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Like the stupid idiot I am, I took my phone for a swim while it quietly rested in my pocket. It's been in my pocket for about 5 minutes until I had noticed. I quickly jumped out, tried to turn it on, but it didn't want to. I took it to my house and took out the battery, the sd card, and the sim card for it to dry as well. However, I heard that if you put in your charger, it messed up everything? If it does, I'm so done for. My warranty doesn't cover water damages. Other than letting the phone and battery dry out in the sun, is there any more advice I should follow? It won't turn on at all. When I take out the back cover, I do see some water drops INSIDE the phone, and I can't get that to dry at all.
Put it in rice?
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Put it in rice?
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I was told that method doesn't work and it's risky
EDIT: I guess I'll give it a try.
5 minutes is way too long for it to work. I lost a phone least year in less than 30 seconds in the pool. Sorry but i truly think you need to figure out how to get a new phone.
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I'd say it may work but it may take a while. A couple years ago I accidentally took my phone swimming with me. It was in a while, too. Probably 10-15 minutes. It wouldn't work. Dried. It wouldn't work. For some random reason, months later I tried firing it up. It worked. It's now been donated to the kids to play around with. When it decided to start working again, I'm not positive, but it's still working 2 years later.
For those wondering, it was... I believe.. a Motorolla Krazr. Not exactly a smart phone, though. Best of luck.
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5 minutes is way too long for it to work. I lost a phone least year in less than 30 seconds in the pool. Sorry but i truly think you need to figure out how to get a new phone.
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Yeah when phone is on/ battery in it and water hits it for more the 20sec ur screwed. I dropped my tbolt in sink immediately pulled battery and stuck in rice after a couple hrs It worked.
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Took mine swimming 3 weeks after i got it and didn't have insurance. For whatever reason it didn't carry over from my dinc. After a few days in the sun and a few days in rice I was able to boot it up just long enough to unroot.
Went *****in at vzw store that my insurance should have been on my account. They treated it as a manufacture warranty, I forked over the 90 bucks like it was an insurance claim and walked out the store with a brand new bolt.
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Just toss the phone and claim it lost.
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Just toss the phone and claim it lost.
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I think my warranty covers only hardware or software problems.
If I send it in and lie that it's either one of those, aren't I done for? I'm continuing you dry it, however, it's rooted. If they manage to get it on, aren't I screwed?
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I think my warranty covers only hardware or software problems.
If I send it in and lie that it's either one of those, aren't I done for? I'm continuing you dry it, however, it's rooted. If they manage to get it on, aren't I screwed?
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Just to double check, you aren't paying for insurance are you?
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Whatever you do don't plug it in. Let it thoroughly dry out for at least a couple days, possibly using the rice method or placing it near a household item used to remove moisture from the air (sodium hydroxide if you have it). After a good few days try powering it on with just the battery.
It could also help to put a fan by it.
This worked with my friends iphone.
Note: anything you do is at your own risk.
Let it dry. My son went swimming with his nexus one and didn't notice until an hour later. We pulled the battery, used a vacuum to suck out any water and let it sit in a bowl of rice for 3 days. After turning it on it would not hold a charge. Replaced the battery and bingo good as new.
Your phone will mosf likely short circuit and kill power immediately when water hits it. This why you should not try to turn it on until you are certain it is dry.
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Time to get a new phone.
Did both of the things you told me not to do: tired to turn it on when it was wet and put it in the charger when it was SLIGHTLY wet, it was before i put it in rice.
Still gonna keep it in the rice and pray tho.
yeah, you did about everything you shouldn't do with wet electronics.
My wife washed my phone a few years ago in the washing machine. Pulled the battery, put everything in a bag of rice for a week. Charged it up and it came back to life. Screen was a little off for a while, but over time it came back to normal.
I've read you can also put it in the oven on warm for a couple of hours.
I put my old Motorola Q in the oven after my mom made a Turkey and it was cooling down... worked like a charm after
Edit: I wouldn't recommend it unless your careful
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My wife dropped her Samsung i730 in her glass of ice tea. It was only in there for a few seconds, but it was long enough. I dried it out the best I could, and put it in a bag of rice for 3 days. After the 3 days, it fired right up! I had to take a toothbrush and a little water to un-stick the buttons, but we used it for another year.
I was separating all of my old cell phones a few weeks ago to donate, and I came across my i730. I plugged it in, and it still works!
Give it time, you may be surprised that it will be ok.
