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[Nexus 5 General] chumpysv:
I have a spigen case on my phone which makes the phone friggin slippery. Yesterday, after using the phone I went to put it in my purse and it slid out of my hand...basically looked like I flung it like a frisbee... The sound of the back smacking the concrete and sliding still haunts me. Thankfully, no damage.
[Nexus 5 General] Ron156:
the guys here that dropped the device and got a cracked screen did you guys was with a case on at the time of the fall? and if yes which one?

i got my n5 about a month and got only one drop on ground,dropped from the pocket of my jeans it was fall on the screen and im using ringke fusion case luckly no any damage im thinking about buying a glass screen protector
[Nexus 5 General] iBustCh3rries:
Dropped mine the other day out of my pocket while getting out of my minivan. Fell on the top left wide and bounced on its back. nothing it wrong with the back of the phone but there is some minor cosmetic damage to the upper left hand corner. Phone seems to tap drops like a champ compared to it's predecessor which I had to replace 3 times. Once for my wife who dropped it in the Ringke Fusion case on it's back and the screen still managed to shatter and twice for myself where I dropped it again out of my pocket (same pants my N5 fell from (I won't be wearing them again)) and another time where I'm guessing it fell from my windowsill during an incoming call. Screen was obliterated.
[Nexus 5 General] Kwongger:
My Story:

I dropped mine from 2ft this morning. The internal LCD is CRACKED, i've got lines and can't even make out the boot logo. I AM PISSED!

I understand that this is a $400 (32g) phone, but really Google? This is CRAP!

Sidenote:

I know "pics or it didn't happen".. I am @ school and will post pics the MOMENT that I get off the phone with Google.

The Plan.

The plan is to tell them it booted like this (I might say it was a gift or something?) and DEMAND a refund. Then my plan is to pick up a Moto X with a bamboo back.

Sidenote Numero Dos:

I will continue to update my toolkit but I will not finish the fancy version with the GUI as I will *may* have nothing to test it on.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
How is it Google's fault that u dropped your phone? Its got a glass front And glass cracks when dropped

>^.^< Sent From Meow G2
[Nexus 5 General] Kwongger:
The internal LCD fractured as the result of a ~2ft drop ONTO CARPET. You have to admit that that is kind of nuts :p

EDIT: How are you liking the G2? That is a contender as well lmao

EDIT 2: The Glass isn't cracked. It is PRISTINE.
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
Ah the internal LCD I misread that. Yea that's a little nuts lol. I bet they may fix that cause it's pretty rare that a LCD breaks and not the glass. Hopefully at least a refund with your plan. Now u got me scared about my LCD :o

The G2 is great I am having a love affair with my n5 and G2. Two phones that I've loved more than any other I've owned. I do prefer the G2 though which is nuts cause I love me dome nexus.

>^.^< Sent From Meow G2
[Nexus 5 General] Shoopz:
I need a case for mine. Looks like it's pretty fragile so far
[Nexus 5 General] CagedGSR:
Dropped mine a few times on accident and have always not wanted to pick it up and look at the screen, fearing I'd shattered it. But not a scratch. Surprising since my LG optimus G lasted 1 drop from 2 feet onto its side, the whole screen shattered rendering it useless because the touch sensor is in the glass.
[Nexus 5 General] Fouad Aslam:
Oh man sorry to hear that. terrible thing to happen on any day but especially on your Birthday:crying:

Best of luck with the repair process, tough I hear that it is pretty expensive, around 250 bucks or something!:p
[Nexus 5 General] dicecuber:
Moto X was way more than $350 on release..

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] x10man:
Mine was dropped by someone else from about 4 foot up onto a tile floor. Not a scratch. Slightly pissed though, bought the lg quick cover case and parcel force only attempted one delivery, and since they first tried to deliver and since the time they should have again, the screen has scratched ever so slightly in my pocket. A really annoying tiny scratch too.

X10man
[Nexus 5 General] trinikartel:
Mine slipped off my glass table and hit the tile floor flat on the face. Completely shattered the screen; bezel was untouched (at least the case saved that). Sold it and bought an replacement that arrived today.
[Nexus 5 General] Joshmccullough:
What build quality do you expect out of your electronics, period? It's not a tank; drop your home computer/laptop from a scale-appropriate height and see how it fares.
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
The point of this thread was to get an idea of exactly how fragile this thing was based on real world examples. Upsetting that even those in a case are shattering. I thought the iPhone was bad because 9 out of 10 that I see out in public have shattered screens.

My Galaxy Nexus was dropped on multiple occasions, no case, no screenie, and it's still a rock. I've heard the Moto X is also a tank as far as phones go.

