Guys terror struck my phone ... i dropped it in water ....tho it was immersed for a short time maybe 1-3 secs....
it was on wen it fell and was still workingg..... so immediatly i turned it off and dried it and kept it in a bowl of rice overnight..... today wen i plugged my battery the phone didnt turn on....! so i kept it to dry ............ tomorrow i will take it to service center .....
also there a wierd red dot that has appeared on the body.....
my phone is still under warranty so i will take to service center.... Is there any chance it will survive???? coz i wont get another phone if i lose this.....plz help
EDIT: it is turning on now but screen is watered
Sorry but that red dot usually means u ain't covered from warranty, because of water damage
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A5D said:
Guys terror struck my phone ... i dropped it in water ....tho it was immersed for a short time maybe 1-3 secs....
it was on wen it fell and was still workingg..... so immediatly i turned it off and dried it and kept it in a bowl of rice overnight..... today wen i plugged my battery the phone didnt turn on....! so i kept it to dry ............ tomorrow i will take it to service center .....
also there a wierd red dot that has appeared on the body.....
my phone is still under warranty so i will take to service center.... Is there any chance it will survive???? coz i wont get another phone if i lose this.....plz help
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well, if it is like wat teams said, then there is no luck, try the local repair guy, sometimes they are much resourceful
TeaMsTaZ said:
Sorry but that red dot usually means u ain't covered from warranty, because of water damage
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could you explain about the red dot? sounds interesting
Madarao said:
well, if it is like wat teams said, then there is no luck, try the local repair guy, sometimes they are much resourceful
could you explain about the red dot? sounds interesting
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i searched up google and it tells me that red dot is indicator of water damage to phone..... after drying up i can boot phone... it is turning on... i havent tested other functions cuz i found some more water so i left it to dry..........
i will take it to samsung tomorrow and hope for best...
Please take a picture of the red dot. I wanna see it.
And maybe we can put a waterproof sticker over the red sticker so that when the phone actually does fall in water it won't turn red. Then remove the waterproof sticker and give it to the service center.
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Please take a picture of the red dot. I wanna see it.
And maybe we can put a waterproof sticker over the red sticker so that when the phone actually does fall in water it won't turn red. Then remove the waterproof sticker and give it to the service center.
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water proof sticker wot help cuz besides tha internal circuit also has some water damage stickers
ill try put up that pic....
the phone is booting and everything(speaker,touchscreen camera ....) working but i cant test call speaker or sim coz as soon a s i plug in sim , the phone doesnt boot cuz still some water is present in sim slot.... also i have cyanogen installed rigt now... so if i take the phone to samsung service will he void my warranty by seeing a custom rom with root??
A5D said:
water proof sticker wot help cuz besides tha internal circuit also has some water damage stickers
ill try put up that pic....
the phone is booting and everything(speaker,touchscreen camera ....) working but i cant test call speaker or sim coz as soon a s i plug in sim , the phone doesnt boot cuz still some water is present in sim slot.... also i have cyanogen installed rigt now... so if i take the phone to samsung service will he void my warranty by seeing a custom rom with root??
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Oh you are that Delhi guy. Remember me
And for your phone.
Did you tried downloading mode. If working flash the stock rom. Then took it to Samsung guys.
But I think you should let it dry first fully and try your luck.
Better try with a dryer after removing the battery.
Yeah better let it dry first. I think putting the phone in a bowl of rice helps as well.
Edit: This might help.
nishanty13 said:
Oh you are that Delhi guy. Remember me
And for your phone.
Did you tried downloading mode. If working flash the stock rom. Then took it to Samsung guys.
But I think you should let it dry first fully and try your luck.
Better try with a dryer after removing the battery.
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i dried it in a bowl of rice.... everything works fine now... i took it to samsung ....and luckily the repair guy cudnt figure out i was running custom ROM... I told him it was just an app
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Yeah better let it dry first. I think putting the phone in a bowl of rice helps as well.
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mini survived drowning for a few secs.....!
incase someone else does that same .. i recommend pulling it out as soon as possible and pull the batrry and kepp it in a bag of rice for atleast 2 days...
