Optimus G Memorial Thread - Sprint LG Optimus G

Here is a place to share your thoughts and stories on your lost, bricked, and broke Optimus G's. Please me respectful of the loss other's have had to endure. I encourage you to share stories and pictures of your G.
Number 1
I will start with my first Optimus G. It was a fighter the first 24 hours I owned it. That was until my grip slipped and it fell in my large glass of rum and coke. It slowly died overnight. The life was sucked right out of it.
Number 2
It also shared a short life. It was two months old when it first got ill from testing a new rom. In the end it was killed by his twin brother(accidentally flashed someone's esn to my phone without a backup partition). There wasn't enough room in the network for them both to exist.
You will be missed.

number 1
it was a perfect day to snowboard with my 1 month old optimus G, until my pocket zipper opened and it disappeared in snow forever.
number 2
a whopping 2 weeks after getting my replacement my grip on it slipped at a club and it fell on the floor, where someone decided instead of picking it up for me, they should stomp it out. both sides are obliterated and the guy who stomped on it mysteriously fell on the floor and slept for a little :angel:

In keeping the desired respect, this thread is hilarious.
Personally I have not lost an OG yet.
My wife however...
Days after initial purchase she let my 15 month old son step on it, cracking the screen on the right hand side. Within a couple more days she then dropped it into a toilet. It was in her back pocket and as she stood up it slipped from the pocket and landed square in the toilet. Don't ask what was in the toilet, I sure didn't and its probably best if we don't know. The final damage to the phone came as she buckled the aforementioned son into the car, she placed the phone on the seat and it plummeted roughly three feet to the concrete, shattering the screen entirely.
The OG wanted to survive, sadly conditions were such the its owner apparently wanted it to just die. We have a new OG now, and its a good phone, but it will never have the pluck that my wife's first phone had.
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This thread is funny
Number 1
A beauty she was. Since the first time laying eyes on her i knew i had to have her. She endured many falls (on carpet) and tremendous amounts of testing and flashing. But finally gave out when I was trying to fix calls and it gets carrier locked.
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Shockingly I'm on my first LGOG
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This is why I'm not thrilled with the smooth glass back. It's far too easy for it to slip from your hands, or just slide off another smooth surface that's at the slightest angle.
I never once dropped my previous phone (HTC Evo 3D), and when I sold it after 18 months, it was still in perfect condition.
Within the first two weeks of owning the LG Optimus G, it slid off two smooth surfaces that were at a tiny incline, causing minor cosmetic damage to the sides. I've since become much more careful, but I shouldn't have to.
I like the back of the HTC Droid DNA, with its soft-touch feel.

#1 overheated in recovery
#2 over heated in recovery
#3 overheated in recovery
All in less than a month. Sprint is pissed.
#4 is doing great though.
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I remember my first.... We were married for 2 weeks then she died.
But my new baby is great.
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Lol this is a great thread. My condolences to those lgog's that didn't make it through. I'm still on my first. It has been through a lot of flashing and tests with a couple small drops and still going strong.
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Number 1
My first was amazing, as I couldn't put it down. I started experiencing issues with loss of data signal though, so within my 14 days, I had to exchange it. R.I.P
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my touch screen has a half inch dead spot going across the screen on it. waiting on sprint to call me about my replacement

This thread is why I ordered a case before I ordered the phone
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This thread is why I ordered a case before I ordered the phone
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No kidding, I got my bumper case within the first week of my phone and I'm glad I did, otherwise I am sure I would have lost gripped one day and probably have gotten destroyed.

I still have my first and have gotten it used. Still strong after many slips and falls. Don't like the feel of cases but its looking strong.
R.I.P to all of those fallen LGOGs. They will be missed.

My device was probably one of the first victims of gravity. It only had a short life of under 24 hours when it jumped to its death at a football game.
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I upgraded to a new data plan,and got a nice shiny new lg optimus g ls970 on saturday. Monday morning my daughter was sick from school,and i wanted to cheer her up. I plugged in the wall charger and laid the phone on the kitchen counter. Started to play a song for her to cheer her up from Alicia keys. She proceeded to dance near the phone,and snagged the power cord. My phone went crashing down on my tile floor,and smashed the screen. The phone was useless no touch response..luckily i had Tep on it.....
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My wife and I bought ours during Sprints BOGO sale, Sweet! 2 new LG OG's!! I was thrilled.
Demise Number 1, Wife starts to walk out of store just after my credit card is charged, doesn't notice the young man who obviously knew nothing of chivalry, had let go of the door which was slowly coming to a close as she 'played' with her new toy. Walking headlong into the door, the phone suddenly decided it was time for gravity is to work in reverse for just a moment. Amazingly long enough in duration to leave the hand of my wife, but not quite long enough for her to grab a hold of said phone before gravity switched back to normal, pulling this airborne OG quickly to the ground, shattering the screen.
Demise Number 2 Sprint replaces the phone on the spot, we left the store. I held the door for my wife. she and her phone made it out safely this time. We make it home safely, phone too. She decides to take a bath, tweeting and facebooking on and about her new phone. She calls out to me for her charger, I recomend not using it in case she dropped the phone in the water. As she finished her argument that she woulldnt drop her new phone with a surprised statement, '"oops!", I heard the splash. Neptune's superfluity revenge on technology took effect.
Demise Number 3 seriously...
Sprint store manager got a good laugh as I returned to the store. It's a good thing we've been Sprint customers for 16 years. I walked out with the third phone, as well as my phone, my car keys and a new case for her in my hands. I got in the car, was putting everything down, I didn't notice I dropped my phone out of the car. It amazingly had not been damaged from the fall. It didn't even look like it had a scratch on it, that is until my tire had passed over it. The phone and glass were definitely not designed for the weight of a dodge.
Sprint Manager was now seriously feeling my pain. He gave me a couple car chargers and an otterbox for my newly replaced phone, on the condition I didn't come back in that day, even if I did somehow manage to destroy one more OG. It's a good thing that bad things come in threes, I don't think I would have paid one more insurance deductible for one of these phones that night.
We are now 4 weeks in, without any more problems...
**knocks on wood**