Rob
On another note,
I fried my TB a month after I got it. Swimming as well. Tried drying it fast, vacuum and heat. Let sit for few hours and my patience ran out. Turned it on, and a sizzling sound came from the phone. Yup, bad news. I had insurance though so I shelled out the $100 for a replacement and chalked it up as a lesson learned.
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Missing out on RC4.. I guess it's a lesson learned for me as well
I just found out if you remove the battery door you get no service or data since the antenna connectors are on the battery door itself, this is lame! what if the door becomes loose over time, i wouldnt think they would do such thing.. The second i pop off the bottom part, data is gone, and once top doesnt touch the service is gone.
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I just found out if you remove the battery door you get no service or data since the antenna connectors are on the battery door itself, this is lame! what if the door becomes loose over time, i wouldnt think they would do such thing.. The second i pop off the bottom part, data is gone, and once top doesnt touch the service is gone.
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Thunderbolt was same way and my signal is still going strong.
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So that's what all that stuff is inside the back. That's pretty interesting, I just tried it and my data connection from 4G to 3G and from 2 bars to none.
yep it sucks in the way incase you do anything for example get different types of batteries or doors might have trouble with them.
If you get oversized batteries, then you get the oversized doors. Easy enough. I also have a Thunderbolt with the same type of door and never had a problem with it. More nitpicking.
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Yeah Idk why people are complaining about this. Don't run around with your back cover off like an idiot and you won't have problems lol. I don't see this as being an issue for any of us.
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jayochs said:
Yeah Idk why people are complaining about this. Don't run around with your back cover off like an idiot and you won't have problems lol. I don't see this as being an issue for any of us.
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Agreed, I think it's actually a pretty clever way to place the antenna.
as far as the "coming loose" bit goes, I had that happen to my Thunderbolt. What I did was used needle nose pliers to bend each contact slightly + used "spark plug grease" from Napa Auto Parts to ensure they'd keep a good solid connection. Actually, I noticed it improved my signal afterwards.
yep i mean for times if the phone freezes or you need to do a battery pull, you take the cover off and eventually the battery cover becomes less resistant as it originally was. So far i havent had any issues to do a battery pull on the rezound but who knows
If it comes loose, warranty replacement overnight costs you nothing. Or, do voxigenboy said if you don't want to call Verizon.
this would be problematic if say... someone drops their phone during a ride, and they weren't able to find the battery cover. For most other phones it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but this case would leave you with a paperweight till you can get a new battery door
KrisPeezy said:
this would be problematic if say... someone drops their phone during a ride, and they weren't able to find the battery cover. For most other phones it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but this case would leave you with a paperweight till you can get a new battery door
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What if we don't worry about this issue until it actually happens? Or keep the phone in a case or something.
lol i like the "lets just not bring it up till something happens." Seems like one of those oh the third wheel is missing but dont worry untill the car tilts over haha. But also for the person who said overnight is free... no its not they dont free overnight warrenty replacement anymore, they charge you for it! if you want free now you need to wait 3-5 business days.
The battery door hold's the Antenna's for LTE and EVDO for rx diversity. The CDMA 1xRTT voice antenna is located elsewhere..
They don't free overnight? Sure they do. Every replacement I get for my customers comes free overnight the next day.
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lol then i guess its different on the east coast, im in CA we have a verizon store down here as well, for the past 3-4 months all our customers complain about it too, even the corporate stores tell us when we go in, overnight isnt free anymore. Also i dont know about it being just the EVDO and LTE but when my door is off, my phone says no service period. No bard No data no nothing lol.
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yep i mean for times if the phone freezes or you need to do a battery pull, you take the cover off and eventually the battery cover becomes less resistant as it originally was. So far i havent had any issues to do a battery pull on the rezound but who knows
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I switch batteries on my thunderbolt at least 3 times a day for the last 6 months and have had no problems with the back not going back on. You are making this an issue when it is not.
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The battery door hold's the Antenna's for LTE and EVDO for rx diversity. The CDMA 1xRTT voice antenna is located elsewhere..
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is this the same as the thunderbolt with 2 radios? I hadn't heard either way. The thunderbolt was the only phone that had that.
most 4g phones in this form factor are going to use antenas that are in the back cover... And if you drop your phone and the battery cover goes flying, then shame on you for not having some sort of case on the phone...
And yes, the TB is the same way.
