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Phone would not turn on and was getting the flashing red led....Then this happened:
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No tub of rice for 24 hours?
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No tub of rice for 24 hours?
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Yea I submerged it right into the bag of rice, for about 40 hours, but still wouldn't turn on. that's when I opened it up and rubbed it down with alcohol. Put it back together and voila
Impressive skills. Did you follow a guide or do you do this for a living?
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Impressive skills. Did you follow a guide or do you do this for a living?
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Thanks, I don't do this for a living nor did I follow a guide but it looks a lot more complicated than it is. I actually didn't know about the rubbing alcohol being a solution to water damage, my cousin told me, then i just bought the necessary tools to open it up made sure all excess water was dried, rubbed it down, blow dried it for a few minutes and put it back together.
And the screen wasn't trashed. That's good. Maybe that fused digitizer/LCD combo is a good thing after all
Did you see where the water sensor is?
Yea there are two of them basically within an inch of each other. One to the right of the rear camera in the center of the upper frame and the other just above the battery.
I used bleach and qtips on both stickers and they looked brand new in under a minute. Although if you look carefully you could see wrinkles. Wouldn't be noticeable with lighter water damage .
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Yea there are two of them basically within an inch of each other. One to the right of the rear camera in the center of the upper frame and the other just above the battery.
I used bleach and qtips on both stickers and they looked brand new in under a minute. Although if you look carefully you could see wrinkles. Wouldn't be noticeable with lighter water damage .
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thanks
Congrats on the resurrection. Hopefully there are no intermittent issues in the future. Best of luck.
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Thanks ..lucky for me it was an RMA unit that I was supposed to send back but never got around to. I sold the repaired unit for 300 and am keeping the new one. As far as I could tell everything was working perfectly except that the mic didn't work while on speaker ...disclosed that in the sale and the buyer was fine with it so w.e ....stress off my chest
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Nice :thumbup:
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Nice work bro fistbump*
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Click it I dare you?
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Thanks ..lucky for me it was an RMA unit that I was supposed to send back but never got around to. I sold the repaired unit for 300 and am keeping the new one. As far as I could tell everything was working perfectly except that the mic didn't work while on speaker ...disclosed that in the sale and the buyer was fine with it so w.e ....stress off my chest
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Wonder how things will go down when your buyer realizes something is wrong, comes to xda looking for a solution, and sees this thread lol
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Lol...can't even take the time to read my full post ...that hurts
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Lol...can't even take the time to read my full post ...that hurts
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impressive, it looks like nowadays phones and circuits inside them survive better than the old small brick nokia phones in the past.
My sister washed her samsung corby in the washing machine, put it in rice and turned it back on it still works. Same I did with my Sony point and shoot camera.
For the OP this may be a sign. you should consider buying xperia Z
The rice trick is a common one. Works well.
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impressive, it looks like nowadays phones and circuits inside them survive better than the old small brick nokia phones in the past.
My sister washed her samsung corby in the washing machine, put it in rice and turned it back on it still works. Same I did with my Sony point and shoot camera.
For the OP this may be a sign. you should consider buying xperia Z
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Oh, don't you start with nokia phones. You could throw one on concrete from 5th floor, then dump it into a glass of water, dry it out, put back together and it still works. Except for power button. But still!
Background: I owned the Nexus S, and Galaxy Nexus as daily drivers.
This is my first glass backed phone - but not until I finally removed the plastic film from it recently, did I realise how problematic it is.
In short:
DON'T LEAVE THIS PHONE ON ANY SURFACE NOT PERFECTLY LEVEL.
I mean, the slightest incline and your phone will slowly make it's way to jumping off the edge.
I had never dropped my phone in the few months since release, and the week I take off the plastic, it has hit the floor 3 times.
Once it did it over the course of a few hours in the middle of the night, from the flat night table next to the bed.
The other day, off a counter ledge in the bathroom.
Just now, from atop the microwave in the kitchen.
Each time, nothing was moving or near the phone, and it fell off seconds or minutes after putting it down. No vibration or anything occured either, which would surely expedite the falling.
If you put this phone down on a not-level surface (ie, anything that would cause a ball to roll) you can watch it ever so gradually slide and move around. I can't even put it on a short stack of 6 pieces of paper on my desk without it slipping off before long. I'm telling you these are surfaces that you wouldn't know weren't level if not for this phone treating it like an ice skating rink. Nothing has ever fallen off of them, previously.
