has anyone dropped his Gio in the water? How much did it cost to fix it? Mine got water in the screen...hope is not too bad lol
Hey ,I had this problem some time ago and I suggest you change the phone and battery. Because the water can get into the internals and everything not only damaging the screen.
poccy said:
Hey ,I had this problem some time ago and I suggest you change the phone and battery. Because the water can get into the internals and everything not only damaging the screen.
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did u mean sell it?
how much money that can u get it,
Buying a new phone depends on what you want...
Dont think you can sell parts with water damage?
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well right now i am waiting for the guys to call me and tell me what is damaged on the phone
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hey guys, the history goes like this... a guy is selling a desire at a really low price, is brand new but when you turn it on it jumps to the fastboot screen right away
sooo my question is... could it be a software issue? or maybe the volume keys are messed up?
here is a picuture of it ---> http://s357.photobucket.com/albums/...ire/?action=view¤t=2010-09-11201019.jpg
i havent tested the phone myself, just seen pictures and talked to the owner....
I have a g1 and i have adb and fastboot working on my laptop so, could i root it from there flash a rom and maybe it will fix that? what do you guys think?? any ideas??
This is purely guesswork, but it could be water damaged.
Warranty? If not then buy yourself a can if campressed air and take the phine apart.. not that hard I did it!
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the phone is brand new and it seemw like this guy has a bunch of desires, he says he received this one in a recent batch but this is the only one with a problem... so i dont think it could be water damage, maybe a really hard fall? or shake? cause it look perfect no scratches or scuffs or dents or nothing... weird uh?
I really want to buy it but i dont want to waste my money...
any other ideas? my main question is that if it can be fixed with root and a new rom... maybe?
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Warranty? If not then buy yourself a can if campressed air and take the phine apart.. not that hard I did it!
Xx
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Just out of curiosity... what was the problem with yours and how did you fixed it?? i think that this one might have the back key stucked cuase thats how you go into the bootloader right?? pressing down power and back??
edit: ok, he sold it to another person... i got a mytouch slide for now... thanks for the help anyways
This morning my phone tried to commit suicide jumping in the toilets...
So, (i pass the details on how i put it out of it...) i tried to clean it and dry it whith a "towel dryer", and finally i opened it to dry the motherboard.
After butting pieces together i got the orange led when i charge the phone, but i got a boot loop when i power it on, and it won't even start if its not on charge.
I tried to go to bootloader mode but it's the same, i can barrely see the bootloader menu 1/2 second and then it reboots..
Any idea that could help me ? Thanks in advance
FUBAR - hardware damage. Send it to repair/replacement.
You want to put that next to your face still?
I studied uric acid ( urine ) as part of my degree, bar it being wonderful to look at ... perfect diamond crystals, it kills electrical circuits .
it' the way it "charged".. Ions etc , therefore as said before , if you did turn it on , you would of shorted out the system.
They will have to give you a new phone.. so it could be good news !!
Ok thanks, i will try the rice thing... if its not working i guess i will be stuck with a good old HTC Prophet until the Galaxy nexus is out...
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They will have to give you a new phone.. so it could be good news !!
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I bought my HTC in april 2010, the warrenty is 2 years ? and will it work even with water damage issue ?
tibey said:
Ok thanks, i will try the rice thing... if its not working i guess i will be stuck with a good old HTC Prophet until the Galaxy nexus is out...
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Galaxy Nexus is out here, so may not be long for you?
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Galaxy Nexus is out here, so may not be long for you?
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Not yet in france
Well, my phone stayed on my desktop this week-end, and this morning, it came back from the dead ! ( 4 days after the incident, in your face Jesus ! )
This phone is just legendary
Wow, the phone works after a dive into the peehole... Anyway, although it is still under warranty you can't replace it. They'll see the damage and they will charge you for it. I had mine replaced due to the overheating reboot problem and when i left it to the service they told me if it is damaged by me, either by drop or water i will have to pay.
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I bought my HTC in april 2010, the warrenty is 2 years ? and will it work even with water damage issue ?