A5D said:
i dried it in a bowl of rice.... everything works fine now... i took it to samsung ....and luckily the repair guy cudnt figure out i was running custom ROM... I told him it was just an app
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Warranty is void anyway because of the awesome red dot stickers, so you could have told him since you'll be paying for the repair. But if telling CM7 is just an app worked then that is going to help a lot of Mini users claim their warranty. Thanks for sharing, man.
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Warranty is void anyway because of the awesome red dot stickers, so you could have told him since you'll be paying for the repair. But if telling CM7 is just an app worked then that is going to help a lot of Mini users claim their warranty. Thanks for sharing, man.
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Trust me, the Service Centre guys are that much Educated, that they don't even know about Custom ROMs and to detect whether the ROM is rooted or not.
coolsandie said:
Trust me, the Service Centre guys are that much Educated, that they don't even know about Custom ROMs and to detect whether the ROM is rooted or not.
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but it worth trying.
you may be very lucky to met a stupid one.
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Trust me, the Service Centre guys are that much Educated, that they don't even know about Custom ROMs and to detect whether the ROM is rooted or not.
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In my experience,for hardware damange they don't check your phone/ROM .... they only connect to kies when they need to check software
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A5D said:
In my experience,for hardware damange they don't check your phone/ROM .... they only connect to kies when they need to check software
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You referring to the current situation (Water damage, but Phone's working) or a fully bricked state.
And, they think Kies software would detect the Phone with a fully bricked state?
And if the phone is working, how much time would it take to look on "About Phone" section. From there, the Service Centre guys could easily detect whether Custom ROM is installed or not.
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You referring to the current situation (Water damage, but Phone's working) or a fully bricked state.
And, they think Kies software would detect the Phone with a fully bricked state?
And if the phone is working, how much time would it take to look on "About Phone" section. From there, the Service Centre guys could easily detect whether Custom ROM is installed or not.
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if it aint brick then they will surely find it out...
good luck but unfortunately I don't thing it's going to be alive again...please let us know...
There is no waranty that covers water damage to the phone. Only phone insurance wich i doubt you have. If they inspect your phone, they will void your waranty because no matter how much you dried it, water leaves marks. Anyway, if the screen is ok and the phone boots up, you wont have to pay that much for the reparation.
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You referring to the current situation (Water damage, but Phone's working) or a fully bricked state.
And, they think Kies software would detect the Phone with a fully bricked state?
And if the phone is working, how much time would it take to look on "About Phone" section. From there, the Service Centre guys could easily detect whether Custom ROM is installed or not.
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You may be right that they can check in "About Phone".
But I have witnessed cases that the service center guys acts like totally idiot and can be easily fooled.
I think most of them don't have knowledge and they just do a GOOGLE SEARCH.
Once I told them to repair my headphones just after 7 days of purchase they asked me to give my phone, I asked Why?
They (she)replied: we have to check phone. She typed some number on the dial *#*#1234...something and some other number to get details.
I even asked them to upgrade it to gingerbread from froyo and i gave my phone.
Then next day I came to get my phone with repaired headphones
and those foolish! Mad ass people reflashed muy phone with what: froyo over froyo and i lost everything.
I asked (in anger) why did you reflashed with old one. In that they said gingerbread is not yet available.
As far as for flashing they surely used kies.
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good luck but unfortunately I don't thing it's going to be alive again...please let us know...
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it is alive
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So i bricked my phone and it seems like that nobody can help me ...
My Phone shows no reaction i don't know if a USB JIG would help.
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I pay every 3th month for an insurance (If my phone get damage by water)
so if i let my phone fall into water they would send me a new phone ?
ps.: Sorry for my bad english :ssss
OH wrong section sorry i report .... was before on Q&A
Try the jig first. It's cheap. Just order one off ebay.
Also make sure that your warranty really does cover water damage. As far as I know there is no warrranty that covers water damage, though I suppose your carrier might offer additional coverage in return for extra charge.
