I was super successful repairing screen lift....ironically I broke it anyway! - Nexus 7 General

I completely tore it down. Down to the bezel. When taking the bezel off be very careful not to scratch the black on the glass itself. Once there I removed the thin double sided tape, cleaned it up nicely and bought and used 5 minute epoxy. I used a small paintbrush and applied the epoxy to the plastic bezel carefully not getting it in the screw holes. I then put the glass back on the bezel using clothes pins to clamp for an hour. This was perfect. I had a little goop out the side and while it was still in a waxy state prior to completely curing, I scaped the excess off with ease. This produced a perfectly adhered screen to bezel. I can say with confidence, it is the double sided tape allowing the screen to lift off the silver plastic bezel. The length of my screws had nothing to do with anything on my tablet. I reassembled everything only to knick my display wire, rendering all of work pointless. Anyway, took it back to Staples and they handed me a new one no questions asked. Ironically this one appears to be a perfect build. I feel as though if I leave it in the car for even a minute in the heat, the same thing will happen. The adhesive on the double sided tape is weak. It pulled apart with ease and once it heats up, its going to weaken and pull apart. Thanks for reading.
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Yep.. My screen lift has gotten a lot worse too..
I tried to take off the cover just now, got 3/4 corners, then heard the familiar sound of tape separating from a surface, and saw the screen flexing up. With basically no force put on the unit at all...
I didn't feel like continuing after seeing that so just clipped my cover back down.. Build quality isn't great.
I'll definitely be RMAing if any developments are made in the construction of the N7, or if a new IPS screen is chosen, I'm not a fan of the color reproduction, looks like crap TBH.

Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.

demandarin said:
Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.
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Yeah but he broke it because he was trying to fix it so he wouldn't have to RMA.
I think that contributing your own time, resources and effort before *****ing to Google about 1mm of screen lift is a really good attitude to the problem.
Sure he messed it up, but there was just as good of a chance he was going to save Google money by attempting the fix himself.
In this situation, I think OP did the right thing.
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demandarin said:
Before people start flaming you, Op, next time dont admit you broke tablet yourself and took it back for exchange. thats a form of fraud. since you publically admitted you severed the display cable. just a f.y.i.
You not the first to have done this. just letting you know.
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He broke an already defective unit in the name of science. The gods are on his side.
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Yeah but he broke it because he was trying to fix it so he wouldn't have to RMA.
I think that contributing your own time, resources and effort before *****ing to Google about 1mm of screen lift is a really good attitude to the problem.
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Hm. *****ing?
Fixing your own stuff may be noble and clever, but it shouldn't be necessary to look down on those who aren't so mechanically inclined to feel good about it.
Sure he messed it up, but there was just as good of a chance he was going to save Google money by attempting the fix himself.
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He returned it to Staples. The manufacturer, ASUS, is the only one taking a loss. And their refurbishment department is getting an epoxied unit.
It would be the same if he bought it from the Play store, although Google may bear the shipping costs of its generous exchange policy.
In this situation, I think OP did the right thing.
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Yes. Thank you for your work on this, OP.

Just a quick note. I'm new to the nexus 7, just picked it up friday and on Saturday I left it in the glove box of my car on a hot day for over 4 hours and the screen held up well. No screen screen separation at all.
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Maybe he paid for the 1 yr no questions asked warranty staples offers like I did... just a thought
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To be clear, I did get the warranty, however when I went to the store he (manager) just looked at it, went to the back and got another unit, no questions asked about a receipt or warranty. Kinda cool in my book. I never frequented Staples, but that kind of service earns my business for the forseable future. That said....when it was disassembled you could see the adhesive on the thin double sided tape and where it was lacking as well. I won't hesitate to tear this one down if and when it lifts. I can say this works and works great for all you guys having issues.
On a side note the crackling I see people talking about may be the adhesive coming unstuck.....
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Out of thanks for the day, so
^5 to Mungulz and pxlitup for echoing my sentiment, to the OP for having the muster to MacGuyver your own fix, and to demandarin for your concern for the OP
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On a side note the crackling I see people talking about may be the adhesive coming unstuck.....
