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I know yall are sick of Hinge questions but...

Well, I just ordered a G2 on ebay (YAY!) and I'm not kidding, last night I had trouble sleeping because I am very very worried about a loose hinge. I got this thing off contract AKA expensive and I want it to be perfect.
anyway, my question is as follows, was the loose hinge actually a common problem? or was it only blown up on the forums? I live in Israel where it will be very very hard to replace it if it is defective.

No, people just complain.
Just like when its cold, people want summer. When its hot people want winter.
Its easy to open, people want it tough and firm. When its tough and hard to open, people want it "like the g2". I had the same feeling, its over rated.

I'm talking about the hinge just popping open or closed at weird angles...it would be especially bad for someone like me who texts a lot in bed (and play old gameboy ROMS =])

Durkbeef said:
I'm talking about the hinge just popping open or closed at weird angles...it would be especially bad for someone like me who texts a lot in bed (and play old gameboy ROMS =])
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It's not really weird angles, it's only when you hold the phone upside down. Then, the forces of gravity kind of open it for you (or close it, if it's already open). Otherwise, the hinge is perfectly stable, tight and functional. As I've said in other discussions like this one, I've held my phone buy the top piece and shaken it and it has not affected the opening or closing mechanism at all.
Rest easy, you're getting a badass phone lol.

AbsolutZeroGI said:
It's not really weird angles, it's only when you hold the phone upside down. Then, the forces of gravity kind of open it for you (or close it, if it's already open). Otherwise, the hinge is perfectly stable, tight and functional. As I've said in other discussions like this one, I've held my phone buy the top piece and shaken it and it has not affected the opening or closing mechanism at all.
Rest easy, you're getting a badass phone lol.
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he tells the truth lol

Lol, so like 45 degree angle is cool? even for those really loose ones from launch day? that literally just pop the F*ck open

It's not really a big thing. Just use your index fingers to hold up the screen, you type with your thumbs anyways. I thought it was a natural habit, but I guess not judging from all those people who complain.

I'm 100% convinced that the "loose" hinge is the way the phone was designed. Problem is, it's not what people expected, so it gets called a defect. Got to love the internet sometimes....
I'm on my third G2 (not because of the hinge) and all of them have opened and closed exactly the same, regardless of part number.
Your phone will be fine, enjoy it. It's a great phone.

the hinge is fine, just use it the way its supposed to be used and you'll be okay.

Thank's yall, the worst part about this whole thing is that I had to get it shipped to my parents house in TN and I gotta wait for a friend of mine who is visiting the holy land on the 22nd to bring it to me.

my screen doesn't slide down, even though I prop the phone up at a 180 degree angle. I think I am one of the few lucky ones with a tight hinge. I've seen some vids where even at a 45 degree angel the screen slides back close.
I like things tight, and I'm glad I added this phone to my collection, along with my girlfriend.

convolution said:
my screen doesn't slide down, even though I prop the phone up at a 180 degree angle. I think I am one of the few lucky ones with a tight hinge. I've seen some vids where even at a 45 degree angel the screen slides back close.
I like things tight, and I'm glad I added this phone to my collection, along with my girlfriend.
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So she doesn't ever spend money on you then. *chuckle*
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People have made an issue out of nothing

yall? You sure you live in Israel? Only american southern rednecks say "yall".

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So she doesn't ever spend money on you then. *chuckle*
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Well played my good man.

It's one of those things where if you see the video on youtube and then go out of your way to hold the phone in that one way that will make it do this, then, yes, it closes/opens.
It's not a bug, HTC would tell you "FAD". No, not "F-off and die", "functions as designed"
In normal use I've never had any issues.
Including in bed during the marathon session of Angry birds or gameboid (advance wars!) when I should have been sleeping

dhkr123 said:
yall? You sure you live in Israel? Only american southern rednecks say "yall".
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Lol, I grew up in Memphis TN.... I think I have the right to say yall =)

Not an issue for me, but it can be an issue for those who use a holster. When pulling the phone out, you would have to make sure you grab both halves or it may slide open. You could lose your grip on the phone and drop it.
Basically, using a holster may force you to hold the phone in that youtube way. Meaning some people my experience it day to day in regular use.
I personally solved it the Steve Jobs way. I took the little black rubber band that is included around both the headset and usb cable and wrapped it over the trackpad. Boom.
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there's actually a tear down guide on here about how to make the hinge tighter but it voids warranty and what not. I'd try it myself if I had a torx 6 screw driver.

