[Nexus 4 Accessories] fluidsc:
I realize this story is long, and somewhat disorganized... I am tired, and have been drinking tequila ;)

I realize that 95% of this scenario played out to luck on my part... but my wife and I ordered two of these cases from Amazon that were relatively cheap...but our Poetic cases had started to separate where the rubber buttons met the plastic back of the case. I ran around with the Google bumper for a while, but really felt antsy about the back of the phone. I started searching for cases, and found these online for pretty cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2RO650/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

When they first arrived I felt like they were just cheap cases, like any other... nothing special. They also had writing on the fold out stand on the back that said "Kay's Case" which just irked me. My name is Tony, not Kay.

Anyway, long story short, my wife was out of town over the weekend to visit her dad in Georgia. I had the entire weekend with me and my dog... she had all the kids. I spent my time riding around with the dog, buying her hot dogs and cheeseburgers... after Saturday morning passed, I decided it was time to bust out the Harley. I got my bike out, and headed to the nearest gas station, bought gas, and hit the road.

I pulled away from the pump, across the parking lot, and stopped to use my cell phone to set the clock on my bike. I know for a fact that it was 1:26 when this took place. I placed my Nexus 4 in my pocket, and took off up the road to go down to the Harley dealer here because they were having a parking lot party, with bands, food, etc... I got there, and immediately reached for my phone to check to see if my wife had called. It was gone. I had forgotten to zip the pocket before I took off.

I got right back on the bike and slowly road the trip back. I rode back and forth 5 times looking for it, tried calling my wife to use the Real-Time GPS app to see where the phone was, but it was no longer reporting, and for some reason stopped reporting when I left the house. I wasted the entire day looking for it, trying to call it... all I could get was the "This Google Subscriber is not available" messages from Google voice.

When I got home, I used the land-line to call my wife and let her know I had not found it. The first thing she said was "did you go to the police department yet?". I asked her why I should, and she said they found my phone. Knowing this thing is two planes of glass with some circuit boards sandwiched between it left me thinking awful things. I was planning my next phone purchase (I really want a Note)... I rode to the police department at 9pm, but we live in a small town, and the door was locked.

I went back home, and went to bed. I attempted to call the phone before falling asleep, and got the dreaded Google message again. Surely something about the phone was working, as they managed to call my wife from my Contacts on the phone.

I went to sleep, and woke up early...and headed straight to the Police Department. They ran around inside looking for the phone, and eventually found it... The case was off of it completely. I took it from the officer, and looked at it... and there was not a scratch on the phone. It was working just fine, but somehow airplane mode was enabled... I may have hit the toggle when I was turning off Wifi before leaving the house.

Seriously though, I signed the lost property paperwork, and noticed the address was 1052 Main St. I rode back on the same path, to see where that was... The speed limit there was 55mph... I would have likely been doing around 60mph when the phone was dropped. It ended up in this ladies driveway. I pulled in, knocked on the door, and gave her the $40 I had in my pocket...

The case though, is basically broken now. One of the corners is so mis-shapen that it will not stay on the phone, and falls off very easily. There is literally not a single scratch on this phone. I realize that if it had hit screen side down it would be toast...but it is obvious it tumbled end over end on the corners a few times, and then slid on its back to a stop in her driveway...The back face of the phone is flawless, the corners are flawless, the screen is flawless... and everything is working. I am very happy with this case as a whole, and am in the process of ordering a replacement right now. I really cannot believe this thing survived, knowing it is one of the most (if not the most) fragile phones on the market.