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Droped my HD down the bog...but...

...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

custardo01 said:
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.

unwired4 said:
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!

crankshaft said:
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!

joey7415963 said:
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

lewyharvey said:
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

crankshaft said:
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..

supasye said:
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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Lol, the I have hope comment is a classic

crankshaft said:
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

joey7415963 said:
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.

unwired4 said:
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.

widu13 said:
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?

managed to drop my nexus in the toilet!

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.

MadFlava said:
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!

matthewboii said:
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!

matthewboii said:
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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JonInAtl said:
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
[x] would read again

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..

MadFlava said:
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?

Eclair~ said:
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..
Futomaki said:
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

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)

Dropped my N4 in the toilet (UPDATE)

For anyone interested in the results of the drenched in toilet water soaking my N4 took after Thanksgiving, it works.
I removed it from the rice that I replaced 4 times. I don't know how to take the phone apart and clean with solvent, however it seemed dry upon inspection and the display looked like brand new. I turned it on and everything works great. I was surprised because I figured the speakers and whatnot might not be clear but they sound crisp and new, no problems at all.
So I can recommend and verify that the rice treatment works, now I am just waiting for my other N4 to arrive from back order.

Good to hear. Thanks for the update.

Wow, glad to know that actually works. Was it in a warm environment (Like what temperature standard 21ish *c)

Does it smell like poop?

That's awesome.. I was very sad for you for a while.. Couldn't imagine how upset I would be if I destroyed my n4
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ctowne said:
Does it smell like poop?
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+1. How's it smell?

ctowne said:
Does it smell like poop?
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Yes no maybe?

Yikes, I know some people hate the Nexus 4, but mistaking it for a turd is a bit extreme!?

Thats great the rice worked i have never tried it but wondered if it worked.

ctowne said:
Does it smell like poop?
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Smells like cheesecake
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That is the chit!
I ordered a nexus 4 and all I got was bo.

Glad to hear. Those must have been 4 anxiety filled days.

I was thinking about this, what did you do after you washed it? Just power it off through the OS?
I've had good results removing the battery asap but obviously in this case we need to power it off through the OS right?

Smelly S-pen and s-pen hole!!!!

Ok, this is not a joke, I've got a 1 week old galaxy note 4 with me. last night i was playing with it and i smell something
like a burning electrical cords. i was smelling left and right, laptop, tablet and my galaxy note 4.
unfortunately i was clueless where the smell coming from.
today, I was playing with my note 4 pulled out the s pen and i smell again the burning electrical cord.
I grabbed my s-pen and started spelling it and voila, there u go!!!
due to my curiosity, i also tried smelling the s-pen hole on my note 4 and that's where the smell comes from.
do u think its normal???

rudynasco said:
Ok, this is not a joke, I've got a 1 week old galaxy note 4 with me. last night i was playing with it and i smell something
like a burning electrical cords. i was smelling left and right, laptop, tablet and my galaxy note 4.
unfortunately i was clueless where the smell coming from.
today, I was playing with my note 4 pulled out the s pen and i smell again the burning electrical cord.
I grabbed my s-pen and started spelling it and voila, there u go!!!
due to my curiosity, i also tried smelling the s-pen hole on my note 4 and that's where the smell comes from.
do u think its normal???
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This sounds more like a question for a doctor.

markdexter said:
This sounds more like a question for a doctor.
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No it's true,
My Exynos Note 4 S-pen is also smell like burned-overheated electronic devices..

markdexter said:
This sounds more like a question for a doctor.
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I know what your thinking, but sorry i must say your mind is so stress from watching those videos LOL!

I notice the same smell when I bring the pen close to the nose. But I think it's normal and the smell is barely noticeable.

Funny thread. I just took a whiff of my S Pen and it does smell pretty bad. Solution? Don't smell it.

Smells like new to me

Mine smells a bit like strawberries. :laugh:

I can't believe I did this but....
Reading your question I pulled out my note 4 and removed the spen. Jammed it against my nostril and took a deep wiff! I can say for sure I looked like an idiot but smeled some electronic scent
I don't think it's "burnt" smelling as its not really an acrid scent more like new electronics to me. Define try not hot either (sniffing phone at 65%)
I lol at me and not you buddy as I it's a valid concern just the idea of me sniffing my phone is silly to visualize. But i wanted to help so.... a summing your phone is like mine I think it's normal just keep an eye on it over heating and such.

My s -pen and my s-hole smell just fine, thx.

yep looking like and idiot i did the same, pulled out the pen ... smelling
hole doesn't have any odor.

the s-pen hole smells because its an..
.. S-HOLE!

vollmilch said:
the s-pen hole smells because its an..
.. S-HOLE!
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lmao.
btw, my s pen slot doesn't smell anything, but my s pen do have some smell..
It's like a smell of a part in cpu I think, can't be so sure, but I kinda like the smell of it.

vollmilch said:
the s-pen hole smells because its an..
.. S-HOLE!
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sorry but you are wrong! not S-HOLE ARE SMELLY!!! should know:silly:

As funny as it may sound I too smelled my S-Hole and S pen...The S-hole seems ok it is relatively odorless...but when I took my S-pen near my nostrils...JINKIES it smells like well..new to me....it is a bit weird smelling but in any case it is not "burnt smell" or how do you say it.

.IC3M4N. said:
As funny as it may sound I too smelled my S-Hole and S pen...The S-hole seems ok it is relatively odorless...but when I took my S-pen near my nostrils...JINKIES it smells like well..new to me....it is a bit weird smelling but in any case it is not "burnt smell" or how do you say it.
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as long as i doesnt smell like SH*T! that means your s pen is placed in a correct and safe place!
remember s pen has multiple use!

rudynasco said:
as long as i doesnt smell like SH*T! that means your s pen is placed in a correct and safe place!
remember s pen has multiple use!
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Nope...I can live with its "electrical burnt strawberry smell or whatever" And regarding the S-Pen and it's multiple uses ... everything has multiple use if you are brave enough!

.IC3M4N. said:
Nope...I can live with its "electrical burnt strawberry smell or whatever" And regarding the S-Pen and it's multiple uses ... everything has multiple use if you are brave enough!
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IKR LOL

This is funny S hole[emoji12] ...
Anyway mine smells too. I mean my phone of course bcos I don't have a hole obviously.[emoji1]
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