I 100% agree with Mark. The surface material makes the biggest difference. I am always nervous when I use my phone on a tile floor or on asphalt because I know a drop will be gameover.
i drop my phone on a daily basis and it has survived for 2 years before the screen cracked (keep in mind it still works just fine) it's a redmi note 10 5g which is probably the cheapest phone you can get
Its lovely to see all these creators and the way all of them make their different videos, this was nice as everyone kinda joined together, its wholesome, ty
lil late to the party, but was gonna comment something similar xD where arun dropped the ball, scott picked it up :)) scott to arun be like - never gonna give you up... xDDD cheers.
While I’d love to meet and hang out with all of these people equally, Tom Scott is likely the most interesting and diverse of them all. Then he Rick Rolls Zach slowly so that most people don’t even notice it, making me think he’s probably a really fun person.
Ever since my first Android phone (HTC Eris) back in 2009, I had never cracked any phone screen. 2yrs ago I was looking for a cheap replacement for my still working Sams Note 4, that I use as an everyday media player. I already had a Sams S20, but I always loved having a separate Media-Player phone and wanted one with FM radio. So I bought a new 256gb Moto G Styloplus whatever. My case wasn't going to arrive till the next day, so after a couple hours of setting it up I decided to put it in my sock drawer to keep it safe. As I'm walking into the bedroom, I slightly bumped the door and the phone shot out of my hand, bounced off a shirt that was on the hard-wood floor and hit the corner of my dresser right in the middle of the screen and shattered it!! It was only 2hrs old!! Sure it was only $300 but still!! The Sams Note 4 is still going strong!! 🤣
My friends s21U broke the exakt same way, it was right after I got my S22U and my case hadn't arrived yet so was rocking caseless, Well I nearly shit my pants
It was disappointing for me to learn that LG enV3 came out two years *after* the iPhone was released. I was way behind the times, and continue to be. 💪
I loved your response ; "like a sane individual, I keep it in a case!" I will never understand the people who just refuses to put a case on their phone.
Yeah, I saw his name on here and I thought to myself, “surely he’s had to have gone through a phone or two” I was almost 100% certain that it was something to do with electrical current
The story how you walked into a repair store and repaired your phone yourself is awesome man, I wonder what the repair guy thought when he got back and they told him 😂
If the people would let me do that i would even pay them even more. Not that many people do that. And it's pretty nice that they can let some people in if the repair guy isn't there.
This video had me wondering how would my story sound amongst these. I guess the question for me should be: "How MANY phones did I break?" rather than "Did I break a phone before?" 😂 Here is my list of phones I broke sorted chronologically: - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic * - BlackBerry Bold 9700 - Sony Xperia Z1 * - Iris Vox 6 - Doogee F3 Pro - Meizu Pro 5 - Meizu M5 - OnePlus 3T * - LG V40 * - Went dead straight after 😂 Just.. DAMN!
Wonderful video! Nice to see other UA-camrs collaborating together on videos. Years ago before I even joined UA-cam, I once broke my old iPhone 5S. Never thought Zach would be able to fix his own phone in a local repair shop. That’s amazing.
Cracked my current 14ProMax max back glass while it was in a case. Lesson learnt: Not all cases actually provide rear protection, a lot may look puffy and buff but are just for aesthetics.
It is possible they only charged the rental fee for the tools. They definitely wouldn't let any random person to use them though. They knew Zack could handle the tools without breaking so they probably let him use them. Also cuz he's famous though.
I'm gonna have to really lay it out so I get my times right. I know it involves a 3gs two, iPhone 4s, two galaxy S...1s maybe, an s3 active, and a Sony experia z something or another. I feel like there was a note2 or 3 in the mix at one point
If you're a well regarded world renowned youtube mechanic and go into someone's shop where all their techs are out, and it's an emergency, I could see the same thing happening
im a hypothetical world where a mechanic is so bad at his job he has a empty repair booth he cant sell time on he would still say no even if he wanted to help you because as not a emplyee his ensurance will laugh him out of the room if you get crushed by your car and then he could definitly close his shop
I had an Iphone 6s in highschool, and the screen was already cracked from a previous drop. What I didn't know was that a screw came loose inside the phone, and when I was in class, I put my phone down a bit too had onto the desk. The screw ended up penetrating the battery and the phone started smoking, and then caught fire. Luckily, this happened in a science lab, so the teacher evacuated the room and then put the fire out. I had a long talk in the principal's office at the end of the day, and got my burnt to a crisp 6s back in a ziploc bag.
7:56: The guys at the repair shop: Who does this guy think he is? Like he breaks phones for a living or something? 🤣 . That would have been a GREAT video.! We all miss you having the S10 Plus. I got the S23 Ultra a couple of months ago but still have the regular S20 I got new at launch month for gaming sessions when job is slow... So yeah, I too go years without buying a new phone.!
If your phone is newer and is still working and not a Google phone (as they have conveniently disabled this feature), you can use an HDMI adapter to still use the device using a different screen. Not ideal for phone calls, but can be a life saver for data recovery if needed. Hope this tip can help someone
Well... This happened to me with a Samsung S20 Ultra. The dumb thing is that you need to input your PIN on the PHONE to activate this function... So if the screen is dead, you're not very advanced.
scrcpy works on everything, they just recently added support for sound as well. Note that you do need to authorize the PC with your device beforehand, which obviously won't work if the digitizer isn't.
