Something for people to try:
See if you can keep the phone from sliding holding onto only the glass. So put your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other and pinch then hold the phone up vertical. Squeeze as hard as you want (but dont break the LCD), I bet nobody can keep the phone from slowly sliding down no matter how hard they try. I recommend holding it near the Nexus logo so you can see it move since it will be sliding very very slowly. Try both hands.
Ive noticed that this thing simply sticks to NOTHING, this Gorilla Glass 2 surface is very slippery and I wish they would have gone for something more grippy on the back since my phone has slid off things that are virtually flat a few times already. It seems like any amount of gravity will cause this thing to slide.
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Something for people to try:
See if you can keep the phone from sliding holding onto only the glass. So put your thumb on one side and your fingers on the other and pinch then hold the phone up vertical. Squeeze as hard as you want (but dont break the LCD), I bet nobody can keep the phone from slowly sliding down no matter how hard they try. I recommend holding it near the Nexus logo so you can see it move since it will be sliding very very slowly. Try both hands.
Ive noticed that this thing simply sticks to NOTHING, this Gorilla Glass 2 surface is very slippery and I wish they would have gone for something more grippy on the back since my phone has slid off things that are virtually flat a few times already.
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Yeah, the iPhone 4 and 4S had this problem too. If you went naked they would slide off anything and everything, even things you thought were flat. Hopefully invisible shield comes out with a back protector. I hate Invisible shields on the front because they're slightly tacky, but for the back it would be great at protecting and preventing the phone from sliding.
Isn't the glass suppose to be slippery? You want your finger to glide across it easily while using the phone. Not sure what the issue is, who grips their phone this way? If you do, stop it.
Not having any issue gripping the phone this way. On the other hand I have noticed the phone being susceptible to "death grip".
Yeah I've found on numerous occasions where I would set my phone down on what I THOUGHT was a flat surface, walk away and come back only to find my phone on the floor. This thing I'd crazy slippery. I'm picking up a bumper from someone off Craigslist tonight for a good deal and am hoping it will help at least a little.
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I can just say it again .. Bumper FTW!
But actually, these issues are crazy ... slippery phone .. what the heck.
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Isn't the glass suppose to be slippery? You want your finger to glide across it easily while using the phone. Not sure what the issue is, who grips their phone this way? If you do, stop it.
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Not having any issue gripping the phone this way. On the other hand I have noticed the phone being susceptible to "death grip".
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"You're just holding it the wrong way!"
What's the death grip on the N4?
From iFixit's tear down they show contact points of the antennas in the upper third of the back plate. But they never took the back apart to see where the leads go. Is the death grip the top half of the phone? If so that's good, because with the size of the N4 people will most likely grip it along the bottom half and along the bottom edge.
I called it an issue, but I actually like it slippery in the back.
I totally love the feel of the phone. I just thought it was crazy how it would just slide off of seemingly flat surfaces. I had my closed laptop sitting on the dining room table, phone on top of the laptop. Walked away for a few minutes and came back to find the phone on the floor. Instantly blamed my wife. Lol.
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I did your test and my phone didn't move a cm...
I like it slippery in the back also
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Use a soap for oily skin.
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"You're just holding it the wrong way!"
What's the death grip on the N4?
From iFixit's tear down they show contact points of the antennas in the upper third of the back plate. But they never took the back apart to see where the leads go. Is the death grip the top half of the phone? If so that's good, because with the size of the N4 people will most likely grip it along the bottom half and along the bottom edge.
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I when I hold the phone 2 handed (eg when surfing the web) the bars drop dramatically and in places with weak signal just holding the phone (bottom half one handed like for a phone call) I'll completely lose signal. Actually I'd say in general, compared to my HD2 and Sensation the signal strength is poor on this phone.
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I when I hold the phone 2 handed (eg when surfing the web) the bars drop dramatically and in places with weak signal just holding the phone (bottom half one handed like for a phone call) I'll completely lose signal. Actually I'd say in general, compared to my HD2 and Sensation the signal strength is poor on this phone.
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x2. I am waiting it out to do more testing and see what happens with updates but I have also noticed the dramatic signal loss depending on how you hold the phone. At my house I consistantly get 2-3 bars on my Lumia 920 (and did on my S3, Note, etc). With the N4 I get 3 occasionally, but most of the tiem if I am holding the phone its at 1 bar, and if I hold it in certain ways loses signal all together.
My phone dropped too. Stupid slipper back
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My phone dropped too. Stupid slipper back
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any damages?
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Try both hands.
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So we don't build muscle imbalance in our fingers?
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any damages?
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No visible damage at all, dropped twice. Once from chair height ~3 feet to wooden floor and once from ~1 foot.
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I like it slippery in the back also
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I bet you do you randy sonofagun!
kinky!
mELIANTE said:
Use a soap for oily skin.
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i lawled. out of thanks, but yeah, thanks for the laff.
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Yeah, the iPhone 4 and 4S had this problem too. If you went naked they would slide off anything and everything, even things you thought were flat. Hopefully invisible shield comes out with a back protector. I hate Invisible shields on the front because they're slightly tacky, but for the back it would be great at protecting and preventing the phone from sliding.
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I know, this is due to a plastic build. It seems to be due to the back case that's causing it. It doesn't happen often, but at times I can certainly feel the phone creak. Though its got me thinking, is it just my phone or does others creak in a similar matter also? I didn't really expect this from such a high end device, but eh I guess I gotta learn to live with it.
I guess I could cover it up by getting a case that encases the phone, or see if I can find another back casing.
For what its worth, mine doesn't but as you say its plastic and im sure it wont be long before mine starts. I forgot to swap my MicroSD card out of my old phone when I got the phone and now im scared to take the cover off to put it in because that battery cover is so thin and flimsy.
mine doesnt squeak also
No creaking here. I did catch one of the buttons while squeezing and it triggered the haptic feedback but no creaking. The rear panel feels flimsy when detached, but when in place the phone feels reasonably solid to me.
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The rear panel feels flimsy when detached, but when in place the phone feels reasonably solid to me.
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Maybe that's cause you're used to the Touch HD? I'm gonna make the switch from a Touch HD to the Galaxy S as well.
Seriosuly though, my Touch HD creaks only when handled in a certain way, maybe the same is true for the Galaxy S?
Regards.
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Maybe that's cause you're used to the Touch HD?
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lol, yeah maybe
I also have a Blackberry Bold 9700 and the case for that creaks way more than any noise I can get from the Samsung.
It happens to me sometimes when I try to get a better grip
The first few times I almost **** myself thinking I broke something
Mine seems to creak when I press the top bit of the phone (just above the grill thing above the Samsung logo), and sometimes at the sides also when I pick it up. It's not that bad, but I have terrible, terrible OCD and this can bug me sometimes.
Creaking? That reminds me of the g1 lol
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Creaking? That reminds me of the g1 lol
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and my HTC Magic xD
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Creaking? That reminds me of the g1 lol
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It certainly does. I got fed up of mine and sold it because of the non stop creaking from the bottom right corner of the screen.
i just got my SGS last week..... n its already making creaky noise when held tightly from the side..... is there a way to get a replacement???
Try tightening the small screws at the back. Turns out that the silver bezel is really loose out of the box for some units. Also, in some units, there is a small gap between the battery and the back plate. That makes it creak real bad though I doubt that is a structural error.
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my left side creaks
mine does this sometimes, it doesn't bother me at all.
I get it here on the top of the phone in the middle.
Not worried about it, guess it gives it more personality
Now what I would really like, more cases so we can customize.
A matte or shinny steel back cover would be a nice addition
Anything really, to make it less iCrap 3 looking I hate people saying
it's an iCrap 3 and that I should get an iCrap 4
creaking silver bezel in the left bottom part here. I'm "glad" to see i'm not alone
Yups my SGS also creeks when I squeeze it from sides...
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Mine creeks when I squeeze it too ... This is what happens when they try to make a hightech phone cheaper ... if they used a better plastic or something else (the Iphone has murano glass from Italy .. WTF? ) the phone would be to expensive and many of us couldn't buy it ..! As long as it doesn't hurt the phone I don't mind ! The solution for me was the silicone case (and make the difference if you drop the phone !)
Mine does, only around the power button though.
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When I press(with a bit more force) on the left side I hear creaking noise, is that normal or not?
I don't have raised glass problem.
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When I press(with a bit more force) on the left side I hear creaking noise, is that normal or not?
I don't have raised glass problem.
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I have 2 Nexus 7. My Nexus 7 has a minor screen lift, but it's not noticeable. But yea it has the creaking noise near the upper left area. But then again I shouldn't like be putting that much force on the screen so I'm not too worried. My sister's Nexus 7 has no issues with either.
One of the mine did but it seems okay. That's why I think it is the back cover. Because of mine would squeak only if I held it from the back in certain areas. If I held if from another place on the back it wouldn't squeak like holding it from the other side and pushing down then the squeak would be gone. Mine usually would squeak right where the volume of buttons were.
Mine does the same no noticeable screen lift but it will creak if you press too hard on the left side
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yes.
on the left side of mine its the screen that is raised and creeks. on the right side i think its the back cover that is causing the creeking
I had the creak, it drove me nuts. My screen didn't lift at all. I returned it for a new one with no creak and no screen lift.
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I had the creak, it drove me nuts. My screen didn't lift at all. I returned it for a new one with no creak and no screen lift.
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You had to apply not a lot of pressure if it drove you nuts right? And you RMA yours for that single reason?
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You had to apply not a lot of pressure if it drove you nuts right? And you RMA yours for that single reason?
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I bought mine locally at Sam's, so it was just a matter of taking it back to the store. I bought a new one at Staple's first as they got a new shipment in...of only one.
There was enough movement to make me uncomfortable with it. Not only did it creak on that lower left side with some slight pressure, I could also feel movement when I pressed on the lower left of the screen. Not like squishy movement, just a weird shifting noise.
It's as if the case was a little too large or slightly warped somewhere. I didn't have to press very hard at all to make that sound and it did it naturally if I picked it up from the side. I tend to be OCD so something like that is just one of those things I would fixate on. I also had a dead pixel so the combo was enough to take a trip to Sam's to return it and Staple's for a new one. The difference is night and day with the new one though, it feels so much more sturdy without the noises.
I ordered a case to try and ignore it, but that is still on it's way so the return was kind of an impulse. Honestly if your screen is fine otherwise and you aren't OCD like me, it shouldn't be a deal breaker IMO. Unless a swap is easy, but things could always be worse.
Mine does same, no lift but squeaks with little pressure.
This squeak is because of that black tap that you can see once you open your nexus. At least this was the case with me. The sponge on the top of tape presses the tape when you press the device on left side. I fixed it by removing that foam. I am not recommending anyone to do it as that foam must be there for some reason either to cater for the flex in back cover or something but this was driving me crazy so I removed it. Please don't do it because I am saying this as you might have some different problem. This was my problem and this is how I fix it.
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Mine has a slight creak but only when I apply a moderate-high amount of pressure at a certain spot, which I don't feel comfortable doing anyway. Haven't taken the back off but not sure if I will tbh, using a case can alleviate some display issues I.e. screen rising and sight creaks.
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Mine has a clicking kind of sound on the left side and the glass depress's about 13/100ths of a MM with little to no force and it was an open box. I will bring mine back as soon as I find a store with another one in stock. I also didn't get the 25$ credit on my Google Play account because the person who bought and returned it took the credit...
My main concern is for dust getting under the glass. If the screen has any kind of travel like mine does I can only assume that it may suck some dust in and under the glass in-between the display and the glass. I don't know if the display is fused to the glass like my Gnex.
I've found that taking the back cover off and putting a single, small piece of electrical tape near the edges in the areas that squeek eliminates the creak. If you have creaking in areas other than the left area where there's screen lift, it's most likely caused by the back cover not fitting perfectly against he device. I put some small pieces of electrical tape in the top right corner and along the bottom right side of my Nexus 7, and it has just about eliminated all creaking.
Mine creaked around the edges til I pressed down hard on them to clip it more securely in place. I've no other issues and the screen is great.
Rik.
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Mine creaked around the edges til I pressed down hard on them to clip it more securely in place. I've no other issues and the screen is great.
Rik.
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This is what i done. Worked for me too.
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My third replacement has creak with no lift at all.
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My second Nexus 7 has no screen lift but the power button clicks loudly when depressed about as loud as a typical space bar. Loud enough that others in my office can tell when I turn the screen on. The vol. rocker does not make the same click sound it sounds and works like the first Nexus 7 I owned. I don't think the louder click from the power button is a big deal and will likely get less loud with use.
Hi!
I got my Nexus 7 yesterday and I dont have the raised glass but I have a creaking noise when pressing down the glass on the left side of the tablet. When I press the glass it creaks and after a second or so you here a popping sound. This is the only issue I have with my Nexus 7. You guys think I should return it and get a replacement or is this normal? It only happen when I press down harder than normal.
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Hi!
I got my Nexus 7 yesterday and I dont have the raised glass but I have a creaking noise when pressing down the glass on the left side of the tablet. When I press the glass it creaks and after a second or so you here a popping sound. This is the only issue I have with my Nexus 7. You guys think I should return it and get a replacement or is this normal? It only happen when I press down harder than normal.
Br D
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I have the same problem and am trying to decide if its screen lift or just some weird noise. Advice guys?
Same problem - I've had this issue since I got my Nexus 7 two weeks ago and so far nothing terrible has happened.
So yesterday I nearly destroyed my phone by placing it on my leather wallet. After doing so, I went to the kitchen and after around ten minutes I heard a loud noise of something smashing on the ground. It was my N4 that slowly slipped from my wallet. Luckily, it just hit the chair and not the ground and I only have a minor scratch in the metal bezel. After some testing I found that the glass back is stupidly slippery. It even starts to slide when the surface has quite a lot of grip. I think this is due to the coating of the glass. Funny enough, it feels really nonslip and safe holding it in the hand. So be careful where you place your phone!
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This is why I'm gonna put best skins ever or zagg on the back for more grip
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yea tilted surfaces do that
just playing couldn't pass that up
I played with 1 at TMO and it is very slippery. Im glad they picked a could side material for grip
We are all going to break this phone.
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Yeah, I Put a case on mine.
Why the hell is Google putting glass on the back is beyond me. I guess none of them own an Iphone 4/4S or never heard of constant broken back glass from it. This is one slippery phone and a finger print magnet.
My iPhone 4S has slipped quite a few ties doing exactly that- sitting on my leather wallet. Luckily, I havent managed to crack it. I hope the Nexus 4 has a strong back.
Bummer... I have to get a case soon.
I put mine on my desk to charge, and the weight of the USB cable was enough to make the phone slither off the desk like a snake. Happened twice actually, I blamed the cats the first time. This phone is too smooth
Until you get a case or if you do not want to get a case then you could go to walmart, target or home depot etc. and get some of the small round rubber feet they put on boxes and vases to keep them from scratching tables and stick one in each corner of the back. They will keep the phone from sliding and help the speaker from getting so muffled when laying flat.
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So yesterday I nearly destroyed my phone by placing it on my leather wallet. After doing so, I went to the kitchen and after around ten minutes I heard a loud noise of something smashing on the ground. It was my N4 that slowly slipped from my wallet. Luckily, it just hit the chair and not the ground and I only have a minor scratch in the metal bezel. After some testing I found that the glass back is stupidly slippery. It even starts to slide when the surface has quite a lot of grip. I think this is due to the coating of the glass. Funny enough, it feels really nonslip and safe holding it in the hand. So be careful where you place your phone!
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I can confirm that. It is super slippery device.
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I've noticed this too. When i'm charging on my drawer the usb cable pulls it ever so slightly. Very creepy, slippery phone lol
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This damn handset fell off a flat footstool twice yesterday, its feckin frictionless!!
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Same thing happened to me the very night I got it. Was watching a movie in my recliner and had the phone in the arm of my chair. Shifted slightly, heard a thump, jumped in horror.
The phone had slid down between the arm and seat of the chair, fell through, hit the wood frame on the way down. Nice big tick in my chrome bezel right next to the volume rocker to show for it.
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This damn handset fell off a flat footstool twice yesterday, its feckin frictionless!!
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Lmao, very true. I had mine laying on my bed last night and sure enough it just randomly slid right off onto the carpet.
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Until you get a case or if you do not want to get a case then you could go to walmart, target or home depot etc. and get some of the small round rubber feet they put on boxes and vases to keep them from scratching tables and stick one in each corner of the back. They will keep the phone from sliding and help the speaker from getting so muffled when laying flat.
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Well, that's kind of an ugly imagination putting something like that on a phone that beautiful. I'll just be more careful in the future and I don't think it'll ever happen again
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Definitely very slippery - slipped from my hand as I was handing it to my wife to look at ~5min after unboxing. landed on the corner on our hardwood floor and spiderwebbed the back.
A case will cover it and the front is fine so it could have been much worse. I'll just wait until replacement glass backs are available
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Definitely very slippery - slipped from my hand as I was handing it to my wife to look at ~5min after unboxing. landed on the corner on our hardwood floor and spiderwebbed the back.
A case will cover it and the front is fine so it could have been much worse. I'll just wait until replacement glass backs are available
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Oh dear lord my eyes!
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Until you get a case or if you do not want to get a case then you could go to walmart, target or home depot etc. and get some of the small round rubber feet they put on boxes and vases to keep them from scratching tables and stick one in each corner of the back. They will keep the phone from sliding and help the speaker from getting so muffled when laying flat.
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The glue used on those things like to slip, especially if they become warm like with the body temperature the phone will reach in someone's pocket. And then that glue leaves behind residue along the slippage path.
Did we really need a thread to tell people to be careful where they put their phone?
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Is it just me or is this screen poor build I was at work this morning phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box and pull phone out to check time and screen is all cracked smh not even gonna try n fix it yet! Sorry just needed to get that off my chest..
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And how is that "this phones" fault? If you lean on something metal, no matter the phone, the screen will crack. Next time put it in your pocket with the screen facing your leg. Not outwards
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Is it just me or is this screen poor build I was at work this morning phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box and pull phone out to check time and screen is all cracked smh not even gonna try n fix it yet! Sorry just needed to get that off my chest..
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The screen uses Gorilla glass, the same as pretty much every phone released recently. If you broke it, then I'm sorry to say it, but you must have done something silly. Sorry to hear it though.
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And how is that "this phones" fault? If you lean on something metal, no matter the phone, the screen will crack. Next time put it in your pocket with the screen facing your leg. Not outwards
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Dude relax just saying phone glass quality sucks and phone is always in my pocket with screen facing leg so stop making assumptions.
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The screen uses Gorilla glass, the same as pretty much every phone released recently. If you broke it, then I'm sorry to say it, but you must have done something silly. Sorry to hear it though.
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No one did anything silly smh.. Heard other people with the same phone saying glass quality suck also screen shatter from a light fall and so on lol love how you guys take things to the heart around mod close thread lol
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No one did anything silly smh.. Heard other people with the same phone saying glass quality suck also screen shatter from a light fall and so on lol love how you guys take things to the heart around mod close thread lol
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Hardly. All I said was that it uses the same glass as pretty much every other recent phone. So if you have an issue with the quality, then that issue is with the gorilla glass, rather than the phone.
And of course some phones will shatter from small falls, that's fairly obvious.
Merry christmas!
It must be because English is not my native language but I don't understand this thread at all. "phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box". What?
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It must be because English is not my native language but I don't understand this thread at all. "phone was in pocket lean into conveyer belt to get a box". What?
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I interpreted it as him attempting to say that he wanted to get hold of a box that was on a conveyor belt, so he lent across to reach it. It seems that when leaning over, he pushed too much of his weight on the phone, which would have been caught on the edge of the conveyor belt.
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I interpreted it as him attempting to say that he wanted to get hold of a box that was on a conveyor belt, so he lent across to reach it. It seems that when leaning over, he pushed too much of his weight on the phone, which would have been caught on the edge of the conveyor belt.
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Exactly.
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At this point in the game, pretty much every smartphone has a screen with essentially the exact same degree of durability. They're all using Gorilla glass or some equivalent. If your screen cracks, it's because of what happened to the phone. I guarantee you that any other phone would have broken in the exact same way under your circumstances.
It'll be interesting to see how sapphire screens hold up when those are mainstream in a few years.
Chalk me up as another that don't know how they cracked their screen. Mine has 1 small crack at the upper left corner and a medium one at the lower right corner, fortunately neither cross over the screen or where I'd touch. First time I've cracked a screen and don't know how it occurred thought it was just a long hair that got caught in the case at first.
I know the OP isn't the first here to have this problem. There was a few threads where people just put the phone in their pocket and pulled it out later and it was cracked. They couldn't remember anything specific that would have broken it. Also if I'm not mistaken doesn't gorilla glass just stand up better to scratches? From what I understood, it's not stronger than normal when it comes to cracks, just scratches. Which I can vouch for. Spent the whole day at work with my phone and keys in the same pocket. No scratches and even more lucky, no cracks!
Sorry to hear about your N5 though That's rough man, I would die a little on the inside.
IIFC gorilla glass is a bit more flexible when it comes to bending so it would resist cracking there a bit more than regular glass.
So this is just a inquiry. I keep my phone in my back pocket. Left side.
I'm curious as to see who keeps their phone behind them. Or if they use the front, or holsters.
Reason why I'm asking will be told after.
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So this is just a inquiry. I keep my phone in my back pocket. Left side.
I'm curious as to see who keeps their phone behind them. Or if they use the front, or holsters.
Reason why I'm asking will be told after.
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I keep in front pocket on shirt. So I would know where it is at all times without the worry of damaging it.
Front pocket
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I prefer mine in my front pocket, right side (i keep pens,pencils, and markers for work in my left) and i prefer the screen facing my leg so that it lays more flat. I move around too much to keep it in the back
I always use a holster. Frees up a fair bit of pocket space.
Front pocket or (sometimes) front shirt pocket if I am wearing such a shirt...
Front left.
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Front right.
Well dang. Seems like everyone uses the fronts. I've kept my phone in my back pocket for the past 3 years. And now I'm trying to make the change back. Mainly because I took my phone out an placed it face down so my screen doesn't flash it's active screen. And I noticed the phone teetered on opposite corners. Basically my phone twisted.
Yeah front right for me too. I've seen FAR too many phones that have had their screens broken from being in back pockets to ever put it in my back pocket.
I hadn't really considered phones bending or deforming from it until the iPhone 6 Plus, but that's another good reason. It is certainly possible with any phone, but especially larger phones with aluminum frames.
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Back right, along with my wallet.
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Back right, along with my wallet.
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Good luck with the spine problems...
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Back right, along with my wallet.
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Have laid your phone face down to see if it lies flat?
Back left with screen facing inwards since the day I got it. No deformation on this phone or any other phone I've had and carried like this. I do my best not to sit down on it, however.