dietotherhythm said:
there's actually a tear down guide on here about how to make the hinge tighter but it voids warranty and what not. I'd try it myself if I had a torx 6 screw driver.
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I want to try this but my rubberband "trick" does me ok lol. I would love a tight hinge to get rid of my rubberband, but not quite enough to further void my warrenty. I already rooted and Romed, but that's reversible. Taking the phone apart isn't. I'm fully capable of accomplishing it though.
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(Off topic) Do you think some people are more careless than others?

Yeah, I know, another stupid question from me. I try to be as careful as I can possibly be when it comes to my phones and other expensive electronics. To the best of my bad memory, I can't remember the last time I've dropped a phone on the ground. My s/o and her daughter drop their phones often and seem careless when handling them, especially when they're pissed off. I'm ocd in some ways and I take great pride in treating my phones carefully and not tossing them around. My gf just got a e4gt last night. I was talking to her about the deep scratches her daughter's phone had, like it was dropped on concrete. She got all defensive and started in about "well I'm not perfect!"
I didn't insinuate that I was perfect, only that I was very careful with them. The daughters phone used to be mine. She's on her third replacement of the phone too.
Instead of me rambling as usual, what are your thoughts? I'm so ocd, to give you an idea, I gave someone a two way amateur radio that I wasn't using anymore. I had probably 800 invested in it. I also ALWAYS kept it in its protective leather case. It was maybe 4+ years old and when I took it out of the case to show the guy I was giving it to, it was flawless. Not a scratch or blemish on it. OK, lets hear your stories.

Isn't that humans we're all different ....
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Since I'm sitting on the can, typing out on my phone, not going to get into a story...
But hell yes. I take care of my stuff that I love. I've never understood why people treat their expensive electronics like disposable items.
I stopped buying my teenage daughter nice smartphones. She would render them ugly and useless in 2 months. Everytime.
Since I made her save for the full price of a phone she wanted, magically it still works a year later!
When I worked in computer repair, I would see this all day long...
People would buy new $1000 laptops, treat them like ****, slam the lids shut, toss them around, drop them, wander around the house holding them by a corner while they are on and have things dangling from the usb ports, toss them on counters, eat food and drink beer next to them...
Then 6 months later, wonder why they don't work, wonder why the HD is failing, whether usb ports are broken, blame the company for making ****ty devices, or worse blade us for selling them ****ty devices.
Asshats.
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Both of my teenage daughters are extremely careless with their electronics. I have spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on replacements for them and they just keep breaking them. I told them both "NO MORE REPLACEMENTS!". Since then, they have both broken their phones again....and they'll be stuck with their busted phones until their birthdays. They friggin' break everything...even their ipods. My ex is careless with her **** too. I think it's a chick thing.
My son, on the other hand....is like me. He babies his gadgets and hasn't broken a single one. Good boy. Lol

I baby the **** out of my phones. If I drop my phone you'll see me cringe. Maybe even shed a tear. I've only dropped my phones a handful of times, probably less than 10 total times, over the past 8 years or so, and I still haven't dropped my E4GT. Hope I don't jinx it. But my ex is careless with her phones. Within 3 months they look like ****, scratches, scuffed to hell... sorry, but I like my expensive electronics to look nice! THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THEM! BECAUSE THEY LOOK NICE!
I think this translates to all electronics, as well. My laptop, aside from probably having crumbs under the keys, is nearly flawless after 3 years. My Xbox 360 has never red-ringed, yet I know people who have had 5 Xboxes over the years due to red rings and whatnot. Maybe I just give mine adequate ventilation? DUNNO! But everything electronic that I own, I treat with the respect and care that it deserves. If you take care of things, they last longer. It is a fact.
So glad you posted this thread. Dumb *****es be droppin' phones errywhere I go!