I used to be a no-case kinda person, but after accidentally breaking the back glass of one of my phones I just tread cautiously and always have a case on. Also, two phones back one of my phones was just thrown off a ledge onto huge pointy rocks by the wind. Nothing could have saved that one.
My latest broken phone was OnePlus 5T. The screen broke after the glue gave up. Then it fell from my table and the screen hit the floor, then the rest of the phone fell on top of it. That was an unique way of breaking a screen for sure
I'm a big OnePlus 5T fan. Sort of does the job rather well, unless one wants the latest features, including a good camera. I think I've had four by now. TL;DR : one can get good quality second hand 5Ts for about $100 these days. Maybe cheaper than a new screen. ( I found that my first 5T lasted far longer than the second hand ones I bought, even although two of them were supposedly never used before, though likely ones made for the Chinese market… )
Ngl seeing different youtuber in whatever location they are, away from their typical desk is such a fresh new look to them, makes them feel more "human"
I love my metal case + silicon inner layer. Case is a tank. Metal case has nicks and scratches, especially around the corners, but the screen and phone itself are in mint condish! Will definitely get this case for the S24 when I upgrade.
@@abhi_survasewdym by not even MKB? He was literally the one I didn't know from here. Everybody else in the video I've come across multiple times but not him
Tom Scott and Marques Brownlee as the guests in JerryRig's video? That's epic. Any one of them would be enough, but both of them in the same video - EPIC!
Recently i bought dbrand’s case and acid sticker for an S23 ultra. Gave it to a friend. So I demonstrated how strong it was (for science) and my friend wanted to try (also for science) but on his last throw you can guess what happened, it cracked on the bottom right edge of the screen. Turned out the screen saver on the phone was not protected on the curves of the screen. My friend ended up paying half the price of the phone to fix the screen and now it barely comes out of his pocket
I use a case, but one day half a year ago I wanted to try going caseless. You'll never guess what happened... Of course it slipped out of my hand on top of pavement that had a lot of small pebbles on it. Luckily I only cracked the back glass and one of the camera lens glasses, which I was able to replace myself for about 30€.
I have 2 phones, samsung s7, and google pixel 6a. I have a screen protector and case on both of them, but I have dropped them many times. They didn't really break, the screen protector just cracked. Yep, that's it, just the screen protector. Oh, and when I got my puxel 6a, my mom said that I wasn't allowed to bring it out of the house until I get a case and screen protector for it.
Haven't broken a phone in at least 20 years (my usage dates back to the very early models) . Yes, I am both careful and always use a case and screen protector. The one phone that I broke was a very early Samsung (well before smartphones) and it had fallen as I was getting into my car and I didn't know and proceeded to back up over it. It was a work phone and I was very embarrassed to explain what happened. I became very cautious after that. 😎
My story is very similar to Sarah. Earlier, i had never used a phone with a case. So one day i was passing my phone to a friend to show a meme and it slipped from both of our hands. The phone fell flat on the screen on a tiled floor and the screen got 10+ cracks all around the surface. Surprisingly, the touchscreen was 100% functional. And, since it was very difficult to find a reputed repair shop in my town, i simply put on a tempered glass and continued using the phone for 2 more years! It has been 3 years since i stopped using it but that phone is still alive in my cupboard!
I just remember that it happened but still can't figure out how it happened: I had a Nokia Lumia 630 that slipped out of the pocket of my jacket in a way that I kicked it with my foot mid air while I was walking a bit faster which made my poor phone land in the middle of the street I was about to cross. Too much traffic to just ran onto the street and so I had to witness a car rolling over it before I got the chance to check if it survived the drop. Luckily it happened not to far away from my birthday and I already had the intention of wishing for a new phone but still the clumsiest moment in my entire life.
My phone breaking story goes thusly: I was riding back to my dorm at college on my electric skateboard when I hit a crack in the pavement, lose my balance, and my phone goes flying out of my hand. Obliterated the screen protector, and left a permanent ding on the corner of the phone where the screen protector and the case both did not cover. I still haven't gotten it repaired because it reminds me to not use my phone while skating. The phone otherwise works the same.
8:05 "Never buy a phone with a curved screen'. Yup. that. I see those phones and never got why anyone would do that. I could never figure out how that would be protected when dropped. I dropped a phone (with a case) face down while using my grocery list app. I think it landed on a little pebble or a rock, because the case had a lip but still the screen shattered.
Looks, basically. Those curved screens look nice, so people don't think of the disadvantages and get one. The same applies to piano black: beautiful, but it tends to scratch really easily.
I never ever broke a phone until February this year when I bought a Samsung S23 Ultra when it first came out. I only had it for a few days and dropped it from literally 20cm above ground on a rough concrete floor and I had the same thing as you Zack, the screen curve fell right on a raised bit. I was utterly shocked when I picked it up as I didn't expect it break being such a soft fall from under a foot high but it was such an unlucky angle that it shuttered the screen and the case was useless in this instance.
Once dropped my phone from a very low height onto a wooden floor. Sadly can't support Mark's story as the oled screen was visually intact but didn't turn on anymore... Fun video Zack! :)
I've never broken any of the 3 phones I've owned in my life, mainly because my first phone was a small plastic late 2000s Sony Ericsson which was obviously very durable, and my old iPhone 6s and current ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 both have cases and screen protectors. I've dropped my Zenfone several times, and it's still got no scratch.