I'll just have to be extra careful and - possibly- get a case of some sort, but that really kills me especially when it's already big enough.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Stevemeister:
Dropped mine yesterday from about 1,5meters high on the right side of the device. Luckily it survived because of the Ringke Slim cover I guess.

The back plate also came loose a bit but that's snaps easily back into place.
[Nexus 5 General] trsix:
face plant

Have a cheap gel case. In my shirt pocket. Bent over. Nexus falls lands flat on its face, bathroom tile. About a 4' plant. No damage. Luck of the draw.
[Nexus 5 General] Bingoig11:
Dropped mine from my car sit directly on the road.

Screen was totally broken but working nice.

Had it repaired last week in an LG service center for 180€.

Bought a cover on Amazon since then.
[Nexus 5 General] ghettopops:
I picked up the Spigen Ultra Hybrid Clear back case. Was running on Treadmill watching me some Netflix and my hand hit the Headphone cord. Phone dropped face down onto the Treadmill and shot between my feet to the ground behind me. No damage at all.
[Nexus 5 General] Tricky103:
Hi anybody drop and break their black n5 sell me the rear case as I have the white and I wouldn't mind changing it :)
[Nexus 5 General] DowntownJeffBrown:
I bought a white back for my black n5. I can show u where to buy them though three price has gone up a little bit. Its gone up 10 bucks I think to 35.

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5

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>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Nexus 5 General] jackpollard:
I was sitting in a low chair, kind of laying back. I was reading my mail on my N5 and put the phone down on my leg. I say to myself; "self, don't put it in your leg cause you will forget it", I answer myself; "I will definitely take it off before I get up, durrr". I proceed to totally forget my phone is on my leg and get up and the phone hits the concrete floor, we are putting in a new floor so don't have a floor in currently, and I just cringe. I pick it up and the right top side kind of parted. Without thinking I just push it together and not a mark or scratch. I did not have any case on it and decided to buy and try different cases that day.
[Nexus 5 General] R3ap67:
I went to use the toilet and the phone was in my pockets. When I pulled my pants down, my phone fell out of my pocket onto the floor. I guess my pockets became constricted and pushed it out. Luckily I have a case and screen protector.
[Nexus 5 General] speedyink:
I dropped mine on Tuesday. Was checking my grocery list while walking to the store, went to put the phone back in my pocket and apparently missed. It kind of happened in slow motion, slightly before I let go my mind's like "WAIT it doesn't feel right" but my stupid hand let go anyway. Naked phone, no case, no screen protector, from waist height onto concrete paving stones. Bounced off the top left corner and landed on it's face. Picked it up, screen's in perfect condition, but there's a mark on the top next to the headphone jack where it landed. The back came off slightly as per expected. Just clipped together. My poor phone is no longer a drop virgin =(
[Nexus 5 General] nataka3211:
I dropped once, luckily on the carpet :D
[Nexus 5 General] Nexii:
my son dropped mine today. Screen cracked. I was taking him out of the truck and i had my phone between my lips and he took it. we started walking inside and i picked him up again, as i picked him up we bumped heads and he let it go to rub his head. he dropped it from above 5 feet. Filing a claim with Squaretrade as i type this.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Dropped mine in tesco few days ago, but I had the spigen neo hybrid case on her and she just faceplanted, made an alien sounding vibration (coz of the anti-shock) and had no marks on her whatsoever =) recommend this case to the MAX!!! cheap as well :eek: wouldn't change a thing about my nexus, best decision of my life getting it! :D

- Better love story than twilight =)
[Nexus 5 General] mzmtg:
Dropped mine on the concrete garage floor while trying to pocket it. It ended up face down. There's a crack curving from the corner by the front camera to about 1/2" below the volume rocker.

I'm pissed I dropped my new phone after only having it for 2 days, but the damage is minor and from most angles, the crack doesn't interfere with the display at all.

Sent from my Star Tac
[Nexus 5 General] Radixtrator:
Dropped my phone twice from a table.. it was naked and nilkin tempered glass... Screen is perfectly fine, the sglass protector has a few cracks though
[Nexus 5 General] alb3rtt:
Skrillex did. Wubwubwubwub

I have dropped my phone (not the bass sadly) about twice. Once was from my waist onto concrete screen down and another time onto carpet screen down. Survived both due to my cheap $3 tpu case :D
[Nexus 5 General] Nexii:
have you guys seen the prices to this damn phone fixed? its insane! the LCD and digitizer itself is like 200 bucks, back plate is 90! Lucky I have to pay $75 and have it repaired. its almost like buying a new phone if you do it yourself.
[Nexus 5 General] Flash23:
Square trade charges $75??? Guess its worth it to get the warranty through them... How exactly does it work when filing a claim with them??? Might look into it with my next Nexus

I read in a few places that LG charges $146, but you have to wait it out...
[Nexus 5 General] mmedei9:
Dropped mine from about 3ft directly on its face on linoleum and someone dropped mine from about that same height on tile.

