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Captivate drowned in toilet

My Captivate fell off into the toilet for 2 seconds It was playing music and continued doing so after I took it out. I immediately took the battery out and dried it. I waited for the next day to try it again, just to make sure it dried completely. It seemed to work fine for a while, then I noticed I wasn't able to make calls all the time and it took the sim card some time to get recognized. (Sim card works fine on another phone)
The battery is dying faster, but that's not a big deal, I can replace it. Also I've noticed I can't boot the phone anymore without a battery.. I thought this was possible before. right?
Not sure what to do now. I'm using another backup phone for calls, and the captivate for everything else.

How did you dry it? Did you drop it in rice? I hear that's the best way.

You need to have the battery to boot the phone up...

I hear that if your phone does get wet what your suppose to do is put your phone in a bag of rice it is suppose to dry it out
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Rice it up. With battery. All moisture needs to go bye bye. Though its probably to late, you should have left it off until you were 100% sure it was dry. Doesn't hurt to keep trying.
Edit: To anyone that hasn't done this yet. Unless you make enough money to wipe you [email protected] with $100 bills, don't take a [email protected] with phone in your hands.

yeah ill only take a [email protected] with my phone because i "have alot in the way".
pee hell no.. butter fingers!

If there was pee in the toilet you might get corrosion issues soon... if it was just water than drying it out should be fine.

I dried it with some toilet paper, and then used some alcohol to clean it up. Luckily the toilet was clean (only water). I also used a hair dryer (which I later read was a bad idea because heat might damage it).
I didn't use rice, but I was almost pretty sure it dried the next day.
BTW, I was listening to music while taking a shower... it's just that the bathroom is small and I was carrying some other stuff. unlucky...
Now it's showing the At&t sign and a couple of signal bars but still not making calls. I'll try to flash a new ROM, just in case..

buy a replacement OEM battery off ebay or amazon for $20.
then send the phone back for warranty!
the water damage sticker is on the battery, dumb asses!!! (samsung not you)

ONLY WATER EH LOL SURE. jj hope it works out for you try the battery thing that would be awesome if they gave you a new one under your warranty
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sorry to hear it went swimming, I had phone go swimming it toilet once it didn't survive

Trusselo said:
buy a replacement OEM battery off ebay or amazon for $20.
then send the phone back for warranty!
the water damage sticker is on the battery, dumb asses!!! (samsung not you)
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offwiththeface said:
ONLY WATER EH LOL SURE. jj hope it works out for you try the battery thing that would be awesome if they gave you a new one under your warranty
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Yes I was thinking of doing exactly the same thing. The water damage label on the battery is red already so that need to be replaced but I see another one on the phone, which is still white.
BTW, I was able to make a call now! we'll see how it goes.
Honestly, I'm impressed by the build quality. The speakers still work great and the screen is perfect.

Trusselo said:
buy a replacement OEM battery off ebay or amazon for $20.
then send the phone back for warranty!
the water damage sticker is on the battery, dumb asses!!! (samsung not you)
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Actually there are two -- one on battery, and one on the phone itself beside the connectors.

EVERY time I take my phone in there I think it is going to happen to me because my bathroom is tiny and for some reason I have a habit of carrying my phone directly over the toilet haha. Sorry to hear that though, try the rice in a bag trick. That should soak up most of the moisture

l3lu said:
EVERY time I take my phone in there I think it is going to happen to me because my bathroom is tiny and for some reason I have a habit of carrying my phone directly over the toilet haha. Sorry to hear that though, try the rice in a bag trick. That should soak up most of the moisture
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Lol I think the same thing and start to panic a bit. Almost did it too one time...
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since you let it sit over night you may have a permanant problem. next time though use the rice trick, or better yet, dismantle it imediately! and dry it with a hair dryer, but watch the heat levels! the cappy has convertional phillips screws and is rugged and easy to disassemble without breaking anything. one reason i love it. i appreciate the design.

We've used the rice method a couple times,(teenagers) with perfect results. Too late now I think tho. We've done rice AND some desicant packs, make sure you throw out the rice!! Make sure the unit and battery is completely submerged in the rice, cover and leave it for a couple days. Good luck.

