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...it's still working!
I think it's the luckiest HD in the world.
It was in it's stock pouch and was scooped out within seconds. The battery quickly taken off and with the back off, card out, etc put straight into the airing cupboard (the little cupboard where the hot water tank is). This all happened at about 8am this morning. Got a call from the girlfriend at about 4pm this afternoon telling me she'd put it back together and it was cool. Wasn't too happy she'd done that, was gonna give it at least 48 hours but it's working. Seems to have dried out perfectly. Nothing under the screen, everything work fine.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
I think it was the pouch that saved it, probably soaked up the water before it got to the device.
Thanks for sharing this. I use mine every morning in there too but it's not happened to me yet. I will be extra careful from now on maybe take the pouch with me
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Thanks for sharing this. I use mine every morning in there too but it's not happened to me yet. I will be extra careful from now on maybe take the pouch with me
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It was actually the process of puting my HD back in the pouch that made me drop it but thank god it made it back in just in time. I know what you mean though, every morning while dropping a bomb i'm checking my mail and seeing what the M1 is like before deciding on my route to work!
no kidding...you are luckier than sh#t!
If it plays up, wash it in distilled water and then dry it for 48 hours.
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If it plays up, wash it in distilled water and then dry it for 48 hours.
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Yeah, I really think the pouch saved it though. I'll never stop using it now...
...and never use while on the john again!
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It was actually the process of puting my HD back in the pouch that made me drop it but thank god it made it back in just in time. I know what you mean though, every morning while dropping a bomb i'm checking my mail and seeing what the M1 is like before deciding on my route to work!
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Lol thanks for the warning, I'm gonna take my laptop in instead now, like to see me fit that one down the toilet!
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Lol thanks for the warning, I'm gonna take my laptop in instead now, like to see me fit that one down the toilet!
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LMAO! Did this a couple of weeks back with my sons iphone, spent 2 hours blowing all the water out via the headphone socket lol. That works better now than before, he reckons it cleaned the crap from out the speakers and now is louder than ever lol. Maybe we should start a new section on the weirdest things you've managed to do with you're phone
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Maybe we should start a new section on the weirdest things you've managed to do with you're phone
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I like it! Need some more comedy on here lately
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I think it's the luckiest HD in the world.
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not entirely convinced that yours is lucky...
I consider my HD lucky that it hasn't yet had the pleasure of meeting last nights curry.
fwaaaar!! ur must have been pooing ur pants! i dropped mine on concrete as i got out of my car a few days a go.. my heart jumped out of my mouth but i wasnt too worried about that.. i was scared about what happenned to my phone! picked it up screen was fine.. few marked on the corners which im pissed about and i seem to check them every now and again to see if they've healed.. i know they wont.. but i have hope lol..
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few marked on the corners which im pissed about and i seem to check them every now and again to see if they've healed.. i know they wont.. but i have hope lol..
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Yeah, I really think the pouch saved it though. I'll never stop using it now...
...and never use while on the john again!
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You might want get a new pouch though, I mean its been down the bog. lol
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Lol thanks for the warning, I'm gonna take my laptop in instead now, like to see me fit that one down the toilet!
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Take care a close friend of mine dropped the EEPC in the toilet. He was smoking, some ash fall down on the legs, he opened them to avoid burn and the little toy from asus made a dive. All this happened before flushing the toilet, so before he got it to the service center he had also to clean it and parfume it.
A way to avoid this happening would be not to play with "toys" in the bathroom!!
From the last few posts i can say : none of the WM devices stink, even those which have been in toilet!!!!!!!
and gues im not looking for a new pouch -- keeping the original one!!!!
Boy oh boy that is damn funny, my old man did it many yrs ago when the first StarTac came out.
He came around the hallway swearing, googley eyed looking left and right and stated, "that was the most expensive s..t I ever had!"
He had stood up and flushed and at the exact same time the phone had popped off his belt and disappeared.