TimidBull said:
My wife and I bought ours during Sprints BOGO sale, Sweet! 2 new LG OG's!! I was thrilled.
Demise Number 1, Wife starts to walk out of store just after my credit card is charged, doesn't notice the young man who obviously knew nothing of chivalry, had let go of the door which was slowly coming to a close as she 'played' with her new toy. Walking headlong into the door, the phone suddenly decided it was time for gravity is to work in reverse for just a moment. Amazingly long enough in duration to leave the hand of my wife, but not quite long enough for her to grab a hold of said phone before gravity switched back to normal, pulling this airborne OG quickly to the ground, shattering the screen.
Demise Number 2 Sprint replaces the phone on the spot, we left the store. I held the door for my wife. she and her phone made it out safely this time. We make it home safely, phone too. She decides to take a bath, tweeting and facebooking on and about her new phone. She calls out to me for her charger, I recomend not using it in case she dropped the phone in the water. As she finished her argument that she woulldnt drop her new phone with a surprised statement, '"oops!", I heard the splash. Neptune's superfluity revenge on technology took effect.
Demise Number 3 seriously...
Sprint store manager got a good laugh as I returned to the store. It's a good thing we've been Sprint customers for 16 years. I walked out with the third phone, as well as my phone, my car keys and a new case for her in my hands. I got in the car, was putting everything down, I didn't notice I dropped my phone out of the car. It amazingly had not been damaged from the fall. It didn't even look like it had a scratch on it, that is until my tire had passed over it. The phone and glass were definitely not designed for the weight of a dodge.
Sprint Manager was now seriously feeling my pain. He gave me a couple car chargers and an otterbox for my newly replaced phone, on the condition I didn't come back in that day, even if I did somehow manage to destroy one more OG. It's a good thing that bad things come in threes, I don't think I would have paid one more insurance deductible for one of these phones that night.
We are now 4 weeks in, without any more problems...
**knocks on wood**
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Wow. That's crazy.
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Demise#1 phone had some wierd ripples on the back so I swapped it out
Demise#2 replacement phone came straight out of box with blown speakers
Demise#3 nothing physical at this point but as most of here are flashoholics I am as well and needed something to play with so I bought another S2 and the wife was like no baby its ok take my Note 2 ill take your LGOG...I will say that the wife is pretty good when it comes to her phones so it is still "Lifeless" awaiting some sugary "jb" then she'll be mine again
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Dropped my phone today, no case!

I've had this phone since launch, currently running midNIGHT rom with the E30+ kernel. Almost lost it today. I was walking across campus today listening to music with the phone in my sweatshirt pouch, little did I know that my headphone cord had gotten caught on my backpack. Someone called my name from behind, and I quickly turned, launching the phone from the pouch, ripping the headphones out of my ears, and launching my phone a few feet from me, slamming hard on the concrete on one of its corners, and proceeded to bounce a few more feet.
I watched this all happen in slow-mo, saw the phone fly but couldn't react!
Total damage, a scrape/dent in the top left corner, no screen scratches or performance problems as of yet. I'd say I got out lucky, after this I bought the insurance from sprint and will be looking into a case haha!
Because an 8$ tpu case is expensive right.....
Lol
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haha. now that's why you need a case out of. the box
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Yeah, I definitely learned my lesson after this, I used my Nexus One with no case for 2yrs with 0 problems, figures I would drop this within 2 weeks. >.>
The horrors!!!!!
Forgot to mention the drop was at least 5.5' off the ground, and bounced a few times, at least its a VERY sturdy phone!

Worth it to return the phone?