Rice works all the time saved 1 ipod put in to a washing machine. 1 iphone dropped in toilet thanks the wife. When you do the rice put it in a bag the longer you leave it in the better.
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try drying with rice or silica pellets. its a good way to remove moisture.

PearsonDKA said:
Lol I think the same thing and start to panic a bit. Almost did it too one time...
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Haha. I think it's about time we invest in a few pounds of rice . . . just in case

Cracked Screen. :(

Do not drop this phone even with a case and screen protector.
What happen was I knock it off my desk to the wood floor and it fell on its side not on the screen and this is the result of it. Phone still works but the digitizer and LCD are both cracked. *Sigh*
At least I have insurance even if I don't want to use it.
I have a picture but I cant post it since I'm new so copy and paste it
i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/LOCOLAPTOP/IMG_20110327_110125.jpg

LOCOLAPTOP said:
Do not drop this phone even with a case and screen protector.
What happen was I knock it off my desk to the wood floor and it fell on its side not on the screen and this is the result of it. Phone still works but the digitizer and LCD are both cracked. *Sigh*
At least I have insurance even if I don't want to use it.
I have a picture but I cant post it since I'm new.
Pic: i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/LOCOLAPTOP/IMG_20110327_110125.jpg
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I was worried about this happening because the screen was so big I have a bad habit of leaving my phone in my lap while driving forgetting its there and drop it when I get out of the car. Did it with my droid alot never broke anything hope yours just hit the floor in the wrong spot. Does HTC use gorilla glass? does anyone know?

zer071 said:
I was worried about this happening because the screen was so big I have a bad habit of leaving my phone in my lap while driving forgetting its there and drop it when I get out of the car. Did it with my droid alot never broke anything hope yours just hit the floor in the wrong spot. Does HTC use gorilla glass? does anyone know?
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It's not Gorilla Glass.

Try buffing it out.
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wow that hurts

LOCOLAPTOP said:
Do not drop this phone even with a case and screen protector.
What happen was I knock it off my desk to the wood floor and it fell on its side not on the screen and this is the result of it. Phone still works but the digitizer and LCD are both cracked. *Sigh*
At least I have insurance even if I don't want to use it.
I have a picture but I cant post it since I'm new so copy and paste it
i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/LOCOLAPTOP/IMG_20110327_110125.jpg
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That sucks, same thing happened to me about 2 weeks after I got the d2. I hate spending money on something, then having spend more money to get it replaced because I screwed up. I feel your pain.

man, that sucks
zer071 said:
I have a bad habit of leaving my phone in my lap while driving forgetting its there and drop it when I get out of the car
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I have seen so many people do this.

httr_ said:
man, that sucks
I have seen so many people do this.
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Just don't plug it in to charge then forget and get out. I've killed two chargers this way. That is why I buy the cheap retractable ones. A) cheap to replace, B) they just snap off, IE not doing much(if any) damage to the usb port of the phone.

zer071 said:
I was worried about this happening because the screen was so big I have a bad habit of leaving my phone in my lap while driving forgetting its there and drop it when I get out of the car. Did it with my droid alot never broke anything hope yours just hit the floor in the wrong spot. Does HTC use gorilla glass? does anyone know?
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Oh yah, done that!! In my truck nice 36 inch drop on pavement... My incredible survived it once.. Since then I make sure my phone is next to me.

It just sucks since I had to pay outright since I didn't want a contract.
Any word on when the otter box is coming out for this phone? I never had a case on my original droid but on this phone you need a good one.

LOCOLAPTOP said:
It just sucks since I had to pay outright since I didn't want a contract.
Any word on when the otter box is coming out for this phone? I never had a case on my original droid but on this phone you need a good one.
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Yea I feel like I need an Otterbox for this phone. For some reason it feels really fragile.

Sorry to hear about your loss. That happened to my nexus one the first week I got it.
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http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/LOCOLAPTOP/IMG_20110327_110125.jpg
That's sad
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Gorilla glass won't save u either. Trust me been there done that
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quattr0 said:
Gorilla glass won't save u either. Trust me been there done that
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True but its worst without it.