Had the Diz case on the phone and no damage to phone or case.
[Nexus 5 General] Z3US911:
nice one bro :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Nexii:
You file a claim and they give you a print pre paid label and ship it off, they over night you a replacement phone if you need one. you phone will be back in under 5 days, 5 days being max. if the find that its just easier to pay out the cost of the phone, they will pay out the full cost of the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] starnostar:
I dropped mine in a mall parking lot, left a single crack along the right side of the screen (~ 4 inches long). I was using the official LG QuickCover... when dropped it just flips right open and lands on the screen (some genius engineering there).

This is the first phone I did not immediately pop in a ballistic maxx case which was a mistake on my part... never again... never again.

My old Galaxy Nexus was in a ballistic case... I remember literally throwing that thing across parking lots just to trip people out and make them shudder/cringe. after 2 years of literally treating it like garbage, it came out of the case (on its final day) in near mint condition.
[Nexus 5 General] mr.b4rt:
i was smoking a cigarette on a fireladder on the 3rd floor and whoops it felt down 8 meters or so and i was like :eek:

run down and there was no damage :puuhhhh: thank to this case tinyurl.com/peo8cqv
[Nexus 5 General] Prezlamen:
pocket height

i got drunk and missed a pocket...just a scratch on left bottom corner. had luck:)
[Nexus 5 General] johnnygrigore:
dropped it from poket height to wooden floor with only a dbrand skin and a cheap screen protector..not a single scratch. Gps works better since then.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] b.spec:
I also dropped mine from pocket height onto tile and from the sound of it, it landed screen first. All I have on is a tempered glass screen protector and my phone was just fine, not a scratch.
[Nexus 5 General] sohail77:
I've dropped it the 4th day i bought it from 4 feet height it fell down and went rolling and bouncing BOOM SHAKA LAKA and not even a scratch
[Nexus 5 General] aooga:
Haha :)
[Nexus 5 General] Dragn4rce:
Stared out the window in the car with the nexus in my hand. Fell asleep. Dropped it. Bumper case saved it.

Sent from my Ñ£×Ú$ 5
[Nexus 5 General] coolmaster121:
Pic or it didn't happen
[Nexus 5 General] 1stx2:
Had it in my lap while I was driving......forgot it was there when I got out. Made the beer I was going into get taste that much better. No, I was not drinking and driving.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
Bricked my phone while uninstalling APKs. Was using version 4.3. Unsure of baseband version. After which I tried to turn on my phone and all I could see was the samsung logo and it got stuck there.

Tried to reflash my phone with version 4.3 kernels and ROMs to no avail.

Unable to get past Starting apps. Sometimes flashing just gives me a black screen.

Any help would be good. Much thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Where are u from? Ur phone is branded or no? If is branded: tell me brand pls :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
Singapore. Brand as in? My provider is M1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Go to Apps - Settings - More - About device and make us a beaty screenshot pls :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
Cant boot. Would love to get to the settings screen. Trying to boot the phone now. Might have uninstalled the wrong APK. how to fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
what model of phone (i9500, i9505, etc) sir? Touch Wiz or Google AOSP?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
Ah sorry, Forgot to include that in the original post. Its a i9505. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Ok, u are lucky. I have the latest firmware for Malaysia Android 4.3. Only download it and flash it: - DOWNLOAD HERE -

EDIT: Dont flash nothing more (kernels or nothing). If u are unsure how flash ROMs, pls ask before :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
I tried flashing with Odin and got this

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Stock_Rooted_Odexed_MF9_Rom.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RISHI RAJ:
I think if u could boot into recovery(power+volumeup+home button once only then keep pressing volume up button).If u r able to boot into recovery wipe data factory reset.Flash firmware with odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thelol123:
I still get the same error?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RISHI RAJ:
have u wiped data
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
<OSM> Stock_Rooted_Odexed_MF9_Rom.tar.md5 is valid -> This isnt the file I uploaded for you in the post #8 (My firmware is MK9).
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulske:
I've seen that this is possible on several phones but it seems that the way of doing it is not very consistent.

So I was wondering if this is possible for the Note 3 and if so how. Also if there is the risk of hard bricking the device by trying this.

I read several times that you could flash boot logos with the fastboot command

fastboot flash splash splash1.img

or

fastboot flash logo logo.img

, though I can't even access the bootloader as it seems.

Doing

adb reboot-bootloader
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
Yes, the boot splash is in the bootloader and yes, there's a definite and high risk of a hard brick trying to do this. The Samdung bootloader isn't the most friendly when it comes to modification.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulske:
I see. Thanks for the heads up, I guess its not worth the risk in that case.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lethallunatic:
I wonder if anyone managed to do this successfully over the years. Happy the Note 3 is still capable of running one of the latest ROMs.
[General Questions and Answers] jbelman:
Can anyone help with any information on this company based in Portugal: http://www.growing.pt/

They are shipping MediaTek/ARM Android devices? I have one on order and am looking forward to learning more about it but in the meantime while I await delivery i'm anxious to learn as much as I can if anyone can help?

Also upon delivery whats the best way to go about seeing what ROM's would be suitable for the device?

Many thanks in advance guys! :)
[General Questions and Answers] Chillout:
Hi all,

I would like to create a script that changes my wallpaper, so I can access the script with a shortcut (through script manager) to change my wallpaper to a certain picture whenever I want.

I brew a script that does this:

mv /data/system/users/0/wallpaper /data/system/users/0/wallpaper_old
mv /data/system/users/0/wallpaper_new /data/system/users/0/wallpaper

mv /data/system/users/0/wallpaper/wallpaper_info.xml /data/system/users/0/wallpaper_info_old.xml
mv /data/system/users/0/wallpaper_info_new.xml /data/system/users/0/wallpaper/wallpaper_info.xml

It replaces the wallpaper file as expected, although it doesn't get updated in the launcher, so I should probably update the wallpaper in a different way.. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
[HTC First] russian392:
I did a bench mark using antutu and when I was buying this phone I could have went with the One X. But I didn't and now I'm glad.not only do I get better battery life but checkout the bench mark test.!

View attachment 2448076

Post your benchmarks here, let's see if anyone can do better.

By the way I did that with the default CPU governer with no over clock.
[HTC First] hengsheng120:
That's about what i got with overclock too...15,8xx
[HTC First] russian392:
what did you overclock to?
[HTC First] r00tb33r:
Antutu gives a combined score. While our devices may score overall close to one x, nexus 4, and s3 it scores differently in categories. Basically htc first scores mediocre at cpu, ram and flash tests but makes up for it in graphics tests. Such comparison is inherently biased because it depends on how antutu weighs the separate tests. Bottom line is that you should not expect htc first to be better running anything that is not graphically intensive, meaning its not quite as good for everyday apps.

I do own a one x which I will be selling off soon. I like the ergonomics and form factor of the first much better and the lower performance does not bother me

Having diassembled htc first I do not recommend overclocking it. The board is very small (compared to others) and components are tightly packed so there is no adequate pcb surface area for heat dissipation. There is no heatsink and the plastic shell of the phone does not help dissipate heat. One mini will perhaps be better at that.
[HTC First] russian392:
Yes I noticed brief and almost unoticablr lag in my launcher. And yes I know how antutu works. But each phone has its strengths you know.
[HTC First] abrahammmmmmm_:
16001 with unalterded cpu clock settings (; just a few minor tweaks :)
[HTC First] ohthesepaws:
21203? That's a custom test I believe with them all selected?
[HTC First] abrahammmmmmm_:
Damn, pretty impressive. Do you have a standalone power amp connected to the phone along with 4 more external cores attached inside a refrigerator?
[HTC First] russian392:
hahaha i wish. at one point i wanted to do that, buy a proccessor and physicaly replace my phones proc to a new one haha
[HTC First] abrahammmmmmm_:
I've actually tried doing something like that to some extent. When 2 years ago when I tried adding a Samsung galaxy s 2 camera to my $200 prepaid 800mhz phone without a GPU lol I figured since they both used the same adaptors and the camera was a standalone hardware component it'd be easy even though the camera one the s2 was bigger I could just make a cut out on my cheap phone. But as many phone's specs & performance it was allot better on paper
[HTC First] russian392:
i think the most probable thing to do with a phone as far as hardware modding would be either ram or rom expansion? cause those are standalone chipsets and components. while cpu is like welded (saudered) onto a other chip
[HTC First] russian392:
Here you go. First vs One!
[HTC First] r00tb33r:
No. Both RAM and onboard flash are soldered onto the board via BGA mounting on all current phones. Without a vacuum rig, a reflow oven and a bucketload of lucky paws you should just forget about it.
[HTC First] russian392:
Darn it. Why can't they make a smartphone at least "like" a PC. So that no matter what, you can install anything and change hardware. I think that's what that "block" phone or Lego phone did or what ever its called
[HTC First] ohthesepaws:
There are a couple concepts out right now in progress. The bigger one of the two is called Project Ara by Motorola. The other is called Phonebloks.
[HTC First] abrahammmmmmm_:
I know if project Ara but I feel as if we would have to say goodbye to developing if that suddenly took off