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So i bricked my phone and it seems like that nobody can help me ...
My Phone shows no reaction i don't know if a USB JIG would help.
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I pay every 3th month for an insurance (If my phone get damage by water)
so if i let my phone fall into water they would send me a new phone ?
ps.: Sorry for my bad english :ssss
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you have insurance?... the no need to worry... they will fix it.. if it`s not fixable, they will send you a new one
that`s how insurance works.
are you sure you can't acess Download mode? either way try the USB JIG first
I have warrenty from the market i bought it from and an extra warrenty for water and fall damages
the normal warrenty goes until 13.08.12
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you have insurance?... the no need to worry... they will fix it.. if it`s not fixable, they will send you a new one
that`s how insurance works.
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You mean if i let it fall into water ?
just bring it to the warranty and chill out, insurance will fix it
But what if they see that i flashed a coustom rom ?
Then you get a very very big invoice ...
Unless if they can fix it, they won't be able to tell that you are on a custom rom.
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just bring it to the warranty and chill out, insurance will fix it
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they should not matter on what you're flashing,
can not check
my phone got also water damaged. i changed the whole front panel for under 100 euro and it worked. i think its cheaper than the price you must pay trough insurance. if you need more information, i can help you!
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I don't know if u get it but my phone hasnt a waterdamage it ist just bricked.
So i wan't let it fall into water so maybe i'm lucky and get a new phone..... Know what i mean ?
haha=DD stupid me *biiig facepalm*
how badly bricked? showing up any lights?
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Download mode works ?
nothing works
it is like there is no battery in
Just bring it to them, dude! If they know you've flashed custom rom, that mean your phone fixed. Just take the phone and say good bye. Will they put you in jail? If they do don't worry. Just tell them I buy your phone because of custom roms, if there were no custom roms every phones just look and do the same **** like each other, if every phones look and do the same **** so instead of buy this costy phone why stupid I buy another cheaper 10 time than. You know I am like addicted of flashing custom rom. I flash every new rom as soon as it posted. I think my phone will be brick like you, man. But I don't care, as long as I feel good )
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Dude don't worry this is YOUR phone you buy it with your money so you can even put a dragon in there and trow it in the lava its yours. so try to fix it if you believe you can. the are lots of people here that they are able and will help you just.(i got the same problem with you my phone wont open and wont do a thing its like i Shot it with a shotgun and i have not found a solution yet )if you can't fix it they will fix it i mean will relapse it (i think)
by the aether hand if you don't feed like trow it in the water find a good service and let the professionals do there tricks or you can buy a new one but before you do 1 of all those things think it big time and know that what ever you do its your choice and you consequence if are any
ps try The Dev. section for your Devise
thanks for so many replys.
I have ordered an USB Jig and it it probaly arrive tomorrow.
But if it wont work i will bring it to the shop and look what they can do...
So my USB Jig is here but it won't work -.-
I do anything wrong ?
1.Battery out
2.battery in
3.USB Jig in
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Same thing happened to me, nothing worked (tried the JIG). I had to send it in for repair, but they didn't see that it was my fault (still had warranty).
nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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From my experience the only way u can get ur phone back in service is go to ssc and make some reasonable reason why ur phone is dead, so u can still claim for warranty and I am sure they will replace ur engine/mobo like my friends did a month ago.
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nasdak10 said:
Hello. Sorry for my english.
I've been living on the edge, like many of us LOL, and i finally got hard bricked. No battery charge, logo, download mode. Nothing. Just a black screen.
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
So, i have been reading a lot those days but nothing seems to work. I have ordered a Jig but i think is not going to work. Yesterday i used windows, and something was detected when i plugged in the usb, but Odin not.Today it does not work, and windows doesnt play any sound. Any idea? A Jag?
I should say this is the best mobile phone i have ever touched. I would be eternal grateful with all of you if we could fix this mess. I was aware that there were risks. Im aware now maybe i cant fixit and im not gonna blame anyone because it was my responsability, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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No download mode when you use the jig?
