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I've recently found that my micro usb cable comes out really easily and stops the phone being charged if it's at all knocked. As it is it only appears to go in about half way. Anyone else had this problem?
I would seriously talk to your doctor about that. It doesn't sound good.
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I've recently found that my micro usb cable comes out really easily and stops the phone being charged if it's at all knocked. As it is it only appears to go in about half way. Anyone else had this problem?
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Try a different micro usb cable (a good quality one as some. Cheapo ones can be a loose fit) , with any luck its the cable thats knackered not your phone.
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mingoid said:
I've recently found that my micro usb cable comes out really easily and stops the phone being charged if it's at all knocked. As it is it only appears to go in about half way. Anyone else had this problem?
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ChillRays said:
I would seriously talk to your doctor about that. It doesn't sound good.
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LOL @ The sexual reference!
my usb doenst go but halfway as well..just the phone
man same here contact HTC for replacement, or just loose your phone without loosing your phone, make a claim. <<<<<<<<<<< im doing this one next month
filipinowise said:
man same here contact HTC for replacement, or just loose your phone without loosing your phone, make a claim. <<<<<<<<<<< im doing this one next month
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This is theft ...
and in Austria i would commit a crime by not telling this to the police ;-)
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LOL @ The sexual reference!
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lol.. At least somebody understood what I was getting at.
couldnt believe it. had my phone since day release and loved it so much, been using CM7 since 1st nightly and i plugged it into my hifi to play some music and as soon as i pluged the headphone jack into the phone it fried it lol.. everytime i plugged my batt into the phone it instanly got very hot.. no screen nothing. tried using jig but no luck.. just a major hot phone around the camera and screen.
took it to be repaired under manafacture warranty...
just cant beleive it!
I feel sorry for you, man.
Something similar happened to me a few days ago, after a buggy shutdown phone got really hot.
Luckily I've touched it before it fried so I removed the batt and let it cool down, scary as hell!
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couldnt believe it. had my phone since day release and loved it so much, been using CM7 since 1st nightly and i plugged it into my hifi to play some music and as soon as i pluged the headphone jack into the phone it fried it lol.. everytime i plugged my batt into the phone it instanly got very hot.. no screen nothing. tried using jig but no luck.. just a major hot phone around the camera and screen.
took it to be repaired under manafacture warranty...
just cant beleive it!
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Oh my GOD!If that had happened to me,I'd have gotten a heart attack,a stroke and my balls would fall from the rest of my body!I am really sorry man.
And I am overclocked at 1.6GHz...Jesus!
Thread was a dissapointment.. Was hoping for a story about you being a demolition guy and had left your phone by the tnt and accidently blew it up
But anyway, Unlucky dude, Do you have it rerpaired yet?
So they got you covered, even while you have CM7 installed. Will they like that? I'd really expect them to ignore the whole custom firmware aspect. Maybe the hardware is this damaged, they can't check that.
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So they got you covered, even while you have CM7 installed. Will they like that? I'd really expect them to ignore the whole custom firmware aspect. Maybe the hardware is this damaged, they can't check that.
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well they will never know.. its proper ****ed tbh... just dead..i reackon myhifi some how pumped voltage thru to the phone and blew up some resistors or sumut on the phone.
i made sure after i realised i couldnt get anything from the phone that they wouldnt get it fixed as i cooked it to make sure... i left batt in and charger to fry it even more to make sure...
+ tnh honest its hardware related.. cant see why even if they could find out jtagging it they would blame a rom for the cause...
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Thread was a dissapointment.. Was hoping for a story about you being a demolition guy and had left your phone by the tnt and accidently blew it up
But anyway, Unlucky dude, Do you have it rerpaired yet?
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sent it off y'day.
take a few days to sort. but they already told me its 95% chance its a straight replacement...
UPDATE
Finally after 20+ days i got my phone back today.
they replaced the whole board inside..(damn i wanted a whole new phone)
anyway at least im bk up and running
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UPDATE
Finally after 20+ days i got my phone back today.
they replaced the whole board inside..(damn i wanted a whole new phone)
anyway at least im bk up and running
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Great stuff..Now go and blow it up again
just messing man hope everything goes good for you..i could not live with out my beauty now
if i were you, i must be sad coz there is no more excuse to get the new Galaxy Note :/
bah im gonna wait a bit tillit gets a few more scratches and break it and claim on insurance... fuk it
You scared me a bit. brb checking the temp of my phone.
Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell
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Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell
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damn! u guys are tough!
How did you manage to break a GORILLA glass???
henrychukx said:
damn! u guys are tough!
How did you manage to break a GORILLA glass???
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Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess
pcboyy said:
if i were you, i must be sad coz there is no more excuse to get the new Galaxy Note :/
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Haha
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Harsha Raj said:
Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess
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Hahaha. This post made my day! Lmao!
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rojdag said:
Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell
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I wish i could meet such people in real who could handle such expensive device so carelessly .... U guys are god ... Till date ,i must nt say, i havent dropped my phone i care the fone like a baby ....U know wat i refrain my self taking da fone out of house when i m partying with frnds always in thought some thing bad will happen .... Such a scared s...r i am ..
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Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess
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rofl.... yea, it never ends well when dinosaurs are involved
Mine had i problem with the usb.
The S2 kept thinking it was charging which kept the wifi on and caused mayor battery drains.
Luckily I got the phone back to stock when it was a bit stable on the usb and could send it back after doing the jig connect.
Got repaired in 1 1/2 week
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Well I did it... Water damaged S4. I was on vaca on Hilton Head when I took my phone with me into the pool completely forgetting I had it in my pocket. Insurance was useless because I only added it after the occurrence and they can apparently see now if there is any active use on the phone in question so they said no. So I guess I have just a couple of questions:
#1 How salvageable is this device? I have read some other posts about taking the phone apart and using ethanol or isopropal to remove any chemical or salt deposits.
#2 Is this even worth trying...? Based off the pics is this even a worth while cause?
Thanks and plz belay the '[email protected] comments. I have been through it all since this past Friday.
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Well after a few hours with the isopropal alc. and a toothbrush I got the phone all cleaned up and dried with a hairdryer. This was a few hours ago but I decided to give it a try and put the battery back in. Unfortunately I think it succumbed to the damage- all that would happen is the usual vibrate as you hold down the power button but the screen will not light up and no sound.
Someone noted that the corrosion looked especially bad... it was probably all the chlorine build up as I had the phone submerged for about 5-10 minutes. I posted some 'AFTER' pics of my cleaning job and you may notice that there may have been some shorting or heat damage done to some of the components.
Lastly, after a heartfelt conversation with my wife about what my options were we discussed the notion of adding a line to our plan as we'll have need of a 'home' phone eventually (jr. coming in July). So I think I may be able to trade in the iphone 4 I've been using and get another one.
That looks like some pretty bad corrosion. I've had luck in the past with removing all the parts attached to the logic board and giving it an "acid bath" in isopropal and scraping what you can away with like a spudger or a toothpick. I also believe that the display assembly and LCD are fused together, so while you hopefully don't have leakage into that area.
That being said, that is some of the oddest residue I have seen from water damage, maybe because of the salts/chemicals used in the pool? You might try and tear down as much as you can in terms of mid-frames and the like, and use a dampened cloth to remove all of that gunk.
Worst that can happen is that it doesn't work and you sell it on ebay as "slightly used"
Here is the ifixit guide, best of luck to you! http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+Teardown/13947/1
I use raw acetone to clean water damaged phones. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt
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cinnabar said:
Well I did it... Water damaged S4. I was on vaca on Hilton Head when I took my phone with me into the pool completely forgetting I had it in my pocket. Insurance was useless because I only added it after the occurrence and they can apparently see now if there is any active use on the phone in question so they said no. So I guess I have just a couple of questions:
#1 How salvageable is this device? I have read some other posts about taking the phone apart and using ethanol or isopropal to remove any chemical or salt deposits.
#2 Is this even worth trying...? Based off the pics is this even a worth while cause?
Thanks and plz belay the '[email protected] comments. I have been through it all since this past Friday.
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Wow, dude sorry, good pics, before you do anything, get some dry white rice, put in a sealed plastic bag, seal each part in the rice for 24-48hrs...it may work, had a friend drop his in tolit, we got it to work using this process, what could trying it hurt eh? Good Luck.
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I use raw acetone to clean water damaged phones. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt
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Wow, dude sorry, good pics, before you do anything, get some dry white rice, put in a sealed plastic bag, seal each part in the rice for 24-48hrs...it may work, had a friend drop his in tolit, we got it to work using this process, what could trying it hurt eh? Good Luck.
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Sorry to say, but I think it's too far gone for any of these suggestions. Those methods are meant for immediate action after taking a short dip in water (such as a toilet). From the looks of those pictures, I'd say you did some good long swimming in that pool before realizing your phone was along for the ride. So I think you may be SOL. Just a forewarning in case you try some of these methods with high expectations.
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Sorry to say, but I think it's too far gone for any of these suggestions. Those methods are meant for immediate action after taking a short dip in water (such as a toilet). From the looks of those pictures, I'd say you did some good long swimming in that pool before realizing your phone was along for the ride. So I think you may be SOL. Just a forewarning in case you try some of these methods with high expectations.
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I agree 100%
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Check with your credit card company. You might be covered under their accidental damage coverage policy, if any.
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Would at&t insurance or squaretrade cover this?
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Check with your credit card company. You might be covered under their accidental damage coverage policy, if any.
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Great suggestion, also I have heard that some home insurance company's do the same thing
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probably not the best idea to post a picture with your imei, in case you do get your phone working. Just throwing that out there.
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probably not the best idea to post a picture with your imei, in case you do get your phone working. Just throwing that out there.
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What this guy said! OP I would immediately remove your first picture or black out your IMEI and Serial.. Like five minutes ago lol
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mudknot2005 said:
probably not the best idea to post a picture with your imei, in case you do get your phone working. Just throwing that out there.
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More likely he is in no danger of getting that phone working again.
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More likely he is in no danger of getting that phone working again.
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That phone is beyond repair, looks very bad. I had my captivate sit in the tub for 3 hours and when I opened it, it didnt look anything like that and after a few hours the phone was back at work with a new battery. Sorry OP but you have a very expensive paper weight.
mudknot2005 said:
probably not the best idea to post a picture with your imei, in case you do get your phone working. Just throwing that out there.
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Myth # 115
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Check with your credit card company. You might be covered under their accidental damage coverage policy, if any.
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I actually did just that. Amex has it covered under their purchase protection so I'm covered financially, now its just the fact that I now have a AT&T Contract with nothing to show for it...
I did exactly the same thing on vacation with an iphone 4s. After that I paid and sent my new phone to a company that waterproofs the boards and components in the phone. Was only like 45 dollars plus shipping. Tested it out and the water just slides right off the boards in the phone xD amazing stuff
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mudknot2005 said:
probably not the best idea to post a picture with your imei, in case you do get your phone working. Just throwing that out there.
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JoJo2211 said:
Myth # 115
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Not a myth. I can clone his IMEI. takes 5 minutes
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Worst that can happen is that it doesn't work and you sell it on ebay as "slightly used"
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You're advocating that he scam somebody on Ebay? The **** is wrong with you?
Had the phone for 2 days and it snapped off. I tried to snap it back together but it's a no go. The black flexible thing is still there. I don't know if this would be covered through the warranty or what because I pretty much lose the water resistant feature. I have the door and use it when I'm not charging the phone but it's only a matter of time until I lose it. Has anyone had this happen to them or had a gs4 active and had it break?
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Had the phone for 2 days and it snapped off. I tried to snap it back together but it's a no go. The black flexible thing is still there. I don't know if this would be covered through the warranty or what because I pretty much lose the water resistant feature. I have the door and use it when I'm not charging the phone but it's only a matter of time until I lose it. Has anyone had this happen to them or had a gs4 active and had it break?
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I figured this would happen to someone eventually. That sounds like a manufacture defect. I would contact either Samsung or wherever you purchased the phone.
Yikes, I'm afraid I'll eventually end up breaking mine too
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Is the door really even needed?
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Is the door really even needed?
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Only for the water and dust resistance
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This just happened to me today.
I was on the phone for 2hrs today with AT&T and Samsung. I called AT&T 3 times and came down to this.You will need to send it in to Samsung to get it repaired. It is not covered under warranty. You can not take it back if you are under the 14 day Buyers Remorse. You are ******!
How are you guys breaking it off? By pulling on it? Bending it too much?
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Im having the same problem my usb cover broke and Sprint wants me to file and claim since they dont have the part to fix it and Samsung considers it a cosmetic damage and I would have to pay to get it fixed and its not covered under warranty even though I've only had it for 4 days.
How hard would it have been to build a spring loaded door? one that can only go IN, towards the charging port.. Pull out the charger and.. done, spring loads shut.
I think we're all gonna break our evenntually
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How hard would it have been to build a spring loaded door? one that can only go IN, towards the charging port.. Pull out the charger and.. done, spring loads shut.
I think we're all gonna break our evenntually
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That'd probably break too. All moving parts are vulnerable
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Im having the same problem my usb cover broke and Sprint wants me to file and claim since they dont have the part to fix it and Samsung considers it a cosmetic damage and I would have to pay to get it fixed and its not covered under warranty even though I've only had it for 4 days.
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That's crap. If anything, they should make it easy to fix or make it simple as buying a new one and inserting the rubber part into the hole
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This will happen to a LOT of people.
Sorry guys.
Sensamic said:
This will happen to a LOT of people.
Sorry guys.
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Hopefully Samsung will own up to it at that point
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This is why Ive got my Qi charger ready before the phone comes in this week!
Я снял шапку на всех
barbik said:
Я снял шапку на всех
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That should be a simple fix if people can find the part on the internet.
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Mine broke off also (had it 4 days). It looks like Samsung planned for this as if you take off the back cover there is a screed and cover right where the part is to replace it.
Honestly I'd rather not have the cover as it's constantly in my way, i sent a message over to Lifeproof in hopes that their next case does not require the cover to be on the phone.
So do you guys have to buy a new cover because the rubber tore? Or just screw the same one back in?
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How hard would it have been to build a spring loaded door?
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It'd be an interesting design that supported IP67 and didn't require proprietary and/or very-deep USB3 micro connectors.
I tore mine off on purpose. I suggest you do the same ;]
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That's what you get for buying Samsung plastic junk!
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Well, because the guy at the T-Mobile store screwed up and rang my original Note 7 as EIP "paid off" while trying to exchange it for a "safe" one, the Note 7 I eventually got in the mail was FREE to me. So I'm keeping it. My only concern is, what's the safest operation method? I've been told to disable Quick Charge, and put it in front of a fan or cooling source while charging. Anyone else keeping the phone? I welcome any suggestions on how to minimize any risk of it catching fire.
Why not just leave it in water when you're not using it?
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Well, because the guy at the T-Mobile store screwed up and rang my original Note 7 as EIP "paid off" while trying to exchange it for a "safe" one, the Note 7 I eventually got in the mail was FREE to me. So I'm keeping it. My only concern is, what's the safest operation method? I've been told to disable Quick Charge, and put it in front of a fan or cooling source while charging. Anyone else keeping the phone? I welcome any suggestions on how to minimize any risk of it catching fire.
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I wouldn't take that you've got a "free" phone to the bank. They'll likely figure out the mistake and want to fix it. At your expense.
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I wouldn't take that you've got a "free" phone to the bank. They'll likely figure out the mistake and want to fix it. At your expense.
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Interesting you mention that, they tried twice and I was able to reverse it twice it seems settled now. But I'm curious about any best way of operating this phone without fear of it exploding. Do you have any suggestions?
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Interesting you mention that, they tried twice and I was able to reverse it twice it seems settled now. But I'm curious about any best way of operating this phone without fear of it exploding. Do you have any suggestions?
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I'm operating mine the way I always did. No quick charge and nothing that will make it work hard.
This is how I'm leaving mine at night, so if it does catch fire it will burn the tape and fall in the water.
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This is how I'm leaving mine at night, so if it does catch fire it will burn the tape and fall in the water.
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Great idea, wish I had a tile floor too, lol!
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Great idea, wish I had a tile floor too, lol!
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Thanks. The tile also kept my v1 cool while charging.
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Interesting you mention that, they tried twice and I was able to reverse it twice it seems settled now. But I'm curious about any best way of operating this phone without fear of it exploding. Do you have any suggestions?
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Man.... I get where you're coming from with the 'it's free and it's great so I want to keep it' thing but if anything were to ever happen not just to you but your property, someone else or their property, you would be fully liable since the gov has stepped in and said return these flamin' phablets.
That's another reason that I will comply.
Every party is doing what they can to limit their liability right now. You don't want to be the one left holding the flaming bag of $hit when something goes wrong.
JMHO and best advice.
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Samsung is not doing enough i have a note 7 that i acquired on craigslist and t-mobile nor samsung is helping me.
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Why not just leave it in water when you're not using it?
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Because there is not a single smartphone in the world that is "Water Proof" . But there are phones that are water resistant. People just assume that what they see is fact. Yes it can withstand water but not over a certain depth and only for 30 minutes at a time and even then your still damaging the phone.
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Because there is not a single smartphone in the world that is "Water Proof" . But there are phones that are water resistant. People just assume that what they see is fact. Yes it can withstand water but not over a certain depth and only for 30 minutes at a time and even then your still damaging the phone.
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You just quoted the threshold for the ingress rating that doesn't mean it can't surpass it.
I doubt at exactly 30 minutes it will cease to work.
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I believe the phone is waterproofed pretty good everywhere except for couple spots, like microphone, where protective membrane is rather flimsy and could fail after a while. Also pure water won't do anything to the phone, even if it got inside, it's the impurities inside it, that do damage, like short circuit, erosion etc.
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This is how I'm leaving mine at night, so if it does catch fire it will burn the tape and fall in the water.
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unholydoragon said:
Why not just leave it in water when you're not using it?
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Lithium combusts in water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKK6pliejs
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Lithium combusts in water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKK6pliejs
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The amount of lithium in a cell phone lithium ion battery is so minute that pouring water on it is no issue.
spliffstar69 said:
Samsung is not doing enough i have a note 7 that i acquired on craigslist and t-mobile nor samsung is helping me.
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What would you expect T-Mobile to do? They didn't take any of your money.
Wait until it officially becomes a recall. Samsung will have to deal with it then.
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Why not just leave it in water when you're not using it?
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:laugh:
I might get this to store it in.
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I might get this to store it in.
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Oh haha, I was thinking the same thing. If Samsung won't remotely bricking my Note 7, this is how am I gonna store it.
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Oh haha, I was thinking the same thing. If Samsung won't remotely bricking my Note 7, this is how am I gonna store it.
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I ordered it today, I should get it tomorrow.