yokken said:
I baby the **** out of my phones. If I drop my phone you'll see me cringe. Maybe even shed a tear. I've only dropped my phones a handful of times, probably less than 10 total times, over the past 8 years or so, and I still haven't dropped my E4GT. Hope I don't jinx it. But my ex is careless with her phones. Within 3 months they look like ****, scratches, scuffed to hell... sorry, but I like my expensive electronics to look nice! THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THEM! BECAUSE THEY LOOK NICE!
I think this translates to all electronics, as well. My laptop, aside from probably having crumbs under the keys, is nearly flawless after 3 years. My Xbox 360 has never red-ringed, yet I know people who have had 5 Xboxes over the years due to red rings and whatnot. Maybe I just give mine adequate ventilation? DUNNO! But everything electronic that I own, I treat with the respect and care that it deserves. If you take care of things, they last longer. It is a fact.
So glad you posted this thread. Dumb *****es be droppin' phones errywhere I go!
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I'm always careful with anything somewhat expensive too. My phone has yet to be dropped or scratched in any way. I always get pissed when people (like my mom...) handle my stuff in any way I don't like, even though they think they're being fine. Just yesterday my mom tried to put my binder and math book on top of my laptop. <_< I'm ocd and very protective about all my stuff.
Also, about the xbox issues, rrod depends on a lot of things. Keeping it shoved up against a wall on carpet and letting it get dusty will obviously not help, but it mostly has to do with the motherboard revision you have. How old is your xbox? Since the 2nd and 3rd revisions of the motherboard rrod is very hard to cause (for someone who actually cares about their devices). My 360 from pretty much launch day got the rrod a while back, so I opened it up and fixed it, but once it permanently failed, I got a slim which won't ever fail me. None of my personal jtags have never had any problems except for a xenon a while back (xenons are from the initial release of the 360). Wow, I just ranted on a lot about that so I guess I'll stop now, haha. By the way, I work a lot with modding 360's (both hardware and software) , so that's why I'm into this. If anyone ever has any xbox related questions just ask me
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Man i get mad if my otterbox isnt in perfect condition. Lol if it gets scuffed or scratched i get a new one....lol id lose my mind if i scratched my phone lol
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Yeah, I baby mine too(aside from flashing the #@!& out of it some nights). I put a high quality case and screen protector on it in the parking lot after I got it. And if I ever drop it I get the cringe of death. But regardless of what I've heard some say, I am impressed with the build quality in the event of human blunder
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I'm bad about coddling my phone too I have different color cases to match my clothes and I never rock it naked I have a vinyl skin on it underneath the case and if my housing ever gets scratched I wet sand and buff the scratch out lol, my wife's phone on the other hand lives in a suitcase sized purse with the 9billion pounds of junk she keeps in there so it looks like its done 2 tours in Afghanistan lol
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Nothing drives me crazier than someone who doesnt take care of the phone. I work as an IT in the military, so you can say I've seen some dumb [email protected]/t happen to phones, computers, monitors, you name it. One of the absolute worst cases was when this guy called me down to the "engineering" space to look at one of the computers... Opened it up cause the "video just quit working all of a sudden". Poured about 2 cups of coffee out of the case. Then they had the nerve to ***** to my boss after I told them I wasn't going to replace it since tgey were acting lime a bunch of animals.
Back on topic... I HATE when people dont take care of their phones. My buddy (back before android days) had a brand new iphone 3g. Somehow ran over it (not comepletely) and cracked the whole top half of his phone. Somehow it was still able to make and receive calls....but still, who does that?
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Im anal about my phones like that, they always have a TPU case and screen protector. 9 months later they still look brand new.

I usually buy a cheap case each time i get a new phone but only use it for like a week because i hate the extra bulk. but thank god for gorilla glass cuz today i dropped my phone about 6 feet screen down on concrete and theres not a scratch

I treat mine like it is a bomb. If I let it drop ill die with it. On another note my wife always take care of her electronics. They are all in mint condition.
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Funny how we baby our phones on the outside but aren't.afraid to trash the hardware underneath.

phatmanxxl said:
Funny how we baby our phones on the outside but aren't.afraid to trash the hardware underneath.
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Lol...true that.

