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I dropped my phone yesterday and since then I see a small visible red dot on my screen! do u think i'll get this phone replaced from sprint?
no!........
Is there physical damage to the phone other than the dot? Assuming there is not, and no water damage, they would probably repair/replace if you don't mention it was from a fall.
It's bleeding, apply direct pressure!
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When I had the OG Epic I had a pixel go bad so there was one green dot continuously on my phone. It drove me nuts. It was only a week old. I took it to get exchanged and they told me that there had to be 5 dead pixels for it to be eligible for exchange. I had to do some light negotiations saying I bought 3 lines, insurance on all, accessories, etc all from the Sprint store and they finally swapped it for a new one.
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Mattheyu said:
Is there physical damage to the phone other than the dot? Assuming there is not, and no water damage, they would probably repair/replace if you don't mention it was from a fall.
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well no other physical damage, man oh man this sucks.. well i do have the equipment protection plan i'll go to sprint store and check it out..
Why people post this things in here.. You know there are lots of sprint tech/employees lurking in the shadows
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It was a question. It is allowed to ask a question. Op isn't trying to fraud sprint. Besides why have protection that covers a fall if you can't drop it. Op take it in or get an app that helps stuck pixels.
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I wasn't talking about fraud.. Is because some of the techs are a$$holes
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Medic1013 said:
It's bleeding, apply direct pressure!
Sent from some phone.
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lol
Now that's funny
TX2000 said:
Why people post this things in here.. You know there are lots of sprint tech/employees lurking in the shadows
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Who cares. Do they know who he is? Besides he'd just asking for advice anyways.
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My daughter dropped here sgs2, it has a blue pixel stuck on. Also the LED behind the search button is out too. It dosent bother her so nothing will be done about it.
phatmanxxl said:
My daughter dropped here sgs2, it has a blue pixel stuck on. Also the LED behind the search button is out too. It dosent bother her so nothing will be done about it.
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Haha I can't take you serious anymore with that avatar
I try to look away from his eyes... but can't
iSaint said:
Haha I can't take you serious anymore with that avatar
I try to look away from his eyes... but can't
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I have another picture of the same guy doing a kissy face, itlll be my next avatar.
phatmanxxl said:
I have another picture of the same guy doing a kissy face, itlll be my next avatar.
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Can I get a preview hahahahaha :?
iSaint said:
Can I get a preview hahahahaha :?
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............
I wish I was him, I bet he gets all the ladies in a hot bother.
Does anyone know if there is more then 1 water indicator on our SG2? And if so where? Can Tmobile actually open the phone apart and see if there was water damage to the phone besides looking at the water mark(s)?
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Does anyone know if there is more then 1 water indicator on our SG2? And if so where? Can Tmobile actually open the phone apart and see if there was water damage to the phone besides looking at the water mark(s)?
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Are you asking for help in defrauding T-Mobile with an insurance claim? Or is this a theoretical situation that never happened?
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Probably the former.
No, t-mobile isn't going to open it.
Samsung will and they'll probably tell t-mobile what happened.
8Fishes said:
Probably the former.
No, t-mobile isn't going to open it.
Samsung will and they'll probably tell t-mobile what happened.
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Yes but can they actually see any water damage?
Android Revolution said:
Are you asking for help in defrauding T-Mobile with an insurance claim? Or is this a theoretical situation that never happened?
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theoretical. so is there only 1 water mark?
There is the one under the battery which tmobile will check out. There are internal water detectors i believe that the manufacturer should check out if lets say you send it to samsung instead of tmobile. Not quite sure how thorough tmobile is as far as that goes. Better safe that sorry though. I like how people jump to the conclusion that by asking a question they are trying to scam t-mobile. LOL
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theoretical. so is there only 1 water mark?
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Dude no one here is going to give you pointers on how to fraud Tmobile...giving fact your asking about others its pretty good assumption you've already attempted to hide the visible water mark .
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imsohungover said:
Yes but can they actually see any water damage?
