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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.
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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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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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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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jufama said:
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
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.
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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?
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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?
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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, i was taking some under water photos during my weekend trip. All my ports were closed before i put my mobile in the water. Suddenly my camera app stopped working & booted in to safe mode. I was sure it was less than 30mins & as soon as i came out of the water i noticed all my ports changed in to red color. After a few hours the phone stopped working & i tried to draining the water with rice method. It's been 48years still my phone is not turning on.
When i connect it to a pc/charger, it does turn on for few secs with the red led & turns off with 3vibrations.
Nothing works, except that. I guess it is hard bricked. Is there any solution to fix my phone or back my data?
Regards
Let the phone dry just in case there is still water in it, try it after the next day and see what happens.
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Hey, i was taking some under water photos during my weekend trip. All my ports were closed before i put my mobile in the water. Suddenly my camera app stopped working & booted in to safe mode. I was sure it was less than 30mins & as soon as i came out of the water i noticed all my ports changed in to red color. After a few hours the phone stopped working & i tried to draining the water with rice method. It's been 48years still my phone is not turning on.
When i connect it to a pc/charger, it does turn on for few secs with the red led & turns off with 3vibrations.
Nothing works, except that. I guess it is hard bricked. Is there any solution to fix my phone or back my data?
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to back up? you can try do command line via fast boot mode...dont ask me, my linux CMD skill are dead....
Dsteppa said:
Let the phone dry just in case there is still water in it, try it after the next day and see what happens.
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I am sure it is dried, this happened 2days back.
G1_enthusiast said:
to back up? you can try do command line via fast boot mode...dont ask me, my linux CMD skill are dead....
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Yeah, i want to back up some imp pics & videos My mobile is not getting detected on pc as i already mentioned earlier.
thalada said:
Yeah, i want to back up some imp pics & videos My mobile is not getting detected on pc as i already mentioned earlier.
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o then theres no way man, you can send it in to sony technician and ask them to take apart and do it their way but no connect to pc, then theres no way..
G1_enthusiast said:
o then theres no way man, you can send it in to sony technician and ask them to take apart and do it their way but no connect to pc, then theres no way..
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Gonna do that now Luckily i have a spare xZ at the moment
Update: Got my mobile back from the service center. They told me there was a drop of water behind the power button, that caused the reboot & advised not to take under water photos. Also i had to pay for the service since it doesn't come under warranty.
thalada said:
Update: Got my mobile back from the service center. They told me there was a drop of water behind the power button, that caused the reboot & advised not to take under water photos. Also i had to pay for the service since it doesn't come under warranty.
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You used your power button as a shutter while taking photo under water?
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joejoe23 said:
You used your power button as a shutter while taking photo under water?
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Nope, i used this mod, mostly volume buttons.
How much did they charge to fix it
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Nope, i used this mod, mostly volume buttons.
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How much did they charge to fix it?
XZ Waterproofing
Hello bro's, Just do take note that the rubbers on the flaps degrades as used. If one uses the power flap and the earphone flap often, then the waterproofing will be less and less reliable.
Though i have used this quite a number of times under water before 1 meter, i used it while it's still a few months old, but i dare not use it after long use.
Power button, if you want it prolonged, use a software such as SCREEN OFF AND LOCK on play store. It will pro-long the button's maximum time before failure. (MTBF)
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How much did they charge to fix it?
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$15
Glad I read this thread. I had a feeling that using buttons as a shutter wasn't a good idea whilst underwater. I think Sony need to reiterate this is water RESISTANT, not water proof.
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Hello bro's, Just do take note that the rubbers on the flaps degrades as used. If one uses the power flap and the earphone flap often, then the waterproofing will be less and less reliable.
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That's a very good point to make, will add that to the OP of my resource thread. Might be worth trying to modify the ports with some tape to give a tighter seal, especially if you're one of these People who insist on doing what's recommended not to or push the boundaries of a devices required limits.
The most amount of water my Z has seen so far is a few splashes of rain and wouldn't dream of sticking it in a glass of water to show off or actually take it into a swimming pool or the sea just because the IP rating says I should in theory be able to.
It's hard to have sympathy for some People.
I think the only way is to bring it down to sony service centre
Hey Guys
So i bought an Xperia X8 for my little Sister because her Xperia E broke.
Yesterday she was in the barhroom and her X8 felt in the water we dried it over night out and i opened the phone to if there is water inside it was so i cleaned it out ,now the phone isnt starting there is no light when i connect the phone to the charger i tried diffrent batteries but nothing is happening the phone isnt turning on
Please help me
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Hey Guys
So i bought an Xperia X8 for my little Sister because her Xperia E broke.
Yesterday she was in the barhroom and her X8 felt in the water we dried it over night out and i opened the phone to if there is water inside it was so i cleaned it out ,now the phone isnt starting there is no light when i connect the phone to the charger i tried diffrent batteries but nothing is happening the phone isnt turning on
Please help me
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What kind of help do you need?
It fell into water. There are many things that could have been damaged, if it isn't working then there isn't anything you can do.
Just get her a new 20$ dumb-phone.
stamatis said:
What kind of help do you need?
It fell into water. There are many things that could have been damaged, if it isn't working then there isn't anything you can do.
Just get her a new 20$ dumb-phone.
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Okay yesterday when i pushed the battery very hard to the contacts it started but after 5 minutes it turned off agian So there are signs of life but now it doesnt start and it even doesnt gives me al light when i put it to the charger
Man it works again ,what i did was i dipped the mainbord in water again then i wated 24h and putted it into the ofen and boom it Worked again
XperiaAwesome2000 said:
Man it works again ,what i did was i dipped the mainbord in water again then i wated 24h and putted it into the ofen and boom it Worked again
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Lol, did you really do that?
I'm glad it works again.
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Lol, did you really do that?
I'm glad it works again.
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Jup i was thinking it was lost forever but it really worked after that
The first thing you should avoid after such accident is avoiding charging your phone..
as it may harm your mother board
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.
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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:
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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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