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... and caught something on the way down.
Result: an air bubble under the screen protector and a visible - and "feelible" - crack, albeit tiny.
Sod it! I managed to keep the old phone pristine without a screen protector for years and years, then in just six months this gets damaged. 
Since it comes from the manufacturer fitted with a protector, I order a replacement from Amazon: tempered glass with a fitting kit, and it arrived this morning.
Read all the instructions then with trepidation carefully peel off the old protector, and ... no damage at all, it just punched through the protector and missed the screen!
Alignment kit fitted, drop on new protector and we're done - looks perfect again! Phew - I hate damaging things!
My neighbour lived with a crazy-cracked screen for months then replaced his phone - only to have the new one chewed on by his son's dog within a month. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Those glass screen protectors are the best in my opinion.
Like a crash helmet, they are designed to absorb the acceleration by breaking - while a thin plastic screen protector(the equivalent of a medieval helmet) will transfer the kinetic energy through to the device's screen.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 30-Aug-20 12:41pm.
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After breaking the protecting glass three times, I convinced the wife to buy what they call 'wallet case'... Hopefully will hold on...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I have a case round the back and sides - partly because the new fashion is "glass cases" which are slippery in the hand, but mostly so I can attach a steel plate to the case and use it with the car magnet for satnav - but I don't like the ones which close over the front: every one I've seen in use scratches the display after a while.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Maybe I will add a protector glass inside the case... Then wrap it in bubbles... Then bury it deep...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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My wife has one of those, which of course has slots for credit cards, so now her screen has been scratched by those cards...
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Yikes. You could drive around your neighborhood and wipe every bit of magnetic media in the area.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Ship it by mail and let the entire post office have some fun when they try to get it out of the delivery truck. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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There actually are regulations for shipping magnetic materials.
I can imagine especially airplanes being sensitive. (do they still use compasses?)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Sure they do, but more as a redundant backup instrument and to confirm that the electronics are not in phantasyland. No problems as long as both agree within a certain margin of error.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It's normally pretty good - I probably put it on badly, so the metal wasn't fully on the magnet.
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Plus, having followed the link, I do want to be able to get the phone out of the car - and indeed the car out of a carwash should I use one.
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I take it that the Earth's dipole shifts when this magnet is shipped.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Nobody knows: the last time it was moved any significant distance was 780,000 years ago[^]
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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At least the guys from your local post office will want to deliver it personally and shake your neck.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Got a new phone for my wife last Christmas. She opened the box, my 6-year-old son came near her while bouncing around (Christmas excitement), hit her, she dropped the phone, glass and a bit of LCD crashed. Total duty time without accident : 0 minute.
We had to replace the LCD for 85€ ... for a 120€ phone. I do prefer repairing instead of buying new whenever possible, but ... damn.
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My last two smart 'phones have been Cat - both IP 68. My previous two feature 'phones were also IP68. They all still work despite a very hard life - dropping, sinking, swimming, leaving in tropical sun for a couple of hours, even demonstrating their waterproofness in a tankard of ale. 
Pay more up-front, but all pretty much indestructible.
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I have no idea why the emperor would send an inexperienced level 1 character on an important mission, but he did. 24 years ago and to this day not a single player can claim to have talked to every NPC or to have even seen more than 10% of the game's content.
Daggerfall had it all. Huge, randomly generated dungeons, an awkward UI, sluggish 320 x 200 software rendering and lots of bugs that could send your character into a very special plane of Oblivion.
Since B-Soft seems to have lost the source code of the game, this has never changed. Loyal servants of the emperor now have written a completely new game engine (in C#, as I heard) that uses Unity for rendering, fixed the bugs, added tons of new options, modernized the UI and now even allows mods.
So, if you are afraid of nothing, then get yourself Daggerfall Unity and serve the emperor (or not, it's up to you). Here is a video that explains where to get it, how to install it and explains all the options and mods. There is even a checkbox to let you see some boobs.
Installation Guide: Fully Modded Daggerfall (Gameplay + Graphics Overhaul) - YouTube[^]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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51 minutes to explain how to install a game?
TL;DW
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Come on. Installing takes only minutes. Let him show off what you get for your money.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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rather sit in the streets, with my guitar, and busk,
than be a volunteer, for a neural implant from Musk
they may be able to make a happy pig dance, shaking,
but, i'd rather have a steady snout, to enjoy bacon
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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There once was a greyhound named Bacchus[^],
Whose zoomies were really quite raucous,
But with his great snout,
He put on a sad pout,
For empty the treat box is.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Merging biology with machines has never ended well in the movies.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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