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Just had a situation occur that is having me seriously question our build quality...

I was sitting at my desk at work, and I went to get up and go to lunch. I didn't realize my phone was on my lap, but when I got up my phone fell out of my lap, and on to the carpet. The back came off and the battery came out ("big deal", I thought, since every other time I dropped a phone [not often], the battery came out). I get the battery, get the back, and go to grab the phone, when I realized that the front is basically shattered.
The phone didn't fall more than 3 feet onto carpeted floor, and I was just in awe at that. I still am. Fortunately, Sprint is going to replace it because I have insurance, and apparently there is no deductible which is nice. My EVO hasn't given me any problems though and I see about others who seem to and I hope that the refurb unit lasts longer than this one did. I might also be investing in an Otterbox or something.
Here's a pic of the carnage:
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I dropped my phone onto the street when I was getting out of my car. It was from about 3-4' high. I bobbled it as a stood up and watched it crash face down to the ground in what appeared to be slow motion. Picked the phone up off the ground and it only had a few scratches on the corners. I thought for sure the screen would be cracked. I peeled off the screen protector when I got home, and not a single scratch on the screen. I don't use a case for the phone.
I guess my point to the story is that it could just be I was lucky, and you got unlucky. After my incident, I feel pretty confident in the HTC build quality.

Forgot to mention; sucks what happened to your phone. Good thing for insurance.

ckombo said:
Forgot to mention; sucks what happened to your phone. Good thing for insurance.
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Thanks.
Yeah I dropped mine onto the wood floor at my house from a similar height as what happened today and nothing really happened, so that's why I was shocked. I dropped my Pre probably 4 or 5 times when I had it and nothing at all happened to it. The Pre was a tank for me, which is surprising since pretty much everyone else who had it complained bigtime about the build quality of it.
I'm debating on whether or not I should unroot my phone before I bring it back on Monday. The person at the store didn't even turn the screen on when I brought it in and approved it, but I didn't know if some flak would come of it running an (obviously not stock) rooted ROM when it got wherever it's going).
Or maybe they'll just toss it into the trash.

with the new what insurance is set up they should be able to fix your screen and hand it back to you IF its just the screen damaged

They'll actually just replace the screen for you at a repair center, instead ordering a refurb.
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Could also be that the screen is or works like tempered/safety glass. You can take a ball peen hammer to the center of a sheet of safety glass with little to no affect. But take the same hammer and strike the edge of the glass and the sheet will crumble like the Yankees in a playoff game.
If your EVO landed on its side when it fell, that could be the cause. It's happened in my office many times with people's iPhones. I find that my Ghost Armor works well to diffuse the smaller bumps, though mine is covered in a rubberized case 80% of the time as well.
Hopefully you get a good replacement.

jimbobcooterrooter said:
They'll actually just replace the screen for you at a repair center, instead ordering a refurb.
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They already ordered a replacement, it'll be in on Monday.

An Otterbox is a good idea ... it will help in the future.

I've said this from the beginning. All shatters start points occur from the bottom left or right of the phone!

exSD said:
I've said this from the beginning. All shatters start points occur from the bottom left or right of the phone!
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lol yep that it did.

Seriously question build quality? You're kidding, right? ANY glass will shatter when dropped, period. This has nothing to do with build quality. Would you prefer it to be plastic and have a million scratches on the screen?
Now if you were to complain about the screen separation issues, THAT would be a build quality issue. But NO phone is perfect.

I've dropped my phone dozens of times, many from 3 ft, others from 5 ft, I do have a black rubber case on it that only says htc on the back that I picked up on launch day. so far its never came apart or scratched or anything happened that would make it less than mint. I'm impressed with it and honestly don't see a way to destroy the thing unless I wanted to

zeuzinn said:
Seriously question build quality? You're kidding, right? ANY glass will shatter when dropped, period. This has nothing to do with build quality. Would you prefer it to be plastic and have a million scratches on the screen?
Now if you were to complain about the screen separation issues, THAT would be a build quality issue. But NO phone is perfect.
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Drop glass from 3 ft onto carpet, and see how often it breaks. I venture to guess it'll almost never break. I have never once broken a phone and now my EVO slides off my lap and it shatters. And I have no right to question the quality of it?
Don't get me wrong I love it and can't wait to get another so I can continue to play with it, but seriously.