I hate it. I wouldn't change the phone to another, but still. Frictionless glass backing SUCKS.
Oh, and luckily no cracks or damage. So far. But I've learned my lesson and now have to wall it in with other objects it can't move past.
Now i know
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I'm sorry but... IBL.
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Get a screen protector for the back or a nice case
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EnIXmA said:
Get a screen protector for the back or a nice case
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Whilst I recommend a case for pretty much everyone else I know, I'm careful enough to go "naked" and appreciate the phone as designed. It's just an adjustment in this case, and I don't anticipate it falling ever again.
A stupid adjustment I shouldn't have to make, but there you go.
Your physics concepts are fu**ed up,if there is no friction,the phone would be slipping away from your hands every seconds already,go back to school to study man. In your situation,it is called lesser friction.
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In other news, walking on gravel without shoes hurts and standing outside when it's snowing will make you cold.
Yes, it's got a shiny back and yes, funnily this makes it more likely to slide off things.
If it bothers you, get a bumper. I did and it doesn't slide around now. I also bought shoes for the snow and that fixed my feet too.
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davidang said:
Your physics concepts are fu**ed up,if there is no friction,the phone would be slipping away from your hands every seconds already,go back to school to study man. In your situation,it is called lesser friction.
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Hahaha yeah my physics are just so CRAZY. It couldn't merely be my writing, you know: using a word that conveys the relative amount of friction, rather than scientifically correct terminology. Get over yourself.
And whilst we're at it, unless you were somehow holding the phone only by its "frictionless" back, it wouldn't slip out of your hands, now would it? Oh, the irony of your terrible post.
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I'm sorry but... IBL.
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New moderator?
We had plenty of rant threads, no need to open another one.
So yes, thread locked.
I was in the beach 2 days ago and I brought my xperia Z along. I decided that it was a good idea to take underwater videos and pictures above the water. They all looked great. The only problem is that, its been two days since that happened and my speaker is still muffled. It usually gets dry in a few hours, this time I'm worried it might have damaged for good. I believe that maybe little grains of sand made their way through the grill and are keeping the sound low or something else. Anyways, just wanted to ask if anyone can advise me on what to do. I had my C6002 since its release and have submerge it in numerous pools but never on a beach. Any help will be appreciated, thanks
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I wouldn't recommend open the device, you could lose the water resistance altogether.
My only advice would be letting the device on rice for a while with the flaps open.
Anyway, my take on this subject is this:
I wonder now why everyone thinks that kind of water resistance will make the phone indestructible.
For me, that water resistance (not waterproof) just makes me feel more confident about my device surviving water related accidents.
Just taking the device to the swimming pool defeats its certification (2 m deep pools are not uncommon, you know), splashing, swimming, just moving around under water, or even worst jumping into the water violently just multiplies the pressure around your device by more than those 0.1 bar.
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Good luck anyway.
Since it was salt water, did you ever think about washing it with distilled water? Might help
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Teo032 said:
Since it was salt water, did you ever think about washing it with distilled water? Might help
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That would be my suggestion too. Try giving it a bath in nice clean water to rinse off any debris.
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Yeah that was my first reaction. I actually left it submerged for about 15 and after that I rinsed it on the shower with no avail. I havent blow dried it, I've read somewhere that might help. But thanks for the suggestions. I'll leave it with rice tonight and see if I have something positive to report tomorrow.
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After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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Same thing here since a few days and I f*cking hate it! Thought I'm not sure if it's dirt or a dead pixel.
abajarde said:
After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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There not dead pixels its a quiet common fault it minute pieces of the lens casing as a lot of users have reported the same ive even got some on mine.
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Futura2000 said:
There not dead pixels its a quiet common fault it minute pieces of the lens casing as a lot of users have reported the same ive even got some on mine.
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What do you suggest we do? Send it for repair?
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abajarde said:
What do you suggest we do? Send it for repair?
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You can only send it for repairs;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311497
Which is what I'm going to do.
FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,
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FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,
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You are probably going to eventually destroy the water proof membrane inside the speaker if you continue to do that. Not good advice.
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FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,
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Yeah man, pushing compressed air through there doesn't sound like a good idea. I'll gladly wait 2-3 hours or a bag of rice overnite. That's living dangerously right there
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Well it's your choice but it takes a quick spray and it'd back to normal.