You're lucky.. I had to change my zenfone max pro m1 screen 2 times.. I had enough and bought myself oneplus nord.. 2+ years now using nord without any damage..
I always get a case and screen protector and apply them immediately on a new phone. That said, I gave an old phone to my mum, with its case and screen protector, but she still managed to break the screen on that device. Truly an impressive feat.
I started getting cases for phones in 2016, when I switched from a Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman (man, I liked the shape of it and the sapphire screen that cracked once but still worked fine) to a Xiaomi redmi 3. I think I bought the first case separately and it arrived a month later, but before it did I was kinda anxious... And had a tiny scratch already. Also, started using flip cases about the same time. On the next phone I also was always using a glass screen protector alongside a case and switched between the flip case and clear silicone ones. On my latest phone I was using the one that came together with it, but I don't like how it's a boring warm gray case (it is a realme collab with dragon ball z, and I like the back design a lot) and how the camera bump is mot a good colour combination with it (a bright orange). I'd use a clear case but haven't gotten around to ordering one and my current emerald green book-style flip case is doing well. One thing that's different is how the phone has a screen protector out-of-the-box, so, I didn't get a glass one, the film on the screen is enough rn)
I have always been using a front screen protector and back cover. Dropped it a couple of times, plus the screen protector did save me from time to time. One randumb day while searching for an item in the closet, i opened the closet door a little bit too much and it slammed my left pocket containing my keys and the phone. Boom! The speaker grill area instantly shattering upon contact with the keys. Its funny and ironic at the same time that the keys had to hit that very area where there was no protection.
Would love to see you test cases. I'm especially interested in the Rockform cases. I see UA-camrs throwing their phones at walls and the ground with "no damage".
Sara talks about replacing the phone for a shattered back !! Apple did that on purpose, the back glass before the 15 lineup was so incredibly hard to remove that a repair that is at most 30bucks in parts for any other phone costs so much you'd rather just replace it ! Insane. Last I changed a back glass it cost me 9€, including shipping. I installed the back in 10 minutes.
in all of my years using phones i had a nokia 3310, then a nokia flip phone, then i moved to my mom's LG Optimus Hub E510, then bought Samsung Galaxy J1, then tried nous ns5003(was bad), then went with xiaomi mi max3, then tried out iphone 12(loved it), and then traded it for an iphone 13 and stuck with it since❤. never cracked the back or front of all my phones ever. had dropped 5-6 times each but they resulted in a couple of scratches. (13 is scratchless still).i always use a case and a screen protector as you always said.❤ love your channel
Hmm the case for my note 10+ does protect the edges as well somehow. It's a bit taller than yours, but I find it really useful because the edge kinda gets in the way of typing.
I had the last of the Galaxy Active line (S8) fall out of my pocket into the Columbia River. The next day a kayaker saw it light up in the water and picked it up, dried it out, and returned it. Still used it for another year after that.
I always use a case thanks all the testing you do. I have broken two phones. I had an LG Chocolate and my daughter dropped it on the floor which caused the microphone to break inside the phone. The other phone was a iPhone. I don’t remember the model but I was out fishing and set it in the pocket of my hoodie to help net a fish for my dad. When I bent over it slipped out of my pocket and landed in the lake. I quickly grabbed it out and it worked for a couple days then started having issues and stopped working.
so I'm a teenager who got his first phone (iphone se 2020) in 2021. I took off my case and dropped it and broke some of the back in the first month of owning it. The phone was fine there was just a small ding on the back. I continued using the phone until one day in April 2022, I took my case off and the back was shattered. I don't know how this happened but I blame the cheap case. The one was still fine so I used it until April 2023 where I bought a google pixel 7 on sale for $350. To avoid any issues I bought a really expensive case but still don't have a screen protector because it interferes with the fingerprint reader. So no I haven't killed a phone but I have damaged one. And yes I use a case. Great video btw
Great video!!! 🤗📱❤️ I never had broken a phone before in my life but my ZFold 3 screen did break on it's own because I never took of the plastic screen protector. And yes I always use a case on all of my phones and my favorite cases are Otterbox Box cases!!! 🤗📱❤️
I've broken 3 phones and one iPod Touch in my history. 1st was a Sony Ericsson Walkman W310i - a few too many hard-closing flips after a few years of use, and the screen died. 2nd was an HTC Legend, through general wear-and-tear the screen gradually stopped responding, after about 2 years of use. 3rd was an iPhone 4, no case - dropped it in the bathtub and killed the screen. Luckily the water didn't make its way into any of the internals past the screen, so I was able to recover everything and move up to an iPhone 5. My iPod Touch 4th gen died the same way, which I had bought before the iPhone 4. Since then, I have always had my phones in the Otterbox Defender cases, and have had no issues since. The Otterbox Defender on the iPhone 5 meant that no matter how hard I threw my phone at a brick wall out of frustration (not caused by the device), it would survive.
