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[Q] [Solved] Broken power/unlock button?

Hello everyone
I've had my incredible s for about 9 months now
All of a sudden, my power/unlock button has lost its clickiness.
I have to really press it hard, and it just mushes in, without any feedback.
Its lost its responsiveness too
My question is, has anyone got this problem as well? I didn't drop it or anything.
do I need to take it back to be repaired?
Thanks in advance!

markj338 said:
Hello everyone
I've had my incredible s for about 9 months now
All of a sudden, my power/unlock button has lost its clickiness.
I have to really press it hard, and it just mushes in, without any feedback.
Its lost its responsiveness too
My question is, has anyone got this problem as well? I didn't drop it or anything.
do I need to take it back to be repaired?
Thanks in advance!
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Mine has been like that since new.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Mine used to click, now it just mushes.
So yours has always mushed, even with the back cover off?
I'm thinking about taking it back to my carrier store and see what they can do about it.

markj338 said:
Mine used to click, now it just mushes.
So yours has always mushed, even with the back cover off?
I'm thinking about taking it back to my carrier store and see what they can do about it.
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Did you ever find out about it. I'm thinking of contacting HTC about it and see if they will fix it. Its really annoying I can only turn my phone on when I hold it in my right hand as no other way works.

markj338 said:
Hello everyone
I've had my incredible s for about 9 months now
All of a sudden, my power/unlock button has lost its clickiness.
I have to really press it hard, and it just mushes in, without any feedback.
Its lost its responsiveness too
My question is, has anyone got this problem as well? I didn't drop it or anything.
do I need to take it back to be repaired?
Thanks in advance!
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I noticed this happen within a couple of months of usage with my IncS. Didn't bother me much so I did not fuss about it.

Send it to HTC, they will fix for you. My friend has done this.
Cheers...

Im a bit worried that they will look at it, it still works just not as well, and think I am being too fussy. I think it is getting better though, any worse and I will take it back.
Virtuous Affinity now has volume unlock so I use that now
Thanks for the responses guys

markj338 said:
Im a bit worried that they will look at it, it still works just not as well, and think I am being too fussy. I think it is getting better though, any worse and I will take it back.
Virtuous Affinity now has volume unlock so I use that now
Thanks for the responses guys
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Yeah I might just wait a bit longer and then send it in to be fixed if it gets any worse.

Mine is a bit tricky too, this the only thing that keeps me away from unlocking and flashing ics...

bob8x said:
Mine is a bit tricky too, this the only thing that keeps me away from unlocking and flashing ics...
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You can always s-on again if it starts to get worse
I will wait until I dont need my phone everyday and then will send it to be fixed. They don't give you a replacement do they?
This issue must be a design flaw as we all have the same problem.

markj338 said:
Hello everyone
I've had my incredible s for about 9 months now
All of a sudden, my power/unlock button has lost its clickiness.
I have to really press it hard, and it just mushes in, without any feedback.
Its lost its responsiveness too
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You are using affinity, use the built in virtuous tweak to unlock with volume rocker. That might keep your power button working longer.

I recently bought a phone (3 months ago..), a IncS..., I didnt know these problem with the power botton, what a problem...
Me power botton works fine in these time, but now I will began to get some monney for change all the phone

i just sent my phone back to HTC so they can repair it. I will report back on here when they give me my phone back to see if it has been fixed.

incrediblealex said:
i just sent my phone back to HTC so they can repair it. I will report back on here when they give me my phone back to see if it has been fixed.
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Did you make it s-on and stock??

markj338 said:
Did you make it s-on and stock??
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Yeah I did I followed this guide to do it and worked really well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359555

incrediblealex said:
Yeah I did I followed this guide to do it and worked really well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359555
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So you sent it back completely stock?

markj338 said:
So you sent it back completely stock?
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Yes it was stock htc sense rom. I don't think they will know it was s-off and hopefully they don't update it to the latest hboot

incrediblealex said:
You can always s-on again if it starts to get worse
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I should pass though htcdev to unlock, tacoroot seems to not working ...
BTW removing the sd I noticed that without the back panel the power button have a more "natural" feeling and responsiveness, it seems like that is limited by the back cover..

bob8x said:
BTW removing the sd I noticed that without the back panel the power button have a more "natural" feeling and responsiveness, it seems like that is limited by the back cover..
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I found that too, but now it's lost all its click and just mushes
@incrediblealex have you got it back yet? And, did you send it to your carrier or straight to HTC?
And it shouldn't matter if they update it, you can always downgrade with a goldcard.

I think that Inc S has a design flaw when it comes to the power button (just like the USB port) and I think this is affecting most of the Inc S phones out there. The thing is, very few people bother complaining about the degraded functionality of the button, as it still does the job pretty well.
My Inc S's power button lost the clickiness within 1 month from purchase...It still works, but not the way it used to.
In my opinion, if you send it back to HTC Service Centre, they will fix it, but it will brake again as they probably use the same part/component to fix/replace the mechanism.
My advice would be to sell the phone, if that power button really bothers you.

Is something wrong with my camera?

Whenever I take a picture, the end result will always be a little blurry and have yellow tinting towards the left side of the picture. To some extent, the life side even has an entire bar going across it. What can I do with my problem?
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ipeemyself said:
Whenever I take a picture, the end result will always be a little blurry and have yellow tinting towards the left side of the picture. To some extent, the life side even has an entire bar going across it. What can I do with my problem?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Seems like a hardware issue to me, I'd return it.
Good luck

jodeltje said:
Seems like a hardware issue to me, I'd return it.
Good luck
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Alright thanks but do you think that this will be covered under the warranty?
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ipeemyself said:
Alright thanks but do you think that this will be covered under the warranty?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4
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I would be highly surprised if it would not. Especially if your phone is still newish. Just say no user error could ever cause this.

jodeltje said:
I would be highly surprised if it would not. Especially if your phone is still newish. Just say no user error could ever cause this.
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Thanks I'll give it a shot. Anyways, does warranty usually replace the entire phone or do they usually just repair the damaged areas?

ipeemyself said:
Thanks I'll give it a shot. Anyways, does warranty usually replace the entire phone or do they usually just repair the damaged areas?
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Depends, my carrier swaps out defective units for a new one right away if it's 2 months old or less. Otherwise it gets send away for repair.
I'd steer the conversation towards a new one in any case...

Buddy had same issue took it back got a knew one never asked a question had it for only like a week tho

Alright so when your provider decides to replace the phone for warranty, will you have to wait a few days for the new phone or will they give you a new one on that same time?

Nexus 5 power button rattle fix....

Right, I may or may not be alone in this but the rattle from my power button was really starting to p**s me off. I could hear it clearly when the phone was at arms length and I tapped the screen anywhere in the top half. I thought it was the camera at first, then found holding the power button still whilst using the phone stopped it. This morning I was using my phone and decided to do something about it.
First can I say this was not any normal rattle (i.e camera lens), you could clearly hear it at arms length whilst tapping the screen in the top half. I made this video because people have told me they have the same issue. If you take your phone apart and break it, that's not my fault.
For those that have this problem and decide to do this, I hope it helps It has made me a hell of a lot happier with the phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ego0eXYwOms&feature=youtu.be

Wow wouldn't have just been easier to send it back keep your warranty and get a new one?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

cas8180 said:
Wow wouldn't have just been easier to send it back keep your warranty and get a new one?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Ah, forgot to mentiom, this is my 2nd one. Bought my first one and heard the rattle, took it back after 2 hours. The replacement does the same thing and looking on here in the defects thread it seems a few people have the problem. There's no sort of warranty seal inside the phone and the stuff can easily be taken out again should it die for some reason and I need to get a new one under warranty.

nice? possible to change into a higher mah battery?

auggie246 said:
nice? possible to change into a higher mah battery?
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The battery seems easy enough to remove, so if there were one available I suppose it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to change

deansaunders said:
Ah, forgot to mentiom, this is my 2nd one. Bought my first one and heard the rattle, took it back after 2 hours. The replacement does the same thing and looking on here in the defects thread it seems a few people have the problem. There's no sort of warranty seal inside the phone and the stuff can easily be taken out again should it die for some reason and I need to get a new one under warranty.
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Some people analyse small insignificant things too much, surely it couldn't have made an audible noise level outside of a sound proof box.
Did the sales person look at you bemused or did he test the rattle and end up deafened by it?

mtbgus said:
Some people analyse small insignificant things too much, surely it couldn't have made an audible noise level outside of a sound proof box.
Did the sales person look at you bemused or did he test the rattle himself/herself and end up deafened by it?
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He agreed that he could hear the rattle. It may not have seemed that important to him in a loud and busy shop, but when you're sat on your sofa in the evening and even the slightest of taps near the top of the screen make it rattle it doesn't take long before it becomes very annoying. If it were just when I shook the phone near my ear or something then I would have just accepted it, but it's the fact it is hard to ignore,even at arms length, made me want to do something about it.

deansaunders said:
He agreed that he could hear the rattle. It may not have seemed that important to him in a loud and busy shop, but when you're sat on your sofa in the evening and even the slightest of taps near the top of the screen make it rattle it doesn't take long before it becomes very annoying. If it were just when I shook the phone near my ear or something then I would have just accepted it, but it's the fact it is hard to ignore,even at arms length, made me want to do something about it.
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Fair enough I guess.

I did the very same with my Nexus 4. Using tiny bits of tissue. Dunno why everyone is crying about it, its a very simple fix!

Thanks mate
I'm getting my N5 tomorrow, and living in a country not supported by Google Play Devices, it's nice to know that I can fix stuff like that myself

Stick it in a case, that should do it.

Rusty! said:
Stick it in a case, that should do it.
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I have a case for it that I got off ebay, a clear tpu gel one. It muffles the sound but it is still there, plus I really like the feel of the phone and in the case you lose that.

deansaunders said:
The battery seems easy enough to remove, so if there were one available I suppose it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to change
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Can't wait for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239829

Nbsss said:
Can't wait for this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239829
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If you check further down the General section you'll see yesterday I posted screenshots where I got almost 7 hours of screen on time over an 11 or so hour period with the N5 Admittedly that was 99% on wifi, but it's still good

deansaunders said:
If you check further down the General section you'll see yesterday I posted screenshots where I got almost 7 hours of screen on time over an 11 or so hour period with the N5 Admittedly that was 99% on wifi, but it's still good
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I'm on track for 3hrs SOT :/

Nbsss said:
I'm on track for 3hrs SOT :/
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510785

deansaunders said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2510785
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I see....
I think its because my network signal is mostly yellow, whilst yours is almost all green. I wonder if we can change the radios?

eh... my N5 power button rattles isn't as bad as my iPhone 4s power button rattle
not concerned, thanks for the head up tho OP! :good:

The more Im reading, the creepier it gets for me Only because I'm gonna make someone buy the phone for me and send it, so there would be no chance of return if I saw any kind of defects. Just why all these reports of rattles, dead pixels, after vibration weird sound...ughhhh! Was planning to buy it from Carphone Warehouse...

Ensifolk said:
The more Im reading, the creepier it gets for me Only because I'm gonna make someone buy the phone for me and send it, so there would be no chance of return if I saw any kind of defects. Just why all these reports of rattles, dead pixels, after vibration weird sound...ughhhh! Was planning to buy it from Carphone Warehouse...
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don't stress it brah, the vast majority are fine you just don't hear about it
mine is fine :good:

[VIDEO] Pressing the screen in a certain spot makes an audible clicking noise

Pressing on a certain spot of the screen (about 1/3 of the way from the top) makes an audible click and I can kind of feel it under my thumb too. I've had the phone for less than a week and it seems to work fine otherwise. I'll bring it into the Sony store on Monday to see what they say.
What could it be? Does this happen to anyone else? Do you think it's worth getting fixed?
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adamk7 said:
Pressing on a certain spot of the screen (about 1/3 of the way from the top) makes an audible click and I can kind of feel it under my thumb too. I've had the phone for less than a week and it seems to work fine otherwise. I'll bring it into the Sony store on Monday to see what they say.
What could it be? Does this happen to anyone else? Do you think it's worth getting fixed?
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How did you find out about this problem? Did you read about it somewhere and decided to try pressing your screen as well?
I'm pretty sure you'd never have found out about it during normal usage. Or did you randomly think to yourself "hey, I should really press my new phone's screen unusually hard and see if it make any noises" ?

degraaff said:
How did you find out about this problem? Did you read about it somewhere and decided to try pressing your screen as well?
I'm pretty sure you'd never have found out about it during normal usage. Or did you randomly think to yourself "hey, I should really press my new phone's screen unusually hard and see if it make any noises" ?
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I posted a thread about it a couple of days ago but should have mentionned it here as well that my phone wouldn't turn on after sleeping with it. I was checking for damage and I noticed this and assumed it was related. Though looking back, I'm pretty sure it was an unrelated software malfunction (kernel panic?), mainly because the battery kept draining during that time. It was at 60% when it was seemingly bricked (wouldn't even react to being plugged into multiple chargers and computers). then 24 hours later it magically let itself get charged, but for some reason was completely discharged at 0%. Everything worked normally from then on.
"hey, I should really press my new phone's screen unusually hard and see if it make any noises"
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I see how it looks like I'm pressing hard, but I'm actually not at all.

I stumbled upon this post posted a month ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55745968&postcount=71
I'm a little worried about screen rigidity. After reading the other post about pressing the screen and seeing a rainbow and then seeing a YouTube video about a popping sound when you press on the screen. Hope Sony didn't go cheap here. Everything else I like about the phone. I have yet to take delivery of mine
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I tried looking for the video he mentions but can't seem to find it

adamk7 said:
my phone wouldn't turn on after sleeping with it.
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Probably traumatized.

Iruwen said:
Probably traumatized.
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In my defence - it's quite a sexy phone
And waterproof for a reason

adamk7 said:
In my defence - it's quite a sexy phone
And waterproof for a reason
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Lol.
Also, this is the video you couldn't find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JrfMjiNB9E

degraaff said:
Lol.
Also, this is the video you couldn't find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JrfMjiNB9E
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Thanks for the vid. Though in a similar spot, mine sounds clickier and high pitched, like a mouse click

I'd definitely send the phone for repair before the glass spontaneously cracks

As you know I had same problem as you re power button not working but my phone won't revive I've now sent it in for repair.
I tried you screen click thing and got no clicking

same problem here
I'm having the same problem. Could you please let me know if it's a manufacture problem or not. Thank you in advance. and hopefully it's not.

mr0nee said:
I'm having the same problem. Could you please let me know if it's a manufacture problem or not. Thank you in advance. and hopefully it's not.
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I think it is, it definitely shouldn't be doing that. But I've decided to leave it be. I've ordered some tempered glass screen protectors - should stiffen up the screen a bit among other benefits.

Thanks
adamk7 said:
I think it is, it definitely shouldn't be doing that. But I've decided to leave it be. I've ordered some tempered glass screen protectors - should stiffen up the screen a bit among other benefits.
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I've ordered a nillkin tempered glass + back screen protector as well. I'm waiting for it to be delivered in two weeks at most.
Anyways thanks for your answer. This problem, do you know if it happens to all device or just some? I have already tried putting it in water and it worked out just fine. Thanks again.

Seems like they all do this sound
I purchased my Z3 yesterday and I also noticed this weird sound while I was putting the case on. So today I went back to the store to see if it was just mine.
I tested 4 different Z3 with the dude a the sony store and they all seem to be doing the same sound at the same spot. However i still got mine replaced for one that seemed a little better than the others.
So yeah it looks like it's normal...

Guess what? I found the same issue somehow couple of weeks back and thought it was weird. I wasnt trying to test anything specifically and just clicking on phone for something at that time and heard the noise. So I did some more checks and saw it happening on the top half of the screen only.

Mind does the same thing. I bought it yesterday and noticed it this morning...hopefully it isn't something that I need to return it for.

daneshpastry said:
Mind does the same thing. I bought it yesterday and noticed it this morning...hopefully it isn't something that I need to return it for.
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They all do it, z3 and z3 compact. I tested 4 different z3 and 2 z3 compact at the sony store when I went to get an exchange for mine.
I took one which seemed a little less worst, but still do it.
I'm probably gonna buy a tempered glass, it might help lessen the default.
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liltitiz said:
They all do it, z3 and z3 compact. I tested 4 different z3 and 2 z3 compact at the sony store when I went to get an exchange for mine.
I took one which seemed a little less worst, but still do it.
I'm probably gonna buy a tempered glass, it might help lessen the default.
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That's really unfortunate...I wonder why no one has mentioned it on Reddit or in any online reviews? We can't be the only ones to have noticed it.

daneshpastry said:
That's really unfortunate...I wonder why no one has mentioned it on Reddit or in any online reviews? We can't be the only ones to have noticed it.
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To be honest, if my case hadn't been so hard to put on, I may never have noticed.
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liltitiz said:
To be honest, if my case hadn't been so hard to put on, I may never have noticed.
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I noticed it fairly quickly...and I haven't purchased a case yet.
Does having a case on make it better/worse?

Google warranty on a defective device?

Hey guys i bought my N6 in mid December if im not mistaken and lately i have been having issues with the screen where half of it freezes and cant be used.what i am wondering is am i screwed here with a faulty unit or should i still be able to get a replacement from google since its been like two months now.I have no idea how their warranty works which is why i ask to see if anybody can chime in on this.thanks for any help.

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Hey guys i bought my N6 in mid December if im not mistaken and lately i have been having issues with the screen where half of it freezes and cant be used.what i am wondering is am i screwed here with a faulty unit or should i still be able to get a replacement from google since its been like two months now.I have no idea how their warranty works which is why i ask to see if anybody can chime in on this.thanks for any help.
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I think you should contact Google's customer assistant for it. As far as I know Google provide a Free Replacement of the device within a year except any physical damage. I might wrong but nothing harms to give it a try And best of luck in replacing your device

Correct except they will replace for any reason in first year, including water or physical damage.

Thanks for the replys guys,i already got in touch with them and they made the ticket and everything but i am pretty much screwed anyway cause they put a temporary hold on funds in my account for the new device they send me until they receive the defective one.And i dont have the moneybfor it right now so preety much a wasted rma ticket.i will try and see if they let me send them the defective one first and then they send me the new one,so the whole funds freezing can be avoided.I hope they allow it.

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Correct except they will replace for any reason in first year, including water or physical damage.
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Really?!
Wow, glad I didn't get it from MOT.
Then again I've yet to dunk or shatter a phone.
(My desk here is Mahogany, knocking away, so no worries!)

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Really?!
Wow, glad I didn't get it from MOT.
Then again I've yet to dunk or shatter a phone.
(My desk here is Mahogany, knocking away, so no worries!)
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I hope you're knocking with your fist and not your phone

rootSU said:
I hope you're knocking with your fist and not your phone
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Yes of course!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb5dEtNIKZk

cpufrost said:
Really?!
Wow, glad I didn't get it from MOT.
Then again I've yet to dunk or shatter a phone.
(My desk here is Mahogany, knocking away, so no worries!)
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It's not advertised, but yeah, that's supposedly been the trend. I've heard it's limited to 1 device. It's something they did with the Nexus 5 as well.
http://bgr.com/2014/12/03/nexus-6-free-replacement-program/