Ok sit back and grab a beer folks. I have a story to tell. So ever since I got a newer phone a few months back I've been using my 4g as an MP3 player. For that it is truly one of the best phones around. It sounds way better than that newer phone I have. Add some Raver magic, some voodoo, some jetAudio, and a great pair of earbuds and you have just setup the perfect audiophile device. If I told you I listen to music a lot it would be an understatement. I listen to music most of my waking hours. With my old Ipod I was lucky to get 12 hours of tunage before it needed a recharge. With my current setup I can listen to tunes for damn near 24 hours before the battery needs some love. Now I can already see a lot of you are thinking "Who gives a crap!" Well this background will help better understand the events that occurred today.
This morning I headed out of the house to do some climbing. I always climb with one earbud in and my 4g in my back right pocket. I've done this literally thousands of times and never had an issue. Well today that all changed. As I got about 80 feet up a little Slayer came on. Sweet. The timing was perfect. I was about to do the hardest section of the climb and "Dead Skin Mask" was just the psyche I needed. I launched into the crux and at about 90 feet realized I didn't have it. Crap. I'm about to take a fall. I make one last ditch effort to find the right hold but it's too late. I'm too tired and the holds are just too small. So a falling I go. Something else that I've done quite a lot of. After about ten feet every thing pulls tight. Just as that's happening I notice my music isn't playing and my back pocket feels a little lighter. I look down just in time to see the reliable 4g slam into the ground. **** that's not good I thought. But I'm hanging 80 feet up in the air so I'll deal with it later. After a brief rest I send the rest of the climb and clip the anchors to be lowered. As I walk over to the patch of dirt the 4g hit I'm already saying goodbye to a trusted friend in my mind. Picking it up I realize the glass is still intact. What? How is that possible? The case is split open about half an inch. I snap it back together and it stays. Crazy! This phone should be in at least ten pieces. The ground it hit is pretty hard. I press the power button my home screen greets me. NO F'ING WAY!! It lived. After a few minutes of playing with it I verify that it is indeed fully functional. So 80+ feet of free fall and a working phone. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?? I think it might be a record.
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Ok sit back and grab a beer folks. I have a story to tell. So ever since I got a newer phone a few months back I've been using my 4g as an MP3 player. For that it is truly one of the best phones around. It sounds way better than that newer phone I have. Add some Raver magic, some voodoo, some jetAudio, and a great pair of earbuds and you have just setup the perfect audiophile device. If I told you I listen to music a lot it would be an understatement. I listen to music most of my waking hours. With my old Ipod I was lucky to get 12 hours of tunage before it needed a recharge. With my current setup I can listen to tunes for damn near 24 hours before the battery needs some love. Now I can already see a lot of you are thinking "Who gives a crap!" Well this background will help better understand the events that occurred today.
This morning I headed out of the house to do some climbing. I always climb with one earbud in and my 4g in my back right pocket. I've done this literally thousands of times and never had an issue. Well today that all changed. As I got about 80 feet up a little Slayer came on. Sweet. The timing was perfect. I was about to do the hardest section of the climb and "Dead Skin Mask" was just the psyche I needed. I launched into the crux and at about 90 feet realized I didn't have it. Crap. I'm about to take a fall. I make one last ditch effort to find the right hold but it's too late. I'm too tired and the holds are just too small. So a falling I go. Something else that I've done quite a lot of. After about ten feet every thing pulls tight. Just as that's happening I notice my music isn't playing and my back pocket feels a little lighter. I look down just in time to see the reliable 4g slam into the ground. **** that's not good I thought. But I'm hanging 80 feet up in the air so I'll deal with it later. After a brief rest I send the rest of the climb and clip the anchors to be lowered. As I walk over to the patch of dirt the 4g hit I'm already saying goodbye to a trusted friend in my mind. Picking it up I realize the glass is still intact. What? How is that possible? The case is split open about half an inch. I snap it back together and it stays. Crazy! This phone should be in at least ten pieces. The ground it hit is pretty hard. I press the power button my home screen greets me. NO F'ING WAY!! It lived. After a few minutes of playing with it I verify that it is indeed fully functional. So 80+ feet of free fall and a working phone. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?? I think it might be a record.
