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Welp! Dropped my Bionic today from a stagger 16 inches. Now the damn thing won't even stay on unless the battery is in the right spot, now what? I've got my paid apps and TiBu Pro Key, should I do a Nandroid backup, unroot and take it in and cash in on my warranty errrr what? :(

EDIT: Absolutely fine now that I took the extended battery out and put the standard battery back in... Hmm, still take it in?
 
Are you sure both cards are firmly seated? I dropped mine about 18 inches onto a short pile carpet. When I checked the back one of the cards was half out of its socket. I reseated it and had no problem after that.

... Thom
 
Thom Little said:
Are you sure both cards are firmly seated? I dropped mine about 18 inches onto a short pile carpet. When I checked the back one of the cards was half out of its socket. I reseated it and had no problem after that.

... Thom
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SD Card and SIM card are both firmly in place. Standard battery was almost dead, I went to open SMS and it force closed every time. Plugged it in, froze solid. Pulled the battery and it's back to normal (mostly). There's no way my battery could've gotten damaged..?
 
I've been meaning to post this for awhile. If I let me phone (with extended battery) "drop" the inch or so to the counter it will often restart the phone as if the battery disconnected briefly. I am not able to replicate the problem with the standard battery.
 
When my screen cracked from a 2ft drop, I was a lil unnerved. That happened to my OG Droid a hundred times and nary a scratch. They don't make em like they used too. lol
 
this wouldn't be a warranty replacement would it? It would be an insurance claim...but i guess if there is no visible damage you could pass it off as a defect lol.
 
if the connector strips on the battery move it will reboot. when it dropped you may have dented a clip. look at all the clips on the battery cover. if there not broke then return it. this happened to the envy 2 all the time. if you return it do not tell them it dropped.
 
Sure enough. When I'm looking at the battery it looks like the outside set of contacts is spread out. Incredible. I hope the Verizon store takes it back. They're a bunch of pushovers it's awesome haha
 
there not pushovers, they have nothing to lose. if they send it to moto and they see physical or water damage, they will charge the acct full price. be careful. unless you mean the bat.
 
bxtzd3 said:
if the connector strips on the battery move it will reboot. when it dropped you may have dented a clip. look at all the clips on the battery cover. if there not broke then return it. this happened to the envy 2 all the time. if you return it do not tell them it dropped.
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they don't look bent to me but the rebooting issue is insane. I'm back on the standard battery which has no problems at all.
 
I think one of the reason this phone (and most of the newer phones) are much more susceptible to damage is because of the use of plastic parts (as in casing) which allows the circuit boards inside to flex and bend quite a lot more than metal phones.

It's why our DROIDs were so friggin awesome - took a pounding and kept on going.

I've got the shell holster case on mine, and the way it barely protects the front face bothers me - quite a bit. Even though it is a raised surface, with the flex built into the casing of the BIONIC it can still flex enough for the glass to come in contact with the surface it is being dropped on - even a flat, planar surface - with the right flexing.

I was never paranoid with the DROID - but I am super paranoid with my BIONIC....
 
Yeah I'm pretty paranoid about my Bionic as well. The first time I picked it up it just felt cheap and under built but the extended battery helped out with that. I got the shell and I would go with an Otter Box if they made it fit with the extended battery. Am I stuck with this stupid shell or is there anything else for the extended battery users?
 
Look in the forums - there is a case by TPU (old name, don't know what the new name is) that is selling cases that fit hte extended battery and fit in the dock without removal.

The main thing I'm hooked on is the little plastic kickstand that slides out of the shell though - and I just today broke one of the pins that holds the bottom part in - it still works, but I'm now even more paranoid that I'm going to have it collapse just when I want it standing up lol....

Anyone know if they sell just that kickstand part of the shell? Or, anyone know if the shell has any sort of warranty on it?
 
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