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**First, I don't know if this really belongs in the Q&A Section or in this General Section, so sorry if I misplaced this thread.**
Here's the story:
Yesterday in San Francisco marked the last day of Fleet Week demonstrations by the Blue Angels, who ride FA-18 jets. Our Italian Heritage Day and Columbus Day parade was held at the same time the flight demonstrations occurred. My school marching band (which I am part of) participated in the parade, and we would here the jets flying above us, producing loud cracks, so I assume they were creating sonic booms.
I put my HD2 in a thin leather sleeve, which then goes into my band's U.S. Marine uniform's inner breast pocket. Of course, the two-mile parade made me sweat. At the end of the parade, I took out my phone, and the sleeve was wet (but the phone was dry). When I turned it on, it was frozen, so I did a soft reset. When it rebooted, I noticed something weird...
Here's my issue:
Every time I add pressure on the power button (I don't have to depress it all the way), it launches my task manager (ArkSwitch) and the screen freezes until I turn off the screen by fully depressing the power button. When I turn on and unlock the screen, ArkSwitch is open.
I flashed the T-Mo USA stock ROM (WM6.5), and when I add pressure to the power button, it launches the Start Menu. This made me realize that the power button has somehow been cross-wired to the screen's top-left corner (where the start menu is now located, and where the ArkSwitch activation field was located)!
Here's a question:
Has anyone ever heard of this before? My friend's iPhone, right after the parade, could not make a call -- it would not launch anything, but the home screen still swiped left/right. Another friend, who has a Samsung dumb-phone, took out his phone at the end of the parade, and the screen was shattered! Is it possible that the waves from the sonic booms may have affected our phones (We've been in longer, hotter parades, so I don't think humidity is much of an issue, especially taking into consideration the broken screen of my friend's Samsung. Also, the water damage indicators are still white, so sweat didn't penetrate)? This has never happened to me before, but this is the first time I marched this particular parade with my HD2 in my pocket (I've already marched 3 parades with the HD2); I marched with my TP2 in the same pocket last year, and it was never affected (I marched probably 6-7 parades with the TP2).
~~I now have restored stock SPL, and I'm going to go to the T-Mo store to try to get a warranty swap.
Update
I'm getting a replacement phone soon.
I spoke to one local rep and 2 CS (on the phone) reps. All 3 of them were dumbfounded when I explained the hardware problem. The local rep who actually witnessed me pressing the Power Button, which launched the Start Menu, was so confused he didn't even bother doing anything -- he immediately took out the battery, looked at the water damage indicators, wrote down the IMEI, and told me he wrote a note on my account regarding a strange hardware problem, and that CS will deal with warranty swaps.
The 2 CS spokespersons were just plain confused about the issue! Good thing they just ended up doing a warranty swap without pulling the "Did you do a hard reset?" stuff.
Anyway, I'm still curious as to how this happened. I've had my HD2 since mid-April, and this failure occurred only yesterday (Oct.10).
Wow, that's strange
If you have another device you should use that one for a day or two and leave all cards and the battery out of device, and maybe put some pressure on the hard send key. Something similar happened to my Topaz over the summer, it was really hot out and I'm pretty sure I didn't get any sweat on it. Anyways, somehow the next day the windows hard key opened up the dialer all of a sudden and there were some tiny green lines on the phone.. after a while the green slowely creeped down to the bottom of the screen and dissapeared (over a period of three months) and the hardware buttons eventually fixed themselves (over about a week).
Were you drinking at this parade?
sumflipnol said:
the Blue Angels, who ride FA-18 jets. (
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No offense intended, but the Blue Angels don't "ride" FA-18s, they fly them. In aircraft passengers ride and pilots (or naval aviators) fly.
The Blue Angels did not go supersonic. The aircraft at the airshow did not affect your phone in any way. Think about it. If you experienced a sonic boom that could break your phone, what do you suppose would have happened to your eardrums? Plus, the Blue Angels are all about precision flying. I guarantee they didn't accidentally go supersonic, and they damn sure didn't do it on purpose. Hope that helps narrow down what happened to your phone... Wish I could be more help, but at least I eliminated a blind alley!
Ex military pilot.
Scabes24 said:
Wow, that's strange
If you have another device you should use that one for a day or two and leave all cards and the battery out of device, and maybe put some pressure on the hard send key. Something similar happened to my Topaz over the summer, it was really hot out and I'm pretty sure I didn't get any sweat on it. Anyways, somehow the next day the windows hard key opened up the dialer all of a sudden and there were some tiny green lines on the phone.. after a while the green slowely creeped down to the bottom of the screen and dissapeared (over a period of three months) and the hardware buttons eventually fixed themselves (over about a week).
Were you drinking at this parade?
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. But my replacement HD2 should be arriving in 2 days, and who knows, I might as well relive the "new phone" experience!
I didn't have alcohol of course, but I did have a bottle of water after the parade (and I swear I didn't miss my mouth when I drank it).
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No offense intended, but the Blue Angels don't "ride" FA-18s, they fly them. In aircraft passengers ride and pilots (or naval aviators) fly.
The Blue Angels did not go supersonic. The aircraft at the airshow did not affect your phone in any way. Think about it. If you experienced a sonic boom that could break your phone, what do you suppose would have happened to your eardrums? Plus, the Blue Angels are all about precision flying. I guarantee they didn't accidentally go supersonic, and they damn sure didn't do it on purpose. Hope that helps narrow down what happened to your phone... Wish I could be more help, but at least I eliminated a blind alley!
Ex military pilot.
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Not offended at all. (I admit I'm ignorant when it comes to aviation.)
Geez, when 3 Blue Angels members (1 pilot and 2 engineers) came to my school for a brief recruitment presentation, they did say they go supersonic during some points of the demonstrations -- maybe they realized us kids these days just don't know that much about aviation.
I love watching the Blue Angels fly. I used to go to Downtown SF each year to watch them on their last performance, but now that my marching band participates in the parade that occurs during the demonstrations, I barely get to watch them anymore (I just hear them flying above me).
Thanks. Now I think aliens are just screwing with me...
thats really corious
happily, you'll get your replacement
thanks for sharing this "funny" story.
what about the other phones? are they working again?
DN41
DN41 said:
thats really corious
happily, you'll get your replacement
thanks for sharing this "funny" story.
what about the other phones? are they working again?
DN41
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The iPhone is working fine; my friend has had no issues since the parade. The Samsung, which had the broken screen but still had calling capabilities, stopped working altogether -- my friend just got a new phone to renew his contract.
I'm still at school and my HD2's at home, so I don't know if it's working well yet.
sure its a screen issue...there is a video on youtube of a hd2 being pressed near the hardkeys and doing funny things
Had like same problem with my old Wizard. when pressed over dpad up button it launched always start menu, but when pressed exactly at dpad up button it did what it was meant to like there would have been extra button hidden..
but as for sonic boom, no they didn't do that at no chance at all. it is very dangerous for people near mostly for ears. and as far as I know they are allowed to do that only very high in the air where is no "outsiders" and only far away from cities and other stuff.
thumbs up for you getting new phone
Well my HD2's still broken... Looking at the UPS tracking, I should get my phone in 20 hours (when I get home from school tomorrow).
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sure its a screen issue...there is a video on youtube of a hd2 being pressed near the hardkeys and doing funny things
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See, the weird thing is, why would the hardware suddenly fail after 6 months of use?
I imagined the would fail within one month of using the phone; I never thought of it taking 6 months.
I finally received my HD2 today. I can tell it's refurbished; the screen was not lined up correctly with the uni-body sides/back design, so I had to push the screen down on the sides to line it up (I assume the screen was replaced on this device). Whatever, just as long as this lasts me at least another year, it's fine.
Scabes24, the "fix" you recommended hasn't worked yet, and I will have to return the broken phone by the time it might fix itself (you said about 1 week).
Back to flashing... I can finally update my one-month-old ROM and my sig.
(Oh, yay! 1000th post!)
Hey, guys. I know there are dozens of threads talking about that, but mine is quite specific. First, the toilet disaster highlights one-to-one:
- phone sitting by the sink, which is close to toilet
- stupid movement and there it was, Skype was on.
- took 3 seconds to ignore all the human dignity I'd had and took the SGS from the water
- removed a crappy silicone cover (this one saved me from a more serious accident) very fast and removed the battery as fast as
- towel, paper-towel, rags
- rice bowl
- youtube video showing disassembly instructions (pretty easy)
- contact cleaner
- rice bowl again
It worked perfectly 24 hours later! Screen on, sound ok... very easy device to open.
Everything was fine until I accidentally hit the voice search and the "sound level meter" didn't move.
Microphone is not working since then. Doesn't work for calls, video with sound, audio note... It works fine with the stock earphone though.
Yes, I restored to factory settings.
Yes, I reflashed and reinstalled the ROM.
When I BLOW (with my mouth) into the mic, nothing happens. But when I SUCK it, the michophone seems to "catch" all the noise. Is this a signal of hope?
I opened it again and sprayed a good contact cleaner, right into the mic. No changes.
ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED!!!
Phone was placed on the sink with "Skype on". Hmmmm
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Phone was placed on the sink with "Skype on". Hmmmm
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Ayup...
Clearly the phone was deeply ashamed of what was going on and jumped into the open toilet to save your dignity.
You sucked on the Mic???
ew.
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Skype, bathroom, sucking and blowing the mic... woah...
Its very nasty
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Lol
I said "loser"...
Guys, rolling on the floor here, but any actual help?
Ahahahahahahahahah
Oh man grodiest i9000 thread ever.
Did you ever think about to replace the mic?? If ya say its easy to open the phone then you wont have problems to replace the mic I actually dont think its too expansive for ya. So actually its funny to read but I fell with ya. But you shouldnt use skype on the toilet my phone is waiting outside of the bath room, when I'm makin the big deal on the toilet xD
good luck dude
24 hours is way to short to remove water stuck between board and smd components. I think you fired it up to soon. Electronics dont repair themselves, once broken you need to replace parts to get things going again.
Only luck or a wallet can save you now im afraid.
Aww dude no way !!!.
I have had my fair share of phones falling into the loo, Luckily not with my SGS, but with my tocco and my spica.
My tocco survived after leaving it dry on the radiator for a day (on low low temperature)
My spica survived but needed a new screen. which was surprisingly cheap (not genuine part)
Just for my own amusement, Was it a number one or a number two you was doing at the time ?
Funny comments, But serious matter. Take their advice and leave it dry out a little more, You could of made it worse by powering it up. But lets not jump to conclusions just yet,
If drying it out for longer dont work. See if you can make a bit of cash by selling it for parts on ebay or similar.
Oh and is it on a contract ? if so do you have insurance ? or are you close to a renewal ?
Good luck, Hope you get a good outcome
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If drying it out for longer dont work. See if you can make a bit of cash by selling it for parts on ebay or similar.
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- I'll always look at parts from ebay suspiciously now.
RedBeardThePirate said:
- I'll always look at parts from ebay suspiciously now.
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Obviously you will have to mention the water damage.
But some people do buy broken / water damaged stuff.
Might not get a lot of money but it could be better than throwing it in the bin
My phone got drowned in the bottom of bag with a leaking water bottle, similar thing, phone worked but the mic wasn't 100% and the center button did not work at all. Purchased a replacement 3 button membrane they call it off ebay for $25 from UK. The mic is built onto this membrane. Funnily enough button started to work the day before it arrived but I will still replace the membrane just to know the mic is 100% as sometimes it comes across scratchy on the other end.
Hope all goes well for you.
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My phone got drowned in the bottom of bag with a leaking water bottle, similar thing, phone worked but the mic wasn't 100% and the center button did not work at all. Purchased a replacement 3 button membrane they call it off ebay for $25 from UK. The mic is built onto this membrane. Funnily enough button started to work the day before it arrived but I will still replace the membrane just to know the mic is 100% as sometimes it comes across scratchy on the other end.
Hope all goes well for you.
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+1
I bought the flex cable keypad wich comes with the microphone. Just 10$ from HongKong. However, 3 weeks to arrive.
u could try drying ur circuit board in an ultrasonic dryer... should remove all the water from it...
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Last time I flooded a phone (lake, beer, boat, he he), I used a food dehydrator. 24 hours in that gadget and all was well. Just last week my brother jumped into the water with his iPhone in the pocket. Same procedure and 24 hours later his phone lives.
Ok guys - weird happenings, i use a usb cable from my desktop pc to charge my N4 at times. I had been sitting it on top of the pc tower & it has fallen onto the laminate floor 3 times and came out without injury. So i thought it was vibration from my pc tower, so i have been sitting the phone on my pc desk surface, today i found the phone hanging half way across the edge of the desk. There is no serious vibration to mention from my pc or desk, the phone has not been ringing for the phone vibrate to cause it either. So does anyone else have any paranormal activity with their N4 strangely falling off surfaces??
only thing i notice is the glass bottom surface is very slidey
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
this is the reason I bought a bumper when I ordered mine
Yeah, that's not paranormal I'm afraid, the back is very slippery, the device can and does slide even with no vibrations at all. Just make sure to place something in the surroundings of the phone when you leave it charging that can block random slides.
cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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stop being such a forum ****.
I never said i was charging it on top of the pc tower, i sat it there. When its charging its on a flat desk surface as is the charge cable. I have sat the phone on my desk and sat it on top of my wallet and it falls off. So with this phone i will need to be careful how i place it. Of course its a bad design, i should be able to sit my phone flat on a flat surface and not worry about it falling onto the floor. Nexus aint gonna give me a new one if it were to get broken and no warning came with the phone.
oh and you know what, common manners to fellow humans, that aint rocket science :silly:
Wrong forum for this discussion really
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This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
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can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
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can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
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Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
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Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
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ok thanks matey, the zagg ones are very expensive so i bought one of these from germany only £2.55. :good:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360592861179?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
simms22 said:
my n4 has the same problem, its constantly trying to cut its life early. ive considered taking it in for therapy, but i havent found a doctor that specializes in nexuscide. yesterday morning, i woke up to it dangling by a chord besides me, about an inch above my hard ceramic tile floor
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close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
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You seem very angry. This is just an internet forum. Not much to get worked up over.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
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close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
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my n4 has probably fallen/jumped at least 50 times over the past 5 weeks, and its still in perfect condition(no cases or screen guards). luckily, the far majority of falls have been on a carpet, but some have been pretty scary
I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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man this means no where can be trusted to sit your phone. what puzzles me is it always slides off to danger, not further onto my desk .
minieod said:
everyone is MAKING FUN OF YOU
do you not see that?
wow.
if you have something on top of a flat surface...unless there is something acting upon it...there is no way for it to "slide off" ... how can you perceive that even possible?
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im not making fun of him. and there is something acting on it, its called gravity. it does mean that the surfaces arent perfectly flat, but even the slightest non perceivable slant cause it to slide.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
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Better get a thicker skin quicker as you're dealing with a lot of teenagers in these forums. Its like playing WoW, way too many prepubescent teens.
guys, it's not the phone. It's the surfaces you're placing it on. Most tables/desks are nice, smooth and shiny. Combine that with the glass and a NOT SO PERFECTLY FLAT SURFACE and you get falls
Trust me...it's not voodoo or non-Newtonian physics
Just get any cheap gel case and you're set. I actually got a brilliant one for 2 GBP Really nice looking and with really really grippy sides.
Thread clean. It's really not nice to make fun from someone, especially here - on a biggest tech forum in the world
@OP Private messages are meant to be PRIVATE, so please don't post them here.
Now let's back on topic, please.
After a trip to a shower my HTC One was declared dead (boot loop even after rice, humidity remover, heat, and others) I figured I would open the phone even it it meant that I could destroy it. It turns out that all you really need is patience and tools already available. Sure, I did bent the upper cover but, hey, everything else is intact.
I started by removing the volume button and started using those "guitar picks" around going down. Added some heat to unset the glue and moving slowly I started prying open the right side (when you are looking at the lcd). Than continued moving down until the left side was stuck. After that I went high on the volume button to set the whole right side open.
Now I'm using the other tool (the one that looks like a lever?) I started opening the left side. This side was a lot harder so I applied heat again. After that the glue wasn't an issue and it started to open nicely. Now I have the phone open and I'll see if I can get it working again.
Sorry for the English. I'm too excited to correct the mistakes and I'm not from an English speaking country.
Edit: added tools pictures.
The guitar picks were used to start opening the phone. The green and blue tool were used to open the left/top/bottom sides. The light blue tool was used mostly as a lever on the right side that was already open.
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Video will be here shortly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48832250&postcount=22
Overall experience while opening the HTC One (compared to the iPad 2/iPhone 3G/S/4S/iPod touch 5th/Motorola Atrix/Transformer Prime) I would give it a 4. The iPad being a 2 (almost impossible to open without a heat source and nearly impossible to mount a new glass without issues).
Uhuhu said:
After a trip to a shower
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... Should I ask why?
To fix the purple tint caused by heat on the camera sensor. thats why.
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... Should I ask why?
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After dropping my an old phone in the toilet (Before I went ) never again. My phone is barred from the bathroom unless its in my pocket. I guess the OP wanted to have some alone time with his phone.........................
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... Should I ask why?
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TuneIn, on the upper part of the bathroom/shower (we mostly call it "box" to take a shower while listening to music.
Wow I think that this would be very usefull for other people who want open it...
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Wow I think that this would be very usefull for other people who want open it...
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Well, it clearly isint. He just wanted everyone to know that he was able to open the phone.
Ok you did a pretty amazing job. Now let's move on.
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Well, it clearly isint. He just wanted everyone to know that he was able to open the phone.
Ok you did a pretty amazing job. Now let's move on.
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Sorry you meant he was able to break the phone
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Sorry you meant he was able to break the phone
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Phone is back. 100% working again. After opening it up I used a hairdryer on the "on/off" switch, left it open to cool down. After an hour I left it charging and left it there. It wasn't boot looping anymore and it turned on.
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Phone is back. 100% working again. After opening it up I used a hairdryer on the "on/off" switch, left it open to cool down. After an hour I left it charging and left it there. It wasn't boot looping anymore and it turned on.
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But it is the same phone? how did you repare the top right corner of the screen that was completely off centered?
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But it is the same phone? how did you repare the top right corner of the screen that was completely off centered?
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Same phone. I just glued it back to position with a superglue (superbonder is the trademark I've used). Used a toothpick to smear it gently and used some phone books to keep things in place. The top aluminum part was bent but the superglue is now holding it.
About the video, I'm not sure I'm willing to open it again. It would be awesome tho..
I have read that under the speaker grills there are screws holding it together.. did you encounter these screws?
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I have read that under the speaker grills there are screws holding it together.. did you encounter these screws?
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Found no screws. It's stuck together in one piece by some clips on the white border only. It's also glued around the same white border.
Follow-up: The phone is still working fine but not charging anymore. I'll wait to open it again later, in about two days or so, and than I'll video the process to see if there's something wrong. Hopefully it's fixable. And I hope I can open it without issues just like the first time. If it doesn't charge I'll see if I can get a new charging port (maybe the water did some damage by rusting the contacts of the port).
It seems that the phone is playing tricks on me. It's charging today.. Go figure..
Could be the water damage. I read where people with different phones talked about the phone acting weird like it just stop charging or the screen won't come on. That would come and go without warning. Remember my father in law damaged a phone once when he was a truck driver and delivering his load in to a walk in freezer. He made many trips in and out and I guess from the extreme cold to heat made it condensate inside the phone. Where are the water damage labels on the phone beings you had it open?
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Double post.
Water labels are intact and since htc left Brazil we don't have an authorized to fix it so I opened it and saw that there is no water indicator in red. The water damage sticker is below the flash. Look at the pictures and you'll see a white sticker below the flash and another close to the usb port on the lower side of the phone. Not sure if the second one is a water damage indicator..
I'll keep using the phone till I get some alone time to open it. Tho I'm worried that I might break the phone this time (since it's working again - for no apparent reason).
So, yeah, there's an issue with the charging. Not sure if it's the port or the phone. Tested different chargers and it won't charge while it's on nor when it's off. After a day off it charged (yesterday) but now it won't charge. This sux. I have to find out what's going on. So, yes, I'll have to open it again. I can't have a phone that will be used to drive using gps all day behaving it like that. Phones won't last 4 hours on battery alone while using gps.
Added new picture with tools used..
Sorry for the double/triple post, but it's the best way to keep everyone informed..
If I helped you in any way please consider donating something so I can buy a new phone. The HTC One is dead due to an issue with the USB connector or something else that I'm still not aware. I will use this phone as a test bed from now on to see if I can fix other stuff without breaking too so I do need a new phone. You can donate here: http://bit.ly/1a9vqqg
Thanks and enjoy the video! I hope it helps a lot of people.
A video will be uploaded here: (it's 04:37am GMT -2) and still 205 minutes left to upload. Video will be 720p and it's 1.2gb so yeah, it will take a while. But now I'm off to bed. And sorry for my english. I'm ok writing but I'm so so when speaking. I said I would edit the video but since it's just shy of 19 minutes I figured I would leave it like that.
If you guys have any idea on what to do to help me fix the charging issue I would see if I can try that now that the phone can be easily opened. :fingers-crossed:
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great idea.. just doesn't look very nice =/ samsung should send out a pen revision
blewis540 said:
great idea.. just doesn't look very nice =/ samsung should send out a pen revision
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Agreed! It doesn't look nearly as beautiful, however, since these S-Pens are only $20 or so, the converted/cut one can be used for more practical use while you can still keep a normal S-Pen to have as well.
Where can you buy a [Note 5] Samsung S-Pen for $20?
Samsung.Galaxy.S3 said:
Where can you buy a [Note 5] Samsung S-Pen for $20?
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Ebay currently has them for that price. 'Note 5 S Pen' search returns these results.
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How about you just pay attention, or if your letting a kid play your $800 phone which is stupid, take the s pen out and put it somewhere else. When anyone mentions kids it sounds like parents that don't know how to parent
ryanalan82 said:
How about you just pay attention, or if your letting a kid play your $800 phone which is stupid, take the s pen out and put it somewhere else. When anyone mentions kids it sounds like parents that don't know how to parent
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We agree that this should be common sense, however, we know that some things are inevitable. Phone laying on the table, kid comes up and plays with it for 2 seconds is all it takes, no matter how good of a parent you are.
Being the ballsy "DGAF" person I am, i shoved my pen in backwards like 20 minutes ago after a friend mentioned people complaining it was getting stuck. My first thought was "HA. Idiots... How do you jam it in so bad it gets stuck? And why?" So, I slipped mine in and and thought well, it wont go further, maybe its breaking when they try to force it? So I gave up and tried pulling it out. got like 1.5 inches out and....stuck. Like 45 seconds later, unstuck. All I did was turn the phone screen down and it slid right out
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Being the ballsy "DGAF" person I am, i shoved my pen in backwards like 20 minutes ago after a friend mentioned people complaining it was getting stuck. My first thought was "HA. Idiots... How do you jam it in so bad it gets stuck? And why?" So, I slipped mine in and and thought well, it wont go further, maybe its breaking when they try to force it? So I gave up and tried pulling it out. got like 1.5 inches out and....stuck. Like 45 seconds later, unstuck. All I did was turn the phone screen down and it slid right out
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Sorry to say, it sounds like the black lever that it would get caught on may be 'broken'. It's a spring lever so it shouldn't move based off of the phone's orientation.
interesting way to "fix" the issue. Cosmetically it doesn't look as good at the bottom, but then again, who really looks there.