Well, I'm a little worried about my transformer since I put on the skinomi skin, and I used a lot of solution but I don't think it went into any of the ports on the side. Is it possible for the solution to leak through the screen? The bottle of solution I got from skinomi isn't like bone dry, it has a good amount, I would say 30% of the bottle is full. I put it on yesterday at around 4-5 P.M. and today at 8.26 PM it has a very small spot of water pixelation still. But while I was using it a little while ago, my wallpaper went whack. I had the ice cube live wallpaper, and then these little colored boxes covered some of the screen, but I could still recognize the wallpaper. Sorry it's kinda hard to explain :/ Yeah well, I changed the wallpaper to a regular non-moving picture, and it was gone. Then, I changed it back to the ice cube, and it was fixed, normal again. So I was still worried and I turned it off. I'm just wondering where the indicator is so I can check if I screwed my transformer over. Thanks
good luck with that. I wouldnt mess around with that stuff around TF. But again I am the kind of user that likes no case/cover/wrap around any of my tools(gigity)
xAliceNine said:
Well, I'm a little worried about my transformer since I put on the skinomi skin, and I used a lot of solution but I don't think it went into any of the ports on the side. Is it possible for the solution to leak through the screen? The bottle of solution I got from skinomi isn't like bone dry, it has a good amount, I would say 30% of the bottle is full. I put it on yesterday at around 4-5 P.M. and today at 8.26 PM it has a very small spot of water pixelation still. But while I was using it a little while ago, my wallpaper went whack. I had the ice cube live wallpaper, and then these little colored boxes covered some of the screen, but I could still recognize the wallpaper. Sorry it's kinda hard to explain :/ Yeah well, I changed the wallpaper to a regular non-moving picture, and it was gone. Then, I changed it back to the ice cube, and it was fixed, normal again. So I was still worried and I turned it off. I'm just wondering where the indicator is so I can check if I screwed my transformer over. Thanks
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I'll tell you from experience, that even if you don't think water went under, it did. I had an EVO4G that had water under the screen when I swore I didn't have any going in. But the good news is over time it dried out. Also I had taken my phone back to sprint (different phone, palm pre) for another reason. They said that the phone has been tampered with. Aparently they look under a microscope along the edges of the screen. And I've never even took the phone apart, didn't even have screen protection. But I had wiped it several times with monitor wipes or wet napkins. They didn't even took the phone apart to see and would just refuse to give me a new phone or repair it.
As for the transformer, it's got a tough screen already I wouldn't worry about screen protection. I put some rubber nubs in the back from getting scratched though when I place it on it's back.
Ahh well all is good, my transformer is fine and the moisture underneath the screen has disappeared. Thanks for the replies
Most the time the backlight will gradually get rid of the moisture if you leave the screen on long enough, as it gets pretty hot, but if you have moisture anywhere else in your device, it's best to switch off the device immediately and put it in a bag of uncooked rice, then leave it in there for a couple days up to a week. It draws out the moisture from the smallest nooks and crannys and can end up recovering otherwise duff devices.
ohh, well I only got the screen wet from the screen protector so I think I'm safe, thanks for the reply.
+1 for uncooked rice, its a miracle worker for wet tech.
I resurrected my wife's iPhone 4 with rice after a toilet dunk.....
It seems OK for now.
I've had those boxes show up with the water level wallpaper too. It only happened when I held the transformer in portrait mode and the batter was below about 30%. I think that the boxes may have actually been really small thumbnails of the pics in my gallery too. Don't ask me how that could happen but that's what it looked like to me.
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I dropped my Arrive onto a tile floor. As it slipped out of my hand a quick thought shot through my mind - should have bought the insurance. As pieces went everywhere I reached down to asses the damage.
The pieces were just the battery cover and batter. Since the keyboard was not out during the drop, I was surprised to see the battery cover come off, since I thought it impossible without extending the keyboard.
After putting everything back together and turning on the phone, all was well. Not a scratch or scuff to be found.
Whew!
That's one tough little bugger
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I dropped my Arrive onto a tile floor. As it slipped out of my hand a quick thought shot through my mind - should have bought the insurance. As pieces went everywhere I reached down to asses the damage.
The pieces were just the battery cover and batter. Since the keyboard was not out during the drop, I was surprised to see the battery cover come off, since I thought it impossible without extending the keyboard.