We..that is the wife and I baby our phones..the big complaint I have is when she gets a p.o.s case that came from what looks like it was made by LEGO!!
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I've dropped my phone 20ish times in the three months I had it.. caught them all thankfully, but the back elevated lip is a little scuffed, not sure why..
last week my girlfriend was talking and she was using hand motions, (at chest level) and she knocked my phone another 2 feet in the air over cement.. i caught it.. dear god ive never been so happy.. time to use the case..
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I think it usually comes back to who has to pay for the replacements. In my experience, people who have to pay for their own crap take better care of it. It's the ones with protection plans, too much money, or parents who aren't willing to teach them the value of taking care of their stuff who get careless. And yes, it does seems to be far more common with women.
Luckily, my gf takes decent care of her stuff. Being a broke college student who can't afford to replace stuff makes you cautious. I don't even bother keeping mine in a case. I'm careful with it and I never drop it. I just can't stand to take such a nice device and cram in inside a huge, unsightly case. Half the reason I bought it was because it was so light and thin. I bought it the day it was release and I have a tiny scratch on one side that's actually from trying to get a ****ty case off with a coin and a faint line on the back where the speaker bulge touches.

I got pissed because I got a TINY scratch on my backup NS4G. I baby my phones like no other but my laptop... that's another story. I use it for Netflix and Odin and that's it. It doesn't get near the respect that my phones do
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I'm not as careful as I should be with my phone. It's because in 1-2 years it's going to replaced anyways so I just don't feel that sense of attachment.
I still follow basic care though like slapping a case on it, not putting my keys in the same pocket, that sort of thing.

Ghetto battery modding.

The Sprint S3 is my first smartphone and this forum has been AMAZINGLY helpful to me and I thank everyone here greatly. Sadly at this point I dont really have anything useful to give back, however I do get comments and questions on my ghetto battery modding by people at school all the time, so maybe a few of you will get a chuckle out of it too:
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I bought 2 extended batteries, a 4800mAh no name off ebay and a 4500mAh onite off amazon, then I stripped off their casings and seperated the cells then I stripped the cover off my stock battery and carefully lined up everything and glued all 5 cells together with arctic silver thermal adhesive. After that I carefully wired them all together in parallel and cut a hole in my otterbox so that they all stick out the back. I figure I now have between 10500mAh and 11400mAh.
Ghetto eh? But it works great, it charges just like normal and while I can kill it by gaming all day, it lasts about 3-5 days under normal usage for me depending on how I have my settings. An unexpected benifit that I discovered completely by accident is that if you drop it from about 3.5-4 feet up it seems to always land flat on the battery (I tested this by standing on my bed doing drop tests).
If I had been very careful I could have even kept the NFC antenna on the battery doing this, but I didnt know to watch out for it, so I accidently destroyed it.

joelespinoza said:
The Sprint S3 is my first smartphone and this forum has been AMAZINGLY helpful to me and I thank everyone here greatly. Sadly at this point I dont really have anything useful to give back, however I do get comments and questions on my ghetto battery modding by people at school all the time, so maybe a few of you will get a chuckle out of it too:
Well that sucks.... I cant post pictures of it.... Just google joelespinoza photobucket they should be the top pictures in my only album.
I bought 2 extended batteries, a 4800mAh no name off ebay and a 4500mAh onite off amazon, then I stripped off their casings and seperated the cells then I stripped the cover off my stock battery and carefully lined up everything and glued all 5 cells together with arctic silver thermal adhesive. After that I carefully wired them all together in parallel and cut a hole in my otterbox so that they all stick out the back. I figure I now have between 10500mAh and 11400mAh.
Ghetto eh? But it works great, it charges just like normal and while I can kill it by gaming all day, it lasts about 3-5 days under normal usage for me depending on how I have my settings. An unexpected benifit that I discovered completely by accident is that if you drop it from about 3.5-4 feet up it seems to always land flat on the battery (I tested this by standing on my bed doing drop tests).
If I had been very careful I could have even kept the NFC antenna on the battery doing this, but I didnt know to watch out for it, so I accidently destroyed it.
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Great story. You get your first thanks from me. I do crazy modding like this sometimes and love it if some else appreciates the ghetto inventiveness. Love the drop testing bit. Absolutely entertaining....and actually...the mod...for you...is very useful!