I guess I fail to see the part where there's a design flaw sounds more like a memory flaw

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I guess I fail to see the part where there's a design flaw sounds more like a memory flaw
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Are screens getting busted to **** from a minor fall a very common occurance?

mrmylanman said:
Are screens getting busted to **** from a minor fall a very common occurance?
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The sample size is rather small but you're 1/1 so I'd venture a guess as to yes. Angle of impact seems to be the common denominator here, a flaw in the design there is not. $10 says you don't leave it on your lap and stand up to go to lunch again...but if you do report back here so we can hear about it again.

Its also possible your screen/glass might have had an imperfection in it as well . I have heard of glass windows in cars shattering with just the slightest of impacts . Granted they are rare , far and few between . Every once in a while the process of making the glass screws up causing weak points in its structure . Its possible this might be the case with yours . Glass was already weak from the manufacturing process and the small fall was enough to cause it to shatter .

I've dropped my phone from my lap getting out of my truck on asphalt. Thought for sure the screen was toast but just a few scuff marks around the plastic edge. second time it fell from waste height on concrete and that shattered the screen.
Otterbox offers good protection but I can't get over how HUGE the cases are. I ended up with Pt case. Just something to sheild the edges/corners a little better.

Thats why I'm calling bs the phone had to hit the desk or something you could slam the phone on carpet and not break the glass by the way if your at your desk why is the phone in your lap mobile porn or something
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Drop glass from 3 ft onto carpet, and see how often it breaks. I venture to guess it'll almost never break. I have never once broken a phone and now my EVO slides off my lap and it shatters. And I have no right to question the quality of it?
Don't get me wrong I love it and can't wait to get another so I can continue to play with it, but seriously.
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Bought a screen replacement for One X, and this happens

So well, its been weeks since i was able to use my phone since the screen was completely shattered. Got my screen replaced today after my shipment arrive..
Used it for 30 minutes and this is what happens
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Also, the screen is unusually "glossy"
Help!
Did I mess up something or got a fake **** shipped to me?
*sorry for bad quality image, took on a retarded phone, the only other source I have at this moment*

Sabspave said:
Did I mess up something or got a fake **** shipped to me?
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Something similar happened to me. The day I got my phone I was cleaning the display and some of the cleaner leaked between the glass and the panel. It grew in to a big grey blob and started moving from the top of the phone to the bottom. It went completely away overnight. It just happened again a few days ago when I was putting a screen protector on. Same thing, moved from top to bottom and went away overnight. Hope your's does the same.
BTW, from the AT&T logo you're in the wrong forum. I'm guessing the displays act the same though.

BarryH_GEG said:
Something similar happened to me. The day I got my phone I was cleaning the display and some of the cleaner leaked between the glass and the panel. It grew in to a big grey blob and started moving from the top of the phone to the bottom. It went completely away overnight. It just happened again a few days ago when I was putting a screen protector on. Same thing, moved from top to bottom and went away overnight. Hope your's does the same.
BTW, from the AT&T logo you're in the wrong forum. I'm guessing the displays act the same though.
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interesting, but I did not use any cleaner...
And I actually own the International version, I was pissed off when they shipped me the one with ATT logo but figured its just a damn logo, might as well stick to it..
I am wondering whats with the "glossy" look tho' . Nothing at all like my previous screen..Looking at it from a slightly tilted angle, it looks like those mercury mirrors! -_-

Sabspave said:
interesting, but I did not use any cleaner...
And I actually own the International version, I was pissed off when they shipped me the one with ATT logo but figured its just a damn logo, might as well stick to it..
I am wondering whats with the "glossy" look tho' . Nothing at all like my previous screen..Looking at it from a slightly tilted angle, it looks like those mercury mirrors! -_-
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The One XL (AT&T) display is made by Sony. Maybe it's different than the Acer and Sharp in the One X? The Gorilla Glass is laminated to the display and I'd guess that would be the same part regardless of who produced the panel itself. I wonder if yours is just the display part w/o the GG glass overlay? But then what's the moisture "blob" in between? Curious.

