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Desire = Beer Proof

Friday night...out drinking with the lads in London.
It was about 1am, me and my friend were talking. He wanted to have a quick look at my phone, so i passed it too him. Somehow...between me putting it into his hands and he grasping it. The phone slipped away....straight into a full pint of Stella.
We paused for about 3 seconds...just looking at it (we were quite drunk), I saw he screen go off so straight away i just sighed and thought ''he better buy me a new one''.
Anyway once i realised what'd happened, i grabbed the phone out of the glass (without spilling any beer), quickly took the battery, sim car and sd card out. places all components into pocket and continued the night...wasn't too bothered as my friend knew it was his fault and told me that if it didn't work, he'll get me a new one.
Hot back home a few hours later, remembered what'd happened...straight to the bathroom...got the hair dryer and started drying....5 minutes later...moment of truth.
WOHOO everything was fine.
I was kind of hoping it was broken, because i've already dropped it on the floor numerous amounts of times and it has a small crack in the screen bottom right.
But alas, everything was fine...
so....HTC Desire...is actually stella-proof as well.....They should stick that on the box!
Even after dropping it in a pint...the battery still hasn't improved though. Can't get a day out of the battery yet. needed to get a battery pack for the damn thing..
roll on Iphone 4 with that great looking battery life

F*cking awesome
Great to hear, now I am not that scared if I drop it into something

benko286 said:
F*cking awesome
Great to hear, now I am not that scared if I drop it into something
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You better be

You should tell your mate its ****ed anyway. You'll have now warranty on it now, the water damage stickers will have change colour!
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I'm due an upgrade in August, so not too bothered about the Warranty. It should last until then. I don't expect any phone to last over 9 months these days.

All the stories I read about people dropping their phones on the ground and in drinks... I even know at least three people who've dropped their phones in the toilet.
I don't get it, even when I had a ****ty Nokia 5100 I don't think I even once dropped it!
Although I did drop-kick it across a garden once to test the shock-absorbent cover. Held up pretty well!

i treated my desire like royalty
i made extra sure never to drop it, scratch it, throw it etc
i put my phone in my pocket with my keys for literally half a minute and the screen is covered in scratches, unbelievable

Desire is almost Tia Maria and coke proof. Managed to fix it all but about 2 months later my trackpad has died. Otherwise all good.

ephumuris said:
Desire is almost Tia Maria and coke proof. Managed to fix it all but about 2 months later my trackpad has died. Otherwise all good.
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you mean you actually use the trackpad?
I don't think i've used it once since i got it in April. It's pointless, the screen does everything that's needed

Barff1984 said:
you mean you actually use the trackpad?
I don't think i've used it once since i got it in April. It's pointless, the screen does everything that's needed
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Recovery menus...

Im scared ropping it on the floor as this big screen and build quality doesnt seems so good. Even in my full body silicone cases where only the screen is free. I even protected the keys lol.

Yoir friend must have been really drunk to offer to buy you a new phone. Sounded like it was your fault to me.
What's the worst damage anyone here has done to there phone? I want to feel better about the dirty great scratch on top of my phone.

I dropped mine from a metre up onto a wooden floor and smashed the screen. £130 to fix it and they still havent returned it to me and thats nearly 2 weeks ago
Contemplating getting a iPhone 4 as i am severely pissed off with HTC's slowness and the build quality of the phone ...

mercianary said:
Yoir friend must have been really drunk to offer to buy you a new phone. Sounded like it was your fault to me.
What's the worst damage anyone here has done to there phone? I want to feel better about the dirty great scratch on top of my phone.
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I was thinking this!! LOL! dammed if I would be buying a mate a new phone after he was passing it to me drunk in a pub! I though only iPhone users got their phones out in pubs?
Desire has been in silicone case and screen protector since new... I kicked a Nokia down the road after it kept dropping calls... that was pretty much its life over... hundreds of bits. My Touch HD was key chipped but the paint was a problem on them.

congrats on getting the phone out the glass, without spilling any beer

I've dropped mine loads of times, got a nice scratch going down the centre of the screen due to keys in the pocket. lots of scratches on the paint work on the sides. a lovely big scuff on the back corner, a 10mm crack, bottom right side of screen.
And it wasn't my fault, he wanted to see it, took hold of it, i let go, he had it for a second, then it dropped in his pint.
The phones only £380, why wouldn't he have bought me a new one.

