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My Nexus 4 is a boss

I dropped my N4 in a toilet.
A toilet. With water.
I was able to get a bottle of rice and stick it in there for a day, but even so. It was fully submerged in water. And it works perfectly fine.
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Bad news is, that will probably trigger corrosion so your phone may not survive for much longer.

Cool story bro!
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alexsouthmayd said:
I dropped my N4 in a toilet.
A toilet. With water.
I was able to get a bottle of rice and stick it in there for a day, but even so. It was fully submerged in water. And it works perfectly fine.
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You are the chosen lucky one

alexsouthmayd said:
I dropped my N4 in a toilet.
A toilet. With water.
I was able to get a bottle of rice and stick it in there for a day, but even so. It was fully submerged in water. And it works perfectly fine.
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Use 100% alcohol to clean it inside, it will remove water leftovers and dissapear so you wont get corrosion and device failure in future.
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alexsouthmayd said:
I dropped my N4 in a toilet.
A toilet. With water.
I was able to get a bottle of rice and stick it in there for a day, but even so. It was fully submerged in water. And it works perfectly fine.
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Disassemble it all the way! Clean it with alcohol where necessary, make sure its dry everywhere and put it back together... . if u choose not to do this I'll guarantee u in a few weeks , (maybe months) u get all sort of strange problems... Think of reboots, failing camera , flickering screen , not working sound etc etc
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Hmmm...you drop your phone in the toilet then suddenly it works? Doesn't make sense. I presume you have dissect the phone, wash it and let air dry and then its all working now?
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add3421 said:
was there poop?
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I'm sure this was the question everyone had in mind but dared not ask. You sir, are a hero for asking this question.

add3421 said:
was there poop?
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Even if there wasn't, you can bet it was riddled with bacteria. And now he's sticking that thing to his face and ear.

PoisonWolf said:
Even if there wasn't, you can bet it was riddled with bacteria. And now he's sticking that thing to his face and ear.
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I would assume it feel right after he flushed it, but still. Haha still gross though. I'll throw it in the bin straight up.
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The toilet was empty, calm down y'all. I disinfected the outside of the phone, and the rice seems to have done its job. If the rice completely dried out the phone, why would there be corrosion?
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Thanks OP for your informative experience.

moisture on screen

Hi guys, i got a nexus 7 around september last year..everything was great until i started getting ghost touches here and there...the tablet would start acting on it's own, swiping around home screens, randomly opening apps and stuff.. so i rang up Asus and ask for a replacement unit...the new unit seems to be fine but yesterday there ghost touches were back again.. then i noticed that the moisture on the screen is actually the one causing the random touches... i downloaded multitouch test from the play store, and put a few small drops of water on a certain part of the screen, and the app actually detects touches on that part of the screen... i think somehow the drops of water are putting pressure on the screen and causing the screen to detect the pressure as touches? is this a manufacture flaw by Asus? it's really bugging me and i hope I'm not the only one experiencing this...
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Its not pressure, nor is it a defect. It happens on all capacitive screens like the N7. What is water? It's is a great conductor. Your fingers do the same thing.
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graydiggy said:
Its not pressure, nor is it a defect. It happens on all capacitive screens like the N7. What is water? It's is a great conductor. Your fingers do the same thing.
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why isn't the gnex affected?
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ace-user said:
why isn't the gnex affected?
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May due to a better digitizer on the gnex as the Nexus 7 came with a lower cost.
In digitizer there is something like a noise management system and seem like the higher cost products has a better management for example I has never has a problem with a moisture on the iPad screen but I do has with my N7.

why always me said:
May due to a better digitizer on the gnex as the Nexus 7 came with a lower cost.
In digitizer there is something like a noise management system and seem like the higher cost products has a better management for example I has never has a problem with a moisture on the iPad screen but I do has with my N7.
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the weird thing is that ever time i won't face this problem for the first few months..but once i encountered it the first time, i keep getting the ghost touches almost everyday...seems like the digitizer is getting worst day by day...
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graydiggy said:
Its not pressure, nor is it a defect. It happens on all capacitive screens like the N7. What is water? It's is a great conductor. Your fingers do the same thing.
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Pure water is a horrid conductor.

veeman said:
Pure water is a horrid conductor.
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Distilled water is a bad conductor. But tap water and non-distilled bottled water are great conductors.
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graydiggy said:
Distilled water is a bad conductor. But tap water and non-distilled bottled water are great conductors.
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Yes, I know this. It's not the water itself that is conductive, it's the minerals and stuff in the water.