I have the black blotches, a dead red pixel, and the vertical lines (which, btw, were somewhat present on the "good" screen of my MT4G)
But I have no problems with the battery.. no random reboots, great speaker quality (both media playback and phone calls) and the phone flies.
I definitely WANT to return it and get a "good" screen.. but I'm hesitant because I'm thinking I may end up with a phone that has some other issue, like the reboots/battery/overheating or any number of other unknown issues..
I do feel I should have a flawless screen if I'm paying hundreds of dollars for a phone.. I mean the whole point of the SG2 is the screen really, that's they key marketing point they are pushing on it, and that's really what initially drew me to it.
It's aggravating when I'm trying to watch something in the dark and I can see these black blobs and lines...
but I'm also happy with the phone's performance.. tough decision
What would/did you do?
Return it
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every phone will have issues but its your right to have a working model so return it til your satisfied.
ingenious247 said:
I have the black blotches, a dead red pixel, and the vertical lines (which, btw, were somewhat present on the "good" screen of my MT4G)
But I have no problems with the battery.. no random reboots, great speaker quality (both media playback and phone calls) and the phone flies.
I definitely WANT to return it and get a "good" screen.. but I'm hesitant because I'm thinking I may end up with a phone that has some other issue, like the reboots/battery/overheating or any number of other unknown issues..
I do feel I should have a flawless screen if I'm paying hundreds of dollars for a phone.. I mean the whole point of the SG2 is the screen really, that's they key marketing point they are pushing on it, and that's really what initially drew me to it.
It's aggravating when I'm trying to watch something in the dark and I can see these black blobs and lines...
but I'm also happy with the phone's performance.. tough decision
What would/did you do?
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I would return the phone, but return it after Samsung brings in some new batches. You might turn it in and waste your time and get another with the same problem.
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Really? This is a question? If the water pump leaks on your car every 2 weeks after replacement are you gonna not return it under lemon law because it has a kick ass stereo?
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If I were you, I would go ahead and exchange. You have too many issues to not and keep the phone and regret it later. I had a small situation of the right side of my screen not being flushed with the casing and I decided to just keep it. The other issues I have seen on the forum make me worried that if I exchange I will end up with a bunch of other issues that I don't want. The one that gets me the most is the vertical lines and the 100% battery bug. None of these issues are on my phone and I want to keep it that way.
I also saw someone mention the issue with the ground on the charger. I saw this first hand at the t-mobile store. The phone was doing phantom presses and I wasn't even touching the phone. I asked the rep about it and of course she had no clue. I unplugged the charger and everything was fine.
It's always a risk to exchange with any type of phone.
Well my suggestion would be to exchange it.
I got mine on the release day. All looked good and i was back home. I made a call and realized that i'm getting this low buzz noise on call when the other person speaking. tried couple of diffrent calls, checked on IVR's but it was constantly there. Went to T-mobile store next day, showed it to the rep, he opened the phone and pushed the SIM card in and said it is because the SIM was not properly inserted. I called and it was not there (coz there was music going on in the store so did not felt it) but before leaving i though i'll give it a try again and called the T-Mobile care number. Bingo...as soon as the IVR started the buzzing was there...showed it to the rep, he talked to the store supervisor and she also listened and immediately replaced my phone. Checked the other one...and no buzzing sound at all with the volume all the way to up. So go ahead and replace it before u run out of time.
I'm on my second SGS2. Exchanged the first one because of the lines. This one has the lines, but not as bad, but it has had a couple of reboots. Went to exchange for a third and was told no by the store manager. She told me that she can't keep doing exchanges because it costs her store money. Not my problem, I told her. I paid full price for the phone, I want one that is as close to perfect as I can get and since I'm in my 14 days, I'm allowed to exchange because my device is defective. She still told me no and said that exchanges are at the stores discretion and she said I can't get another exchange. I will be filing a complaint with T-Mobile about this.
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I'm on my second SGS2. Exchanged the first one because of the lines. This one has the lines, but not as bad, but it has had a couple of reboots. Went to exchange for a third and was told no by the store manager. She told me that she can't keep doing exchanges because it costs her store money. Not my problem, I told her. I paid full price for the phone, I want one that is as close to perfect as I can get and since I'm in my 14 days, I'm allowed to exchange because my device is defective. She still told me no and said that exchanges are at the stores discretion and she said I can't get another exchange. I will be filing a complaint with T-Mobile about this.
