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Needing some advice! We bought my 12 year old son a RAZR on 05-07-12 at Wal-Mart, at 4pm we gave him the phone by 6pm he went to hand me the phone to call verizon and put insurance on it and literally dropped it about 3 ft face first on the floor. Picked up the phone and the screen was shattered! At the same time my husband was on his way to pick up the otter box (which it is in ) less than 24 hours after purchasing the phone. I called Motorola and Verizon and they tell me there is nothing they can do for it. I have called the only 2 places in town where you can have the glass fixed and they want 350 to replace the screen. The main reason we got the phone was for the gorilla glass and protective backing. The lady we spoke to at Verizon told us it can be dropped and was promotting the Gorilla Glass like it was indestructable ( which unfortunatly she was fired prior to buying the phone ). Looking for any suggestions?
I thought that maybe Motorola would stand beside the phone and at least help replace the screen, but they won't! All they keep saying is I am trying to get a new phone out of the deal, but honestly I just want the screen repaired by someone who knows what they are doing and will not charge more than the phone is worth!
 

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Needing some advice! We bought my 12 year old son a RAZR on 05-07-12 at Wal-Mart, at 4pm we gave him the phone by 6pm he went to hand me the phone to call verizon and put insurance on it and literally dropped it about 3 ft face first on the floor. Picked up the phone and the screen was shattered! At the same time my husband was on his way to pick up the otter box (which it is in ) less than 24 hours after purchasing the phone. I called Motorola and Verizon and they tell me there is nothing they can do for it. I have called the only 2 places in town where you can have the glass fixed and they want 350 to replace the screen. The main reason we got the phone was for the gorilla glass and protective backing. The lady we spoke to at Verizon told us it can be dropped and was promotting the Gorilla Glass like it was indestructable ( which unfortunatly she was fired prior to buying the phone ). Looking for any suggestions?
I thought that maybe Motorola would stand beside the phone and at least help replace the screen, but they won't! All they keep saying is I am trying to get a new phone out of the deal, but honestly I just want the screen repaired by someone who knows what they are doing and will not charge more than the phone is worth!
Unfortunately you're experiencing what a number of Razr users have experienced, a shattered screen. Gorilla glass is more scratch resistant and shatter proof than most, but it is not indestructable...it all depends on how it hits the floor and what type of floor. One thing you might consider is putting the phone on ebay for sale. There are a lot of people looking to buy a Razr for spare parts. You won't be able to reclaim you investment, but you can get something for it.
 
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Thank you for your help. At the moment we are just going to ship it off to Motorola and have the screen repaired for 125.00.
 
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jgoff0015 said:
Thank you for your help. At the moment we are just going to ship it off to Motorola and have the screen repaired for 125.00.

Didn't know they did that.

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Thank you for your help. At the moment we are just going to ship it off to Motorola and have the screen repaired for 125.00.
I understand, that's probably the best thing you can do. The Razr is a great phone...you'll love it when it gets back from repair. Motorola has a very good repair service. Good luck.
 
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Didn't know they did that.

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It takes awhile and they also said if the screen was a malfunction then they would cover the cost. It is much cheaper than my local places.
 
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It takes awhile and they also said if the screen was a malfunction then they would cover the cost. It is much cheaper than my local places.

Ya 125 isn't really that high considering moto is doing it

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At least moto repairs are backed by the warranty on the repair. If someone else cracks open the phone, warranty is void unless they're a certified repair facility... I'm actually not sure if there are any moto certified repair facilities other than sending it back to moto itself....

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So sad.

As you would find if you searched, there are stories of people dropping them from a 2-story ladder and suffering no damage to the glass, and then there's the story of a girl who dropped her Gold chain bracelet onto the face from less than a foot above and cracked the screen. :frown:

The glass is stronger by far on a pound for pound basis, but it is also extremely thin, so if compared to the [thicker and heavier] glass screens on earlier phones, it may be either slightly stronger or slightly weaker in resisting cracking, but is definitely stronger at resisting scratches.

Good luck and I suppose lesson learned for everyone here...if you are even remotely likely to drop the phone, buy the insurance immediately upon purchase of the phone, but at the very least buy and install a protective case.
 
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Thank you for your help. At the moment we are just going to ship it off to Motorola and have the screen repaired for 125.00.

I understand, that's probably the best thing you can do. The Razr is a great phone...you'll love it when it gets back from repair. Motorola has a very good repair service. Good luck.

It takes awhile and they also said if the screen was a malfunction then they would cover the cost. It is much cheaper than my local places.

Ya 125 isn't really that high considering moto is doing it

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At least moto repairs are backed by the warranty on the repair. If someone else cracks open the phone, warranty is void unless they're a certified repair facility... I'm actually not sure if there are any moto certified repair facilities other than sending it back to moto itself....

DROID RAZR MAXXAMIZED!!!

All great points. People call me crazy for taking my car to the dealership's factory authorized repair center, but I have never been disapointed with the work and I can't tell you how many times they've alerted me to additional repairs needed which I was completely unaware of, and were covered under warranty!

Motorola is a great company, an ICON of American ingenuity and a testament to the best of the best. Anyone who doesn't recognize Motorola for what it really is - flaws and all - as being an incredible American institution is looking at it through a microscope and seeing only the blemishes that are visible on any company and which are visible without the microscope on many.
 

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Not to hijack the thread, but thanks 94lt1 for giving me my 300th "Like"! See below! :icon_ lala:

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OK so i see all of these post about the razr droping from places well i can top that.......:mad: i didn't even drop mine i have only had mine for a few weeks now and it pressure cracks on the inside of the phone i took my phone out and all i see is a tone of cracks inside the phone so i run my finger across the screen and there is nothing but a scratch and i thought this gorrila glass was suppose to be all that well right now i am very pissed off and dissatisfied with this phone right now!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 

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FoxKat said:
Not to hijack the thread, but thanks 94lt1 for giving me my 300th "Like"! See below! :icon_ lala:

<img src="http://www.droidforums.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=49856"/>

Any time!! If I actually hit LIKE on all of your posts that I like.... you'd have tons more...:)

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All great points. People call me crazy for taking my car to the dealership's factory authorized repair center, but I have never been disapointed with the work and I can't tell you how many times they've alerted me to additional repairs needed which I was completely unaware of, and were covered under warranty!

Motorola is a great company, an ICON of American ingenuity and a testament to the best of the best. Anyone who doesn't recognize Motorola for what it really is - flaws and all - as being an incredible American institution is looking at it through a microscope and seeing only the blemishes that are visible on any company and which are visible without the microscope on many.

Well said and agree completely

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Any time!! If I actually hit LIKE on all of your posts that I like.... you'd have tons more...:)

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And so what's stopping you???? :icon_ devil:
 
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