Incidentally he did get it back, it stuck to tree roots further down the drain, mind you it never worked again. heh heh.
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If it plays up, wash it in distilled water and then dry it for 48 hours.
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Personally, I find dehydrated water is kinder and produces more consistent results.
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Personally, I find dehydrated water is kinder and produces more consistent results.
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LMAO, sorry, but when you say "personally" & "produces more consistent results", does this mean that this happens to you a lot?
AND IT LIVES!
hah i was surprised at myself for how non hesitant i was to reach in and grab that sucker soooo fast
lucky for me it was in a clean toilet in my home
anyways
void sticker didnt even get touched
immediately ripped out the battery
let it sit in paper towels for a bit
and then put it in a warm place near a heater just not very close
two hours later i dared to turn it on and im totally safe ^_^
its been a few days now with no problems at all!
you should put it in a bowl of dry rice just in case
does it feel nice to the face? haha glad it survived. Sure way to know if you have the peeling screen issue. Seems like yours is sealed 100000% no dust for you!
You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
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You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
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lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
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lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
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LOL So am I and you're right about the lack of good pr0n apps
Glad the phone survived!
I bet you're feeling flush..
... I'll get me coat..
Holy Crap your one very lucky person!
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lol im gay so no good porn apps for me
and yeah i feel very lucky that the water basically didnt even get inside!
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LOL So am I and you're right about the lack of good pr0n apps
Glad the phone survived!
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I think you two may be the first people I've seen mention their sexual orientation on XDA, lol...
I dropped my Treo 600 in a freakin lake about 2 months after getting it. I dove in and got it, threw it in the boat and it was dead, dead, dead. Took it home and it sat on the counter the remainder of my vacation. At first you could see the unit exhibiting small signs of life and eventually it came back and worked 100%. Sometimes miracles happen
lol funny thread
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Wow, I'm surprised your Nexus One still works dude.. guess HTC's testing process did do some good. Or, you just got extremely lucky somehow.
On an off-topic side note, did anyone notice in the video where the Nexus One fell, the screen did not crack? I assume this was an almost final version of the product? Why though, does when people drop their phones on the concrete it still breaks? If HTC went through this rigorous testing process, why are phones breaking so easily?.. Of course glass breaks easily, but did the material they dropped the phone on was not as dense or hard enough as concrete? Or was it simply the multiple angles they tried..
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You shouldnt be using the porn app in the bathroom, dude.
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is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
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Wow, I'm surprised your Nexus One still works dude.. guess HTC's testing process did do some good. Or, you just got extremely lucky somehow.
On an off-topic side note, did anyone notice in the video where the Nexus One fell, the screen did not crack? I assume this was an almost final version of the product? Why though, does when people drop their phones on the concrete it still breaks? If HTC went through this rigorous testing process, why are phones breaking so easily?.. Of course glass breaks easily, but did the material they dropped the phone on was not as dense or hard enough as concrete? Or was it simply the multiple angles they tried..
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In the video it looks like the phones are dropped from what appears to be rather less than hand-holding height, onto a surface that appears to be slightly rubbery. Concrete tends to be rather unforgiving no matter what you drop on it.
In December, I dropped my HTC Magic into a kid's swimming pool, left it to dry for one day and it's still in great working condition today =)
Did this exact same thing to my old Nokia 8190 back in the day, and the bowl wasn't "fresh". Phone came out fine other than the battery life dropped to 6-8 hours of standby, ended up carrying a spare in my wallet.
Oh lol, nice reaction tho..
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is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
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Lmao! This is offtopic.
Please create your own thread for this.
Futomaki said:
is there really?never heard of it before.what is it called?
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Mikandi.com porn app store
OOOOhh Myyyyy Goooosshhhh I would have totally gone hysterical.
I had a google Ion that I paid toooo furkin much for and dropped the bloody thing on the pavement and scuffed it - I nearly had to have counselling I was so gutted.
