Hello, i had to jump in the pool because my son was struggling in the water. Forgot my phone was in my pocket.
I tried it out by taking the battery cover off, leaving it in rice for a day and a half, etc. I thought it was totally fine, because it powered up Monday around 7am, and it was fine. Well, it went through some boot loop stuff, but then I went to CWM recovery, reset phone from there, and it was good.
Then, around 4:30pm, after I had it plugged in charging for about 40 min, don't know if that's significant because I had charged it earlier the same day w/o problems.
Anyways, around 4:30pm, I went to silence my phone, and it just shut off. And wouldn't restart. Battery Pulls, nothing. Won't even charge.
AGH! what should I do?
I don't want to pay the $100 deductible through Verizon, especially since I am getting the gsIII next week. However, I wanted to keep this phone around, use it occasionally, let my kids game on it, etc.
Should I try opening it up? Like, get those fancy screw drivers and remove screws and open it up? What could have happened? is this repairable? I am wondering if there was water that hadn't quite disappeared in the phone, and it shorted out (insert technical term here) or something.
it's sitting in rice now...
Okay, let me know, thanks, guys!
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Hello, i had to jump in the pool because my son was struggling in the water. Forgot my phone was in my pocket.
I tried it out by taking the battery cover off, leaving it in rice for a day and a half, etc. I thought it was totally fine, because it powered up Monday around 7am, and it was fine. Well, it went through some boot loop stuff, but then I went to CWM recovery, reset phone from there, and it was good.
Then, around 4:30pm, after I had it plugged in charging for about 40 min, don't know if that's significant because I had charged it earlier the same day w/o problems.
Anyways, around 4:30pm, I went to silence my phone, and it just shut off. And wouldn't restart. Battery Pulls, nothing. Won't even charge.
AGH! what should I do?
I don't want to pay the $100 deductible through Verizon, especially since I am getting the gsIII next week. However, I wanted to keep this phone around, use it occasionally, let my kids game on it, etc.
Should I try opening it up? Like, get those fancy screw drivers and remove screws and open it up? What could have happened? is this repairable? I am wondering if there was water that hadn't quite disappeared in the phone, and it shorted out (insert technical term here) or something.
it's sitting in rice now...
Okay, let me know, thanks, guys!
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Well first question is.
Is your contract nearly up and would be be planning to get a new phone???
I think personally, u should go on eBay and just buy another Android Phone.(Nexus, Another Dinc, Etc)
Or just get the Dinc 4G LTE.
Trust me it's not worth fixing a water damaged device. The problem always returns in the future.
You may have damaged it, by turning it on and also charging it, while there was still water inside. You should have let it sit in rice for at least 3 days, preferably 5, before even attempting to turn it back on. But that is the past, and you can't go back (now you know for the future).
It might be worth trying to take it as apart as you can (maybe opening it if you can easily do it, if not just battery and cover) and puting it back in rice for a few days and then trying again. If something was damaged, it probably would be impossible or not worth it to repair.
You have to decide if you wanna pay the $100 to replace. $100 for a new, working phone is not that expensive. That way you got something to play the occasional game on, let your kids play with it, use it as an mp3 player or whatever, and even have a backup phone. If I were you I would replace it for the $100 (if i had the $100 to spare!) because it's always good to have a backup phone.
yes, in hindsight, i should have waited some more.
ugh. yeah, $100 in the end is not too too much... but i just spend $250 on the galaxy s III, but i don't know if spending $100 on my old phone is worth it.
i figure that it's kaput anyways, so there's no harm in removing the "void" sticker, right?
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yes, in hindsight, i should have waited some more.
ugh. yeah, $100 in the end is not too too much... but i just spend $250 on the galaxy s III, but i don't know if spending $100 on my old phone is worth it.
i figure that it's kaput anyways, so there's no harm in removing the "void" sticker, right?
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heh well warranty doesnt cover water damages right? as long as the water indicators are changed, probably fine doing it
It could be a bad battery
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It could be a bad battery
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thats what i was thinking
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thats what i was thinking
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i wish, but i have tried several batteries, and none work. also, it won't even turn the indicator light on when plugged in.
thanks for the recommendation, i held off from opening it and just have let it sit in rice the past few days. i guess i'll try it out today, but i don't have much hope in it working. we'll see, though!~ there's a phone fix it store that has a machine that uses a liquid that removes most of the corrosion. only thing is that it's $100 to fix, if it doesn't work, it's like $50 for labor. and my deductible is $100.
maybe if it doesn't work... i can try and remove the corrosion by myself?
this may be a stupid question... but i know that wd-40 removes rust. bad idea to try and use small amounts on the corroded parts, if i can find them?
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i wish, but i have tried several batteries, and none work. also, it won't even turn the indicator light on when plugged in.
thanks for the recommendation, i held off from opening it and just have let it sit in rice the past few days. i guess i'll try it out today, but i don't have much hope in it working. we'll see, though!~ there's a phone fix it store that has a machine that uses a liquid that removes most of the corrosion. only thing is that it's $100 to fix, if it doesn't work, it's like $50 for labor. and my deductible is $100.
maybe if it doesn't work... i can try and remove the corrosion by myself?
this may be a stupid question... but i know that wd-40 removes rust. bad idea to try and use small amounts on the corroded parts, if i can find them?
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hmm dude i wouldn't expect to find much corrosion in there it's not like it's been waterlogged for weeks. What's more likely is some chip or circuit fried, which would either be unfixable or hard to replace.
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Okay so my daughter grabbed my phone and threw it in the toilet. I had an Otter Box on it and it boots up fine and goes to sense. It's rooted. The problem is when it loads up sense it automatically loads up Car Home. I can close that and everything seems to work fine. Whem I power down the device I click "Power Down" and it shuts off and automatically reboots. I cant get it to just power down and stay off. Can somebody please help me?
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Okay so my daughter grabbed my phone and threw it in the toilet. I had an Otter Box on it and it boots up fine and goes to sense. It's rooted. The problem is when it loads up sense it automatically loads up Car Home. I can close that and everything seems to work fine. Whem I power down the device I click "Power Down" and it shuts off and automatically reboots. I cant get it to just power down and stay off. Can somebody please help me?
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Yikes thats no good. I would immediately take the battery out. Put the phone in a ziploc bag with dry white rice. Leave it in there for a day or so, I would say. The rice will absorb some moisture. You want to get it dried out as much sa possible before you try powering it on again. You'r sd card might have been damaged too. If the phone still doesn't work right after thoroughly drying it out, you may be SOL. The water damage indicators are now activated, and the warranty will be voided. If you have insurance, it will cost you a hundred bucks, for the deductible.
The most important thing now is to stop trying to power it on until the phone is dried out. Things will short out.
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Yikes thats no good. I would immediately take the battery out. Put the phone in a ziploc bag with dry white rice. Leave it in there for a day or so, I would say. The rice will absorb some moisture. You want to get it dried out as much sa possible before you try powering it on again. You'r sd card might have been damaged too. If the phone still doesn't work right after thoroughly drying it out, you may be SOL. The water damage indicators are now activated, and the warranty will be voided. If you have insurance, it will cost you a hundred bucks, for the deductible.
The most important thing now is to stop trying to power it on until the phone is dried out. Things will short out.
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Alright well I dont have rice. And my girlfriend has the car. I will try to go to the sprint store and see what I can do about replacing it. I need my EVO!! Oh and the cameras dont work now either. FML. I just got this phone about 3 weeks ago.
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Alright well I dont have rice. And my girlfriend has the car. I will try to go to the sprint store and see what I can do about replacing it. I need my EVO!!
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Yea, i hear ya. Who wants to keep their evo in a bag of rice overnight?! Just a warning though. There is a water damage indicator strip on the phone and the battery. That changes color when it gets wet, and thus that voids the warranty. I wouldn't expect Sprint to replace it for you, unless you have insurance, but then it'll cost a 100 dollar deductible. Good luck man, hopefully your sprint store has some cool employees.
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Alright well I dont have rice. And my girlfriend has the car. I will try to go to the sprint store and see what I can do about replacing it. I need my EVO!! Oh and the cameras dont work now either. FML. I just got this phone about 3 weeks ago.
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like kbuckly says.
and if you take it in rooted, they may not honor the warr, as well as the water indicator. eeek. seriously, try the rice trick. ive saved several of my daughters phones that way (I also dont buy her nice phones anymore. )
Yeah, Sprint will still look at it to determine if water damage was indeed the result of the phone acting up, even if the water markers show water contact. IF you can find rice, try that. If not, let it dry and / or take it in and hope for the best. Sorry to hear about it.
Number one rule when your phone gets wet: DO NOT TRY TO TURN IT ON!!! There is obviously water inside the phone. If you try to turn it on when its still wet, you will fry the boards. You needed to COMPLETELY dry the phone for at least 2 days, if not more, then try it.