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lol i like the "lets just not bring it up till something happens." Seems like one of those oh the third wheel is missing but dont worry untill the car tilts over haha. But also for the person who said overnight is free... no its not they dont free overnight warrenty replacement anymore, they charge you for it! if you want free now you need to wait 3-5 business days.
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They literally just warranty replaced my X2 last weekend and shipped it to me Via FedEx on a SATURDAY for free. So, yes they do still do it. You just have to know what you are talking about, or have a good rep apparently.
From Saturday morning. And I shipped the phone right back out to the MIUI Developer in the X2 forum Monday morning and it made it to his house Tuesday https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-...hLUC_jspRXg/s1440/2011-11-12_17-03-17_988.jpg
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They don't free overnight? Sure they do. Every replacement I get for my customers comes free overnight the next day.
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yep, the guy has no idea what he is talking about, lol.
Watching the michigan illinois game in the background like a boss.
Had a small amount of juice spilled onto my Atrix.. won't boot anymore, just get the solid green light any nothing further..
Tried battery out many times obviously, trying to let it sit in the sun to dry.. no SIM, even no battery and on A/C to no avail..
Any ideas?
Had a spill on mine before. For future reference immediately remove battery sim and sd and toss it in some rice. Leave it for a long while mine worked fine after at first it was convinced it had headphones in had to had to jam a qtip with rubbing alcohol got it cleaned up works good as new
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Thanks - how long is a long while? I've left it for 1.5hrs this time round. Does it "reset" any of the moisture timers if you attempt to boot it?
I've tried leaving it for 10-20 mins at a time before checking.. as I say though this time I've left it for 1.5hrs so far. There was barely any juice inside the handset and I opened it up immediately.. no rice though..
It can take a day or two to completely dry and function normally.
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Well, after 24 hours my Atrix would still not boot. The moisture stickers were still normal, and aesthetically it is still in mint condition.
I took it into my carrier this morning, and they had a look and the "engineer" said the motherboard must be faulty, and replaced it on the spot..!
I am not back on Froyo, applying the 2.3 OTA.. time to unlock/ROM when I get home.
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Well, after 24 hours my Atrix would still not boot. The moisture stickers were still normal, and aesthetically it is still in mint condition.
I took it into my carrier this morning, and they had a look and the "engineer" said the motherboard must be faulty, and replaced it on the spot..!
I am not back on Froyo, applying the 2.3 OTA.. time to unlock/ROM when I get home.
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Good that you got a replacement. Note that liquids in electronics can take a LONG time to dry. I washed an iPod Nano once and stuck it in a bag of rice to dry. I tried turning it on every day and after day 6 it finally worked.
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Note that liquids in electronics can take a LONG time to dry.
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Yeah, I mean I figured I was just going to send it for warranty (and hope), given the situation.. but a replacement well, can't complain.
It was under 3 months old, there was some sort of special warranty period under 3 months on the form, and plus as I say there was no visible damage on it so perhaps that is why they just replaced it.
My Atrix 4g thinks it has headphones after a juice spill...
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Had a spill on mine before. For future reference immediately remove battery sim and sd and toss it in some rice. Leave it for a long while mine worked fine after at first it was convinced it had headphones in had to had to jam a qtip with rubbing alcohol got it cleaned up works good as new
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Hi freshbakd,
I had a Mango juice (natural one) spill into my Atrix 4G and the Mobile is working good but as yours, it thinks it has the headphones plugged in :S. Could you describe how did you clean it, where did you insert the qtip and what kind of qtip (by the way, what is a qtip? ).
Thanks!
Short Version:
So here I am with a i9100 drowned in wash tub for almost 5 mins. Now trying to dry it up. Don't know what will happen. Will keep you guys posted.
Long Version:
Just came out shower and kept my phone in pants. Went for packing bag as I had to travel today. Wore my jeans and kept that pant away with the phone in it. Left to another room for packing. After coming back the pant had vanished. Enquired about the pant to my mom and she told the she soaked the pant in wash tub. It was like 5 mins. Rushed to the wash tub and removed the phone, removed battery and shook off and removed a lot of water. Now the phone is lying in pieces and kept under 60W bulb. Lets see will dry this thing up for 16 hrs and then insert the battery.
Guys your tips and comments will be really helpful for resurrecting the i9100.
Leave for a week in a container of rice.If that doesnt cure it,claim off of house insurance.......or sue your mother.
Rice is best for drying the phone completely. It just soaks up all the moisture.