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The crackling - or creak - is from a piece of foam-tape being positioned too close to where a seam in the cover sits. It's easily rectified with a piece of 2"x1/4" paper inserted between the foam-tape and the plastic Been there, done that, had a Tee-Shirt printed

To OP:
Did you chop it off completely? A similar thing happened to me except that mine is only half cm cut. So far no problems at all with the display
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Chop the cable? No, I couldn't figure out how it came out of the clamp and had a small sscrew driver trying to pry it up and severed one of the fine hairs in the bundle. For those of you who may not know, you lift the back of the clamp and that releases the pressure and then simply slide the cable out. Once my feeble mind figured it out, I was amazed at my stupidity. Its quite simple and elegant really. BTW. This is for the double cable connection. The single does just pry up, hence my confusion.
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Warning D3 users: screen will scratch if you look at it wrong

I've seen a few other posts on a few other boards about the D3 having a VERY scratchable screen. Normally, I tell people that modern screen are durable as nails, but tonight, I got bit. My D3 now has a nice "pinhole" indentation in the screen. In the damaged area, surrounding the new scratch, you can feel that there is a RAISED area of some material. Its obvious that this screen has some kind of coating on it that can be easily damaged. It is definitely NOT a single piece of glass. My OG Droid got pummeled for a year and a half. Its screen is MINT. My new D3 is now damaged on it's 9th day.
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Now that Moto is making phones with no removable battery (D4), is making easily scratchable pentile screens (D3), and pulls this bootloader cr*p, I think this will be my last one. Googarolla, I hope you are listening.
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I've seen a few other posts on a few other boards about the D3 having a VERY scratchable screen. Normally, I tell people that modern screen are durable as nails, but tonight, I got bit. My D3 now has a nice "pinhole" indentation in the screen. In the damaged area, surrounding the new scratch, you can feel that there is a RAISED area of some material. Its obvious that this screen has some kind of coating on it that can be easily damaged. It is definitely NOT a single piece of glass. My OG Droid got pummeled for a year and a half. Its screen is MINT. My new D3 is now damaged on it's 9th day.
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Now that Moto is making phones with no removable battery (D4), is making easily scratchable pentile screens (D3), and pulls this bootloader cr*p, I think this will be my last one. Googarolla, I hope you are listening.
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I've been through 9 Droid3 replacements for various hardware issues, but never once did I have problems with the screen scratching. Mind you, I'm OCD, so I'm always wiping it down with my shirt or a piece of napkin. Never once scratched. So, I'm not sure what to tell you...
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I've been through 9 Droid3 replacements for various hardware issues, but never once did I have problems with the screen scratching. Mind you, I'm OCD, so I'm always wiping it down with my shirt or a piece of napkin. Never once scratched. So, I'm not sure what to tell you...
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My screen looks the same as when I first got it about 3 months ago.
No scratches yet. Technically any screen can get scratched, even gorilla glass.just have to be careful.
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My phone has literally been dragged and dropped face-down in and across a parking garage (don't ask) and the screen is still in perfect shape.
dropped my phone a good bit, screen still fine
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My phone has literally been dragged and dropped face-down in and across a parking garage (don't ask) and the screen is still in perfect shape.
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lol im sorry but reading this has me too curious...could u give a small sum up of what happened?
SMH
I'm not so lucky.I have a small scratch on the M on the top where it says Motorola. Boo
Same story here OP. My OG Droid never had a case on it and the screen was perfect when I sold it, same with my Droid X. I have 2 hairline scratches and a tiny chip on my Droid 3... and it has a case and is always in my pocket by itself.
To the OP...
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Seriously. You sound like a cry baby. I don't care if a phone has a diamond coated protection layer, ill still slap on at the very least a 5 dollar no name screen protector. Infact I even cut a screen protector to size to cover the camera lens. Why? Because I don't take the chance. Obviously something YOU did scratched the screen. Its not the phones fault or motorolas fault. Time to put the big boy pants on, accept some responsibility, and realize it was something you did.