I must be extremely lucky. The other day I dropped my phone as I was getting in the car and the door shut right on it. I didn't slam the door very hard so it didn't latch or anythinf, but I still feared the worst. Luckily nothing was Damaged.
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sorry for the lost, live and learn.

Its so hit or miss man. Ive dropped my Incredible from 5' off a breakfast bar onto tile and nothing but then you hear of others dropping on wood floors at a foot and utter destruction. It just takes that one special spot.
Hell look at the Nexus one when it first released, they had the videos showing the "Genetically altered" Glass they were using with little what looked like erasers bending the glass a million times and some sort of tumbler throwing it around to show the durability and then a week after release they said "The Nexus one should not be placed in pockets due to the high risk of stress cracks" Ahh duhh???!!!

wow i feel your pain. same happned to me with the droid 1

Did that to my EVO the second week I had it after launch. Another $100 I had to put into that phone.
No insurance on my Thunderbolt...we'll see how that plays out.

Nearly had a heart attack

So here i am, getting my phone. IT's fairly hot...of noes another SOD. I'm walking, take it out of the case. Take off the battery cover....and it slips. Im around 5 11 , and was holding it at chest height when it fell. No joke, it was like time stopped. I saw it fall slowly, without any protection
It hit the ground...and the battery flew out (obviously). I was scared even though the screen didnt crack. because the flipping Camera hit the ground first since it popped out!
At first, it wouldn't read the battery, and showed a question mark. A quick battery remove and insert fixed that.
It works fine, but after that momment, im scared to drop. Can't bear to see my baby damaged
Just wanted to share a story.
BTW: how durable are these phones? If it was my old iphone,.......uhh wouldnt have been so good. The plastic hasnt even been dented
BTW arethese hings like bulletproof. It's

The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.

I remember when I dropped mine about 5 feet face down on asphalt/concrete whatever it was and I was so mad that I walked away. Didn't bother to even look if it was cracked because I thought it was done. I ended up picking it up and it was pefect. No scratches on the screen only on metal sidings.
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Core Memory said:
The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.
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Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone

Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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You are still on the G2x correct? I just checked mine, it has a small nick on the metal band. Nothing too bad though.

Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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Also, the phone should wear protection, put the phone in a transparent condom.

This is why my phone is encased in lucite.

i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html

burhanistan said:
This is why my phone is encased in lucite.
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Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.

Core Memory said:
Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Lol nice one.

Thanks for the link, I ordered one and ill make a review on it once it arrives
crazythunder said:
i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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crazythunder said:
i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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You might want to put that bulletproof briefcase in this:
http://www.ecscase.com/shipping/valise-cases/valise-supreme-38f-case
That way, you're ready for anything. Well, almost anything.

Ya why not just put it in a underground bomb bunker while your at it, this is getting retarded!
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Ive dropped mines several times.. Not from.that high though and mostly on carpet.. I'm usually very careful with my phone.the phone is still in very good condition..this is one of the most under rated phones imo. Ive never kept a phone as long as this.. I love look and performance
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And I hate cases and screen protectors.. They take so much away from the phone

I dropped mine out of my lap onto a gravel driveway while getting out of the car. Screen shattered into a spider web. Wasn't very far down. Glad I have insurance. I agree that this phone is underated.

Core Memory said:
Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Word
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I've heard peolpe dropped theirs 3 feet and it breaks. Personally I dropped mine off a 15 foot ladder at work and it landed on sharply corrugated metal flooring face first. Heart skipped a beat, I went and pick it up and nothing at all happened No scratches, nothing. But then again, Gorilla glass is made to not scratch from metal so drop it on concrete and I wouldn't be to sure.

Ive dropped mine a few times, and in my case, the corners are pretty easily dented, like soft plastic.

[Q] Phone swam, how long do I leave it in rice?

I accidentaly dropped my one x on a bucket full of water and it was in it for around 2 seconds (it took me that long to realize what had happened and snap out of shock). Luckily it had an aftermarket dual layer case that protects the usb port and headphone jack. I quickly pulled it out but noticed it was still on and touchscreen worked fine. I then proceeded to remove the case, dry it with my shirt, turn it off and burry it in a bag full of rice. Its been in it for about 7 hours now, and as I read around the internet all I found was ppl whose electronics (mostly ipods) had been underwater for waaaaay longer, so I dont have like an exact time to wait cuz I dont know how long I should leave it there. This is the first time ever I have dropped a phone (or any electronic besides headphones) on water so Im kinda unclear about things here, so any suggestion is appreciated! Thanks in advanced!

Unless u find moisture beneath the screen, no water has seeped through and you are good to go. U needen't have put it in water either..
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When I got mine wet (got caught in a storm when out running) I left it in the bag of rice on a radiator for 24 hours. It was perfect when it came out, but I was probably just being paranoid.

Well my main reason for putting it in rice was cause I was worried about the headphone jack, usb/charging port, mic and speakers. I know the last thing I should do is put it to charge after its been drowned in water and my battery was low so I said what the hell n put it in the rice. So by now would it be dry enough to put it to charge and test mic, speakers and headphone jack? Or should I leave it a bit longer? Btw thanks for ur quick replies!

I'd leave it overnight.
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It can't hurt o leave it longer, it CAN hurt to take it out too soon, so.... I'd certainly err on the side of caution....

Rusty! said:
When I got mine wet (got caught in a storm when out running) I left it in the bag of rice on a radiator for 24 hours. It was perfect when it came out, but I was probably just being paranoid.
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This is what I've heard. 24 hours. Better safe than sorry.

thanks for all the replies everyone! the phone fell in the water around 9pm so im gonna give it till 12 midnight today just to be safe, 27 hours should be enough lol... hopefully everything is still working fine!!

Luisit0 said:
thanks for all the replies everyone! the phone fell in the water around 9pm so im gonna give it till 12 midnight today just to be safe, 27 hours should be enough lol... hopefully everything is still working fine!!
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Good luck, your case probably saved you a replacement!

absolutelygrim said:
Good luck, your case probably saved you a replacement!
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if it did im never taking it off again!! who wouldve thought an $8 dollar dual layer case would save my phone from drowning to death :highfive:

Update us on its health
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Update us on its health
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hell i thought i had posted its alive!!!! the first few hours the housing made some wierd sounds whenever i held it tight and let it go and the power button had to be pressed on the edges cause on the middle it didnt work, so it was kinda hard to press.. but today it seemed to fix itself as its not making anymore sounds and the power button is completely functional! i wanna thank everyone for replying and caring about my phone's water lessons gone wrong xD and yeeeyaaah i get to enjoy jb for a bit longer

Luisit0 said:
hell i thought i had posted its alive!!!! the first few hours the housing made some wierd sounds whenever i held it tight and let it go and the power button had to be pressed on the edges cause on the middle it didnt work, so it was kinda hard to press.. but today it seemed to fix itself as its not making anymore sounds and the power button is completely functional! i wanna thank everyone for replying and caring about my phone's water lessons gone wrong xD and yeeeyaaah i get to enjoy jb for a bit longer
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Cheers! I watched a torture test for the one x, and it seemed to hold up pretty well in water. Apparently, that holds true! My gfs iPhone 4s took a swim and drowned. She said the phone hit the water and the screen turned off immediately, never to turn back on.
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nespid said:
Cheers! I watched a torture test for the one x, and it seemed to hold up pretty well in water. Apparently, that holds true! My gfs iPhone 4s took a swim and drowned. She said the phone hit the water and the screen turned off immediately, never to turn back on.
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damn, they seemed to fix that with the 5 though, a friend's iphone 5 fell on his fish tank for about 15 seconds (he said) and he didnt put it in rice or anything and it was working fine when i used it but as for my one x, im gonna keep it in the case just in case xD but i can sure confirm its resistant to water after the incident!