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Yep, it think you beat the record lol. I remember the first day I had the phone, one of my Asian friends kicked it out of my hand about 10 feet into the air, and at the time I didn't have a case. It was the longest second of my life man, it bounced twice and landed face down on gravel. I picked it up and it only had a scuff on the top left corner of the chrome thing. I think I shat myself lmao
Yeah. No case for this guy either. Just the phone and some free fall. I wonder what terminal velocity is for this phone?
Nice story, the original sgs is great at taking abuse, its plastic is good for absorbing the shock from falls, and its chrome coating along the screen has helped prevent the screen from shattering many times for me
Never had a case on mine either, once I dropped it on my gravel driveway and it definitely hit face down...... still nothing, not a scratch on the screen, I enjoyed the story thanks for the share
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Wow. Glad the phone is OK. I just hope this doesn't happen to me, because with my luck...
Beats mine.. 40 mph bounce on pavement while riding motorcycle. I looked down after feeling tug on earbuds. Phone had slipped off seat while hugging a turn. Watched it bounced on pavement. Headphones stayed plugged in and I was able to safely pull back phone, but battery cover/battery stayed down. Phone has small scratches on bezel, but no damage. I did a U-turn, just in time to watch gramma run over cover (missed battery, thank God). I mumble that she must have aimed at it. But, still, went to pick it up. It wasn't all bustedup. It still works! 1 small crack by head phone Jack, but I was able to put phone back together, restart Metallica channel on Pandora and scoot down road...
Bullet proof.. and Yeap, I believe, your 80 ft drop cause I watched a 40 mph skip.
Great story, glad you didn't hurt yourself. The flip side is that these phones, like any, can crack with minimal fall height if they hit the ground "just right". I cracked the screen on mine with a less than 3 foot fall off my lap onto a tile floor. Definitely recommend a case.
Couldn't agree more about the audio quality on these phones. The Wolfson DAC's with Voodoo Sound are sick....main reason I still have the phone.
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Great story, glad you didn't hurt yourself. The flip side is that these phones, like any, can crack with minimal fall height if they hit the ground "just right". I cracked the screen on mine with a less than 3 foot fall off my lap onto a tile floor. Definitely recommend a case.
Couldn't agree more about the audio quality on these phones. The Wolfson DAC's with Voodoo Sound are sick....main reason I still have the phone.
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Thanks but climbing is actually pretty safe. lol And yeah my other phone fell out of my front pocket, landed on pavement and cracked the glass. Judging by all the scratches on the case it looks like the 4g hit on it's right side. Still amazed it lived though.
Not as cool, but first week I got this phone, I was listening to music while in the car when my friend slammed the brakes on us and from the back seat my phone flew out of my hand and smashed into the back mirror and broke it off. My phone didn't have a case at the time so I was kind of surprised that one, it could even do that, and two, that it was still running. Made our day.
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You wouldn't believe how many phones I've broken in the past I'm also a climber except I do it for a living(tree climber) i stopped carrying my stuff up with me but reading this story i might just start taking my sgs with me more often I have dropped it quit a few times on cement floor face down never a scratch tough little phone I also have an hd 2 an believe it or not that is pretty tough sucker to but I'm sure it's not as tough as the sgs I would never take up its so heavy a fall like yours would probably destroy it completely cool story man
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You wouldn't believe how many phones I've broken in the past I'm also a climber except I do it for a living(tree climber) i stopped carrying my stuff up with me but reading this story i might just start taking my sgs with me more often I have dropped it quit a few times on cement floor face down never a scratch tough little phone I also have an hd 2 an believe it or not that is pretty tough sucker to but I'm sure it's not as tough as the sgs I would never take up its so heavy a fall like yours would probably destroy it completely cool story man
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I think I found a way to not drop it again. I found an old carrying bag that's a little bigger than the phone. It has a draw string enclosure. I pulled the old shoelace draw string out and replaced it with 4mm purlon that's about a foot longer than needed. Phone goes in pouch. Pouch gets pulled tight and tied off with a square knot. The pouch goes in back pocket. Extra cord goes around harness and gets clipped off with a carabiner. Know way I can see for the phone to take another fall. Maybe I'll start marketing it soon. LLOL
hechoen,
Great story! Looking around, it's good to know I'm not the only one that abuses his devices. I'm a little more on the "less mistake" side of device abuse though
When I've totally given up on a phone, I use it as a tool or give it the classic "Touch Down Dance". Next time I do this, I'll record it, so you know when I've had it.