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To the OP...
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
Seriously. You sound like a cry baby. I don't care if a phone has a diamond coated protection layer, ill still slap on at the very least a 5 dollar no name screen protector. Infact I even cut a screen protector to size to cover the camera lens. Why? Because I don't take the chance. Obviously something YOU did scratched the screen. Its not the phones fault or motorolas fault. Time to put the big boy pants on, accept some responsibility, and realize it was something you did.
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I really don't think he's crying about it, he's making a valid point. If a phone from 2 years ago has better scratch resistance, I think that's a problem too. Technology is supposed to improve as time goes on, not be cheaply mass-produced with low quality materials. Should he have put a screen protector on it, probably, but why would he assume he'd need to if an old model lasted 2 years without a scratch?
Chill out.
I thought it was determined that the screen had a anti-glare covering that was the culprit of the micro-scratches, not the gorilla glass?
TLR Buy a screen protector, I got one for $5 off eBay with a car charger.
I teared when my OG Droid got a scratch a month before replacing it with the D3. So I slapped a screen protector on my D3 and now I'm happy.
Honestly, thinking that anything is unscratchable sounds more like a "User Error ID:10T" problem. The Gorilla glass on the Droid 3 doesn't seem as strong as the OG Droid because people wanted anti-glare.
Technology is improving, some users on the other hand aren't.
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I got one for $5 off eBay with a car charger.
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@Yonnor
Dude, nice buy.
It was $15 for my combo at an authorized dealer.
ultima86 said:
dropped my phone a good bit, screen still fine
lol im sorry but reading this has me too curious...could u give a small sum up of what happened?
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Last weekend some friends and I were having a "fun and chill" experience, when I decided to get out of their car and go wait in mine with a girl. Then we got an idea of sneaking up to their car and using the LED of my phone to imitate the brightass spotlight on police cars. And so while holding my phone in her hand, the girl crawled across the parking garage to the other car.
#college
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My ex girlfriend managed to scratch my gift, a Rado watch (which is one of the hardest thing on the earth) after three days of use.
So I guess is not too hard to scratch a piece of gorilla glass too.
Btw gorilla glass or not the Droid 3 bezel is way more delicate than the one of my old Milestone 1.
I had the latter for a whole year and all the phone (toy keyboard excluded) looked like new after such amount of time, the D3 already feels "used" after a month.
Wow, is the D4 really not going to have a removable battery..? What sort of iPhone-ish ******ry is THAT?? I really, really hope that's not true, because any smart-phone that can't take an upgraded battery is not worth having. Screw 8-10 hours of battery life, that's pathetic.
But on topic, my screen is still fine as well.
Savior057 said:
Wow, is the D4 really not going to have a removable battery..? What sort of iPhone-ish ******ry is THAT??
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Looks like that most of the Apple competitors are doing their best to copy the idiotic Apple's moves (lack of keyboard, locks everywhere, microsims, fixed batteries, and so on) but at the same time are managing to avoid the good ones like the extended OS support, or the focus on a few models instead of producing a plethora of (often pointless) models.
I have had my phone for a couple months and it is mint.
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on the non-removable batt, when your phone freezes up and the power button isnt working BECAUSE your phone is froze, which you then need a battery pull, how would one go about restarting the phone?
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on the non-removable batt, when your phone freezes up and the power button isnt working BECAUSE your phone is froze, which you then need a battery pull, how would one go about restarting the phone?
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Most likely will have either a button combo, or a pin-hole reset button. Or atleast thats what i would do if i was a moto engineer
morse coded via my DROID 3
Yonnor said:
Most likely will have either a button combo, or a pin-hole reset button. Or atleast thats what i would do if i was a moto engineer
morse coded via my DROID 3
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you used to could alt-shift-del to reboot, but it doesn't work on the D3. even if it did work, there was that .001% chance that you really would need to remove the battery, to which you would obviously need a pin reset.
not sure why they dumped the alt-shift-del reboot. i greatly miss it.

3rd times a charm? I hope.

Bought a N7 two days ago, got home and charged it and it had a defect, not from the factory, but from Walmart. The screen had some damage towards the top like too much pressure had been applied there. It didn't go away and I exchanged it for another. I took that one home and started it up and the LCD panel on it was shattered, not the outer glass. They both had slight screen lift but that didn't bother me as I believe it could be fixed. Also they were both C70's. It's just got me discouraged and pretty mad. Both boxes were damaged somewhat so that's why I think its Walmarts fault. But anyway I'll replace this one this week sometime and report back.
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leviwhite9 said:
Bought a N7 two days ago, got home and charged it and it had a defect, not from the factory, but from Walmart. The screen had some damage towards the top like too much pressure had been applied there. It didn't go away and I exchanged it for another. I took that one home and started it up and the LCD panel on it was shattered, not the outer glass. They both had slight screen lift but that didn't bother me as I believe it could be fixed. Also they were both C70's. It's just got me discouraged and pretty mad. Both boxes were damaged somewhat so that's why I think its Walmarts fault. But anyway I'll replace this one this week sometime and report back.
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Yeahhhh that definitely sounds like a Wal-Mart issue there... especially considering the damaged boxes and all. Do you have pictures of the boxes? I'm curious as to what condition they were in that they A) thought it was okay to put on the shelf and B) thought they were decent enough to not even warrant opening the box to make sure... unless it's somehow against Wal-Mart policy to open items to verify they're okay? (wouldn't be entirely surprising now that I think about it)
There's not much room to play for the Nexus 7 inside the factory box. They're pretty clean cut with minimal wasted/open space. Any semi decent hits it would take, especially on the top portion, might be substantially detrimental to the tablet itself.
I did 5 exchanges at various Walmarts and they were all C8O's. I was stubborn and looking for one without and screen separation. I gave up on that mission and realize they all gonna be coming with slight screen separation. But I did manage to find 2 with minor issues. I would avoid the C7O build. Only reason being its a older build.
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[/COLOR]Although am praying at the same time coz i too ordered the nexus 7.. but its from Dubai as i stay in qatar..if thats defective you can say am royally screwed
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JaSauders said:
Yeahhhh that definitely sounds like a Wal-Mart issue there... especially considering the damaged boxes and all. Do you have pictures of the boxes? I'm curious as to what condition they were in that they A) thought it was okay to put on the shelf and B) thought they were decent enough to not even warrant opening the box to make sure... unless it's somehow against Wal-Mart policy to open items to verify they're okay? (wouldn't be entirely surprising now that I think about it)
There's not much room to play for the Nexus 7 inside the factory box. They're pretty clean cut with minimal wasted/open space. Any semi decent hits it would take, especially on the top portion, might be substantially detrimental to the tablet itself.
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Yeah, I blame Walmart. I don't have pics of the box but i do of the devices (Cant post now tho) The boxes were mainly damaged on the back and sides. I'll post pics later tonight hopefully.
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I did 5 exchanges at various Walmarts and they were all C8O's. I was stubborn and looking for one without and screen separation. I gave up on that mission and realize they all gonna be coming with slight screen separation. But I did manage to find 2 with minor issues. I would avoid the C7O build. Only reason being its a older build.
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I'm hoping they get some C90's soon as I took the last two they had. The screen separation doesn't bother me a lot if its miniscule.
hooligan007 said:
Cool story brooaa
Alwaya wanted to say cool story brooaaaa...
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Although am praying at the same time coz i too ordered the nexus 7.. but its from Dubai as i stay in qatar..if thats defective you can say am royally screwed
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Not to try and be rude but I'm so glad I live in the U.S.
Pics finally!
So heres the first N7 with slight, useable damage. http://db.tt/6IjqNLFk that one was useable but not desirable. My next nexus 7, http://db.tt/zmJtkAaN was not in any way useable, the LCD and touch was broken. Here's the box of #2 http://db.tt/7eIhS4TZ http://db.tt/IYtNHeDp http://db.tt/nboEqNKa http://db.tt/j6b6XMjI There's the pics, they aren't the best but maybe they'll work, also sorry about the grammar and punctuation, I'm in a hurry.
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Yeahhhh that definitely sounds like a Wal-Mart issue there... especially considering the damaged boxes and all. Do you have pictures of the boxes? I'm curious as to what condition they were in that they A) thought it was okay to put on the shelf and B) thought they were decent enough to not even warrant opening the box to make sure... unless it's somehow against Wal-Mart policy to open items to verify they're okay? (wouldn't be entirely surprising now that I think about it)
There's not much room to play for the Nexus 7 inside the factory box. They're pretty clean cut with minimal wasted/open space. Any semi decent hits it would take, especially on the top portion, might be substantially detrimental to the tablet itself.
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I've got a few pics up now.
Good luck with #3! It took me 7! (C6,C7,C7,C7,C8,C8, and now C8..you can see how messed up my account page is now LOL) to get one I was happy with, defect free. I've seen it all now, defective batteries, dead pixels, dust under the screen, screen separation on the left. All of mine have been from Gamestop.
Also you might want to give this thread a look, if you ever need to use VIP for an RMA it's actually an "O" as shook wrote it, not a zero :good:
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Good luck with #3! It took me 7! (C6,C7,C7,C7,C8,C8, and now C8..you can see how messed up my account page is now LOL) to get one I was happy with, defect free. I've seen it all now, defective batteries, dead pixels, dust under the screen, screen separation on the left. All of mine have been from Gamestop.
Also you might want to give this thread a look, if you ever need to use VIP for an RMA it's actually an "O" as shook wrote it, not a zero :good:
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Thanks. I should have a new one Friday. Wow, that really sucks.
Just an update.
Returned my N7 and got another. It's a C80, so far no problems other than minor screen lift. Will update after a few days.

Back Glass Cracked around speaker

I went out tonight to a movie. I put my phone in my pocket when I left the house, took it out once to put it on vibrate at the start of the movie then took it out of my pocket again when I got home. The phone was the only thing in that pocket, so it's not like it was up against my keys or anything.
The phone was intact when I put it on vibrate so while it was in my pocket at some point during the movie or the ride home is when it got cracked.
It seems that the part of the glass that's cut out for the loud speaker got pushed in enough that the glass around it gave way and shattered. I don't remember bumping it on anything or it being jostled in any way, just a typical movie and drive home...
I have insurance on it through Tmobile but I may try and call LG directly first to see if they will do anything considering I didn't drop it or really abuse it in any way that I can think of...
So let this be a warning to you if you have one, be careful about that part of the phone. Maybe be careful to put it facing screen-side-out in your pocket so the back speaker cut out can't be bumped...
The glass around the speaker grill is entirely shattered with cracks spider webbing from it to all 4 corners of the screen. The cracks going to the top are hard to see in the pictures, but their there.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions about contacting LG, or anything else about it?
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Gorilla glass my ass
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Looks like a bit of flex that's caused it.
That's the first time I've seen a decent picture of the back by the way, and it looks amazing!
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That does not seem like Gorilla Glass anymore. Don't think I've ever heard of a phone just magically breaking without any kind of impact.
How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
I don't think that the backside of the phone is made from gorilla glass, only the screen. But you still should contact LG, because no way it should blow up like that.
Hope that they change it for you
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Nickel Dime Bay said:
How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
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I wish I had a good answer
I was babying this phone as much as possible, it was the only thing in that pocket and I made sure not to use it when over cement or anything in case it did fall.
But this happened while it was INSIDE my pocket, I even had to empty some of the glass shards out of my pocket when I noticed what had happened...
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I don't think that the backside of the phone is made from gorilla glass, only the screen. But you still should contact LG, because no way it should blow up like that.
Hope that they change it for you
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Most of the reviews state that both the front and the back of the phone are Gorilla Glass.
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Looks like a bit of flex that's caused it.
That's the first time I've seen a decent picture of the back by the way, and it looks amazing!
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LG cheaped out. This can not be gorilla glass. I believe OP.
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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phewizzo said:
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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There are no cases. And I agree, I don't see how this could sporadically happen. You had to have had some crazy luck here.
Back pocket? Were you sitting on it?
OK am just not buying the km magic scratches happening on their own or a big crack happening without it being CX caused. These things do not happen on their own..
It looks just like it got sat on, what else could push the speaker through to crack it like that..
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phewizzo said:
Cmon, u had to out some type of stress on it for it to crack like that. Skinny jeans? Back or front pocket?? Why isnt no one going to T-Mobile stores to buy a case for a all glass phone?
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Haha, no skinny jeans, and it was in my front left pocket.
There was no stress at all that I can think of. When I took it out of my pocket at home to text someone the back felt rough and I thought something was on it, but when i turned it around to look I saw it all cracked. I was 100% surprised to see that considering how I had babied it all night and I didn't even use it the entire night.
There was no case because none are sold yet. When I bought it the store said they would be getting the cases (bumpers I guess) in stock next week, I was going to call them Monday to see if they had any yet, and I still will but I don't expect them to get any until mid week.
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Haha, no skinny jeans, and it was in my front left pocket.
There was no stress at all that I can think of. When I took it out of my pocket at home to text someone the back felt rough and I thought something was on it, but when i turned it around to look I saw it all cracked. I was 100% surprised to see that considering how I had babied it all night and I didn't even use it the entire night.
There was no case because none are sold yet. When I bought it the store said they would be getting the cases (bumpers I guess) in stock next week, I was going to call them Monday to see if they had any yet, and I still will but I don't expect them to get any until mid week.
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im hoping its just bad manufacturing. if all the nexus 4 phones are like that, im scared to do anything with it
luckily, im getting a TPU case in the mail soon
quit wearing those hipster jeans.
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Back pocket? Were you sitting on it?
OK am just not buying the km magic scratches happening on their own or a big crack happening without it being CX caused. These things do not happen on their own..
It looks just like it got sat on, what else could push the speaker through to crack it like that..
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Front pocket, and no sitting on my side, just in a movie theater seat then my car seat.
I wish I could just "not buy" it too, but it happened....
Like I said in my first post, it looks like a typical crack you would get from tempered glass when the stress point is hit, and it looks like around that speaker cut out is a stress point. The thing is, it wasn't hit, bumped, dropped, or anything else like that.
If you were the insurance company or LG I would understand not trusting me, but why do I have to gain by not telling the truth here?
Chances are you can just exchange it under warranty, not insurance.
You must have had very tight pants on man..
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Front pocket, and no sitting on my side, just in a movie theater seat then my car seat.
I wish I could just "not buy" it too, but it happened....
Like I said in my first post, it looks like a typical crack you would get from tempered glass when the stress point is hit, and it looks like around that speaker cut out is a stress point. The thing is, it wasn't hit, bumped, dropped, or anything else like that.
If you were the insurance company or LG I would understand not trusting me, but why do I have to gain by not telling the truth here?
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maybe it got stressed when it was up against the seat, like the side or something. just a guess. or maybe someone else hit it by accident without you knowing in the theatre? or you yourself did unknowingly? it is dark in there...
I was gonna go naked and the the phone shine I'm 2nd guessing that now
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How the hell did that happen in a pocket? Hmm
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I told everyone in my other post that the glass is BS because it got scratched by itself, just being in the pocket and on the table... But almost everyone laughed at my warning...

Nexus 4 Drop test Video - Faired well/okay

I didn't expect it to do this well. Impressive
So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
We're all in limbo and this dude just wants to break one
It did OK though, I'm hoping to have a case on it ASAP so dropping it shouldn't be as scary.
roughavoc said:
So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
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My thought exactly
Omg! There are so many wanting these and they have enough to test by dropping. That kills me. lol
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shadehh said:
I didn't expect it to do this well. Impressive
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But a more important question is at hand here.... Will it blend?
roughavoc said:
So this phone manages to take a drop onto a brick road and not break while others have happened to just break inside their POCKET. Hmmm
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If in your pocket when you sit down surely it must put pressure on it. I would never sit down with a passage glad phone in my pocket. You are just asking for it to break..