I feel your pain. Best wishes on resurecting that thing.
sorry to know. hope things will be Ok soon for you.
nasdak10 said:
I was using ICS stunner 1.4.26 and decided to flash Catastrophic Meltdown 9 (CM9 for friends). The problems was that my battery died when it was installing the kernel, or the boot, i dont know.
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It has nothing to do with your battery dying and everything with trying to flash CM9 directly from super-dangerous LP5 or LP6 leak ICS kernel.
No jig or JTag will revive your phone now.
However, if your Note refuses to go into download or recovery mode, you are in luck - if you have a warranty, that is. Just take your phone to the service center and tell them that it died when updating via Kies. There is no way for them to tell what had really happened and they will have to replace your motherboard free of charge.
Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?
Try to take it back in for warranty before attempting a JTAG and voiding the warranty (that they can tell)
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nasdak10 said:
Sadly, jig didnt solve the problem. Battery isnt hot when plugged in, is my motherboard fried by flashing the note?
Could a jtag solve the problem?
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Yeah, that's a classic superbrick, need replacement mobo. Sorry dude. As mentioned just say you were updating ics ota or through kies.
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I got the same problem few days back..I went to service center and said that i got an ota update and after downloading had completed,it started rebooting and there i got some errors and finally my phone is dead
They were unable to find the exact reason why it got bricked as it was unable to enter download or recovery mode
So they replaced the motherboard under warrenty
Better this it once
All the best :good:
I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...
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I dont think that warranty thing is gonna work, because i have lost some inside cover screws... yeah, thats a long story trying to fix it. If i borrow a motherboard... could i recover my data? because thats all i want at the moment. Or, is there any website where i can buy it? Otherwise, im going to try it with the warranty...
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What cover screws??
If you change your motherboard,you will lose all your data
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Ivjust tried it bit couldnt get brick to occur no matter how hard i tried. Nm glad you got yours fixed
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Mr Colt said:
I just came back from the service center and they are covering it under warranty . Similar symptoms and they are going to replace the whole board. Just take it to the service center and say "Yo man your **** died on it own" :fingers-crossed:
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Good to hear
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Hello.
My phone was in my pocket when I entered a beach. I realized it, I ran out of the beach, I took it out, but it had absorbed some water.
Stupidly, I tried to turn it on. It started with an unending vibration. For 3 tried, the same vibration occurred.
Then, it stopped.
I separated both the battery and the circuit board.
I tried turning it on once in a while. It didn't work.
So, I'm probably going to have to give the mobile to the Service Center.
But, will they find out if the mobile has it's bootloader locked/unlocked when the mobile is so screwed?
And, if so, how can I relock it?
Thank You.
MeTaL_StaR said:
Hello.
My phone was in my pocket when I entered a beach. I realized it, I ran out of the beach, I took it out, but it had absorbed some water.
Stupidly, I tried to turn it on. It started with an unending vibration. For 3 tried, the same vibration occurred.
Then, it stopped.
I separated both the battery and the circuit board.
I tried turning it on once in a while. It didn't work.
So, I'm probably going to have to give the mobile to the Service Center.
But, will they find out if the mobile has it's bootloader locked/unlocked when the mobile is so screwed?
And, if so, how can I relock it?
Thank You.
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I have no idea dude
but if your phone can turning on u can relock it with s1 tool..
u can check if the flash-modes working (turn off phone and press back button while plug in to PC )
hope can help your prob
Actually, if your phone couldn't be turned on, you don't need to worry about this because they can't check your phone if the phone's bootloader is unlocked.
And i'm sure that the phone will not turn on again
but there sure can find that it was damaged due to water and you are out of warranty then. they don't cover physical damages due to user's mistake.
CnC-ROCK said:
but there sure can find that it was damaged due to water and you are out of warranty then. they don't cover physical damages due to user's mistake.
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Either way if you choose to repair it you will pay
Thank you.
I'll have to decide b/w paying for repair and buying a new mobile, the latter doesn't look good.
MeTaL_StaR said:
Thank you.