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You can then ask for a refund.
After you get your money back, buy another one.
It's law my friend. They cannot refuse a refund within the remorse period.
ingenious247 said:
You can then ask for a refund.
After you get your money back, buy another one.
It's law my friend. They cannot refuse a refund within the remorse period.
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That's probably what I'll do. I paid cash so hopefully I'll get cash back.
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tackleberry said:
Really? This is a question? If the water pump leaks on your car every 2 weeks after replacement are you gonna not return it under lemon law because it has a kick ass stereo?
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Yes, this is a legitimate question, and your analogy is far off. Let me help you.
If every car out there typically has some set of known problems (like every cell phone pretty much does, from HTC to Samsung to LG, etc) then a leaky water pump might not be that bad if say, many of the other vehicles have a bad engine or are known for random blowouts while on the freeway.
Then all of the sudden that leaky water pump doesn't seem so bad.. especially when you HAVE to have a car (phone), so it's not like you can just say "effit, I'm not buying any of them until they get it right"
So then the only option you have is to decide which flaws you're willing to live with, or keep returning it until they actually refuse to do business with you. And yes, that does happen...
Just exchanged mine in-store. New one has a MUCH better screen.. barely noticeable verticals and no black blotches or dead pixels..
Now I just have to make sure EVERYTHING else works right... headphone jack, camera, Bluetooth, Wifi, Data, etc...
I think this one's going to be a keeper though. Seems pretty solid so far.
Just exchanged mine today same manufacture date 9/28/2011, this one is far better barely noticeable vertical lines and definitely no blotches on the screen!
Lucky you guys... My first one had the vertical lines so I traded it in and the second one is much worse : (. I've noticed that it also has the random reboot issue too. It was a 9/28/11 batch.
My first one had very noticeable vertical lines. My second one has them but not nearly as bad. But, the new one does have a white spot in the screen and there are words somehow etched on the inside of the screen, almost like they are burned in. So just weigh the pros and cons of swapping, you could end up with something worse.
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I'd totally return it or exchange it if it had blobs. I've seen them 1st hand on 1 of the 6 I've tested. You do need to realize that these screens all have the lines to and extent. So just get one you can live with without the blobs and move on. I'm super picky but have realized that there's no escaping the lines.
1/6 didn't have that many lines and it ended up getting a stuck red pixel, so I just exchanged till I found one that had the lines evenly spread and not just bunched up in one corner.
Also, with testing 6 of them, I also noticed that some of them would display heavy lines with a certain wallpaper while others wouldn't. Yet the others would display heavy lines with a different wallpaper while the others wouldn't. Trust me, I fully tried all I could to get a perfect one and that's the reason I tried 6 and did different wallpapers.
The blobs aren't as common as the lines and you'll more than likely get a blob free one with the exchange.
Good luck and sorry for the lenghty post.
Side note: Here's the best wallpaper I've found to check for lines and blobs. Something about the color combo of this wall makes the stick out.
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Really? This is a question? If the water pump leaks on your car every 2 weeks after replacement are you gonna not return it under lemon law because it has a kick ass stereo?
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Muahahahaha......I love the old skewl XDAr's !!!
Was a just a spectator since the G1 days and finally joined when I could contribute
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The_Biz said:
I'd totally return it or exchange it if it had blobs. I've seen them 1st hand on 1 of the 6 I've tested. You do need to realize that these screens all have the lines to and extent. So just get one you can live with without the blobs and move on. I'm super picky but have realized that there's no escaping the lines.
1/6 didn't have that many lines and it ended up getting a stuck red pixel, so I just exchanged till I found one that had the lines evenly spread and not just bunched up in one corner.
Also, with testing 6 of them, I also noticed that some of them would display heavy lines with a certain wallpaper while others wouldn't. Yet the others would display heavy lines with a different wallpaper while the others wouldn't. Trust me, I fully tried all I could to get a perfect one and that's the reason I tried 6 and did different wallpapers.
The blobs aren't as common as the lines and you'll more than likely get a blob free one with the exchange.
Good luck and sorry for the lenghty post.
Side note: Here's the best wallpaper I've found to check for lines and blobs. Something about the color combo of this wall makes the stick out.
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Thanks for the short response
The image looks like the logo from my friends record label

