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I accidentally dropped my G2x thread

I am creating this thread to talk about when you dropped your phone and if it survived.
So here is my story....
I went to the movies with my wife and I had my phone in a pouch and was sitting on my lab. I moved my leg and my phone slipped from my lab and by the sound of it sliding on the floor, I knew it had slipped off the pouch. I started looking for it with my hands since couldn't see anything, couldn't find it, thankfully my wife did find it.
My wife handed it to me and my biggest fear was that my beautiful shiny, screen will be all scratched, to my amazement no scratchs on the screen whatsoever, it did get scratch on the metal part, but not bad at all. So now I can really say that Gorilla glass works on concrete lol
What's your story?
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I dropped mine getting out of my car face down onto asphalt and thought the screen would be demolished. Not a single scratch! My heart stopped as I saw it falling.
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I cant imagine dropping mine, I would get a new one if I had a scratch. I have been using it without my case lately, I like the way out feels naked.
We have fun together lol j/k j/k
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I know dude it feels super nice naked. I agree 100% with you
There is a protector I saw in walmart is called wrapsol and it protects the whole phone. It is 20.00 but I saw some reviews about it and it seems to protect the phone very well. Scratch protection + naked phone = Awesomeness!
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I use mine without a case
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I dropped my G2x and it hit my HTC Sensation. The LG was destroyed but not a scratch on the Sensation.

moshe22 said:
I know dude it feels super nice naked. I agree 100% with you
There is a protector I saw in walmart is called wrapsol and it protects the whole phone. It is 20.00 but I saw some reviews about it and it seems to protect the phone very well. Scratch protection + naked phone = Awesomeness!
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Yes I must check that case out thanks for letting me know
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skye206 said:
Yes I must check that case out thanks for letting me know
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You are welcome
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Yea moshe I had the body glove on it and that ****ty T-Mobile screen protector the one that looks all grainy. Phone looked to big and clunky, I mean I like that it has the belt clip that's cool but lately I've been rocking my phone with it off I took off that ****ty screen protector to. I had it off for like 3 weeks and not one scratch the screen is beautiful although when I do go out I'll throw on the body glove cuz u never know dropping it could happen...... I also like the way it feels naked, this phone is beast! No wait new name....... hulk smash .... ..

dvan13578 said:
I dropped my G2x and it hit my HTC Sensation. The LG was destroyed but not a scratch on the Sensation.
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I think u mean the sensation fell into limbo cause of the intense impact the awesome g2x brought on it and cause the lamesation broke its fall cause it lives to serve the king
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icecicle04 said:
I think u mean the sensation fell into limbo cause of the intense impact the awesome g2x brought on it and cause the lamesation broke its fall cause it lives to serve the king
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Lol could not have said it better myself
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I dropped mine out of my lap less than two feet directly on the screen and the digitizer looked like a spider web. Sent it out for repair....I miss my phone

Drop mine about five feet trying to put it in my shirt pocket felt as time slowed down and my heart stop beating but pick it up with a flash and looks brand new still man felt like I was having a heart attack after lol
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dvan13578 said:
I dropped my G2x and it hit my HTC Sensation. The LG was destroyed but not a scratch on the Sensation.
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This is sarcasm. Humor. Joke. Messing around. Etc.

Dropped mine about 3 feet onto a hardwood floor. It made a horrible sound on impact. Luckily I had one of those $5 tpu cases from ebay on. No scratches, dents, or anything else.
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i dropped mine with force against the wall.
Does that count?

skye206 said:
I cant imagine dropping mine, I would get a new one if I had a scratch. I have been using it without my case lately, I like the way out feels naked.
We have fun together lol j/k j/k
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haha i like the naked feel to mine. my invisible shield is on its way just slapping that on and naked free balling my phone lol. =D

I dropped mines while it was in the body glove and the stupid [email protected] opened up on impact and now I have the top right corner scuffed. The screen protector had a scratch about an inch. I dont know if the screen would have scratched without the protector but hey Im happy I had it on.
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icecicle04 said:
I think u mean the sensation fell into limbo cause of the intense impact the awesome g2x brought on it and cause the lamesation broke its fall cause it lives to serve the king
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I love it!!

death1246 said:
i dropped mine with force against the wall.
Does that count?
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LMAO, you like it that much?

Samsung and Corning Inc.: Repair or Replace Samsung Galaxy S3's Glass

Trying to get the word out here for all who have been affected by their defective glass breaking.
I want to mention that I am NOT the creator of this petition I am nearly passing information on after I found it during a Google search.
http://www.change.org/petitions/spr...laxy-s3-s-that-have-defective-gorilla-glass-2

Signed
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Signed
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Signed Ty for starting this
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brossma1 said:
Signed Ty for starting this
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Your welcome!

