I was caught with my Captivate in Hurricane Irene and it ended up swimming in the ocean >_>; All water indicators are completely red.
Anyway, after washing it out and letting it dry for a couple of days, I tried to turn it on a few times while lightly tapping it against a table. At first, it automatically went into download mode, but eventually I got into CWM and finally booted it normally and all of my data and apps were still there (SIM card or reader is dead though). I wanted to backup my data, but the USB port only seemed to charge the phone and Windows won't detect it. I decided to turn on Bluetooth to attempt a file transfer that way, but I got stuck in some menu (the 4 Android buttons don't work) so I turned off the phone.
I turned the phone on again and now the screen no longer works. I can tell it boots up, feel the lockscreen vibration and everything, but the screen is black (save for one line of white pixels at the very top). I don't think I can get to recovery mode anymore because the phone now turns on automatically when I insert the battery.
So, clinging onto any last hope: with a broken screen, the 4 Android buttons not working and the USB port not working, but Bluetooth enabled on a rooted phone, is there any possibility of recovering data (mainly pictures) from the internal memory? I'm pretty sure the touch layer of the screen still works even if I can't see anything, and I *CAN* get to the network settings through a widget on my homescreen. I am also willing to open up the phone if there is a possibility of cleaning the inside more thoroughly or rewiring the USB section of the board.
Edit: Everything is working now aside from the USB port and the Wifi.
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I was caught with my Captivate in Hurricane Irene and it ended up swimming in the ocean >_>; All water indicators are completely red.
Anyway, after washing it out and letting it dry for a couple of days, I tried to turn it on a few times while lightly tapping it against a table. At first, it automatically went into download mode, but eventually I got into CWM and finally booted it normally and all of my data and apps were still there (SIM card or reader is dead though). I wanted to backup my data, but the USB port only seemed to charge the phone and Windows won't detect it. I decided to turn on Bluetooth to attempt a file transfer that way, but I got stuck in some menu (the 4 Android buttons don't work) so I turned off the phone.
I turned the phone on again and now the screen no longer works. I can tell it boots up, feel the lockscreen vibration and everything, but the screen is black (save for one line of white pixels at the very top). I don't think I can get to recovery mode anymore because the phone now turns on automatically when I insert the battery.
So, clinging onto any last hope: with a broken screen, the 4 Android buttons not working and the USB port not working, but Bluetooth enabled on a rooted phone, is there any possibility of recovering data (mainly pictures) from the internal memory? I'm pretty sure the touch layer of the screen still works even if I can't see anything, and I *CAN* get to the network settings through a widget on my homescreen. I am also willing to open up the phone if there is a possibility of cleaning the inside more thoroughly or rewiring the USB section of the board.
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ocean water is salty and its violent killer for the PCB(board inside the phone)
why didnt u put this question after u dropped it in the water...
it killed half of ur board and its killing more...
any phone or electronic equipment goes in the water...so what to do next to save it from total loss
take it out..take out the battery...and if u r a techie then open it and clean teh board and dry it with hair drier....leave it for a day or 2///dry it again..and then put everything back...and most probably it shd work..
if its ocean water...the do the same procedure..but cleanin the pcb with ligh spirit..or if u dont hav that..even normal water would do..atleast it will remove all the salt....
then same procedure of dryin...
though in ur case now....ur phone is almost in coma..coz it was still alive after comin back from the sea ride.and it didnt get any proper medical attention ..i must say that u r damn lucky or captivate is too tough taht it still was on...
anyways...ur problem of not gettin ur usb recognizing..or gettin into the download mode after puttin the batt...it was all because there were still salt and water accumulation inside...
just take ur phoen apart..and clean the pcb gently with light spirit..mind it light spirit...coz hard spirit can burn ur pcb...
if u dont hav spirit then u can use after shave cologne ..it will work as a light spirit....
and then clean the usb connector pins of phone using needle...
though i m really worried..that salt inside must hav started decomposing the iron..and while cleaning some part...some small chips or some parts wont just come out...
well just try..if u r still lucky...!! who knows....coz there is nothing left to loose anymore..