Unfortunately since you tried to turn it on, you probably fried something on the board. Unless you have insurance, sprint wont fix a water damaged phone. And yes, they can tell it was water damaged.
Well It was on when she dropped it in the toilet So that alone probably fried it... so far everything has worked on it except the cameras and the fact that it reboots rather than shutting down.. Im not sure if I have insurance or not I have to check. But I dont want this phone if I can't use one of it's key features, It's camera's. I also don't want a phone that wont turn off. How much would it cost me to just buy another one out rite from the store without a contract, Because I already have a contract.
This really sucks because I just bought the thing like I said three weeks ago. And now it's ruined. Anyways I just have to accept it hang my head. Thanks for the advice but Im pretty sure there is no salvation for this phone. Which is sad because It was my buddy. Went everywhere with me. Now it's just spare parts. Poor Evo. RIP
I found out that I have to file a claim affidavit and include a copy of my ID and fax it to "phoneclaim". What a bunch of B.S. I dont see why they make you go through so much **** just to use a service that YOU pay for. It's so ridiculous. FML
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I found out that I have to file a claim affidavit and include a copy of my ID and fax it to "phoneclaim". What a bunch of B.S. I dont see why they make you go through so much **** just to use a service that YOU pay for. It's so ridiculous. FML
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Yea, water damage sucks man. Not a lot you can do. You may find a reasonably priced Evo in your area on craigslist perhaps.
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Yea, water damage sucks man. Not a lot you can do. You may find a reasonably priced Evo in your area on craigslist perhaps.
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yea, they are actually cheap, if you can be patient. I got a used one little less than a month ago (got it used instead of new for a very specific reason), paid 225 for it. if you can wait 'til the end of the month, lots of people that need cash for rent will be getting rid of them. (just be carefull about ESN, of course)
Im just gonna see how the Claim works out for me. need my Evo Back :'(
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I found out that I have to file a claim affidavit and include a copy of my ID and fax it to "phoneclaim". What a bunch of B.S. I dont see why they make you go through so much **** just to use a service that YOU pay for. It's so ridiculous. FML
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I had to do the same thing. It took me a week and a half to get a replacement for a line on my account.
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My wife dropped my galaxy nexus in a bucket of water. So I pulled out the battery and they both sat for about 20 minutes separate, then I powered it back and it gives the usual screen of "I just got dunked!" and isn't working correctly.
Apparently, Verizon never added insurance to my phone when I signed up for it when I got it.
Thoughts on what to do???
How long ago did you buy the phone because you still might have time to buy a warrenty.. put your phone in rice for 24 hours.. not sure if it should be cooked or not so Google it... I'm sorry for your lose and everyone here at XDA forums wish you the best of luck.. the galaxy nexus is a fighter!
Remove the battery and store the phone in a container with lots of rice for a few days. It is a long shot but I have saved a few devices in this manner. The damage may already be done since you tried to power it on.
Something else to do is rinse the phone thoroughly with distilled water before putting it in the rice. This may get rid of any residue left over from the water in the bucket.
Claim on the house insurance? Ive never made a claim before but thats what its there for.
You should put your phone in a convection oven at 50-60 degrees centigrade for like 24 hours.
The battery should NOT be put in there!
One should never try to power it back on after 20 minutes.
This won't help you now, but as others said, after dropping into water DO NOT turn the phone on without letting it sit in a bag of rice for two days MINIMUM>
Wow, sorry about that. You did the right thing by pulling the battery. I really don't understand why you powered it up so soon though, did you think it would dry out in 20 minutes?
Jackpot! Just added total coverage insurance Had 9 days left.
Should I go ahead and make my claim? Or wait a day or two?
And I rooted and unlocked my phone, and since I cannot restore it back to stock, should I report it as lost or will it not matter?
Uncooked rice. For a couple days.. maybe you'll get lucky
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It's not that difficult to get a new one. You can usually find suitable replacements in bars or on dating sites, especially if you've got money. Look for a model that doesn't drop your calls (in water).
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Jackpot! Just added total coverage insurance Had 9 days left.
Should I go ahead and make my claim? Or wait a day or two?
And I rooted and unlocked my phone, and since I cannot restore it back to stock, should I report it as lost or will it not matter?
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Wait a few days.. and probably file a lost claim though you might have to file a police report for that.
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It's not that difficult to get a new one. You can usually find suitable replacements in bars or on dating sites, especially if you've got money. Look for a model that doesn't drop your calls (in water).