Yeah, if you watch, Always On with Molly Wood water torture test for the iPhone 4s or iPhone 5, they looked water proof enough to take pictures while scuba diving. However, back here in reality.....
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nespid said:
Cheers! I watched a torture test for the one x, and it seemed to hold up pretty well in water. Apparently, that holds true! My gfs iPhone 4s took a swim and drowned. She said the phone hit the water and the screen turned off immediately, never to turn back on.
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My HTC Aria took a tumble in a front loading washer for 45 minutes once. When I pulled it out the screen was still on. Granted, it died 5 minutes later...
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My HTC Aria took a tumble in a front loading washer for 45 minutes once. When I pulled it out the screen was still on. Granted, it died 5 minutes later...
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Hahahahahhaahah figures. A.friend did the same thing with iPhone 3. The screen continued to work, but the buttons didn't.
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I know its a moot point, and the OP is already using the phone again, but just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents for the benefit (or not) of others:
There doesn't seem to be a silver bullet to how long to dry the device, whether it will still work, etc. It all seems to be luck of the draw.
The fact the phone was only submerged a couple seconds likely is a big factor. Even though nearly all phones are not designed to be waterproof, they are closed up fairly tight. So it takes some time for water to penetrate the casing, and the more water that gets in, the more likely it will get in some area where it will cause a short. So the less time under water, the better.
If it were me, I'd leave the phone in rice for a couple days (I always have at least one older backup device for situations like this, or otherwise breaking or losing a phone). Particularly for devices that are difficult to open up, its going to take a long time for moisture to evaporate and be absorbed by the rice. Small amounts of water will evaporate pretty easily in a couple hours, if fully exposed to the air. But enclosed inside a plastic casing . . . not so much. Even surrounded by rice and with some mild heat, I'd still put the dry time in days, not hours.
And in the end, its really just a crap shoot on whether the device will even work or not (or work partially). My wife dropped her iPhone 5 in the toilet for just a second or 2, some time before Christmas. She did power it off, but did not put it in rice (was at work, and didn't really have access). She made an appointment with the Genius Bar at the local Apple store. They took the phone apart (didn't even know they did that there) and cleaned it up best they could. They told my wife there was no rhyme or reason on whether it will work, or for how long. But my wife powered the phone on that same day, and has been using it ever since, and it seems perfectly ok.

Has your glass shattered yet?

I just purchased 2 of these during black friday and the back of my wife's phone just shattered in her hand. Mind you she has a case on it. It's 28 degrees F here today, and she went outside during her break and sent me a text saying the phone just shattered in her hand. The phone has never been dropped. Mine is still fine so far and I'm praying it doesn't happen to me lol. Has anyone experienced this yet?

the heat made the glass expand probs RIP

I got that into moto G. I was into my vehicle and the AC was on the phone holder was fixed above the AC vent , so the cool air was hitting the device back . in my country ( Qatar ) we have a very hot days and that days was 45C . so when I went out of my vehicle it cracked right away ! . always if u have this situation u need to just open the door open and make the air come's into ur vehicle then u can get ur phone out . GD Luck !.

You would of thought Wuawei would of conducted extreme temperature testing specifically after using a new technique and materials for the manufacturing of the rear cover.
Thanks for the heads up l have to be extremely careful now when lm in hot countries..
PS: I would contact Vmall/Huawei/Honor as this is a manufacturing flaw and they need to address this as your using your device in a normal manner.

Got another one on the way, hopefully we won't run into this issue with the new one. I've been super nervous about this. I really hope the the glass used on that phone was defective. Here's a pic. Notice it looks as if it starts where the flash is.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-OvCAC1jreiRkhfOFRvWmVxOGs

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Got another one on the way, hopefully we won't run into this issue with the new one. I've been super nervous about this. I really hope the the glass used on that phone was defective. Here's a pic. Notice it looks as if it starts where the flash is.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-OvCAC1jreiRkhfOFRvWmVxOGs
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I'm sorry but I don't buy self exploding glass stories I read on forums.. The picture shown clearly shows the point of impact at the very top of the camera flash.. i'm not sure what kind of case she had but it probably was not strong enough to absorb the impact
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shook187 said:
I'm sorry but I don't buy self exploding glass stories I read on forums.. The picture shown clearly shows the point of impact at the very top of the camera flash.. i'm not sure what kind of case she had but it probably was not strong enough to absorb the impact
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Did you not read the op? Impact from what? The phone was never dropped or hit by anything. I don't do a lot of posting, but when I do, it's not to come post lies, or exaggerations, especially on a forum dedicated to mobile devices. On top of that, the case that's on the phone adds about 2cm to the back, but that's beside the point, simply due to the phone not even being in a situation that required the case or phone to take any impact what so ever.