After putting everything back together and turning on the phone, all was well. Not a scratch or scuff to be found.
Whew!
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Yeah I've dropped mine twice now (!) which are the only two times I've dropped any of my phones in the last 10 years. I think the aluminum battery cover makes the phone very slippery to hold relative to other phones, and opening the keyboard requires enough force that sometimes the little bugger just gets away from me. I'm contemplating a skinomi carbon-fiber body skin to give it more grip, but I hate doing things like that. My only concession has been a screen protector (which I also never use). I think I just need to be more careful.
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That's how I saw my battery for the first time. Dropped it the second day I had it. Decided not to get a screen protector because the screen looked too nice. Face down and not a nick or scratch. Agree, this is one tough phone.
Dont know how you guys avoid scratches on your screens. My screen protector is covered in them! But then again... its probably is more sensitive than the screen.
To access the battery, we need to slide out the keyboard so the part that holds the screen up, uncovers the notch to take the cover off. Obviously it doesnt actually hold the cover in place. Must be purely an aesthetics thing.
Nice to hear they can take a beating though
Just had my close call today a little while ago; it was a two foot drop from my hand in a chair to the tile ground with it landing right on its face. Still a bit paranoid but looks like everything is fine on the exterior, but the cover flew off too. Right now trying to do everything I can think of to make sure the internal components are still in working order, particularly the mic and speakers.
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Just had my close call today a little while ago; it was a two foot drop from my hand in a chair to the tile ground with it landing right on its face. Still a bit paranoid but looks like everything is fine on the exterior, but the cover flew off too. Right now trying to do everything I can think of to make sure the internal components are still in working order, particularly the mic and speakers.
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Frankly, the most fragile part (as far as impact damage goes) is the screen/casing. So if cosmetically it looks fine, it probably is fine.
Didnt you just see it going in slow motion the whole time? lol Glad you faired well.
I tossed mine off the desk (accidentally -- swept my arm while talking, caught the cord, phone came unplugged)
The slow-mo with the long too-deep-to-be me "nooooooooooooo" followed by the beautifully artsy smash into the wall. Battery cover and battery left their normal homes.
Reassembled, everything's fine. It's like the first scratch in a new car. Sucks, but it'll happen.
This is really wierd. Theres smudges on my screen that almost look like part of the coating is gone. nothing i can do is getting rid of them. its really wierd
any ideas?
Phone is only 3 days old, just bought it off a guy on craigslist the plastic was still on it and it didnt look like the plastic was reapplied.
Thanks
is it possible to snap a picture of ur phone with the smudges so that we can have a look at it
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This is really wierd. Theres smudges on my screen that almost look like part of the coating is gone. nothing i can do is getting rid of them. its really wierd
any ideas?
Phone is only 3 days old, just bought it off a guy on craigslist the plastic was still on it and it didnt look like the plastic was reapplied.
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This happened on the first phone I picked up within a few days - the oleophobic coating came off in 2 spots. I returned it with no questions once they saw that. No issues with it since. There are a few posts with photos of this if you want to do a search and see if yours look similar. From what you describe though it sounds like this is it.
Hey,
These arent spots theyre huge swaths. Ill try getting a picture later tonight.
Sorry havent replied b/c i had a final today. Thanks for your guys' help
Pictures are a no go. They arent showing up.
But they definitely arent spots. Theyre streaks across the phone and the top right corner is basically all gone. Its really wierd
Thing is i bought it off of someone. Its a rogers phone but do i need a receipt to take it back?
when i had the same problem i took the phone in to a shop without box or charger and they saw what was wrond and just replaced the handset there and then !! try it you have nothing to loose
ill try that thanks
I have the same problem on my motorola atrix. There's a forum about this on the droid life forums. I'm not sure how this happened, I think I let something maintain contact with the screen too long and it was like corroded.
I think this happened with my whole screen too, I may have cleaned it with water because I touched my screen as soon as I came out the shower then wiped it off. After that my screen started feeling really "rough" I just put on a matte screen protector after that even though I didn't want to at all
my skyrocket got dropped in water i pulled it out put it under a hair dryer and it works, kind of. i use it as my primary phone right now but sometimes it freezes and the touch sensitive keys dont work the it either a) shuts off or b) i have to take the battery out.
any idea what replacement part or parts i could possibly change to fix this?
A new phone you prolly toasted the pcb
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582881
Link to thread with link to AdamOutler video recovering from water. Take apart if you can. If left as is, you may expect further deterioration of the internal components and connections.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582881
Link to thread with link to AdamOutler video recovering from water. Take apart if you can. If left as is, you may expect further deterioration of the internal components and connections.
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Issue is he has been running it already
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Issue is he has been running it already
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Right. All the damage is already done. He didn't care for it properly immediately after it got wet.
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It ain't over till it's over.
I had the proverbial "Bad Day" yesterday, or rather, my poor Skyrocket did. It went from being perfect, not so much as a scuff on it to: a) Dropped onto my CEMENT driveway from a height of almost 6 feet. How is this possible, you may ask? I was leaning over the porch rail to open the recycling bin, instead of going around and down the stairs... PURE LAZINESS is what it was! Anyway, it slipped out of my top pocket, in spite of the fact that I was trying to hold it with my fore arm. Why of WHY did the Skyrocket have to be so slim and sleek! The phone hit the cement, bounced once or twice, and then slid, ON IT'S FACE about 3-4 feet, with me making that scream you do while breathing in; kind of a "Uuuoooaaarrrrggghhhh" is the best I can describe it. I followed this by grabbing the phone, taking it inside and throwing an ever loving **** fit. I proceeded to throw the phone on the couch (Even during a full blown hissy, I try to protect the damn thing!) and as I examined it, it was one of those "It could have been much worse" things, that we try to comfort ourselves with, and amazingly they do help, even if it's BS. The damage was 100% to the front black chrome bezel (around the front edge of screen) - A part that in fact CAN be replaced, but requires COMPLETE disassembly, including separating the Screen from the digitizer, which I have no clue how to do. It may NOT be possible, in fact without breaking a layer of adhesive. EVERY other part of the phone is replaceable, in modular sections, I know, and will explain in a moment.
So... bad day right... well that would had been enough since I love my phone as many folks on XDA understand, but nooooooo. I had to then drop it in 8 inches of standing water. Yep.
Was in the bottom of my above ground pool trying to restart a siphon for draining it, when, "SLIP" I %&*&#@ DID IT *@#&$% AGAIN!! *#$%&!!
Phone drops STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HALF FOOT OR SO WATER IN THE POOL!!!!!!!!
Ok, so I almost NEVER keep my phone on me when doing physical work of any type. When I work on my cars engine compartment, or crawling around under it, I put my phone in the car. Even when I dry my car after pulling out of the car was the phone gets taken OUT of my top pocket and put somewhere safe. I guess I got complacent, since I hadn't had "an incident" in several years. Even with my 5" Dell Streak, beast that it was, I never let it slip from my standard place of Top shirt pocket. Every time I lean forward, my hand or forearm holds the phone from slipping. It is a motion as natural to me as shifting while driving, without even thinking about it. But even I know that "**** happens" so, lesson learned: I am going to bite the bullet and get a nice slim cover for the Skyrocket. NOW THAT IT WORKS AGAIN....
So after I pulled it out of the water I was in full panic mode: I quickly patted it in my shirt, but even while it was still wet and dripping, I RIPPED the back cover and battery out. In hindsight, I wish I had worked to dry the exterior quickly, and THEN opened it. The battery liquid detector wen bright read... CRAP! The PHONE liquid detector stayed WHITE… Ahh, finally caught a break. So after a basic dry everything I can reach (and the Sim came out wet, and the microSD came out wet, not good signs) I tried a quick power up.... The SkyICE animation began, then suddenly changed colors and turned pink/red.. WHOA.. STOP THE BOOT! So I yanked the battery.
After quite a bit of further drying, warm gentle air across the back for a venturi effect (sure!) another try and the screen behind the Samsung logo was bright, blood red, instead of black...
THIS convinced me to take the sucker apart, and for the most part I did really well. I did break ONE tab on the "body" of the phone - that holds the back section over the PCB on, but fortunately there are 7 screws, and it fit tightly when reassembling. I DID frin s coupe drops of water, though they did not seem to be in spots that would short anything, like on the stainless cover over the Qualcomm Processor, but those were just what I could see, without magnification. I dried those, blew warm gentle air over the PCB, and then gently warmed the parts over a low wattage bulb in a lamp.
I am SO impressed with the construction of this baby! I WOULD prefer more alloy, and less plastic for frame, shell & body parts, but what AMAZED me were the connections for all the ribbon cables, between modular PCB's (Like the one on the bottom with a antenna, USB port, Speaker, Mic and capacitive touch buttons, and others... The ribbon just comes around from behind, and attaches via a snap in connection to a receptacle soldered onto the corresponding PCB. In the video of the guy taking it apart, he just goes around and pops up 5 or 6 of these in about 10 seconds total time elapsing. Anyway, check out the middle section of the video I post here, right after he pulls the rear frame off... you'll see...
Bottom line? It's maybe NOT too late for the OP... Granted the more he runs it with a short or worse, the more potential damage. But in my experience it is REALLY difficult to get ALL the water out of a current design phone. It just travels from section to section, His best option (besides either trashing it or paying for repairs is doing what I did. Parts are readily available from Hong Kong, and short of the Screen/Digitizer, most are reasonably priced. Good luck with it. Get a jewelers screwdriver, and a plastic "separator" before starting. My only warning: When separating the main frames, after removing the 7 screws holding the two main frames together, use a CURVED separator, and try to bend the frame that’s the back of the phone OUTWARD a little bit. In other words, pull it OUT as well as spreading the two halves. I did not have a curved plastic tool, just a straight one, and as I pulled the two halves apart, I did not bend it out (away from an inner opening, that tabs go into from the back frame, and I snapped one of the inner openings edges. Think of it as tiny tabs that you want to pull up out of a depression before pulling the parts directly away from each other.
Aww, hell, just watch the video closely, I repeated some sections a few times before trying the procedures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf6jqYejWNU
Sorry for the lengthy post, but if I can save ONE person the pain of losing a good friend, then I think my life van finally have true meaning. Or something like that.
Why would you power it on so soon without even taking it apart to dry out?
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You see this guys pinky nail?!? Whou. I couldn't stop looking at it. I bet i can guess what its for
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should've left it off and left it in sack of rice for a day or so. RIP your phone...
Bricks don't fly or float.
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At least he didn't drop it in the water during a mini bath
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should've left it off and left it in sack of rice for a day or so. RIP your phone...
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Well, I dropped my skyrocket in water a couple days ago but fished it out instantly.
Learning from past mistakes, I immediately turned it off and took the battery, sim and memory card out. After I took a paper towel and tried to dry as many cracks and openings as possible until I saw I could not get any paper towel wet. I put the phone and battery in a sealed bag filled with rice and left it for 3 days. When I took it out, the phone was covered in rice dust so I took compressed air and tried to blow it clean. Praying it worked, I put the battery in and turned it on. Miraculously it booted like nothing ever happened.
I heard online to not use a hair drier as you will blow the water into components which were initially not wet.
"I heard online to not use a hair drier as you will blow the water into components which were initially not wet."
This. Definitely avoid hairdryers. Rice is like magic. I have only dumped one phone in water (it was an iPhone 3GS on and playing a video at the time! Then I had a hellish time getting it to turn off... kept turning back on.) I popped the screen and gave it a rice bath for a couple days. It was as good as new after that. (Well, as good as any iPhone can be, anyway. )
I just did and now I need a new phone. I don't know if it's just me or what but I did the wet install even used less water that in the videos they have on their Site and my screen is completely screwed. I assume a little water got in between the cracks and the plastic. Half of my screen is a greyish color and the other half is almost completely fine the Grey half flashes sometimes. Has anyone had this type of water damage? Will it dry out eventually or am I screwed?
Not sure what went wrong for you. I have a full body on my iHOX, full body on my Vizio Tablet, Front and Back on my iPhone 4, and back on my iPad 3. All of them went on smoothly, the bubbles cleared within about 48 hours and they've lasted forever. The only time they come up is if I attempt fitting a new case that has overlap on the screen and a tight grip. Sorry to hear something went wrong with yours.
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Not sure what went wrong for you. I have a full body on my iHOX, full body on my Vizio Tablet, Front and Back on my iPhone 4, and back on my iPad 3. All of them went on smoothly, the bubbles cleared within about 48 hours and they've lasted forever. The only time they come up is if I attempt fitting a new case that has overlap on the screen and a tight grip. Sorry to hear something went wrong with yours.
