what happens to a droid after a 27 floor jump

[ebolick]

So i was a in Vegas a few weeks ago, and i was showing my friend a video on my phone, so i gently tossed it to him. Well good old butterfingers missed it and went right out the window, 27 floors. After having security locate it i took it back to my room, and get this is actually turned on. ofcourse it was not usable but hey it did turn on.

The worst part is i thought i had insurance on it, but the jerk from verizon never added it. my fault for not double checking and my fault for throwing it so i can only blame myself. But hey that is a trip i will never forget.

 

[tfleming23]

Can I ask the most obvious and important question?

What were you doing looking at your phone in Vegas? I can think of 500 things I'd be looking at before that

 

[xmr405o]

where were you? In a hotel? lucky it didn't hit anyone below. You would be a**ed out.

 

[johnrigu]

Is this your friend? if it is then he shouldn't be in Vegas anyway.

 

[barry99705]

Can I ask the most obvious and important question?

What were you doing looking at your phone in Vegas? I can think of 500 things I'd be looking at before that

The video was of one of those 500 things. Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, why do you thing the gods of Vegas pushed the phone out the window?

 

[ebolick]

where were you? In a hotel? lucky it didn't hit anyone below. You would be a**ed out.

Yeah i was pretty scarred at first when it went out the window because we looked out the window and saw a bunch of people running, but then they were just running to a taxi lol. it landed on the 2nd floor ceiling that has the a/c units on it.

 

[ebolick]

The video was of one of those 500 things. Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, why do you thing the gods of Vegas pushed the phone out the window?

lol naa we were just waiting for everyone to get ready before we hit the tournament.

 

[potatolover1102]

It is funny because if you look closely the outside bezel looks great with hardly a scratch lol. It must have landed on the glass?

 

[Lock-N-Load]

can I have your battery

 

[shadowdude777]

Dibs on the rest of the phone!

 

[tom108]

that'll buff right out.

 

[Lock-N-Load]

"My dad is a tv repair man, he's got this ultimate set of tools, i can fix it" -Jeff Spicoli

 

[inssane]

Don't forget to use Binford Tools

 

[Branndon]

That must have been the 3d episode of Tool Time.

 

[shadowdude777]

Where you actually have to dodge flying tools!

 

[skunkpbguy]

They warned you 'what happens in Vegas STAYS in Vegas'.. STOP trying to record in that city. Next time, they make take out more than your Droid.

 

[xmr405o]

Yeah i was pretty scarred at first when it went out the window because we looked out the window and saw a bunch of people running, but then they were just running to a taxi lol. it landed on the 2nd floor ceiling that has the a/c units on it.

That's cool. And how old was your hotel that it still had windows you can open haha.

Fun fact of the day: Most vegas hotels do not have windows that can open because of the high suicide rate.

 

[shake&bake]

Haha. It looks like a sidekick-droid

 

[square]

Fun fact of the day: Most vegas hotels do not have windows that can open because of the high suicide rate.

most hotels in general do not have windows that open.

 

[ZeroBarrier]

<- From Vegas.

We put him in a room with windows that would open and was open just for such an accident to happen. >.>

 

[mobrienjr]

yeah I do not know of any vegas hotel that has windows that open. Suicide rate would be too high if they did...

 

[CRPercodani]

When it turned on what did the display do?

 

[ebolick]

I go to vegas often, and most rooms have the pop up windows, but the older casinos like the flamingo and harrahs both have windows that open (the old towers) they dont open all the way, what they do is open about 12 inches inward kind of hard to explain.

 

[ebolick]

When it turned on what did the display do?

it turned on like normal, and the touch screen would start to work but with all the cracks i was not able to unlock my screen. But the good thing is my sd card was in tack so when i got my new phone i slide it in and was good to go.

 

[shadowdude777]

it turned on like normal, and the touch screen would start to work but with all the cracks i was not able to unlock my screen. But the good thing is my sd card was in tack so when i got my new phone i slide it in and was good to go.

Damn! As far as non-screen-type hardware goes, it's good to know it can survive a 27-story drop and continue to boot into the OS like it did before. And yeah, I've heard stories of SD cards withstanding very high temperatures in building fires when the rest of the device it was in died. Solid state is the way of the future!