Exactly, I did the same thing as the red case guy. It doesn't protect anything on the phone at all. Battery gets smashed. NO holster to clip it onto you . This is verizons worse dilemma and they don't want to fix it. Its annoying. I can't see why they can't make a damn case to fit the extended battery. Period. Dremeling a case does nothing for the phone, okay it protects the edges but if you drop it forget it.