BarryH_GEG said:
The One XL (AT&T) display is made by Sony. Maybe it's different than the Acer and Sharp in the One X? The Gorilla Glass is laminated to the display and I'd guess that would be the same part regardless of who produced the panel itself. I wonder if yours is just the display part w/o the GG glass overlay? But then what's the moisture "blob" in between? Curious.
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I hope it doesn't matter :/
And that is my exact question, I just did some comparison with my shattered screen, the "blob" in the middle is exactly how its suppose to look like, I am guessing it is not firmly attached to lcd?
bleh I might have to visit a local phone repair shop or something.. this sucks .. Another crappy issue is that, the LEDs are way off alignment, a good centimeter off ..
day can't keep getting worse..

Since when are there AT&T branded internationals? :s
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Since when are there AT&T branded internationals? :s
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It's an AT&T-branded replacement display on a Teg3 One X.

Ah that makes sense lol. I'm so out of it today.
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This actually makes me wonder, and as far as I once heard the designs on the at& the and the International one x may seem alike but as far as I am concerned there is a minimal design difference, but don't take my answer for 100% sure, but that's maybe a possibility. Correct me if I'm wrong.

A friend of mine just had his digitizer replaced after he smashed it and has the same issue as you. Looks like it's not bonded to the LCD properly, the screen flexes when pressed. He is sending it back for repair again.

This is why my One X repair is delayed.
I broke my One X screen over a month ago now. It's been at the repair centre for that long. The reason is that the market has been flooded with cheap, hand-made, screens that have this exact problem and they are waiting for proper screens to become available. The official screens are bonded using a machine - very few of these cheap ones are fault free.
Likewise, if you have the digitizer replaced by a 3rd party, the chances are that they will do it by hand, leading to this problem. Be careful where you send your One X for repair if you do not use HTC themselves.

Unusually glossy? Sure there isn't a protection film over it?

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I broke my One X screen over a month ago now. It's been at the repair centre for that long. The reason is that the market has been flooded with cheap, hand-made, screens that have this exact problem and they are waiting for proper screens to become available. The official screens are bonded using a machine - very few of these cheap ones are fault free.
Likewise, if you have the digitizer replaced by a 3rd party, the chances are that they will do it by hand, leading to this problem. Be careful where you send your One X for repair if you do not use HTC themselves.
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I think you're spot on. I'd imagine it would be almost impossible for knock-off screens to ever be produced as well as the originals based on this...
"The 4.7-inch 720p Super LCD 2 display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2, which is the new version that's thinner and stronger. We first saw the Gorilla Glass 2 back at CES 2012, though the glass manufacturer did not reveal then which handsets will be featuring the technology. HTC also told us that the One X features optical lamination, a process through which the screen ends up laminated to the glass, resulting in better viewing angles. We found this to be true, and having the screen so close to the glass makes it appear brighter and more visible under sunlight."

Isnt there any kind of liquid glue we can use to make the screen crack invisible ?

No. If you want a perfect screen replacement, suck it up and pay for the price of an out of warranty repair.
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nadejo said:
Isnt there any kind of liquid glue we can use to make the screen crack invisible ?
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I put on a privacy screen and it looked great, the crack is hidden perfectly. Then I turned on my phone only to find out the image looked awful.
I havent found anyone happy with these 3rd party screen replacements. I am very sad, I love my phone but looking at a horrible crack makes me want to smash it against a wall.
From now on I am putting a heavy duty case on my phones.
I dont want to troll but my SGS2 had plenty of terrible falls including a 7 foot fall against a harsh Walmart parking lot. Not even a scratch. My hox was shattered for nothing

Cracked my screen. What to do now?

Hi folks.
Dropped my phone yesterday and completely shattered the screen. Phone still works fine so I'm sure it's just the glass that's broke.
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Going to try fix it myself but was wondering if any members have had success in repairing a cracked screen.
What I want to know is is it possible to just buy and replace the glass? It does look possible going by some of the youtube tutorials but others say the only way to get a proper fix is to buy both the glass and digitizer. Thing is though I'm looking at a bill of a little over £10 for the glass or about £130 (cheapest I've seen) for both.
Anyone had success repairing only the glass and was the screen just as responsive? I've also heard it's very hard to get it perfect with air bubbles becoming an issue. Every single mobile repair shop have quoted me for both as they won't even attempt just replacing the glass so I guess it must be hard.
PS. I notice from searching that these threads can lead to a "gorilla glass shouldn't break" discussion. Really hope it can be avoided here as it usually ends up with the original question not getting answered. I do my best to look after my phone but don't like covers bulking up my phone so I take the chance. I have a screen protector on and that's it. As much as I try to be careful with my phone I have dropped it on a few occasions and it's been fine but I guess my luck ran out this time. The phone fell flat on it's screen onto mono block and I just knew this time it wasn't going to be ok when I picked it up
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Mate, if you try to only replace the glass, you have to get rid of old glue and use new glue for the new glass, will be hard, but if you find a solution for this I might be interested too.
I have a small crack on the top corner of screen which does not come over the screen or cam, but I also would want to change my phones bezel to dark grey. It's so freaking cool! :d
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Just wondering if either of you had a case on when it happened?
I'm trying to ascertain if/which covers are a waste of time for protecting the screen.
Best of luck fixing them though.
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johnbhoyc said:
Hi folks.
Dropped my phone yesterday and completely shattered the screen. Phone still works fine so I'm sure it's just the glass that's broke.
Going to try fix it myself but was wondering if any members have had success in repairing a cracked screen.
What I want to know is is it possible to just buy and replace the glass? It does look possible going by some of the youtube tutorials but others say the only way to get a proper fix is to buy both the glass and digitizer. Thing is though I'm looking at a bill of a little over £10 for the glass or about £130 (cheapest I've seen) for both.
Anyone had success repairing only the glass and was the screen just as responsive? I've also heard it's very hard to get it perfect with air bubbles becoming an issue. Every single mobile repair shop have quoted me for both as they won't even attempt just replacing the glass so I guess it must be hard.
PS. I notice from searching that these threads can lead to a "gorilla glass shouldn't break" discussion. Really hope it can be avoided here as it usually ends up with the original question not getting answered. I do my best to look after my phone but don't like covers bulking up my phone so I take the chance. I have a screen protector on and that's it. As much as I try to be careful with my phone I have dropped it on a few occasions and it's been fine but I guess my luck ran out this time. The phone fell flat on it's screen onto mono block and I just knew this time it wasn't going to be ok when I picked it up
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I had a case of broken glass, watched a lot of videos thinking about doing it myself but in the end decided to just let someone else do it. About screen responsiveness, I have a personal feeling that it's more responsive than before, maybe there is less glue (or none at all now) than before so the glass is closer to a screen. There are no air bubbles so maybe no glue Personally I think it would be enough to put glue on the sides of screen just to create a seal against dirt getting between glass and display, it would also be easier in case of another broken glass
Here in Poland it cost me 75$ (UPS 2 way + glass + repair) and took 4 days total. I'm quite happy with the results

? Should have used a case...

FinancialWar said:
? Should have used a case...
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No case can protect you if your phone lands display down on uneven ground.....

Try dx.com
They generally sell spare parts of everything quite cheap. They do deliver free aswell (international) but waiting period could be 10 - 20 days.
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Happened to me too.
I took it to the Samsung Repair Center and they did the assessment and told me that I could take the phone and that they'd call when they had the glass for the repair. 3 days later they called, I took the the phone there, 40 minutes later it was brand new.
They charged $80 for the service.

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No case can protect you if your phone lands display down on uneven ground.....
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Thanks for the replies guys. Looks like not many have actually done this.
Think I'm going to give separating the glass a chance. If I mess up the digitizer I can always just order another one anyway

I've had a single line crack right across the screen for a couple of months now. Phone still works like there is no crack, and the cost of a repair (plus the chance of a botched repair) is too high to make me want to do it. Got a Galaxy Note 8 to replace it - but then its sim slot went faulty, so back to the Note 2 while that gets fixed under warranty.

