Used my Legend in the rain today for about 2 minutes! The touchscreen is very kinda dodgy! I'm using SuperFroyo 8.4.2 and the lockscreen isn't working, and whenever i try to go to select something the notifications screen is pulled down
Using screen protector? If yes that may be your problem.
rajasyaitan said:
Using screen protector? If yes that may be your problem.
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Nope no screen protector Thank god it righted itself! Its perfect now, moisture probably dried!!
Lol, I remember when I had this problem with my old Storm, it was like there was a big grey circle in the middle of the surepress screen, I freaked out because it was a new phone and all, I was hysterical when it dried.
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Asovse1 said:
Lol, I remember when I had this problem with my old Storm, it was like there was a big grey circle in the middle of the surepress screen, I freaked out because it was a new phone and all, I was hysterical when it dried.
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Hehe last time i went to brazil on vacation i stopped by my sisters place in Portugal while enjoying the sun and the swimming pool in her backyard.
When i arrived in Brazil i just couldnt understand where my nokia 5140 from work had gone.
When i returned i passed tru my sis's house again for the last weekend before heading back home to the netherlands.
When i wanted to jump into the pool i noticed something on the bottom floor , I dived in and found my nokia5140! while shocked i lay it completely open in the sun to dry , phew hours later i tryed to boot it up while charging , guess what it friggin worked after lying there 2 weeks at the bottom of her pool omg. When i arrived in the netherlands it didnt take long tho to stop working completely ,maybe a week or so. But still that was somewhat amazing that it still worked after 2 weeks of water fun.
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Hehe last time i went to brazil on vacation i stopped by my sisters place in Portugal while enjoying the sun and the swimming pool in her backyard.
When i arrived in Brazil i just couldnt understand where my nokia 5140 from work had gone.
When i returned i passed tru my sis's house again for the last weekend before heading back home to the netherlands.
When i wanted to jump into the pool i noticed something on the bottom floor , I dived in and found my nokia5140! while shocked i lay it completely open in the sun to dry , phew hours later i tryed to boot it up while charging , guess what it friggin worked after lying there 2 weeks at the bottom of her pool omg. When i arrived in the netherlands it didnt take long tho to stop working completely ,maybe a week or so. But still that was somewhat amazing that it still worked after 2 weeks of water fun.
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Haha before i had a Nokia N73, survived the toilet for 10 seconds!! It did need a new keyboard after 2 months tho Discovered the moisture indicator on the battery today, still white so there hopefully looks to be no permanent damage
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Well, after my HD2 was dropped for the third time to the solid ground from my desk height (75cm) ... The first two times nothing happened, astonishing...
however, the third drop was stronger, and my Screen on the right up corner turned into BLACK covering the OK and Battery ICONS...
I have noticed that after three days, the Black spot was getting smaller and the battery icon started to appear...
I kept monitoring, and guess what! Now after a full week, the WHOLE Black SPOT Disappeared
i am really surprised, so i liked to share this info with you ...
Note: i am using a screen protector, maybe thats why it didn't break yet hopefully never...
well, congrats then
Same here, but mine isn't fully recovered, still has a very little "black pointing", but is almost unnoticeably.
I would go as far to suggest that the screen itself wasn't damaged, per se, but bits were pushed together and over time they have settled back to their correct positions.
which Screen protector you are using ?
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Well, after my HD2 was dropped for the third time to the solid ground from my desk height (75cm) ... The first two times nothing happened, astonishing...
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I wonder what r u doing m8 that your phone dropped 3 times from your desk .
Stop dropping it - that will keep it in great condition.
Sounds like you've been REALLY lucky so quite while you're ahead!
Its normal. I threw mine out of an aeroplane into the sea. 3 weeks later I found it on my doorstep, dripping wet but otherwise working fine. (I can only assume it used my Tomtom home location to find its way back).
I obviously needed to dry it out so I threw it into a blast furnace for a few days, but it was too hot to put to my ear when it rung, so it went into a vat of liquid nitrogen to cool down.
Still working great
this is a PDA not a can opener. you'll better watch out 'coz next time luck will just sit there and laugh in your face.
Lol
Schooleydoo said:
Its normal. I threw mine out of an aeroplane into the sea. 3 weeks later I found it on my doorstep, dripping wet but otherwise working fine. (I can only assume it used my Tomtom home location to find its way back).
I obviously needed to dry it out so I threw it into a blast furnace for a few days, but it was too hot to put to my ear when it rung, so it went into a vat of liquid nitrogen to cool down.
Still working great
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@Schooleydoo.
Epic
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ftr2k8,
thanks for the info...
rahulelectra,
Brando ultraclear..
gregormax,
i still wonder too , actually the first two times my little son did it ..
Cret, the1stpredator,
i will keep more eye on it...
Schooleydoo,
Good for you, next time please try it from a spaceship and let us know if tomtom would help again...
Please help me
hi
i have HTC HD2 and its new device , i set down on the device then i notice a black point comes on the device screen , when i visit the HTC Delare , he told me that i have to change the screen ,
but the device is working 100% and no any damage ,
what can you advice me,
attached the picture of my HTC
Happy to report that HTC is also self-repairing on the Sensation XE.
I Dropped it 2 days ago I thought it was the end of it. everything was a bit loose, the parts of the back cover went out of place (put them back in)
anyway, screen damage was noticeable, black dead pixels were scattered around the top right corner, and in the edge (where the battery and the clock) was heavily damaged and was acting like an old lcd screens, in a way that when I touched it the fluid went from one place to the other. seemed like a permanent damage.
Half a day later I Could almost tell the time, black spots were still over the larger area.
today, i'ts almost fully recovred, almost all of the black pixels are once again alive, and It's only a tiny piece of the top side of the status bar that has no display (~2 pixel high and 10pixel wide).
I dropped it 2 times a day Screen still perfekt but USB is brocken
Went to fix the boiler yesterday, thought best take my Galaxy S out my shirt pocket in case it falls in the toilet.
You guessed it. As taking it out dropped it in the bloody toilet!
Its resting in rice at the moment but as it was turned on I am not holding out much hope.
3 months into a 24 monther!
Oh well looks like one of those Palm Pixies that O2 are knocking out cheap is on the cards.
Best dam phone I ever owned!
SS
I posted a HOWTO further down as I tackled a similar problem succesfully yesterday;-)
May the force be with you
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Went to fix the boiler yesterday, thought best take my Galaxy S out my shirt pocket in case it falls in the toilet.
You guessed it. As taking it out dropped it in the bloody toilet!
Its resting in rice at the moment but as it was turned on I am not holding out much hope.
3 months into a 24 monther!
Oh well looks like one of those Palm Pixies that O2 are knocking out cheap is on the cards.
Best dam phone I ever owned!
SS
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Easy! This phone might not be dead (only in comma).
This same thing happened to my wife last week with an Omnia2 and it looked dead, but she proptly removed the battery and after drying it... It's alive and well again.
Just pray... and wait
You may want to wait a full day before you turn it on again. Please let us know
let it dry thoroughly
and you may want to try another battery
10 years ago i dropped a motorola startac in the loo as I was cleaning it
it still works on the charger!!!
just be patient and let it dry well (two days)
oh man that sucks, update us if it's still alive..
Went fishing last week and after a full day on the boat I realized my dad had put my bag (with ipod) in the live well instead of the dry area. The thing was DEAD for about 3 days and sitting in the rice jar for 48 hrs AMAZINGLY brought it back to life.
Ow and since I´m in Brazil an iPod here costs ARM+LEG so I´m a very happy camper now.
Wait and be happy!
Latest news after a few days drying.
Turns on but screen is grey. It used to show very faint lines. Like the screen matrix lines.
Now it turns on and screen is just grey.
Occasionally get flashes of the Samsung splash screen and I did try the 3 button recovery mode and once I saw a flash of green and the little robot.
Maybe all is not lost. Its back in the rice at the moment! Not sure what we are having with our sweet n sour tomorrow night though!
simonsteele said:
Latest news after a few days drying.
Turns on but screen is grey. It used to show very faint lines. Like the screen matrix lines.
Now it turns on and screen is just grey.
Occasionally get flashes of the Samsung splash screen and I did try the 3 button recovery mode and once I saw a flash of green and the little robot.
Maybe all is not lost. Its back in the rice at the moment! Not sure what we are having with our sweet n sour tomorrow night though!
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i thought it got wet yesterday?
let it dry for a few days DO NOT use it before that
take the battery out!!!
Once I silly took my iPhone to the bathroom and drowned it. It took three days in rice for it to completely recover. So, don't lose you hope. We all support you
*If completely dead, I am ready to have a virtual beer for it to rest in peace*
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Once I silly took my iPhone to the bathroom and drowned it. It took three days in rice for it to completely recover. So, don't lose you hope. We all support you
*If completely dead, I am ready to have a virtual beer for it to rest in peace*
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Should we be drinking beer together so close to the Ashes and the Rugby? lol
allotrios said:
i thought it got wet yesterday?
let it dry for a few days DO NOT use it before that
take the battery out!!!
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No sorry was Saturday.
I keep the hope but have always fancied a play with a Palm WebOS.
Still I am missing the Galaxy S. I want it back! Live damn you live!!!
You never know, my son poured a glass of sticky fruit juice on my laptop. Came out of every hole. Turned it off quick. Stripped it down as much as possible, got to unlock all the ribbon connectors, water sits right in there. Soaked it in Isopropyl alcohol. Binds to the water and draws it out. Let it dry for a few days and it fired right up. Also had to strip my SGS, screen was messing about, found the main screen connector hanging off. Anyway comes apart quite easily, just a few small screws and some gently pulling on the bezel edge.
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Should we be drinking beer together so close to the Ashes and the Rugby? lol
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So what? We all are under the same Queen!
Still just the grey screen but it flashes the Galaxy S splash screen for a second now.
Been quoted £64 to fix it by a place in London
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Still just the grey screen but it flashes the Galaxy S splash screen for a second now.
Been quoted £64 to fix it by a place in London
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take it and get it fixed LOL
64 quid is better that whats its worth for the whole two year contract lol
Last time I drowned a phone i managed to rescue it by sticking it infront of a dehumidifier and max for a day. Also dont forget if u drown a phone take the battery out ASAP so not cause any further damage.
As soon as I saw the title of this thread, my heart sank. Hope it works but if not its definitely worth the Money to fix it
Put it on a hot place(not to hot)
That help it to dry.
You can also use a hairdryer over the backside. Do it gently and don't make the phone to hot.
When foe put it in the rise jar again for a day or two.
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Well guys it is at a Samsung service centre being looked at.
They give cause for hope and think up to £60 to fix it.
Should know if it is viable to fix by tomorrow afternoon.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Good luck with the repairs. Hopefully you get it working 100% without costing you too much.
One warning I have for people with regards to the alcohol bath. I spilled beer all over my old BlackBerry Storm and after I dried it out the buttons were all sticking but at least the phone worked. People kept suggesting to bath the phone in 99% alcohol. I decided to try it. Well it definitely cleaned out all the sticky beer but it also leeched in between the layers of the touchscreen and left some permanent clouds and wet spots under the screen. The phone worked fine but the display looked a bit messed up. I'm not sure if the Galaxy S could suffer from the same effects but I thought I would share this experience in case someone is thinking about trying it.
I dropped my phone to ****ty water where it stayed for 5 hours... after that it went to police station where it was 2 days wet in a minigrip bag. After that i washed my phone, blowed it dry with hair dryer. For few weeks my vibration did not work but starded working. Second problem was GPS that did not work. But today it started working. Just wanted to share this info with you. Great phone.
Lucky man my luck it would all be stuff
I can't really agree:
I got in a really terrible rain with my X5 in my trouser pocket, I got soaked. Back in the car I took the battery out of the phone and dried it as best as I could.
At home I removed the SIM card and the SD card and let the phone dry for a week.
It's been two weeks now, the phone starts up, but you can't slide the unlock slider all the way to the right - it looks like the touchscreen isn't working in the rightmost 1 or 1,5 cm of the screen.
Also you can still see a few faint stains under the touchscreen.
I hope I will not have to test it but it is nice to know that a few drops will not harm it..
By the way (excuse me if I'm hijacking the thread) are those screen protectors that use a liquid "solution" in order to apply safe (enter the phone throught the speaker mic etc)?
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I can't really agree:
I got in a really terrible rain with my X5 in my trouser pocket, I got soaked. Back in the car I took the battery out of the phone and dried it as best as I could.
At home I removed the SIM card and the SD card and let the phone dry for a week.
It's been two weeks now, the phone starts up, but you can't slide the unlock slider all the way to the right - it looks like the touchscreen isn't working in the rightmost 1 or 1,5 cm of the screen.
Also you can still see a few faint stains under the touchscreen.
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oh my god !that's good !but the camera .......
i had exactly the same problem because of a sweaty pair of trousers.. luckily i had the phone for only 20 days, and they gave me a new one..
GeorgM2003 said:
i had exactly the same problem because of a sweaty pair of trousers.. luckily i had the phone for only 20 days, and they gave me a new one..
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Fuuuu... we don't want to know details please
guys could any tell me how ideos x5's "720p video recording" quality is......???
and one more....... how is the battery life.......???
if possible can any one post a genuine video of <1 minute with 720p using ideos x5 .........plz..........
i want to buy this phone
nw b/w defy and this phone.........
thnx.........
plz help me in this.............
Dont buy this
Just buy used desire hd
Much better than this and great camera
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U8800's 720p s_cks. don't even think about it.
Hey guys,
So here is an interesting story, I got my desire z about year and a half ago and straight after the first charge a couple of yellow stains started showing up around the keyboard, my guess is that they were caused by the rubber padding, located under the screen part of the phone, heating up. So I went ahead and ripped the padding right off, but sure enough it was too late and the phone was stained for good. But here is a surprising part, just another day I was cleaning my phone when I noticed that the stains have just disappeared, literarily over the space of couple of hours. I mean they were there for over a year and then BAM ! Just vanished. WTF?
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Well actually the other day I left my phone out in the rain and it still worked but I put it in rice to be safe. After taking it out I had these yellow stains, but they dissappeared after a day or so, it was weird and annoying though
So i was playing table tennis earlier today .. when i stopped , i decided to check my messages on my phone , but it wasnt working . The phone itself worked allright , the controls too but the touchscreen wasnt working at all .
I googled and found that moisture can damage the digitizer... as a desperate attempt i filled a bowl with rice and dropped the phone right =(
God have mercy on my phone
By any chance, have you tried rebooting it before doing said steps?
Yes , i tried rebooting it like 10 times and doing a battery pull .
The touchscreen worked in the corners of the screen only , so it must be the moisture i think .
ive got some good news, near the beginging of augest i dropped my phone in a puddle, dried it out and everything but it didnt work, it took ages to turn on and touchscreen didnt work. no shops could fix it, so i left it on my windowsill and bought a blackberry, i tried it every week and it didnt work.
so the other day i decided to try it again just coz i can. (nearly 4months later) it works perfectly, i was so happy coz the xperia play is the only phone i really like.
so my adivce if it doesnt work anytime soon, if you really want this phone, just leave it for a while, you could get lucky like me!
My Play digitizer stopped working completely due to applying wet screen protector.
Then I put one my Nexus today. And it made to power button stop working, I had to open it to dry it. Guess I didn't learn the lesson the first time.
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Disassemble it and clean it with denatured alcohol / hydrocarbon solution (eg methylated spirits).
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I already ordered the digitizer (20usd ;_ ... i still decided to turn it on today and behold! ... Its working again @[email protected]
The only problem i have noticed is that the lower corner registers as the middle of the screen
drivenby said:
I already ordered the digitizer (20usd ;_ ... i still decided to turn it on today and behold! ... Its working again @[email protected]
The only problem i have noticed is that the lower corner registers as the middle of the screen
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Yeah better not cancel that digitizer
It has been working like new today
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drivenby said:
It has been working like new today
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sounds good...
i have same problem but only on corner, then i buy new screen :silly: ** recommend from SSC