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Horrible screen problem

So last night i was just holding my phone and the screen literally just cracked for no reason. Has this happened to anyone else?
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HULK SMASH! lol... Not that I've read. Mines been just fine and I man handle it most of the time. Are you sure it didn't fall?

No i know it didn't fall.. I just don't know why it happened its unsettling to say the least. I haven't had any issues with the phone besides this. Its not like i was squeezing the crap out of it either.
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LOL, how the heck were you holding it? This is crazy. BTW, I accidentally thanked you. The post did make me laugh though so maybe you deserve a thanks. Were you playing Homerun Battle, struck out, and broke the phone over your knee?

that sounds way too strange. Was Jack Daniels involved?

lopezpm said:
LOL, how the heck were you holding it? This is crazy. BTW, I accidentally thanked you. The post did make me laugh though so maybe you deserve a thanks. Were you playing Homerun Battle, struck out, and broke the phone over your knee?
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Now that's funny. I find myself pressing the screen hard when playing that game. OP, there must have been some sort of hairline crack or something that wasn't visible. Maybe in the black area by softkeys. The glass on these phones is usually pretty tough
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I was seriously just holding it. I took it out of my pocket and i went to make a call and the thing just cracked its so bizarre.
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mdeathike said:
I was seriously just holding it. I took it out of my pocket and i went to make a call and the thing just cracked its so bizarre.
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hahahahahahaha

Did you have a picture of Chuck Norris in your other hand?

Hopefully you have tep
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Did you call yet or take it in? Got a picture? This happened to some OG Nexus phones and it was blamed on keeping the phone in your pockets with tight pants. I guess it could add stress to the screen when you squat or bend certain ways. Like someone else said there had to be hairline crack somewhere. Picture would help to see where it started.
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Yeah i have tep. I called all over the place since its screen damage they can't give a new one without the deductible. Its funny that you say that i was in skinny jeans but it broke when i took it out of my pocket. I have the nexus s for t-mobile and it never happened with that. Thank god for tep though..
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I love sprint techs :P

So I got my epic 4g, flashed it to hell and back, and somewhere along the line my usb port shorted so I couldn't Odin back to stock. Brought it back and they said that even though it was rooted, they would order me a replacement, if I told him how to root his E4GT. cool and everything, but...
Well, then came the day I was going in to exchange it...I was skating there and I hit a rock and my phone flew about 20 feet away. The screen was DESTROYED. Brought it back to the sprint store hoping for the best...handed it to the tech and she looked at me like I was insane, then handed me my new phone. Then she asked if I was on xda and smiled and said hell yes:3 I then ran out of the store before someone came and took it back xP So thank you sprint techs that are awesome and root their phones and stuff, you saved my ass.

Lol
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We are not all bad.

WAs she hot
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paniro187 said:
WAs she hot
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^^^ thissss. I want to know now! Pic please
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deziking said:
^^^ thissss. I want to know now! Pic please
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;p I'd also like to know. Rofl.
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Buy a tpu case. It is like 9.99 on Amazon and has saved my phone a number of times. Once my headphone cord got hooked on a door and caused me to throw my phone to the floor (not drop, throw lol). Picked it up and the phone was fine.
You will have to cut the volume rocker out of the case. It is insanely hard to press for some reason. I used a knife and scissors to cut the volume rocker out of the case, was easy to do, once you get the hole you can almost finish by hand just by tearing it.
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kingsway8605 said:
Buy a tpu case. It is like 9.99 on Amazon and has saved my phone a number of times. Once my headphone cord got hooked on a door and caused me to throw my phone to the floor (not drop, throw lol). Picked it up and the phone was fine.
You will have to cut the volume rocker out of the case. It is insanely hard to press for some reason. I used a knife and scissors to cut the volume rocker out of the case, was easy to do, once you get the hole you can almost finish by hand just by tearing it.
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I stopped using my TPU case because the volume buttons were too hard to press... never though of cutting them out! DERP!
Thanked!

chunology said:
I stopped using my TPU case because the volume buttons were too hard to press... never though of cutting them out! DERP!
Thanked!
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ditto. now I've gotta find the damn thing again, lol.

I think you ran out of the store cause she made you nervous. The conversation starts off about xda but who knows what nerd talk like that would've led too
Mandado from my E4GT

as of right now, sprint really doesn't have a policy about phones that are rooted other than putting it back to stock. If the problem is still there after the stock rom is on the phone, then it is still covered. tell you the truth if your nice to the techs and let them know its rooted they most likey won't care... atleast i wouldn't

Stop playing basketball with your phone! and congrats they helped ya in the pinch

Seriously guys almost all of us (techs at sprint) are rooted and rommed and could care less if you are, but there really are times when it can help us get things taken care of faster if you just say it and don't try to deny it. We still cover all the same stuff we would if you weren't rooted. Plus its cool to see some of the stuff people have running on their phones
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I just had an interview for one of three tech positions available in my area. Wish me luck!
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Daemontrain said:
I just had an interview for one of three tech positions available in my area. Wish me luck!
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Good luck it's a great job. Could pay better, but free cell phone bill, decent benefits package, plenty of opportunities to get free phones, being around technology all the time...I love it. Plus it's easy as cake, so long as you have customer service and/or inventory experience. (Being tech oriented, of course, is an assumption lol)
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I definitely fit the requirements, and I was offered a better wage than what I make now. I'm glad to see so many techs sound off. How are the other perks?
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Speaking from personal experience, if you are honest about a situation (regardless of the product or company), you are more likely to be taken care of.