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If its like Apple , as the other have said , they will blame you , as you to pay . My work chum shut his phone in the car boot lock last year .. had to get a new screen , they blamed him .. he had to pay 80 quid to get a new screen ... ( the phone worked other wise .. and still does ! ) I have dropped my desire from my loft , it fell down the stairs and hit the front door... still all OK !!
hey guys, i went canoeing today and i didnt notice my girlfriend brought my phone
She flipped the canoe. Sank my phone -.-
Now my screen is unresponsive and blinks. Take it back into sprint, right? well it turns on.. so they would check for other damage to the phone besides water damage right? so theyd turn it on..well thatd be okay, except i have a custom boot animation.. I could simple just odin back to stock but Idk why, perhaps the waterdamage.. but odin wont work, itll recognize it sometimes, and when it does itll just check the MD5..
So i cant odin to stock and they can easily tell its rooted..will they refuse to work on it? or should i perma-brick it or something? any ideas lol.. im stuck without a phone for two weeks either way
hopefully we have ICS source by then =P
Water damage isn't covered by the store as part of regular warranty. You'll have to call the insurance company.
Water damage voids insurance. Report it stolen
Make friends with a tech and have him say that the LCD was just fried lol
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Don't report it stolen. They may require a police report.
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they will take it apart and find the water markings, and corrosion. lost / stolen would get you the same result... file a claim with Asurion if you have TEP. sprint.com/protection. it's a $100.00 deductible.
also, Sprint does not have a policy against rooted devices. it doesn't matter if it is stock or not.
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Water damage voids insurance. Report it stolen
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Just call the insurance company and tell them the truth. You'll have to provide a police report if you report it lost (I believe), and it's a felony to file a false police report.
You don't have to show a police report if it's lost. I know from experience as I did this last month.
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You don't have to show a police report if it's lost. I know from experience as I did this last month.
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It's no different. Water damage gets you the same $100 deductible that a lost phone gets.
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Run over it a few time so and just send them your screen I had a forklift run over mine i sent them just the screen and I got a new phone (HTC evo 3d) but I have a sg2 now
From the 2nd galaxy
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Water damage voids insurance. Report it stolen
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That is one of the main things insurance covers. :banghead:
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Wow u guys dont know **** about the insurance. 1 the tep covers everything even water damage 2 reporting it los/stolen does not require a police report. 3 u mind as well just try and scam them at the store the worse that will happen is they find out about the water damage and notate your account and ull still have to pay the deducable anyway which youll do anyway if u want you phone
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hey guys, i went canoeing today and i didnt notice my girlfriend brought my phone
She flipped the canoe. Sank my phone -.-
Now my screen is unresponsive and blinks. Take it back into sprint, right? well it turns on.. so they would check for other damage to the phone besides water damage right? so theyd turn it on..well thatd be okay, except i have a custom boot animation.. I could simple just odin back to stock but Idk why, perhaps the waterdamage.. but odin wont work, itll recognize it sometimes, and when it does itll just check the MD5..
So i cant odin to stock and they can easily tell its rooted..will they refuse to work on it? or should i perma-brick it or something? any ideas lol.. im stuck without a phone for two weeks either way
hopefully we have ICS source by then =P
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Dump ur girlfriend.
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Rooting is covered as stated by someone else. The other thing you have to take into account, would running stock have kept the phone from being ruined? Would you have been able to restore it any better? No, you didn't kill it by flashing something. If they give pushback print out the memo that's posted and use my reasoning.
Must be that kind of weekend. My phone got submerged in water yesterday but surprisingly when I took the cover off it seemed pretty dry. Shaking the phone I could hear water so I sat it out in the sun for about 45. Slapped the battery back in and here I sit playing with my phone like nothing happened. Who said Samsung build quality sucks?!!!!!!!!!
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I dropped my phone in the toilet before, and sat it in rice for about a day and a half and never had 1 issue. I also re soaked it in clean water.
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Dump ur girlfriend.
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Lol that would have been the first thing i did
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Don't blame dropping your phone in the toilet on your gf
It's my phone...any mis takes...sry
How long have you had your phone? Because I'm pretty sure if it's longer than a month they won't replace it for free. So you have to go through the insurance anyways so it shouldn't matter what u say. But if you just got the phone the only thing that sprint looks at right away is a indicator in on your battery that changes color when water damaged.