I'll have to decide b/w paying for repair and buying a new mobile, the latter doesn't look good.
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If you want my opinion, buy a new phone.
Xperia tipo:thumbup:
Price Slightly more than X8 but awesome!
:flipoff2: DEVILS NEVER CRY:flipoff2:
Tipo is actually good. Surprisingly it can run ICS smooth with only a 800 MHz processor.
It is a good alternative to X8 with almost the same price. And, it will depend on the support on xda !
Anyway, will decide.
Thanks a lot !
I've heard that if you keep you phone in a bowl of dry rice for a few days , the rice absorbs water and the phone gets fixed. Sounds silly , but you could give it a try. :silly:
Mayank77 said:
I've heard that if you keep you phone in a bowl of dry rice for a few days , the rice absorbs water and the phone gets fixed. Sounds silly , but you could give it a try. :silly:
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I did give it a try.
I probably screwed it up more worse than I imagined !
Is microwaving a mobile phone a good idea?
MeTaL_StaR said:
I did give it a try.
I probably screwed it up more worse than I imagined !
Is microwaving a mobile phone a good idea?
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But I think It was on when it fell in water or the water was inside when op tried to ON it & the motherboard must have been short circuited due to water..
It'll blast inside microwave
Never put metal in a microwave!
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Gogeta said:
But I think It was on when it fell in water or the water was inside when op tried to ON it & the motherboard must have been short circuited due to water..
It'll blast inside microwave
Never put metal in a microwave!
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Yeah, I did try to turn it on too quick. The vibrating sound may be the reason for a short circuit.
Yup, music to the ears..or that's what passes for music these days!
Hey guys,
A weird question...
So I have had my phone repaired under warranty thru JB Hifi (a brick and mortar place chain in Australia). The repairer supposely replaced the board as it was completely dead (the IMEI # is different so I believe they did replace it). I am not 100% if the water "proofness" still exists now that the board is replaced...
How would I do a quick test and where would I stand in the warranty side of things if the phone dies after the test?
Anyone have any idea?
Cheers,
Yots.
yotis118 said:
How would I do a quick test and where would I stand in the warranty side of things if the phone dies after the test?
Anyone have any idea?
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Put it under water!
eclyptos said:
Put it under water!
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And if it dies?
Normally they do a waterproof test at the end ...
Try putting it under water for a millisecond or so, take it out and see if anything happened.
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And if it dies?
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That mean the test was wrong. ..haha..
BTW, they repaired the phone and is under warranty , they know they job and sholud be seal well so I don't know why you are worry.
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That mean the test was wrong. ..haha..
BTW, they repaired the phone and is under warranty , they know they job and sholud be seal well so I don't know why you are worry.
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I have contacted Sony support and they told me it sounds like the phone needs servicing by their service centre. They mentioned that since its not repaired by them, the water resistance feature might not have been tested/done..
Going to call them monday and organise it to be serviced me think.
Recently i bought the Sony Xperia Z4.. as you guys know it has a good perferences as i thought..
The thing is after about 2 months i thought about trying the waterproof function which sony company assumed that the device supports.. so i turned it off, washed it under fresh clean water for about 20 sec., dryed it out then i turned it on.. and guess what !! My half screen went black, the screen lights begin to go low.. so i turned it off and dryed it even more and left it away for some time then i switched it on once again and the screen lights were obviously not working anymore !! I could hardly see that it was actually on !! I turned off once again and left it for a while and now when i turn on (using the power on button and the volume button) it vibrates three times the the screen lighta goes crazy !!! On and off over and over then it goes dark and onfe again i can hardly see the screen.. but looks like there is water under the surface.. and it seems like the touch isn't workin i still dont know !!
What can i do ?? Can you guys please help ??
Im sorry for making it such a long story but i really feel bad about it..
Dude, that device of yours is still under warranty. Go and claim the warranty from your phone retailer..
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Dude, that device of yours is still under warranty. Go and claim the warranty from your phone retailer..