BonezMontana said:
Did you not read the op? Impact from what? The phone was never dropped or hit by anything. I don't do a lot of posting, but when I do, it's not to come post lies, or exaggerations, especially on a forum dedicated to mobile devices. On top of that, the case that's on the phone adds about 2cm to the back, but that's beside the point, simply due to the phone not even being in a situation that required the case or phone to take any impact what so ever.
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I'm not calling you a liar and I did read the OP... with that said a phone doesn't have to be dropped... damage could occur right from someone's pockets, pocketbook or purse.
And in this case it was your wife I'm not sure where she stores or carries her phone, if she's like my wife or a typical woman its probably in her purse. Could have dropped her purse, someone could've sat on her purse who knows.. Close a car door on her purse?
But I'm sorry I stated again phones don't just crack on their own.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage. It's a wiki but references cited.
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damn didnt expect it to be that bad, wont it happen again tho when she walks out into the heat?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage. It's a wiki but references cited.
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If you look up images of spontaneous glass breakage none of the images look like the OP phone which you can clearly see a point of impact.
I'm sure It probably could've happened but so is getting hit by lightning
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shook187 said:
I'm not calling you a liar and I did read the OP... with that said a phone doesn't have to be dropped... damage could occur right from someone's pockets, pocketbook or purse.
And in this case it was your wife I'm not sure where she stores or carries her phone, if she's like my wife or a typical woman its probably in her purse. Could have dropped her purse, someone could've sat on her purse who knows.. Close a car door on her purse?
But I'm sorry I stated again phones don't just crack on their own.
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The phone was in her hand when it cracked. She was taking pictures of herself, using the rear camera (which she obviously noticed that it wasn't broke at the time), sent me a pic, then she took another and this time noticed that it was shattered. Phone never left her hand as she was outside vaping. So I don't see what could have impacted the phone other than cold weather. It's very possible that the glass could have been defective, or it was forcibly assembled, in which would have caused pressure in the flash area due to it having a slight bevel around it. I just don't see how this is "impossible" when people buy defective items everyday. I posted to see if any other user has experienced this, not to argue or defend myself about how it happened. If you don't believe that things like this can happen, then why did you feel that you had to post your opinion?

My wife's iPhone cracked on its own.. we woke up in the morning and there was one straight crack just above the middle from each side of the bezels. We called Apple and they just needed pictures of the crack and they approved the free repair. So these random cracks do happen.

In any case, the phone came out in, I think, August? I haven't seen or heard of any similar reports of this happening, so unless lots of people's phones start shattering spontaneously from temperature shifts due to colder weather it's probably just a random crappy thing that can happen happening. I won the dead on arrival Core i5 4690K lotto when I built a friend's roommate a PC two or three years ago. **** happens sometimes.

BonezMontana said:
The phone was in her hand when it cracked. She was taking pictures of herself, using the rear camera (which she obviously noticed that it wasn't broke at the time), sent me a pic, then she took another and this time noticed that it was shattered. Phone never left her hand as she was outside vaping. So I don't see what could have impacted the phone other than cold weather. It's very possible that the glass could have been defective, or it was forcibly assembled, in which would have caused pressure in the flash area due to it having a slight bevel around it. I just don't see how this is "impossible" when people buy defective items everyday. I posted to see if any other user has experienced this, not to argue or defend myself about how it happened. If you don't believe that things like this can happen, then why did you feel that you had to post your opinion?
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already said than random cracks happened due to weather changing with the phone .
First ( Changing The Place Hot to cold or opposite )
Second ( Charging The phone while battery id very low will make device very hot and it the glass touch any cold material might crack .
Third : using the phone for long time while playing games will make the device hot from the back and if it touch a cold materiel might crack Also ! .
and there is many reasons to having a crack,

jkccl9 said:
the heat made the glass expand probs RIP
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when did that happen

xdanewbiedude said:
when did that happen
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read my posts !

xdanewbiedude said:
when did that happen
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Not to me

Sudden changes in temperature can really damage a device. But I didn't thought that Gorilla Glass will break that way.

gopinaidu77 said:
But I didn't thought that Gorilla Glass will break that way.
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that should be confirmed by Huawei !