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Very unlikely although it is possible. It would be hard for them to say for certain that any discoloration on labels or anything was caused from liquid. 99% of the components inside the phone cannot be damaged by water unless there is power applied while wet. It the liquid acting as a conductor and shorting pins together that ruins the phone. That is why if you dry a phone well no damage occurs.
We wash all our circuit boards in a dishwasher and dry them before final test, to remove flux and resin, you cain't tell when they are dry that they have been washed.
how about if someone was selling me a phone and i wanted to make sure it was not water damage just because they change the water mark indicator behind the battery?! I have bought other phones then realized it was water damage when i tried to get warranty to cover it (iphone) pretty much got screwed over.
I wanted to know the very same thing when Telus gave me back my phone unrepaired saying that there was water-damage. I was angry because I had never wet the phone and the external indicators were clean.
I yelled and complained and the crappy shop they sent it to sent back photos of my phone's board. They circled some dirt/salt or something, but there were no internal indicators that I saw. When I contacted Samsung directly they fixed it for me and apologized for the 'confusion'.
If your external indicators are clean, then you can always argue that this proves you used your phone properly and normally (and kept it out of water). If internal indicators show liquid, its evidence of some kind of defect that the phone is unable to vent the humidity or something. I think this would stand in small claims court.
bobby3306 said:
Dude no one here is going to give you pointers on how to fraud Tmobile...giving fact your asking about others its pretty good assumption you've already attempted to hide the visible water mark .
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And helping people get free tethering is any different? Just wondering.
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Towle said:
And helping people get free tethering is any different? Just wondering.
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That in a way is very diff...we pay for our internet..how we choose to use it shouldn't matter.
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bobby3306 said:
That in a way is very diff...we pay for our internet..how we choose to use it shouldn't matter.
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Not saying I disagree with you. But technically both are against the "rules".
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Towle said:
Not saying I disagree with you. But technically both are against the "rules".
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Yea but xda allows talk about hot spot work around, but it's against rules to talk about how change things to fraud Tmobile. Like water indicator, or black listed work around.
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Yea but xda allows talk about hot spot work around, but it's against rules to talk about how change things to fraud Tmobile. Like water indicator, or black listed work around.
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By your logic, OP is payed for the phone , he should be covered no matter what. Or he payed for insurance and should be covered even if the phone was dropped in a toilet.
and anyways, maybe he's buying a used phone and wants to check if its damaged. Cant just assume fraud
Either way, its best not to submit a claim if there has been any damage to the device. The fee can get a little large, usually more than the php claim
OK so I dropped my phone and it landed on the bottom right corner...now the search button back light led doesn't work....I don't have insurance with T-Mobile...is there anything I can do or do I have to live with a messed up led search....
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Do you need it functional? If not then just use the quick search panel on the screen. press the mic icon on it. Should do exactly the same. In the even the answer is yes then i would look up on craigslist or a site like it for a repair person. It would cost less than getting a new phone although Tmobile would charge you 20$ extra on your bill for assurion. Make sure that you odin back to stock and get them to warranty your device. hope this helps
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OK so I dropped my phone and it landed on the bottom right corner...now the search button back light led doesn't work....I don't have insurance with T-Mobile...is there anything I can do or do I have to live with a messed up led search....
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1.Sell it buy another one
2.Get it fixed
3.Live with it broken
4.Get insurance now and make a claim later(if that's even possible)
... Why are you even asking?
check out mobiletechvideos.com i bought i hardbricked t989 from craigslist for $100 and they fixed it for $50 and while i was on their site i saw they did other types of repairs just email them and tell them whats going on
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1.Sell it buy another one
2.Get it fixed
3.Live with it broken
4.Get insurance now and make a claim later(if that's even possible)
... Why are you even asking?
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Insurance fraud.. That's a rule breaker
Buy a case duh
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I hate cases... sexy phones need to be naked...guess I can just turn off the back lights for all the buttons
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VoiD_Dweller said:
Insurance fraud.. That's a rule breaker
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Sorry :angel:
Bought my phone yesterday at BestBuy....I let my friend borrow it and she scrtched with her bag....a small scratch on the left side....ohhhhh myyy goossshhh I feel so horrible now....anyway to fix it?
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The side where? On the screen, the front bezel, the battery cover?? If its on the case of the phone somewhere i suppose you could find replacement parts online and swap all the internals if you were so inclined. If the screen itself is scratched, other than some hair brained schemes like blow torches and sand paper i would say you are stuck with the scratch. The good news is a decent screen protector film should disguise anything other than a major disfiguring.
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Bought my phone yesterday at BestBuy....I let my friend borrow it and she scrtched with her bag....a small scratch on the left side....ohhhhh myyy goossshhh I feel so horrible now....anyway to fix it?
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Return the phone? Buy Black Tie Protection and swap it out?
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The side where? On the screen, the front bezel, the battery cover?? If its on the case of the phone somewhere i suppose you could find replacement parts online and swap all the internals if you were so inclined. If the screen itself is scratched, other than some hair brained schemes like blow torches and sand paper i would say you are stuck with the scratch. The good news is a decent screen protector film should disguise anything other than a major disfiguring.
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Right on the left side where the screen starts....next to the white...mmm
Okay guess I gotta get a screen pro
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thacounty said:
Return the phone? Buy Black Tie Protection and swap it out?
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Seriously? I'm about 99.999999% sure scratching the phone is not covered by any sort of warranty, not only is this terribly unhelpful it is unbelievably preposterous.
dntesinfrno said:
Seriously? I'm about 99.999999% sure scratching the phone is not covered by any sort of warranty, not only is this terribly unhelpful it is unbelievably preposterous.
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I worked at Best Buy. If you are within 30 days they will probably take it back. Also, Black Tie is a protection plan that covers everything but lost and stolen. I will be sure not to help out in this thread any more though.
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I worked at Best Buy. If you are within 30 days they will probably take it back. Also, Black Tie is a protection plan that covers everything but lost and stolen. I will be sure not to help out in this thread any more though.
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I apologize if i came off as being forward, but 'just take it back' is pretty lame advice for user error, regardless if it is possible or not.
dntesinfrno said:
I apologize if i came off as being forward, but 'just take it back' is pretty lame advice for user error, regardless if it is possible or not.
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I had people bring back phones that had water damage. Half our managers would say take it back and the other half would think about it and then may or may not do it. If he just got it yesterday he could reason that it was too easy to scratch since it is supposed to have gorilla glass. I've returned more with less reason because the customer was nice.
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I had people bring back phones that had water damage. Half our managers would say take it back and the other half would think about it and then may or may not do it. If he just got it yesterday he could reason that it was too easy to scratch since it is supposed to have gorilla glass. I've returned more with less reason because the customer was nice.
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So can I just exchange it? Like next week-?
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VeryCoolAlan said:
So can I just exchange it? Like next week-?
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I stated that I wasn't going to help because my advice was disliked. But, if it was my store I'd give you some Crap then help you out if you were nice and reasonable. You could also get the protection plan. I'd be tons more likely to help you if you had that.
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I stated that I wasn't going to help because my advice was disliked. But, if it was my store I'd give you some Crap then help you out if you were nice and reasonable. You could also get the protection plan. I'd be tons more likely to help you if you had that.
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I have the geek squad plan thing...
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VeryCoolAlan said:
I have the geek squad plan thing...
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Then you should have no trouble.
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Then you should have no trouble.
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Do I have to unroot and such? Or iust wipe?
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VeryCoolAlan said:
Do I have to unroot and such? Or iust wipe?
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You don't really have to do either one, but if you are trying to swap it in store I would, and you have to have a reason other than the scratch. If you are using GSBTP you need to break something on it so they'll send it off. If you use GSBTP you don't need to unroot because that doesn't matter.
