and it slipped out of my hands. It was over the water and out of instinct (no idea why this was my instinct) kicked the phone. The phone flew across the pool (10-15 ft) and a friend who was on the other side caught it. The case had come off the corner slightly but phone was working perfectly.

RCOVA said:
Has anyone else dropped their phone and broke its fall with your foot? I have. It feels awesome.
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Hell yeah lol
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RCOVA said:
Has anyone else dropped their phone and broke its fall with your foot? I have. It feels awesome.
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bet you felt like a ninja lol

Don't Drop it???

Ordered a few cases today to try out a couple different vendors.
Unfortunately I didn't order them last week like i should have....
N5 felt about 15-18 inchs onto pavement as it slide of my leg. hitting the corner and landing face down. Landing face down
I thought it would have scratched a bit but not have a this chip taken out... Plastic around the glass seems as soft as it is to the touch..

tuffgong01 said:
Ordered a few cases today to try out a couple different vendors.
Unfortunately I didn't order them last week like i should have....
N5 felt about 15-18 inchs onto pavement as it slide of my leg. hitting the corner and landing face down. Landing face down
I thought it would have scratched a bit but not have a this chip taken out... Plastic around the glass seems as soft as it is to the touch..
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You're lucky you didn't end up like this drop test...

ouch, my case is on the way....gotta be more careful......the white n5 is sooooooo slipppery.....

why are you amazed over that? Hate to tell you this but that damage is pretty much what you would expect out of any phone. Just count your blessings that the screen was fine.

OP you are ridiculous. Drop a lg g2 like that or a s4 then you will see how they end up. This phone is very well built and that is the least that can happen to most recent smartphones nowadays. So save your whinning and better edit that title with all those !!!! Afterall it is not the phones fault that you dropped it.

I got a warning from a mod for putting my question thread on the wrong section (here instead of the QA).
But yet the OP doesn't get anything.
This thread is completely pointless. ...I mean "Don't drop it! " ...?? I think everyone who bought the phone knew that before they even paid for it.
And why are you shocked ? you dropped it on a pavement! ..it's not rocket science.
In fact , that's actually impressive , only a small damage...the phone is really tough for something that's not IPwhatever certified like the Xperias

tuffgong01 said:
Ordered a few cases today to try out a couple different vendors.
Unfortunately I didn't order them last week like i should have....
N5 felt about 15-18 inchs onto pavement as it slide of my leg. hitting the corner and landing face down. Landing face down
I thought it would have scratched a bit but not have a this chip taken out... Plastic around the glass seems as soft as it is to the touch..
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So if I understand you correctly..... If I drop the phone onto a hard surface, it may get damaged? Thanks for the heads up.
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I got a warning from a mod for putting my question thread on the wrong section (here instead of the QA).
But yet the OP doesn't get anything.
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Whine one one notified, whaaaaambulance on its way to you
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And yet another tread to make the search for actual issues that much less effective.
Thank You OP!

I'd say that's come out of it pretty well. The plastic band has taken the impact and not passed a lot of energy through to the glass, thus it stayed intact.
"don't drop it" indeed, as if anyone goes out of the house thinking, "you know what, I'll bounce my N5 like a basketball today"

Thanks for advice, i was thinking to drop my phone.

Honestly, not that bad. And easily covered up and hidden with a case. Consider yourself lucky.

So in other words, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the sky is blue, water is wet, fire is hot, etc etc....

I have to say this phone is well built or I am extremely lucky. I dropped mine from about 3 feet and it fell flat on its back. My heart fell to the floor with it but when I picked it up there was no damage at all. Absolutely no scratches, cracked screen, broken camera, or rattles. So far it seems as if everything is working as it should.:good:

well isnt it obvious that when u drop a phone u will end up scratching it or shattering the screen?

gantou said:
why are you amazed over that? Hate to tell you this but that damage is pretty much what you would expect out of any phone.
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Not really, most rivals do so much better.

BoneXDA said:
Not really, most rivals do so much better.
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Results from a similar drop with my S3... screen cracked. Never spread though and didn't cause any usage problems so I dealt with it for months

joshuaauger said:
I guess you've never owned a Nokia from the 90s.
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oh man. i remember throwing one directly to the ground when I was upset and it still worked after, haha. It didn't have a 5 inch screen on it either. in fact, the screen wasn't even on the outside.
The N5 looks less fragile than the N4, so we'll see.

tuffgong01 said:
Ordered a few cases today to try out a couple different vendors.
Unfortunately I didn't order them last week like i should have....
N5 felt about 15-18 inchs onto pavement as it slide of my leg. hitting the corner and landing face down. Landing face down
I thought it would have scratched a bit but not have a this chip taken out... Plastic around the glass seems as soft as it is to the touch..
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that's awesome.........

Things generally break, chip, crack when you drop them onto a hard surface specifically the concrete.

joshuaauger said:
I guess you've never owned a Nokia from the 90s.
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naw..i was too young to own a phone