Heck yea!! When you are straight up with people it's amazing how well things can go. But I do have one question.. You said you Ran out of there.. I thought you skated down there??? Did you leave the skates behind?? LOL Congrats on them being understanding!! You should buy that tech lunch for covering your A$$...

Gomenkiyo said:
So I got my epic 4g, flashed it to hell and back, and somewhere along the line my usb port shorted so I couldn't Odin back to stock. Brought it back and they said that even though it was rooted, they would order me a replacement, if I told him how to root his E4GT. cool and everything, but...
Well, then came the day I was going in to exchange it...I was skating there and I hit a rock and my phone flew about 20 feet away. The screen was DESTROYED. Brought it back to the sprint store hoping for the best...handed it to the tech and she looked at me like I was insane, then handed me my new phone. Then she asked if I was on xda and smiled and said hell yes:3 I then ran out of the store before someone came and took it back xP So thank you sprint techs that are awesome and root their phones and stuff, you saved my ass.
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No offense but are you a teenager or something..? That was funny.

LordLugard said:
No offense but are you a teenager or something..? That was funny.
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He is. In the age thread I think he said he was 16.
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Ruined phone?

y phone fell into a pail with water it was in there about 5 to 10 seconds. i pulled the battery out and used a blow dryer and put the battery back in and the flash came on. is that a good sign? dont know what else to do. did i screw things up by trying to turn it on without letting it dry out all night? i had this happen once before but never saw the flash come on as soon as the battery was put back in. im hoping for some good news because im not paying assurion 100 bucks, ill just upgrade but i still love my epic. thanks guys

I would've left the phone off for a day or so. I dropped mine in the sink once and after a day of waiting and blow drying I powered it up and the soft buttons were blinking and not responding but it eventually cleared itself up. It was weird.
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Will if the samsung epic is anything like the samsung moment you should be alright, I dropped that in the toilet twice lol you might have to still wait a few days..
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Confucius say... Phone fall in toilet, dump in bowl of rice.
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Fire n mage said:
Will if the samsung epic is anything like the samsung moment you should be alright, I dropped that in the toilet twice lol you might have to still wait a few days..
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This is why you don't borrow peoples phones.lol...might as well put his turd on your face!
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thanks guys. i woke up this morning and it is still doing the same thing. i can go get a loaner but if ive ttied it a few times have i done alot of damage by putting the battery back in a few times? thats my concern that every time i put the battery in im short circuiting it more and now its toast

You'd be surprised how durable these phones are. I witnessed my friend drop his in a 10 foot swimming pool. It was in there for atleast 15-20 seconds and it works perfect still. We need someone in the community to conduct water testing along with .... "will it blend?"

xjayman said:
This is why you don't borrow peoples phones.lol...might as well put his turd on your face!
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There was nothing in the toilet i swears happened to flush right before it dropped both tiems
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gorelow said:
thanks guys. i woke up this morning and it is still doing the same thing. i can go get a loaner but if ive ttied it a few times have i done alot of damage by putting the battery back in a few times? thats my concern that every time i put the battery in im short circuiting it more and now its toast
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Sorry for the double post, your best bet is to leave it alone n get a loaner, i did the same thing, i left it for a week or two, thought it was toast then randomly pressed the power button and it turned on lol
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Confusious is right.. Remove battery and any protective shell, fill a mayo jar or large McDonalds cup or whatever you have that is larger than your phone with dry rice, then stick your phone in then fill the rest of the way with rice. Let set for like 24 hrs. The rice will absorb ALL the moisture. And then you should be golden.
FYI... You should never turn on an electric devise before it is completely dried out first. And never use hot air on an electronic device. I just assumed those were common sense.
My 1.5 year old stuck my epic in the aquarium it was completely under for at least 1 full min. Before I saw it. And the rice trick worked for mine. Left it in the rice for like 2 days though for good measure.
Hope this helps others in the future.
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Put your phone inside rice leave it there for a couple hours the rice helps to absorb the excess liquid it worked for me couple times good luck with your phone
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I used silica gel cat litter on my daughter's phone after it spent a few seconds in a warm bubble bath.
Three days later, it worked a ok. Silica gel is that dessicant inside little white bags labelled 'DO NOT EAT'.
Same idea as rice. We had some of the silica gel cat litter on hand, unused of course, so it seemed like a good option.
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ok whatever you use dont be an idiot like me and turn on your phone 3 or 4 times to see if its dry yet. my phone died. (funeral thursday). im getting another phone today from assurion. can i have some suggestions about what to put on a brand new phone. i was thinking of odining a el22 tar and leaving it there but thought id see if anyone has a fav rom for the epic that is drama free. whenever i go for the bells and whistles it always seems to give me problems on my epic. maybe it was just the previous phone. thanks for any input

gorelow said:
ok whatever you use dont be an idiot like me and turn on your phone 3 or 4 times to see if its dry yet. my phone died. (funeral thursday). im getting another phone today from assurion. can i have some suggestions about what to put on a brand new phone. i was thinking of odining a el22 tar and leaving it there but thought id see if anyone has a fav rom for the epic that is drama free. whenever i go for the bells and whistles it always seems to give me problems on my epic. maybe it was just the previous phone. thanks for any input
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Mine came with fricking ecalir when Froyo was official and GB was only 2 months or so away haha. So you might get GB El30 pre with it
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Drama free? Well Viper rom is nice, as far as a good touchwiz and im sure marcusants is very good as well, im loving AOKP milestone 4 port with amazing battery life, and theres always cleangb
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Red Dot On My Screen!

I dropped my phone yesterday and since then I see a small visible red dot on my screen! do u think i'll get this phone replaced from sprint?

no!........

Is there physical damage to the phone other than the dot? Assuming there is not, and no water damage, they would probably repair/replace if you don't mention it was from a fall.

It's bleeding, apply direct pressure!
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When I had the OG Epic I had a pixel go bad so there was one green dot continuously on my phone. It drove me nuts. It was only a week old. I took it to get exchanged and they told me that there had to be 5 dead pixels for it to be eligible for exchange. I had to do some light negotiations saying I bought 3 lines, insurance on all, accessories, etc all from the Sprint store and they finally swapped it for a new one.
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Mattheyu said:
Is there physical damage to the phone other than the dot? Assuming there is not, and no water damage, they would probably repair/replace if you don't mention it was from a fall.
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well no other physical damage, man oh man this sucks.. well i do have the equipment protection plan i'll go to sprint store and check it out..

Why people post this things in here.. You know there are lots of sprint tech/employees lurking in the shadows
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It was a question. It is allowed to ask a question. Op isn't trying to fraud sprint. Besides why have protection that covers a fall if you can't drop it. Op take it in or get an app that helps stuck pixels.
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I wasn't talking about fraud.. Is because some of the techs are a$$holes
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Medic1013 said:
It's bleeding, apply direct pressure!
Sent from some phone.
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lol
Now that's funny

TX2000 said:
Why people post this things in here.. You know there are lots of sprint tech/employees lurking in the shadows
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Who cares. Do they know who he is? Besides he'd just asking for advice anyways.
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My daughter dropped here sgs2, it has a blue pixel stuck on. Also the LED behind the search button is out too. It dosent bother her so nothing will be done about it.

phatmanxxl said:
My daughter dropped here sgs2, it has a blue pixel stuck on. Also the LED behind the search button is out too. It dosent bother her so nothing will be done about it.
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Haha I can't take you serious anymore with that avatar
I try to look away from his eyes... but can't

iSaint said:
Haha I can't take you serious anymore with that avatar
I try to look away from his eyes... but can't
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I have another picture of the same guy doing a kissy face, itlll be my next avatar.

phatmanxxl said:
I have another picture of the same guy doing a kissy face, itlll be my next avatar.
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Can I get a preview hahahahaha :?

iSaint said:
Can I get a preview hahahahaha :?
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............
I wish I was him, I bet he gets all the ladies in a hot bother.

It's a fact. The screen is indestructible. But not the LCD....

Just a warning guys... The screen can take a hell of a beating, but that doesn't mean the LCD can... Ill post a picture later.
Are LCD's really in the hundreds? Is it worth it?

On e4gt? There some what tough but fragile as an egg compared to the Sgs 1 4.0 display screen. Plus this one scratches easy. My sgs 1 took a year of drop test for real. I tried to break it and could not. I tried this phone from 2 ft and shattered. Was going in for Insurance for water damage so had to try
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jcoinster said:
Just a warning guys... The screen can take a hell of a beating, but that doesn't mean the LCD can... Ill post a picture later.
Are LCD's really in the hundreds? Is it worth it?
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There's a member on here that sells screens for $50, I forget his name right now, search for it, his name started with a "t" i think
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Tuscani
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miketucky350 said:
Plus this one scratches easy.
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Really? I've purposefully keyed my screen just to show it doesn't scratch.

Im easy on mine and ive had scratches on previous 3 e4gt. This one has zagg hd.
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I've dropped mine several times, and the case and battery always go flying, but overall, the phone is pretty well built. Better than the EVO I had that cracked around the edge in several places and eventually came apart!
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WhiteZero said:
Really? I've purposefully keyed my screen just to show it doesn't scratch.
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Mine was scratched just from going to the beach and had a few grains of sand in my pocket.
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