themadproducer said:
Great story. You get your first thanks from me. I do crazy modding like this sometimes and love it if some else appreciates the ghetto inventiveness. Love the drop testing bit. Absolutely entertaining....and actually...the mod...for you...is very useful!
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Thanks man! I appreciate it. And my wife has a normal S3... Honestly I like the way mine feels MUCH better, its just way easier to hold onto and easier to use one handed without it slipping around. The fact that I could use it to jump start my Honda in a pinch is a nice bonus too!

joelespinoza said:
Thanks man! I appreciate it. And my wife has a normal S3... Honestly I like the way mine feels MUCH better, its just way easier to hold onto and easier to use one handed without it slipping around. The fact that I could use it to jump start my Honda in a pinch is a nice bonus too!
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Ironically, my Honda battery is suffering during this colder season and could use such a boost! LOL
Honestly, I can't see how anyone could actually use the S3 without a case. I have never held such a slippery and uncomfortable device...begging to fly out of my hand. Too thin. But there are so many case options out there that compliment it. Love it. :good:
On the topic of "entertainment", here is a video for a new Griffen Survivor case that gives your BED DROP tests a run for the money...

all well and good but isnt this extremely dangerous to carry around like that?

ddurandSGS3 said:
all well and good but isnt this extremely dangerous to carry around like that?
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Dangerous? is it dangerous to carry a 9 volt battery? Fully charged this is around 4 volts, why would it be dangerous?

When that hack job goes into thermal runaway, it will be like a cutting torch in your pocket and you'll have a new asshole out the side of your waist. What a mess.

MCL1981 said:
When that hack job goes into thermal runaway, it will be like a cutting torch in your pocket and you'll have a new asshole out the side of your waist. What a mess.
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Very unlikely, I wear carpenter jeans and and always use the leg pocket for my phone and nothing else goes in there, so there is almost no chance of it shorting out against anything. This phone has had this battery since about 3 weeks after Sprint released the S3s and it has never been an issue, and I recently redid the connections and switched from gorilla glue to thermal adhesive.
Not only that but if it did start heating up, there is nothing holding the battery in there but friction. Pulling the battery out takes me all of 1 second.
But worse case scenario if you wanted to do it and you were worried about it, just pot the side with the connections.

Hahaha this is great, love the idea!
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i carry uncovered batteries (AA) like that for another device and shortly after use if they come in contact with anything metal they can combust, and at the very least burn a hole rught through your pants and severely burn your leg.
just asking. dont know naythign about batteries but i had one close call with the AA batteries.

ddurandSGS3 said:
i carry uncovered batteries (AA) like that for another device and shortly after use if they come in contact with anything metal they can combust, and at the very least burn a hole rught through your pants and severely burn your leg.
just asking. dont know naythign about batteries but i had one close call with the AA batteries.
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I work in IT and keep my pockets very organized, if I was tossing this phone into a purse or pocket with a bunch of loose change or other metal objects I would have it better insulated. I will probably do so anyway at some point but right now it is not an issue.
As a side point I seriously doubt anything but shorting out could possibly cause any kind of "thermal runaway" with this setup. The battery has 5 times the mass and better airflow then stock and the phone can only draw the same power. I do still get a warm screen with this setup (how the CPU/GPU dissipates heat) but the battery never gets much more then body temp, even under the most brutal use for hours at a time.

That's frickin' sweet! Could you make a video of this? Lol. I'd attempt it if I had a video to follow.
Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL! Not really something I'd want on the back of my phone.. It's usually function over fashion for me, but in this case I think I'll make an exception. It's not really the fashion thing, it's I think it'd be really awkward to hold.

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That's frickin' sweet! Could you make a video of this? Lol. I'd attempt it if I had a video to follow.
Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL! Not really something I'd want on the back of my phone.. It's usually function over fashion for me, but in this case I think I'll make an exception. It's not really the fashion thing, it's I think it'd be really awkward to hold.
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Keep in mind I am not trying to convince anyone else to do this, and I have readlly big hands as you can see from the pictures, but I find it much more comfortable to hold and use. 2 handed its only slightly better, but one handed its WAY better... the bottom edge of the battery fits right above my pinky and the weight centered in the back both give a much better feel.... when I hold my girlfriends stock s3 in one hand it feels like its gonna fall straight down out of my hand or fall forewards towards me, that might just be me though.
It also has what I call a manly heft. I don't mind it at all but if you are looking for a sleek featherweight device..... this isn't. But I like it :fingers-crossed:

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Keep in mind I am not trying to convince anyone else to do this, and I have readlly big hands as you can see from the pictures, but I find it much more comfortable to hold and use. 2 handed its only slightly better, but one handed its WAY better... the bottom edge of the battery fits right above my pinky and the weight centered in the back both give a much better feel.... when I hold my girlfriends stock s3 in one hand it feels like its gonna fall straight down out of my hand or fall forewards towards me, that might just be me though.
It also has what I call a manly heft. I don't mind it at all but if you are looking for a sleek featherweight device..... this isn't. But I like it :fingers-crossed:
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Even if it was awkward to hold, the battery life would so be worth it.. Getting the battery life of my old flip phone would be an incredible experience on a smartphone. I don't think I'd ever attempt this, but I'm wondering did just kinda wing it, or did you know what you were doing..?

Be super careful doing this. I know that lithium polymer batteries are really bad news if they are punctured or damaged... I believe this is also the case with the Lithium Ion batteries.. specifically if you inadvertently short them causing heat and internal breakdown.. Have seem my share of laptops that were burned when someone used the wrong laptop power supply (21V instead of 12V for example)
Not saying to not do this sort of mod... just saying to be VERY careful and don't risk your safety or risk burning down your house for the sake of extra battery life.. there are too many USB charging batteries out there to help with battery life extension if you are away from a USB port for too long.

nh97103 said:
Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL!
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Where are the pictures? I would like to see how it looks.

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Where are the pictures? I would like to see how it looks.
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I added a couple pics in the first post.
nh97103 said:
I don't think I'd ever attempt this, but I'm wondering did just kinda wing it, or did you know what you were doing..?
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I have done my fair share of messing with electronics, but im not an electrical engineer or anything... If you are comfortable soldering, its not that big of a deal. The hardest part is attaching the wires to the stock battery, because you have to lift up the small circut board the contact points are attached to, then resolder it back down after you attach wires underneth it. But to be fair you dont need the boards of the other 2 batteries so you can pratice on them. Then you line up all the batteries where you want them and glue them together. After that its all wire routing and ataching negatives to negatives and positives to positives.
It would probably be a good idea to have the main battery completely drained before starting. But having the other 4 with some charge would be fine if you are somewhat careful.
Be sure to pick a very thin wire with a decent casing, some kind of ribbon wire would probably work best I think, however, I just used ethernet wire I had laying around, but some of them had great insulation and some of them the insulation sucked.
If you want to play around with it without jumping in with both feet you can take apart just about any old cell phone battery and see how they are put together, they are all pretty similar. My old verizon LG octane 950mAh battery actually runs my S3 and charges normally in it, it just has to be held in with a piece of tape.
Its like anything really, if you are patient and careful you will get a nice finished product, if you are not......

You need more protection. If anything ever, and yeah, I get it, you never have anything in your pocket, but if anything ever shorts that out, you're ****ed.
The whole "Never have anything in my pocket" argument isn't working for me. You could have it on a desk, bump something into it, and then burn down the building you're in. Just cover it up and it should be fine.

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You need more protection. If anything ever, and yeah, I get it, you never have anything in your pocket, but if anything ever shorts that out, you're ****ed.
The whole "Never have anything in my pocket" argument isn't working for me. You could have it on a desk, bump something into it, and then burn down the building you're in. Just cover it up and it should be fine.
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I do agree I should probably slap some insulation on the side... However I think all of you people who are worried about something terrible happening are wildly overestimating the results.... I have shorted out this battery, its not a huge deal. Would it be bad if I purposefully directly shorted it out for a long period of time? Well yea... is it a big deal if it brushes up against something and I immediately pull it away? Has not been a problem so far,,,
This is not a single cell battery, its 5 cells connected by thin copper wire... I have actually used copper wire this thin as a fuse in a pinch, if it gets hot it melts then you are back to a single cell, assuming that the arcing didnt simply melt away the metal shorting out, which usually happens nearly instantly.
I know Lithium ion batteries can be dangerous, I also know how much abuse it usually takes to make them that way. I was around and saw some of these "tests" first hand with Luke:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dree...gcnR3aIyzfEYEaOlYsyQe_ANtSuo7U2FsvDnzcBTJK8yE

an s3 commuter with batteries?
who does that?:laugh:

General Whelp. I owned the phone for a month.

