So I decided to write a post about the one thing that everyone faces theses days. The dreaded drop of the phone and it lies face down, you are afraid to pick it up and look at the screen for fear of seeing the tell-tale spiderweb of cracked glass! 

This is a common occurrence for some people. Some more than others. I myself have cracked the glass on every phone I have had, touch wood. I would hate to break this one. I have a feeling I can't repair this one like the previous ones. I usually just order the screen and replace them myself. But that isn't the point of this post. 

This post is actually about a good friend of mine and her phones. I shall start at the beginning. 

The Beginning

So the first time I met this friend i saw her phone. The screen was in a dire state. I had seen this on other peoples phones so I thought nothing of it. Then she gets a new phone. Nice phone from a lesser known brand. She was doing very well with it then dropped it. Produced a very small crack at the top corner. Nothing that stopped her from using it. Then a while later she dropped it again. This time doing a lot more damage and breaking the LCD underneath as well. So she orders a new screen and when it finally arrives from china weeks later she brings the phone and screen to me. So I sit down and proceed to remove the old screen and replace the new one and at last she has a nice fully working phone again with a beautiful clear screen. Things are going well with it. She hasn't dropped it. Until.....

I see a post on her Facebook about how her phone was "gone again" and " Expensive day and I didn't even get the photo that had me sitting on the rocks in the first place ". I instantly knew that her phone had gone in the sea given that I knew the place she had been that day.My suspicions were correct. 

The Next Stage

So coming to what this post is supposed to be about she asks me could she borrow my old Samsung Galaxy S4. I saw sure no problem. I probably should have thought this through a bit but I just thought "what the hell". It is an old phone. I have another replacement in case mine breaks. So she is using my old phone until hers arrives. Until last Saturday I am messaging her on Facebook. Then all of a sudden my messages aren't delivering and she is gone without a trace. 

About an hour later my girlfriend messages me saying she has arrived at her door distraught. Turns out she had put my phone in the same pocket as the one she dropped her other one into the sea. But here is the part that really got me. When I got to my girlfriend's house and saw the phone I was amazed at the fact that she had broken the LCD underneath but the glass on top was perfect. I couldn't understand it! I have seen my fair share of broken screens on phones and tablets. I have seen the LCD break and not the glass but only on devices where there is a gap of air between the top glass and the LCD. When the glass is bonded to the LCD either the glass breaks or both the LCD and glass break. I have to say I am slightly impressed with her. 

The Photos of Said Phone

So here are some images of the broken LCD....

As you can see the phone looks absolutely perfect! Albeit a bit dusty.

So as you can see the cracks are underneath the glass. The last photo is when the phone is turned on! Just a bit of light comes through at the bottom.

In the end she gave me the money to replace the screen either by myself or though a shop, so no real harm done. And it was an old phone! I hope you enjoyed reading this!