If it was a smaller phone it would maybe be pk in the pocket but this thing is big..
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aphlipot said:
But a more important question is at hand here.... Will it blend?
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Will it blend?
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Richieboy67 said:
Will it blend?
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I don't know yet, but I am certain if I see that video before I get my phone I may cry, and you don't want to see a grown man cry.
So many people on the BO list will be angry at a perfectly good phone getting used for this haha. Schadenfreude at it's finest.
I think he returned this dropped phone and the other guy got it buy didn't notice until after the movies. lol
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That's not bad at all for dual glass! The iPhone 4/4S shattered from 6ft.
How do we know the one he dropped was the same one he showed to the camera afterwards? It was off-screen after the drop.
Anyhoo. Glass back or not, I'm sure LG took into consideration droppage and I doubt the back is any more delicate than the front.
The only concern I have is that the phone seems very slippery and so I'm more likely to drop it.
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How do we know the one he dropped was the same one he showed to the camera afterwards? It was off-screen after the drop.
Anyhoo. Glass back or not, I'm sure LG took into consideration droppage and I doubt the back is any more delicate than the front.
The only concern I have is that the phone seems very slippery and so I'm more likely to drop it.
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I feel tempted not to post ever since i reached my 666th post. I liked that! Hahah, either way...
I would really recommend a cover for this phone, if you're like me, you'll be a victim of spontaneous human combustion if the back glass cracks.
I'm probably a month or more away from a phone, i already have a front screen protector and one for the back.
it was hard to watch a rare specie of smartphones being drop tested.
i am kind of relieved to know it would withstand a waist high fall.
I thought it was a goner on the first drop lol xD
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Anubis007 said:
it was hard to watch a rare specie of smartphones being drop tested.
i am kind of relieved to know it would withstand a waist high fall.
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MAY withstand. But then it could survive a higher drop and break on a much smaller drop. So many variables.
My son dropped his iPad countless times and never suffered a single scratch on the glass and just minor scratches on the back. He even once dropped it down the stairs and still it remained in one piece.
The one day it fell off his knee in the car and dropped 18 inches to the floor and the front completely shattered.
Knowing how the phone looks dissembled I wonder if there will be a way to take the glass off the back keeping all the wireless charging, antenna and replace with 3rd party glass.
I know with the 4s it was very simple to replace the glass back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rofgMueCOqo
Both of those use GG so it should be a good comparison.
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MAY withstand. But then it could survive a higher drop and break on a much smaller drop. So many variables.
My son dropped his iPad countless times and never suffered a single scratch on the glass and just minor scratches on the back. He even once dropped it down the stairs and still it remained in one piece.
The one day it fell off his knee in the car and dropped 18 inches to the floor and the front completely shattered.
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yes very true, this Nexus took the damage from its side on the first drop test. on the bright side, the impact didn't fracture the glass, something that i feared.
I don't like the fact that this phone has a glass back. What is the point? Style? It is just anotehr thing to shatter. Apple set a bad precedent and as fantastic as this phone is, I'd rather have it more durable.

Screen cracked question

Yesterday the top corner of my phone cracked right next to the circle to the right of the Samsung logo when it fell off my desk. It is not a spider web crack and doesn't affect the actual screen in any way. Is there a resin I would be able to use to patch it safely?
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i would just get a glass screen protector
But that wouldn't make the crack go away. Is there a way to do that without replacing the front glass?
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But that wouldn't make the crack go away. Is there a way to do that without replacing the front glass?
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What you need is CRACK BE GONE......... LOL
But really you should stop smoking as that doesn't exist. Only way to fix a broken glass is to replace it and that goes for anything...... automotive windshields also. Which is where I think you got the idea of resin from. Resin is supposed to stop or slow it from continuing to spider and getting worse but it does't work on a crack only a chip and it still doesn't get rid of it then either. Nothing removes broken or chipped glass damage.