My honest advice is to let a pro repair your screen. On my previous phone I tried to replace the glass. Then I tried to replace glass and didgitiser. I warched the tutorials. Bought all the right tools. In the end my phone was "lost" so I got a new one on my insurance.
Save your self time money and stress. Send it to a pro.
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It ain't worth just replacing the glass, way too footery and likely to get dust/fingerprints between the display and the digitiser, if you can even get it separated without damaging the display.... I cracked the glass on mine, a Samsung service centre in the UK called Regenersis tried to rip me off and quoted for a new display + glass and a new main logic board, all to the tune of £300! There's absolutely nothing wrong with the main board and the phone works perfectly, they were just trying to make a quick buck or didn't want to do the work, figuring I was some n00b and would just say go-ahead.....

Wow for £300 you can buy another one and sell the cracked screen one on eBay
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My Note 2 also met an unfortunate fate of glass-floor impact. I went down the cheap route after a lot of research and paid £30 for a glass, tools and 2M tape kit. It did the job, but I find that after a day or two, especially in this heatwave we're having at present in the UK the screen does start to lift a bit and the responsiveness of the screen does drop considerably. Pressing the screen down brings it back to normal however.
Also the cheap route brings about what looks like moisture under the screen. (attached) It's actually just where the glass is touching the digitiser, and only occurs in the middle of the screen. I assume this is only because the repair tape is on the outside of the digitiser so has some wiggle room. It'd probably not exist, or lift, if a LOCA glue was used or an all over repair adhesive was applied to the entire glass. Downside to both of these is future repairs are just as tricky as the initial repair, with lots of headgun/hairdryer use. Also with the adhesive I heard that it's very hard to get on without imperfections. I guess it depends on how well you can repair tech and/or how flush with cash you are at the time.

[Q] Screen Super Fragile?

I just cracked my second Nexus 7 2013. Both occasions the tablet was not dropped in any way and minor pressure put a few hairline cracks in the display, rendering it useless because the digitizer is integrated into the glass. Why do they crack SO easily? Has anyone else experienced this? Its very frustrating. I am considering fixing it myself, but have heard of the new display cracking on install. I don't think I'll buy another one after this durability issue and touchscreen issues on both I've owned. Too much trouble than what they're worth. Any other 7 inch tablets in the sub $300 range that offer similar if not better performance? No, the Nexus 9 is too big for my taste lol. Thanks

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I just cracked my second Nexus 7 2013. Both occasions the tablet was not dropped in any way and minor pressure put a few hairline cracks in the display, rendering it useless because the digitizer is integrated into the glass. Why do they crack SO easily? Has anyone else experienced this? Its very frustrating. I am considering fixing it myself, but have heard of the new display cracking on install. I don't think I'll buy another one after this durability issue and touchscreen issues on both I've owned. Too much trouble than what they're worth. Any other 7 inch tablets in the sub $300 range that offer similar if not better performance? No, the Nexus 9 is too big for my taste lol. Thanks
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Funny. I'm wondering if the glass is generally weak on these tablets or if I've just had bad luck. Its literally a few hairline cracks across the display, nothing major. I pulled it out of the tablet bag I have for it and it was cracked.

It's not inherent to the tablet. I'm using my daughter's hand-me-down tablet (funny how that works...) and she abused the hell out of it. It did have a Moko case to protect it, but she pounded on it pretty hard when she got mad at apps - enough that I fussed at her and threatened to take it away.
I have it now and there isn't a scratch or crack anywhere on it. In fact, it's been a pretty awesome tablet for the money.

joshjovovich said:
Funny. I'm wondering if the glass is generally weak on these tablets or if I've just had bad luck. Its literally a few hairline cracks across the display, nothing major. I pulled it out of the tablet bag I have for it and it was cracked.
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They are not generally that fragile, but may crack for a number of known and unknown reasons. For instance, one recounted that he dropped it for 3 inches onto a bed and got it; whereas I myself have slipped it from the trunk of a car to the asphalt with the glass landing on the hard surface and nothing happened. But what you can do is buy another assembly, and a tempered glass cover for another 10 bucks. I've had one on for some time now, and dropped it a few. Didn't do nothing.

