Recent content by mjthebeast

No screen protectors. I'm wary of repair shops, since the Active line has proven a nightmare when it comes to repairs. Last issue I had it was cheapest to pay Samsung $200 for the LCD and mail them the phone cross country.

I traveled through Europe for awhile, and all I needed to do was place the phone in Airplane mode. I picked up a hotspot, as I was there for 3 months, and used the wifi to do all of my communications back home.

Witnesses have placed him in/around the area, but not in the immediate vicinity.

Thanks for the info, I'll see what they do. I'll share my unbelievable story of how this came to be. Also known as how the S6 Active fought a Teddy Bear and lost. While volunteering at a Portland Winterhawks children charity event, Teddy Bear Toss, (there was a link here but I don't have...

So the diagnosis is a cracked lcd panel which requires replacement. Estimates are running in the $350-$400 range from local repair shops, none of whom carry the part in stock. Looking at Samsung for options.

So it rang this morning with the custom ring tone I had set. So that is promising, hoping it's just a loose cable. Going to take it in hopefully today.

The only response I get is when I hold the home button, volume, and power and I get a flash for a fraction of a second and that's it.

Was at a hockey game taking a picture, phone got knocked out of my hand, fell 3-4 feet, and then stopped functioning. Is it dead? Or is this fixable? The screen has a barely noticeable crack in the top-left. Pretty disappointed if this is the durability they are advertising.