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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rg400smarttowel:
I dropped mine on the corner and the screen is now coming off. I think the glue is no longer holding the glass in the area I dropped it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsychDrummer:
You were texting in the shower and there was no water damage?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benj!:
I've dropped mine once, from about 2 feet onto a patio. It fell screen-down and smashed.

£120 later, I have a new screen. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d-rail:
I ran mine over with my Jeep the other day. Was working on it, set the phone on the tire (and forgot), backed up a few feet, oops. The case was popped off in the corner, but only required a little pinch to re-seat it. Other than a few corner scuffs, no damage. It does have a Mime feather screen protector...

I've also dropped it a dozen or so times with no issues :shrug:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagar Khanapurkar:
Thanks for your replies guys !! Feeling sorry for your drops..

Can someone please suggest me a good Glass Tempered Screen Protector ?? I don't want a costly one since I'll be buying it first time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mithab:
Dropped mine a week after I bought it. Slipped out of my pocket and dropped about 2-3 cm. Got dents in all 4 sides of the housing :victory:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuzzFuzz:
Drop twice on same place, lower left corner. But last drop was enough for broken screen :eek:

happend!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error311:
Dropped mine 3 times got a small dent on the top right corner and ran it through the washing machine once :/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjtj4444:
At least 50 times (since November). All kinds of drops indoors. I am not using any case... ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisgtl:
Remind me to never buy a phone from you lot!! How the hell do you manage to drop something so many times!?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyubor:
So far (have the phone for ~2 months) no drops. But then again I haven't dropped my phones ever since I got the Xperia T (bond edition ftw) back in 2012. I'm one of those people that take care of their phone as if it was their kid. Does pay off though.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
More than 20 times with a case on it. So far no dents, broken parts or scratches.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 350Rocket:
Once without a case on it, only about 3 feet onto tile, no damage and then several times with my ballistics case.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
My first Nexus quite a few times.. No issues nothing. My second one when it was 10days old and I dropped it once and the screen shattered.

This one.. My insurance replacement, I've dropped once and no issues.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dre@ms:
My son threw my wife's nexus 5 this saturday. No physical damage but there is no network. What are my options? No warranty too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Open it up and see if any connections are loose, or send to LG for repair.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkaeluz:
My Nexus 5 has fall so many times that I stopped counting after the 13 time and that was like 3 months ago, it even took flight from my hands thanks to my little cousin, but the screen is perfect and it only got a small dent on the top right corner, I don´t use a case
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haverdaden:
2 times without case I think everything went well. Didn't land on the screen. Then mby 15 times with case hehe. Yes I have a tendency to drop it out of my pocket. I've used a hard plastic case and it's now almost totally destroyed from all damage it has taken (bits have fallen loose, scratches.. Etc...) but the Nexus is still in one shape and has no scratches or damage ;) So yes some might say a case destroys the beauty and feel of the phone.. Sure.. BUT I NEED ONE BECAUSE I'VE DROPPED IT ALMOST 20X AND I'M CLUMSY AND WILL DROP IT MORE TIMES. Thx. That's all and I'm tired.. Night!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingofnice:
Only my Mom dropped it. Twice. *facepalm*
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckana:
i had the same issue after dropping it at work, sent it for repair and waited 1 f***ing month for it.. It's now fixed tho :D
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] typk:
I have dropped mine more than I can remember but I have a case and screen protector on it. No damage really except the common cracks down the side of the phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
I have only dropped my Nexus 5 once, in almost a whole year of owning it.

Unfortunately that drop was straight in a ceramic bowl of water, that in no way was a toilet.

Grabbed it straight away and switched off, disassembled it completely, two whole days in rice, rebuilt it - all is fine!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datagubben:
I have only dropped it from my bed onto the carpeted floor with no problems. I also have Spigen Ultra Thin casing for added protection. Generally I am very careful with my Nexus 5 :angel:

And yes I will update my signature and remove the Sony banner soon.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acevedo_92:
My last time was yesterday, and while It was dropping, I thougt it would never be the same, but it still resists without protect case ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Droidster:
First time

Dropped it today for the first time while at a movie. Was holding it lightly when a guy ran past me virtually knocking me over... I survived the knock but not my dear nexus 5. Flew right out of my hands and landed a couple of yards away on a rugged terrain (dirt some stone and sand). Luckily the drop wasn't deadly and it landed on its back plus I had a cheap case on it. Nonetheless this bad boy survived without a single scratch dent or crack. Nothing whatsoever, not even on the case surprisingly. And all this a year later... I'm so proud of you my dear nexus. :D:cool:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoamA:
Dropped it once while at gym. Thankfully my great Spigen case did the work :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt_not_andrew:
I have the white Spigen Slim Armor on mine and I'm known to not so much drop my Nexus 5 but occasionally throw it to show my iPhone owning work colleagues how sturdy the case makes it. Never too hard or too far but enough to make them wince expecting it to have a cracked screen. Really should stop it but its a neat party trick.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackbox421:
I dropped it couple of times now. With and without case. Never something really huge happened. Don't know, maybe I am just lucky..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prom3theu5:
Fallen asleep with it on my lap a fair few times, and got up off the couch - its gone flying.

I also got extremely lucky once when it was on my duvet and I shook it when i was making the bed - wondered what the "thud" against the wall was and found my unharmed Nexus 5.

No cover - no case, no breakages or scratches either though!

Had it since release day in UK.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scoobaru11:
I have a history of dropping phones. My S3 lasted 18hrs before being screen smashed. Had my Phone a year now and managed to drop it at least 6x all outside on pavements or concrete but my Spigen case has saved the day every time. I cannot recommend a case highly enough best £6 I ever spent on Amazon :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tanged:
Dropped it a few times without a case on, buy luckily only a few scratches on the sides
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve - O:
Never ever! :good:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xlydven:
Dropped twice...first time, I had the phone on my lap when I got out of a taxi and fell onto highway lol...The other time same thing but from bed. :p Nothing major happened though..but this week I took off the back cover and some how managed to break one of the pin.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zagorteney:
Once I fell from scyscrapper. In the middle of falling I took my nexus from pocket to call emergency. In that particullary moment an eagle came across and hit me, so I released phone to catch the eagle for legs. But somehow there was also an elephant on the street who catch my nexus with his trunk. For one moment I was very happy but then it eat my nexus. Happily my uncle is friend of Batman and he phone to him to get help. Batman is really cleaver. With no problem he put his arm into elephant's butt and took my nexus 5 from it. No sctratches at all, just smells ugly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imranhakro:
I dropped (without me knowing about it) from my jacket pocket on the concrete floor in a parking lot.:o

when i reached home i was shocked to know that i've lost my phone :crying:

Then i went back to the mall and searched for it in the parking lot where i had parked my car earlier.:fingers-crossed:

There was a Toyota corolla parked over there which had just crushed my beloved Nexus 5:eek: I could see the tire prints on its back. I picked it up and turned on the screen.

It was all safe. only glass screeen protector was broken but the original screen was perfectly alright.

Big Thanks to my black Slim Armour case and Nilkin Tempered glass screen protector :good::):cool:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbr6700:
Nexus 5 #1 , dropped and shattered the screen 6 days after receipt. My case and "shatter proof screen saver" arrived 2 days after that. Thank you Google for the no questions asked policy on replacement. Hoping that I do not have to stress test either the case or screen in the future.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremymolina:
I already left to count, I have like two month with my N5 and I already dropped like 20 times... Just to be clear, I usually take alot of care with my devices but I think that my N5 is cheating me with the floor.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] humzaahmed155:
Recently I had taken the back off my nexus 5. This ended up in a small panel gap on the top right of the phone, just above the camera. I dropped my Nexus on that corner onto hard wood floor, it's now separated even more, and the back sort of squeaks when I push it around that camera. I might buy a white back to go with my matte sides (which sustained no marks whatsoever) later on.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreibsk:
0 drops since I've bought it 9-10 months ago. That's why i don't use any protection :p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trsix:
50

At least 40 times. Very careless. Tile, concrete, carpet. You name it. $2.99 gel case, no issues.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gerle:
I was holding the phone at above head height, I guess maybe a little more than six feet, and some kid sitting on an adults shoulders swatted the phone out of my hands. It landed screen down on concrete, no damage at all to the phone, the Magpul case had slight scuffing on one edge. It looks like it landed pretty flat, screen down.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prattham:
zero....

though it fell 5-6 times but I caught it in the mid air..... reflexes..

Cheers ?

sent from my xTraSmoothed Red N5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfen69:
Only once, but had a very heavy duty case on it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingu11:
Twice but had case(Ringke Fusion) and tempered glass on both the times. The tempered glass shattered completely on the second drop tho
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1234west:
My first Nexus 5, I dropped plenty of times and it was a soldier :D. I dropped it on concrete on my way to class one day and the screen was shattered. I called Google to and they replaced it. I only dropped this one once, but I caught I with my feet so I'm good ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
I've had mine since the first shipment in 11/2013. I've dropped it quite a few times, still looks mint. No case or protector, I don't like them.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayR_L:
I do not like cases myself but I have the SPIGEN Ultra Hybrid (amazon.ca) case. My phone only looks slightly less beautiful than by itself - but the case itself is very elegant and well suited to the Nexus 5. I dropped it 3 or so times, once on pavement, since the time I purchased it in November. I didn't suspect their "air cushion" thing was anything more than laughable, but upon dropping the phone, impacts actually feel/sound less thumpier... I hate cases but for $11.99 on Amazon.ca, I think this one will at least protect my investment lol. It also has edges that protrude so the screen doesn't take the brunt of an impact.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
one year since i have my beloved nexus 5 now, have dropped so many times that i had lost the count, but yesterday was the worst fall for it, went for trekking when it fell off my pocket while trying to climb a rock, took some bumps with the rocky wall and fell on the gritty floor 15 feet down on it's face, luckily nothing happened to the device apart from some sand on the screen, thanks to Slim Armour and a cheap tempered glass protector. :)

Then took this memoir of the place where it fell: :P
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayR_L:
You are lucky it didn't fall farther below lol
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyuuken:
About 5 times

Sent from Nexus 5 running Cataclysm L
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
lol, yeah. :silly::p
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bastardinator:
Several.

At least 10 times with a slim case on.

It's a tad dented in the corners and the headphone jack has a hairline crack...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bukithd:
Dropped it once. I had a slim case on it so not really a case but more of a scratch stopper. It shattered when it hit the ground and I was sad. I've since moved on to a Oneplus.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neoXvirus:
Ive drop mine about 5 good times on the pavement mainly from having it in my lap when i exit a car. I dropped it from a moving truck in the same way and I was terrified haha. It now has some deep scuffs on the rim but havent craxked or scratched the screen. Overall very tuff phone imo. I had a galaxy s2 once and it fell off the nightstand onto a tiled floor and shattered the screen. I was shocked cause the nightstand was only about 17 inches high.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] procitysam:
Bought mine used with a cracked screen already (hopefully fixing soon), but the other night I dropped it for the 5th time maybe, and at the time I didn't notice anything. The next morning I saw what I thought was a piece of dirt, but it turned out to be a new crack meeting an old one... And it's in the middle of the screen lol. The Google case didn't do very much because it landed face down.

Sent from my Nexus 5 with the N5X LRX22G ROM
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] humzaahmed155:
I just dropped mine face first from 5ft up. Landed clean on its face, completely destroyed the nilkin screen protector, the screen itself is mint and the sides haven't taken damage. #win
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayR_L:
Is that a film style protector or glass type?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Its tempered glass.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayR_L:
Oh, I was looking into those and I'm iffy, but then again I'd much rather the protector explode than the screen itself...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] my2sense:
Arghh, some guy just bumped into me and my phone dropped 4.5ft flat onto concrete on its back. It made the loudest thud sound. I was in the middle of swiping a message so screen was on.

A few scuff marks on one of the corners but no damage. Phone is totally naked. I'm impressed with the durability of our phones.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SoTacMatt:
I was on a bike ride. The Nexus 5 was in a battery on a phone mount on my bike. Near the end of the long ride I had to get off the curb past the freeway entrance and back up the curb.

As soon as I got off the curb, the phone popped up and off the battery pack attached to the phone mount.

I just FREAKED OUT!! As a result, I jammed on the bike brakes and flipped off the bike. My shoes fell off and I landed on the asphalt.

My buddy is like "are you ok?"

Frightened about a possible shattered screen, I slowly reached over and and picked up my face down Nexus 5.

Just a few slight scratches.

"My phones fine, I'm ok."

He's like - "are you ok??"

"Yes! My phones fine, I'm ok!"

Till this day, I've still never used a screen protector. It flipped off my bike and landed face down on the asphalt road.

Best phone ever.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demigo:
More than i can even count

I have dropped my Nexus 5 a lot. More than i can even count. I last dropped it last night. tried to take it out from pocket, accidentally slips and fell to the tiles screen down. NOT even a scratch. It fell a couple times from 5ft high, nothing happend. I even dropped it while riding my motor cycle, well that left some scratch on upper left corner.. but nothing serious.. not even a scratch on the display.

I only used a back cover for a months. Took it away because there was no use for it.

All i want to say is though its a plastic build, nexus 5 is a beast.. solid as a rock..

Well this is my review.. others may have different experiences..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgptheoriginal:
First drop for my current N5 as well (I've had 4 :D ).

I placed it on the (very slippery) aluminum lid of my MacBook Pro, and put the two on a 2m tall shelf. Having completely forgotten about the phone being there, when I took the laptop back, the phone fell right on the marble floor. Luckily it had the original Google bumper case, and got no visible damage.

Now I'm home and I can't test it, but the most fragile internal component in smartphones is the GPS module AFAIK. I really hope it's not damaged :eek: one of my previous N5s had it damaged after a drop.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suhail24:
Dropped it 3-4 times now, no screen damage, just small scuff marks at the edge. One time the back cover kinda came off but just popped it back in place. Most of the time that it's been dropped, it's because of my siblings >.<. I've been lucky since I don't have any type of case.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tetris15:
Dropped only once. Into the bathtub. Full of water...

The phone did survive eventually tho, fished it out after a few seconds of underwater swimming, screen was still on, not responding to any touches. Managed to remove battery a few minutes later (10-15).

Disassembled to pieces and cleaned everything with clean alcohol, came back to life after a while, first only part of the touchscreen became responsive, a while later the rest too...

I am using the phone ever since, this was like 6 months ago...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KelevrA_8:
Twice... Second time was from 3 feet and screen shattered.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [XIX]Secutor:
I dropped mine two times, in both cases it had a Ringke Fusion case.

The first time it fell from the couch, the second time on the floor of my car while I was driving; luckily it reported no damage
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincentfarran:
I put my N5 in my jeans' pocket along with my keys and ran for half a mile, the upper right corner of the glass above the screen cracked .... without actually dropping it...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OuncE718:
When I say texting in the shower I don't mean I purposely exposed the phone to water. I'm a real busy person so I always keep my phone next to me at all times and no matter what I'm doing I have to drop it to answer or at least check my notifications.

I was in the shower and my notification went off, I dried my hands as much as I could and then picked up my phone while in the shower and started replying to the text. Next thing I know the phone slipped right into the tub. It happened so fast that I doubt it got wet enough for water damage. Secondly my screen protector probably helps by making the screen water resistant.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LewisGauss:
If $25 is OK to you, you might wanna try MIME Ghost. I ordered mine a few days ago, still waiting for it. :)

Freshly baked from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Mine is in a case and holster, with a mime ghost glass protector. I've dropped it a few times at work, even off ladders.....nicks in the case and holster....chip in ghost corner.....phone still mint. ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed Yaser:
Its ok u can just go to Customer care / maintinance center and u can change The Whole [housing] then it looks as u just bought it
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topgeardave:
I'm a chemical engineer by trade and I have to say I'm very sceptical of a tempered glass screen protector. The only advantage I can see of tempered glass is improved scratch and erosion resistance. With regards to actual force, unless it's thick ~5cm it bears no favours to force dispersion. Upon impact it's the internal frame (if it even has one) which bears most of the force and if the force is enough it can disperse outwards towards the screen. That's why I say the best way to protect a phone is a heavy duty case which have crumple zones. I personally use a spigen slim case just so when I place the phone upside down it doesn't touch the surface of whatever I've put it on so there's no chance of micro scratches. In the event it does drop one day I will always buy a new phone because I can :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Never.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparx75:
Twice with a Cruzerlite case on and no damage.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagar Khanapurkar:
I agree with you since you're a chemical engineer, so spending money on TGSP is useless ??
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagar Khanapurkar:
I'm in India, I liked the product which you have suggested but shipping will make it expensive for me. Can you suggest something which is available in indian market ?? Thanks a ton.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBelter:
LG wanted £160 for a new screen, it was only £240 for an entire phone from Carphone Warehouse and got £140 for the smashed N5
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
I've dropped my nexus 5 just once in 8 months after purchasing it. The back cover had come off a bit despite having a case on my nexus. Luckily, the case saved me & I snapped back the cover into its place.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mauslbr:
I´ve never dropped my nexus. I'm very careful with my electronic stuff
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joneidy:
Not once since day one, have had the phone for about 7 months.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeszf:
I haven't drop mine. The breakability of the screen depends on how it falls. If the screen gets hit in the edges it is more probable that it will break.

A few years back I had a Motorola Milestone (droid). Being slider, the use of cases was uncomfortable so I just didn't. It fell several times from heights up to 1.3mts, always facing the screen but it ended up cracking by falling from about 15cm (about 6 inches), a crack from one of the corners...

I now ensure that the cases protect the corners.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NaterTots:
I don't know how many times I've dropped mine and it's fine. Spigen slim armor case and no damage yet. It's been onto concrete, wood floors, tile, blacktop.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gs111:
I've dropped mine 3 times so far... One of them (on to a tile floor) caused a small crack in the case from the SIM slot to the front edge. Oh well.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamed Yaser:
Ops Thats Expensive

sorry to hear that really i got a slim armor for my nexus it rocks i got two nexus phones one had the slim armor ( white & black) and other have flip cover (the black one )
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bblzd:
Once without a case while charging (always dangerous when the USB is plugged in), fell from the nightstand onto carpet with the face down. In my reaction to grab it I actually ended up pushing it down so it landed with more force. Zero damage or nicks.

Second time was inside a Ringke Fusion, from pocket height onto an old wooden floor. Zero damage or nicks in the phone or case.