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On friday my eris got ran over by a car. Although the screen is all cracked up the phone works perfectly. All aspects of the screen works. I am shocked that the phone worked. Thank goodness for insurance. My replacement will be here tomorrow. Just praying that it will not come with the 1.49 boot so I can root. If all else fails then I will switch phones with my wife.
Best phone for the money!
lol! That's crazy >.<
Hell I had to drop my leaked eris about 50+times before the trackball even began sticking to the left. Even then it was still running fine, well until it wouldn't recognize a charger, then I got it replaced for a new phone that I rooted right away lol.
im rather clumsy and i use my phone ALL the time. the thing hasnt had a problem not even a tiny scratch on the screen. the thing is like hurcules or like a god. there is a reason they named it after the god of jealusy
i drop it all the time, no harm done save for a few scratches and dents...
a couple nights ago i actually dropped it from pretty high up into some... alcoholic beverage that was spilled on the floor. totally shattered... battery went one way, cover the other. the volume buttons actually came OFF the battery cover.
i picked all the parts right then and set them on a table. the next morning? put it together, works good as new!
Got the replacement today but my dumb luck got hboot 1.49 hboot on so hard for me to get root
Is the newton ring issue fixed in newer batches of GTab?
Recent buyers plz provide input
TIA
I got mine a couple weeks ago and saw the issue the other day when I was outside in the heat. It went away when I went back inside, and haven't noticed it since.
My first one had the problem. I could do the refrigerator trick but it just came back. Staples had sold out so they ordered me one. It came in ups ground the box was so hot because here in TX its like 105°... Opened up the box and it was just fine... Even pressing hard on the screen didn't bring it back.
I just got mine on Friday, and after being outside for about 10 minutes, this happened to me. It would go away but would come back after pressing on it. I got new one today from Staples, waiting to see how it does.
I noticed it on my first tab and decided to finally take it back after two weeks. Havent seen the issue on th new one and its been a couple weeks. I dont know if its gotten as warm as it did then though. I beleive it has.
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thepringlesguy said:
I noticed it on my first tab and decided to finally take it back after two weeks. Havent seen the issue on th new one and its been a couple weeks. I dont know if its gotten as warm as it did then though. I beleive it has.
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For those without the problem did you put it in a pouch or a case in sleeping mode...cos i think this is where it can happen. Outside a case or a pouch i didn't notice the ring...Last weekend i went to Prague, with my tab as a cool guide...and when i arrived at the hotel, the "Oily" ring was there...the tab was in sleeping mode in my acer case.. Since i'm back at home i put it one time in the fridge in order to make it disapear, but it comes back each time i use it....but now at home the tab is no more in a case and even if i used it...the ring is smaller each day...and may disappear totally at the end of the week. So if those who have "new" tab could test their Galaxytab in this condition it would be helpful to know if the issue is really solved.
Thks to all.
i read somewhere in the web that this was because of the heat.....I live in the caribean so its hot always, and has happend to me twice, but it hasnt happen again
My day-one 3d was fine when I went to bed last night. It was charged to 98% so I didn't plug it in. When I woke up this morning it was off, but I couldn't turn it on.
I plugged it in, and no red light. I unplugged it and pulled the battery for about 30 seconds; put it back in and still no power, no red light when plugged in.
Now I'm nervous, so I grabbed my husband's 3d and swipe his battery (his phone was charging all night), but there is still no power, no charging. Plugging it into a computer doesn't make a difference either.
I pulled my SD card and tried to power up. I held power and volume down, power and both volume keys, volume down and power repeatedly ... I've also tried different USB chords. My husband's phone charges fine with each of them, so I was just grasping at straws.
Am I out of options? Please tell me there is one more thing to try. I'm leaving it plugged in right now on the off chance... but I don't want to go to Sprint and get a new phone -- I'm all rooted and happy. Well, not happy today.
Anybody have any other ideas?
How long did you have yours plugged between the time you found it unresponsive and trying to power it back up?
It was fully charged before I went to sleep. I left it unplugged over night. Sprint has now thoroughly pissed me off.
If you've only had it one day take it to sprint and shove it up there... I mean politely ask for an exchange. First try holding both volume buttons and the power button if it wont kick on after 30 seconds with all three buttons held take it back.