i may be missing something here......dont put water on your nexus?

chismay said:
i may be missing something here......dont put water on your nexus?
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Putting drops of water on the screen won't hurt the unit. Well... As long as you don't let it into the bezel.
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glad to know that I'm not the only one having ghost touches..
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is there any fix for this? cause everytime i come out from an air-conditioned room, my n7 will start to have ghost touches due to the moisture..it's kinda bugging me a lot..
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Try replacing the screen. That is about all you can do.
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Stop using it in the tub....steam becomes water.
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Noise management has an important software/microcode component. I do not see the N7 as being low quality but input and signal management are far from optimal - IMHO.
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kj2112 said:
Stop using it in the tub....steam becomes water.
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Steam is water... It is water vapor.
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this is actually my second unit..i send to Asus for a replacement unit like 2 or 3 months ago because of the same problem..everything was fine with the new unit until now..Asus really need to work on their quality control..
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It's a conspiracy. The NSA is remote-controlling your Nexus devices.
Be warned, and be careful.

How did you get asus to give you a new unit? I still can't get them to remove a scratch on the screen.
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ace-user said:
this is actually my second unit..i send to Asus for a replacement unit like 2 or 3 months ago because of the same problem..everything was fine with the new unit until now..Asus really need to work on their quality control..
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I'm admittedly not fully convinced it's not an environmental problem on your end. It gets pretty humid over here, but moving in and out of climate-controlled conditions has yet to cause moisture to appear on my screen. Are you sure you don't have any dust/grit etc. on your screen? That can help water coalesce/probably improves conductivity of any moisture that does appear.
nicetaco said:
How did you get asus to give you a new unit? I still can't get them to remove a scratch on the screen.
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Unless you documented that the scratch was there as soon as it came out of the box, I can't see any customer service department making it easy to exchange a device for a scratch (because no offense, but it's almost always the user's fault, so they're going ot be pretty skeptical no matter what you say).

HTC one durability

Welp broke the screen on my second phone now. Man if you drop these phones on the corner, the screen Is guaranteed to break. Anyone else have a similar experience? I do have a case on these phones by the way.

ive been lucky, dropped mine a few times and its still good, case is pretty beat up but rather it be beat up than the phone.

That sucks man! I guess I have a good case, I've dropped mine a bunch.....first few times I kinda freaked, now nothing happens, and I pick it up! Sorry for your loss.
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Dropped my phone off 3 stories and only got a minimal scuff above my volume rocker.. sorry man
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I've dropped mine a few times and not a single scratch or scuff ...I'm rockin a otterbox defender!
What case do you have?
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I'm using the Incipito Dual Shine Pro, 3 major drops on the corner and no damage to phone. 2 small cracks in the case though. Better the case then the phone I say. Sorry you weren't so lucky op.
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I dropped my phone many times now and it has 2 dents in the housing and chips around the edge. Thanks to the HTC Flip Case

Morghan said:
Welp broke the screen on my second phone now. Man if you drop these phones on the corner, the screen Is guaranteed to break. Anyone else have a similar experience? I do have a case on these phones by the way.
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...aren't you the guy who had chocolate melt into the phone speaker?
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Shattered the corner on mine that's it
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Rimmir said:
...aren't you the guy who had chocolate melt into the phone speaker?
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Lol I think I remember reading that but I can't remember the OP from that
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Morghan said:
Welp broke the screen on my second phone now. Man if you drop these phones on the corner, the screen Is guaranteed to break. Anyone else have a similar experience? I do have a case on these phones by the way.
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actually no not at all.. dropped this guy many many times and have a couple chips in the metal but the screen is fine. Even the other day im running on a tredmill and flap my headphone wire with my arms as im running.. it fell on the belt i kicked it and it still was fine.
hahah

I have a Otterbox Commuter on mine, and it has seen the concrete floor at work several times without consequence. Invest in a better case.