I do use both a case and a screen protector! Phone Rebel case, GhostArmor screen protector. But I have an interesting story: With my case and screen protector, I dropped my phone on some sharp rocks. It was almost fine. But the screen protector didn't cover my iPhone's notch. My phone hit a rock at the exact wrong place where my screen protector wasn't protecting it, and it cracked the front camera. Somehow FaceID and the front facing camera still worked as normal so it was just a cosmetic issue
The only time I broke my iPhone was back in early 2021 when I had an iPhone 12 pro and I had it in my pocket while playing VR and the controller whacked it by accident shattering the main camera lens. But I have a broken a few screen protectors, one hitting the coffee table corner and one going splat on a tile floor
In the past when the digitiser wasn't responding but I could still make out enough of the screen, a computer mouse connected to my Android phone though a USB adapter got me out of trouble.
Ive only ever broken 1 phone and it was a iPhone SE (1st gen). It had slipped off my bed onto a pile of books and I didnt notice and stood on it bending the frame slightly, but it was enough to completely destroy the phones cellular capabilities so it basically became a overkill iPod. I still actually have the phone 4 years later.
Zack fixing his own phone in someone else's shop is the most JerryRigEverything thing ever...
Yeah, would like to hear the full story.
Hahahahaha this story needs a video on it own
that was so bada*s
I think that he made this video only to brag about that.
Bro got that IFPR pro card up in the sleeve
its cool that you got to fix your phone a true "ive been training all my life for this moment"
924 likes and no replies, let's change that
@@kusumnagar9918 dame thats neat didnt notice
I 100% agree with Mark. The surface material makes the biggest difference. I am always nervous when I use my phone on a tile floor or on asphalt because I know a drop will be gameover.
Mine also broke due to curve screen it's s20 plus
i drop my phone on a daily basis and it has survived for 2 years before the screen cracked (keep in mind it still works just fine)
it's a redmi note 10 5g which is probably the cheapest phone you can get
I've dropped my iPhone 11 on pavement so many times and there isn't a single scratch on it.
Tom Scott really had to rickroll us 💀
I'm surprised Arun didn't
and his evil smile while doing it
Thats my job 🎙️👞
Sure did.
@@o_s-24EXACTLY
that story about you fixing it yourself in a repair shop was great as heck, skill defines the user, not the tools
So you're saying he could have fixed it without the tools?
Its lovely to see all these creators and the way all of them make their different videos, this was nice as everyone kinda joined together, its wholesome, ty
Tom Scott rickrolling everyone involved... Probably the best thing about this video 🤣
Thanks Tom!
lil late to the party, but was gonna comment something similar xD
where arun dropped the ball, scott picked it up :))
scott to arun be like - never gonna give you up... xDDD
cheers.
🤣 I didn't even noticed until now...
Lmao Arun didn’t do it so Tom had to pick up the slack
While I’d love to meet and hang out with all of these people equally, Tom Scott is likely the most interesting and diverse of them all. Then he Rick Rolls Zach slowly so that most people don’t even notice it, making me think he’s probably a really fun person.
Didn't get it still fam. Its 4 in the morning and I'm the dumbest I can possibly be. Pls explain.
I'm surprised Linus didn't make it to the list. Linus is notoriously known for dropping stuff... LoL
he did this video concept before, linus was in that video
😂
He probably cost to much for this video
Maybe, because the video would have been too long? 🤔
the video would have been too long
Zack's story about how the curved screen on his phone was the reason it broke was very comforting to hear as I watched the video on my s22 ultra.
GREAT now Samsung stops making that not so good curve display which I hate . Hope they make a flat display for 24 S ultra .
My s10+ just broke recently for the same dumb curved screen 😭
Ever since my first Android phone (HTC Eris) back in 2009, I had never cracked any phone screen. 2yrs ago I was looking for a cheap replacement for my still working Sams Note 4, that I use as an everyday media player. I already had a Sams S20, but I always loved having a separate Media-Player phone and wanted one with FM radio.
So I bought a new 256gb Moto G Styloplus whatever. My case wasn't going to arrive till the next day, so after a couple hours of setting it up I decided to put it in my sock drawer to keep it safe. As I'm walking into the bedroom, I slightly bumped the door and the phone shot out of my hand, bounced off a shirt that was on the hard-wood floor and hit the corner of my dresser right in the middle of the screen and shattered it!! It was only 2hrs old!! Sure it was only $300 but still!! The Sams Note 4 is still going strong!! 🤣
My friends s21U broke the exakt same way, it was right after I got my S22U and my case hadn't arrived yet so was rocking caseless,
Well I nearly shit my pants
Me too lol. Was feeling the curve as he kept talking questioning my life decisions.
It was disappointing for me to learn that LG enV3 came out two years *after* the iPhone was released. I was way behind the times, and continue to be. 💪
These two should make a video. Whiteboard vs Jerry testing it out.
I loved your response ; "like a sane individual, I keep it in a case!"
I will never understand the people who just refuses to put a case on their phone.
@@Justakatto there's this kid I work with who has an iPhone 13/14 and refuses to put a case on it. I don't know why
@@Jack-5718
Yea it's really weird. Not willing to protect your devices that you paid your hard earned money on is one wild way to live.
didn't expect to see Jason in this video but I love it. Some more crossover episodes would be lit if possible
4:30 Mehdi is legendary... 😂
props to him for still using and daily torturing (electrocuting) that S9
Electroboom breaking his phone with his doofenschmidt gadget is the most elctroboom thing ever
Yeah, I saw his name on here and I thought to myself, “surely he’s had to have gone through a phone or two” I was almost 100% certain that it was something to do with electrical current
The story how you walked into a repair store and repaired your phone yourself is awesome man, I wonder what the repair guy thought when he got back and they told him 😂
Finally a worthy opponent
they might fired him
@@somedayitsgonnamakesense why would they fire him?
yeah it is pretty cool. Not many businesses would do that.
If the people would let me do that i would even pay them even more. Not that many people do that. And it's pretty nice that they can let some people in if the repair guy isn't there.
Watching Engineering Explained & Tom Scott talk about taking care of their products is nice.
This video had me wondering how would my story sound amongst these.
I guess the question for me should be: "How MANY phones did I break?" rather than "Did I break a phone before?" 😂
Here is my list of phones I broke sorted chronologically:
- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic *
- BlackBerry Bold 9700
- Sony Xperia Z1 *
- Iris Vox 6
- Doogee F3 Pro
- Meizu Pro 5
- Meizu M5
- OnePlus 3T *
- LG V40
* - Went dead straight after 😂
Just.. DAMN!
This guy definetly doesn't case
now how did you break all that?
so which phone had the best condition after damaging it that as you have tested many phones durability
@@DioriteSky The most durable phone I have ever used has to be to the LG V60 ThinQ. Not a rugged phone but built like a tank.
@@tmxoo_ch sadly LG doesn't sells phones anymore... :(
Jerry is basically the Nick Fury of UA-cam Tech World. Assembling the greatest Tech UA-camrs every year
Ya he's got look just needs an eye patch.
I love how you use the word 'assemble'
Supersaf TV sighs...
Indeed although I’ve never heard of the Second Lady 🙊
Glass is glass, and glass breaks!
Glas
True
It scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7.
@@ThatGuyCalledKiro gasl
Flip phones are plastic inside 😎
God I love crossover episodes. Thank you all for this masterpiece!
A mega tech UA-camr collab? What a great way to start my day.
Wonderful video! Nice to see other UA-camrs collaborating together on videos. Years ago before I even joined UA-cam, I once broke my old iPhone 5S. Never thought Zach would be able to fix his own phone in a local repair shop. That’s amazing.
Watching this on my new phone that I bought 2 days ago, I can say my anxiety is immeasurable
Cracked my current 14ProMax max back glass while it was in a case.
Lesson learnt: Not all cases actually provide rear protection, a lot may look puffy and buff but are just for aesthetics.
@@Emmanuel_Amoah get an otterbox
Which phone did you buy?
@@Emmanuel_Amoah it's all About absorbing the shock, if the case is too hard it will deliver the same amount of damage if not more
@@kenanshora Galaxy a54, yeah I'm broke
Jerry's story is definitely the best, I'm actually shocked they gave you the permission to use their tools to fix your phone 😂
I'm surprised he found the parts.
That's a privilege of being famous.
It is possible they only charged the rental fee for the tools. They definitely wouldn't let any random person to use them though. They knew Zack could handle the tools without breaking so they probably let him use them. Also cuz he's famous though.
I liked the Electro Boom answer :)) also it's amazing how Sarah actually kept the phone in a working state for so long with 20+ drops :))
I once went through 5 phones in 1.5 years. The sad part is there was a pretty spectactular story for each phone.
Tell us!
You got my attention.
I'm gonna have to really lay it out so I get my times right. I know it involves a 3gs two, iPhone 4s, two galaxy S...1s maybe, an s3 active, and a Sony experia z something or another. I feel like there was a note2 or 3 in the mix at one point
@@sandracooper6250 sounds like mostly phones from 7-10 years ago.
@@TheGamingMexican69 I said once... not last week
That was very nice of the repair shop. Imagine asking a mechanic that same question lol
If you're a well regarded world renowned youtube mechanic and go into someone's shop where all their techs are out, and it's an emergency, I could see the same thing happening
they wont care unless they get paid
im a hypothetical world where a mechanic is so bad at his job he has a empty repair booth he cant sell time on he would still say no even if he wanted to help you because as not a emplyee his ensurance will laugh him out of the room if you get crushed by your car and then he could definitly close his shop
He's cell phone royalty, of course they let him
I feel like tech repair people are probably far more laid back than mechanics
I had an Iphone 6s in highschool, and the screen was already cracked from a previous drop. What I didn't know was that a screw came loose inside the phone, and when I was in class, I put my phone down a bit too had onto the desk. The screw ended up penetrating the battery and the phone started smoking, and then caught fire. Luckily, this happened in a science lab, so the teacher evacuated the room and then put the fire out. I had a long talk in the principal's office at the end of the day, and got my burnt to a crisp 6s back in a ziploc bag.
Millions to one!
Why a long talk with the principal?
@@ajbp95 They were trying to see if I did it on purpose or not.
7:56: The guys at the repair shop: Who does this guy think he is? Like he breaks phones for a living or something? 🤣
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That would have been a GREAT video.! We all miss you having the S10 Plus. I got the S23 Ultra a couple of months ago but still have the regular S20 I got new at launch month for gaming sessions when job is slow... So yeah, I too go years without buying a new phone.!
If your phone is newer and is still working and not a Google phone (as they have conveniently disabled this feature), you can use an HDMI adapter to still use the device using a different screen. Not ideal for phone calls, but can be a life saver for data recovery if needed. Hope this tip can help someone
Same applies if just your digitizer dies, find a USB dongle and a PC mouse, even just having a mouse let's you get a lot accomplished in a pinch.
considering it's a Samsung, you could probably get a nice fancy desktop with DeX
Well... This happened to me with a Samsung S20 Ultra. The dumb thing is that you need to input your PIN on the PHONE to activate this function... So if the screen is dead, you're not very advanced.
scrcpy works on everything, they just recently added support for sound as well. Note that you do need to authorize the PC with your device beforehand, which obviously won't work if the digitizer isn't.
wow , i will try it on my screen dead phone :')
hopefully i can retrieve data and reset it
Mrwhosetheboss needs to be given an award for dropping and breaking phones for testing, I mean have you seen his YT shorts 😂💔
Must've been a great day for that case company🤠
He's been doing phone drop tests way before shorts were around :)
He quite an apple shill tho
Great video as usual.
8:26 Yes, I do. I also own a Note 10+. I've owned it since day 1 and I'm also planning to abandon the curved displays, too.
I used to be a no-case kinda person, but after accidentally breaking the back glass of one of my phones I just tread cautiously and always have a case on. Also, two phones back one of my phones was just thrown off a ledge onto huge pointy rocks by the wind. Nothing could have saved that one.
4:53 The "OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO" really got me lol😂
You've got some great nobility Zack! Nice crowd of folks!
4:19 Tom's a wizard, I immediately felt like I was just chilling watching a Tom Scott video on an interesting topic when he popped up
Tom Scott rickrolling us is the best thing today. 4:29
Didn’t expect electro boom but love that guy so much
Sara goes caseless, she just likes the way it feels 😂
Yes without protection is the best 😁
Dark comedy👽
something something, d-brand skin
My latest broken phone was OnePlus 5T. The screen broke after the glue gave up. Then it fell from my table and the screen hit the floor, then the rest of the phone fell on top of it. That was an unique way of breaking a screen for sure
I'm a big OnePlus 5T fan. Sort of does the job rather well, unless one wants the latest features, including a good camera.
I think I've had four by now. TL;DR : one can get good quality second hand 5Ts for about $100 these days.
Maybe cheaper than a new screen.
( I found that my first 5T lasted far longer than the second hand ones I bought, even although two of them were supposedly never used before, though likely ones made for the Chinese market… )
5:53 the iPhone 14 pro has pretty descent video. I'm impressed
Using the repair shops tools to fix your own phone! Absolute Chad😂
Lmao. I can't stop laughing 😂
🤣🤣
"Fine, I'll do it myself."
This must be the throwback of the year!
Last time we had a video like this was back in 2017 I believe
Close, but no. The last video like this was posted in Jan of 2018.
@@danielt2k8 🤓🤡
Ngl seeing different youtuber in whatever location they are, away from their typical desk is such a fresh new look to them, makes them feel more "human"
I love my metal case + silicon inner layer. Case is a tank. Metal case has nicks and scratches, especially around the corners, but the screen and phone itself are in mint condish! Will definitely get this case for the S24 when I upgrade.
Dumb question, but how’s your signal reception and call quality with that metal case on?
@@AtomicSymphonic Reception is great. Never had a problem.
It's crazy that Arun was the only one I knew from this video and he showed the courtesy to introduce himself. Tells a lot about his personality.
not even MKB?
i love that guy and his videos
I mean everyone's channel was mentioned so I don't think that's a big issue or something
@@abhi_survasewdym by not even MKB? He was literally the one I didn't know from here. Everybody else in the video I've come across multiple times but not him
I love Arun, he seem like such a sweet and humble guy!
Tom Scott and Marques Brownlee as the guests in JerryRig's video? That's epic. Any one of them would be enough, but both of them in the same video - EPIC!
Recently i bought dbrand’s case and acid sticker for an S23 ultra. Gave it to a friend. So I demonstrated how strong it was (for science) and my friend wanted to try (also for science) but on his last throw you can guess what happened, it cracked on the bottom right edge of the screen. Turned out the screen saver on the phone was not protected on the curves of the screen. My friend ended up paying half the price of the phone to fix the screen and now it barely comes out of his pocket
Half the price of the device is good for a screen 😮 if you're poor and can only afford an S20 the screen is MORE expensive than the entire phone 😂
Tbh that’s a dumb thing to try out how durable a case is
@@Minto107 true, BUUT tbh we all have done dumb things.
I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm happy to see elctroboom on a jerry rig everything video
This was an awesome collaboration!❤
I use a case, but one day half a year ago I wanted to try going caseless. You'll never guess what happened... Of course it slipped out of my hand on top of pavement that had a lot of small pebbles on it. Luckily I only cracked the back glass and one of the camera lens glasses, which I was able to replace myself for about 30€.
I thought the twist was going to be Zack giving everyone in the video free screen repairs.
I'm happy to see this collab
I'm watching from my incredibly broken Samsung A04 phone. It's a wild experience with all the glitches and malfunctions! 😄📱💥
Tom Scott really had to Rick Roll us.... would've expected that from MrwhoseTheBoss instead
I have 2 phones, samsung s7, and google pixel 6a. I have a screen protector and case on both of them, but I have dropped them many times. They didn't really break, the screen protector just cracked. Yep, that's it, just the screen protector.
Oh, and when I got my puxel 6a, my mom said that I wasn't allowed to bring it out of the house until I get a case and screen protector for it.