Stock not rooted right?
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sorry, but by day-one I meant I got it on the first day of release. I've had this thing rooted and running great this whole time.
I took it to the store and the guy was an ass. I won't have a phone until Wednesday now! I told the guy I'd pay for overnight shipping to get it Monday. I'd leave my broke phone at the store ... he said you can't do that.
Of course I called Sprint when I got home and the person told me the store could totally do that! Store manager can bite me.
I even asked if I could use an upgrade from another line to just buy another phone and put it on my line. He said as soon as I put it on the other line they would charge me full price for the phone! He said that started in January! WTF ... no more early upgrades and you can't use your upgrades the way you want!
This is just ****.
I got with sprint from uscc about two months ago. Bought an evo 4g cause I was low on cash. The like 100 online special for new line. 4 days later traded the 4g for the 3d. Never once did they try to nail my friend for giving away her upgrade. That's BS man sorry.
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I figured they are bullshitting me. I got a second store to overnight me a replacement phone ... I hope to have it Monday, but I'll probably see it Tuesday. I'm going crazy without my phone, though.
That first store was crap, though. My husband called to get an order number from them and they hung up on him twice. I'm shocked at the crap customer service I got from that store. Phone rep gave me $20 credit for my trouble.
All I want to do is go back to the second store and add a line to my plan -- no phone is so CRAZY!!!!
I hear that lol. What sprint store is this? Like where u from.
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I'm in Colorado Springs. The second store I went to had me write down what happened at the first store because they say they are making a case to corporate against the **** store. I hope they really are and that it works!
Right on hope u get lucky and the give u an 1.4 hboot. I read on here today someones replament came with it.
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Last night i was out, and well basically my phone isnt working and im 90% sure its water damage now, the screen has little white bits round the end, whats the best way to get it working again, because it wont turn on :/
sell it on ebay for parts and buy another one.
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sell it on ebay for parts and buy another one.
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I concur.
My girlfriend knocked her phone off the counter into the toilet when she was sick (needless to say phone had some chunks on it as well). It was game over. luckily in US we are able to insure it and we are now getting a new one for the one time "low cost" of $125. 125 is better than a full retail, thats for sure. I made her call AT&T before just to see if we could weasel a SII on early upgrade, no dice.
Moral: Insurance ftw
First suck all the beer out of it! Want not waste not!
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Best thing to do would have been to take out the battery/sim/sdcard and put in dry rice immediately, then leave overnight. Might not be too late either, but def should have done that right away. Right after I got my Captivate I got really drunk and accidentally soaked it, I didnt even realize it had gotten so wet until I woke up the next morning and tried to turn it on. It even tried to boot, showing the Samsung screen briefly then immediately turning off. Taking the battery door off there was water drops inside. After about 18 hours in rice I was soooo surprised that it booted right up and I havent had a problem out of it to this day!! I still use it all the time.
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First suck all the beer out of it! Want not waste not!
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It wasnt even beer, it was just raining loads so it got soaked in my pocket
Thanks for the advice guys, i put it in dry rice so we'll see how that goes *fingers crossed*
So i have put it in dry rice, and well it booted up but the touch screen was unresponsive, and so was the fingerprint sensor leaving me with no way to actually use any of the phones features, i think there is a tiny bit of water left so im going to stick it in rice a bit longer but try and get the screen repaired if that doesnt help,
Is there anyway i can access the stuff on my phone using the usb connection maybe?
Sorry to hear about your phone. My son got pushed into a swimming pool with his Atrix in his pocket. It is fully functional today.
What we did.
Rice and a warm spot. Not for hours... It took a whole week before everything straightened out. There was an issue with the sim and sd card readers, but nothing an emery board didn't fix.
First mistake, you turned (tried to) it on. Second mistake...........you turned it on too soon after putting it in rice.
One day in dry rice is not enough. If you read guides about water damage you will see that you really should have the phone in dry ice for 5 days. Never ever plug it into the charger or turn it on before you do this. Only takes one wee drop of liquid to short something out.
Next, you should strip the phone down and clean everything internally to make sure you will not suffer from oxidation and corrosion in the future. Many phones will work after being in dry rice, only to succumb to corrosion after a few weeks or months because all the connectors inside became oxidized.
In short, water damage is horrible, but there are many guides on the internet specific to this outside of XDA which can help you. The iPhone water damage guides are especially useful, even though the hardware is different. The concept is exactly the same.
First rule is always do not attempt to turn the phone on, and do not plug into a charger.
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I concur.
My girlfriend knocked her phone off the counter into the toilet when she was sick (needless to say phone had some chunks on it as well). It was game over. luckily in US we are able to insure it and we are now getting a new one for the one time "low cost" of $125. 125 is better than a full retail, thats for sure. I made her call AT&T before just to see if we could weasel a SII on early upgrade, no dice.
Moral: Insurance ftw
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SII isin't an upgrade.
Thanks caelan, cant change what i've done now, so maybe ive ruined my phone my turning it on multiple times, ive left it in the dry rice which im gooing to do for the rest of the week and if it isnt then working im going to take it to repair shop, thanks for all your guys help.
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Thanks caelan, cant change what i've done now, so maybe ive ruined my phone my turning it on multiple times, ive left it in the dry rice which im gooing to do for the rest of the week and if it isnt then working im going to take it to repair shop, thanks for all your guys help.
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Hope this helps, the phone that I mentioned, was turned on immediately after getting wet. His girlfriend was the smart one and pulled the battery for him.
We sat it in the rice and checked it every day by turning it on. (I am in no way recommending this btw, simply reporting an experience.). Each day it seems like it got better and better. The last two days everything was working, but there was still evidence of moisture on the screen. So we baked it for a few extra days. I did have an advantage over you. The outside temp was 100 plus and I sat his, in that bag of rice, on the hood of a red car everyday for most of the afternoon. It will most likely take longer with a cooler temp to work with.
We may have been 'lucky'. But this is so you know that there is a great chance that everything will be fine.
well, an update on my girlfriend's PUKE phone:
The day I posted that was I think thursday, we let is sit all thursday- friday- saturday. On sunday (around noon) she couldnt handle the Nokia 3360 any longer. When she left for her "mani/pedi", I sat down with the poor phone. After a little cleaning of contacts and such I was able to get it to boot and come up. When she got home it was up and going. She was thrilled and I got a "reward".
She used it all Sunday and today until the insurance joint came in. The only thing that didnt totally dry was the screen. It looked like pure hell, but worked. She said anythign was etter than the old green screen nokia
PS- she had tried to turn it on friday and got a "Modem Failed to Initialize: Starting RSD". Sunday it worked fine.
i dropped my phone in the toilet. managed to take it out. it was still in the power on state. removed battery asap! whats next?? shall i get it some heat, hair drier or bulb ?? how many day do i need to keep this phone in the rice? also im not an expert in disassembling!!! any suggestions?
I've heard up to a week but a couple days will probably work. I would probably just use a can of compressed air. Hair dryers can create enough heat to loosen the adhesive for screens on phones. Maybe place it near a vent or put it on a window sill with sunlight?
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i dropped my phone in the toilet. managed to take it out. it was still in the power on state. removed battery asap! whats next?? shall i get it some heat, hair drier or bulb ?? how many day do i need to keep this phone in the rice? also im not an expert in disassembling!!! any suggestions?
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i ride my motorcycle often in coldish temps. it seems like if it's under 65 after riding with my phone in the pocket of my mesh jacket that the screen will not work for a couple min. the power comes on... i can unlock it but after that nothing. sometimes it won't even unlock.
other than a couple weird quirks here and there the phone works good. i have been having problems where i unlock the screen and then the screen will only notice touches as it wants to. all i have to do is turn the screen off and back on and it's fine. this seems to happen a lot.
any idea's before i take it into sprint tomorrow?
I got a couple glitches with screen with stock rom, but dissapeared after a pull battery, it could be the same
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Are you wearing gloves?
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I've done several battery pulls. No gloves on. I took a video of it last night...ill try to post it up soon.
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I would go and replace your phone, or have it fixed, (I doubt that it can be fixed by Sprint), but give it a shot.
Head to your local Sprint Customer Advantage Repair Center.
I would not rush to sprint just yet. I usually walk the 1/4 mile to work and back. @ a month ago I noticed this problem. When I get to work its unresponsive and when I get home. Problem is, my hands are cold and the screen does not like it.
At work, go get coffee and come back to it. At Work or home, quickly warm hands under warm with with Anticpetic soap (keep it clean). Works every time for me.
In Truck, I dont have that problem. But really, 3-4 minutes to warm up Expedition, a minute or so to put Photon in Dock, another minutes or so to get a playlist I want...............even people that catch the bus I beat them to work walking the 15 minutes or so. Bluetooth Headphones and Pandora?
I took it to a repair center and they told me some BS that the screen is thermal sensitive. When I came home last night my hands were warm but the phone was cold and the screen was half ass working. I ride a street legal dirt bike that has bark busters on it so my hands are a bit shielded from the wind. The phone tho is not.
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DualSportDad,
Seriously, and I NEVER agree any Tech Support from any carrier, He may be right in this case, and almost all electronics have a operating range. I'm forward my comments based off my experience mention above. I think what they were trying to say (tech engineers help me out here!), touch screens work off slight electrical currents, if the face of your phone, or fingers in my case, disrupt that................
EDIT: I offered and excuse, not a solution, Sorry!! Have you tried OtterBox? It covers EVERYTHING and sealed to a degree. It offers good protection, but might also keep the temp up a bit?
I'm just having a hard time believing that there are tons of people walking around in the winter with phones that don't work and they aren't complaining about it. I live in Florida... its not cold here. I'm talking about riding a motorcycle at temps that I'm wearing a T-shirt and a mesh jacket. It not cold its just colder than it has been since I've had the phone.
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Edit: here's the video.... give it a few min to finish uploading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ycHuHhGwc
I work outside and its 30° right now and my touch screen works flawlessly.
OK, doing a little reading over coffee this AM (without my big boy glasses for fine print).................The Operation range for Photon:
60C(140F)
-10C(14F)
Im not sure what this means, but, do not recharge:
45C(113F)
0C(32F)
Now it looks like you meet these, but I would bet then are not in Stone, just like battery usage!
where did you find those specs? I left the windows open last night and it was 49 outside this morning and I had a hard time turning my alarm off on the phone cause the screen was inactive. It obviously wasn't 49 in the house tho.
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where did you find those specs? I left the windows open last night and it was 49 outside this morning and I had a hard time turning my alarm off on the phone cause the screen was inactive. It obviously wasn't 49 in the house tho.
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Page #136 of the Photon 4G Manual, Upper Left. Good Luck!
Thanks. I took my jeep out last night and was outside and I was trying to show some friends a picture and the screen wouldn't work. It was about 60 deg out.
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Its not your phone i think it has more to do with your core temp when touching the phone... i use to be in snow non stop and my hd2 would do the same thing until i warmed my fingers and it worked fine.
Sweet phone! I think that is totally awesome that I can't make any call, even in an emergency, below 14°F. Awesome, so this means my phone will be a useless brick outside when it gets cold in Connecticut during the winter. Guess I'll buy a backup phone on eBay. I just want a flip phone. I don't need a smartphone when I'm fighting to stay warm, unless, of course, the phone will have an app that will make the phone work in cold weather and make everything around me 30°F+ warmer! Ahhh, let me get out of DreamLand while I can.
so as time has gone on the screen has now taken on a mind of it's own. i take it to sprint and they tell me there is nothing wrong with it. i'm about at my wits end... this is my recent video from this week.
http://youtu.be/oq4z9v2SdTk
Did you show them the video? I would call Motorola and ask them to watch the video or email it to them and have them replace it, not Sprint.
If I were you with that issue, and Sprint said it was normal, I would tell Sprint to shove the phone up their a**!
How do yah like them apples, Now Network?
no, i haven't shown them this video. if i have time tomorrow i am going to take it in to sprint tomorrow and show them. if they dont help me i'm going to contact motorola and email sprint directly. i really like this phone when its not messing up.
Try that, Motorola will be much more helpful. If Sprint thinks you're faking the video then that rep is crazy.