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I dropped my MT4G while on the treadmill..

Let me tell you, it was a BRUTAL fall. Battery cover and battery flew off and the phone fell pretty hard and flew off the treadmill onto concrete. I was running on the treadmill at about 7mph.
Needless to say, the phone doesn't have a single scratch on it! Nothing! I thought for sure it would have dented or scratched but it didn't. No case either. That's HTC build quality for you! I guarantee any plastic phone would have dented and scratched like crazy.
I've had this baby since launch with no problems. This is the first android device that I've owned and I've been completely happy with. Most phones end up lacking something but this phone has EVERYTHING! There's no way you could complain about a missing feature.
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Whew. Good thing it didnt bust. I like your reviews lol
that is truly insane. Im coming from a motorola cliq, and this thing astounds me everytime i boot it up.
Oh,and since seeing is believing, could you post some pics?

i am a bit shocked that there wasn't even a scratch lol
seeing how i scratched mine in purse

Arcadia310 said:
Let me tell you, it was a BRUTAL fall. Battery cover and battery flew off and the phone fell pretty hard and flew off the treadmill onto concrete. I was running on the treadmill at about 7mph.
Needless to say, the phone doesn't have a single scratch on it! Nothing! I thought for sure it would have dented or scratched but it didn't. No case either. That's HTC build quality for you! I guarantee any plastic phone would have dented and scratched like crazy.
I've had this baby since launch with no problems. This is the first android device that I've owned and I've been completely happy with. Most phones end up lacking something but this phone has EVERYTHING! There's no way you could complain about a missing feature.
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And here I thought you might be trying to use this as an excuse to not workout anymore

I've dropped my MT4G from my car seat to my center console where the hand brake is (a distance of about 4 inches) and the cover came flying off. I find it a little odd, because I can't for the life of me get the cover off normally. I usually have to use a flat-head screwdriver to pry it off.
On another note, my old G1 could take abuse like no other. Dropped onto concrete numerous times, put through the washing machine while it was powered on. The thing just kept on working.

I know it sounds funny but most newer phones are actually designed to let the battery cover an battery come out of the device when dropped. Thats why it happens all the time. I think of it as possibly a way to help prevent further damage. If you think about it the battery is one of the heaviest parts of the phone and after ejected the phone becomes lighter so there is less chance of damage. It could even have a recoil effect where the energy that pushes the batter cover and battery out takes away from the energy of the device hitting the surface dropped on.
This is just my opinion.

I have to think that's right because every time I've dropped my MT4G the cover and battery explode off almost like magic, but it doesn't come off too easy in hand and has never accidentally come off OTHER THAN when it was dropped.

Yea it's supposed to fly off. You usually see the battery door flying off, spinning through the air. Imagine if all the energy that made the battery door go flying were instead sent to the phone's structure... would be a lot worse. Same reason cars have crumple zones =)

bobsbbq said:
I know it sounds funny but most newer phones are actually designed to let the battery cover an battery come out of the device when dropped. Thats why it happens all the time. I think of it as possibly a way to help prevent further damage. If you think about it the battery is one of the heaviest parts of the phone and after ejected the phone becomes lighter so there is less chance of damage. It could even have a recoil effect where the energy that pushes the batter cover and battery out takes away from the energy of the device hitting the surface dropped on.
This is just my opinion.
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No kidding lol, that's crazy. My battery door flew off so fast I thought for sure something was wrong.
Man I love this phone.
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carmeng4evr said:
i am a bit shocked that there wasn't even a scratch lol
seeing how i scratched mine in purse
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The purse is a dangerous place. I've seen some really strange things in there, no place for a $500 phone.
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I would wear mine around my neck before I would put it in my wife's purse. Gorilla body armor couldn't protect it in there.

I dropped mine 3 times, onto my wonderful dining room tile floor. The 3rd time was the kicker, it broke the screen. My G1 had been dropped a thousand times and came through like a champ. I love this phone, though I don't think it can take the kind of abuse that "2 young kids who fight over who gets to hand Dad the phone when it rings" can bring. I think it is time for me to get a decent case for it.

Arcadia310 said:
The purse is a dangerous place. I've seen some really strange things in there, no place for a $500 phone.
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Lol well my jeans are often too tight for it to go in my pocket
and i hate clips because there again...too tight
so the purse is the only place it can go
although sometimes i am just holding it in my hand

Anybody dipped their phone yet?

I have been being very careful with my NS and haven't dropped it yet. Wondering if anybody has scuffed their phone
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no, but if i did, i would really cry ;(

I'm so scared of dropping it or even scratching the screen
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Worst feeling is when you think your going to drop it and you juggle it

dropped mine twice last night at work. heart stopped both times as I had only had the phone a few hours. However my hearts still beating not a single scratch/scuff on the phone, no battery fell out, not back cover come off. So maybe these poorly built plastic phones are not too bad afternall
Oh and dropped from my office desk onto a carpet floor, in case anyone wanted to know.