What if I just brick my phone on purpose?
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VeryCoolAlan said:
What if I just brick my phone on purpose?
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Would probably work. I have taken more than one brick back.
VeryCoolAlan said:
Bought my phone yesterday at BestBuy....I let my friend borrow it and she scrtched with her bag....a small scratch on the left side....ohhhhh myyy goossshhh I feel so horrible now....anyway to fix it?
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Find a less clumsy friend.
Clumsy people can be a pain
would it be bad if you just swap it out saying you actually want the blue one but buy the screen protector to hide the scratch, and then a couple days later just go back and switch to a new white one saying you actually preferred the white one to the blue one?
Get Ghost Armor installed on it. It will fill in the scratch and protect it from now on.
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Get Ghost Armor installed on it. It will fill in the scratch and protect it from now on.
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I ordered a mirror one. A generic one. And a matte anti glare/ fingerprint one... which should I choose?
Btw thanks to all you guys helping me and not being like (**** this guy and his problem lol)
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Something i was reading that seem pretty interesting
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/07/11/lg-g3-water-test-video-feature/
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Something i was reading that seem pretty interesting
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/07/11/lg-g3-water-test-video-feature/
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I hope this is true! its nice to know if it fall into water all is good!
Yeah still not gonna try it lol
wellsey1126 said:
Something i was reading that seem pretty interesting
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/07/11/lg-g3-water-test-video-feature/
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Test it out for us:laugh:
HA. No lol
The test is meant to demonstrate that you're not screwed if you accidentally get water in/on your phone. It's not meant to demonstrate or to even say that this phone is waterproof.
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I didn't think we were going to get water resistance until the next software update....
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I didn't think we were going to get water resistance until the next software update....
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ROFL!
Lets wait till someone mistakenly drop it on bathroom
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I took mine in the shower with me and put it on the seat in there. It got wet, but wasn't completely submerged. The phone still works, no water damage that I can see. I don't know if I'd do it again, but I figured I'd try at least the shower lol.
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I took mine in the shower with me and put it on the seat in there. It got wet, but wasn't completely submerged. The phone still works, no water damage that I can see. I don't know if I'd do it again, but I figured I'd try at least the shower lol.
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When you taking shower nect time ??
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bikrame said:
When you taking shower nect time ??
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Well this took an interesting turn lmao!!!
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I took mine in the shower with me and put it on the seat in there. It got wet, but wasn't completely submerged. The phone still works, no water damage that I can see. I don't know if I'd do it again, but I figured I'd try at least the shower lol.
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But is it clean now or dirty? j/k
so me and some friends were in the yacuzzi taking pictures and videos and everything and then my phone slipped out of my hand and guess what? nothing happened to my phone..it was hard to find it..because all the
water pressure and everything..wish it was recorded
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So now we got two confirmations. Maybe we can get LG to confirm it as well? Can someone record a video of it under running water or inside a pool? If this is true, this is an amazing news and should've been a feature called out by LG against Samsung.
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There's a water damage sticker clearly present on the side of the battery area. I highly doubt they made it a hidden feature. It may do well to protect itself, but i still don't trust it in water until there's more evidence of it not being harmful.
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I kinda like that they didn't mention it. People won't be idiots with their phones, but if something does go crashingly wrong there's protection in place. I really do wonder how many people have been downright stupid with their S5's because of commercials showing them being dropped in the ocean and whatnot.
My case keeps it waterproof, so I am good to go.... I think, lol!
I used mine in a rain storm the other day with no concern or issue. I've done that with all my phones, camera, tablets, etc though and never have had an issue in my life.
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So now we got two confirmations. Maybe we can get LG to confirm it as well? Can someone record a video of it under running water or inside a pool? If this is true, this is an amazing news and should've been a feature called out by LG against Samsung.
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There is a video. Maybe LG put most of the waterproofing features in place but couldn't get the certification they wanted and scrapped it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQlEi-W7GCE