Its excellent to know it wasn't killed, was the screen off when it went in?
I have porn on my nexus, but only the stuff I wrote myself (see sig)
Dayz
Hello everyone
Well, I've had my Galaxy for about six weeks now & I'm deeply madly in love with it, best phone I've ever had.
Yesterday I was playing some games on it with my friends, GPS, WiFi maybe Bluetooth were on, it was charging as well, then phone started overheating, it got hot, like very very hot, but we didn't stop, minutes after that -believe it or not- it started melting down, it was even possible to reshape it with my hands, I then turned it off and unplugged the battery.
Scary ha?? I can swear to you guys, this is the worst nightmare I've had in months, yep, it was a dream a bad one.
Sorry to scare you guys, but, c'mon, I mean Melting Down!!! Anyway, when I woke up, I was so happy that I kissed my Galaxy
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Pics or it never happened!
rmanaudio said:
Pics or it never happened!
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read the whole topic or you never were here
Good story
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I would die, btw very scary story!
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Once my captivate was sitting in a black sweater in the sun while it was 110F degrees and it became too hot to touch. No surprise there though.
Lol nice story... Freaked me out at first though...
Same here
Hahahaha nice one
Mine fell or something, can't remember exactly what happened.
At first there was just a small crack. No biggie and I didn't really worry about it.
But the next time I looked the crack had grown to a bullet hole. I could look through the hole. Now I was really worried! Would the guarantee cover this?
Indeed one of those dreams when your happy to wake up.
rmanaudio said:
Pics or it never happened!
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Finland_2_Cupertino said:
Good story
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glad u like it
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I would die, btw very scary story!
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I know, sorry to scare u
Pikabob said:
Once my captivate was sitting in a black sweater in the sun while it was 110F degrees and it became too hot to touch. No surprise there though.
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OMG, that's an awesome story , just pick up a scary finish, like "then my captivate started vaporizing "
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Lol nice story... Freaked me out at first though...
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well, it's here to shock what's the point of the whole story if u didn't freak out
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Hahahaha nice one
Mine fell or something, can't remember exactly what happened.
At first there was just a small crack. No biggie and I didn't really worry about it.
But the next time I looked the crack had grown to a bullet hole. I could look through the hole. Now I was really worried! Would the guarantee cover this?
Indeed one of those dreams when your happy to wake up.
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FREAKIN BULLET HOLE!!!!! this is so awesomely awesome but I can't follow u, is it dream?? or did it really happen
it would be a good story too, just tell everybody that some assassin tried to snipe u, and ur beloved SGS jumped and took a bullet for you, touching ha?
this story is not far from truth
did you guys see the previous 2 topics about this issue?
one was made by me, then just the last 5 days there was another one
this phone does gets really really HOT when used at max speed with or without the charger, it gets hotter if you keep it charging.
Did you played with SetCPU?
Having nightmares about an OC fail into 4Ghz, c'mon, .. it's a phone for crying out loud!
Not a bad dream ....just a bad experience ! Meltdown!!!
for no obvious reason my completely STOCK razr hd melted down while i was showing someone how one would boot into recovery even though mine had no recovery i got the android exclamation then powered down from there once powered down it began to heat up drastically to the point of me watching the inside of the audio jack melt then me not being able to even hold it.obviously the phone is ruined and i feel pretty discouraged considering i had only had the phone about 3 months does anyone have any idea why this wouldve happened ? also does anyone have any old android they would want to trade for a melted down razr hd cause i need a phone maybe a 1st generation atrix or something similiar seeing as how i also have the lapdock ..thx in advance..jsn
So I'm runnin crazy at work, and one of my employees tells me my wife is on the phone for me. I pick up, and she's all frantic and babblin...can't understand her. I get worried, and tell her to slow down and breathe.
"I dropped it in the toilet babe...I'm so sorry!"
"Eh...dropped what in the toilet?" I ask.
"My phone! I was brushing my hair and listening to my voicemails...and it slipped out of my hand...omg omg what do I do!"
So...I pause, and it's my turn to take a deep breath. I'm cursin her out in my mind, for sure...I wanna say: "This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!! WTF?!" Instead I get into action-mode.
"Ok...first off open that puppy up, and take out the battery and sim / sd cards. Give it a good shake, get all that water outta there."
"I'm so sorry honey..." Still panicking
"It's all good" I say through clenched teeth
"ok what next?"
I walk her through blotting it dry on the surface...spreading it all out on a towel, then tell her to get her hair dryer out. She goes to town with a no heat setting for about 30 mins...hittin each and every nook and cranny.
"Ok...now go pour some rice on a plate in an even layer, and lay the phone on top of it." I instruct.
"Huh? What-the-hell-you-talkin-about hon?" Her response
"Just trust me on this"
"Ok...I'm really sorry." All timidlike
I get home a few hours later, and touch it all off with a compressed air canister to be sure. Put it together again and press the power button....
And there's that lovely sideways Android Logo. A few reboots later to make sure, all is well.
The wife hugs me in relief and asks...
"Are you still gonna get me the NookColor for Christmas?"
I went outside for a smoke.
lol I find it sweet and i don't know why.
congrats on getting it back
only thing i would have done differently is leave it in the rice for 24-48 hrs. dropped the old mytouch in the toilet and got it back that way.
usually when people cant get it working after water exposure its because they immediately try to turn it back on or with in a couple hrs and end of frying it. seems like you already know this, just throwing it out there for others.
anyway, congrats on keeping it going
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So I'm runnin crazy at work, and one of my employees tells me my wife is on the phone for me. I pick up, and she's all frantic and babblin...can't understand her. I get worried, and tell her to slow down and breathe.
"I dropped it in the toilet babe...I'm so sorry!"
"Eh...dropped what in the toilet?" I ask.
"My phone! I was brushing my hair and listening to my voicemails...and it slipped out of my hand...omg omg what do I do!"
So...I pause, and it's my turn to take a deep breath. I'm cursin her out in my mind, for sure...I wanna say: "This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!! WTF?!" Instead I get into action-mode.
"Ok...first off open that puppy up, and take out the battery and sim / sd cards. Give it a good shake, get all that water outta there."
"I'm so sorry honey..." Still panicking
"It's all good" I say through clenched teeth
"ok what next?"
I walk her through blotting it dry on the surface...spreading it all out on a towel, then tell her to get her hair dryer out. She goes to town with a no heat setting for about 30 mins...hittin each and every nook and cranny.
"Ok...now go pour some rice on a plate in an even layer, and lay the phone on top of it." I instruct.
"Huh? What-the-hell-you-talkin-about hon?" Her response
"Just trust me on this"
"Ok...I'm really sorry." All timidlike
I get home a few hours later, and touch it all off with a compressed air canister to be sure. Put it together again and press the power button....
And there's that lovely sideways Android Logo. A few reboots later to make sure, all is well.
The wife hugs me in relief and asks...
"Are you still gonna get me the NookColor for Christmas?"
I went outside for a smoke.
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So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
My wife is in no way afraid of me, but anytime shes dropped an expensive electronic she turns into the battered wife (figuratively, not literally).
Good job saving the day!
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So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
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LOL nah, she's just dramatic and REALLY loves her Vibrant. Plus, I may have added a little dramatic flair to her dialog for entertainment value.
thanks for sharing! enjoyed reading.. too much drama in the development section..
If I could I would give you a standing ovation. Haha this gave me a good laugh
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And not a **** was given that day !!!
I needed a good story/laugh. Thanks for sharing and making my day!
This story was absolutely awesome! Thank you for the laugh. So... are you going to get her the Nook Color for Christmas?
LMFAO!!
What a great story. So funny and it so hits home. This is exactly how me and my girl are. Glad to hear everything worked out in the end.
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Hehe, this sounds like my wife. I always get the insurance for her because no phone can survive 6 months in her hands.
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Awesome story. I could so see my wife doing this one....
Faldiin
NoDataFound said:
So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
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Nothing wrong with a little healthy fear of the hubby, good for a marriage
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Nothing wrong with a little healthy fear of the hubby, good for a marriage
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Lol...infrikindeed!
I did tell her she would still get the nook...but I expect an Advent Tegra tablet in my stocking. Dual core android ftw! (also included various favors in the deal)
Nice story and I surely learned a lot.
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lol good story
just tell her that she can't do the same thing with food
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"This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!!!
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My thoughts exactly...
Not to be a downer, but if it was dropped in toilet water, it will probably start to corrode and die. I would have opened it up, and carefully done a 99% alcohol or methanol rinse. Rinse all the nasty water away, the 99% isopropyl alcohol or methanol will evaporate in seconds without damaging anything, and no corrosion.
You might have things like printed material on chips inside the phone rub off with the methanol, but ahh no biggie.
My girlfriend became so frustrated at here evos problems that she gave a swim in the toilet and flushed it a few times. Took the SD card and battery out for quite a long time and well...imposting from it right now! It had water under the screen and was stuck vibrating.
The biggest issue this phone had was it was failing to write to the SD card properly so you couldn't take pictures. It would say it saved but then kick the SD card onto read only.
She has an Evo 3d. I have one too since my lcd broke....hboot 1.4 on mine but hers is 1.5
Anyone else have miraculous stories?
Are you a rancid fan?
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Wow she got really lucky on that evos are not meant to go swimming...it has killed many! but If you rice it out before you get any power into it there is a chance that it can be saved such as this one did!
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Are you a rancid fan?
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Haha Maxwell Murder. Nice.
Yep big rancid fan. And she just let it sit out. No rice or anything lmfao
The screen was on toi and sshe said it eventually shut tthe screen off but was stuck vibrating. Dunno how long it was swimming but it got water under the glass so it had to have been a while
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It can be easy to spot those people who paid for their phones and those who didn't.
~ I'm a fungi
I was talking to my wife and we were both on our Evos. All of a sudden I could barely hear anything but weird faint sounds. She dropped hers in the dog water bowl.
Rescued it, removed batter and riced it.
Zero problems. Maybe some oxidation in the usb port that eventually went away.
My friend and I were snowboarding at Breck. He lost his phone in the woods. Two weeks later his mom called him. Someone had found his phone after a few warm days, turned it in to lost and found and Breck was able to power it up and get his mom's phone number. The phone had gone through temps of -2 F and 35 F for 14 days, buried in snow.
This is why I will buy another HTC.
Nice to see some rancid love here,...oh, and some HTC love
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I was talking to my wife and we were both on our Evos. All of a sudden I could barely hear anything but weird faint sounds. She dropped hers in the dog water bowl.
Rescued it, removed batter and riced it.
Zero problems. Maybe some oxidation in the usb port that eventually went away.
My friend and I were snowboarding at Breck. He lost his phone in the woods. Two weeks later his mom called him. Someone had found his phone after a few warm days, turned it in to lost and found and Breck was able to power it up and get his mom's phone number. The phone had gone through temps of -2 F and 35 F for 14 days, buried in snow.
This is why I will buy another HTC.
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Wow, people are really honest on the mountain, my friend lost his expensive android phone while there and it was returned to lost and found, and his mom was called also.
This was a week or so ago.
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Lmao has nothing to do with paying for it. Mine broke as an honest accident but hers was having so many issues I was close to smashing it myself. The USB port was garbage then the issue with the SD card was just the final straw for me. She just happened to kill it before I claimed it as lost to give her an evo3d. I would have given her another evo but for 100 I felt like I would've been ripping myself off when I can get the 3d
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