Haven't broken a phone in at least 20 years (my usage dates back to the very early models) . Yes, I am both careful and always use a case and screen protector. The one phone that I broke was a very early Samsung (well before smartphones) and it had fallen as I was getting into my car and I didn't know and proceeded to back up over it. It was a work phone and I was very embarrassed to explain what happened. I became very cautious after that. 😎
Why i love Jerry is that, he doesn’t change his phone every year like most others do
Did Jerry ever tell the reason for that? I am curious.
6:19 the wide angle got me
4:30 Good one, Tom Scott 😂
bruh tom scott really tried to rick roll us lmao
I'm about a month in on the Fold 5 and love it. Totally converted! You should try dailying one!
My story is very similar to Sarah. Earlier, i had never used a phone with a case. So one day i was passing my phone to a friend to show a meme and it slipped from both of our hands. The phone fell flat on the screen on a tiled floor and the screen got 10+ cracks all around the surface. Surprisingly, the touchscreen was 100% functional. And, since it was very difficult to find a reputed repair shop in my town, i simply put on a tempered glass and continued using the phone for 2 more years! It has been 3 years since i stopped using it but that phone is still alive in my cupboard!
You must be living in a cave or a forest or something!
@@theeMask or a small town in a third world country 😅
@@ratzlord3125which phone and country bro
I just remember that it happened but still can't figure out how it happened: I had a Nokia Lumia 630 that slipped out of the pocket of my jacket in a way that I kicked it with my foot mid air while I was walking a bit faster which made my poor phone land in the middle of the street I was about to cross. Too much traffic to just ran onto the street and so I had to witness a car rolling over it before I got the chance to check if it survived the drop. Luckily it happened not to far away from my birthday and I already had the intention of wishing for a new phone but still the clumsiest moment in my entire life.
Linus' z fold should be here. That was a spectacular dive.
My phone breaking story goes thusly: I was riding back to my dorm at college on my electric skateboard when I hit a crack in the pavement, lose my balance, and my phone goes flying out of my hand. Obliterated the screen protector, and left a permanent ding on the corner of the phone where the screen protector and the case both did not cover. I still haven't gotten it repaired because it reminds me to not use my phone while skating. The phone otherwise works the same.
8:05 "Never buy a phone with a curved screen'. Yup. that. I see those phones and never got why anyone would do that. I could never figure out how that would be protected when dropped. I dropped a phone (with a case) face down while using my grocery list app. I think it landed on a little pebble or a rock, because the case had a lip but still the screen shattered.
Looks, basically. Those curved screens look nice, so people don't think of the disadvantages and get one. The same applies to piano black: beautiful, but it tends to scratch really easily.
Waiting for your new phone by the way. I took your initiative and using the same pixel 4a for 2+ years now. Hope to use a couple more.
I never ever broke a phone until February this year when I bought a Samsung S23 Ultra when it first came out. I only had it for a few days and dropped it from literally 20cm above ground on a rough concrete floor and I had the same thing as you Zack, the screen curve fell right on a raised bit. I was utterly shocked when I picked it up as I didn't expect it break being such a soft fall from under a foot high but it was such an unlucky angle that it shuttered the screen and the case was useless in this instance.
You should include drop tests in your durability tests, cause drop resistance is the most important durability characteristic of a phone.
He used to include drop tests! I wonder why he stopped doing them though.
Once dropped my phone from a very low height onto a wooden floor. Sadly can't support Mark's story as the oled screen was visually intact but didn't turn on anymore...
Fun video Zack! :)
I've never broken any of the 3 phones I've owned in my life, mainly because my first phone was a small plastic late 2000s Sony Ericsson which was obviously very durable, and my old iPhone 6s and current ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 both have cases and screen protectors. I've dropped my Zenfone several times, and it's still got no scratch.
You're lucky.. I had to change my zenfone max pro m1 screen 2 times.. I had enough and bought myself oneplus nord.. 2+ years now using nord without any damage..
I always get a case and screen protector and apply them immediately on a new phone. That said, I gave an old phone to my mum, with its case and screen protector, but she still managed to break the screen on that device. Truly an impressive feat.
I started getting cases for phones in 2016, when I switched from a Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman (man, I liked the shape of it and the sapphire screen that cracked once but still worked fine) to a Xiaomi redmi 3. I think I bought the first case separately and it arrived a month later, but before it did I was kinda anxious... And had a tiny scratch already. Also, started using flip cases about the same time.
On the next phone I also was always using a glass screen protector alongside a case and switched between the flip case and clear silicone ones. On my latest phone I was using the one that came together with it, but I don't like how it's a boring warm gray case (it is a realme collab with dragon ball z, and I like the back design a lot) and how the camera bump is mot a good colour combination with it (a bright orange). I'd use a clear case but haven't gotten around to ordering one and my current emerald green book-style flip case is doing well. One thing that's different is how the phone has a screen protector out-of-the-box, so, I didn't get a glass one, the film on the screen is enough rn)
Mr Mobile always has the most awesome broken phone experiences/videos.
I have always been using a front screen protector and back cover. Dropped it a couple of times, plus the screen protector did save me from time to time. One randumb day while searching for an item in the closet, i opened the closet door a little bit too much and it slammed my left pocket containing my keys and the phone.
Boom! The speaker grill area instantly shattering upon contact with the keys. Its funny and ironic at the same time that the keys had to hit that very area where there was no protection.