Signed as well!
I just bought the glass replacement for my screen have yet to work up the courage to try to peal it off with a hair dryer! Let me get a new one Verizon!

srs731 said:
Signed as well!
I just bought the glass replacement for my screen have yet to work up the courage to try to peal it off with a hair dryer! Let me get a new one Verizon!
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I feel for you the exact way mine broke was falling out of my dress pocket as I reached over in my car. It fell out hit my bottom door jam which broke the fall and it hit the ground maybe 10 inches off and broke! On top of that I ordered the glass and I did not heat it enough when removing and destroyed the digitizer!!! So a very expensive lesson indeed.
Now I did not start this to advertise but I have since replaced over a dozen pieces of glass for friends family and ones I have advertised here locally. I have become very proficient at doing it and I can point you to this thread for help before you try. I would say DO NOT try it until you read that thread through.. It is a bunch of pages so try and pay attention to the posts of advise and help. Quick points. Lots of heat but keep it moving! Use plastic razor blades lest you scratch your digitizer. Heat wedge, heat wedge... Be careful not to damage the bottom ribbon cable or touch screen soft buttons and finally start from the TOP!! NEVER EVER start from the bottom... Get some 2mm 3M double sided tape as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890708
If you still do not want to attempt it for fear of breaking it I can do it for you for a very reasonable price. PM me if you are interested and I will give you the details. Currently I have 3 XDA members sending me their phones for glass replacement. :good:
Now on to the petition everyone sign it!!!

Fingers crossed it wont happen to me. I already dropped my phone a couple of times and I fear it's just a matter of time. I think i should invest in a slightly better case for drop protection.
Signed!

*Signed* I'm the guy who's screen split from temperature change!

robertwhitten87 said:
*Signed* I'm the guy who's screen split from temperature change!
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I read about this happening to people... If that happened to me trust me they would give me a new phone. Have you called and complained??
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I haven't had any issues, but signed anyways.

[POLL] Damage or No Damage when dropped (Yes/No)

This poll is only for those who have dropped their shiny new GS4 or for those who have experienced screen damage without a drop incident. Please respond whether your phone's screen cracked/shattered or if it had no damage at all.
Also, please state below if your phone is in a case, and if so, please name the make and model.
This poll is not meant to start flame wars about personal responsibility for those who are clumsier than average. Only trying to gauge how durable the S4 is due to the number of "I can't believe my screen broke after a fall from only X feet!" posts.
Thank you!

Please do not check "yes this a question" for polls as it puts a Q in the title and all Qs go in Q&A. Title edited
FNM

No case. Dropped from knee high on to stiff carpet and it cracked something inside becase i had a green vertical line from then on. Got a new one though.
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No case (then - have Spigen Neo Hybrid now). Dropped from high bar near hotel pool. Had headphones connected, so that definitely slowed the fall. Hit on concrete. No damage at all - not even scratch on bezel. Now have case and Square Trade insurance.
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No drop no cracks so far so good . Just a matter of time tho , just hope my case does the job. Maybe I will put a chain on it like they use to do with wallets lol.

Mine was naked and on the 3rd day I was just browsing the internet in my parents family room, their floor is this brand new Patagonian Rosewood (one of the hardest woods) and my kids were goofing around with some beach ball and smacked my phone out of my hand, it fell about 2ft onto the hardwood. I was cringing cause I saw other thread of people dropping it on carpet and cracking it. Mine had zero issues, no dents, cracks, nothing.
Now my phone has the BestSkinsEver full body skin. I would've had it on earlier but they didn't send it till about 6days after the S4 launch.
Dixit

Where's the option: Why would I drop my $600 phone?
[knocks on wood]

joeybear23 said:
Where's the option: Why would I drop my $600 phone?
[knocks on wood]
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Come on... You have to have some common sense. People dont drop phone because its fun, but because its an accident. I ACCIDENTLY dropped mine from 2 feet with a cheap case on and the screen shattered, so theres a testament to the durablilty of the phone. My freind let me drop his s3 in a balistic case from the 9 foot ceiling onto tile floor... Not a scratch anywhere. That just might be my next case when i fix the screen.
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joeybear23 said:
Where's the option: Why would I drop my $600 phone?
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Well for me my kids goofing around with a beach ball inside the house smacked me pretty hard on the hands and the phone took off. If the screen shattered, boy I would've been pissed at my son for horsing around inside the house with a beach ball
Dixit

Don't drop it if you don't want a broken phone, easy as that.
I dropped my SII a week after I got it. I was laying under a car using the light when it happened. I didn't blame anybody but myself. You kids that are complaining need to grow up and take responsibility for your actions.
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Have accidentally dropped mine twice both times on concrete. First time was leaving the beach and it slipped from my hand while putting on shirt. While walking didn't have in my pocket cause shorts was wet. Fell from about 4 feet. Second drop was tonight from a table down to concrete floor on porch. Both times it was in a Pt platinum case from the Samsung booth in best buy. No screen protector. Not a scratch or crack happened. Still works perfect. 32 gb black mist model
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Dropped my phone 3 times Thanks to my 1 year old son. Once from a foot and twice from about 3 feet off from the night stand. Flat down drops and a corner drop no damage what so ever.

