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Aaand it's broken

Yes that's right my less than 24 hour old one is broken. There is a hairline crack that runs from home button to heaphone jack. By the home button there is another small crack too.
The phone was not dopped at all and has been in otterbox commuter, and pretty bc much in my hands all day. I was holding the phone and all of the sudden it cracked. I'm really just at a loss for words and dumbfounded at how this happened.
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Someone maybe got a hold of your phone and dropped it then put it back?
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Just holding it and it cracked? Suuuuure.
Inb4getouttaheresamsung
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Wouldn't want to shake your hand sounds like you have a mean death grip
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I hope you have insurance.
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If you purchased with a credit card such as discovercard, you may be covered by some sort of accidental damage protection.

Pics or it didnt happen...
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I understand it sounds ridiculous, I ran a phone store for many years and heard stories and saw things I wish I didn't. One guy hands me his phone said it doesn't work, I asked if it got wet and he tells me that his cow ate it and then threw it back up again. We go through a lot of purell. I've never had someone tell me it just broke while holding it and trying to take a screen shot, but that's what happened.
I love the phone, it was running without hiccups all day. I don't want a different phone, but I don't want to be looking at a long road of replacements either and I think most of us can agree on that, so I had to share my experience.
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gsxrdennis25 said:
I understand it sounds ridiculous, I ran a phone store for many years and heard stories and saw things I wish I didn't. One guy hands me his phone said it doesn't work, I asked if it got wet and he tells me that his cow ate it and then threw it back up again. We go through a lot of purell. I've never had someone tell me it just broke while holding it and trying to take a screen shot, but that's what happened.
I love the phone, it was running without hiccups all day. I don't want a different phone, but I don't want to be looking at a long road of replacements either and I think most of us can agree on that, so I had to share my experience.
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Lmao.... But teacher... My cow ate it!
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motoelliot said:
Pics or it didnt happen...
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When I get to work tomorrow I will post
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There is the defect, and this is turning into quite the process to have replaced
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gsxrdennis25 said:
There is the defect, and this is turning into quite the process to have replaced
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The way the crack is so hairline and straight it does seem believable some freak pressure point could have caused this. I have a good feeling we won't be seeing any more of these stories though =P

D3luSi0n4L said:
The way the crack is so hairline and straight it does seem believable some freak pressure point could have caused this. I have a good feeling we won't be seeing any more of these stories though =P
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I'm pretty sure it was from pressing the home button, I was having some of the issues with the home and back not working properly. If you are having those issues too I would try to get and exchange while you can, hopefully this is just a freak accident.
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gsxrdennis25 said:
There is the defect, and this is turning into quite the process to have replaced
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That's not a crack in the screen. It looks like a line of pixels went out. Who's replacing it for you? Sprint? Walk into a store and tell them this happened out of nowhere. If you're still within 14 days, they have to replace it.

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eXplicit815 said:
That's not a crack in the screen. It looks like a line of pixels went out. Who's replacing it for you? Sprint? Walk into a store and tell them this happened out of nowhere. If you're still within 14 days, they have to replace it.
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It is the internal LCD that is broken, not the outer glass. Sprint is giving me a fight but they will replace it, just sucks waiting and getting the run around. The more I use the phone the worse it's getting.
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gsxrdennis25 said:
It is the internal LCD that is broken, not the outer glass. Sprint is giving me a fight but they will replace it, just sucks waiting and getting the run around. The more I use the phone the worse it's getting.
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From the picks it doesn't look physically broken at all, it looks like, what someone else said, like a strip of pixels died. So, that could be a bad flex cable or a screen defect. maybe the otterbox was warping the phone? was it a snug fit?

I hate to be that guy, but I'll be the second story of "my screen actually did break and I have no idea how".
I will admit, the phone did take a drop off a couch on to tile; but no screen damage was done, just a slight scuff on the landing zone. That was 2 days ago.
Yesterday i'm out with some friends, doing some gardening at his place, and I pull out my phone and there's a hairline crack from the volume buttons to the home button, I'll update with a picture when I find my camera. And now today, when i woke up, I was using my phone and noticed some stuck pixles on the middle top of the screen. I bought the phone on the third and I'm not sure if this kind of thing should be covered or not; if it's even worht calling or going into sprint?
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I couldn't get the pixle since they are so damn small and i don't have a macro lens for the camera.
I don't even know how it could have happend while it was in my pocket or from the fall(last picture) since it wasn't broken at all that day.
I reveretd to stock rom without SU but we cannot removed the tamper markings if i contact sprint what do i do about that?

I am going to agree and say that is a pixel issue. Glass does not crack like that or a LCD screen unless it is intentionally scored.

felacio said:
From the picks it doesn't look physically broken at all, it looks like, what someone else said, like a strip of pixels died. So, that could be a bad flex cable or a screen defect. maybe the otterbox was warping the phone? was it a snug fit?
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this is what I was going to say... I wonder if the case put some kind of pressure on the phone that damaged it or messed with the ribbon cable? or just bad QC

Seems like something is inside my phone

Took a picture earlier and I noticed there is something odd looking towards the top part of any pictures I take. Even shows up when I have the camera up.
Time for warranty I suppose.
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A small UFO
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jonny68 said:
A small UFO
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Aliens!

Crusher16 said:
Aliens!
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Ha! My wife and I watch that show just for the laughs!
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Crack in the lens cover?
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its the gods!

Get it replaced. Seems like an issue with the magic eye of the lens. It's probably damaged or a dirt got inside your phone and made it's way to the eye.
Or could you try to lightly tap the phone in your palm? It might get off the eye also but of course it's still there inside so kinda annoying.

gustav30 said:
Crack in the lens cover?
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No crack in the lens cover.
Riyal said:
Get it replaced. Seems like an issue with the magic eye of the lens. It's probably damaged or a dirt got inside your phone and made it's way to the eye.
Or could you try to lightly tap the phone in your palm? It might get off the eye also but of course it's still there inside so kinda annoying.
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TMobile is already sending a new one out to me

Interesting. Did you have insurance on the phone?
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vecchioni27 said:
Interesting. Did you have insurance on the phone?
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I do, but they are doing a warranty exchange. Should have the new one tomorrow.

Just got my One back from repair.

So I just got my phone back from repair for a broken screen. The repair totaled 189.99. I was however quite surprised that they seemed to replace the entire outer body of the phone. The back was scratched and the speaker bezels had a few nicks in them. All was replaced and my phone now actually has the magical zero gap shiz they talk about. I know its still my phone cause the serial is the same and it came back with ViperRom still on it. Just wanted to share my experience.
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
So I just got my phone back from repair for a broken screen. The repair totaled 189.99. I was however quite surprised that they seemed to replace the entire outer body of the phone. The back was scratched and the speaker bezels had a few nicks in them. All was replaced and my phone now actually has the magical zero gap shiz they talk about. I know its still my phone cause the serial is the same and it came back with ViperRom still on it. Just wanted to share my experience.
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Who did the fix.
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
So I just got my phone back from repair for a broken screen. The repair totaled 189.99. I was however quite surprised that they seemed to replace the entire outer body of the phone. The back was scratched and the speaker bezels had a few nicks in them. All was replaced and my phone now actually has the magical zero gap shiz they talk about. I know its still my phone cause the serial is the same and it came back with ViperRom still on it. Just wanted to share my experience.
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Just wonder if they put a new shell on it because they messed it up taking the old one off? Good deal though, you got your screen fixed and new shell.

Konfuzion said:
Who did the fix.
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Yes, I'd be curious of which facility was it sent to, also?
And may I ask the OP, did you send it from somewhere in the US?
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I sent my phone to Houston, TX and it came back with scratches on the back and a bad power button. The gap was worsened.
Still my phone, probably a new back though.

theotrman said:
Yes, I'd be curious of which facility was it sent to, also?
And may I ask the OP, did you send it from somewhere in the US?
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Who did the fix.
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My device was also shipped to Houston, which was funny because I live in Houston. This is who did the repair www.pcs-cts.com/.
Oh and this is quite interesting http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/22240202/workers-demands-as-sw-houston-protest
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msimindlessmsi2 said:
My device was also shipped to Houston, which was funny because I live in Houston. This is who did the repair www.pcs-cts.com/.
Oh and this is quite interesting http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/22240202/workers-demands-as-sw-houston-protest
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Well, now I know who not to use if my phone needs repair. Thanks for the link.
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AaronM7 said:
Well, now I know who not to use if my phone needs repair. Thanks for the link.
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True except that is where HTC had me send it.
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Sprint tech dicking me around

Brought my phone in for the dreaded purple hue in low light camera situations. Left it there and went to do some errands while they inspected it. Long story short I go back and he claims that corrosion in the headphone jack caused it. Then says he fixed it by blowing air in there and factory resetting it (I had run the ruu prior to bringing it in.) I grab the phone and go into camera and hold my hand up to the lens and bam still there. He then says "oh. That was the problem with the camera?" To which I responded with yes. And confirms that his claim of supposed corrosion is not the cause.
My question is this: did this tech flag the phone as internally damaged on my account and now I'm f'd and have to pay deductible for an obvious warranty issue or should I definitely take it to a different store?
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He could have flagged it but the flag is only good for 30 days if he did flag it. The system they use is called eticket. Without know the ticket number it would be very difficult for us to look past 30 days. So if you want it replaced them have the same store do it since they know what they did. If you don't want to deal with their dumbasses again then wait 30 days and go to another store. If you are still having issues then don't go to corporate stores. From my experience your chances of getting a complete **** are a lot higher at corporate locations.
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He could not have used eticket if it had corrosion. If it had corrosion, he would have told you to go through asurion because of water damage. He probably didn't even put a ticket through. Call CS and see if there's any notes.
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tsdeaton said:
He could have flagged it but the flag is only good for 30 days if he did flag it. The system they use is called eticket. Without know the ticket number it would be very difficult for us to look past 30 days. So if you want it replaced them have the same store do it since they know what they did. If you don't want to deal with their dumbasses again then wait 30 days and go to another store. If you are still having issues then don't go to corporate stores. From my experience your chances of getting a complete **** are a lot higher at corporate locations.
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Went to a different store today after work. Replaced phone. Same issue on new one so they are ordering another. Crossing fingers that one is good. They told me its software. Yeah OK.

I've gone through 7 HTC ones. And every single one of them had the camera blue/purple tent during low light situations. I just deal with it. I dont think I've ever seen a one not give that effect..
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tsdeaton said:
I've gone through 7 HTC ones. And every single one of them had the camera blue/purple tent during low light situations. I just deal with it. I dont think I've ever seen a one not give that effect..
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The red display model at my local store did not have this problem. It was .2 version of software though.
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akrod2as said:
The red display model at my local store did not have this problem. It was .2 version of software though.
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Haha interesting. I have the red model but haven't tested out the cam yet. Just traded it in the other day so it would match the HTC flip cover. I don't have the purple/blue effect anymore wow this is the first I've seen
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tsdeaton said:
I've gone through 7 HTC ones. And every single one of them had the camera blue/purple tent during low light situations. I just deal with it. I dont think I've ever seen a one not give that effect..
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Dang, you're One unlucky person. Pun intended. In all seriousness the tint on my HTC One is only around the edges. When it is practically pitch black it will cover the whole screen. So, there re some good ones out there.

tsdeaton said:
Haha interesting. I have the red model but haven't tested out the cam yet. Just traded it in the other day so it would match the HTC flip cover. I don't have the purple/blue effect anymore wow this is the first I've seen
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How did you go about trading it in?