I spilled bong water on mines and my girl scratched it a little with my keys over top speaker other than that no drop damage and trust it's seen it's fair share. #TOUGH
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Rimmir said:
...aren't you the guy who had chocolate melt into the phone speaker?
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Lol I can't believe anyone remembered that. Yeah that was me unfortunately.
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Morghan said:
Sorry for being absent from the thread. new phone and preparing for family vacation.
Lol I can't believe anyone remembered that. Yeah that was me unfortunately.
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I think it was your picture that made me remember
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I have had some serious drops before this and it was fine. It's weird that it ends up being the small drop on the corner that does it.
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Rimmir said:
I think it was your picture that made me remember
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Ahh yes I guess it's a pretty recognizable picture lol
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gutrrob said:
I've dropped mine a few times and not a single scratch or scuff ...I'm rockin a otterbox defender!
What case do you have?
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Cruzerlite XDA case. The thing has has protected my phone multiple times till the corner drop.
Sorry for blowing up the thread. Was busy getting my new phone set up and preparing for Christmas vacation. Just now got around to going through the thread
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Yea even a thin case around the phone will prevent this from happening - it will absorb a lot of impact since its a compressible material...
basically w/o a case if u drop it on the front corners it will likely crack the screen
This is because the impact is abosorbed by the metal- which will not compress, it will just push all the force down to the glass screen and crack it.. if they just had a little bit of rubber or plastic between the metal and the glass it would alleviate the impact enough so that the screen wont crack as easily.

I power slammed my phone and the screen broke. HTC makes crappy phones. I'm buying a iPhone
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Speakers not clear

I was using my phone in the shower and I made sure before that my back cover and my charging port cover was sealed. But during my shower, my music gets fuzzy and the speaker doesn't work very well. Help?
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gainstatom said:
I was using my phone in the shower and I made sure before that my back cover and my charging port cover was sealed. But during my shower, my music gets fuzzy and the speaker doesn't work very well. Help?
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The phone is not waterproof, it is water resitant. It is not meant to purposely get wet. The speakers still get water in them but not in the phone. The purpose of the protection is to not get water inside the phone. Thats what the muffeled sound is. Once the speakers dry out, it will go back to normal. People misunderstand the purpose of the water protection. It is not made so you can take it in the shower and use it because if it was, it would be waterproof. It is made for accidents like if you accidently drop your phone in the toilet or in the dishwater then in that case the phone will not be ruined.
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gainstatom said:
I was using my phone in the shower and I made sure before that my back cover and my charging port cover was sealed. But during my shower, my music gets fuzzy and the speaker doesn't work very well. Help?
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I keep my phone up and away from water but the other guy is right.
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Note 4 Endures the Gluteus Maximus

So it looks like the Note 4 won't bend like a fork...awesome! Can't wait for mine to arrive.
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lol why would you put a fork there? It would hurt

Honestly.. Only an idiot would carry a phone like this in their back pocket with or without a case. Jmho though.
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schlepprock said:
Honestly.. Only an idiot would carry a phone like this in their back pocket with or without a case. Jmho though.
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Honest question. What's wrong with no case? Is it fragile?

int_architect said:
So it looks like the Note 4 won't bend like a fork...awesome! Can't wait for mine to arrive.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Endures the Gluteus Maximus - YouTube
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I feel quite relieved to see that video, but want to see tests by people out there too (and want to put a sock in Bendgaters).

Apple needed to justify there poor design so tried to take some heat away and mock Sammy for a gap which I may add is on most phones to allow for glass to fit in between the frame. Good to see Samsung showing the phone is of high build quality and proving it scientifically. Apple messed up but will never admit it as well.as all the isheeps. I love my Z2 but isheeps are very worrying people. Almost like a cult.

schlepprock said:
Honestly.. Only an idiot would carry a phone like this in their back pocket with or without a case. Jmho though.
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lol why is someone an idiot for using a phone as it was intended. Phones are designed for this kind of abuse. Just because the iPhone is poorly designed, doesn't mean all phones are. I don't put my phone in my back pocket, but tons of people do and their phones don't bend.
Stigga said:
Honest question. What's wrong with no case? Is it fragile?
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Nothing, as long as you're not a klutz Phones are not designed with cases in mind.

Why would you put ur phone in ur back pocket? That makes no sense. Don't wear jeans that crush ur nuts.
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Well I'm 6.3 265lbs.. Case or not the Note4 is NOT designed for me to sit on it.
EDIT: People can say it's made to take it.. It'll be fine.. But when it breaks it's MY money that has to go for a replacement.
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schlepprock said:
Well I'm 6.3 265lbs.. Case or not the Note4 is NOT designed for me to sit on it.
EDIT: People can say it's made to take it.. It'll be fine.. But when it breaks it's MY money that has to go for a replacement.
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Okay, you're right in your case.