I gave my blackberry pearl the TDD just before I got my htc dream. Then it got ran over by the S.L.U.T.
I got really mad at the dream one time and used it to shut a door from across the room. Never did any damage to it at all. Not even a scratch.
Now I have the SGS4G, AT&T Note, and still use my dream as a media player. I've tried REALLY hard to not just TDD the sgs4g. I think about all the time I've invested on this thing. Literally blood, sweat, and tears. If I were climbing and listening to music, I might option to use my dream as to not risk the sgs4g... but you and I both know that a time will come when all has been done with the SGS4G, and it will have to go back to it's creator... I will definitely share that experience with you guys. Some day.
@Bhundven
But... but... The HTC Dream doesn't have a headphone jack!
Terminal velocity is about 95 mph if it falls thin edge down but since it would tumble it would be more like 60 mph or so
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I think I found a way to not drop it again. I found an old carrying bag that's a little bigger than the phone. It has a draw string enclosure. I pulled the old shoelace draw string out and replaced it with 4mm purlon that's about a foot longer than needed. Phone goes in pouch. Pouch gets pulled tight and tied off with a square knot. The pouch goes in back pocket. Extra cord goes around harness and gets clipped off with a carabiner. Know way I can see for the phone to take another fall. Maybe I'll start marketing it soon. LLOL
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The problem with it going in the pocket is that I have to sit in a saddle what I need is a good secure case that can be attached somewhere on the back side of my saddle away from my tools i just haven't found anything that suits as of yet...good idea though
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Terminal velocity is about 95 mph if it falls thin edge down but since it would tumble it would be more like 60 mph or so
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Yea but heavier it is the harder the fall...that's probably what saved it, is the fact that its so lite an a lotta luck its not the fall that hurts but sudden stop he he.
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Oh definitely i also worked the equation a few other ways its possible terminal velocity is really only 26 miles per hour and at 80 feet probably didnt reach that
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Oh definitely i also worked the equation a few other ways its possible terminal velocity is really only 26 miles per hour and at 80 feet probably didnt reach that
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What are you using for Drag Coefficient in you calculations? I'm assuming the from impact marks that the phone fell long side facing down and it landed on edge. From that I calculate the the cross sectional area to be 1.879 square inches. Mass is 4.16 ounces. Air density at 4000ft on a 75 degree day is 1.4kg/m3. DC for a human is 1. So using 1 which I think is super high we get 121 FPS. If we bring the DC down to .3 which is the DC for a car and a bullet we get 221 FPS or 150 MPH. This is all assuming I straight fall in that orientation. From looking down at the phone before impact it appeared to be falling without any wobbling or flipping. I tested this by dropping the phone from 8 feet up onto my couch and in that distance it remains stable in free fall. So it fell from about 90 feet up. At 32feet per second squared it would have been in freefall for almost 2 seconds and reached a speed of nearly 64FPS or 43MPH. Someone wanna check these to make sure I'd love to have it verified or not.
Now do it using the metric system. Slugs and foot pounds make me sad
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@Bhundven
But... but... The HTC Dream doesn't have a headphone jack!
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Yea, you have to connect that silly usb->3.5" jack cable.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Lol nice one.
Thanks for the link, I ordered one and ill make a review on it once it arrives
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Damn thing fell from my pocket, landed on its side and broke the LCD. The glass screen is fine, and everything works, boots up okay, just the LCD. Usually I keep my phone in an otter box. The otter box protected the s3 when it slid off the seat and flew out of my jeep on the freeway and bounced across the concrete at 55mph. I didn't think about putting it back in its case when I went down to clean the shop with the misses and the damn thing met its maker from 4' off the concrete.
Insurance is sending another one and I'm out $100 but the worst part is I have to use my wife's old Samsung fascinate like some kind of ****ing Neanderthal. Ugh...
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Nooooooo! Another one bites the dust.
That first story is crazy lol. I can imagine a phone surviving a fall like that , but how the heck do you find the phone after falling on the freeway?
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That first story is crazy lol. I can imagine a phone surviving a fall like that , but how the heck do you find the phone after falling on the freeway?
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Not using Apple Maps would be step 1
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its a bad story for your device
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That first story is crazy lol. I can imagine a phone surviving a fall like that , but how the heck do you find the phone after falling on the freeway?
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It was still in the middle of the road.
No top, no doors on the heep. Sweeping left hand turn. Thing was sitting on the passenger seat, plugged in to the stereo. I went around the turn, saw it start to slip, reached down to grab it, ended up grabbing the cord and the cord popped out. Out the side she went!
I watched in horror in the rear view mirror the tumbles, flips, etc that the phone took. It was in the otterbox, in its holster as well when it hit the pavement. In the mirror, I watched it come apart in pieces. My heart sunk... That was it I thought.
I pulled off the road, and walked back. It was ~6am on a Saturday, I was on my way out to the bush to go hunt. The first piece was the clip to the holster... Then the holster... Then the phone itself lying face down. Ughhh
The rubber cover was peeled back from the phone. The hard plastic holster was mangled from hitting the pavement so many times. The rubber outside of the otterbox was pretty well scraped up too. I had to use my thumbnail to remove chunks of rocks from the rubber.
I could imagine the phone surviving that and didn't want to hit the button to unlock it. I walked all the way back to the heep before deciding to try it. I hit the home button and sure as ****, screen came on. Everything worked! There was absolutely nothing wrong with it. Honestly, I was shocked. I just watched this thing tumble, flip, roll, bounce over and over again, and it still works?
I went about my day, came home, told the story to my better half. She was shocked. We weren't sure about spending the money on the otterbox in the first place. The next day, I called otterbox and told them the story, just like I'm telling you. I also sent them an email with the pictures of the mangled holster, the scrapes on the soft rubber shell and the scratch in the screen cover. You know what she told me?
"Your otterbox is under warranty. I'd like to send you a new one. Would you like a different color this time?"
You've got to be ****ing kidding me.
They shipped me out a brand new, white otterbox to replace my scratched fell out the door of the heep on the freeway at 55mph cause I'm a moron black case. I didn't know anyone did business like that anymore.
So here I have two otter boxes. One mangled, but still functional. One brand new in their glacier color. The old mangled black one gets used for hunting and fishing, down in the shop when I'm working. The white one gets used when we go to town or anytime the phone won't be in harms way.
I'd been having a charging problem lately. ****in thing won't charge for ****. On a fresh battery pull, it'll charge no problem but any time on the battery and you plug it in, it's super slow. There's no wake lock or anything keeping the CPUs high according to bbs so I'm not sure what the issue is. I had just pulled the battery when the misses and I decided to go down and clean the shop.
First thing I pick up. Pulls down the front pocket of my jacket where the phone is sitting and.. You know the rest.
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Sorry to hear that. Mine never comes out the otterbox. ...ever... best money I have ever spent
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Which Otterbox did you have? Sounds like the defender since you mentioned the clip, but I'm just curious as I have the commuter. I haven't anything to really test out its capabilities yet.
Thanks for sharing that rather unique story.
Perhaps you might consider some sort of automobile mount for the phone, since you mentioned driving a car with no doors? No sense tempting fate again, I figure.
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Brian Gove said:
Which Otterbox did you have? Sounds like the defender since you mentioned the clip, but I'm just curious as I have the commuter. I haven't anything to really test out its capabilities yet.
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It is the defender. Makes it bulky as **** but protects well.
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Thanks for sharing that rather unique story.
Perhaps you might consider some sort of automobile mount for the phone, since you mentioned driving a car with no doors? No sense tempting fate again, I figure.
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Yeah, you're right. I should.
Know of any that fit the otter box defender? Lol
I'm never taking my phone out of it again.
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I tripped coming up my front steps and my S3 flew out of the breast pocket of my shirt. Corner of the phone hit my concrete stoop and it did a flip or two before ending up face down.
It bent the corner of the metal case a little and it has a few scrapes but otherwise it's fine. Nothing but an Invisible Shield on the screen. And that's all it'll ever have on it. Can't stand the bulk of cases like that.
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I tripped coming up my front steps and my S3 flew out of the breast pocket of my shirt. Corner of the phone hit my concrete stoop and it did a flip or two before ending up face down.
It bent the corner of the metal case a little and it has a few scrapes but otherwise it's fine. Nothing but an Invisible Shield on the screen. And that's all it'll ever have on it. Can't stand the bulk of cases like that.
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The commuter isn't bulky at all...
Lucky you. I just got my refurb today but $150. Sprint though.
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You don't need a vehicle mount when cup holders work just fine
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Know of any that fit the otter box defender? Lol
I'm never taking my phone out of it again.
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I read some comments that an Arkon mobile mount for the Galaxy Note can accommodate a Galaxy S III in the Defender case. The nice iBolt mount can only handle a GS3 with the Commuter case.
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ricecake2000 said:
You don't need a vehicle mount when cup holders work just fine
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^ this
Usually that's where I have it.
It was totally a bonehead moron ****ing move for me to leave it on the seat thinking it would stay there.. seriously. I still don't know wtf I was thinking.
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I read some comments that an Arkon mobile mount for the Galaxy Note can accommodate a Galaxy S III in the Defender case. The nice iBolt mount can only handle a GS3 with the Commuter case.
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Thanks, I'll look into them.
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Insurance is sending another one and I'm out $100 but the worst part is I have to use my wife's old Samsung fascinate like some kind of ****ing Neanderthal. Ugh...
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LOL... Neanderthal.. that gave me a good laugh.
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!!
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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!
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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
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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
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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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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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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.
It survives drops on to its back and bottom edge. Being dropped on its face does it in. Even after that though the AMOLED panels works. That's good because the SGS4 was have strange issues with the AMOLED cracking but not the GG3 panel it was bonded to. For the N3 it seems the AMOLED panel's a bit tougher.
I always hate too see the phone I really like get abused like that lol, but so worth it!
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Too bad it's made of plastic. If this was made of premium materials it would have torn up the concrete right through to China.
Broke an early released ATT phone, blasphemy!
I hate these droptests like hell. What a waste of materials and rare earths. THIS is decadence on its highest level.
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Well, it has to be done. Even upper class cars like a Hummer, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes S or SLK and BMW 5, 6 and 7 are being destroyed in crash tests multiple times... That's a waste, too. But it's for security reasons. And phones are somewhat cheaper.
btw. I had to find out the exact same results on my N2 by myself. I accidentally dropped it many many times and it survived every single time. But last week it fell out of my pocket (3ft. / 90cm) right onto its face, and guess what, Spider Man was there. Just like in the video. Still working, but now I have this webby foreground as well.
So long, thanks for the video!
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If that massive screen would have held up.............. I would have shat myself!!!!
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......
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Well, it has to be done. Even upper class cars like a Hummer, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes S or SLK and BMW 5, 6 and 7 are being destroyed in crash tests multiple times... That's a waste, too. But it's for security reasons. And phones are somewhat cheaper.
btw. I had to find out the exact same results on my N2 by myself. I accidentally dropped it many many times and it survived every single time. But last week it fell out of my pocket (3ft. / 90cm) right onto its face, and guess what, Spider Man was there. Just like in the video. Still working, but now I have this webby foreground as well.
So long, thanks for the video!
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That's a godawful comparison. "Drop tests" are completely retarded. They're poorly conducted, unscientific, and thus unreliable as a metric for... well... anything. Car crash tests are well conducted, and reliable. Very rarely do people give a damn about how a phone will hold up to a drop before they buy it. They just buy the phone they want. This isn't necessarily true with cars. People with families are very interested in crash tests. If someone drops a phone then they take the consequences as it happens. In the little time between the drop and it hitting the floor no one is going to take solace in a drop test, and the people who really do care about this type of thing use cases which makes the test all that much more useless. Additionally cars are much more sturdy, and take much less punishment to the actual chassis over their lifetime. Over the course of their lifetime phones have many minor "car accidents." Throw it on the bed, bump into someone in a subway, fumble it, but not quite drop it etc. Cars don't take that proportional level of punishment over their lifetime, so when a phone first "drops" they'll be significantly weaker than it would be coming out of the box.
tl;dr. Anyone who puts any stock into a phone drop test whatsoever should seriously examine what they believe to be their actual level of intelligence.
Drop tests can actually be.very interesting. But only of its testing a phone that was actually.built with durability as a selling point,
Take the Sony Xperia z for instance. The Sony rep was in our store today and threw his phone on the hardwood floor 3 times on purpose. From about 5 feet high. Not a drop... a toss/throw. And not a scratch on the phone..
I am sure 99.999% users will keep the phone well and won't play "daredevil".
Get a decent case (hybrid is preferred because my Note 2 was saved twice from breaking with these hybrid cases).
If you think drop test is not enough? Check out "dovetasatic" on youtube. Ken can do much further from microwaving to using other ways you never expect.
What's the point of random people on YouTube performing this test?
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Drop tests can actually be.very interesting. But only of its testing a phone that was actually.built with durability as a selling point,
Take the Sony Xperia z for instance. The Sony rep was in our store today and threw his phone on the hardwood floor 3 times on purpose. From about 5 feet high. Not a drop... a toss/throw. And not a scratch on the phone..
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No. Dropping something is a dumb test no matter how you attempt to look at it. Objects rotate when dropped, and thus hit semi randomly. This goes even moreso for throwing things. Drop tests don't mean a damn thing.
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Too bad it's made of plastic. If this was made of premium materials it would have torn up the concrete right through to China.
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Clearly you fail at physics there. Plastic is light and flexible, so it's protects better by absorbing the energy on impact and hard to deform.
What are premium materials? Glass and aluminum? Glass could shatter and aluminum could deform to the point that it wont let you close the lid.
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Clearly you fail at physics there. Plastic is light and flexible, so it's protects better by absorbing the energy on impact and hard to deform.
What are premium materials? Glass and aluminum? Glass could shatter and aluminum could deform to the point that it wont let you close the lid.
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I think you missed the sarcasm there, bud
Just a warning to everyone wanting to get this phone because it can "take the drops."
So I'm getting ready to watch the World series, sitting on my sofa and my V10 falls off the edge of the sofa on to the floor and guess what? The SCREEN CRACKED! Are you kidding me LG? You boast how this thing can take the drops and my phone falls TWO FEET and the screen cracks? Now I have to pay a deductible to get another phone? Yeah...let me get that phone, take it in and trade it for a different brand. Not sure if mine is defective or something but I've had bigger drops on other phones that had no issues. This is NOT what I expected from this phone - a phone I was hoping to keep and carry with no case. HORRIBLE experience! My G4 can take a bigger drop than that!
It's physics and coincidence. You were unlucky enough to have it a weak spot.
It happens.
Sadly, LG doesn't do the one free screen replacement like some other OEMs do.
Any phone can shatter with one unlucky 2 foot drop. LG is no different.
Sorry about the broken screen, though. That does suck.
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Sorry for your loss.
I get that but they WILL be hearing from me since they tout in commercials how you can drop the phone and it can take it. Hopefully with the phone being so new they won't want the negativity out there about this phone and since I have the G4 and the V10, maybe they will be nice enough to take care of it. Who knows? Can't hurt to try. I'll update the thread once I talk to them.
Well, they only tested to drop the phone at 1-1.5 foot, anyway.
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Well, they only tested to drop the phone at 1-1.5 foot, anyway.
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Actually, this is from LG's website:
1. The LG V10 passed a military standard test for shock (MIL-STD-810G Method 516.6, Procedure IV – "Transit Drop"") that consists of 4-foot drops onto 2" of plywood over concrete. The test includes impacts on every face, edge and corner of the device. Further, the device passed an enhanced version of the Transit Drop test consisting of 26 drops from 4 feet onto a concrete surface. "Passed" is defined as the absence of any of the following issues: surface cracks, inoperability of device including camera, and separation of screen from monitor. Device may not perform as tested in all conditions. Test performed in controlled environment. Do not attempt.
I get that "device may not perform as tested in all conditions" but for Pete's sake, this thing dropped 2 feet onto carpet.
Very sad.
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CARPET? I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. There is no way your phone dropped 2 feet onto a soft, impact absorbing surface like carpet and broke. Carpet is probably the safest thing you could possibly drop the phone on!
Wow, that is certainly sad. Man I hope they will replace it
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CARPET? I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. There is no way your phone dropped 2 feet onto a soft, impact absorbing surface like carpet and broke. Carpet is probably the safest thing you could possibly drop the phone on!
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I swear to you. I even sarcastically said to my wife, "Oh no...my phone fell. I'm SOOOO Worried." Then I picked it up and it was cracked. I was completely shocked myself. I kept saying, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????!!!!" Had I dropped it getting out of my car or something onto concrete, I would understand. I'm still in shock.
By the way ---- it's berber carpet and there's currently no padding under it because we had a flood and are waiting for new flooring. Thin carpet on top of concrete. Still...CARPET.
I am sorry, i recently dropped my Nexus 6. Although it didn't hit carpet it did have a case. I was bummed non the less
Thats unfortunate. No two pieces of glass are the same though. I work on concrete all day and i cant tell you how many phones ive dropped on it and never cracked a screen, knock on wood. I'm like you, I don't plan on using a case with this phone. I may think twice about that now.
Still waiting to receive my device but you don't need a case to protect the screen... Get a tempered glass protector
Best $8 investment you can make on your $600 phone
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Still waiting to receive my device but you don't need a case to protect the screen... Get a tempered glass protector
Best $8 investment you can make on your $600 phone
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I ordered it online last night from Amazon. They didn't have them in store when I bought it.
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The SCREEN CRACKED!
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Yikes, I feel you.
Although it really is the physics of the matter, and drop tests are based on statistics, I feel you.
It goes completely against what you were lead to expect, and I agree, you need to let LG know, and everyone else who will listen.
I can't imagine the horror. Complain everywhere for what it's worth. 'Bad luck' would not appease me either in this situation.
I feel you.
Complain to LG maybe they will replace it
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Photos??? (or it never happened)
(No offense)
moSess said:
Photos??? (or it never happened)
(No offense)
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No other phone available to take photos right now (Wife sleeping with her iPhone plugged in and white noise on). But why would I make this up? I will post photos tomorrow night after work. Or maybe in the morning.
Definitely happened.
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No other phone available to take photos right now (Wife sleeping with her iPhone plugged in and white noise on). But why would I make this up? I will post photos tomorrow night after work. Or maybe in the morning.
Definitely happened.
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Why would you make this up?
...because you want to feel the love of my rainbow Unicorn.
For the time being, thread has been closed per OP request.