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Ok, THAT is funny... and very true, he may need to make that change
As far as the unlocked rooted thing, i don't think it matters at this point. If you are getting it replaced anyway, just totally kill it so it doesn't turn on. who's to know.
Seriously, put the phone in a ziplock bag with UNCOOKED rice for at LEAST 24 hours.
It will absorb all of the moisture out of the phone. Don't be stupid and try to turn it on or plug it in before 24 hours or you risk frying it.
The battery will most likely be fully depleted also. But take it slow. The phone will also still be a little "wonky" even after a few days.
Be careful with the rice too. I usually fill the bag up half way and lay it on a counter... gently placing the phone on top. Last thing you want is rice dust lodged in your buttons (ie Don't shake the bag)
I've done this a few times. Once in the toilet (before use), my kid threw my phone in the tub while I was showering, and my gf dropped her in a puddle.
All were recovered fully.
You have to watch out for water damage with the stickers unless you have full coverage. Theft and loss are two different things. I don't know if you'd need a police report if you just "lost" it. Maybe you were on a Ski Lift and fumbled it into the woods below. Perhaps since we don't have an official 3-Pin Car Holder, the phone slid and fell out the window. I don't think any of those would require a police report.
The window excuse gives you reason to stress test the screen with your car.
Rice thing worked for my wife once on her env3...second time she had it in the washing machine and it left lines on the screen...so rice didnt work on that occasion...luckily when youre best friends with a verizon store manager they can make your life much easier.
You do know that making a claim on your insurance at this point is basically just petty theft?
Another thing to know is to dunk in rubbing alcohol before you let it dry out. The alcohol will actually displace any water still left in the phone (as much as possible) and then you can put it in rice.
When you place the phone in rice, I wouldn't seal the container unless you live in swampy super humid environment. Sealing it traps moisture and ensures the only place the water can go is the rice. That's not the objective. The goal is to draw moisture out of the phone. It doesn't matter if it goes into the air or the rice.
The alcohol option makes since as it evaporates more quickly. But I'd only do that immediately after it happened like the poster stated.
Lastly, swap it out at any time. They don't care because ultimately it will end up in a he said she said ordeal. They will just end up insuring it any how. I've actually had a repair facility add insurance to my account so they can work on my device. The key is being in that window that you can purchase it.
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i once washed my ipod in the washer. it came out, was still on, i turned it off and kept it in rice for 2 days. then it wouldnt power on. i left it in the toaster oven on 165 for a couple of days. still no go and pc doesnt even detect a usb device. after 2 weeks i thought id turn it on.. and it still doesnt. but before i threw it out, i decided to connect it to the usb, and bam! red charging battery. it works perfectly fine now.
Well, apparently my insurance didn't go through yet and my claim didn't work. Took advice from a friend who works at verizon and I hope I can still do the claim again.
My phone is sitting in rice.. hoping it works.
A little late, but I saw an article on life hacker today about a product designed especially for drying wet portable electronics. Fairly reasonable price swell.
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I lied. Here: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/dropped-your-phone-in-the-toilet-use-bheestie-to-fix-it
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Hey, I found a thread on this in the SII threads to no resolution. My phone's battery has been flaky at best and when I try to reboot it I get a temperature gauge with a yellow arrow (and am not allowed to boot until I plug in the phone). Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to resolve this?
I've Reset Battery Stats and I've wiped and tried multiple roms to no avail.
I had a very similar problem. The other symptoms I had were that the phone was not recognized on computer because of the USB and the notification light wouldn't go off like it thought it was charging. By any chance do you have any of those symptoms?
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Hey, I found a thread on this in the SII threads to no resolution. My phone's battery has been flaky at best and when I try to reboot it I get a temperature gauge with a yellow arrow (and am not allowed to boot until I plug in the phone). Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to resolve this?
I've Reset Battery Stats and I've wiped and tried multiple roms to no avail.
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If you have a sprint epic 4g touch you shouldnt be on the sII section I almost bricked my phone when I got confused about the models and tried to flash a rom from there. On to the battery issue it sounds to me like you might need a new battery or there might be something wrong with the phone. I had an issue similar to that where my phone would out of the blue say battery disconnected when I charged it. I took it to sprint and it turned out it was a bad charger that was shorting my phone out. Have you tried a different charger? Believe me they can cause problems that last long after you have disconnected them. I would try a different charger and if that doesnt work take it to sprint and they will test it out and if it needs a new battery they will give you one for free and if it is something with the phone they will replace it for 35 assuming you bought it from sprint. O ya also if you take it to sprint make sure you unroot it/ return it back to stock because when I took mine in that is the first thing they asked and when I gave it to them to look at it the first thing they did was go to about phone to see if I was running any custom roms or kernals or anything like that.
