Dropped My Phone

Dropped My Phone warns you if you —or someone else— dropped your phone. It is also a contest of how high (or from how high) you can throwed (or dropped) your device.

It relies on a very simple physics model and the fact that most smartphones have an accelerometer, nowadays.
This device shows the forces applied on the phone, which should stay around 1g (if you’re on Earth!), but will get near 0 when dropped (or launched) in free fall.

This allows us to detect when the smartphone is ‘flying’ (after being dropped or thrown) and for how long, which determines the distance.
At the end of the day, it was all about creating a visual app that contradicted the typical scope of an app: it’s not really useful and you might end up with a broken phone. :-)

Hint: Does not work if your phone dropped in water! ;)

Permissions explained:

Internet - You need it to send you hiscores to the server, just if you want to.
Wake lock - This is effective to detect if you dropped phone accidentally when the app is not active. It is battery-efficient. This feature can be turned off easily from the app's menu.
Receive boot completed - If you choose to enable notifications, this will start them after a reboot.

Category : Educational

Reviews (9)

Lin. Y. Apr 10, 2021

I Cracked My Main Phone More Well I Made 6M 61CM And It Survived! But It Actually Did Because I Was Throwing My Main Phone Onto Trampoline

A. G. u. Nov 22, 2018

This cured my cancer

A. G. u. Nov 15, 2017

I would just like to all the idiots who call this app "boring" that the purpose of this app is not to entertain you, its a fun little tool and it works fine. Read the description of the app first to understand what the meaning of the app is. If you wont take the 20 seconds out of your day day the read the description of the app why should we take that time to read your stupid review. Great app and sorry creator for you having to dear with these people lol.

A. G. u. Nov 27, 2017

This game is incredibly fun, and I really like it. There's only a few problems, though. What if the phone drops, and the screen actually breaks? I'd mostly reccommend putting a pillow down on the floor, or using a cover on your phone to prevent any or some damage. So, there you have it. My thoughts on this game. It's fun, yet slightly risky.

A. G. u. Jun 15, 2014

This app is sooo user friendly

A. G. u. Apr 2, 2014

Really awesome idea, works perfectly, however, the wakelocks are ridiculous.

A. G. u. Apr 9, 2018

Amm its scary kinda in a way you may break your phone btw great job with the app and figuring it out with the motion and it knows when its being droped. Sorry for my broken english in from lithuainia so hopefully you understand

A. G. u. Dec 10, 2017

This is where the fun begins

A. G. u. Mar 6, 2015

For an old version