Get an iPad mini. That's what I will do. I'm fed up with these ghost touches of nexus!!
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Get an iPad mini. That's what I will do. I'm fed up with these ghost touches of nexus!!
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iOS is not an option

graphdarnell said:
They are not generally that fragile, but may crack for a number of known and unknown reasons. For instance, one recounted that he dropped it for 3 inches onto a bed and got it; whereas I myself have slipped it from the trunk of a car to the asphalt with the glass landing on the hard surface and nothing happened. But what you can do is buy another assembly, and a tempered glass cover for another 10 bucks. I've had one on for some time now, and dropped it a few. Didn't do nothing.
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Guess I'm unlucky. I'll go ahead and purchase a screen assembly and try to install it. Ironically I looked on Amazon for a tempered glass screen protector and didn't have much luck.

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It's not inherent to the tablet. I'm using my daughter's hand-me-down tablet (funny how that works...) and she abused the hell out of it. It did have a Moko case to protect it, but she pounded on it pretty hard when she got mad at apps - enough that I fussed at her and threatened to take it away.
I have it now and there isn't a scratch or crack anywhere on it. In fact, it's been a pretty awesome tablet for the money.
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Haha yeah I had a Poetic on mine.

joshjovovich said:
Guess I'm unlucky. I'll go ahead and purchase a screen assembly and try to install it. Ironically I looked on Amazon for a tempered glass screen protector and didn't have much luck.
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Go Ebay. They're mostly from China and Hong Kong, would take a little time but quality-wise, good enough. I had a dodgy screen I didn't care about, so I bought a tempered-glass, installed it and proceeded to test. Cracked corner of the digitizer but the glass remained intact.

Anyone else had screen scratched already ? Is this covered by warranty (UK) ?

This is partly my fault, but surprised to see the screen seemingly scratch so easily.
For the couple of weeks I had this phone I had it in an comparatively thick rubber / gel case I had bought from eBay after deciding the gel case in the box did not offer enough protection if the phone was place down flat (has no 'lip').
Anyhow have been enjoying the phone alot, and just for today I though I would go with the sleeker case (from the box) as it's a slightly nicer fit in my shirt pocket.
Just been in McDonalds and just wanted to see how the case coped, if there was actually a tiny tiny lip, put the phone face down, on a very clean table, slide it a few centimetres a couple of times, seemed that there was no 'lip' affect (phone just slide on its face).
Then turned it over, carried on, and ten minutes later noticed a pretty bad hairline scratch (well two) about a centimetre long.
Feel pretty daft, as I really liked this phone, and I normally take real care, but that included case was much sleeker and comfortable to use than the chunky one. Feels like I have permanently damaged it (scratch won't 'wipe off', and can physically feel ithe groove of the scratch).
Why the heck.didnt they add 1/2 a millimetre lip to the darn case (?)... Ah Well.
I bought it off a UK eBay seller, I believe I have 28 days if anything is wrong with the phone to return it, but something like this they would probably blame me, I guess ??
I may just keep it and get a glass screen protector, (as you may tell I have never had something lhappen ike this before, rather peeved).
Would advise not keeping this phone in pockets with keys, etc, as the glass seems really delicate to me,
Anyhow any advice welcome

I blame you. This is 100% your fault. Don't return the phone.

This would not be covered because it is classed as accident so you really would need insurance to cover this and even with it you would end up paying excess charge so you might as well just buy another phone.
Not sure how you can blame the phones glass all the info states this has gorilla glass so it's not like a lot of their older phones which was just standard

mortmaru said:
This would not be covered because it is classed as accident so you really would need insurance to cover this and even with it you would end up paying excess charge so you might as well just buy another phone.
Not sure how you can blame the phones glass all the info states this has gorilla glass so it's not like a lot of their older phones which was just standard
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Fair enough, I was thinking that may be the case, just was unsure as never had this kind of thing before.
Have put the phone back in its chunky case, and will just try to get used to the scratches for now.
Thanks for the input.

Just got a gel(but hard) case with lip and not bulky from gearbest.its carbon on the back.seems really well made.look it up

Just found this: https://www.gearbest.com/screen-protectors/pp_009809062202.html
It's an Hydrogel protection that "repairs screen scratches". I don't think it will repair but probably makes them invisible.

Just few moments ago I posted this. Am really nervous about it and just thinking about returning this phone as this is not normal in my opinion
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/help/week-a2-scratched-screen-t3849606

Infernus-cz said:
Just few moments ago I posted this. Am really nervous about it and just thinking about returning this phone as this is not normal in my opinion
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/help/week-a2-scratched-screen-t3849606
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That doesn't look like scratches at all except for one. I would definitely return that if possible as it looks like something is wrong with an adhesive possibly. The screen hardness should be a level 5-6 like most other phones. Even the latest GG scratches just as easily.

kitaco said:
That doesn't look like scratches at all except for one. I would definitely return that if possible as it looks like something is wrong with an adhesive possibly. The screen hardness should be a level 5-6 like most other phones. Even the latest GG scratches just as easily.
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You're right - it wasn't scratched. Thanks to other member I found out it was bad oleophobic coating and I returned the phone, waiting for my money right now. I bought another A2, screen looks ok until now

Spoke too soon. Screen scratched deep within 3 days of having the phone. Definitely recommend a tempered glass screen protector for this thing. I just bought some Nillkin's from Aliexpress.
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kitaco said:
Spoke too soon. Screen scratched deep within 3 days of having the phone. Definitely recommend a tempered glass screen protector for this thing. I just bought some Nillkin's from Aliexpress.
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Waiting for mine... Is it truly Gorila Glass 5? Hard to believe that brand of this name has so low immunity to scratches

Infernus-cz said:
Waiting for mine... Is it truly Gorila Glass 5? Hard to believe that brand of this name has so low immunity to scratches
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The A2 Lite has no Gorilla Glas, at least there is no official statement from Xiaomi about that. Probably it's just "cheap' scratch resistant glass.

thorin0815 said:
The A2 Lite has no Gorilla Glas, at least there is no official statement from Xiaomi about that. Probably it's just "cheap' scratch resistant glass.
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Well my bad. Thought the Lite has GG5 just like A2

Infernus-cz said:
Well my bad. Thought the Lite has GG5 just like A2
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Ah, here is btw. the answer from Xiaomi Global support I got a while ago:
"I would like to inform yuo that the MI A2 lite supports 2.5D glass display and you may refer the Official Global Website https://www.mi.com/en/mi-a2-lite/ for more updates for the same. Also, your feedback for the device is mentioned and will be forwarded to our relevant team. "
I asked about if the device has Gorilla Glass.

thorin0815 said:
Ah, here is btw. the answer from Xiaomi Global support I got a while ago:
"I would like to inform yuo that the MI A2 lite supports 2.5D glass display and you may refer the Official Global Website https://www.mi.com/en/mi-a2-lite/ for more updates for the same. Also, your feedback for the device is mentioned and will be forwarded to our relevant team. "
I asked about if the device has Gorilla Glass.
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That just means it has slightly curved edges.

kitaco said:
That just means it has slightly curved edges.
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Yeah, I know. Well, at least now I know what to think about Xiaomi Mail-Support.

Nillkin is fine and does stick around the edges. I would recommend if you have the patience to get it perfect. It is also very smooth. I ruined mine because it's extremely hard to position right since it barely fits the LCD. I had other screen protectors come in from Amazon and they don't stick around the left, bottom, and top edges or corners, so be aware of this fact when ordering random brands.
My OCD about alignment, dust, and bubbles is going to make me go without a screen protector on this phone because it's never even close to perfect. It seems to be less than gorilla glass too. It already has more scratches than my OG Pixel since launch.