Had a reallly...really bad night last night. Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.

Go for a walk next time... I learned that the hard way, too.

Gytole said:
Had a reallly...really bad night last night.
Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.
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Tough and expensive lesson hopefully learned.
Don't suppose you had any replacement coverage on that projectile???

Az Biker said:
Tough and expensive lesson hopefully learned.
Don't suppose you had any replacement coverage on that projectile???
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Nope! Paid in full too. Yeah anger management did not help.

Gytole said:
Nope! Paid in full too. Yeah anger management did not help.
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I remember Teenage angst.

znel52 said:
I remember Teenage angst.
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I'm tellin yuh...

Hang in there, mate.

roirraW edor ehT said:
Hang in there, mate.
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Honestly, not that upset. Disappointed? Yes. But I am to blame.

For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.

darbylonia said:
For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.
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I remember throwing the jacket that belonged to a mentally ill woman I was dating at the time. She had the flip phone I had bought her to use in the jacket. Oops. That's when I got her a better flip phone and I got my first Android, the HTC Droid Eris, so in a way it was a good thing.

darbylonia said:
For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.
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Right? It'll be okay. It's just a phone. But I waited three years to upgrade. Lmao. 1....month...and I had to fight with google to get the first one replaced. It was faulty. Honestly? I feel as if it wasn't meant to be.

roirraW edor ehT said:
I remember throwing the jacket that belonged to a mentally ill woman I was dating at the time. She had the flip phone I had bought her to use in the jacket. Oops. That's when I got her a better flip phone and I got my first Android, the HTC Droid Eris, so in a way it was a good thing.
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Out from the ashes, a blaze.

Pouring one out for your phone and your relationship.

Stories like these always surprise me.
I have friends that destroy xbox-controllers every couple month, personally I would never dare. Afterall, they cost money! I am far too stingy to waste money because of some emotions. Especially not a with a 1k phone o.o

Gytole said:
Had a reallly...really bad night last night. Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.
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sorry about the female problems; sometimes things are better without them around lol. My thing as far as angry outbursts is throwing golf clubs when I f*ck up a drive or put while golfing. Lost several clubs in the water lol

I box for conditioning and beat the #### out of the punching bags to relieve tension.
take care

Please, a moment of silence!

Wev all been there before, but damn you really done a number on that phone lol

First of all...I've been there. 2 years into my 2nd marriage, we had bought a house and were trying to start a family. We suffered a miscarriage, and her idea of coping was to dump all her good friends and go back to her teenage party ways. Nothing puts a knife in your heart like waking up at 2am to an empty bed, tracking her phone down to a random house, hearing sex noises from an open window, and the door finally opens to some guy in his boxers. If that wasn't bad enough, she moved back to California without filing for divorce, refused to come home, and wouldn't even talk about issues. Then, when I finally filed for divorce, she lied to all our friends and family, spinning a sob story about how I was trying to pull the rug out from under her...even though she hadn't worked a single day, it was 100% my income paying the bills.
That being said...
If you find yourself losing control when you're upset, you might want to seek some counseling. I don't mean this in a condescending way; it's just better to find support and help you talk through a difficult time instead of becoming self destructive. One day, it might be a phone. The next, it might be a car into a bridge support. Things are replaceable, life isn't.
And no matter what someone does to you, or how wronged you feel, never forget you're responsible for the things you do. Don't give other people ammo to use against you (especially vindictive ex wives). Don't find yourself on the wrong side of the law. And don't throw away everything you've worked hard for.
Remember that getting angry is cheap; fixing the results can be extremely expensive.
And before you think I'm some mid life crisis dude....I'm only 34.
Edit: honorable mention for "bro your life sucks"...
When I was 18, I had this cute Jewish girl come into my life. She was pretty much the perfect girlfriend - she was attractive, whip smart, a lot of fun (especially the adult fun if you know what I mean), she wasn't crazy, she was a great cook, her family was rich...And she was a gamer girl.
She dumped me for some guy in Australia she had never met and only talked to online.