Sledutah said:
You kids that are complaining need to grow up and take responsibility for your actions.
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It's people like you that give Xda a bad name
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qbanlinxx said:
It's people like you that give Xda a bad name
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Haha, why because I don't ***** and moan about everything.
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Sledutah said:
Haha, why because I don't ***** and moan about everything.
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Not everyone paid $200 for there phone. Some paid close to $700 and you drop it one time on some carpet and it breaks. Thats some bullsh!t. Let people ***** and complain, it shouldn't bother you none
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Thank you all for the feedback. I would like to reiterate that this poll was only meant to gather information, not start flame wars.
Thanks.

I dropped my twice already. Stupid me putting it in a shirt pocket and then having it slide out when bending over to pick up something. Luckily it only has fallen from about 2 feet when this has happened. First time was on a tile floor second time was on a marble slab parking area that was wet. No damage either time accept for a minor scrape on the edge of the Spigen Neo Hybrid case I'm using.

dropped mine from chest hight (i'm 6' 2") onto a concrete patio. I have the samsung flip view cover, moshi ivisor xt screen protector, and spigen flip mate. not even a scratch!

I just dropped mine off of the bed. It has a case on it. No damage

Dropped my galaxy s4 twice. Unfortunately my amoled screeb cracked on the second drop (2feet to cement)
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My phone just fell perfectly face down from 5 feet...

My heart began to race as I picked it up, wondering what was going to meet me on the other side. I flip it over...
And it's still scratch less. Wow
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You can thank the rim around the screen. What kind of surface did it fall on?
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Holy macaroni, you love starting new threads lol. On topic, glad to hear it survived.
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Div033 said:
You can thank the rim around the screen. What kind of surface did it fall on?
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My bathroom tile
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Sounds like you got lucky. Put mine in an Otterbox before I left the store !

BFirebird101 said:
My heart began to race as I picked it up, wondering what was going to meet me on the other side. I flip it over...
And it's still scratch less. Wow
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It doesn't have any hard cover when it fell?
That's really good to hear. This phone is worth buying.

Napoleones said:
It doesn't have any hard cover when it fell?
That's really good to hear. This phone is worth buying.
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No case, no screen protector
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BFirebird101 said:
No case, no screen protector
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That's so perfect. I don't want it to happen to my phone just to prove, but you can attest to durability of HTC One.

Yes, this phone is alot tougher than it looks (and it looks pretty tough) lol. I dropped mine on asphalt from about six feet about an hour after buying it and it landed facedown. No case, no screen protector. No scratches and no dings in the metal. HTC would never warranty their screen for six months unless they were damn sure it wasn't going to break easily. Especially since they are in financial hardship already. It's a big risk. Thankfully, this phone is tough as nails. Not like the S4. I broke three s4 screens in less than a year.

Dropped mine within 24 hours of purchase when it slipped out of my gym shorts exiting the car. Had one minor scuff on the top but a nice small scratch on the back. i was so mad, went and bought a case for it asap.
Consider yourself lucky.

ReyStunner said:
Dropped mine within 24 hours of purchase when it slipped out of my gym shorts exiting the car. Had one minor scuff on the top but a nice small scratch on the back. i was so mad, went and bought a case for it asap.
Consider yourself lucky.
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But everything works fine still?

Napoleones said:
But everything works fine still?
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Perfectly. It wasn't a big drop, just shows how easily the back can be scuffed.

Dropped mine at the gym too and wasn't so lucky. Glass shattered. My new case was sitting on my porch for me when I got home so I was about 30 min from getting it when it fell. Called HTC and they sent me a new phone overnight. I'm so lucky they have the 6 month glass warranty. I didn't even consider it when buying the phone, but now I'll buy HTC every time if they keep this warranty going.
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Dropped mine on concrete from about 4 feet flat on its back. Not a scratch. Glad HTC is still building quality rock solid devices. I still put a spigen slim armor or tpu case on it though. This phone is so smooth that I know I'm going to drop it eventually
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ReyStunner said:
Dropped mine within 24 hours of purchase when it slipped out of my gym shorts exiting the car. Had one minor scuff on the top but a nice small scratch on the back. i was so mad, went and bought a case for it asap.
Consider yourself lucky.
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Did the exact same thing but getting into the car from the gym - this is one slippery phone. It bounced a few times on the pavement which is not smooth. The left corners are both scuffed up but the screen does not have a scratch on it. No case on it at the time - I only use the case while biking as I have broke too many phones on the MTB.

