It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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You can always try this:
http://www.amazon.com/Dry-All-Wet-C...1420638127&sr=8-1&keywords=phone+water+repair
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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tap and rain water are 1 thing but salt water.....
Lol jeez, that's some torture testing.
It never ceases to amaze me how careless people are with a $650 item.
Some people believe in YOLO while others are more practical and sensible. There's pros and cons to both lifestyle obviously.
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tap and rain water are 1 thing but salt water.....
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Yup. Saltwater is how you kill electronics
I've seen corrosion from tap water / rain water first hand. I cannot even imagine what salt water would cause. The screen is probably shorted out along with pretty much every other component succumbing to corrosion.
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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While fresh water is actually a pretty good insulator, salt water is ionic. That means, of course, that it will conduct an electrical charge. You basically shorted out everything in the whole phone, including the battery. Likely, this resulted in excessive current being dumped through something and killing it, however, it could have survived and it may be possible to revive.
BUT!!!! Drying it out will not be enough.
You're going to have to open that sucker up, because (1) ANY dampness entering it in the future will instantly short everything out again, so the salt all has to be WASHED out, and (2) the battery is probably below its critical minimum charge, preventing it from even initiating the charging process.
So, find a guide to take it all apart, and wash everything clean of all salt. I think there are cleaning fluids that will work that won't damage the board like water can. You'll have to look into that.
As for the battery, what I did once on a Nexus 4 with a battery that got into this state, is I applied +5v *directly* to the battery (must remember to unhook the battery from the mainboard first because it can't take 5 volt) just long enough to build a charge enough for it to start the charging process on its own. I think that it was about a minute I had it hooked up like that for. You're going to have to look up the proper voltage to charge the battery to, I don't remember, and its also a different battery, so could need a different value. You plug the battery to +5v until its voltage is above that minimum threshold, then hook the battery back to the mainboard, and cross your fingers. If you use a low current source for +5v, like an *old* computer's USB port (some new ones can output high current, which I wouldn't recommend), then you can reduce the chance of killing the battery... assuming that its not already toast.
I think the real problem here is OP having butterfingers. 3 times? Really?
I know dropping phones can happen in the most in opt of times and by complete accident. But damn...... I've only dropped a phone twice since my first Nokia Brick in 2000. My OG Droid which took a swim but was able to revive it., and my 2013 Moto X. Which only put a dent on the back corner and a small scratch on screen.
Do I dare ask how many other phones have died by your hands of zero grip?
Poking fun aside. That really sucks. Dropping a phone is never fun. Salt Water btw is just as bad as liquids like Soda. Just like how sugar can cause shortages on chips and boards. Salt does the very thing.
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Title says it all.
Phone was on before submersion and non-responsive after. I removed all easily removed parts (back, battery, SIM, stylus) and it is air drying.
Yes ... I washed my hands!
Any suggestions?
To be honest I think a total strip down my be in order to totally get rid of all the moisture.
I might be wrong but Never Say Never
Even if you totally stripped it down the damage is permanant and done
I'm not trying to be a downer, but here is the reality.
1) You probably shorted the phone out. It's dead
2) By some LUCKY chance you didn't short the phone out, let it dry for a LONG time with out supply any power to it. Assuming you can bring it back to live, the internals have already gotten wet. Water + Electronics = Corrosion. Your phone won't last long
That sucks man
I would suggest a full or as full as you can tear down and a flush with distilled water and then a very good drying.
I left mine out screen facing up in the pouring rain for 5 hours
was soaking but still working lol
the backlight wasnt happy though,
dried it out and took the battery out after playing with it wondering how it still worked.
all was well
occasionaly you get the white powedery corrosion on the various processor legs (makes contacts where you dont want them ) which most of the time cleaning them off with fix and issues .
Edit my wizard was playing some mp3s the otherday and fell of motorbike at 50 mph and hit the road , stopped picked it up it was still playing the same tune through the speakers ,
amazing build quality for a heavy device to survive that .
Just wondering... When using your phone in the rain is it dodgy? Like will it break the touch screen if it gets too wet? Should we all be buying gay covers?
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Title says it all.
Phone was on before submersion and non-responsive after. I removed all easily removed parts (back, battery, SIM, stylus) and it is air drying.
Yes ... I washed my hands!
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You should rename yourself the PMan! :lol: Sorry could not help myself :wink:
There is some hope for you - read this story http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=54874
If you plan on attempting to clean it, don't use distilled water!
The best thing to use would be pure rubbing alcohol.
Well ... disassembled and patted it dry. Left it out to dry for about 24 hours ... reassembled.
Viola!
Powers up and everything seems to working fine.
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Even if you totally stripped it down the damage is permanant and done
I'm not trying to be a downer, but here is the reality.
1) You probably shorted the phone out. It's dead
2) By some LUCKY chance you didn't short the phone out, let it dry for a LONG time with out supply any power to it. Assuming you can bring it back to live, the internals have already gotten wet. Water + Electronics = Corrosion. Your phone won't last long
That sucks man
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Well you are a downer man.
New phones now are hard to short like that, though water do soak into the boards, just hope it didnt soak and damage your screen. Just take apart and dry.
today i was cleaning the pool, since the leather pouch only clips on and doesnt actually have lashes to put the belt through it got lose and fell into the pool, fully submerged. it took me about 20 seconds to get to it and get it back out.
as soon as i had it out i saw it restart by itself. immediately took out the battery, put it in front of the heater and had it there for about 3 hours.
turned it back on and it works just fine. everything is try.
i guess thats nice to know, lol.....seems to be very water friendly....lol
we will see how it goes the next days, there is always the option Asurion.......
Wow, amazing! Please keep us updated through-out the lifetime of this phone. I am very curious.
I would really recommend taking it apart and letting it sit out for a day or two to completely dry out. There is bound to still be some water in the phone. But it sounds like you got real lucky
distilled water
If this happened to me I would soak it in distilled water then blow out with air compressor, then repeat
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If this happened to me I would soak it in distilled water then blow out with air compressor, then repeat
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Bad idea. The phone works as is. Clearly the water didn't penetrate very far into the device. If you soak it in water,distilled or otherwise,your going to be worse off. If you had a little water inside,then your best bet is to dissasemble it,and clean the boards with 90% isopropyl alcohol and let it sit in a warm place for a few days. Do not get this on the display however,it will destroy it. (I destroyed a laptop panel once by using to much IPA on a paper towel so I speak from had experience)
the phone still works
just like a charm........everything is tested......all day long.........its amazing.....
i guess this is the first titan that can swim.......anybody got the telephone number for the guinness book??? lol....just kiddin
Good to hear. People usually over-react to dropping electronics in water. Water does not damage electronics just because its there, and that seems to be what people think. The water would have to cover a full surface area of open contacts and create a short which destroy's some component or the whole device.
Its like the peeing on the electric fence thing. You don't get shocked unless you are close enough to create a complete path for electricity to flow.
Anyway, good to hear your phone survived, but its no miracle. Its probably more due to good hardware and EMC design that sealed the components well enough.
Yeah it's usually not the submersion that damages stuff it's either shorting out or damage during the fall. A few winters ago a buddy of mine was bringing some stuff back home for winter break (college) and he forgot to take his computer out of the bed of the pickup truck. It got snowed and rained on all night long. He took it in the house and disassembeled the entire thing to let it dry. Put it back together and it fired right up...
I dropped my old 6700 in a bloody mary once, I did the same thing, took out the battery, and put it in the sun for a day it worked like a charm...the key is pulling the battery ASAP...water is "pretty much" harmless without electricity, it's when those two mix that you're gonna have trouble...
I know its a little out of place but I had know were else to go(I pretty much only chat in this forum) any way
we just got back from camping and Im still stumped.
My wife was shooting pictures over a bridge with her palm pixi. I was setting up camp about 200yds away and hear her scream OH !%^# OH my GOD! MY PHONE OH MY GOD MY PHONE AHGGGGGGG (she was really flipping out), thought one of the kids fell off the bridge. But anyway how is it possible for a phone to sit a foot under dirty water for at least 5 min and function a half hour later? After rescuing it face up from the creek after sitting in the water for at least 5 maybe 6 or 7 min. I walked over to my truck removed what I guess youd call it a cover( its really a rubber back full of holes). It was definetly wet. Pulled the batt put it on the dash for 20 min with heat on high. I told here it was a helpless cause but I had to do somthing for her. I put the batt in pushed the button and it worked.
Any reason why it shouldnt have worked? Or is this phone possessed.
Thanks
Possessed. For sure.
a long time ago when i had a verizon flip phone, i dropped it in the snow, where it stayed, until the snow melted and i could find it. when i finally did, it still functioned fine. i didnt dry it off, whatever water had gotten into it, evaporated naturally and it functioned fine. the battery probly died before the snow melted and water touched it.
i've also had the "should never happen but always seem to happen somehow" scenario of dropping the phone in the toilet (it was clean ), to which i took the battery out, and used a hair dryer on it, then let it air out for about a half hour, and it was also fine.
i think overall as long as you get the battery out quick enough and evaporate any water that is in it before you turn it on again, you should be fine. a lot of the components are buried behind other pieces of the device and never actually get hit by any water if you get to it quick enough, and taking the battery out eliminates the risk of the water shorting something out.. also a lot of circuit boards used in electronics today are non-conductive in relation to water, so as long as the water isnt on them long enough to wear away or erode anything, they can be dried off and used again.
I had an old nokia phone that me and my brother shared back before highschool. He left it in his pocket while we went out on the lake to wakeboard. After falling a few times and getting in/out of the water he realized it. So we took it apart as much as we could without a tool and put it up on the boat dashboard for couple hours. It worked like it had never been in water. I also dropped it in a puddle, toilet, and cup of water
Oh and we launched it off of the end of skateboard and it accidently landed on concrete, went into pieces, put it back together and it worked again.
Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500
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Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500
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I remember...way back when...I had a Sanyo VM4500 (best phone I ever had) Anyways, I would constantly drop it and would be amazed that it would still work.
Too bad the phones now need a bullet-proof, shatter-proof case just to survive a drop onto a pillow
2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
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2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
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Yes, htc is the shizz! I just brought mine back to life and everything works after dropping it on the deep side of my pool. On cases like mine, taking it apart right away and putting it on a bowl of uncooked rice for a week(just to be sure) and it will dry it completely!
Alas mine wasn't so lucky, fell in a puddle as I got into the car, grabbed it out, turned it off and removed battery, sim and SD, wiped as much water off as I could with tissues.
Left it for 2 days to dry, nada. Might be that the impact with the ground (wasn't that deep a puddle) killed it.
Embarassingly and luckily I'd only taken insurance out on it that lunchtime!
Wow, that's pretty impressive for a phone. Touchscreen phones are usually prone to most types of damage, but it's good to see being fully submerged in water didn't completely disable the phone.
You lucky guy
Hmmmmmm
I'm a little dubious... I spilled a really small amount of water from a glass on the bedside table onto my HD2. Even though I immediately jumped out of bed, cursed and wiped it dry, the water seeped into it. I could see the water in the LCD (it looked like a shadow that spread across the screen slowly over days). Two weeks later, the digitizer stopped responding to my touch even though the LCD itself still seems to work. I've hard reset the handset and that hasn't helped. I also tried heating up the unit a bit (without the battery) to try to have the water evaporate from it, but that hasn't helped either.
I took the phone into O2 who had their people look at it. Ultimately they said it was out of warranty because of water damage and that I could purchase a replacement (since I don't have insurance on it).
I'm considering trying to replace the digitizer, but it sounds like a lot of fuss and ultimately the phone won't be under warranty.
Annoying... I miss my HD2. I'm stuck with a Motorola Razr at the moment.
You can drop the phone in anything... aslong as the water does not have minerals that are conductive or prone to errosion it will be fine
[OP] just happen to have some clean water falling from the sky
I had a Blackberry Storm that once got submergered in baby oil.. It stopped working and I left it alone for A month or so...One day i picked it up and it started working... The LCD was messed up with Oil in it but other then that it worked...I opened it up and there was baby oil everywhere.... Got some distalled water and let it sit for a day or so to get it clean then replaced the LCD and it worked like new.
Distalled Water is H20 with notthing in it... As clean as water can get... Sine it has no conductive minerals you can drop a phone or PSP and it will work just fine.
Really?
I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
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I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
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if it has clorine in the water then yea... most citys add a small amount of clorine in their water system......
the phone boots but its unresponsive?
we love stories
I dont want to THINK mine under water not to be under water NEVER
Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow and then hit the concrete beneath, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as I immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Hi all, I've had my Nexus for about a month now. I've been extremely careful with it and hadn't dropped it once up until yesterday. It was on my lap in the car and took about a two foot fall to the ground when I got out of the car. It landed in a few inches of snow, but didn't appear to suffer any water damage as i immediately pulled it out and began wiping it off. The phone suffered no apparent physical damage; it landed on the top edge near the headphone jack. It didn't bounce so it only hit the ground once. The only damage that can be seen is on the official bumper that was on it at the time: there are two minor dents in the plastic. None of the glass surfaces were scratched, chipped or cracked. Screen turned on and device seemed to be unaffected and working properly. Pheewwwww, looks like I dodged a bullet, right?
10 minutes later, while trying to use the phone, the screen starts to glitch out badly. Flickering, brightness going up and down, screen turning off and on, the image being displayed was moving around all over the place. There were three instances where it turned on and operated normally for a minute but then began glitching again. Then it would only turn on to a white screen, then it would sort of light up to a light gray but then slowly go back to a black screen. However, it still responded to touch with vibrations. So the phone was still on, and working, just not displaying an image. After the battery died, plugging it in to charge yields only the red light of death. No response from any button pressing combinations.
Does anyone else find it find of pathetic that this phone took this fall, suffered no external physical damage but apparently it's screen couldn't survive the shock? It would make more sense if it landed screen face down and broke the glass, but the phone appears completely undamaged and it's surprising that the internals didn't survive such a minor shock. Obviously, the official bumper didn't absorb any of it.
I don't expect any phone to be able to withstand being dropped from a considerable height, and even if a minor fall caused it obvious physical damage then I would accept it. But it should at the very least be durable enough to not be rendered useless by simple physical shock. Every phone gets dropped and should be built to withstand at least some of it.
Hopefully, I can get Google to send me a new phone.
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Doesn't sound like it was the drop that killed it but the water. My guess is that a small amount of water got in and caused an issue. Could have been water that remained under the bumper and took a few minutes to soak in. Disassembly may fix the issue but not sure if you want to do that. No reason for google to send you a new phone. They did not drop it in the snow. :crying:
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Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
Re: Minor drop of Nexus 4 killed the screen
mine fell out of a plane bounced of a volcano then got stomped on by a herd of elephants while studying in the african safari then got struck by lightning...no physical damage just lost root doing the 4.2.2 update
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Do you honestly expect people to read this in the Q&A section? Go to reddit for rants.
Anyways, whether a phone survives a drop (no matter the height) is pretty much entirely up to chance. It doesn't mean it's a build defect. I've seen drop tests of this phone from many feet and it's fine. I've accidentally dropped mine like 4 ft onto a tiled floor and it's fine.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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From your own description of the problem I don't think you got it dried as well as you think you did. If it was damaged from the fall it would have probably happened right away. Your issue took 10 minutes to materialize. About the amount of time it would take water to seep in. Water damage is not a poor build or fragile phone issue. Water is the killer of phones.
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I agree, water is bad. But the phone still responds to being plugged in. Blinking red light when plugged in and my PC shows it's connected. It's not fried from water damage. At this point it just won't turn on.
I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
Definitely sounds like a water issue to me. Turn off your phone and put a bag of dry rice to help pull out the moisture.
P.S. The phone in lap syndrome is the number 1 killer of phones lol I had it happen to me before. It's just to easy to forget you put your phone there esp when you are in a hurry.
Rotellian said:
I dropped my Nexus S many times. I even dropped it in the toilet when I was slightly drunk (fell out of my top pocket!) but I was so quick I grabbed it before it got too wet and dried it off immediately! I highly doubt the Nexus 4 is as robust.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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There's no way my phone took on even a fraction of the amount of water that it would if I had dropped it into a puddle or a toilet like you did. That's what I'm trying to say. I told about it landing in snow so as to not leave out any details about the situation. And it seems that if it suffered water damage the entire thing would be a brick. But it still shows some signs of life.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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That is not true. The small amount of water could have only affected the circuit or a component that the screen uses.
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Okay well its been nearly 24 hours since this happened. You think the water would've dried by now? The only place the snow could've gotten into the phone is probably the headphone jack. And there's no water corrosion on any of the contacts.
You should have dried it for 24 hrs before turning it on. Not turn it on, find problems, try to dry it.
Im going to assume since it landed near the headphone jack that some snow got pushed up into it. It being frozen probably didnt do much at the time but when it thawed out it probably ran down a VERY small part of the circuit board and is making the phone flip out. Water will not always 100% kill a device, it will only effect the part of the circuitry it is touching.
It is too early to see corrosion from it if you ever see any at all. Ive seen many water damaged devices that look totally fine on the outside but on the inside where the water got it turned all the solder joints green and crossed up a bunch of things.
I say if its still showing signs of life then you MAY have a chance. Like others have said put it in some rice for at least a couple days. DO NOT try and charge it or power it on anymore. Remember its not the water itself that usually damages things, its the power put to a wet device that does it.
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Trying to turn the phone on after possible water damage was probably the dumbest thing you could have done. Water damage wouldn't completely fry the phone, as someone said it probably just shorted something.
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I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Theax40 said:
Sorry, it is a bit of a rant but really I just wanted people's opinions on why my particular phone proved so fragile. I removed the bumper to be sure there was no water left on the phone, and honestly it didn't get much snow on it at all. So I don't think it suffered any water damage.
I understand it's not Google's fault I dropped the phone but it's not my fault it couldn't endure a minor fall that didn't seem to cause it any damage. I've dropped every cell phone I've ever owned, numerous times and never had one break internally like this on the first drop. It's unacceptable.
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My god you had a bumper case also?? Damn that sucks. Sorry man.. I'm gonna get me some kind of ballistic case...
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thedudejdog said:
I took my car off road and blew out the tires and trashed the suspension. I want Ford to fix it for free.
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Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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Bhavik Jain said:
Hahahaha gr8 example:thumbup::thumbup:
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No. It's not a good example. I didn't trash my phone on purpose and expect google to give me a new one. I didn't drop it out of a two story window, I didn't drag it through the mud, it didn't land in a puddle. It broke first time I ever dropped it. And like I said, it was a minor fall. If all phones were this fragile, no one would have a phone. If they all succumbed to such apparent minor water damage, you wouldn't know anyone who dropped their phone in the toilet and it still worked.
There's people all over this forum who rooted their phones, flashed it with a custom kernel or ROM, now their phone wont turn on and they expect a new phone from google even though they were knowingly screwing with their phones. I drop mine, it shows no physical damage, and everyone thinks I'm lying about the circumstances, as if I have to convince you people to send me a new phone. This is ridiculous. I joined this forum for a little bit of advice but really all I've gotten is criticism and doubt. I've got no reason to lie to you people about what happened.
You have no right to mock me, exaggerate what happened and act like I'm just some asshole who threw his phone against the wall and expects a new phone. Its pathetic. Thanks for your help, children.
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You neglected to move the phone before exiting your car, your carelessness murdered your cell phone.
It's not a basketball, cell phones aren't made to bounce off the ground and survive.
It's not a rubber duck, cell phones aren't made to get wet.
I wish people would claim even an once of responsibility.
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