Only £380?
Thats a lot of money... for most people.

Geeba said:
Only £380?
Thats a lot of money... for most people.
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No...the new iphone 4g simfree is a lot of money.....on contract is even more
Still getting one though. They look great

Barff1984 said:
No...the new iphone 4g simfree is a lot of money.....on contract is even more
Still getting one though. They look great
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No - they dont

Wet Legend
My 15yo son managed to submerge his 3 week old Legend in a river - allegedly it was in his pal's backpack that was knocked into the water! He switched it on to see if it still worked before I had chance to dry it. Anyway it's part of my account and the phone is knacked luckily house contents covered it or he wasn't getting a new one.
Moral = Legends don't like rivers and being switched on before drying

[INFO] dropped on the floor but no scratch found

taking off my coat but forgot it's in my pocket, so it dropped on the floor (wood) from about 1.7 meters, ouch!
after carefully inspected the edges. I did not found any scratch, nor dead pixel. gonna get a case for it tmr

superlj said:
taking off my coat but forgot it's in my pocket, so it dropped on the floor (wood) from about 1.7 meters, ouch!
after carefully inspected the edges. I did not found any scratch, nor dead pixel. gonna get a case for it tmr
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Sorry to hear. Take solace in the fact that w/ most scratches, a screen protector will hide it and you won't even notice it, assuming the scratch isn't too deep.
EDIT: I just saw you said there was no scratch found. Glad to hear.

the weight of GN is lighter than my last phone Desrie HD, I think this is why there is no scratch

My phone fell out of my pocket in the theater last night onto the concrete floor and I was worried for the rest of the movie. Got out and not a single blemish on it! Seems to be fairly durable so far, not that I want to be testing that out.

I dropped my GSM version down a flight of stairs... about 6-8 steps at work.
Stairs/floor was carpeted though.
Phone bounced, slid, flipped.
Not a single scratch, dent, etc.
I had no screen protector on either.
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You guys are lucky. Mine slipped off of a table onto concrete from about 4 feet high and I have some pretty nasty chips/dings on the plastic around the screen. I'm going to sell this one and get a new GN and keep it in a case at all times.
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This thread just made me move my phone from the edge-ish of the table, to the middle of the table.
+1 for the shudders every time I read each experience with their "falls".

Dropped mine in an optus shop on their tiled floor, was comparing it to a moto razr . not a single mark
i know people always say that light devices feel 'cheap' however imo i prefer it causes less damage when you drop it, while i havnt done it yet with my cowon s9 when listening to music and if you drop it its too light to actually disconnect the headphones so it just swings there , im hoping the GN will be similar if it ever happens

I was jogging and dropped my Nexus on pavement. Got some scratches in the housing...*cringe* but the screen is still flawless. :-(

got 2 light scratches on the sides thinking of calling Verizon and making up an excuse to get another one sent

[War Stories] Have you dropped your One X? How did it fare?

Anyone been unfortunate enough to drop your One X? Or bring it to endure any other cruel and unusual (or mundane) punishment?
How did it fare?
Things like, what case did you have, and how far did you drop it from? Did it break? Or hold it's own?

i dropped once. no case no guard about chest height probably 1.5m. no damage and screen flicker disappeared dont know what happened but it was magical
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I don't know how I did it, but I somehow managed to launch my phone halfway across the floor and face/screen-down onto laminate floor. No damage, but it went with such a bang that I really expected to see a crack!

Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.

Dropped mine with no case from a hight of about 3.5 feet. It fell face up onto a linoleum floor, hit on a corner and then slid a few feet.
There was no visible damage anywhere. With all the noise it made and as much as it slid I expected scratch on the polycarbonate or a cracked screen at the corner. Was please to see it was perfectly fine including the camera lens. I think the polycarbonate is pretty sturdy.
The lens and screen are the areas to be concerned about.

Dropped mine from 1.5 meters height with the screen side to the ground on a sidewalk. After it got dropped it made a slide on the sidewalk for about 15 cm.
I really thought it would had scratches on the screen or something, but it didn't. Only a little minor scratch between the screen and the body.

Used for a bit of emergency navigation in the ash-tray of our car (Sensation fit in there perfectly) it slid out on a corner, about 6 inches. Slid over metal or grit because it got 2 scratches on the glass along with a nasty little gouge at the start of one.
I can live with it, I know Gorilla Glass is not magical. Got screen protectors now.

Mine slid out of my hand while I was sitting on the edge of the Mississippi river, faced down across the grass and then onto some rocks. Got some small scratches in the screen I'm gonna wait a couple months then replace it using ensquare

Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.

Sckank said:
Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.
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screen popped out?

Sckank said:
Dropped mine, screen popped out, but since then damn good battery life. Really wierd.
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i guess the screen pop out from left side.. am i right?

yup most likely left side

Did not fair well atall.. Two massive dents/scratches on the right side
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culac said:
Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.
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God that sounds horrible. I would of cried if I saw that incident happen to this beautiful phone.
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I was doing cardio at the gym on a treadmill. The phone was resting on the display area so I could watch a TV show while doing my steady-state cardio session. When I finished, I got off the treadmill without taking my headphones out of my ears, I accidentally hit the cord and it yanked the phone off it's resting place, it hit the safety-bar/arm rail thing, and then hit the plastic border of the treadmill, and then landed on the carpeted floor. After I resumed my breathing and my heart started beating again, I picked it up and there was only a tiny smudge on the back which rubbed out with my finger. It didn't even turn off. This was with no case.
Yikes.

No Damage
No case/protectors on mine. It slipped out of my hands while sitting & bounced/slid .5 m on a hard tile floor. I expected something, but it came away unscathed!
Still getting both a case & screen protector, just to be safe

UnlockedNand said:
God that sounds horrible. I would of cried if I saw that incident happen to this beautiful phone.
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I wasn't far from it but just thankful the phone still does everything it should. The scratches on the camera were around the metal rim so no effect on picture quality.
I ordered a case for it the next day.

I was walking to the kitchen while replying to an SMS.
Kitchen almost reached, I was at the estabilished goal! Let's put the phone in its pouch.... OH NO!
I've accidentally launched it, dunno how, on the floor with the screen faced down: the whole thing happened in like one second, but it was an hard and LONG second (felt like 30 seconds), with me there with the pouch in my hands and the X falling on the floor.
I walked and took my One X, raised it from the floor carefully.......
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( suspance time )
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......and it was surprisingly perfect! Not a scratch, but something really not noticeable on the lower right corner of the phone shell.
That was a real horror movie
The EternityProject Team Manager & Main Developer,
--kholk

culac said:
Mine slipped out of my hand while I was drunk, hit the ground and then I kicked it and it slid for about 3 metres.
Result was a nasty dent on the lower left corner and a scratched camera lens.
Think the phone escaped much worse damage by some good luck.
Edit: Should also mention that the glass popped out of the body on one side, and had to be clicked back into place.
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A dent? Like the plastic is bent inward as metal would be? Or there's like a chunk of plastic missing (rubbed away?)
Anyhow...
I'm glad to hear it fares well in minor skirmishes!
Looks like the choice to spring with a phone with Guerrilla Glass was a good move (Can anyone attest to it being better than other screen materials?)
Also, from the sound of it, the claims that the One X is "flimsy" don't seem quite as sturdy as the phone itself? What do you think?

I've dropped my 3 times so far, well technically I've dropped it twice and thrown it once.
The 2 times I dropped it were both onto carpet so did not damage the phone ( from about 60cm once and 80cm the second time)
The time I threw it was from about 50cm high and about the same distance out onto laminate flooring because I was using it in the bath and had finished with it, was fine on this occasion too.

So how resilient is the One X? Place bets... NOW

I use my phones when running to time and track them, pretty common.
Tonight, half way through my run an epic downpour of flash flood creating proportions occurred drenching me in seconds, whilst the One X was attached to me in a neoprene arm band. There was pretty much zero useful cover
I hid in a large bush to take the worst of it and powered the phone off. The rain never stopped (although it was much less absurd), so I had to finish the remaining 3-odd miles in it, trying to shield the phone from the rest of the rain.
It's now in a bag full of rice (brown, one of it's five a day) on a radiator. Fingers crossed I'm just paranoid and it will power up just fine tomorrow.