Son of a motherless goat!!!!!

Well, not even 24 hours into owning my Samsung Galaxy S3, I now have spidered front glass. Phone was sitting on the kitchen counter. Apparently my wife’s new freakin cat was up there sniffing around. As I walked in from the garage it freaked out and shot off the counter taking my phone along for the ride. I guess it landed just right causing the front glass to spider.
Good news is I have insurance through T-Mobile. Bad news is the deductible is a $130 dollars. On top of that, T-Mobile didn’t have my account set up correctly. It still showed me owning my HTC Sensation. So when I got on the phone with the insurance company they said they could only replace my phone with a Sensation.
Had to call back T-Mobile to get that straighten out and then call back the insurance company. Now they say I have to wait 2 days before completing my claim to confirm with T-Mobile that I actually own a Galaxy S3. They said I should be getting my phone on Friday once everything checks out.
Now I have to sit here and look at my poor broken phone. I can’t start my healing process until I have the new one lol.
hahahahaha!! daammn that sucks I feel for you man. That's crazy sad.. Get a case on the new one asap..
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Well, not even 24 hours into owning my Samsung Galaxy S3, I now have spidered front glass. Phone was sitting on the kitchen counter. Apparently my wife’s new freakin cat was up there sniffing around. As I walked in from the garage it freaked out and shot off the counter taking my phone along for the ride. I guess it landed just right causing the front glass to spider.
Good news is I have insurance through T-Mobile. Bad news is the deductible is a $130 dollars. On top of that, T-Mobile didn’t have my account set up correctly. It still showed me owning my HTC Sensation. So when I got on the phone with the insurance company they said they could only replace my phone with a Sensation.
Had to call back T-Mobile to get that straighten out and then call back the insurance company. Now they say I have to wait 2 days before completing my claim to confirm with T-Mobile that I actually own a Galaxy S3. They said I should be getting my phone on Friday once everything checks out.
Now I have to sit here and look at my poor broken phone. I can’t start my healing process until I have the new one lol.
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Sorry to hear that...ummm quick start d/l stuff and trying everything before you send back....not going to hurt and try things, if you brick it...so what....
No really, hope you get your phone soon, I know the feeling. I bricked my S3 day 1 hour 3....was without for 4 days. BTW good movie quote, one of my favs.
man that sucks, sorry dude....i shattered my front glass recently, as well =(
such a horrible feeling isn't it? at least i had my phone for about a month when it happened. if this happened to me within 24 hours of owning it like you, i might have very well started crying.
my takeaways from my traumatic experience were:
the S3 seems fairly fragile, as shown by other xda folk who have also shattered the screen.
i usually keep my phone "naked" but have opted now to go for a fairly thick case. i don't think the "skins" like ghost armor will cut it for me anymore (my usual go-to). worked great on my S2 but i'm not taking any more chances. such a shame too, the phone looks so great as is. covered up with a case, it just looks like any other ordinary phone
asurion has pretty darn good service
this was my first ever asurion claim and although the 130 dollar deductible sucks, which just adds insult to injury (almost literally) after ruining your brand-new shiny device, i was impressed by asurion's speed. i shattered my phone on a wednesday at 3pm, ordered the replacement at 4pm and they had a BNIB! S3 in my hands by 11am thursday. sucks you had that glitch with the sensation though.
again, sorry for your loss. i hope your back in the saddle soon!
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Sorry to hear that...ummm quick start d/l stuff and trying everything before you send back....not going to hurt and try things, if you brick it...so what....
No really, hope you get your phone soon, I know the feeling. I bricked my S3 day 1 hour 3....was without for 4 days. BTW good movie quote, one of my favs.
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Just out of curiosity how did you brick it? I'm getting mine in a couple of days and I want to make sure I don't do that lol
The motherless goat epidemic is a serious problem, i am petitioning for it to be addressed on the presidential platform this year! sorry to hear about your phone that does suck, i know id be pissed!
I've been super careful with this phone and I'm gonna try and stay careful cause I like to keep my "naked" too lol
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Cats ruin everything! My step-mom used to let our cat walk on the keyboard because she thought it was funny, and then one day it popped all the keys off...
danielrod said:
Just out of curiosity how did you brick it? I'm getting mine in a couple of days and I want to make sure I don't do that lol
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Think he flashed an international rom
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Sorry to hear that. RIP
Your wife's cat?
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I had my LG G2x for 2 or 3 days before I ruined it. I was at a friends house to go swimming. I changed and put the phone in my swim trunk pocket. I had just recovered from a surgery (testicular cancer removal) and was pretty excited to go swimming since all I could do before was lay down. Anyways, I just dove right in and didn't realized my phone was in my pocket. After a few minutes in the water, it was like a lighting bolt struck me, I remembered my phone was in my pocket still. I was super pissed.
Luckily I had Asurion insurance and it got replaced couple days later. Bad thing was I had my old Nexus One but it wasn't working to well. I still had my HTC G1 so for those 2 days, I ended up using the G1. Such a tiny screen and so slow.
Now I baby the crap out of my GS3. Skin and screen protector and no cats. :good:
I thought the glass was strong, gorilla glass 2 no less. My daughter dropped mine from the kitchen table onto the ceramic tile floor, thank God no damage.
I've seen the video of the guy dragging a gs3 and iPhone 4s around a parking lot tied to the bumper of a car and the gs3 survives no problem.
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Do not do ANY other roms/kernels/radios, for other makes of the S3. PERIOD. Only the SGH-T999 tmo. They will hard brick. I didn't read, and did a 9300 rom. Bam, off and never returned. Bought a Jtag box, won't be without again.
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Btw... your account wasn't set up wrong.. the system just takes at least a few days of you using the new phone before the insurance will transfer over to the new phone
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Does anyone know how many claims you can have with Asurion in a year? If its only one, then I'm going to super paranoid with my phone.
Sleef said:
Your wife's cat?
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Yes the wife and my 5 year old daughter have been wanting a cat for like 2 years now. I finally give in and 3 weeks into owning the cat, it has already cost me
i think it's 2 claims per year.
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Lol damn that sucks I wish I could help you seeing as I fix phones but the part alone cost over 200
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is there an easy way to buff out scratches on the phone, I have no clue how I got them cause I've used a case since day one and lay the phone on its back, and don't carry keys in that pocket (nothing at all really) but I can feel the scratches when I run my finger nail along the glass in tiny areas and barely see them in sun light... I'm not stressed about it, but thought I'd ask lol. Sorry to the op for the cats misfortune... You did get rid of it right??

Smashy smashy ... dropped my Note 2 today and screen broke. Gruesome pics inside.