Question JerryRigEverything durability test epic fail

Guys, what you think?
Link below:
As for the scratching and burning everything's ok, my concern is bending test of course.
Nobody put on fire or scratch the screen with knife on purpose but bending is another kind of stuff. Just normal regular usage seems to make using the phone extremely carefully.
What's your thoughts and input?
What are your user experience (for the model owner - not only 6 Pro, every rog phone 6 models}?

Yeah, oops. Might want a good stiff case for that phone. Cool phone... nonetheless.
I have a Note 10+ and even though it's structurally very solid I try to never torque the phone like that. If you keep it in your bdu pants cargo pocket, which is a good place for a phone, it won't be an issue.
Lol, obviously that reviewer needs to learn some respect for glass's razor like cutting ability... not to worry he will, sooner or latter

blackhawk said:
Yeah, oops. Might want a good stiff case for that phone. Cool phone... nonetheless.
I have a Note 10+ and even though it's structurally very solid I try to never torque the phone like that. If you keep it in your bdu pants cargo pocket, which is a good place for a phone, it won't be an issue.
Lol, obviously that reviewer needs to learn some respect for glass's razor like cutting ability... not to worry he will, sooner or latter
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some bend test was failed, some passed with another phones. My worries is the bend test wasn't demanding, he didn't put high pressing force to break it like matchstick

nathasnajperowa said:
some bend test was failed, some passed with another phones. My worries is the bend test wasn't demanding, he didn't put high pressing force to break it like matchstick
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Should've put on blocks and measured the actual force needed to bend it. Who holds a lighter to their display? Guy just wants to break phones for views I guess

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Should've put on blocks and measured the actual force needed to bend it. Who holds a lighter to their display? Guy just wants to break phones for views I guess
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https://www.reddit.com/r/ROGphone/comments/xpbnl9
This is not on purpose but by accident, just from pants pocket. Disturbing and warning.
How to make this phone last like at least 2ys of regular usage?
Put in hard case - got overheated
Use naked to good cooling - got it broken in half.
no good solution Considering the same case occured to series 5 - why Asus didn't fix this bend test durability problem?
Apart from that phone seems to be unique and brillant.

nathasnajperowa said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ROGphone/comments/xpbnl9
This is not on purpose but by accident, just from pants pocket. Disturbing and warning.
How to make this phone last like at least 2ys of regular usage?
Put in hard case - got overheated
Use naked to good cooling - got it broken in half.
no good solution Considering the same case occured to series 5 - why Asus didn't fix this bend test durability problem?
Apart from that phone seems to be unique and brillant.
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Well after the time I saw a fat girl sit down in her car with a Note 4 in her back jean pocket, I decided never to keep a phone there.
Switch to cargo pants, keep in thigh pocket and call it good. Alternatively a belt mounted pouch.

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Well after the time I saw a fat girl sit down in her car with a Note 4 in her back jean pocket, I decided never to keep a phone there.
Switch to cargo pants, keep in thigh pocket and call it good. Alternatively a belt mounted pouch.
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What happened to this Note 4 fat abused phone? Was destroyed?
As far as I'm 5'4/99 consider myself as a well grown chicken so my weight is not an issue.
cargo or bdu pants seem a good idea, also large jacket pocket or belt mounted pouch.
For everyday use without gaming (just during day time job etc) worth to consider buying devilcase i guess.
Hope my device survives living with me

nathasnajperowa said:
What happened to this Note 4 fat abused phone? Was destroyed?
As far as I'm 5'4/99 consider myself as a well grown chicken so my weight is not an issue.
cargo or bdu pants seem a good idea, also large jacket pocket or belt mounted pouch.
For everyday use without gaming (just during day time job etc) worth to consider buying devilcase i guess.
Hope my device survives living with me
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It didn't break that time. It was a new device at then and I really wanted one. Curious why she treated it so recklessly (much like the food she consumed) she told me it was given to her. That still didn't mean it was free... dumb bunnies.
Vest pockets work most times but can occasionally fall out. Jacket pockets can have the same issues. Cargo pockets work well but once or twice I miss the pocket being too casual and it dropped to the floor. Without a good case this 3 yo phone would have been destroyed long ago. It's always cased.