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Gravity And A C3100
« on: November 29, 2005, 01:59:48 pm »
My C3100, which I have had only 4 weeks, picked an argument with gravity today and lost.  

I was standing in a supermarket car park scanning for wireless networks using kismet, as you do, and dropped it onto the very hard ground from about waist height. It was in PDA mode with the screen folded over the keyboard and the shock caused it to reboot ???

I waited for the reboot to finish and it seemed to be working and does seem to be in full working order still. There are a few minor scuff marks on the screen surround, barely noticeable, but the corner of the battery cover has a small crack. Probably the point of impact.

Does anybody know where I might get a new battery cover (I'm in the U.K.) ? Oh - and a wrist strap.  

I must say that they seem to be fairly rugged especially as the hard drive is still working. I'm hoping there will be no faults showing up at a later date.
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2005, 02:14:50 pm »
I can't remember if posted this...

but a few months back my C3000 jumped off of the top of my fridge. The fall was about 6 feet on to a tile floor. No visible damage. It works just fine, but it had a rattle.

I poped the Z open to find a small piece of metal flopping around, removed it and all has been well.

I'm glad to hear that a powered on Z has survived a 3 or 4 foot drop!

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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2005, 02:37:09 pm »
Haha just like when you put something back together and you find extra parts!

Barry, did you buy from a retailer (trisoft or such)?  Have you consulted with them?  Also conics.net has covers for the previous clamshells, he might have an idea of how to get them for yours.

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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2005, 02:40:00 pm »
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Barry, did you buy from a retailer (trisoft or such)?  Have you consulted with them?  Also conics.net has covers for the previous clamshells, he might have an idea of how to get them for yours.

I got mine from PriceJapan.
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2005, 03:20:40 pm »
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Barry, did you buy from a retailer (trisoft or such)?  Have you consulted with them?  Also conics.net has covers for the previous clamshells, he might have an idea of how to get them for yours.

I got mine from PriceJapan.
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Try here [a href=\"http://www.wolf.ne.jp/cgi-bin/cart/list.cgi?category=syuhen&file=1105879571]http://www.wolf.ne.jp/cgi-bin/cart/list.cg...file=1105879571[/url]
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2005, 07:32:38 pm »
Did somthing simmalir, droped from above haed hight while on onto concrete. works fine just the screen case is slightly damadged, but i have plans to replace that
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2005, 12:12:06 am »
I was pissed off when my zaurus launched from my hands only to land like a stupid cat(on its' side.  Nothing happened to my zaurus.  I had the pdair case though-protected it good too!

no damages.  
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2005, 04:33:27 am »
My C1000 fell recently fom my pocket when I bent to pick up something to concrete ground and has now little scratch on lower top corner :-(, but works OK :-) I need to find some good protection belt carry cover with some spaces for CF and SD cards + USB cables ...
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2005, 09:34:34 am »
sounds more like a fanny pack

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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2005, 09:08:56 am »
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I use a ginder gear basecamp, now called extreme gear basecamp.

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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2005, 05:07:21 pm »
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Try here http://www.wolf.ne.jp/cgi-bin/cart/list.cg...file=1105879571

Thanks for the link - they have a good list of spares.

I did email them but either they don't understand English (and I don't understand Japanese) or they don't send to the U.K. - I didn't get a reply.
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2005, 01:48:13 am »
my C3100 has a tiny lil scratch on the front near the on/off button because it slipped off my hands when i was trying to put it away and it slit across the train. usually my wristband would had prevented that, but you have to take it off to put it away
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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2005, 03:54:37 pm »
All these posts of flying Zaurii make me think the following:

(i) There is a design "feature" that makes Zaurii airborne but I can't put the finger on what it is exactly ("levitation drive"?)
(ii) This feature was addressed by Sharp engineers with some sort of invisible landing gear or force field that protects Zaurii from hard landings.   Who wants to test if the "landing gear" will work for a 20 foot drop?  
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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2005, 05:07:30 am »
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All these posts of flying Zaurii make me think the following:

(i) There is a design "feature" that makes Zaurii airborne but I can't put the finger on what it is exactly ("levitation drive"?)
(ii) This feature was addressed by Sharp engineers with some sort of invisible landing gear or force field that protects Zaurii from hard landings.   Who wants to test if the "landing gear" will work for a 20 foot drop? 
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I now have a levitation attachment (wrist strap and a neck strap).    I'm not going to take the 'belt and braces' approach - i.e. I shan't use them both at the same time.  

No more bouncing Zaurus for me (I hope)!
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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2005, 06:19:56 am »
naw, just some cat dna mixed in so it always lands on its feet.

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All these posts of flying Zaurii make me think the following:

(i) There is a design "feature" that makes Zaurii airborne but I can't put the finger on what it is exactly ("levitation drive"?)
(ii) This feature was addressed by Sharp engineers with some sort of invisible landing gear or force field that protects Zaurii from hard landings.   Who wants to test if the "landing gear" will work for a 20 foot drop? 
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