So yea slipped off the surface of where I sat it down for a split second .sure enough there was a bucket of water to the side on the floor ,slipped and dunked right into the water .Now it keeps trying to come on constantly and screen flashes .looks like cloud under the screen of water still stuck in it .do u guys think it will work again ?is the screen gonna bleed everywhere with water still stuck in it ? I guess I just kissed my 32 gig nexus 10 goodbye !
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You could try leaving it in a big bag of rice for a while, see if that will pull the moisture, but I'd say you're probably screwed
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You could try leaving it in a big bag of rice for a while, see if that will pull the moisture, but I'd say you're probably screwed
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I think this is your best bet.
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So yea slipped off the surface of where I sat it down for a split second .sure enough there was a bucket of water to the side on the floor ,slipped and dunked right into the water .Now it keeps trying to come on constantly and screen flashes .looks like cloud under the screen of water still stuck in it .do u guys think it will work again ?is the screen gonna bleed everywhere with water still stuck in it ? I guess I just kissed my 32 gig nexus 10 goodbye !
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Make sure you leave it off for now!!!!
One thing I did with some success was to use a hairdryer on HIGH and blast it in any opening I could find until it was too hot to touch.
That would bring it to 60C to 70C which is within storage temp.
Once you done that as well as the rice treatment try turn on.
If no success, turn off again immediately and try hairdryer and rice again.
Cheers
You might also want to try and take the back off so the water evaporates properly and disconnect the battery.
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The issue is that he can't pull the battery, and presumably can't turn it off because the water is forcing it to switch on.
Personally id recommend having removed the cover and disconnect the battery then leave it in rice, but it may be a little late for that now.
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My mom dropped her S3 on our driveway while walking in. When she found it the next day, it was face down and endured 8 hours of rain/freezing rain while being protected by an otterbox commuter case. The camera was all messed up, the back button didn't work and there were many other problems with it. We put it in a bag of rice for two nights, and several days later, everything worked perfectly again! No problems since.
Once it dries out, things might work normally again.
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The issue is that he can't pull the battery, and presumably can't turn it off because the water is forcing it to switch on.
Personally id recommend having removed the cover and disconnect the battery then leave it in rice, but it may be a little late for that now.
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My mom dropped her S3 on our driveway while walking in. When she found it the next day, it was face down and endured 8 hours of rain/freezing rain while being protected by an otterbox commuter case. The camera was all messed up, the back button didn't work and there were many other problems with it. We put it in a bag of rice for two nights, and several days later, everything worked perfectly again! No problems since.
Once it dries out, things might work normally again.
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The issue here, is with the current that the N10 battery is capable of pushing, if the wrong bits get shorted you can kill something.
As long is that doesn't happen, these is no reason a good drying out shouldn't fix it, but as I say, that is as long as nothing has become electronically damaged due to shorting from the water.
I don't know how well sealed the N10 is, nor how quickly it was pulled out of the bucket of water, but it's possible water didn't get too far in and might be ok.
The proper way to go would be along these lines:
-take the device apart ASAP (too late for that) -> http://www.powerbookmedic.com/wordpress/2012/11/16/google-nexus-10-take-apart-first-look
-disconnect the battery
-rinse everything that go wet with distilled water and isopropanol (100%)
-let dry for 48h+
Dude you dont need to kiss it goodbye. Dry it up, open it and dry all that u can and that just call google and send it in just tell them that it stopped working and you dont know why. Boom boom.
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I saw someone on the Evo LTE forum on Android Central dried their LTE in the dryer. Maybe you could try that!
Ps. Don't do it! But I'm sorry for the problem :/
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Am I the only one who pictured a Benny Hill scenario playing out reading OP's post? Feel sorry for op but what are the chances a random bucket of water is directly in the way of a $500 tablet? That's like accidentally setting yourself on fire and trying to extinguish it with the liquid in a gallon water jug that is somehow filled with gasoline instead.
Don't use hairdryer. If water didn't touch crucial parts, blowing the water from side to side will just increase your chance of doing so. Disassemble, battery disconnect, rice bag and 48hrs is your best bet. If you have a oven able to do 100-120F, you can leave it in there overnight so it dries quicker, but time is not of essence here.