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wow, nice to know the rice trick... thanks!
@TS: best wishes for your sgs2..
don't put in anything. Just let it dry the normal way.
Wish I knew this trick few years ago. Had similar situation with my eeepc but it was a diet soda that was poured on it. I waited whole week before turning it back on after cleaning it. Good thing though: no sugar=no stickiness...
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drraptor said:
don't put in anything. Just let it dry the normal way.
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Rice methord actually works and there is no harm from it as far as I know. To OP don't put the battery in till its fully dry
UPDATE 1:
The battery is having a soap like corrosion on the extreme right pin. I think the battery is short circuited. Maybe i will have to check a new battery at a local retailer to just test whether the phone is alive or dead. BTW 20 hours of phone warming (under a 60W bulb) completed. Phone is pretty warm and I dont think insides must be wet now. Also the phone seems to be much shinier than before
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The battery is having a soap like corrosion on the extreme right pin. I think the battery is short circuited. Maybe i will have to check a new battery at a local retailer to just test whether the phone is alive or dead. BTW 20 hours of phone warming (under a 60W bulb) completed. Phone is pretty warm and I dont think insides must be wet now. Also the phone seems to be much shinier than before
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Don't put that battery, you will melt your phone.
Buy a new battery.
Don't try to turn your phone on again, wait atleast 3 days, put it inside a package of rice and just wait. also dont forget to close the bag.
And most inportant of um all....don't forget to tell youre mother that the sgs2 is in the rice bag or else she will start cooking rice....with youre sgs2 maybe at the bottom of the cooking pan:crying:
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And most inportant of um all....don't forget to tell youre mother that the sgs2 is in the rice bag or else she will start cooking rice....with youre sgs2 maybe at the bottom of the cooking pan:crying:
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rofl
Lolzzzzzzz....
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Good naughty reply
+1 for the joke
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UPDATE FINAL:
So put in my battery today and the phone refused to show any sign of life. Ultimately took my phone to service centre. They opened up the phone and inspected it. The inspection revealed that:
1. The mainboard is dead
2. The digitizer connector adapter is damaged. Still further if the phone boots up further damage could be assessed.
The cost for the repairs were claimed as INR 15000 ($285) which is way too costly. Maybe I will have to give my phone. Hmmm I am thinking to buy a Galaxy Nexus now. I cant afford an S2 again now nor a repaired S2. It feels really sad to loose my beloved phone.
Miracle Update:
Was missing my phone today so thought should start up my phone. And miracle happened. The phone booted up after attaching the charger. Awesome stuff. Samsung rocks in terms of hardware. Now only two things are not working blue tooth and the phone is not getting via charger. And some stains are found on inner glass of back camera lens. Rest each and everything rocks! I am really happy with build quality.
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ashzoomerintrack said:
Miracle Update:
Was missing my phone today so thought should start up my phone. And miracle happened. The phone booted up after attaching the charger. Awesome stuff. Samsung rocks in terms of hardware. Now only two things are not working blue tooth and the phone is not getting via charger. And some stains are found on inner glass of back camera lens. Rest each and everything rocks! I am really happy with build quality.
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Good to hear that. :thumbup:
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Just list it on eBay as a "nice clean phone".
Keep the phone in rice for a few more days. Absorbs moisture.
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Keep the phone in rice for a few more days. Absorbs moisture.
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Hmmm. Will be doing that. :thumbup:
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Just list it on eBay as a "nice clean phone".
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LOL
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I am extremely astonished by the way people here support each other, anyway kudos to you all, xda rock's.
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I thank those who give helpful comments
Following the topic opened for the device twisting in pocket (again, apologies for being a di*k on it), I discovered this other problem.
My back cover is not being completely shut.
I have a .5mm gap between the white border and the white back cover on the bottom right corner (looking from the back), just were the vibration motor is.
I'm even sure that this problem is related to another annoying thing for me, which is that the vibration is way too noisy (holding the corner pushed in makes the vibration smoother).
I submerged the phone in hot and cold water several times when I discovered this thing, but no problems whatsoever.
I tried to heat the back with an hairdryer and clamping it for the night, but eventually it lifts back up.
Oh, and I literally burned the white bezel a little (just a tiny little, but that got me really MAD), so be careful with the hairdryer in case you got the same issue.
I will post some pictures when I get hold of a decent camera.
Did some of you notice something like this?
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Not really but comming from the note 2 the vibration alarm feels much smoother soo i think ypu could have a bad glueing spot. I believe there is npthing you can do about it but claim a warranty your own repair tries will make it just worse. If you can't get it repaired under warranty wait for ifixit and look if they publish a repair guide with reapplying of the glue (highly doubt it though)
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Following the topic opened for the device twisting in pocket (again, apologies for being a di*k on it), I discovered this other problem.
My back cover is not being completely shut.
I have a .5mm gap between the white border and the white back cover on the bottom right corner (looking from the back), just were the vibration motor is.
I'm even sure that this problem is related to another annoying thing for me, which is that the vibration is way too noisy (holding the corner pushed in makes the vibration smoother).
I submerged the phone in hot and cold water several times when I discovered this thing, but no problems whatsoever.
I tried to heat the back with an hairdryer and clamping it for the night, but eventually it lifts back up.
Oh, and I literally burned the white bezel a little (just a tiny little, but that got me really MAD), so be careful with the hairdryer in case you got the same issue.
I will post some pictures when I get hold of a decent camera.
Did some of you notice something like this?
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Mate, I'd send that in for warranty, that is not normal. Mine is always kept in my pocket and I've sat on it a few times and it's still fine.
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Mate, I'd send that in for warranty, that is not normal. Mine is always kept in my pocket and I've sat on it a few times and it's still fine.
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Yeah that was my first thought, but tomorrow I will check first if it's a repair that could be done without leaving the device in for a week or worse.
I don't want to use an old phone for a week, no way.
Not just for a glue thing that can be fixed in like 5 minutes anyway.
From the other thread I posted:
I kept the phone warm for a bit and then I clamped it for 2 hours, it was fine for half an hour maybe, and then the back plate started to lift up again, obviously influencing the vibration as well.
I'm so pissed as I'm realising that I will have to go for warranty one day.
And by that I mean going through the whole "I bought the phone in the UK but you know that Sony covers warranty damages anyway in any EU country if you bought it from one" process.
I guess they'll definitely will oppose some resistance at first.
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Is this back cover problem before or after the twisting experiment you tried?
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Is this back cover problem before or after the twisting experiment you tried?
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It happened way before, because the vibration was always strange...
Anyway, I sent it in for warranty, as yesterday I turned it off and it stayed in boot loops ever since.
I guess SetCPU had something to do with it, as I set it to 300mhz when the screen went off, and I suspect the phone didn't have the power it needed to turn back on.
I tried with every program I have (PCC, Sony Bridge, SUS), everything went fine repairing it, but no luck.
Now I'll have to wait more than a month (that's what they said, unfortunately) and I'll have to live with an LG 2X until then crying::crying.
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Now I'll have to wait more than a month (that's what they said, unfortunately) and I'll have to live with an LG 2X until then crying::crying.
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Oh! Poor soul But a month? Where do you live?
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Oh! Poor soul But a month? Where do you live?
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I live in Verona, Italy, and the repair centre is in Milan, like 100 miles from here.
Still, I don't know why the hell they take all that time.
In fact, I will call Sony again tomorrow complaining A LOT about this.
It's unbearable that in 2013, when I send a package via UPS from Italy to US in 1 (ONE) day, a cell phone repair (in which they will probably just replace the whole device) takes A MONTH.
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I live in Verona, Italy, and the repair centre is in Milan, like 100 miles from here.
Still, I don't know why the hell they take all that time.
In fact, I will call Sony again tomorrow complaining A LOT about this.
It's unbearable that in 2013, when I send a package via UPS from Italy to US in 1 (ONE) day, a cell phone repair (in which they will probably just replace the whole device) takes A MONTH.
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That's bonkers! With any luck they just say a month as the longest it could be, but will returned sooner. Month is just crazy.
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Yeah, they replaced mine in 3 days!
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That's bonkers! With any luck they just say a month as the longest it could be, but will returned sooner. Month is just crazy.
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Let's hope so, but I'm not that confident, I'm in Italy, not in the UK... things go slooooooow here.
Or better yet, why just not give me a (paid) option to just get it repaired in a week? I paid premium price for the device, I don't care for another 50 £/$/€, I just want it back.
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Yeah, they replaced mine in 3 days!
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What did your device have to get it replaced?
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What did your device have to get it replaced?
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It went dead while I was chatting on WhatsApp.
Hard reset, fastboot, nothing worked.
45K premium paperweight !
Maybe it didn't like the girl ? :silly: