I intend to keep my mobile phone inside my pc for 3 months. The pc will be running bit coin mining, and will be quite hot inside.
I plan on using the phone for tethering purposes, and the phone must be physically inside the pc.
Lol you're gonna put a £500 phone inside a pc? I'm sure there must be a cheaper alternative...
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Dannyboyni said:
I intend to keep my mobile phone inside my pc for 3 months. The pc will be running bit coin mining, and will be quite hot inside.
I plan on using the phone for tethering purposes, and the phone must be physically inside the pc.
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why not just buy a cheap/older generation phone to put inside? just seems a waste.
Why MUST it be inside the pc? How are you connecting it? Surely wifi or usb tethering would still work just as well if you sat it on top of the case?
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If your Pc has a couple of fans extracting the hot air out and bringing cool air in you should be ok. Just check the temp of the motherboard and sit the phone away from anything hot. It will be fine but is a waste of a phone for 3 months
NatTheCat said:
If your Pc has a couple of fans extracting the hot air out and bringing cool air in you should be ok. Just check the temp of the motherboard and sit the phone away from anything hot. It will be fine but is a waste of a phone for 3 months
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It is earning me a significant amount of money though so I feel its worth it. I am too tight to buy a dongle as three no longer offer £15 unlimited data.
The computer does have fans extracting hot air, the only problem is the room itself is quite small and gets hot quickly.
I would lay it flat on the bottom of the pc case as that would be the coolest area. Try position it close to the inlet fan or vent so it has cool external air being drawn over it.
Your PC case will become a Faraday cage for your phone. I mean that you will have little to no signal inside.
Bad ideea.
please post pictures when your done with it
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Soon i'm of for a vacation and i'm wondering if my HD2 can be damaged by the outblow of my AC in the car? The holder is fitted onto the outblow. I need to have it placed where i can see it because of my use of the GPS.
The device is freezing cold when i have driven a couple of miles!
I think it's just good for the device, or am i wrong here?
I wouldn't do it... Only a matter of time before the quick temp changes causes a dry connection...
Just get one of these They are solid and cheap...
I've been doing the same thing with mine for about 3 months so far.
But I do have a silicon cover on it, and its only the top 1" or so that is in the air path.
Peewees said:
I've been doing the same thing with mine for about 3 months so far.
But I do have a silicon cover on it, and its only the top 1" or so that is in the air path.
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I do the same thing, but , I usually let the phone lay on the console in the cool car for a while before I just jab it into the AC stream ...
you also run the risk of condensation between the layers of the screen. used to see it a lot when i sold sat navs,, clap cold device meets warm humid house, or vice versa, warm humid phone from sweaty pocket suddenly drops 25 degrees.
probably be ok, but i wouldn't do it.
Can't you turn off flow from vents individually?
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Can't you turn off flow from vents individually?
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Thank you all for you answers!
And yes i can shut them off indivudually and will do so until i've moved the holder to a better place.
Thanks again!
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Hi!
Soon i'm of for a vacation and i'm wondering if my HD2 can be damaged by the outblow of my AC in the car? The holder is fitted onto the outblow. I need to have it placed where i can see it because of my use of the GPS.
The device is freezing cold when i have driven a couple of miles!
I think it's just good for the device, or am i wrong here?
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I've been doing the same thing since at least 2002 never had an issue with it.
If you're worried, just close the vent behind the device.
During the storm this past weekend somebody (me) spilled a drink on my phone when the power went out. I immediately took the battery out and tried to dry out the phone as much as I could. The next day I powered up the phone only to find out that I could not make phone calls using the earpiece. Speaker phone and Bluetooth works fine. I also discovered that media will not play through the speaker although plugging headphones in works fine...the ringer and notifications work fine. Other than that, the phone works great. I tried flashing another ROM to see if just maybe it was a software thing...it wasn't.
The real issue is that I don't have insurance or store warranty coverage and my bootloader is unlocked. There is also signs of moisture on the phone. For now I can live with it, but I wanted to ask if anyone knew of any other options I could try. Or...maybe there is a way to redirect the sound??? Please help!!!
Lesssons learned:
1. Finish all drinks
2. Don't sit the phone next to the drink.
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During the storm this past weekend somebody (me) spilled a drink on my phone when the power went out. I immediately took the battery out and tried to dry out the phone as much as I could. The next day I powered up the phone only to find out that I could not make phone calls using the earpiece. Speaker phone and Bluetooth works fine. I also discovered that media will not play through the speaker although plugging headphones in works fine...the ringer and notifications work fine. Other than that, the phone works great. I tried flashing another ROM to see if just maybe it was a software thing...it wasn't.
The real issue is that I don't have insurance or store warranty coverage and my bootloader is unlocked. There is also signs of moisture on the phone. For now I can live with it, but I wanted to ask if anyone knew of any other options I could try. Or...maybe there is a way to redirect the sound??? Please help!!!
Lesssons learned:
1. Finish all drinks
2. Don't sit the phone next to the drink.
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If the phone works in general... then most likely a specific piece is ruined related to the phone speaker/mic.
You can try tearing apart the phone ( I believe there are tear down guides online) and then using rubbing alcohol try to clean out any corrosion, especially around components that are having issues.
If that doesn't work, then you'll have to try to replace the component. unfortunately not sure how easy that is. Tons of components sold for iphones but doubt as much for atrix.
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If the phone works in general... then most likely a specific piece is ruined related to the phone speaker/mic.
You can try tearing apart the phone ( I believe there are tear down guides online) and then using rubbing alcohol try to clean out any corrosion, especially around components that are having issues.
If that doesn't work, then you'll have to try to replace the component. unfortunately not sure how easy that is. Tons of components sold for iphones but doubt as much for atrix.
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Yeah, I was thinking of that as an option...being optimistic, I was gonna try to use the phone for a few days and see if it miraculously clears up...wishful thinking
I bet your Atrix will revive once the hangover subsides!
No really, it will be ok I'm sure, I've seen cases where people inmerse their devices into pools and toilets only to discover a few days later that they keep on ticking.
The clue here is to be patient and keep it from using it for several days, and I'm talking 3, 5 or even a week! So be very patient.
Remove the battery and let it dry inside a bag, box or bottle filled with uncooked rice or if you have plenty of dry bags (those that come inside some medicines or electronics) use them!
Try not to disassemble the Atrix to avoid dust contamination, but if you wan't you can go ahead and do it. The Atrix is very easy to disassemble. Just use common sense, and if you use alcohol to get rid of moisture and corrosion, be wary that even cotton or cotton swabs can be dangerous since there are components that are cold-soldered onto the motherboard and can be peeled-off very easily.
Don't use a hair dryer, since you could damage the plastic if not used correctly.
Let us know how it goes!
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I sat it in rice over night, and used a blow dryer on cool but still not dice so far. Unfortunately I don't have any other form of comms other than my Atrix...I may go and buy a cheap Go Phone to use and let the Atrix take a nap. I will be patient...I'm thinking that it will wake up one day and everything will be OK
Atrix = featherweight!!!
So if the only part that's not working at the moment is the ear speaker, then maybe you can get a spare from cnn.cn and replace it yourself. Very easy to do by the way.
The bad thing is that I think they don't sell the speaker alone, but the whole modular assembly that contains the speaker, power button and biometric scanner. But check the site above to verify.
Cheers!
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Was it a mixed or sugary drink? It could've pooled up in your speaker into something sticky. You might want to try cleaning it with alcohol disassembled. Or even dabbing it with alcohol while assembled but leave battery out and let dry at least a day. Each time you dab it with alcohol, try sopping it back up with a dry q tip.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
Unfortunately it isn't just the speaker, media will not play through the loudspeaker either...kinda weird because the speaker phone works just fine. Also, game sounds don't play. I'm thinking it might be an amplifier or something.
It was a mixed drink so it did have some sugar in it.
I dropped my atrix in the toilet. It was only in there for 2 seconds max, but I dried it off and tried to see if everything still worked. None of the speakers worked, but I put it in a bowl of rice for a couple of hours in the Texas heat, afterwards everything was working fine.
I have taken my Atrix for about a 10 minute swim, after jumping in the pool with it on my hip in an otterbox defender case. I felt something on my hip and noticed my phone there! I immediately jumped out of the pool, removed the case and battery. Dried what I could with a towel. Then put the phone in rice for about 3 hours. I then took the phone out of the rice and gave it another bath in alcohol, swishing the phone around to make sure the alcohol got every where the water got... I then let the phone sit for 4 days next to a floor vent in my house. Not directly on the vent. After the four days I tried powering the phone on. The phone powered on with no problems(no sim or memory card.) I then put my sim and memory card in, plugged in the phone and tried powering the phone on again, an it would not power on.
I then took the phone apart(not completely did not dis-connect any ribbon cables etc..) and used a q-tip and rubbing alochol to wipe any contacts that I thought might have signs of oxidation or water damage. Put the phone back together and let it sit again next to a vent for another 3 days. Put my sim, memory card and batter back in and the phone powered up with no problem.
I am currently using the atrix, the only thing that does not work is the front facing camera. It just doesn't seem to want to power up... but that is something I can live with. I did even after the 7 days had some moisture between the LCD and digitizer, so I let the phone sit in my hot car for an hour or two of an on to help get rid of the moisture.
Hope this helps.. I would recommend if you see any moisture to turn the phone off and let it sit, as if you can see moisture, there is also probably some that you cannot see and could cause more damage.
Great stories!!!
But I have to wonder how safe are we from e-coli and other bacteria/viruses when buying second hand smartphones that have visited the crapper!!!!
YIKES!!! LOL
Cheers!
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Rayan said:
Great stories!!!
But I have to wonder how safe are we from e-coli and other bacteria/viruses when buying second hand smartphones that have visited the crapper!!!!
YIKES!!! LOL
Cheers!
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what's really funny are people that put their phone up for public sale, are honest enough to mention that it was dropped in the toilet and still want market value and not the best offer. what kind of crap is that? it's my valuable crap?
Thanks for all of the help...you guys are the greatest...I will buy a backup before I tear the phone open...but I think cracking it open is in order...I think the moisture is gone but the sugar may have coated something.
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Just an update...I opened the phone and cleaned all of the contacts with alcohol...that solved the problem...thanks again for the help
My girlfriend's Evo fell on the floor today. The left side of the Aluminium enclosure bent a fair bit outwards, so itnot connected with the glass on that side anymore. But that's all external damage we could find so far.
The thing is: Mobile network is gone completely. No Signal and the phone cannot connect at all.
Wifi still works. Does anyone here have enough knowledge about the Evo's internals to tell me if there's any hope with repairing the phone?
Arbelzapf said:
My girlfriend's Evo fell on the floor today. The left side of the Aluminium enclosure bent a fair bit outwards, so itnot connected with the glass on that side anymore. But that's all external damage we could find so far.
The thing is: Mobile network is gone completely. No Signal and the phone cannot connect at all.
Wifi still works. Does anyone here have enough knowledge about the Evo's internals to tell me if there's any hope with repairing the phone?
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Sounds like there is an internal crack on the mainboard from the fall. Anything can be repaired but the fix would require replacing the mainboard or if you have insurace return phone to s-on stock and make a claim. If no insurance then another phone is your best option.
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Thank you for your reply.
There's no insurance. I got insurance for my own Evo, but that's not the one that fell down, unfortunately
We just gave it another try and put my gf's sim card back in and now it works again . Yesterday, we also had mobile network back, but only for a brief moment.
We'll observe it. Probably there's a loose connection now.
well i had something REALLY odd happen to the phone today that has never happened before ! the phone was laying on my dashboard whilst i went off and did some work. on my return i picked the phone up to book my client in for 6 weeks time. i went to open the diary in the phone, and the phone went crazy ! ! ! it was jumping to all different screens, opened the calender, then shut it again ... jumped from app to app then back to home screen. this must of carried on for 10 - 15 seconds? i ended up having to power the phone off to stop this random behavior. once i turned the phone back on .. it was fine ! could it of been that it was really hot today and the phone over heated causing this ? it was just really bizarre
EDIT .. just tried to txt a friend and the txt screen is behaving really odd now too ! its like im holding my finger on the screen .. so its putting numbers insted of letters although im only just making contact with the screen as light as i can ! and its not hot now ! and it even tried to call the person i was txting . something VERY odd and wrong suddenly started on this phone today
Try repairing your device through sony PC companion via support Zone
If it still acts up your device has become faulty, in which sent for a replacement
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strommy1966 said:
well i had something REALLY odd happen to the phone today that has never happened before ! the phone was laying on my dashboard whilst i went off and did some work. on my return i picked the phone up to book my client in for 6 weeks time. i went to open the diary in the phone, and the phone went crazy ! ! ! it was jumping to all different screens, opened the calender, then shut it again ... jumped from app to app then back to home screen. this must of carried on for 10 - 15 seconds? i ended up having to power the phone off to stop this random behavior. once i turned the phone back on .. it was fine ! could it of been that it was really hot today and the phone over heated causing this ? it was just really bizarre
EDIT .. just tried to txt a friend and the txt screen is behaving really odd now too ! its like im holding my finger on the screen .. so its putting numbers insted of letters although im only just making contact with the screen as light as i can ! and its not hot now ! and it even tried to call the person i was txting . something VERY odd and wrong suddenly started on this phone today
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Did you leave your phone on the dash, in a closed car, at the sun? Especially the black version of Xperia? Black color is the color that accumulates the heat from sun the most, which results in your Xperia just toasting inside. I cannot imagine how hot it become on the inside and outside. Software might not help with this, you might have simply melted some connections or something like that...
strommy1966 said:
well i had something REALLY odd happen to the phone today that has never happened before ! the phone was laying on my dashboard whilst i went off and did some work. on my return i picked the phone up to book my client in for 6 weeks time. i went to open the diary in the phone, and the phone went crazy ! ! ! it was jumping to all different screens, opened the calender, then shut it again ... jumped from app to app then back to home screen. this must of carried on for 10 - 15 seconds? i ended up having to power the phone off to stop this random behavior. once i turned the phone back on .. it was fine ! could it of been that it was really hot today and the phone over heated causing this ? it was just really bizarre
EDIT .. just tried to txt a friend and the txt screen is behaving really odd now too ! its like im holding my finger on the screen .. so its putting numbers insted of letters although im only just making contact with the screen as light as i can ! and its not hot now ! and it even tried to call the person i was txting . something VERY odd and wrong suddenly started on this phone today
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Can I know which rom version you are using right now ? Because before I update my D6503 to 402 , I also have the same problem. But it's not about heat I guess. If you have ever run any huge 3D game under hot sun, then see how hot the body can be. It still work fine in that situation . So try to update it to last version and see how it going ?
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Can I know which rom version you are using right now ? Because before I update my D6503 to 402 , I also have the same problem. But it's not about heat I guess. If you have ever run any huge 3D game under hot sun, then see how hot the body can be. It still work fine in that situation . So try to update it to last version and see how it going ?
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well i did the "repair" through PC companion .. so its running .402 now anyway .. although it was also before the repair. i have had many phones that have been black left on a dash in the sun .. but never had one end up with a mind of its own. ! what with the call quality issue i have and now the screen having a mind of its own .. im really dissapointed .
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well i did the "repair" through PC companion .. so its running .402 now anyway .. although it was also before the repair. i have had many phones that have been black left on a dash in the sun .. but never had one end up with a mind of its own. ! what with the call quality issue i have and now the screen having a mind of its own .. im really dissapointed .
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I didn't want to say this but... your phone is alive. Kill it before it lays eggs.
strommy1966 said:
well i did the "repair" through PC companion .. so its running .402 now anyway .. although it was also before the repair. i have had many phones that have been black left on a dash in the sun .. but never had one end up with a mind of its own. ! what with the call quality issue i have and now the screen having a mind of its own .. im really dissapointed .
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Don't want to sound rude...but you are disappointed?
You left device fragile like this in a car on a bright sun in the middle of the summer and you are disappointed?
Mate...I didn't do such stupid things with Samsung 5610, 8 years ago...
You can't do that with electronic, there's battery in it, million connectors and sensitive parts...
It's interesting how Sony/Samsung/HTC are always blamed for absolutely everything..
Lay your head on dashboard for a few hours on sunny day like that day was and we'll see how will you handle that...
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funky0308 said:
Don't want to sound rude...but you are disappointed?
You left device fragile like this in a car on a bright sun in the middle of the summer and you are disappointed?
Mate...I didn't do such stupid things with Samsung 5610, 8 years ago...
You can't do that with electronic, there's battery in it, million connectors and sensitive parts...
It's interesting how Sony/Samsung/HTC are always blamed for absolutely everything..
Lay your head on dashboard for a few hours on sunny day like that day was and we'll see how will you handle that...
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THIS IS A PHONE YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE TO WATER ! BUT NOT ANY HEAT LOL
well never had my galaxy S2 do that to me and that i had for 3 years ! and that been in all sorts of conditions. im dissapointed with the phone as this has happened before, and i have this issue with the call quality on the phone. so im dissapointed as i like the phone , just wish i didn't have these problems
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THIS IS A PHONE YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE TO WATER ! BUT NOT ANY HEAT LOL
well never had my galaxy S2 do that to me and that i had for 3 years ! and that been in all sorts of conditions. im dissapointed with the phone as this has happened before, and i have this issue with the call quality on the phone. so im dissapointed as i like the phone , just wish i didn't have these problems
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There's heat then there's HEAT. Your car is an oven and you screwed up.
http://m.wikihow.com/Bake-Cookies-on-Your-Car-Dashboard
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Guys obviously can't realised how hot could dashboard be...
(great link, mate - it's incredibly how hot can it be)
My buddy had car with a leather seats, in a middle of the summer he left his car on a direct sun for hours.
Believe it or not, when he sit in a shorts, he fried his legs and end up in a hospital...
I'm not trying to say Z2 couldn't be colder when it's working but would like you to do same test with S5 or m8 and post results...
Problem isn't in 60-70C temperature, problem is because car become an owen and keep temperature at 60,70 maybe even hoter for hours...
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You want heat? Come on down to my neck of the woods in Thailand... Its so hot here, you sweat taking a shower. Any event. Direct sunlight magnifies several degrees hotter when penetrating curved glass such as that of a windshield. I'm surprised the phone didn't melt away
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Portable freezer ftw! ?
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strommy1966 said:
THIS IS A PHONE YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO EXPOSE TO WATER ! BUT NOT ANY HEAT LOL
im dissapointed as i like the phone , just wish i didn't have these problems
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Clearly you can't read. The phone is certified to withstand water correct. Water does not mean heat. Heat and water are two different things. Google them and you will see as it seems you have a difficulty with understanding the difference.
Disappointed? That's user error. Not the phones fault. You should have not left it in the heat. The phone can't walk or go somewhere else.
If you want something that works in heat get a Nokia brick or something.
Sense these days is uncommon now.
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funky0308 said:
Guys obviously can't realised how hot could dashboard be...
(great link, mate - it's incredibly how hot can it be)
My buddy had car with a leather seats, in a middle of the summer he left his car on a direct sun for hours.
Believe it or not, when he sit in a shorts, he fried his legs and end up in a hospital...
I'm not trying to say Z2 couldn't be colder when it's working but would like you to do same test with S5 or m8 and post results...
Problem isn't in 60-70C temperature, problem is because car become an owen and keep temperature at 60,70 maybe even hoter for hours...
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it was about half an hour to 40 mins the phone was in this temp .. god forbid any one that buy this phone in a warmer climate than the UK on a warm day then ! funny thought ... the phone manufactures themselves ARE in a LOT hotter climates than the UK sorry but a phone should have tolerances built in .. if you can only use a device between certain temps or conditions . not a lot of good to average man that need a phone they can rely on wherever they are and what conditions
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it was about half an hour to 40 mins the phone was in this temp .. god forbid any one that buy this phone in a warmer climate than the UK on a warm day then ! funny thought ... the phone manufactures themselves ARE in warmer temps than the UK
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Haha....
Well....I must admit you are right in some way...and I'm very happy Sony is working on overheating problem.
But, if you don't install air-conditioned back cover - try to move your device from direct sun.
When I'm in the car, I never put my device(s) "on sun" - that's just not smart thing to do..
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Raymond Ebertt said:
You want heat? Come on down to my neck of the woods in Thailand... Its so hot here, you sweat taking a shower. Any event. Direct sunlight magnifies several degrees hotter when penetrating curved glass such as that of a windshield. I'm surprised the phone didn't melt away
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yeah i bet it gets warm down there ! dont suppose you dare own a mobile just in case it melts
Raymond Ebertt said:
You want heat? Come on down to my neck of the woods in Thailand... Its so hot here, you sweat taking a shower. Any event. Direct sunlight magnifies several degrees hotter when penetrating curved glass such as that of a windshield. I'm surprised the phone didn't melt away
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Nah for that he'll have to place the fone in front of the Walkie Talkie building here in London. That building melts cars parked in front of it.
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Just wanted to share my stupid experience, it works fine in showers and dipping it in water, though after a swim, it stopped working... So its more like weatherproof than waterproof, just so u guys dont make the same mistake i did, its dead, hoping i can get a new one but i doubt it
Google IP67 rating.
Jin8137 said:
Just wanted to share my stupid experience, it works fine in showers and dipping it in water, though after a swim, it stopped working... So its more like weatherproof than waterproof, just so u guys dont make the same mistake i did, its dead, hoping i can get a new one but i doubt it
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Hurry up and open it up.dry it out before corrosion sets in
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Just got back from Mexico. Put the gear s through its paces, i.e. beach, pool, snorkeling and it still works like a champ.
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I took mine into a kiddie pool, definitely not a meter and less than 30 minutes for sure. It has no power, so I left it in my car, with the SIM door open for two days. Now, it has power, I can send and receive texts, but battery life is awful (2-3 hours) and no has no audio.
I made sure the door was secure before taking it into the water. I was going to hit Samsung to see if they would replace it, citing the IP67 certification.
Has anyone had any luck with Samsung regarding this?
Good luck, I can't even get the cradle replaced for a prong breaking off...not even 5 months old
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ArmyofTracy said:
Good luck, I can't even get the cradle replaced for a prong breaking off...not even 5 months old
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Oh yeah, my cradle broke months ago, I keep a rubber band handy for charging.