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Dude you dont need to kiss it goodbye. Dry it up, open it and dry all that u can and that just call google and send it in just tell them that it stopped working and you dont know why. Boom boom.
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Promoting fraud. Nice. Personally, i don't think I would do it this way. But hey, I'm honest.
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Promoting fraud. Nice. Personally, i don't think I would do it this way. But hey, I'm honest.
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I was just gonna say that. If you do it, do it, its immoral. But then promoting your immorality is just kinda weird..
Fraud? Immoral? Not everyone is made of money or born with a gold spoon in their mouths. Big companies like Google and Samsung can take a hit of 500 bucks but for some of us 500 bucks is a big deal and maybe someone might not even be able to get another one if this kind of crap happens to them.
We arent in school any more, gotta get by one way or another. I gave him an idea of what I would do, I didnt put a gun to his head thats all he should do.
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Fraud? Immoral? Not everyone is made of money or born with a gold spoon in their mouths. Big companies like Google and Samsung can take a hit of 500 bucks but for some of us 500 bucks is a big deal and maybe someone might not even be able to get another one if this kind of crap happens to them.
We arent in school any more, gotta get by one way or another. I gave him an idea of what I would do, I didnt put a gun to his head thats all he should do.
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Made of money, golden spoon in my mouth? That's one heck of an assumption. I didn't have anything given to me. As a matter of fact, I work my tail off for everything I have. Fact is, if you can't afford to replace it, you couldn't afford it in the first place.
Fraud? Yes.
Immoral? Yes.
And just because Google and Samsung are huge, multi billion dollar companies, doesn't mean they owe you a damn thing.
... steps off his soap box.
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Ok "trickster" good for you, you have your opinions and I have mine.
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Doubt it would work anyway as I'm almost sure they have water damage stickers present inside.
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Guys thanks for the suggestions .yes its not a joke ,my beloved nexus 10 fell into a bucket of water sitting next to my porch couch outside .(leftover rain water and never dumped it ....yea)I had really quick got up and set the tablet to the side of the couch and bam.I know, I'm an idiot !
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I was vacuum cleaning and my girlfriend comes near me with a panic face. She says:" your phone went off the window!"
Well, we live in a second floor and I started sweating. Looked down and started to think that wouldn't be covered by warranty and that it isn't fully payed yet and that the next one I wanted to buy a top of the line. The phone was without the cover and the battery was next to it.
Started to imagine the cracked screen, twisted chassis. It's dead!
My girlfriend went to get it.
Not a single scratch all parts still fit together all system and hardware all fully functional!
Our phone rocks!!!
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I was vacuum cleaning and my girlfriend comes near me with a panic face. She says:" your phone went off the window!"
Well, we live in a second floor and I started sweating. Looked down and started to think that wouldn't be covered by warranty and that it isn't fully payed yet and that the next one I wanted to buy a top of the line. The phone was without the cover and the battery was next to it.
Started to imagine the cracked screen, twisted chassis. It's dead!
My girlfriend went to get it.
Not a single scratch all parts still fit together all system and hardware all fully functional!
Our phone rocks!!!
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Your lucky, i got a little scratch on the left rubber near the screen.
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Our phone ROCK.
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Haha u got lucky mate!!
even the phone is of a good build quality
be carefull next time
the thread name says it all
Yep, youre really lucky. I on the other hand, dropped the phone while I was getting out of my ride, kicked it accidentally as it bounced off the pavement and anded on a puddle of water and mud. You've guessed it, it still works(not without some scratches though). So yes, OUR PHONE ROCKS!!!!!
I was in school and my friend pushed me while I was using my phone. It dropped onto the hard cement floor but no scratches.
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I was in school and my friend pushed me while I was using my phone. It dropped onto the hard cement floor but no scratches.
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my brother took my cell and started using my facebook .... i tried to take cell from him... but at dat tym it fell twice on d marble floring ..... still nothing happened ..OUR PHONE ROX
i got scratchs all over i keep on dropping it....my bad
Dropped mine once, concrete, got a ding which i had to file off in order for the back to sit flush
i just wanted to share my experience that happened right now, im relaxing after a tragical fact.
It has nothing to do with my P500 BUT another electronic device had some trouble.
i was drinking beer playing along with some friends League of legends.... on my laptop.
The beer was freezing freezing cold, on the glass, so it had some moisture on it...
Took the glass, had some, and right when i was passing it over my laptop to leave it on desk, it slipped, crashed on the keyboard, and poured ALL OF IT [3/4glass].
TOOK my laptop on the floor, flipping it immediately. I shut it down hard way, removing battery, cleaned it, opened it cleaned it inside too.
ok... after the game ended i got a leave mark
after 30minutes i was ready to turn it on again...
Everytime i was in windows mode, it was crashing.... random time!
Total 3 reboots/crashes.... this is the 4th one, im relaxing now, being a lot anxious about how things go on...
My laptop is a HP Envy [17"]. Pretty expensive, i have warranty for 1 more year, but what the hell, if i didnt open it to clean it, it could be dead by now!
so......... KAISER + LAPTOP = DANGER
im off to bed, bad week, bad weekend, Friday 13th came at Sunday i guess!
hahaha
Specifically in the laundry. I got it out within about a minute, but it was completely submerged and April fresh. I tried the "bag of rice" routine for a few minutes, but I didn't want to wait 24 hours to see if that would work. Found "tear-down" instructional video on youtube. Took it as apart as it would let me (only about 10 screws). Motherboard, camera, power port and some other minor things but that was about it. It was soaked in there. No way rice was going to work. Stood everything on edge, propped up the hair dryer and let it blow for about 1.5 hours (rotating all the parts every few minutes). Put it back together and let my wife turn it on, while I waited in the garage. I couldn't watch. I didn't think I had insurance on it. But, it worked!! Has been perfect for 3 days.
nice bro. Glad it worked out.
Next time( and you know it'll happen again) 90% alcohol. tear it down, dunk the boards, dry in the oven at 125°. Should rewhiten the humidots too.
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That's awesome! In the future, and to anyone else with a similar situation...after the phone is dunked in water somehow...immediately disassemble and SOAK in rubbing alcohol for a good minute. Blow dry the pieces for a few minutes until dry, put it back together....Presto. The alcohol absorbs the water,
You should be good to go.
Edit: i'm slow
good to know
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Specifically in the laundry. I got it out within about a minute, but it was completely submerged and April fresh. I tried the "bag of rice" routine for a few minutes, but I didn't want to wait 24 hours to see if that would work. Found "tear-down" instructional video on youtube. Took it as apart as it would let me (only about 10 screws). Motherboard, camera, power port and some other minor things but that was about it. It was soaked in there. No way rice was going to work. Stood everything on edge, propped up the hair dryer and let it blow for about 1.5 hours (rotating all the parts every few minutes). Put it back together and let my wife turn it on, while I waited in the garage. I couldn't watch. I didn't think I had insurance on it. But, it worked!! Has been perfect for 3 days.
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Good to know. I will remember when I will submerge mine. And I would have waited in the garage, too.
Not waterproof?
Surely you jest.
check this out....dont know if i'd try it...... lol..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puSOR2wWfQ&feature=related
i'm single. Can i borrow my buddy's wife to do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puSO...eature=related
Yeah this guy is a dooche
What I thought it was that is why I was getting it! Lol
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The alcohol absorbs the water,
You should be good to go.
Edit: i'm slow
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I could have sworn alcohol is used because when it dries, it doesn't leave behind minerals/residue that could short out terminals like water does, which is why it is dunked so that the alcohol replaces the water.
Alcohol dehydrates people and causes hangovers, so maybe absorption really is happening?
Alcohol breaks the surface tension of the water molecules and displaces it. Water is bad because as stated when it dries it leaves minerals and other contaminates that will grow dendrites. Microscopic fingers that will punch throught solder mask on boards and puncture insulation on wires. Deionized water is best, but most people have rubbing alcohol..
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good job on saving it!
Just an FYI for others, with the blow dryer don't put it too close.
Hahhahahhahahahha @ you waiting in the garage. I would've done the saaaame thing....good sh#t.
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Not that I've submerged my Galaxy S2, but should something happen I'm curious as to if you submerge the screen in alcohol as well? Just a good thing to remember.
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Not that I've submerged my Galaxy S2, but should something happen I'm curious as to if you submerge the screen in alcohol as well? Just a good thing to remember.
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Yessir totally safe, provided you allow it to dry completely before applying voltage.
FWIW I work in a clean room, I've dropped my cappy in a lake before and brought it back to life using the aforementioned method. As stated I even got the humidots white again.
My daughter fed my laptop a sam adams once... just power the item down or remove the battery asap. Rinse/soak in alcohol. Let dry in the oven at its lowest setting. Anything under 190° is fine. Pray/sacrifice a chicken. Power up and apologize for yelling at your 2 year old...
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UPDATE: I chickened out
I burned one of my two insurance replacements. The phone was still working, but the thought of the Tide and Fabric Softner working on my phones insides was too much. I wrestled with the idea of possibly wasting the $199 deductable, but I knew that if I waited for the thing to die in it's own time, I might end up with a refurb replacement.
Good thing too. It's strange, I got the replacement this morning and it's faster!! The battery has lasted all day! I still have 40% left after 12 hours, and believe me I have spent most of my free time setting everything up. Way more than I usually do with it. I don't get it. Maybe my original was a dud.
BTW, this time I sent my wife to the garage on an imaginary errand while I commited to the $199.
I have no illusions though. When our next AT&T bill is double the usual amount, that's when she'll get wise. But that gives me over a month to find a good place to hide. I can see the look on her face when I say "but this one's really fast!"
That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.
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Which part?
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Dropped in the potty, will be buying another. I have taken this one apart to look around inside. Wanted to check for memory card and any other color change water damage stickers inside--there is one. ---------I am also going to take vid of the strength of the screen. Ima try to scratch the hell out of it, and see what it takes to break/crack the screen as well , interested in seeing how durable it is. Update later -
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Dropped in the potty, will be buying another. I have taken this one apart to look around inside. Wanted to check for memory card and any other color change water damage stickers inside--there is one. ---------I am also going to take vid of the strength of the screen. Ima try to scratch the hell out of it, and see what it takes to break/crack the screen as well , interested in seeing how durable it is. Update later -
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Very interesting. Couldn't wait to see it and sorry it happened to ya.
Perhaps you can make a step-by-step vid instruction on how to disassembling and reassembling the Amaze as it will be very helpful for others in case they needed it.
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Very interesting. Couldn't wait to see it and sorry it happened to ya.
Perhaps you can make a step-by-step vid instruction on how to disassembling and reassembling the Amaze as it will be very helpful for others in case they needed it.
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agreed, teardown sticky ftw!
phone isn't ruined water does not damage the phone, only if there was chlorine in the water like a pool. Only thing that can get damaged by the water is the LED bulbs and a new LCD display will be needed at most that's worst case scenario. I fix water damaged phones all the time. Stick it in a bowl of dry rise for a few days that some times help.
@ celltimemb. I didnt know bout the LED fix. Good to know. BUT- I didnt drop it in then pull it out. A kiddie put it there and i found it there later. Put the cell on calcium chloride (Damp-rid) I use this to pull moisture out of many things. Didnt help so i figured pay the deductible and play with the remains. --Yeah i'll do a tear-down vid before the screen test. I had it apart already-I will have s/o record me this wknd.
I think you should re-enact the toilet scene too.
Dont forget the last part
"Will it blend?" video
OH SHIZNIT! Now that WOULD be HTC AmAzInG!
I would love to see how easy it is to scratch the screen with a single grain of sand.
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celltimemb said:
phone isn't ruined water does not damage the phone, only if there was chlorine in the water like a pool. Only thing that can get damaged by the water is the LED bulbs and a new LCD display will be needed at most that's worst case scenario. I fix water damaged phones all the time. Stick it in a bowl of dry rise for a few days that some times help.
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Elaborate please ?
I was under the impression youd have to get lucky there wasnt much current going through for the water damage to be survivable. ((i.e if youre in the middle of web surfing when it takes a dip its likely a goner))
I'm curious too. Does it depend on the phone also? I have friends who dropped their *phones in and it wouldn't work anymore. Probably a Apple thing though.
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I'm curious too. Does it depend on the phone also? I have friends who dropped their *phones in and it wouldn't work anymore. Probably a Apple thing though.
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I have (in the past 15 years or so) revive quite a few cell phones after water damage. What I usually do is to remove the battery immediately and start drying the device completely using air conditioner and hair dryer. Corrosion will kill the mainboard so when I have a driver handy, I open up the case and dip it in a bowl of rice, too.
I don't think we can revive batteries after fully soaked in water, though.
The worst case was when my friend went ocean swimming with his iphone in his pocket. We did everything but it didn't come back. But when he replaced his battery a few days later, the phone came back on.
Doing the screen test, any ideas on what to use and ways to scratch it? I have some ideas. I have the shatter/crack test figured out already.
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Doing the screen test, any ideas on what to use and ways to scratch it? I have some ideas. I have the shatter/crack test figured out already.
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other than keys n change you could try rubbing sand between the screen and a credit card.
Any updates on this? Kinda wanted to see how tough the screen is. A tear down guide would probably be useful as well.
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HTC Amaze screen test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uk9-yLxQgA
Was an HTC amaze.. Lol. Kinda surprised how tough the screen is though.
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i'd cry like a little girl....for days.
Excellent video. Thanks for the information.
My daughter god bless her, was playing with my wifes phone taking pictures when as the title suggest she dropped it it in the pool.
I quickly pulled battery and let the heat of the sun dry it out, last night I finally managed to get some rice and let it sit for maybe 9 or so hours.
Powered up just now, camera works but no actual picture is taken, just a blank screen. I had to fix permissions I had a ton of fc errors.
So you think I should open it up and dry it out and maybe spray it down with compressed air?
It still has basic functions working, like phone data ect, just camera seems borked.
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I probably would not use or be very cautious with the compressed air, cause it can easily rip parts off the board.
Just look if there's already a sign of corrosion and try to wipe it off.
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Give it as much time as you can to dry off. Even the memory card. Might want to try to do a full reset and see if that helps.
If you have insurance you might want to look at a few threads here about people being offered the Epic and Original Evo. Don't take anything less than a SGII
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I have a hair dryer so Ill use that.
We are on vacation so Ill have to buy a screwdriver unless the Hotel has a little something available.
Thanks for the detailed links, much appreciated. I too was very surprised it worked, I think my clam shell case helped to keep the water out.
My daughter is happy getting mommy a new phone would have blew it for her getting a phone for back to school.
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Give it as much time as you can to dry off. Even the memory card. Might want to try to do a full reset and see if that helps.
If you have insurance you might want to look at a few threads here about people being offered the Epic and Original Evo. Don't take anything less than a SGII
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Insurance, interesting. I do recall this 5 dollar charge for some type of accident insurance. Phone is only 8-9 months old.
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The problem actually isn't the water usually. It the rust and corroded contacts points left as that water dries. If its been as long as you say be grateful the phone still works at all. Especially the speakers(the water usually kills them on xontact).
With as many hours as you say have passed the damage is done. You need to put it in dry rice or salt or the little sodium pellets IMMEDIATELY
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I don't if the EVO 3D does but other phones have strips inside that change color once it gets wet. So they can tell if the phone has been immersed in water like dropping it in a toilet or pool.
Its usually the first thing they check for under a warranty claim. They check to see if the phone was immersed in water.
Such a thing is usually not covered under warranty.
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If you pay for additional insurance you are covered after a fifty to one hundred dollar deductible. Everything is covered..theft,fire,water damage, etc..
If you are under manufacturer warranty only, then you are screwed they will always send the phone back and cite water damage. They only cover manufacturers defects.
Just popping in here, we would use denatured achohol to clean phones, it will evaporate the water from corroding the contacts.
Watch out if you have cuts on your fingers if you try it.
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Just popping in here, we would use denatured achohol to clean phones, it will evaporate the water from corroding the contacts.
Watch out if you have cuts on your fingers if you try it.
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To add to that, a hair dryer or compressed air might actually push water deeper in or, in the hair dryer's case, melt something.
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also, pushing water into the hairdryer's case will do nothing to the phone.
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It's funny how a missing comma can confuse people . I meant that the hair dryer could melt something. The dryer or compressed air could push water deeper into the phone. I fixed my post to clarify.
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I have not tried this because mercifully I have not dropped phone in the water yet. But years ago when I had instrumentation on high pressure pipelines, sometimes a seal would break and we would wind up with salt water all in the equipment. We would wash it down with distilled water, then to completely evaporate all the water, we would put it in a vacuum chamber. As the air pressure drops, the boiling point of water drops and the water literally boils away. I wonder if one of those space bags you connect to a vacuum cleaner would draw enough to make that work?
Don't know but something to file away for the next water accident.
Scar is right, we used Denatured Alcohol, every time I saw a phone come in with liquid, one of two things happened:
the customer was an ******* so i sent them on their marry little way to Asurion
OR
I took the phone apart, ignored the LDI's, gave that sucker a good alcohol bath, replaced the part malfunctioning like in your case the camera and gave it back to them.
I personally (just me) wouldn't use a blow dryer on anything like this, those parts are sensitive to heat unless you know what you're doing. I'm sure you can find a nice tech and they'll try and fix it for ya or they'll replace it unless you dont have TEP then you're screwed both ways, and for that I'm sorry
Funny I was thinking alcohol as well.
I have the phone apart now, it was super easy and the hotel im in had a nice screw driver set.
I have several sd cards and few new sims i can activate a new one when i get home.
Back in the day when I benched pc's I sprayed the motherboard and gpu with conformal spray ( we have it at work) Wondering if that would stop any corrosion from occurring.
Im not against trying for warranty but its my fault not failure so I would be upfront and see what if anything they would do. I have 3 lines and 7 year customer, maybe that will mean something.
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions, very much appreciated
Sorry to be off topic but it is sorta still on topic.. ill explain...
I got a macbook pro from someone the other day. They spilled milk on it and the keyboard doesnt work. I was gonna get some denatured alcohol and clean it but ive never done it. How would this be done? Do you actually just sit the board in it for a couple hours or do you just wipe it down with something, if so, what? Im also wondering this just in case i need to do this to any other electronic, like my 3d. Thanks for any help guys.
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Sorry to be off topic but it is sorta still on topic.. ill explain...
I got a macbook pro from someone the other day. They spilled milk on it and the keyboard doesnt work. I was gonna get some denatured alcohol and clean it but ive never done it. How would this be done? Do you actually just sit the board in it for a couple hours or do you just wipe it down with something, if so, what? Im also wondering this just in case i need to do this to any other electronic, like my 3d. Thanks for any help guys.
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I use denatured alcohol with qtips or kimwipes which is lint free wipes.if you use qtips make sure you aren't leaving lint behind.also for any litmus papers which have been set off I will tell you bleach works magic
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So to say the least I have beaten this phone pretty hard.. Dropped it more times than any other phone and no cracks just dings but what happened today takes the prize...
So i was in the shower with the phone on the sink counter and my alarm started going off, I heard it going off for maybe a straight minute and then all I heard was bam bam PLUNK. the damn thing vibrated itself off the counter bounced off the toilet paper roll straight into the toilet... Completely emerge the phone was still on, alarm was still going, and everything still works!! (after taking it apart and letting a fan blow on it for a bit)
Never had this happen before but it seems I got lucky!
What kind of craziness has your phones survived? Do share!
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How did you remove the battery cover? I can't seem to get it off.
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I wish the cracks in the lower corner of my screen and unusable capacitive buttons agreed with this post. Eight inch drop, bounced off my shoe and onto concrete.
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g33k3r said:
How did you remove the battery cover? I can't seem to get it off.
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I used a suction cup and pulled the back from the bottom and near the camera and then I stuck a pry tool in between to pop it off
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My wife had hers in a decorative case. It fell out of her pocket,flew out of the case, and broke. Nice crack down the bottom quarter of the screen. You got lucky.
gunnyman said:
My wife had hers in a decorative case. It fell out of her pocket,flew out of the case, and broke. Nice crack down the bottom quarter of the screen. You got lucky.
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wow that sucks!
Luckily ATT is already sending me a phone through warranty for the screen discoloration!
Did you trip the water indicators? I don't even know where they are..
gunnyman said:
Did you trip the water indicators? I don't even know where they are..
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If anyone knows where these are, please do share. I think it'd be pretty helpful.
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The only water indicator i found was in the sim car slot. On the back side not the screen side.
(nothing a little bleach cant take care of :thumbup: )
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Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
sawdey21 said:
Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
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Damn thats a life blower man lol
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sawdey21 said:
Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
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Indeed, mine progressed today to the point the screen does not register any input. I can't wait for my replacement to arrive, my old 3GS is exceptionally painful to use.
I've a chip in the plastic next to the volume rocker, and a small split where the glass casing and sides meet. Fixed by cheap case.
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I love the look of this phone without the case but I guess I'd better put mine back on...I've dropped it a couple times with a case I got from att and haven't had any problems
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MrZim4 said:
I love the look of this phone without the case but I guess I'd better put mine back on...I've dropped it a couple times with a case I got from att and haven't had any problems
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Yeah this phone is big time sleek.. I love it, i ordered the case with the android guy on the back and i never got it =( been like 3 months, by this time you would think theyre walking it to me lmao.. I need to give em a call
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Agree with the others here. The phone is just too damn slick to put a case on, for me at least. I love a naked phone and will take the chance. However I try to be extremely concious and careful when taking it in and out of my pocket. If its not in there then its on my desk nice and flat nowhere near an edge lol.
I'm not gonna push my luck though. Glass back and glass front? I feel like if it hit the ground in any way shape or form its gonna break. Super slick phone but super delicate. However I wouldnt have it any other way.
MrPlNK said:
So to say the least I have beaten this phone pretty hard.. Dropped it more times than any other phone and no cracks just dings but what happened today takes the prize...
So i was in the shower with the phone on the sink counter and my alarm started going off, I heard it going off for maybe a straight minute and then all I heard was bam bam PLUNK. the damn thing vibrated itself off the counter bounced off the toilet paper roll straight into the toilet... Completely emerge the phone was still on, alarm was still going, and everything still works!! (after taking it apart and letting a fan blow on it for a bit)
Never had this happen before but it seems I got lucky!
What kind of craziness has your phones survived? Do share!
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You must have got the Japanese DoCoMo OG.
JK. (That one is waterproof).
Matt James said:
Agree with the others here. The phone is just too damn slick to put a case on, for me at least. I love a naked phone and will take the chance. However I try to be extremely concious and careful when taking it in and out of my pocket. If its not in there then its on my desk nice and flat nowhere near an edge lol.
I'm not gonna push my luck though. Glass back and glass front? I feel like if it hit the ground in any way shape or form its gonna break. Super slick phone but super delicate. However I wouldnt have it any other way.
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The back was really flexible when i tore the phone down.. I wouldnt worry too much bout the back.. Front is a diff issue though. Ive had pretty hard falls and no cracks for me
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The back was really flexible when i tore the phone down.. I wouldnt worry too much bout the back.. Front is a diff issue though. Ive had pretty hard falls and no cracks for me
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I don't consider this good advice. My phone slipped out of my jacket pocket as I was taking it off and it hit the ground with a bottom corner which sent an arched crack up the bottom portion of my phone in the glass. It's not shattered or falling out of the phone, but it's still fragile.
Murasakiii said:
I don't consider this good advice. My phone slipped out of my jacket pocket as I was taking it off and it hit the ground with a bottom corner which sent an arched crack up the bottom portion of my phone in the glass. It's not shattered or falling out of the phone, but it's still fragile.
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Well its still glass.. Itll definitely crack, im judt saying that the back of the phone would be less likely to break than the screen itself IMHO
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