I agree with rbtrucking. Sounds like a hardware issue. what is the temp hanging at? if it's really overheating a temp program should tell you if it's really actually hot or if the sensor is just going nuts, especially considering you've already tried multiple roms. I'm new to Sprint (switched from T-Mobile) so I don't know how forgiving the insurance is about sending you a new battery, but with T-Mobile I had a similar issue and they sent me a new battery free of charge. I would start with the battery first and if that doesn't work, you may wanna consider flashing to stock and sending it back for a refurb.
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I agree with rbtrucking. Sounds like a hardware issue. what is the temp hanging at? if it's really overheating a temp program should tell you if it's really actually hot or if the sensor is just going nuts, especially considering you've already tried multiple roms. I'm new to Sprint (switched from T-Mobile) so I don't know how forgiving the insurance is about sending you a new battery, but with T-Mobile I had a similar issue and they sent me a new battery free of charge. I would start with the battery first and if that doesn't work, you may wanna consider flashing to stock and sending it back for a refurb.
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Sprint is very good with customer service in my experience. Just go to a sprint store with a repair center and if you don't have insurance and the phone cannot be fixed they will give you a new one for only 35 dollars. Also they will give you a new battery free of charge if you need one. If they don't have one in the store they will mail it free of charge. I just dealt with them the other day and this is what they told me.
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Sprint is very good with customer service in my experience. Just go to a sprint store with a repair center and if you don't have insurance and the phone cannot be fixed they will give you a new one for only 35 dollars. Also they will give you a new battery free of charge if you need one. If they don't have one in the store they will mail it free of charge. I just dealt with them the other day and this is what they told me.
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Good to know, T-Mobile wasn't so forgiving. They replaced my battery but tried to screw me on my insurance claiming the rates have been raised since the previous time I needed a replacement and tried to charge me $200 for a Motorola Defy that was selling new at the time for $350. What's the point of insurance if I can buy it on Ebay for cheaper ha.
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So I took it into Sprint and after a night with the phone they weren't able to fix it and said there was corrosion damage on the charging port and he tried to scrape it off but it didn't fix it. He showed me the corrosion using a high-tech magnifying glass so I know he wasn't lying.
Anyway, because I didn't want to spend $100 to get insurance replacement, I got home, whipped out the rubbing alcohol, my girlfriend's hair pin, and some cotton swabs and went to town on it.... so far so good. Hopefully the corrosion doesn't come back but even if I have to do that from time to time I won't mind.
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Update:
So I took it into Sprint and after a night with the phone they weren't able to fix it and said there was corrosion damage on the charging port and he tried to scrape it off but it didn't fix it. He showed me the corrosion using a high-tech magnifying glass so I know he wasn't lying.
Anyway, because I didn't want to spend $100 to get insurance replacement, I got home, whipped out the rubbing alcohol, my girlfriend's hair pin, and some cotton swabs and went to town on it.... so far so good. Hopefully the corrosion doesn't come back but even if I have to do that from time to time I won't mind.
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How was there corrosion damage? did you get the phone wet?
So... It's just that. This phone is fried, quite literally. I was fixing up a rental apartment and plugged my phone in and then turned it on. I walked away after the Samsung logo popped up. I went to go lay/cut some self adhesive tile and came back after a half an hour or more. The phone was screen-up on a cardboard incandescent light bulb box. I had one of these batteries in the phone. I've been swapping them out for about a month and a half with no problem at all. When I came back to the phone to check the time (it's pretty much my watch LOL) I pressed the power button to wake it without picking it up. Nothing. Then I held the button it thinking it might have just randomly shut itself off. Again, nothing. I picked it up and pretty much instantly dropped it. The back cover must have been over 170 degrees. I ripped the battery out about as fast as any of you would or could. Long story made a little shorter, it is dead. Super dead. I can only imagine that there were little pools of solder and glue on the logic board. What should be my current course of action? I left the job late and couldn't find a Sprint store. The stores in my area are complete ****. Should I go ahead and bug the crap out of those stores, should I call Sprint for hours until I get someone who is willing to help me, or should I open up the phone and look at the innards? I have never opened up an Epic before. I'm just mad about this situation in general. It seems the SD card and its data is intact, which is good because pretty much my life is on there. Advice? Would I need to pay the TEP deductible for this retardation? It's not water, it's not in pieces, it's not lost, and it's not stolen. If anything my aggravation should BE the deductible. If this isn't covered by insurance then I'm going to raise hell anyway.