Nope. I'm super clumsy so I try to make sure that I keep my phone away from any dangerous things, such as the edge of my desk...
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Dropped it once from about 2 feet into carpet by accident. My heart stopped but it was ok

dropped it from my ear, while on the phone. I am 6ft...
was outside in the driveway, luckily i am coordinated and was able to stall it on my foot (thanks to jr high hacky sack) no harm done...
ohh yea, my heart did stop

I dropped mine the other night. Was in my hip case and went to pick up my daughter, she kicked it off me. Small scuff on the back battery cover almost got the phone frame but nope.. close call.
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I dropped(more like pulled, my work chair got caught in the USB charging cable and it fell from my desk) my phone twice on launch day. No damage, no scratches, nada, nothing zippo. I was pleasantly surprised after reading all the QQ about the plastic casing.
Slim & Light > Fat and Heavy, imo!

A friend of mine dropped his from his desk, it got a few scratches but nothing too horrid. Butmy friend being a freak that he is went to bestbuy and complained that the scratches where on their when he received his phone so they exchanged his NS for a new one lol

3 drops here...all from table/desk height to the wood floor. All did face plants of the screen to the deck. Not a scratch.

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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Horror Stories

I know there are a lot of threads regarding dropped phones, bricked ones, soaked ones, scratched ones,etc. And I'm going to add another one... (feel free to close)
This thread is to talk about any accidents you've had with your phones, good and bad outcomes alike.
I rarely drop my phones but today I left my phone on the kitchen counter (like 4ft high) and I reached to get my phone and it fell face first onto my tile, bounced up, hit the corner, hit another corner, fell facedown again and slid two feet...
I had a cheapo rock tpu case and I'm glad to report that it probably saved my phone! not a scratch or dent anywhere!

Well...
A couple of weeks ago I accidentally stuck my keys in the same pocket as my phone. Luckily, the phone didn't get a single scratch from the incident. There is a long thread about it somewhere on this forum.
Today, however, when I went to clean my phone I noticed a really, really tiny scratch on the screen. I cleaned it yesterday too and it wasn't there. This means it came about for no good reason except that last night was Friday the 13th methinks. Anyway, the scratch is super tiny, and you can only see it when the phone is off and you use the screen as a mirror to see the sun or some other light source. I think a wet-application screen protector will get rid of it.
I haven't dropped it yet though! *knock on wood*

I was going to drive to Walmart and just i had to shut my car's door..my HOX accidentally slipped on my pant's pocket landing
exactly to the edge of the floor where the car's door would meet...and..I just **** pulled the door to closed..bam..bam..my beloved HOx
just got sandwich between the edges..luckily the door did not shut closed completely as my Hox was there to stoped it:crying:
well what do you know..may Hox survived ..but got a tiny bit of scratch only visible when you tilt the phone and turn the display off.

Painted my sis in laws house this weekend. Had my phone on the mantle of the fireplace where I was painting above. Rollers spray paint all over the place. . . phone has little speckles all over the screen. Not to mention I went too far down and hit my phone with the roller on the right side of the screen. . . can see 2/3 of the screen right now.
Luckily it is latex paint so hopefully I can just scrape it off without scratching the screen. . .

arnelolavides said:
I was going to drive to Walmart and just i had to shut my car's door..my HOX accidentally slipped on my pant's pocket landing
exactly to the edge of the floor where the car's door would meet...and..I just **** pulled the door to closed..bam..bam..my beloved HOx
just got sandwich between the edges..luckily the door did not shut closed completely as my Hox was there to stoped it:crying:
well what do you know..may Hox survived ..but got a tiny bit of scratch only visible when you tilt the phone and turn the display off.
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What... That's ridiculous! Did you have a case on it?
fadetoblack2104 said:
Painted my sis in laws house this weekend. Had my phone on the mantle of the fireplace where I was painting above. Rollers spray paint all over the place. . . phone has little speckles all over the screen. Not to mention I went too far down and hit my phone with the roller on the right side of the screen. . . can see 2/3 of the screen right now.
Luckily it is latex paint so hopefully I can just scrape it off without scratching the screen. . .
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I think you'll be fine since it's latex paint, hopefully.

I had bought my One X on May 10th and on the 14th I went swimming and forgot that it was in my pocket. I was...distracted by the scenery I went into panic mode when I started thinking if I had taken it out or not, and then I felt it in my pocket. Tried putting it in rice and all that, but it was submerged for to long. Luckily my warranty replacement hasn't had to many problems, and the problems I did have was fixed with CleanROM.
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Reamer09 said:
I had bought my One X on May 10th and on the 14th I went swimming and forgot that it was in my pocket. I was...distracted by the scenery I went into panic mode when I started thinking if I had taken it out or not, and then I felt it in my pocket. Tried putting it in rice and all that, but it was submerged for to long. Luckily my warranty replacement hasn't had to many problems, and the problems I did have was fixed with CleanROM.
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How'd you con them into warranty on a submerged phone?
Sent while in DEFCON Brown.

vioalas said:
What... That's ridiculous! Did you have a case on it?
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Yes i got seido active on it..but even with that case the screen is still open...so maybe i just got lucky
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Definitely luck. Wow.

bimmerd00d said:
How'd you con them into warranty on a submerged phone?
Sent while in DEFCON Brown.
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No conning was performed. I have the insurance on it. That was my mistake. I paid insurance, not warranty claim.
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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