If you did it with 10 psi sure but this is can which is like 10 psi.
It's up to you but it's not much dissimilar to blowing it with your mouth
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Amazingly, I left the phone over night on a bag of rice and not only did it fix the issue it had another unexpected effect. Now, when I wet the speaker its back to normal almost immediately. I was at a lake yesterday, used the phone to record under water, take photos, and guess what? It was fully loud each time almost immediately after I got out of the water. This phone hasn't seize to impress. I highly recommend to consider the rice. Often times, naturally aspired solutions are the better choice.
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TechSmartt on Youtube who has already released a couple Galaxy S5 drop test videos decided to put the Galaxy S5's water resistance to the ultimate test.
Not wanting to spoil the video but it involves a pool and a washing machine and pure amazment at the end!
http://youtu.be/E9J611BuXhw
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Things like this make me want this phone so much more!
this is why i am getting this, i like my Gs4 but the waterproof is a huge bonus
Truly impressed but I have no need for this feature. I'm happy with S4.
Same here, I was astonished when I saw this. Never would have that kind of waterproof capability. Very cool!
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I think its safe to say you can submerge the S5 without any worries.
Im waiting on a salt water test since I plan on taking my phone with me when I go to the ocean and it would be great to use it in the water. I think it should be fine as long as I rinse it off with freshwater afterwards.
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I think its safe to say you can submerge the S5 without any worries.
Im waiting on a salt water test since I plan on taking my phone with me when I go to the ocean and it would be great to use it in the water. I think it should be fine as long as I rinse it off with freshwater afterwards.
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According to the S5 user manual (Page 9):
Do not expose the device to salt water, ionised water, or soapy water
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Even still, I'd love to see a test being done to see exactly how the device reacts. :good:
karmuh said:
According to the S5 user manual (Page 9):
Even still, I'd love to see a test being done to see exactly how the device reacts. :good:
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They also advise you to not submerge the S5 in water. The only reason I can see why they would not reccomend exposure to salt water is because of the seals potentially deteriorating because of the salt.
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And that washing machine test, holy smokes... I live in Florida so having a waterproof phone would be nice.
Salt will be corrosive so washing it after exposure might be okay?
Technology and water, when put together = AMAZING! Can't wait to have this.
Salt water is incredibly corrosive, and submerging in that will degrade the contacts on the headphone jack very fast. So don't go swimming in the ocean with it.
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Salt water is incredibly corrosive, and submerging in that will degrade the contacts on the headphone jack very fast. So don't go swimming in the ocean with it.
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But it isnt going to happen instantly so if I am to immediately rinse with fresh water after the salt water exposure it shouldn't have any effect theoretically.
I wonder if anyone with a Z1 ever exposed it to salt water, it also has an open headphone jack so it should also technically be likely to corrode.
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Amazing!
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Yes I am amazed. I could careless for build material. This is extremely high BUILD QUALITY and engineering and thats why I love Sammy phones. The list of awards are not going to end soon lol. Now bring me the next note!!!!!!
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Now that it's starting to get a little warmer here in Texas I've beginning to sweat a little more, since I work outside I've noticed when talking a phone call on my neo that the speaker is muffled do to sweat. I can blow out the sweat or tap it against my shirt and all is fine. What I'm wondering is how long before I damage the speaker? I'm thinking maybe I should stop wearing it to work, which would be a real bummer. Thank you for any input or info you have on this matter.
Hey, I wear my to workout in, and do run in the Texas heat, and rain, and humidity. I noticed the speaker sounding weird while playing music, and it was really wet. It sounded fine the next morning, so I guess it dries out.
It's supposed to be waterproof, so I hope a little sweat won't ruin it...
I think it's just the effect of hearing the sound pass through the water...
It will be fine I've worn mine since day one. I wear it while I workout for 2+ hours, when I walk my dogs and I've even worn it in the shower and all works fine.
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It will be fine I've worn mine since day one. I wear it while I workout for 2+ hours, when I walk my dogs and I've even worn it in the shower and all works fine.
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Same here, I sweat profusely and have had only small connection issues with the charger, a little blow on the watch and it connects. How long will it last is another question but with the IP67 code it is supposed to last with water pressures so a little sweat (though being salty) should not damage it too much. On the other hand... we are just at the 1995 state of these devices and I expect to see great things in the next two years.