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Thanks for your respond man but the thing is 1st. I bought it without a warranty because we don't have a sony support here where i live.. 2nd. Even if i bought it from any phone shop with a warranty it's just means nothing here where i live xD they will just tell you it is your fault anyway.. so the warranty means nothing.. 3rd. I did a little research about it and guess what ?! The warranty is void if it was watter damaged !! That what sony company said..
I put it in the rice since y.day still didn't switch it on.. i don't know what to do, im afraid if i opened the back cover something wrong would happen and it will be even worse.. cuz im thinkin about moving the battery and drying it with the hair dryer and the vacum but im still afraid to do so..:crying:
Fact of the matter is my phone was waterdamaged 3 weeks ago on vacation. I came back to the shop which firstly refused me, but they will do this for customers who dont know stuff. What you need to do is state your case and since they know the phone is waterproof by certification they are obliged to help you. Basically you are forcing their hand at this point. Many shops will try to bull**** you but as soon as you wave around the fact that the phone is IP classed to hold in water to 1.5m then they will grant you a checkup and ultimately if you are found right in your complaints then you will get a new one.
I know cuz I did this and got my phone back 2 days ago.
Nizar Kanaan said:
Thanks for your respond man but the thing is 1st. I bought it without a warranty because we don't have a sony support here where i live.. 2nd. Even if i bought it from any phone shop with a warranty it's just means nothing here where i live xD they will just tell you it is your fault anyway.. so the warranty means nothing.. 3rd. I did a little research about it and guess what ?! The warranty is void if it was watter damaged !! That what sony company said..
I put it in the rice since y.day still didn't switch it on.. i don't know what to do, im afraid if i opened the back cover something wrong would happen and it will be even worse.. cuz im thinkin about moving the battery and drying it with the hair dryer and the vacum but im still afraid to do so..:crying:
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Now here is the thing, Put your phone inside a sack of rice for straight 2 week. I had try once with my z3 dual. It did work for me. I hope it will work too for you..
hasona said:
Fact of the matter is my phone was waterdamaged 3 weeks ago on vacation. I came back to the shop which firstly refused me, but they will do this for customers who dont know stuff. What you need to do is state your case and since they know the phone is waterproof by certification they are obliged to help you. Basically you are forcing their hand at this point. Many shops will try to bull**** you but as soon as you wave around the fact that the phone is IP classed to hold in water to 1.5m then they will grant you a checkup and ultimately if you are found right in your complaints then you will get a new one.
I know cuz I did this and got my phone back 2 days ago.
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Well, mateer of a fact i contacted Sony Support by E-mail and they said that they were sorry and that should noy happened and they were surprised !! :silly: oh my !!
I laughed my A** out.. they said i should take it to Service Center but as long as they don't have a Service Center in my country they offered other countries
Hell yeah !! I will fly to another cojntry just to get my phone fixed ?!??! Can anybody believe this !! And sure they asked me for the IMEI..
The shop said he sold it without a warranty and he is not responssible cuz it's Sony Co. Fault not his..
I guess im Screwed..
BilalMaximus said:
Now here is the thing, Put your phone inside a sack of rice for straight 2 week. I had try once with my z3 dual. It did work for me. I hope it will work too for you..
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:good: thanks dude..
Actually i did that since 2 days ago and it's still there..
Well, let's get to the fact.. the phone can get switched on now, the screen lights aint blinking but..
The screen is a bit grey, the touch buttons down the screen isn't working, there is water under the surface all around and sometimes it goes crazy and starts touching it self
So i turned it off and shoved it back into the rice..
Hope it works :crying:
Nizar Kanaan said:
:good: thanks dude..
Actually i did that since 2 days ago and it's still there..
Well, let's get to the fact.. the phone can get switched on now, the screen lights aint blinking but..
The screen is a bit grey, the touch buttons down the screen isn't working, there is water under the surface all around and sometimes it goes crazy and starts touching it self
So i turned it off and shoved it back into the rice..
Hope it works :crying:
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Lets keep it there for some time. And dont turn on it againt until next 2 week at least, it might caused the mother shortcircuited. Stay patient and hope everything will turn out right..
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