When the red one came out HTC championship website was giving them away for people that wanted to trade in their current phone. My coworker had a gs3. They gave full trade value. She didn't want the red one but got it for me. I gave her my black One.
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tsdeaton said:
I've gone through 7 HTC ones. And every single one of them had the camera blue/purple tent during low light situations. I just deal with it. I dont think I've ever seen a one not give that effect..
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My first One didn't have the tint, but something got behind the lens and ruined every picture. It took Sprint 6 hours to determine that it in fact wasn't a scratch on the lens. My refurbished One has the tint but I don't really give a ****. Low light pictures on a smartphone typically ain't gonna be good anyway.

Well damn this thread is totally misleading based on the title ....geez ..
Haha Naw but yeah mine has that bloody low light issue but I made my peace ...if I can put up with the first evo camera ,I can put up with this anyday ..so ..bring it on HTC ..BRINGITON!!!
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Disgusted with Google customer service

So I know this has been discussed many times already but i am appalled at Google's customer "service". My nexus 5 has the rattle issue pretty bad and also the sim tray protrudes. I contacted Google regarding the issue and they responded by saying this is normal and we wont replace???? Anyone else had this problem?
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I think they've been told not to RMA the phones now for what is widely considered to be 'manufacturing differences'. Could be wrong, though

Just say it overheats and you're scared that it might hurt you.
Give it a bit before you do though because all chat logs are saved and they will know you're lying..
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yea posting here will help

CheesyNutz said:
yea posting here will help
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I'm not looking for help? Just wondered if anyone had similar experiences
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snowwhite007 said:
I'm not looking for help? Just wondered if anyone had similar experiences
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I had a fantastic customer service experience when I RMA'd my phone. My micro USB chord would not stay in the phone and came out very easily. The service agent was courteous, professional and pleasant.
I think they've had too many people using the "button rattle" to just get a newer phone. Can't say as I blame them.

So you tried to report two non issues as a reasons to get an RMA and you were denied?
Glad to see Google reps doing their job properly.
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What do you mean that the sim tray protrudes? That it doesn't close fully and sticks out more than the power button? Or it sticks out less than that?

I'm glad they aren't RMA'ing for rattles. You will be hard pressed to find a smart phone that doesn't rattle. I think after the Nexus 4 debacle with so many people returning them, they changed their stance to stop a lot of frivolous returns. So many people try to abuse the system (and even a poster in this thread encouraged lying) that it makes it hard for people who might have legitimate problems.

Good.

Put your phone in a case. Both issues solved
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My buttons rattle.
Why would I RMA it?

So you're disgusted with google for not giving you a new phone when there's nothing wrong with your current phone? Is that what we're supposed to understand here?
K.

Stand by for threads complaining about google not doing rmas to get a red Nexus 5.
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My buttons rattle like crazy, but the phone works just fine. Why would RMA it?
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I just bought this phone but the Nexus logo on the back goes in a bit when I apply pressure. Is that normal?

iggie94 said:
I just bought this phone but the Nexus logo on the back goes in a bit when I apply pressure. Is that normal?
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Yup. Mine does that, but only when I actually press on it. If you really don't like it, just take the back off and put some thin foam or something under the back.

aooga said:
Yup. Mine does that, but only when I actually press on it. If you really don't like it, just take the back off and put some thin foam or something under the back.
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Thanks. I noticed the problem yesterday and it worried me a bit. I won't look too much into it. :good:

Mine rattled it bugged me so I opened the phone and fixed it. No issues since.

Jattro said:
What do you mean that the sim tray protrudes? That it doesn't close fully and sticks out more than the power button? Or it sticks out less than that?
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I had this issue on my first device. It was out a bit, but no way near the power button. It wasn't flush thou. But I didn't RMA for this. I RMA for faulty LCD. Orange spot appeared on my screen.
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