5:16 thumbs up for everyone who tried to blow a small piece of hair off of their screens
Zack's story was just godly cool.
5:22 iphone videos look horrible and too oversharp 😔
Would love to see you test cases. I'm especially interested in the Rockform cases. I see UA-camrs throwing their phones at walls and the ground with "no damage".
Zack and Marques has the most pleasing voice in entire community...✔️😌
Happy new year. Love your videos❤🎉🎉🎉
Love your video man
Sara talks about replacing the phone for a shattered back !!
Apple did that on purpose, the back glass before the 15 lineup was so incredibly hard to remove that a repair that is at most 30bucks in parts for any other phone costs so much you'd rather just replace it !
Insane. Last I changed a back glass it cost me 9€, including shipping. I installed the back in 10 minutes.
in all of my years using phones i had a nokia 3310, then a nokia flip phone, then i moved to my mom's LG Optimus Hub E510, then bought Samsung Galaxy J1, then tried nous ns5003(was bad), then went with xiaomi mi max3, then tried out iphone 12(loved it), and then traded it for an iphone 13 and stuck with it since❤. never cracked the back or front of all my phones ever. had dropped 5-6 times each but they resulted in a couple of scratches. (13 is scratchless still).i always use a case and a screen protector as you always said.❤ love your channel
I love the f91w that Zack use
Appreciate engineering explained mentioning how much tougher (and better) plastic phones are
Hmm the case for my note 10+ does protect the edges as well somehow. It's a bit taller than yours, but I find it really useful because the edge kinda gets in the way of typing.
jerry is the master builder of tech channels
I had the last of the Galaxy Active line (S8) fall out of my pocket into the Columbia River. The next day a kayaker saw it light up in the water and picked it up, dried it out, and returned it.
Still used it for another year after that.
Zack : " Oh no my screen cracked when im away from my tools"
Also Zack : "okay let's do a big UA-camrs collab"
I always use a case thanks all the testing you do. I have broken two phones. I had an LG Chocolate and my daughter dropped it on the floor which caused the microphone to break inside the phone. The other phone was a iPhone. I don’t remember the model but I was out fishing and set it in the pocket of my hoodie to help net a fish for my dad. When I bent over it slipped out of my pocket and landed in the lake. I quickly grabbed it out and it worked for a couple days then started having issues and stopped working.
so I'm a teenager who got his first phone (iphone se 2020) in 2021. I took off my case and dropped it and broke some of the back in the first month of owning it. The phone was fine there was just a small ding on the back. I continued using the phone until one day in April 2022, I took my case off and the back was shattered. I don't know how this happened but I blame the cheap case. The one was still fine so I used it until April 2023 where I bought a google pixel 7 on sale for $350. To avoid any issues I bought a really expensive case but still don't have a screen protector because it interferes with the fingerprint reader. So no I haven't killed a phone but I have damaged one. And yes I use a case. Great video btw
Electro booms segment was my favorite
Great video!!! 🤗📱❤️ I never had broken a phone before in my life but my ZFold 3 screen did break on it's own because I never took of the plastic screen protector. And yes I always use a case on all of my phones and my favorite cases are Otterbox Box cases!!! 🤗📱❤️
I was not expecting ElectroBoom to be here. I love this guy❤
Yo a jerryrig × marc rober collab would be one of the sickest thing youtube would ever got to see
I've broken 3 phones and one iPod Touch in my history. 1st was a Sony Ericsson Walkman W310i - a few too many hard-closing flips after a few years of use, and the screen died. 2nd was an HTC Legend, through general wear-and-tear the screen gradually stopped responding, after about 2 years of use. 3rd was an iPhone 4, no case - dropped it in the bathtub and killed the screen. Luckily the water didn't make its way into any of the internals past the screen, so I was able to recover everything and move up to an iPhone 5. My iPod Touch 4th gen died the same way, which I had bought before the iPhone 4. Since then, I have always had my phones in the Otterbox Defender cases, and have had no issues since. The Otterbox Defender on the iPhone 5 meant that no matter how hard I threw my phone at a brick wall out of frustration (not caused by the device), it would survive.
The rickroll by Tom was gorgeous, splendid, beautifully executed; marvelous you might say.
I do use both a case and a screen protector! Phone Rebel case, GhostArmor screen protector. But I have an interesting story:
With my case and screen protector, I dropped my phone on some sharp rocks. It was almost fine. But the screen protector didn't cover my iPhone's notch. My phone hit a rock at the exact wrong place where my screen protector wasn't protecting it, and it cracked the front camera. Somehow FaceID and the front facing camera still worked as normal so it was just a cosmetic issue
The only time I broke my iPhone was back in early 2021 when I had an iPhone 12 pro and I had it in my pocket while playing VR and the controller whacked it by accident shattering the main camera lens. But I have a broken a few screen protectors, one hitting the coffee table corner and one going splat on a tile floor
In the past when the digitiser wasn't responding but I could still make out enough of the screen, a computer mouse connected to my Android phone though a USB adapter got me out of trouble.
Ive only ever broken 1 phone and it was a iPhone SE (1st gen). It had slipped off my bed onto a pile of books and I didnt notice and stood on it bending the frame slightly, but it was enough to completely destroy the phones cellular capabilities so it basically became a overkill iPod. I still actually have the phone 4 years later.