I was riding my bike over a bridge and heard a *thud* behind me, felt my pocket and phone was gone, looked back and there it was sitting face-down on the bridge lol. Went and picked it up and not a scratch!! Man I love this thing.
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Well, it happened to me today. Girlfriend had the phone and dropped it getting out of the car. Not as fortunate as you guys because the screen is now cracked . Took my otter box case off this morning too...
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richii0207 said:
Well, it happened to me today. Girlfriend had the phone and dropped it getting out of the car. Not as fortunate as you guys because the screen is now cracked . Took my otter box case off this morning too...
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HTC Advantage!!!

mattcooksey1 said:
HTC Advantage!!!
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Haha. thanks! did it earlier and will receive a replacement tomorrow
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richii0207 said:
Haha. thanks! did it earlier and will receive a replacement tomorrow
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So you did the HTC Advantage route? I was curious about that. How exactly does it work? Do you have to send your device to HTC and have them fix it? Or do they just send you a new device?

Folio cases?

Hello,
Typically I just use my phones in the nude, but with my oneplus one I did enjoy occasionally using the OEM folio case in orange. I really do like my 6p, but its about the slipperiest thing I own (opo ruined me with that grippy housing) and it feels delicate. Does anyone know of a folio style case that can also reinforce the phones structure(so I can finally stick it in my pocket without worrying about bending)?
This is what I had for my opo
https://oneplus.net/oneplus-one-flip-cover
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I'd be interested in this too, if it isn't too thick.
Google do sell an official folio case BUT I've heard many horror stories about it being far too tight on the phone and extremely difficult to remove, to the point of breaking the phone.

asylumxl said:
I'd be interested in this too, if it isn't too thick.
Google do sell an official folio case BUT I've heard many horror stories about it being far too tight on the phone and extremely difficult to remove, to the point of breaking the phone.
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That's what I've been hearing too.
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I got this one and it's great. Been using it for weeks not and not a single issue.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=141866245534&alt=web
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c_86 said:
I got this one and it's great. Been using it for weeks not and not a single issue.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=141866245534&alt=web
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I like that look, does it provide any structural support?
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@work said:
I like that look, does it provide any structural support?
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what do you mean by that?
it has a snap on back and it has never come off on me... ive dropped it a couple times (on my tile floor, or hardwood) and it has never come off on me

c_86 said:
I got this one and it's great. Been using it for weeks not and not a single issue.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=141866245534&alt=web
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Does this case have a magnet to keep the flap closed? And does it put the phone to sleep or wake it up?
This is on my short list. I had seen it on Amazon

Unfortunately no to both of those. No magenta to keep it closed ( hate that). And nothing to put it to sleep. Wish it did have that tho. But I mostly care about keeping the screen protected and I hate face grease so lol
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c_86 said:
Unfortunately no to both of those. No magenta to keep it closed ( hate that). And nothing to put it to sleep. Wish it did have that tho. But I mostly care about keeping the screen protected and I hate face grease so lol
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Thanks. No magnet removes it from my list :/
down to:
http://amzn.to/1PdDgTC
or
http://amzn.to/1PdDfz5
I think I'm going with the Valkyrie. Full sides instead of button cutouts

trunzoc said:
Thanks. No magnet removes it from my list :/
down to:
http://amzn.to/1PdDgTC
or
http://amzn.to/1PdDfz5
I think I'm going with the Valkyrie. Full sides instead of button cutouts
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The valkyrie does have magnets to keep it closed BUT no magnet for wakeup/sleep function. The phone easily snaps into a tpu case that is sandwiched between a wrap-around cover, like a book, which gives it protection from both sides.
But I ultimately sent the valkyrie back because there are no holes for the front speakers/mics (the mics are in the speaker pits). This means you have to keep the cover opened to talk. And I just learned recently that if you try to be clever and flip the cover to the back, it will cover the rear-mic and that messes up the noise cancellation and makes you sound muffled. So you now have to talk on the phone holding it like an opened book.
I was seriously considering drilling speaker/mic holes and splicing in a magnet into the cover. But then I found this from tetded. It has a magnet for sleep/wakeup and speaker/mic holds. BUT no magnet to keep it closed and the cover doesn't extend to the back so the back is not as protected as the front. It also costs more since it's real leather.
I bought mine directly from the tetded site and it will ship from hong kong. They have other models for the 6p and some even come with a nice clasp to keep the cover closed, but no speaker/mic holes (why!!?)
http://www.tetded.com/home/en/345-nexus-6p-huawei-nexus-6p