If it's perfect unit without gaps and stuff like that, i guess it will be fine .

Hmm.. horrible story, no pocket, roof... nothing to hide? .
I would leave it with the face down and keep my fingers crossed it will function again.
Good luck with it!

Laurentius26 said:
Hmm.. horrible story, no pocket, roof... nothing to hide? .
I would leave it with the face down and keep my fingers crossed it will function again.
Good luck with it!
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Yeah I had a pocket, two in fact. Which were soaking wet, like everything else though, so not much help.

I would put the phone between my but cheeks...
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I think your chances are quite good mate. The unibody and speaker design make it almost water resistant.
I'm now going 4 weeks since phone was fully submerged and not one issue yet.
Good luck.
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Yeah, I think you'll be fine buddy. I remember reading on here about some dude who dropped his HOX in a lake while fishing and it was absolutely fine after pulling it out.
I had the same thing happen to me though, was out running exactly the same as you and got pi$$ed down on in apocalyptic proportions. Just carried on running and the phone was absolutely fine.
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Living in a rainforest myself I can say you would be fine. I pull out my phone all the time in this drenchy weather. Touchscreen won't work properly tho but the HoX will be fine.
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Unibody design doesn't seem like a bad idea now, does it?
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Well the problem with one x is the micro usb and headphones that will allow water to seep through. however as you switch off your phone before its fully wet and do not switch it on again until its fully dried, the chances of getting everything to work will be very-very good.

I got soaked to the skin in our beautiful British weather way back in June, an absolute torrential downpour. I was out all day walking, weather was sunny for most of the day so it was a pair of shorts and a shirt and that was it. Walked about two miles in said downpour to train station, I couldn't have been any wetter if I'd jumped in the sea fully clothed. I shielded my hox as best I could just with my hand. Dried it with some paper towels when I got to the station and have never had a problem since, I doubt you'll have any problems.
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biggiebro said:
Well the problem with one x is the micro usb and headphones that will allow water to seep through. however as you switch off your phone before its fully wet and do not switch it on again until its fully dried, the chances of getting everything to work will be very-very good.
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Yeah that was my plan, getting it powered down as soon as possible should mitigate things.
When taking the phone out of the armband (foamy neoprene, so that should have kept the worst at bay) it was a bit streaky on the surface as you'd expect, but wasn't dripping, so it was towelled (carefully, didn't want to hit the power button) and bagged.
It's been in the rice bag for about 13½ hours now and will stay there 'til this evening (as I am at work now). In the meantime, it's strange not having something with notifications going off all the time, hell I haven't even bothered with a spare phone today... silence is golden
Unibody is a good thing in cases like this, the rear speaker is pretty well sealed, and I don't have any (noticeable) gaps around the screen.

my HOX has fallen on to our wooden floor on 6 or 7 occasions, apart from one tiny tiny svcratch on the screen, this phone has no other blemishes. Quality build!!!!

Crazy downpour 0:1 HTC One X

It has less to do with the phone's design and more to do that regular water just isn't a great conductor. I've pretty much soaked every phone I've had in the last 10 years and never had one fail.

Dropped mine in sink of water months ago. It freaked for a bit resetting itself drained all its battery and wouldn't stay off or charge properly but after a few hours of drying whilst rebooting it was fine. Water marks behind screen cleared after a few days.
Then it was knocked off a table from 4 foot height onto stone floor. Screen shattered. The major weakness of this phone is the protruding screen edges. Glass shatters easier from the edges.
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audioslim said:
Dropped mine in sink of water months ago. It freaked for a bit resetting itself drained all its battery and wouldn't stay off or charge properly but after a few hours of drying whilst rebooting it was fine. Water marks behind screen cleared after a few days.
Then it was knocked off a table from 4 foot height onto stone floor. Screen shattered. The major weakness of this phone is the protruding screen edges. Glass shatters easier from the edges.
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My earlier experience was with LG Optimus 7 and after 4days of drying the microphone does not work in anyway usable to make call. That is the end of my experience with win 7. The phone was in the washing machine up to the rinse cycle
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hi
u might laugh but as i do know when it is rainy in my city i make a point to carry a good small plastic cover for my phone the one which can be sealed at the top and it has helped me few time this month when i got stuck in heavy rains:silly::good::laugh:

Mine was knocked by a friend and my HOX fell onto the tar road... Rear battery cover was scratched, camera lens (outer) cracked, but surprisingly screen unscathed... Bought a new white casing (my old one was black) and now voila,like a brand new white HOX... Cool eh...
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haree said:
hi
u might laugh but as i do know when it is rainy in my city i make a point to carry a good small plastic cover for my phone the one which can be sealed at the top and it has helped me few time this month when i got stuck in heavy rains:silly::good::laugh:
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I do plan on having a zip-lock bag handy in future, as it happens.

Dropped s4 on rug.. now experiencing suuuuuper lag and smearing!

Careful guys. If these devices are that sensative thats insane. Dropped s4 on its bottom right corner onto rug.. no screen damage tho a 5mm piece of the plastic silver bezel lip pealed off. Really f*#!* up..
anyway.. now im getting smearing that makes me feel like im drunk. Stuttering in scrolling, jittering..
dont know what im gonna do but this should be a PSA on its sensitivity.

your saying it fell now its lagging ? kind of crazy...
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It fell 1 and a half feet on to a carpted floor.
Thats not cool no matter what...

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criticalchild said:
Careful guys. If these devices are that sensative thats insane. Dropped s4 on its bottom right corner onto rug.. no screen damage tho a 5mm piece of the plastic silver bezel lip pealed off. Really f*#!* up..
anyway.. now im getting smearing that makes me feel like im drunk. Stuttering in scrolling, jittering..
dont know what im gonna do but this should be a PSA on its sensitivity.
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Something wrong with your digitizer man. I had a similar issue with my old s2.
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boqonx said:
Something wrong with your digitizer man. I had a similar issue with my old s2.
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I 2nd this. Since owning my S4 i have had it fall from my desk about 4 or 5 times onto a linoleum chair mat. About a 2 and a half foot drop each time. The chair mat should be a lot harder then a rug. Theres not a scratch on the thing and no problems at all. Think the OP got a bad unit that got through final inspection.

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I 2nd this. Since owning my S4 i have had it fall from my desk about 4 or 5 times onto a linoleum chair mat. About a 2 and a half foot drop each time. The chair mat should be a lot harder then a rug. Theres not a scratch on the thing and no problems at all. Think the OP got a bad unit that got through final inspection.
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Agreed, you should be able to drop an egg or a baby a foot and a half onto carpet with no ill effects. If that hadn't happened your phone probably would have gotten messed up at some point from you looking at it too hard or something.

Digitizer seams like a good thought. The screen has also got a yellowish tint now except in tge corner it was dropped on, which remains more vibrant and sharp.
im gonna try n get tmo to swap it out for me since theres no visual damage except lil silver sliver from bezel gone.. thanks for input, much appreciated.

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Careful guys. If these devices are that sensative thats insane. Dropped s4 on its bottom right corner onto rug.. no screen damage tho a 5mm piece of the plastic silver bezel lip pealed off. Really f*#!* up..
anyway.. now im getting smearing that makes me feel like im drunk. Stuttering in scrolling, jittering..
dont know what im gonna do but this should be a PSA on its sensitivity.
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Have you simply done a battery pull? That would be the first thing to do.

Hoggles said:
Have you simply done a battery pull? That would be the first thing to do.
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My fiance has already dropped her S4 like 5-6 times from standing height down to the ground. She even dropped it on a bunch of rocks in our driveway...... :-\
However not only does she not have a single scratch... It works perfect still.

Get softer carpet

Get a case, if you're spending so much money on a phone at least spend a few bucks on a case, even a $5 tpu case from ebay can be the difference between a shattered screen
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Did a battery pull yesterday. Didnt change.
Scrolling black text on white background almost looks like a little ghosting.
Lol @THICKer carpet. It was a bath room rug with strands of rolled cotton making it like 4inches of absorbent material.