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Waterproof Galaxy S II. WOW!

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!

Cool. That means i won't need to be careful of my phone in the toilet. :3

Wicked! I hope to see this technology on electronics devices soon--on cameras (DSLRs), on watches, etc...

Dombledore said:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!
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Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?

hyperlink to op
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/

Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again as well.
I hope this becomes standard.. and soon!
I have been lucky to never kill a phone with water (well there was a nokia dumbphone that went though the washing machine) but still, wow.

veyka said:
Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again.
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True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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Hope they come out with something like a spray can so you can apply any device.

I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.

mysterioustko said:
I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.
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They're not the only company doing this sort of thing - but this is the best demo I've seen of it!

Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.

tazer4 said:
zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.
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I had a dream last month that my s2's screen was cracked.. Glad i woke up
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Would definitely be interested in this for sure

Shut up and take my money!

Hi
Couldn't get any link to work, so I found another site talking about this kind of protecting electronic from the inside:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/galaxy-s2-release-hzo-technology-makes-galaxy-s2-waterproof-video-61905/

Dombledore said:
Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?
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I guess induction charging and BT/WIFI transfers would solve this issue.

Gorjess said:
Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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Ahhahahahahah D waterproof is an excellent idea, never have to worry in the rain
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Sound too good to be true. I wonder how does it cost?

dave2 said:
True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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To be honest I haven't noticed that, but considering the fear of getting the bloody thing wet im not surprised.
Not dying in the wet it half way towards usable in the wet at least
(and considering when we get rain over here, we really get rain, bloody hell!)
(Also that's a stupidly good movie, gotta love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)

[Q] Touchscreen Unresponsive after reboot menu

My touchscreen becomes unresponsive after holding down the power button to get to the Phone Options where the Silent mode, Airplane mode, Choose Profile, Screenshot, Reboot , and Power Off options are located. The touch screen becomes unresponsive, I have to power off the screen for a few seconds and turn it back on and the touch screen will work again. It just started doing this 2 weeks ago. I have tried different roms and no difference. I have performed task 29 no difference, even after fresh installation of roms with no other apps installed
Im suspecting a worn digitizer but not sure because it only does it after phone opentions menu is opened, other than that the touchscreen works fine. Than again not sure if its a rom issue because it does it with different roms even older ones i never had problems before. I just know how to flash roms and basic stuff and not that far advanced
By the way I have the latest MGLDR, and recovery, have performed task 29 and even tried it with the SD card out and same result
Any help would be greatly appriciated especially if you have had this exact problem please i want to hear from you
Thank you

Broken flat cable from digitizer to mainboard.I had the same problem.

Was it expensive to fix? Or did you fix it yourself? Did you replace the cable, digitizer or just the cable? And thanks for the help
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mvinceti said:
Broken flat cable from digitizer to mainboard.I had the same problem.
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I think you mean broken flex cable from digitizer to lcd...

e334 said:
I think you mean broken flex cable from digitizer to lcd...
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Sure he meant this, in order to make sense!
Solution: another touchscreen/digitizer or even better(but more expensive) new combo(lcd+touchscreen/digitizer)!

I have noticed that after it boots it will let me select an option from the the phone option menu but only when it is fresh of a boot, once the phone settles after a minute or two it's when the problem starts
For the meantime I'm using Quick Boot app from the market since that is the only thing it affects. I will check for prices to replace digitizer. I have seen the digitizers alone on Ebay going got around 10 bucks but I'm scared of the installation lol. I'm going to check the phone repair shop and check how they charge. If it's too much I'll just live with it since the Quick Boot app is working fine.
Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it and hopefully it can help somebody else with the exact problem
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Well took it to a local repair shop and guy told me the wires looked good and said maybe the motherboard was going out, well if it is guess I'll use my wife's Samsung Vibrant which I must say has never had any problems with, until its time for a contract renewal for me
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mexicandroid said:
My touchscreen becomes unresponsive after holding down the power button to get to the Phone Options where the Silent mode, Airplane mode, Choose Profile, Screenshot, Reboot , and Power Off options are located. The touch screen becomes unresponsive, I have to power off the screen for a few seconds and turn it back on and the touch screen will work again. It just started doing this 2 weeks ago. I have tried different roms and no difference. I have performed task 29 no difference, even after fresh installation of roms with no other apps installed
Im suspecting a worn digitizer but not sure because it only does it after phone opentions menu is opened, other than that the touchscreen works fine. Than again not sure if its a rom issue because it does it with different roms even older ones i never had problems before. I just know how to flash roms and basic stuff and not that far advanced
By the way I have the latest MGLDR, and recovery, have performed task 29 and even tried it with the SD card out and same result
Any help would be greatly appriciated especially if you have had this exact problem please i want to hear from you
Thank you
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Me too
bib*oops said:
Sure he meant this, in order to make sense!
Solution: another touchscreen/digitizer or even better(but more expensive) new combo(lcd+touchscreen/digitizer)!
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that's what I'm getting
mexicandroid said:
Well took it to a local repair shop and guy told me the wires looked good and said maybe the motherboard was going out, well if it is guess I'll use my wife's Samsung Vibrant which I must say has never had any problems with, until its time for a contract renewal for me
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I highly doubt the board is bad. I already took mine apart, a collection of dust and dirt causes the end button to mess up the contacts. Your board is probably fine if you aren't experiencing overheating or any other symptoms, no offence, he probably just wanted more work to do so they could charge you more. I've done some computer repairs for family and friends and it's ridiculous the bull that repair stores throw at you
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elesbb said:
Me too
that's what I'm getting
I highly doubt the board is bad. I already took mine apart, a collection of dust and dirt causes the end button to mess up the contacts. Your board is probably fine if you aren't experiencing overheating or any other symptoms, no offence, he probably just wanted more work to do so they could charge you more. I've done some computer repairs for family and friends and it's ridiculous the bull that repair stores throw at you
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I'm not experiencing overheating issues, the guy didn't charge and said he didn't have another motherboard to swap out with and test. He didn't charge me anything at least. I know its ridiculous how much they charge sometimes but its out of warranty so I don't have much choice and I'm scared to take it apart and damage something else but I have no other choice now lol. Did you look at a video before you took your apart?
Also was your phone doing the exact same thing? It does make sense it could be a dirty contact, I work ata Chevy dealer and bad contacts sometimes do weird things but sometimes at the lock screen the touch screen won't work also and I have to turn of t the screen for it to work
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mexicandroid said:
I'm not experiencing overheating issues, the guy didn't charge and said he didn't have another motherboard to swap out with and test. He didn't charge me anything at least. I know its ridiculous how much they charge sometimes but its out of warranty so I don't have much choice and I'm scared to take it apart and damage something else but I have no other choice now lol. Did you look at a video before you took your apart?
Also was your phone doing the exact same thing? It does make sense it could be a dirty contact, I work ata Chevy dealer and bad contacts sometimes do weird things but sometimes at the lock screen the touch screen won't work also and I have to turn of t the screen for it to work
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Yes exactly the same thing like 100 percent exactly. And yes I did the hardest part is getting the device out of the case lol the rest is quite simple.
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elesbb said:
Yes exactly the same thing like 100 percent exactly. And yes I did the hardest part is getting the device out of the case lol the rest is quite simple.
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did you use a plastic tool or a small screwdriver to get the phone out of the case?
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mexicandroid said:
did you use a plastic tool or a small screwdriver to get the phone out of the case?
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Small screwdriver, didn't want to but I was very careful and made sure I didn't hit anything
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elesbb said:
Small screwdriver, didn't want to but I was very careful and made sure I didn't hit anything
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After I take the cover of do I have to disconnect anything? I tried finding a video about it but no luck
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mexicandroid said:
After I take the cover of do I have to disconnect anything? I tried finding a video about it but no luck
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No luck??? lol look my friend i am your luck

elesbb said:
No luck??? lol look my friend i am your luck
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Lol thanks I meant after I take the cover off, I was able to take the plastic buttons of but I didn't see much dust, I **** a little compressed air but that's all, how did you clean up the actual buttons?
Well I put it back together after blew the buttons but for a little while the touchscreen was not working at all, I rebooted a few times and it started working but same problem
Just wanted to know how you cleaned the buttons if I'm missing something. I really want to fix it because I don't to use my wife HD2, I'll never hear the end of it from her because I always tell her phone is better lol
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Lol thanks I meant after I take the cover off, I was able to take the plastic buttons of but I didn't see much dust, I **** a little compressed air but that's all, how did you clean up the actual buttons?
Well I put it back together after blew the buttons but for a little while the touchscreen was not working at all, I rebooted a few times and it started working but same problem
Just wanted to know how you cleaned the buttons if I'm missing something. I really want to fix it because I don't to use my wife HD2, I'll never hear the end of it from her because I always tell her phone is better lol
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Lol. what cover are you talking about? i just followed the one video and blew compressed air through ever little nook and crany. It didnt fix it completely as im not too worried about it since my digitizer is shattered. So i'll be more worried about it once i get a new digitizer. But just follow one of the videos on youtube, they take the thing apart all the way down to individual parts.

Hey use attached apk, and remap one of your other buttons to function as the power button. I have mine set to the green button since i dont use it anyhow. That way the endkey doesnt get used so much. It works perfectly. once i get a new display im gonna rig a way to keep this from happening again.

elesbb said:
Hey use attached apk, and remap one of your other buttons to function as the power button. I have mine set to the green button since i dont use it anyhow. That way the endkey doesnt get used so much. It works perfectly. once i get a new display im gonna rig a way to keep this from happening again.
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thanks but now my touchscreen does not work at all now. Maybe it was just the digitizer going bad in my phone. I'm using a Samsung Vibrant which in my opinion sucks, I just got it rooted, now I need install CM7, I miss my HD2 so much. I think I'm just going to order a digitizer from Ebay and try to install myself
damn the HD2 phone owners have so many rom choices compared to this vibrant
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mexicandroid said:
thanks but now my touchscreen does not work at all now. Maybe it was just the digitizer going bad in my phone. I'm using a Samsung Vibrant which in my opinion sucks, I just got it rooted, now I need install CM7, I miss my HD2 so much. I think I'm just going to order a digitizer from Ebay and try to install myself
damn the HD2 phone owners have so many rom choices compared to this vibrant
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Ha, have you tried rebooting the HD2? If i hit the end key, it stops working completely, but after a reboot it works again. So far it hasnt stopped working since i remapped the green key to be power key. And yeah i had to use my Touch Pro 2 until i finally got an HD2. I cant wait to get a job and get an SGS2 though. Thats an amazing phone.

elesbb said:
Ha, have you tried rebooting the HD2? If i hit the end key, it stops working completely, but after a reboot it works again. So far it hasnt stopped working since i remapped the green key to be power key. And yeah i had to use my Touch Pro 2 until i finally got an HD2. I cant wait to get a job and get an SGS2 though. Thats an amazing phone.
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My wife has the sg2 but won't let me touch it. There nice but I want a phone with a quad core processor like the HTC one, that's what I'm waiting for
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Ant under screen

There is an ant under my screen. I am not sure how it got there and I wasn't too happy when it stopped moving... I think it's dead.
Any advice on getting it out...
I already tried a vacuum cleaner, that didn't work.
I would open the device but I am not sure if there is adhesive between the lcd and glass panel.

Oh my this looks like a job for the Ant busters who you gonna call?888888888 ANT BUSTERS.
THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE
IN THE XDA HOOD
AND IT DON'T LOOK GOOD
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
ANT BUSTERS.
AN ANT IN A GALAXY TAB
THEY CALL IT THE 10.1 SLAB
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
ANT BUSTERS.
PLAYING AND CRAWLING AROUND
ITS BREACHED IT'S WAY INBOUND
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
ANT BUSTERS.
IT JUST DROPPED DEAD
BANG IN THE MIDDLE (ENOUGH SAID)
WHO YOU GONNA CALL
ANT BUSTERS.
I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO ANT
BECAUSE HE (ANT) HEAVY HE'S MY BROTHER.

Lmfao... I'm sorry.. This just made me laugh... I'm sorry about the ant though.. I believe you will have to take it apart if you can't shake it out. You're going to have to google a repair video for the 10.1. Lmk how it works out for you.
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Nothing productive to add just.... PMSL! ;-)
How the f&$k did it get in there? The only real place I can see on mine is the headphone socket.
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Well its scientifically proven, ants love Android.

LOL @ Ant buster...
Yeah I am guessing I will have to open it. The thing is I don't know if there is adhesive between the lcd and the glass. None of the disassemble videos I've seen removed the lcd panel. I guess I will have to do it on my own...
wish me good luck.
STUPID ANT.
I am guessing not even the ant buster could save me now.

Not really a guide, but maybe this will give you an idea: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-Samsung-Galaxy-tab-10-1-digitizer/8346/1

ROFL!
anyway, yes u have to open it. if you are unsure, watch some youtube videos on how to disassemble it. Good Luck. LOL!

This made my day XD But on a serious note, just follow the procedure of removing/fixing a screen

lol i'm sorry for no help but this is a very funny problem

Picture or it didn't happen.

djowett said:
Picture or it didn't happen.
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100%^^^^^^^^
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Poor ant

djowett said:
Picture or it didn't happen.
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I am surprised this didnt come up sooner. But yes post pics!

Dude thats the funniest thing I have ever heard....hahahaha....sorry
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Not really a guide, but maybe this will give you an idea:
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Thanks for being the only one that offered any help.
I guess the screen is glued to the LCD with adhesive...
sigh... I really don't want to go through all of that just to remove an ant.
Here are the pics

..and i thought Samsung started their organic design recently with the s3
i´m sorry

Have you tried compressed air?

I believe that this bug is fixed in the ICS upgrade.

If you have any dead pixels, or any other hardware issues send it in for that and likely Samsung will remove the bug. I've used this app to check for dead pixels on my screen and have found a couple. Wasn't worth sending it in for a repair but if I had a bug in my screen I would. Good luck.

[Q] I may RMA : Can you please check your N10 Screen alignment

OK, I realise this may be nit-picking but I wanted to check if this is normal.
My screen doesnt look symetrical in the sense that one side has a black border between the screen and the black bezel (the right hand side) but the left hand side is flush against the black border/bezel.
I have attached the pics and would really appreciate someone to have a look at their N10 as a comparison :good:
Thanks in advance.
On another note Im loving the N10 to the max!

Mine is symmetrical. Never thought about checking that.
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jjdevega said:
Mine is symmetrical. Never thought about checking that.
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Had a feeling about that ! My Gnex is symentrical and to be honest in the most weirdest way when I use the N10 it doesnt feel right like this..... !! ....I was also feeling like I was picking holes in it....but I am loving the N10.....
I really noticed it because it wasnt symetrical I guess....and I just noticed it.
Gona RMA this badboy...real sad to say it though !
Thanks for checking...much appreciated!

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Had a feeling about that ! My Gnex is symentrical and to be honest in the most weirdest way when I use the N10 it doesnt feel right like this..... !! ....I was also feeling like I was picking holes in it....but I am loving the N10.....
I really noticed it because it wasnt symetrical I guess....and I just noticed it.
Gona RMA this badboy...real sad to say it though !
Thanks for checking...much appreciated!
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I checked mine too and it the screen fit exactly. I guess you must be missing some screen as it is below the bezel???

chezzzuk said:
I checked mine too and it the screen fit exactly. I guess you must be missing some screen as it is below the bezel???
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Again thanks for checking, its really appreciated. I'm sad to let it go but will wait to see what the replacement brings. Will hope its without issues.

chezzzuk said:
I checked mine too and it the screen fit exactly. I guess you must be missing some screen as it is below the bezel???
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Probably misalignment, not missing screen
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Mine has it but not as bad as yours. Mine has a very little gap on both sides. Looks very normal on mine.
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leyvatron said:
Mine has it but not as bad as yours. Mine has a very little gap on both sides. Looks very normal on mine.
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Ye that scenario would be fine......on my one my eyes are drawn to it depending on the app or what I am doing.
But ye, as someone said earlier it does look misaligned thats all but I think my eye prefers things that are symmetrical.
RMA time

Mine has it, but not nearly as noticeable as yours. I have yet to be plagued with any other issue though, and since mine is not very noticeable, I'm just gonna keep it.

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Mine has it, but not nearly as noticeable as yours. I have yet to be plagued with any other issue though, and since mine is not very noticeable, I'm just gonna keep it.
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I would have kept it for sure...especially if it was like you are describing your N10. Just a hassle doing a RMA.

[Q] Swollen battery

So, has anyone else had any problems with the battery swelling on the N4? I first noticed that parts of the screen was having what appeared to be a massive light bleed, then after a few hours the back came off. I was not charging the phone so I have a hard time believing there is something wrong with my charger. I have attached a picture showing what it looks like now..

Never seen that before I'd get the phone replaced.

That's crazy

The problem is the battery blew up. How hot did you get that thing and for how long.
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Damn
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Holy ****. That's bad. Get it replaced.
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Wow get that away from you you don't need a battery acid shower
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Click it I dare you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784401

My old Samsung got extremely hot and battery died in seconds , the battery didn't look to good neither!! Sent it back and they told me it was a battery loop!!
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The problem is the battery blew up. How hot did you get that thing and for how long.
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I had the phone in my pocket and only used it for Spotify when I was outside walking. I never checked the temperature when I saw the phone like that for the first time, so actually I don´t know how hot it got. I haven´t found a way to see the max temperature but if someone give me the instructions I gladly will.

I would suggest turning it off immediately and RMA'ing. That is dangerous. I'm really surprised at how bad that has swollen without exploding

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I would suggest turning it off immediately and RMA'ing. That is dangerous. I'm really surprised at how bad that has swollen without exploding
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This is the second li-po cell battery i have seen like this. And my 5th lifetime li-po explosion total. I use them in my rc car and see them blow up frequently
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Wow... That picture proves that all these " my back glass spontaneously cracked" are full of crap! If the back glass can survive that uncracked....
But seriously though, that sucks and get that RMA'd!
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kinda annoying, i had a friend that had this done with his S2.. .he just replaced the battery .. annoyingly we cant do that easily

skezza said:
I would suggest turning it off immediately and RMA'ing. That is dangerous. I'm really surprised at how bad that has swollen without exploding
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Absolutely, I will call Google in the morning. The thing is that I live in Sweden and the phone is bought in the UK Play Store, so it will be interesting to see how I am able to RMA it since I don´t live in the UK.

peterlundgren said:
Absolutely, I will call Google in the morning. The thing is that I live in Sweden and the phone is bought in the UK Play Store, so it will be interesting to see how I am able to RMA it since I don´t live in the UK.
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Someone on here from the UK might be able to help you.

666fff said:
Someone on here from the UK might be able to help you.
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Here's some information to RMA Devices
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411741#GB