Just take it to a Sprint store and see what they say..batteries go bad so they may just get you a replacement phone.
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Yep what kenny said, if its obvious to them the battery caused all the damage they will most likely replace it... but don't take it apart.... sprint won't have to do anything with it if you do....
Okay, thanks guys. I'll probably get there within the week. I hope I get another Epic, these forums are like my home.
Ok, what happened here is my phone went to swim with me crying.
I tried to dry up the phone, but I still can't turn it on. Then, I send my phone via my carrier (Rogers Canada in my case) for repair. Of course, I am pretending to be innocent saying I don't know what happened to my phone, and I just can't turn it on. Then HTC (I suppose it is some outsourced place, but should be licensed under HTC) told me that there are COLLISION on the mother board and somewhere else, which is ridiculous. There is one much more ridiculous thing: the repair is going to cost
$1000
Of course, I am not asking them to repair for me. I just want to share how ridiculous it is, and if you guys can gimme some hints on how I can have it repaired, that will be great.
your phone CANT be repaired. It got wet. end of story.
what you need is a new phone.
I bet he meant corrosion on the main board. Also i personally dont like to read posts where people know they got the phone wet then try to play dumb and pull one over on someone or a company. That shows very little integrity on your part. But i dont want to turn this into a personal attack as the mods dont like it. SO lets hope a mod reads this thread and shuts it down.
If you're lucky the phone might magically just turn on, on any given day. I've seen that happen
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your phone CANT be repaired. It got wet. end of story.
what you need is a new phone.
I bet he meant corrosion on the main board. Also i personally dont like to read posts where people know they got the phone wet then try to play dumb and pull one over on someone or a company. That shows very little integrity on your part. But i dont want to turn this into a personal attack as the mods dont like it. SO lets hope a mod reads this thread and shuts it down.
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I accept your comment, but what I wanna say is $1000 is ridiculous...
I will agree with you there, 1000 bucks to fix a phone is way overboard. Unless theres some conversion were missing. like 400 USD = 1000 what ever lol
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I will agree with you there, 1000 bucks to fix a phone is way overboard. Unless theres some conversion were missing. like 400 USD = 1000 what ever lol
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It's 1000 CAD, which equals around 930 USD.
This doesn't even sound right. How can the repair cost more than the actual cost of the device. I'd look for another repair option.
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This doesn't even sound right. How can the repair cost more than the actual cost of the device. I'd look for another repair option.
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Diagnostics, manual assembly, etc. Very little can be reliably salvaged from a water damaged phone. Assume everything but the case needs replacing. It's what's known as a write-off.
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Diagnostics, manual assembly, etc. Very little can be reliably salvaged from a water damaged phone. Assume everything but the case needs replacing. It's what's known as a write-off.
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I've washed them full cycle several times. Each time when I found my phone i soaked them in alcohol and agitated them for about 20 minutes fully submerged. Then I use a toaster oven and dried them out with gentle heat and by sucking air into the phone about 20 times. All of them worked again. Even an iPhone once. Yes, I said full cycle. I found my phone in the when I was loading the dryer. Have I been lucky? I dunno. Many find this hard to believe, but it's true. I put a charging port in my girlfriends note 2. It came from a water damaged Note 2. It was sitting in parts for 2 months. I figured it was dry because it was sitting in open air. Well I put it in and it worked. A week later she lost data and voice. Long story short, that chargign port wrecked everything in the Note 2. When they opened it up, it has white fungus looking corrosion working halfway up the phone in three spots. It absolutely ruined the Note 2 and an insurance claim had to be made. It can go ether way, saved or junked. Just depends on the conditions.
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Wow, I guess you don't learn fast.
Water damaged vs got wet.
If you're quick enough and use the correct method and lucky, you may get the thing working again, but I'd hardly say reliably. HTC or any repair centre are hardly going to want to provide a 3 month warranty on a repair of a phone that's got wet without replacing everything that can be damaged by water.
The sum of the parts is greater then the price of the item.
Thats why we have chop shops. Some cars are worth more when parted out and the pieces are sold individually.
So if each component was being sold to him at retail pricing, add labor and whola, higher price.