So if your within your free replacement period buy a battery take it to sprint and tell them it wont boot. And yes I've taken rooted devices so far as to where the sprint rep got it into CWM mod and didn't say a thing. (prob didn't know what it was)
FYI I was still learning how to root and flash so needless to say, it wasn't the first or last phone I got a phone replaced. And they sent me a free replacement no questions asked. but if you can hard brick that would probably be in your favor. And FYI other than water or intentional damage. Samsung has a year warranty on there phones. I know because we just sent my buddy's et4g for the power button sticking. Reason why I don't usually buy insurance.
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How long have you had your phone? Because I'm pretty sure if it's longer than a month they won't replace it for free. So you have to go through the insurance anyways so it shouldn't matter what u say. But if you just got the phone the only thing that sprint looks at right away is a indicator in on your battery that changes color when water damaged.
So if your within your free replacement period buy a battery take it to sprint and tell them it wont boot. And yes I've taken rooted devices so far as to where the sprint rep got it into CWM mod and didn't say a thing. (prob didn't know what it was)
FYI I was still learning how to root and flash so needless to say, it wasn't the first or last phone I got a phone replaced. And they sent me a free replacement no questions asked. but if you can hard brick that would probably be in your favor. And FYI other than water or intentional damage. Samsung has a year warranty on there phones. I know because we just sent my buddy's et4g for the power button sticking. Reason why I don't usually buy insurance.
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Even if it is less than a month, if it goes for a swim, they won't replace it in store, simple as that.
So a cracked the glass and took the small chance i could fix my GSM Nexus.
WRONG
I broke the LCD and now im stuck with a non functioning mobile.
DO I.
Replace the Screen and LCD for around £150
Do i send it off to Samsung for a repair?
Do i bite the bullet and get a nexus 4 and sell mine as spares or repair?
Thanks
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if you have warranty sent it to sammy... if you dont then
a. if you are tired of this phone, get the n4 and sell it(but i dont think you will get much if you sell it damaged)
b. if you dont mind using this phone, get it fixed and keep it
PS- this thread should be posted in the Q&A section :good:
More than anything i just feel gutted about damaging my phone....
Spending £150+ on getting it repaired seems silly considering a new phone is £240..
DO NOT replace cracked glass screen unless you have the LCD also.. You will not be able to do it!
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More than anything i just feel gutted about damaging my phone....
Spending £150+ on getting it repaired seems silly considering a new phone is £240..
DO NOT replace cracked glass screen unless you have the LCD also.. You will not be able to do it!
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New phone for sure. you havea great excuse to try out the latest and greatest hardware!
I just want to ask before i do it but like a noob i flashed something i wasnt suppose to and the op said clearly it probaly will brick your phone but like a noob i did it anyway(cant believe i did it argghh) this is my first hardbrick ever but instead of jtagging it i want to just replace the motherboard. i was thinking of buying another s3 with a cracked screen off ebay they are running up to like 25 bucks a lot cheaper. what i want to know first is will a cracked screen effect the motherboard in anyway or just the screen and is it hard to take apart the s3? thanks
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I just want to ask before i do it but like a noob i flashed something i wasnt suppose to and the op said clearly it probaly will brick your phone but like a noob i did it anyway(cant believe i did it argghh) this is my first hardbrick ever but instead of jtagging it i want to just replace the motherboard. i was thinking of buying another s3 with a cracked screen off ebay they are running up to like 25 bucks a lot cheaper. what i want to know first is will a cracked screen effect the motherboard in anyway or just the screen and is it hard to take apart the s3? thanks
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Hmmm that should work if its a T999, were did you get parts (cracked phone) cauz that is really cheap...?
One thing to consider is if it has a cracked screen, it obviously suffered an impact. Possible it couldve damaged something internally as well.
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i have a sgs3 t999 also hard brick jtag here in mexico didnt work so i think only solucion right now is to swapp the mobo ..where did u find that cracked phone so cheap ??? i look one mobo on ebay is 160 $ .. just make sure ESN is clean..:good: