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[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
I know there is already a post for dropping your tab but I just want to emphasize that it is very easy to drop her as the size of the tab, it's hard to have a good grip/control of the device. It's not like you could easily put it in your front pocket or hold it tight in your palm.

This is nothing news but in case you're naive as I was...

After using the tab as the phone for a few days, I seriously doubt that I will use it as a phone again (perhaps it's just me, clumsy boy). I dropped the thing onto the tile floor while trying to scan the barcode, the screen is...gone. That's right, $650 (after 4 days) is now sitting in the closet waiting for a miracle to happen :(

To my surprise, Samsung can't do sh*t about it. This makes me rethink about owning Samsung devices (laptop, TV, monitor, DVD drive). I know it's an accident but you got to be able to repair/replace the screen!!!

I'm still trying to contact different phone #s to see if they could repair it.
[Galaxy Tab General] kyrumo71:
Look for teardown pics/videos and screens should be on ebay by now
[Galaxy Tab General] ConceptVBS:
On devices such as these, I would've gotten insurance. But its too late for that. Sorry for your loss. :(
[Galaxy Tab General] appelflap:
Although this is the least that would interest you right now, but can you give a description of how it fell on the ground. Did it fell with the screen down? Or did it fell on its back, sides? This info could be great for knowing how to protect the Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
It landed on the back and flipped over. I was holding it about 3" up.

Thanks for the condolences guys. I will keep watching out on eBay.
[Galaxy Tab General] LordLugard:
Sorry for your loss but I don't see how me breaking my new toy would make me think twice about owning Samsung products in the future or any other manufacturer.

Next time, get a protective case for such a device.
[Galaxy Tab General] GANJDROID:
Thats a sad sight :(

But ive dropped mine from about chest hight onto a pavement on the Tabs upper left corner and I have no scratches at all. Guess I was just really lucky.
[Galaxy Tab General] gidi:
I have dropped mine, while in a soft case from an old netbook (9 inch) from about 1,5 meters to concrete. It landed on its edge and then face down, and miraculously absolutely no damage was made!

It is very creepy thinking how easily silversubie's got ruined!

I guess i was too damned lucky at the time.
[Galaxy Tab General] AITT:
I can't imagine parts being available sooo soon since it was just released. And I wonder if the bigger Gorilla Glass makes a difference as opposed to smaller screens like N1. Cause my N1 fell about 4 feet off something I had it set on and the glass I believe hit the metal on my chair. I picked it up and the screen protector was torn but no damage on the screen itself. I assuming the protector help but a there were no damage. I was please with the durability of the Glass on there.

I wish you luck finding part or getting it repaired. Good luck
[Galaxy Tab General] konawayne:
To OP, did you have a case on your tab?
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
No, I didn't have protected case. This is the 1st tab I eva own so...noob here :) Again, I'm completely admitted that it's my fault, well, it's an accident but Samsung telling me is not repairable is unacceptable. YMMV.
[Galaxy Tab General] Tiamath99:
Maybe i am mistaken but i think is against the law refusing to repair a product that is in production. Giving you a price that is way to much to be repaired is one thing but refusing to do so... you should talk to a lawyer.
[Galaxy Tab General] risq:
As with anything like this, the bigger the glass coverage, the weaker it will be at certain points. The damage on that screen would indicate a higher height than what you've suggested, but there's lots of factor points.

Obviously the screen on the tab is going to be a bit more fragile than that on a Galaxy S, because it's so much bigger. Did it hit something or did it drop flat. By the sound of it, it contacted the ground more than once, at different impact locations (It initially hit, then bounced and made impact again on another leading edge. It may have survived the initial impact, but the impact from the other point was probably too much for it.

Damn unlucky mate, that's all I can say.

Will your home insurance not cover it, as it was done within your house?
[Galaxy Tab General] le3ky:
Omg, sorry man :(
[Galaxy Tab General] Alcibiade:
What's all the fuss about the "Gorilla" glass. Honestly it's a shame it can break so easily. I was going to buy one, but am seriously reconsidering now

And Samsung refusing to repair it is just unbelievable

I was thinking about using it as my phone but if I have to put on top of it a protective case it will be even bulkier. Maybe better go with a Dell Streak... (Seems to survive shocks better)

Anyway, sorry for your loss...
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
Thanks to Tiamath99 & risq for the suggestions. I will have to check them out. I already filed a complaint with BBB. Will have to see what the outcome is.

To be honest, I love the Tab a lot and kinda miss it. But with this quality, especially with 2 kids in the house, i will prolly look for a cheaper tablet (Archos, name_your_favorite_here). If it happens again, I dont' feel too bad about the price tag. I know you could get the protected case but I don't think they could guarantee 100% protection.

Also, as time goes by, I'm sure eBay will pop up with replacement glass. I'm just still very unhappy about the jerk @ Galaxy Tab S help line Alex Nen @18773924252 (I guess I should call a different #) told me that Samsung can't do anything about it.

If you have seen other posts, the users can't even register the tab @Samsung site. When I first called in and request a repair service, the rep told me I will receive an email within 48 hours and call them back. I waited for a week no email. Then I called in again, another rep told me that the Tab is so new and they don't know how to handle repair LoL And when I tried to submit repair request from Samsung site, it keeps telling me that my address is invalid and won't let me go to the next step. WTF?

So, in short :), be prepared and be careful with your tab as Samsung doesn't know what they're doing. I guess it will be a few more weeks or months, they will finally know how to handle support.
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
Thank you. I actually very am tempting about getting Dell Streak. Decent size & Froyo ready. The local AT&T store doesn't have it yet unfortunately. I'm waiting for $99 or something similar with renewal plan.
[Galaxy Tab General] cdaubenspeck:
Possible ... ?

To OP:

If you purchased the tab on a credit card ... check your agreement. Some offer "purchase protection" which will cover a loss/damage, accidental or otherwise, withing a certain period of time up to a defined limit.

I purchased a new PC and within 60 days had a flood in my home. The PC was sitting in 4" of water and was destroyed because all the major components were towards the bottom of the case. They covered the loss up to their max ($500.00us) (pc costs me $505.00us). Hopefully this is the case for you and you'll at least get something to replace it.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Tab General] ruenigma:
Sorry for your loss. My one year old son dropped mine from 1 meter. It survived without any damage/scratches. May be because it was kept in retail package, that it could survive the impact.

Also, never forget that it was just a tablet and not anything more than that. I mean; money lost can be earned back, but you can't reverse the time you lost mourning the damage. Get over it and buy the super AMOLED Galaxy Tab 2.0 whenever available next year :)
[Galaxy Tab General] pedrera:
Didn't found any Galaxy replacement screen at this time but you can add the following site on your bookmark to check daiyl if available. Usualy they're very reactiv and have parts only a few days after phone available in stores.

http://shop.brando.com/index.php (for me the best)

http://cnn.cn/shop/

No "How to" available at this time but you can see an open galaxy tab at

http://www.jkkmobile.com/2010/11/sa...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Hope this would help
[Galaxy Tab General] Ice dream angel:
Yeah a case will really save your tab... I had an accident earlier and I'm soo sorry for the person that almost got my tab in the head. I was walking down a stair case at school with it in my hand... it slipped and flew 5 feet and nearly hit a person walking down the stair case. It made a loud bang and it scared him, I thought my tab was done for... apparently not, its completely fine. I just have this leather case from bell that I paid 30 for lol.
[Galaxy Tab General] tungtle:
thank god i have accidental protection plan on mine thru best buy..
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
Some quick update.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I ended up calling AMEX and lucky me, they will cover any accidental device you purchase within 90 days (as long as it is lesser than $1,000). Way to go AMEX! :)

On another note, i finally called Samsung again at a different number, 1-888-987-4357. Tanya was who I spoke to. She's extremely knowledgeable and told me I could send in the device for screen replacement at a cost of $65. This is all I need to hear unlike the other 2-3 folks I spoke to.

So, if you will break yours, call the above #. It will take $65 and more than a week to have her back.
[Galaxy Tab General] dykefish:
Thanks for the updates, I'll feel alittle less anxious :eek: next time the rug rats are fighting over my tab to see who gets to play angry birds next.
[Galaxy Tab General] alf11211:
have you trying getting square trade insurance...if you gonna try use promotional code SANTA..30% off..i know it broken now;)..jus a idea
[Galaxy Tab General] Alcibiade:
I just bought a Tab yesterday... Could not resist. But bought a screen protector and will be careful with the device...
[Galaxy Tab General] silversubie:
Wouldn't blame u. I've been missing the tab dearly. Still second thinking about it. If Dell Streak was to have HD video recording, no doubt I will get Dell Streak but that's not the case....
[Galaxy Tab General] calebchosen:
I just dropped mine from about 4 feet high.I had the rubber/hard shell from t-mobile made by incipio and nothing happened after it bounced from one corner to the other.

I almost started to cry ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] checkbox111:
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[Galaxy Tab General] Tiamath99:
I dropped mine from about 4-5 feet and the screen is ok. The corner and plastic back is a different matter. Well better them than the screen.
[Galaxy Tab General] Sirchuk:
I was going to say that about Amex. They've got a really good policy. Automatic extension of manufacturer warranties up to a year, and 3 months of theft/accidental damage protection.

I've used it twice. Once for a Sony E-Reader that died at the 13 month mark, got a full refund from Amex.

I replaced the Sony with a Kindle for my wife. She broke it within 3 weeks (broke the screen) and they refunded the full amount.

People knock Amex, but I've had nothing but a good experience with them. In total, they refunded me $530 in a 2 month period.

Plus, with my cash back card, I get about $4-500 back annually.
[Galaxy Tab General] stevena1844:
$172 !!!!

Called the number supplied i have a very small crack in my screen and asked how much the repair would be and they quoted 172.12. Did you have to ask for a supervisor???
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
That doesn't seem high as I've seen another thread, replacing the screen was 300ish.

I believe the standard charge is $65 to have service center to look at it. Then, it depends on what needs to be replaced, it will cost more.

You might want to keep waiting and do it yourself once the screen/digitizer will be available to the mass if you want to save some $.
[Galaxy Tab General] Basil 123:
Thanks for the warning - gotta be careful - recently got 3 Tabs - my personal comment on iPads, lol.
[Galaxy Tab General] Beards:
"Listen.... If I say it's tough and uses my name who's going to argue with me"!!
[Galaxy Tab General] Polariz_666:
I have also savagely destroyed my Galaxy Tab in similar fashion December last year.

My story goes that my lovely lady plopped her phone on top of it while it was sitting on the coffee table. Worried she would scratch it, she put it in my Duragadget bag (It's a neoprene case with a zip all the way round). I picked the bag up by the corner and took into the kitchen so I could make a coffee and all was well. Made coffee and picked up the bag (by a different corner) to find the Tab just fell out of the bag, face down onto the lino-covered concrete floor. She had forgotten to zip the bag up!

Gutted.

I tried probably 5 or 6 different companies for a repair (In the UK) but no joy. All had said they didn't have the screens for them (Being that the devices at the time were so new). I even tried a local Samsung distributor/service centre from the Samsung website, and they had the same problem.

At the moment I'm having to go for house contents insurance to get it replaced.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] mkskeith@gmail.com:
The debug menu shows that WP7 has 1% battery increments so what do we need to do to get them on the actual battery bar? For those that are Chevron'd.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] 9911726614:
Can someone Please upload cronos firmware with this camera application installed and working.........here is the file Need Help Soon.. thankx.....
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] greglord:
why dont you just install it after installing cronos? and if that doesnt work, why dont you remove apk through root explorer or similar, then install your app?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] 9911726614:
Mate Video Camera is Working But Photo Ca,era is not working in that already done with this method.......... try telling Cronos Developer To develop this ... it will be helpful........ i dont like the Cronos camera application user interface but like original Camera MOTO user interface.. thanx a lot
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] zviki:
+1 for that

I already ask for this
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] kabaldan:
Don't expect the CameraMoto to work in any independently compiled ROMs. It simply won't happen, unless the application itself would be disassembled and heavily modified first.

My 2 cents:

http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod4milestone/issues/detail?id=12#c19
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] sileshnair:
Take a look here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10057404&postcount=503
[Captivate General] EsotericPunk:
So, I recently cancelled AT&T but I wanted to make a couple of last remarks on a battery issue, so as to (hopefully) better inform the devs. Up front, I will say that the reception at my house is terrible (hence my cancellation). As such, I expect somewhat poor battery performance. I have run nearly every version of Cognition, tried the AOSP project, and most recently run Perception. After using these, I was left with the impression that the battery performance in all of these has been disappointing.

Having received my new phone and with my old service not yet deactivated completely, I decided to try a more formal test. I used the following test protocols in order to ensure a fair and accurate comparison was conducted:

1) The phone was positioned for the worst possible reception in my house. It was only moved to change ROMs and was returned to the approximate location it was previously in.

2) Each ROM was flashed at 100% battery, with SIM and SD Cards removed.

3) A battery recalibration was performed after each flash, as detailed in the Cognition thread (Charge to full, turn off, charge to full, turn on, use for 2 minutes, charge to full, delete battery stats). Following this I did one more complete discharge and recharge to ensure the statistics would reconfigure with the calibrated battery.

4) GPS and Bluetooth were turned off; WiFi remained on and connected through all test runs.

I loaded Cognition version 2.3b6 and then Perception build 3, both of which performed approximately the same. Leaving my phone on standby and with only very light use (0 answered calls and no internet surfing or messaging), I could get no more than 15 hours of battery power before it died. Following this, I restored my phone to the stock JH7 update and, as of now, my phone is at 54% after 2d 19h 25m of use.

I know many people have been flamed for daring to suggest that the ROM has something to do with the battery draining abnormally, but I did this test as objectively as I could so that the community of developers can use the information to improve on this issue. In my opinion, this test suggests that something in the custom ROMs is causing an excessive battery drain. While this may not be happening on everyone's phones, it is most definitely happening on two of my Captivates. Hope this helps and good luck! I am off to Droid X Land! Suppose I'll use my working GPS to get there! (Sorry, couldn't resist... too soon?)

Edited for grammar and clarity
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Poor signal is the biggest battery drain. Especially in 3g areas. I have had phones on VZW and ATT (different times and locations) where my battery would not last 8 hours.

Another test to show it is not the ROM or OS is to put the phone in airplane mode and observe almost 0% battery drain overnight.

But since these custom ROMs are built off beta releases, I am not surprised by your results.
[Captivate General] nybmx:
I noticed the same thing a while ago and am just hoping there is some issues with the fact that these roms are being developed on leaked builds without the source code.

The key thing to notice in the attached screen shot is the near constant 1-3% cpu activity when the phone is not being used. On JH7 I could leave my phone on over night and only lose ~3% battery. Currently on Perception build 4 I lose ~20-25% overnight. On Cognition 2.3b3 I lost about the same.
[Captivate General] skippyg:
I get about 16 hours on my captivate with light to moderate use on the froyo leak.

on Perception and Cog (latest builds) I was getting about 9-10 hours with very light use.

I need another battery
[Captivate General] EsotericPunk:
I doubt the battery is your problem. As my test suggests, I am pretty confident that if you were to restore to stock, you would find your battery risen from the dead.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
I can vouch for the OP about battery life. Battery life on JH7 is WAAAAYY better than any custom 2.2 ROM. I am running stock JH7 with Atimns v1.10 Voodoo kernel. Beats the pants off of the Cognition 2.3b6 ROM I was using battery-wise. In my experience, all of the Froyo based ROMs have battery issues. :-(
[Captivate General] skippyg:
I just searched up a little bit more and found that the sensor is using a lot of juice because of a bug in the picture gallery app included in all froyo roms/leaks. I checked my sensor use and sure enough it was at 6 hours non stop. uninstalled using root explorer installed the Gallery3D.apk found on this site and now the use is at 2 seconds. I hope this was the cause. Also, is the android system supposed to be using so much of the sensor? My phone has been on for 11 minutes (reboot) and the battery history in *#*#4696#*#* says its been on for exactly the same amount of time...

sorry for the thread jack!
[Captivate General] newter55:
The issue with the gallery using the sensor has been known for some time. If you our the rom dev did not change out the apk, you should.
[Captivate General] skippyg:
Well I changed it and my battery has been going great! Heavy use with 5% decrease per hour since I replaced it.
[Captivate General] jswclw:
To be fair...the custom ROMs I have tried each had WiFi set to always on. The stock ROMS from had is set to only be on when the screen was on. Depending on the availability of a WiFi AP, this can make a huge difference. Looking for a WiFi AP to connect to is costly.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
In my case, this was not the difference for me. I always had my WiFi always on, even with the screen off. I turned it off manually if I know I am going to be some where WiFi is not available. The battery drain is definitely somewhere else....but these are leaked Froyo ROMs for a reason. :p
[Captivate General] domin8:
do you know how to switch a rom from always on to only being on when the screen is on? i'm running a custom rom and i'm not seeing this setting anywhere aside from completely toggling wifi
[Captivate General] curti.nogg:
Wifi settings> menu > advanced

Sent from my Captivate
[Captivate General] domin8:
whoa, cant believe i never saw that menu before. so setting it to 'when screen is off' will give better battery life?
[Captivate General] emuneee:
It depends. If there is a lot of data transfers going on and WiFi is off with the screen, these transfers will take place over 3G, which in more cases is not as power efficient as WiFi, all else being equal.

I'd say, WiFi always on is better, in my experience anyway. Mileage may vary.
[Captivate General] nybmx:
For me personally I get terrible battery life when wifi is on. Everyone on here seems to say that leaving wifi on saves battery but this has never been the case with any device I've ever owned :(. And I'm talking about when I'm sitting home in an area with good wifi reception too.
[Captivate General] tietherope:
I can't figure my battery out at all. On the weekends if I stay home and keep wifi on my battery will be on for 20 hours and still have 65% left. Once I leave home and I'm using 3G I can only get about 5 hours. I've lost 20% or more per hour without even touching my phone.

Another weird thing is under battery usage and "cell standby", it always shows time without signal at 50%. Never more and never less, always 50% exactly. Any ideas?
[Captivate General] nybmx:
Wish I had the answer for this too. Mine says the same exact thing. Always 50% yet I always have signal where I am. I'm hoping it's some sort of miscalculation and not a major bug where network connections are being dropped constantly and not being shown.
[Captivate General] Connor1:
I get three+ days with my phone...

Sent using smoke signals.
[Captivate General] zeezz:
Man, I thought I was in my own boat. Same exact symptoms across Cognition, Perception, Axura, you name it. Something weird though is that the first day is always great on battery, then after a night's charge it goes back to the 12 hr max per day (moderate usage). On stock it definitely lasts a lot longer. can't wait for an official froyo release... especially now that I have to use Good Messaging, another huge battery hog.
[Captivate General] tietherope:
Under settings and my location i turned off "use wireless networks" and under date and time turned off "Automatic/use network provided values". My battery life increased significantly with just those two changes.
[Captivate General] dinohaven:
OK...I think I did it this time.

I tried to install a new ROM and now when I reboot, all I get is the i9000 screen.

The "good" news is that when I take the battery out and reinstall it and press both UP and DOWN, I am able to get into System recovery (makes me think it is salveagable).

The yellow text below simply says:

upload media, please wait...

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Appling Multi-CSC...

Installing Multi-CSC

But the problem in this mode is that I only have 4 options:

1) Reboot System Now

If I select this, all I get is the phone restarting and then getting stuck in

the GT-I9000 mode (not too helpful)

2) Re-install Pacages

Just kinda reboots to the Android Recovery screen. Nothing really happens.

Same yellow font as what was described up top.

3) delete all user data

Useless for rebooting the system.

4) delete cache data

Useless for rebooting the system.

I am thinking that Option #2 has to get me somewhere...but it isn't really doing anything once I select it...the phone just sits in the Android System Recovery screen.

Any help to get me outta this predicument is certainly worth a PayPal donation!

What's the secret? HOw do I get out of this mess?