Gutted my MotoX - Long Post Alert - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41447.0&return_msg=41447.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1">1–5</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41447.1">Gutted my MotoX - Long Post Alert</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41447_1_5_10"> <a name="a41447_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41447_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">26 Mar 2015 11:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1">41447.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> ~ Long Post Alert! ~<br /><br /> You've been warned. Get tea.<br /><br /> So recent revoltin' developments caused me to gut my MotoX and make one "good" one out of two.<br /><br /> My first MotoX had scratches on the screen within about 6 hours or so of use, so Motorola finally sent me a new one, no charge. I had the new one for a few days and it slides off the car seat whilst pumping petrol and shatters the screen. <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":-/"><span class="e__">:-/</span></span> All of this happened a while ago, so I simply reverted back to the original phone despite the scratched screen. <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":-("><span class="e__">:-(</span></span> <br /><br /> Yeah - I know. Put a case on it, idiot. But I feel that the cases take away from the function of the phone. I like naked, the more naked, the better. I always used my BlackBerrys naked and they survived ice deliveries, beer deliveries - you name it - even though BB doesn't have the all new for 2013 Gorilla Glass III (impervious to damage)!!!<br /><br /> So fast forward a bit, where I drop the phone and it somehow manages to land right on the power/sleep button. So I have to be careful with the way I hold the phone or it powers off. The other day I am trying to get someone on the phone quickly before they depart a meeting place and I drop the phone in the toilet. Multitasking. <span class="emoticon e_grin" title=":-D"><span class="e__">:-D</span></span> <br /><br /> The phone actually survives that (even after a quick rinse), but after a visit yesterday to the Franklin Institute Science Museum (taking lots of display pictures), it starts powering off and on like a jackrabbit humping in a mating frenzy. I am ready to launch it into a wall.<br /><br /> So brother from Florida (visit) and I decide to make 2 out of one. He was going to replace <em>his</em> screen glass that he shattered a month ago, but ended up replacing it with an HTC. I took the guts from shattered phone and transferred them to the phone having only scratched, damage-impervious GGIII. I now see why Motorola sells the glass and digitiser together; that AMOLED screen must be only about 1mm thick! Since the screen is glued to the digitiser, I'd find it had to believe one could get shattered glass removed from it without cracking the digitiser. I'll let you all know because I am going to try it today since I have nothing to lose.<br /><br /> Incidentally, the powering off/on bit was due to the power button having crushed from impact. I thought at first it was just due to a combination of case distortion and the deformed button, but after taking the phone apart a second time post-reassembly (it was doing the same power cycling) I removed the combination switch ribbon cable and found the little switch non-clicky. Now all is well.<br /><br /> God be praised! <span class="emoticon e_grin" title=":-D"><span class="e__">:-D</span></span> <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41447.1&return_msg=41447.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41447.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41447_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41447_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)<span class="message_time">26 Mar 2015 12:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: fixrman <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 26 Mar 2015 12:48"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.2">41447.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1#a41447_1" target="_self">41447.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext"><b>quote:</b> <a href="messages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1">fixrman</a></div> <div class="quote">I feel that the cases take away from the function of the phone. I like naked, the more naked, the better.</div> <p>I too like to keep it real. I hate it when cases, screens, and batteries get in the way. This is my phone:<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://images.appleinsider.com/ifixit-iphone-teardown-20.jpg" /><br /><br /> </p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41447.2&return_msg=41447.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41447.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41447_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41447_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">26 Mar 2015 12:51</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 26 Mar 2015 17:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.3">41447.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1#a41447_2" target="_self">41447.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You are such a dick. <span class="emoticon e_lol" title="LOL"><span class="e__">LOL</span></span> But I did laugh out loud, so thanks for that. <span class="emoticon e_lmao" title="LMAO"><span class="e__">LMAO</span></span> <br /><br /> Except I remember your hands being a bit more calloused and rough.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41447.3&return_msg=41447.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41447.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><div class="message"> Message 41447.4 was deleted</div> <a name="a41447_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41447_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: fixrman<span class="message_time">27 Mar 2015 10:51</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Mar 2015 00:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 5</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.5">41447.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41447.1#a41447_4" target="_self">41447.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I think part of the problem is that Motorola runs the glass to the edge of the phone trying for as much real estate as possible. A silicone ribbon seal between bezel edge and glass would do wonders.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41447.5&return_msg=41447.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41447.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>