I guess I just had no idea how automotive resin worked. I'll just have to deal with it and get it replaced if it causes an issue. It's ridiculous that this even happened falling from my desk on to carpet at work.
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Its possible i guess if u get a winshied repair kit and if its far enough away from the edge but those kits use a suction cup thing to force it in the crack. So if it is near the edge i doubt u will be able to get the resin forced into the crack.
I had a deep scratch and tried some windshield repair resin to try and fill in and it didnt really do anything.
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outtawack311 said:
I guess I just had no idea how automotive resin worked. I'll just have to deal with it and get it replaced if it causes an issue. It's ridiculous that this even happened falling from my desk on to carpet at work.
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Luck of the draw (or lack of) really. I have had some nasty drops with my note 4 and few minor ones with the note 5. I haven't used a screen protector for the last 3 or 4 phones and 4 years or so. My cases keep getting smaller with this years note 5 being the flimsiest clear spigen that I have ever had. I'm sure my luck will run out but even with my drops it is still ok. All it takes is that one at the wrong angle tho.
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sand1303 said:
Its possible i guess if u get a winshied repair kit and if its far enough away from the edge but those kits use a suction cup thing to force it in the crack. So if it is near the edge i doubt u will be able to get the resin forced into the crack.
I had a deep scratch and tried some windshield repair resin to try and fill in and it didnt really do anything.
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Again resin is made not for cracks but more for knicks, rock chips and the like at are small, round and contained. The resin fills the chip and trys to hold it from spidering and cracking all the way across as the windshield flexes. First as you have noticed this is really not a fix, and doesn't work more then 50% of the time. May make it take longer to crack that's a bit unclear.
Even tho this doesn't work very well on a windshield there is even more reasons why this really wont work on a phone. The type of glass, thinness of the glass and being a crack not a chip are all reasons this would never work on the phone (but please post pics if you do. LOL) The vacuum and not sitting in corners is also another good reason, but the resin isn't as thin or runny as you may think and would make way more of a mess on your screen then it would even cover. I'm asumming this is not in an area you touch or I would say I would also think the digitizer might have problems also.
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Again resin is made not for cracks but more for knicks, rock chips and the like at are small, round and contained. The resin fills the chip and trys to hold it
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Uh, not calling u a liar but i have seen actual cracks repaired in windshields and u couldnt even tell they were there. Dont know how long the repair lasted but i have seen it done on long cracks. We have had safelite come in and repair windshields on work trucks. I am not saying it would definately work on a phone though
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sand1303 said:
Uh, not calling u a liar but i have seen actual cracks repaired in windshields and u couldnt even tell they were there. Dont know how long the repair lasted but i have seen it done on long cracks. We have had safelite come in and repair windshields on work trucks. I am not saying it would definately work on a phone though
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I see Satellites website does advertise they do cracks up to 6" so I stand corrected on that. Thanks
https://www.safelite.com/windshield-repair/
I'm a maintenance manager for transit buses. I have a whole fleet of city buses here in the Los Angeles area. I'm very good friends with my local glass guy that comes out and does repairs weekly. We not only see chips, knicks, cracks, but graffiti and other intentional vandalization. We have strict rules from California Highway Patrol here that we need to repair certain size damage that obscures the view of the drivers.
With the cost of a big bus windshield we have tried them all. They even have buffers that sand and polish the top layer of glass to remove surface damage, but during a demo (to sale us a unit) he cracked the window while trying to remove graffiti as the glass got to hot.
Injecting resin into the chip does not make it go away. I can still tell where it was repaired (depending on the quality it looks less noticeable or obvious) and if I pound my fist on the glass I bet you can tell where it will crack from. It's only a temporary solution to help try and prevent it cracking any further under light or no stress (not me pounding on it).
Ya like u say its just a cover up but if its done right with quality materials it can be almost invisible.
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