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ocean water is salty and its violent killer for the PCB(board inside the phone)
why didnt u put this question after u dropped it in the water...
it killed half of ur board and its killing more...
any phone or electronic equipment goes in the water...so what to do next to save it from total loss
take it out..take out the battery...and if u r a techie then open it and clean teh board and dry it with hair drier....leave it for a day or 2///dry it again..and then put everything back...and most probably it shd work..
if its ocean water...the do the same procedure..but cleanin the pcb with ligh spirit..or if u dont hav that..even normal water would do..atleast it will remove all the salt....
then same procedure of dryin...
though in ur case now....ur phone is almost in coma..coz it was still alive after comin back from the sea ride.and it didnt get any proper medical attention ..i must say that u r damn lucky or captivate is too tough taht it still was on...
anyways...ur problem of not gettin ur usb recognizing..or gettin into the download mode after puttin the batt...it was all because there were still salt and water accumulation inside...
just take ur phoen apart..and clean the pcb gently with light spirit..mind it light spirit...coz hard spirit can burn ur pcb...
if u dont hav spirit then u can use after shave cologne ..it will work as a light spirit....
and then clean the usb connector pins of phone using needle...
though i m really worried..that salt inside must hav started decomposing the iron..and while cleaning some part...some small chips or some parts wont just come out...
well just try..if u r still lucky...!! who knows....coz there is nothing left to loose anymore..
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I didn't post a question because I'm in the middle of nowhere with no electricity and rarely a dialup connection to use. After I took it out of the water, I immediately removed the battery, microSD card and SIM card and wrapped everything in a towel (I wasn't anywhere near a house or clean water to treat the phone immediately). 45 minutes later, I was able to completely rinse out the phone with clean water (it was completely covered and full of sand), dry it off with a paper towel and leave it in a bag of dry rice for 24 hours. When the phone was still acting up like I described above, I put it next to one of the warm vents on my laptop for a few minutes, then left it in rice for another 24 hours.
Now the phone works almost perfectly: I can make and receive calls and texts, the earpiece and speaker work, the screen is back to normal, all my apps and data are still there, the 4 Android buttons work, etc. But the USB port still doesn't work (which I figured would happen, since it was the first thing to fail on a previous Captivate and I'm pretty sure it damages from oxidation easily) and the Wifi no longer turns on. I'm looking for a better solution to backing up all of my data, as I don't have a large enough microSD card to fit most of the files on my internal memory.
Buy a bigger sd. 16 gig card on amazon is about $25. That should cover your internal sd.
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Buy a bigger sd. 16 gig card on amazon is about $25. That should cover your internal sd.
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I guess that's the only feasible solution? When I get back to New York, I'll look into repairing/replacing the USB port and wifi radio.
u r lucky..that ur phone is still workin...
and u will get ur data back once u get the external sd..
and u can still try cleanin the usb pin of phone using thin pin....that might work and ur phone will be recognized by computer..
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I cant seem to find anyone else with this problem. I just washed my att samsung captivate. I let it dry out for a bit and started it up. It worked fine for quite a while then the touch screen stopped responding so i removed the battery.
When i turned it back on, it remained at the white screen with blue AT&T World phone until i removed the battery again. It continues to do this currently.
I have "reflashed" the firmware (atleast i think i have) back to its stock through the odin3 installer program. I'm not sure how important that is but the phone seems to communicate with the computer through usb.
I cannot do a hard reset kind of thing as holding the volume down and power button at the same time will not take me any further than the white w/blue text screen.
have i fried my phone? is there something i can do to get it to jump past the white and blue text screen?
thanks for any help.
Once a phone is wet u need to get a new one its never gonna work again.
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I just washed my att samsung captivate. I let it dry out for a bit and started it up. It worked fine for quite a while then the touch screen stopped responding so i removed the battery.
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I hope this is a joke. Washed?? Dried?? You should never use any kind of liquid around electronics unless you are water cooling your gamer pc.
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I hope this is a joke. Washed?? Dried?? You should never use any kind of liquid around electronics unless you are water cooling your gamer pc.
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Lol... Y would someone even put a phone near the water, that phone is dead bro.
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washing technique
I threw the phone in with a load of bed sheets.
Of course this wasn't done on purpose. It didn't get fully "washed" per se but only a bit wet. I'm not proud that I did this but what's done is done.
Lets pretend it had never been wet, is there anything that could cause it to stick at the att screen?
I was able to run the odin3 flash program without a hitch. Seems like the phone still is somehow able to work but just not get past the normal boot of the white w/blue text att screen. Any ideas???
If there are no possible fixes or all that's left are comments regarding my ignorance-- how would att know it has been wet. I know my ipod touch sat out in the rain for a bit and apple replaced it no questions asked since the earphone port thing showed no discoloration.
In the battery compartment there is a white square and on the battery another white square. are those the pieces that change color when wet? litmus paper i think? If so they are still white. Do these identify a "wet" phone?
The phone looks the same as it always has, no water behind the screen/camera lense or anything. I had a rubber case on it but the usb door was open.
How's my 1 year mysteriously broken phone warranty looking?
Those white parts would look red if wet ,is it red? I have tmobile for ,me if those parts are red I have to deal with my insurance, do u have insurance? Either then that u got to see wat att can do for u sorry I tried...
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I threw the phone in with a load of bed sheets.
Of course this wasn't done on purpose. It didn't get fully "washed" per se but only a bit wet. I'm not proud that I did this but what's done is done.
Lets pretend it had never been wet, is there anything that could cause it to stick at the att screen?
I was able to run the odin3 flash program without a hitch. Seems like the phone still is somehow able to work but just not get past the normal boot of the white w/blue text att screen. Any ideas???
If there are no possible fixes or all that's left are comments regarding my ignorance-- how would att know it has been wet. I know my ipod touch sat out in the rain for a bit and apple replaced it no questions asked since the earphone port thing showed no discoloration.
In the battery compartment there is a white square and on the battery another white square. are those the pieces that change color when wet? litmus paper i think? If so they are still white. Do these identify a "wet" phone?
The phone looks the same as it always has, no water behind the screen/camera lense or anything. I had a rubber case on it but the usb door was open.
How's my 1 year mysteriously broken phone warranty looking?
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you can't pretend the phone was never wet.
If you get a phone wet - you need to pull the battery and put the phone in a bag of rice to dry it out (maybe for 2 days). Since you have turned it on many times, and tried to flash it, you have created all kinds of short circuits across the circuit boards.
At this point your only recourse would be to strip the phone down and look for corrosion on the circuit boards and try to clean it, but most likely you have fried something.
Only AT&T can tell you what they will do when they inspect it.
My first color screen phone. A sony ericson. Got washed and dried, twice. It still worked. Too bad they don't make phones like they used to. But then again that phone was no where near as bad ass as this.
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Are you sure you flashed it correctly? If you are at the ATT screen then you should be able to connect via adb and do an adb reboot download. Have odin one click running first. If it makes it to download mode click start. It should do everything it needs and reboot on its own in the OS.
If that fails you might have fried something.
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Try the rice
I dropped mine in the dog's water bowl on Thanksgiving. I retrieved it quickly and dried it out. It worked but had a few issues with force closing and auto-rotate not working. I removed the battery and SIM card and placed it in rice for 24 hours. It has worked fine since.
Good luck.
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Are you sure you flashed it correctly? If you are at the ATT screen then you should be able to connect via adb and do an adb reboot download. Have odin one click running first. If it makes it to download mode click start. It should do everything it needs and reboot on its own in the OS.
If that fails you might have fried something.
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I can get the odin one click to run and complete its task. the phone will then reboot and stick at the att world phone screen. Is it at all possible to get from the downloading screen to the recovery screen? I can do the two volume buttons and connect usb to get to downloading but i cannot get to the recovery screen.
i've looked around and tried to figure out how to do adb stuff but i'm not understanding. is adb something i can do while the phone is in the downloading mode?
thanks
You can use adb while at the att screen but not download. Go to Dev section and check my thread Read Before Flashing, therre is some good adb info in it. You should be able adb reboot recovery.
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put it in rice for a couple days, than try starting it. if not try replacing the water indicators and go back to att warranty center and say it wont turn on or something. i did that once with a blackberry bold and they replaced it.
Hey all!
Today my phone seems to have completely died, it only boots into speedmod recovery but wont let me do anything in it, I managed to access the 'Install Zip from SD card' but there was nothing there it said. It wont boot into android what so ever. I again managed to access speedmod recovery and get to mount for storage mode which when connected shown no files.
It hasn't worked right since I was pushed over in town, I landed onto of my phone and it came out unscathed but since then it has crashed allot and the when I remove the back the smell of like when a capacitor has blown up (If you don't know that smell it's nasty, my tutor at college popped one to show us what happened, he was actually bored and wanted to do something fun and random XD) but yeah it stinks like that really bad.
I tried to boot into download mode and access it to install stocks but my computer hasn't picked it up at all in any way, doesn't even play the device connected or device faulty sound...
=/ I guess it is broken. What can you tell me? Any help would be awesome.
Scott
Hi, first of all don't panic until you have tried every possible fix.
I had once a problem when the phone only would boot up to an ugly exclamation mark and a drawing telling me to plug it to the computer, but the computer din't even notice when I plugged the phone so I supposed it was dead.
I would recommend you to try to make the JIG cable recommended in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551, I managed to put my phone in a working download mode and use odin to flash the SO again
Hope this helps
Hey! Thanks for the quick reply but unfortunately I tried this and nothing would happen. I had the download mode problem when I first tried to install custom roms, it worked then but unfortunately this time it hasn't =[
From what you say I would be very careful, from the smell you describe it sounds like a short somewhere, and could feasibly cause a fire , so pull the battery!