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I use the OEM Samsung Note 2 case which has a rubber lip around the glass... (Not on the phone in the pictures.) It clearly didn't help in this case. Was putting the phone into my pocket at lunch while headphones were connected. The wire snagged and tilted the phone out of my hand. As it fell it was heading down to hit the bottom edge at and angle but it ran out of wire (as the earbuds were in my ears) so it yanked the wire, which spun it around making sure it hit the ground perfectly face first.
Didn't bounce ... make a funny sound. I had a feeling that was it .... and yep, picked it up and this.
Even though shards of glass are coming off, the digitizer and S-pen still worked perfectly! I quickly go on the phone to Ensquared and a replacement is on its way. $75 deductible isn't too bad, considering the price of the phone. (I bought the $99.99 two year warranty option when I got this phone.)
First phone I have ever broken, and I had a Droid X phone for two years with a ton of drops, no case and never an issue. (Just scratches on the body and even a ding on the metal lip of the screen.) Bad luck or is the Note 2 just more fragile? Price we pay for the huge screen?
I'm using a HTC Amaze 4G right now ... 4.3" screen and it's impossible to use now. Feels so cramped and tiny .... and so slow and laggy. Replacement can't come quickly enough.
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I use the OEM Samsung Note 2 case which has a rubber lip around the glass... (Not on the phone in the pictures.) It clearly didn't help in this case. Was putting the phone into my pocket at lunch while headphones were connected. The wire snagged and tilted the phone out of my hand. As it fell it was heading down to hit the bottom edge at and angle but it ran out of wire (as the earbuds were in my ears) so it yanked the wire, which spun it around making sure it hit the ground perfectly face first.
Didn't bounce ... make a funny sound. I had a feeling that was it .... and yep, picked it up and this.
Even though shards of glass are coming off, the digitizer and S-pen still worked perfectly! I quickly go on the phone to Ensquared and a replacement is on its way. $75 deductible isn't too bad, considering the price of the phone. (I bought the $99.99 two year warranty option when I got this phone.)
First phone I have ever broken, and I had a Droid X phone for two years with a ton of drops, no case and never an issue. (Just scratches on the body and even a ding on the metal lip of the screen.) Bad luck or is the Note 2 just more fragile? Price we pay for the huge screen?
I'm using a HTC Amaze 4G right now ... 4.3" screen and it's impossible to use now. Feels so cramped and tiny .... and so slow and laggy. Replacement can't come quickly enough.
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Sorry for your lost. I had the same thing happened with my LG Optimus G
I just bought one and my only concern is this...
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Holy $hit man that's nasty. $75 dollars is a small price to pay. What did they tell you to do with the old one?
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Holy $hit man that's nasty. $75 dollars is a small price to pay. What did they tell you to do with the old one?
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Ya not too bad really. They want the old phone back, so I'm sure they repair them. For all I know I'm getting a refurb. We shall see. I think I'm going to buy a better case. Something with a slightly bigget lip on it.
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im surprised mine hasnt broke. dropped mine from 15ft with slim case haha!
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Ive just got mine in a samsung flip cover and im kind of surprised something like this hasn't happened to mine yet. I keep accidentally pulling on the charging cable and flinging the phone off my desk onto very thin carpet
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Ive just got mine in a samsung flip cover and im kind of surprised something like this hasn't happened to mine yet. I keep accidentally pulling on the charging cable and flinging the phone off my desk onto very thin carpet
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I think falling onto carpet, even thin carpet is totally fine. Even onto a wood floor my phone would have survived. It was onto concrete but especially concrete with lots of little pebbles in it, creating a bumpy surface. Bumpy enough that if you lay the phone flat on it the only part actually touching is the tops of the little pebbles against the glass....
That's why my corners are fine -- I think the break started down in the lower right corner-ish area when a sharp pebble must have slammed right into the glass with a sharp point.
I dropped my Note 2 twice from waist height on two different occasions with no case. Once it landed on face down (on plain concrete floor) and the other on its back, so far it seemed to be handling those punishments well. I don't know if having a case has a negative impact on the way the Note 2 is aerodynamically designed to land such that.
My lil brother throw mines around sometimes on the carpet and nothing happens. I hope I don't break it because it would cost 300 to repair it.
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Simply turned my phone over today and cracked my screen. Cracked the screen next to the power button. Small 2 inch clean crack. Still not sure if I want to live with it or spend $200 to fix it. Phone still works, just think ocd will drive me crazy.
So would you fix it or live with it?
All insurace company requir the device to be 90 days or less. I guess I cannot get insured.
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I would live with it bro,, this was my s3 I lived through... just think the next big thing will be out soon enough right.
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VERY sorry for your loss.
I have been extremely rough on the Note 2 (even more than my blackberries, iphones, and S2)....I've had this phone drop SEVERAL times from the top of a 7 foot refrigerator unto a hardwood floor.
I was chilling in the backyard last weekend lounging and drinking a bottle of wine. Laid the phone in my lap and it fell 12 inches on the ground.
CRASH!
NUTS!!!
Cannot wait for the Note III with the unbreakable screen!
Dropped my N2 from about 4ft onto smooth concrete. Popped the flip cover and battery out, but other than that, no issues.
Anyone else use en squared?
Thinking about getting it, only 100 for 2 years with a 75 dollars deductible...
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Ouch
Breaks my heart to see these broken screens...I was surprised when I noticed a little scratch on my screen. Nothing major but I've never managed to scratch a Samsung screen going back to the original galaxy. Oh well... Ready for the npte III.
Damn I would be pissed if mine broke I just paid 300 for it and dont have warranty.
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adrianblack said:
Ya not too bad really. They want the old phone back, so I'm sure they repair them. For all I know I'm getting a refurb. We shall see. I think I'm going to buy a better case. Something with a slightly bigget lip on it.
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Check out the "Seidio convert" case for the note 2 on amazon...
About $55.00 for the combo case, but wow...It's a fine setup for this device.
It combines the traditional seidio mid-snap hard case, with a soft TPU outer case, and is held together by an ABS exo-skelton cover.
It also has a holster, and all controls are still functional with both case parts installed.
You can strip off the outer shell, and run lean with the active case in the office, or load up the outer cover and be protected to the extreme.
Mine got here today, and It's worth every penny...
Now, to get my new note 2 here tomorrow......
Sorry for the crash, but between this setup and otter box, you have 2 great choices to protect this fragile screen.....
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Damn I would be pissed if mine broke I just paid 300 for it and dont have warranty.
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Insurance my friend....gotta have it......IMHO....g
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raduque said:
Dropped my N2 from about 4ft onto smooth concrete. Popped the flip cover and battery out, but other than that, no issues.
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You....are a damn lucky note 2 owner.....and the first I've heard about having a dropped note "not" break the glass.
My Boss has dropped his 3 times, and is on his 3rd note...LOL...g
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:highfive: I'll vouch for you as I have the same case and I also love it.
Had the same case on my old phone for 2 years and it held up great.

Warranty lol...

So drop my note 3 from about one foot off the ground... lands solid face down... no case or screen protector... cracks the screen almost from corner to corner. Took out the warranty for once... happy I did that. So paid 175 and yay phone next day... no... not quite... 2 days later no updates. Call and the note 3 is on backorder and should have one in a week. I heard the note 3 was fragile.... but really? This is more of just a sharing of my experience than anything but I just hope they take it without caring that the knox flag is tripped.
Face down is the worst way any phone can land, regardless of distance. It's not really much of a relative barometer of durability. Insurance shouldn't care that the Knox flag is tripped, assuming you actually mean insurance.
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So drop my note 3 from about one foot off the ground... lands solid face down... no case or screen protector... cracks the screen almost from corner to corner. Took out the warranty for once... happy I did that. So paid 175 and yay phone next day... no... not quite... 2 days later no updates. Call and the note 3 is on backorder and should have one in a week. I heard the note 3 was fragile.... but really? This is more of just a sharing of my experience than anything but I just hope they take it without caring that the knox flag is tripped.
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I've heard these issues with both the Note 3 and the GS4. Was worried about getting both of them. My wife has GS4, of course you know what i have. I Have a N3 Flip cover, and have dropped it. Funny enough the flip cover always manages to open on the way down. I have a dent in the metal frame, and have dropped it hard enough that the flip cover came off and the battery popped out, but no damage to the screen. But i do have the invisi shield on it, so maybe that is the difference.
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Face down is the worst way any phone can land, regardless of distance. It's not really much of a relative barometer of durability. Insurance shouldn't care that the Knox flag is tripped, assuming you actually mean insurance.
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I've heard these issues with both the Note 3 and the GS4. Was worried about getting both of them. My wife has GS4, of course you know what i have. I Have a N3 Flip cover, and have dropped it. Funny enough the flip cover always manages to open on the way down. I have a dent in the metal frame, and have dropped it hard enough that the flip cover came off and the battery popped out, but no damage to the screen. But i do have the invisi shield on it, so maybe that is the difference.
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Whatever insurance I pay for with the jump thing. Really wasn't so big on the idea since I sell my devices... and just buy new ones... but I was like whatever this is knew Ill give it a shot and see what I think.
The face down drop was just payback for me trying to ride my kids big wheel racer thing (like a tricycle with the front tire being very large). Girlfriend was following behind me and I didn't even stop to get my phone(possibly ran over it) and just yelled back joking "how bad is it?" thinking at worst it would be a screen scratch... She then shows me when we get to the car and I was like... well that sucks.. thought was its already broken so no point in getting upset now... especially since I was the one that broke it.
I have dropped it one other time and it hit the corner(dented the plastic a little) where this crack continued to... so just guessing I weakened the glass and the just the face down flop was enough to finish it off.
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Whatever insurance I pay for with the jump thing. Really wasn't so big on the idea since I sell my devices... and just buy new ones... but I was like whatever this is knew Ill give it a shot and see what I think.
The face down drop was just payback for me trying to ride my kids big wheel racer thing (like a tricycle with the front tire being very large). Girlfriend was following behind me and I didn't even stop to get my phone(possibly ran over it) and just yelled back joking "how bad is it?" thinking at worst it would be a screen scratch... She then shows me when we get to the car and I was like... well that sucks.. thought was its already broken so no point in getting upset now... especially since I was the one that broke it.
I have dropped it one other time and it hit the corner(dented the plastic a little) where this crack continued to... so just guessing I weakened the glass and the just the face down flop was enough to finish it off.
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There was another guy here ordering a brand new note 3 and he said it was on back order. Looks like you are probably getting a brand new unit then?
Sorry about the dropping, I always want to go without case as I like the feel of the phone naked, but know for a fact I will drop it without a case LOL Even though I have not yet dropped mine since it was released october 3rd.
Try not to drop your phone lol.
But really after the s2 the s line has gotten crap and break easy from drops.
I my friend has drop so many phones it's not even funny.
He said the s2 last the longest. Drop and no cracks. Power button pop off lol.
His s3 broke and the battery back rubs a hold in it from normal use.
His girl had a s4 and it shatter from falling.
But again all no cases or screen protectors.
I do my best to not drop a phone because now a days there build like eggs.
I remember in the old days you could throw a phone at someone, knock them out then pick it up and call someone lol.
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There was another guy here ordering a brand new note 3 and he said it was on back order. Looks like you are probably getting a brand new unit then?
