back glass shattered

[nzrocketman]

Hi,

Has anyone else's back glass panel shattered without been dropped or anything.

My phone was fine one minute the next the back glass had shatter when my phone was lying on the sofa streaming music

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[kj11]

Wow! That sucks. Pretty unbelievable but sucks either way...

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

How is that possible?

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[buckifvr]

Wow, crazy weird, must have been like an opera singer breaking glass with her voice.

 

[nzrocketman]

Yea I have no idea how it happened. But I know it wasn't dropped which caused it

 

[macdarwin]

Somebody might have been sat on it without you noticing it.

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[kminatta]

heat can cause the battery to swell and crack the screen/back. that's the problem with built-in batteries. happened on my iPhone 3G (cracked plastic back) and my wife's Motorola Razor (cracked screen).

 

[nzrocketman]

and i bet when you told that to the store to get it on warranty to replace it they laughed.

 

[audri5]

My brother had his note 3 laying on the night stand by his bed and when he went to pick it up the screen was shattered. Never dropped, nothing set on it, nothing. Of course T-Mobile thought he was crazy and he had to pay the insurance deductable but at least he did have insurance. He swears though that it was fine when he set it down and when he picked it up it was shattered. He lives alone.

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[bassplayrguy]

That's why you carry insurance.

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[WeAreAllUnique]

heat can cause the battery to swell and crack the screen/back. that's the problem with built-in batteries. happened on my iPhone 3G (cracked plastic back) and my wife's Motorola Razor (cracked screen).

How would it overheat just sitting there?

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[k3m1c6]

Glass can suffer from stress fractures. I've seen it happen on car windshields sometimes. The glass is installed and for some reason there is a little more pressure in one spot and with just the right situation..... pop......crack!

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[sirCLD]

Glass can suffer from stress fractures. I've seen it happen on car windshields sometimes. The glass is installed and for some reason there is a little more pressure in one spot and with just the right situation..... pop......crack!

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I believe the sequence is: snap, crackle...pop.

 

[kanyewesttx]

mine cracked, but it was because I dropped it

 

[Glock23-G4]

Threads like these remind me of this...

 

[TheLastPanda]

Glass can suffer from stress fractures. I've seen it happen on car windshields sometimes. The glass is installed and for some reason there is a little more pressure in one spot and with just the right situation..... pop......crack!

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Totally different. Windshields Crack because the frame of the car twists and flexes under stress, then it goes back to its original shape. The windshield is also part of the structure of the car. If the car flips over on its roof, the windshield helps prevent the roof from caving in.

The glass on the Note 5 is not part of the structure.