GTi 9000 insanity006/glitch
Smell of burned capacitor? Dude, dont turn it on.
Take battery off, disassemble it and watch the mainboard for any broken elements, if you have got a little electronic physics knowledge then take service manual, all onboard elements are marked there as R, C and so on, test them with multimeter, or ask someone to do it and pray you'll find damaged element. Start checking from power circuits (most likely the biggest capacitors sets onboard)
Also some soldering around may be broken, on battery circuit it would cause high temperature gain, use magnifying glass and little tool to make careful pressure to check it.
If some BGA chip unsoldered/bricked, then you are screwed. Maybe you know someone in hi tech service can resolder it for you, as usually it is not cheap.
Thanks for your help, I haven't disassembled the phone where the scent had grown stronger then faded slowly, I placed the battery back into the device enough so that the contacts were fully meeting and the scent came back strong. I will check it with a multi meter to see if there is any kind of fault to do with that.
Thanks again for your help, it is much appreciated =]
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Hey guys,
I just want to post a quick update to say I've got my Galaxy S working again. I managed to get the phone into download mode and it was eventually picked up in Odin3 I managed to get the phone working again, rooted and installed Darky's ROM 10 and as it turns out it is that causing the problem, sorry Darky but it doesn't work for me, 9.5 runs like a dream though so it's all good on that front.
Just got all my apps downloaded and installed and everything is in perfect order.
The wierd smell I spoke of in an earlier post is actually because of the wallet I kept my phone in, I've taken it out n it's stopped smelling so I've bought a new wallet for it, don't know why it smelled, probably because I kept my phone in my friends rucksack which has had alsorts spilled in it XD Thanks for the advice, it was much appreciated.
I swear there is a setting to keep the screen on while charging or docked but I cannot find it.
It would logically be under settings/display but its not.
Running CM7 latest nightly currently, and I swear I have seen the option, although maybe on a different Rom?.
I want to keep the screen from timing out while in my car dock. It stays on with CarHome Ultra but if I get a call the screen times out and then wont go back to to CarHome.
Any suggestions?
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I swear there is a setting to keep the screen on while charging or docked but I cannot find it.
It would logically be under settings/display but its not.
Running CM7 latest nightly currently, and I swear I have seen the option, although maybe on a different Rom?.
I want to keep the screen from timing out while in my car dock. It stays on with CarHome Ultra but if I get a call the screen times out and then wont go back to to CarHome.
Any suggestions?
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Settings / Application / Development. Now if you want to know why it is there instead of display, that one I can't answer
Thank you! I knew I had seen it someplace.
Applications certainly does seem an odd place for it.
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i FOUND THE solution i have exactly the same problem 2 days i tried resetting , formating, hard reset, even rooting to diffrent rooms the problem was never solved .
i had following problem
1. the phone will automatically swtich to docking, its annoying
2.some time i got old galaxy s 1 home screen
3. when i put a battery it will show its charging which im not charging and will pop a msg high volage, also.
its not a software issue which ibelieve but the USB hub under your phone, due having contacts with moisture new phones wont have this problem, im not saying u guys may had dipped ur phone, but having ur phone in ur pocket or sweat is 1st problem and having a bath and ur phone is in toilet,
HERE IS THE SOLUTION
get a alocohol from pharmacy and wool, get a tooth pick put the small cotton at the head and run ur usb HUB rema phone has to be off take batt out, after cleaning u will see the USB hub is clean alot of dirt removed, then wait 5-10 min to dry never plug charger or else u will pay for ur mistake, after 10min turn ur phone on it will be total fine.
ITS THE DIRT WHICH IS STICK ON PIN 4-5 making Problem.
i hope it can help tht how it work for me
Yeah, another one of those threads. Definitely not my best moment..
But uh. Dropped my phone in the toilet. It turned off instantly and I tried to dry it off for a while. After 20 minutes or so, it seemed okay so I oh-so-brilliantly tried to turn it back on.
Screen was okay for the first 5 seconds and then it went haywire -- probably shorted somewhere? Just displayed gray lines and some random colors.
So now my phone is just off without any battery in it and I'm waiting for it to dry more.
Any advice on how I'd go about getting data off my phone and if I'm really lucky, fixing it? i.e. taking it apart and drying each part or replacing the screen, etc.
thanks!
There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.
robm1911 said:
There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.
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on vacation right now so anything like that is going to be difficult
Thanks for the heads up though.
Mostly interested in damage control at this point. So the first task is data retrieval.
Any programs/software I can use to transfer all the data off my phone? Control it remotely?
i.e. how can I just dump the memory, including flash memory, onto my computer remotely?
Using anything like tibu is going to be hard since the screen is botched.
I'm not sure of any apps like that and if there is it would prolly need to be on the device before it took the plunge (sorry I had to throw that one out). Now if after the phone dries out some if you can get power and rember which kernel you had you might be able to have someone post the button sequence to mount USB storage in recovery. I helped a friend do this when his screen broke but could still get into recovery. Vol- three times then power ect.
Best of luck
I'd say you should leave it off until you can do what (I think) Adam Outler said and soak it in 99% rubbing alcohol and dry it with a blowdryer. You're data's probably screwed as long as your phone is out of commission.
Adb dump should work i think
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Hello everybody, i hope someone in this forum can really help me, with that super annoying issue. Well i bought Sony Xperia Z before 1month, and it was running normally. I had it without sim card, but when i tried to insert sim card that happened : I just turned off phone on 20% battery, inserted my sim card, tried to turn on it again, but no way. When connected to pc, or another charge point, it just comes up red light for 10seconds and light gone. Nothing happen. I left phone charging all night, nothing happened. Btw bought new usb cable, i tought it could be a usb problem, but its not. Btw when i connect to pc, it does not recognise it, and keeps in silence, in death. Help me someone, i dont want get my phone to gurantuee coz i dont have enought time, i will go to another country on holiday, and i need phone , its very important, thank you for ur help , hope u will hellp
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Hello everybody, i hope someone in this forum can really help me, with that super annoying issue. Well i bought Sony Xperia Z before 1month, and it was running normally. I had it without sim card, but when i tried to insert sim card that happened : I just turned off phone on 20% battery, inserted my sim card, tried to turn on it again, but no way. When connected to pc, or another charge point, it just comes up red light for 10seconds and light gone. Nothing happen. I left phone charging all night, nothing happened. Btw bought new usb cable, i tought it could be a usb problem, but its not. Btw when i connect to pc, it does not recognise it, and keeps in silence, in death. Help me someone, i dont want get my phone to gurantuee coz i dont have enought time, i will go to another country on holiday, and i need phone , its very important, thank you for ur help , hope u will hellp
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Did you insert the sim card properly? Did you force it on its way in?
It is posiboe that you bent the pins that read the sim card, and caused a short circuit. That's you worst case scenario, though.
Try to connect the phone into flashmode, holding volume down and then plug the USB in while still holding volume down. Does the PC recognizes it? If so l, there is hope, you can try and restore the firmware from there using Sony Update Service.
Umm, i was trying to connect to pc like that, hold volume down and connect, nothing happens. Only when i connect cable to pc or to other energy sources, its red light shining about 5-8seconds, and its gone. When i put it in to wall source(i dont know how its called) it starts to tick sometimes, i mean red shine, nothing, red shine nothing, and all hour, and sometimes red light 5-8secs and its dead. Well i dissamblied my phone now, i dont see any burst parts, everythings looks okay, what should i do? Maybie try to check with power checking screwdriver where power is "walking around" ?
the battery is depleted. you need a wall charger with minimum 2 Amperes output
I would try the same,very good hint
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Thank you all for helping, i will try to charge like that. Btw i bring yesterday it to service, they said that you know where is charging usb thingy, its a red coulour , not green, they think that because water gone to my phone, and its burned, but i just ried put in in water about before 1month, everything worked good, before i put sim card in it
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Thank you all for helping, i will try to charge like that. Btw i bring yesterday it to service, they said that you know where is charging usb thingy, its a red coulour , not green, they think that because water gone to my phone, and its burned, but i just ried put in in water about before 1month, everything worked good, before i put sim card in it
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The corosion can take many months after the phone taking water. Anyway next time just start by that point, and buy a new phone if your phone has take water.
Thank you for help dudes, i got luck that i pay for phone insurance, i got new working phone for free. Thank you for trying to help, another z is dead, because of water. NOTE : Dont believe of any waterproofs phones, because i just had it , and it died after 2months of using
People the phone is water RESISTANT. Nobody said you should go diving with it, dunk it in a glass of beer, or spray it with a hose. It's meant to withstand emergenices like spills and quick drops in water.
stiffi2011 said:
People the phone is water RESISTANT. Nobody said you should go diving with it, dunk it in a glass of beer, or spray it with a hose. It's meant to withstand emergenices like spills and quick drops in water.
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You should put that on your signature. You cannot be more correct. People goes nuts with the phone, "I will take my phone to some snorkeling", "I'ma bring mah phone to the river rapids", "I'm going to take underwater pictures", etc, etc, etc.