Sorry about the dropping, I always want to go without case as I like the feel of the phone naked, but know for a fact I will drop it without a case LOL Even though I have not yet dropped mine since it was released october 3rd.
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I hope its a new Note3. Ill take a refurb but still prefer new.
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Try not to drop your phone lol.
But really after the s2 the s line has gotten crap and break easy from drops.
I my friend has drop so many phones it's not even funny.
He said the s2 last the longest. Drop and no cracks. Power button pop off lol.
His s3 broke and the battery back rubs a hold in it from normal use.
His girl had a s4 and it shatter from falling.
But again all no cases or screen protectors.
I do my best to not drop a phone because now a days there build like eggs.
I remember in the old days you could throw a phone at someone, knock them out then pick it up and call someone lol.
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Well after such a good experience with the Note2 I decided to try case free... that has now stopped. Have a case and screen protector ready for the new one.
After the quick break on this one I am probably going to be selling the replacement one.... unsure if it will be replaced with a s5 or sony z1s. Thats a topic for another day and a lot more research.
Wait for Sony z2s with massive screen phablet love.
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Wait for Sony z2s with massive screen phablet love.
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I cycle a lot..... really a lot... so carrying a note 3 in my jersey is a slight hassle and wont fit in my saddle bag.
I am wanting a large note3 like phone and then a compact high end phone... I had a N5 and it was all good except the battery life left me with a dead phone on heavy use days. The note3 has never failed me on that one.
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I cycle a lot..... really a lot... so carrying a note 3 in my jersey is a slight hassle and wont fit in my saddle bag.
I am wanting a large note3 like phone and then a compact high end phone... I had a N5 and it was all good except the battery life left me with a dead phone on heavy use days. The note3 has never failed me on that one.
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Wish I could cycle or walk more. Put on 20 pounds since I stopped all exercise since December. Shame on me.
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I sent in a phone for a warranty replacement and I left the ROM on it and everything and I got mine replaced. Most refurbished phones are ones that someone owned for a couple days and returned it for whatever reason.
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Wish I could cycle or walk more. Put on 20 pounds since I stopped all exercise since December. Shame on me.
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Cycling for me is my mental free time. I like free time.
I need mental piece of mind. Trust.
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Guess this means I got a new one? the bag they sent me to return the device isnt big enough for charger cable etc.. Guess I will call them and ask... not feeling paying extra just because I didn't return the new charger they sent me. I do have the slight urge to do some drop tests with my phone that is going back as a warranty exchange.... I wont but am curious.
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Guess this means I got a new one? the bag they sent me to return the device isnt big enough for charger cable etc.. Guess I will call them and ask... not feeling paying extra just because I didn't return the new charger they sent me. I do have the slight urge to do some drop tests with my phone that is going back as a warranty exchange.... I wont but am curious.
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Yes, looks like you got a new one. When I got mine, it was refurbished, and NOT in a Samsung box. rather, it was a box from the insurance company.
Congrats
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Yes, looks like you got a new one. When I got mine, it was refurbished, and NOT in a Samsung box. rather, it was a box from the insurance company.
Congrats
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Thank you for the info. Now to just charge it up and check the multitouch and of course root and get to flashing. Really hoping I can just take my backup of my old Note3 and use it in my new Note3. Then TiBu the apps. Time is seriously short about to take a road trip from the Midwest to NY and the unlimited tethering among other things is a slight need. Side note... loving X-Note.
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Thank you for the info. Now to just charge it up and check the multitouch and of course root and get to flashing. Really hoping I can just take my backup of my old Note3 and use it in my new Note3. Then TiBu the apps. Time is seriously short about to take a road trip from the Midwest to NY and the unlimited tethering among other things is a slight need. Side note... loving X-Note.
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I told you , you would get a new one. Lucky git! :cyclops:
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I told you , you would get a new one. Lucky git! :cyclops:
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Yep I'm not complaining. This one after testing basic functioning has a screen protector on it with a case. Just went with the tech21 for both because they were there.
And yes I restored the backup from my previous note3 to the new one and no hiccups. Took like 15 minutes from root to just like the other.
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