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I'm not sure what went wrong with it either. Yes it seems it would be a nice screen protector if my phone didn't look like two face right now. I know it's not just water left over from the screen protector because I pulled it up to see of it kept the color (at first I thought it was). I hope it drys out. Seems like it could. Theirs no major discoloration. Hopefully it stops flickering as well.
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I'm not sure what went wrong with it either. Yes it seems it would be a nice screen protector if my phone didn't look like two face right now. I know it's not just water left over from the screen protector because I pulled it up to see of it kept the color (at first I thought it was). I hope it drys out. Seems like it could. Theirs no major discoloration. Hopefully it stops flickering as well.
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Try sticking it in a ziplock with some dry white rice overnight to see if that helps pull out the moisture. I would avoid turning it on till then.
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Try sticking it in a ziplock with some dry white rice overnight to see if that helps pull out the moisture. I would avoid turning it on till then.
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It's sitting in white rice as we speak. gonna leave it for a night or two. This sucks so hard.
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It's sitting in white rice as we speak. gonna leave it for a night or two. This sucks so hard.
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let me know if this works. i would like to get a screen protector myself but the bottom part of my screen makes a loose crackly noise. after what you said i'm scared it might get water in through there also. is there any non-water based way to apply the screen protector, like an alcohol solution or something that'll evap clean?
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let me know if this works. i would like to get a screen protector myself but the bottom part of my screen makes a loose crackly noise. after what you said i'm scared it might get water in through there also. is there any non-water based way to apply the screen protector, like an alcohol solution or something that'll evap clean?
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Well after a night sitting in rice I turned it on but the back light fried out of it. I wouldn't recommend wet install anything personally, I'll never get anything that says wet install ever again. Too risky Imo.
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I have it and installed it with soapy water just like advised, took me a while to install because some particles got under the screen but worked fine.
Be careful to pay attention to edges when putting it on so there wouldn't be any bubbles and it doesn't completely cover the edges.
(Oh and if you press the screen against glass it sticks to it, pretty cool for taking timer pics or videos; careful not to rip the screen out, it sticks really good sometimes
Anyone get a spot like this on their screen? It's not a daily and a few days ago when I turned it on that spot was there. It's not the screen protector as I peeled it back and it's still there. Any ideas?
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Anyone get a spot like this on their screen? It's not a daily and a few days ago when I turned it on that spot was there. It's not the screen protector as I peeled it back and it's still there. Any ideas?
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My screen is fine, but it looks like your LCD is degrading or something is behind the LCD like glue.
Did you drop it? I dropped mine with no case out of my shallow pocket getting out of my van. The drop was ~ 4' direct hit on the corner of the cement curb, point of contact being right above the power button on the titanium lining. A few scratches on the titanium/plastic lining at the point of contact, but the tank phone shrugged it off like it was nothing. At least I thought so as I put it back in my pocket, whilst subsiding the shock of dropping my baby in such a brutal way. Later on I took my phone out to check my bank account and the bright white background revealed a not so pretty bruise on the LCD looking alot like this but next to the power button area. My heart sank, I thought to myself, this is it. It will never be the same. That was a few months ago, it wasn't noticeable on any background not white, so I learned to live with it. Trying not to remember it every time I used my phone. Sometime in the last month or so, I looked for it again. Checking for it on white backgrounds, and amazingly, yes. It actually healed itself somehow. Praise the Lord!! I am so lucky, it only briefly returns if I put significant pressure on the point where it lived. I can see swirls of light where it seems something beneath the LCD is providing counter-pressure on a small point when pressed. My points being:A-If you dropped it, there's why it happened and B- if so, there is hope of self healing. Sorry for the essay, it's the first time I've told this story so there's no short version yet. Lol
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Did you drop it? I dropped mine with no case out of my shallow pocket getting out of my van. The drop was ~ 4' direct hit on the corner of the cement curb, point of contact being right above the power button on the titanium lining. A few scratches on the titanium/plastic lining at the point of contact, but the tank phone shrugged it off like it was nothing. At least I thought so as I put it back in my pocket, whilst subsiding the shock of dropping my baby in such a brutal way. Later on I took my phone out to check my bank account and the bright white background revealed a not so pretty bruise on the LCD looking alot like this but next to the power button area. My heart sank, I thought to myself, this is it. It will never be the same. That was a few months ago, it wasn't noticeable on any background not white, so I learned to live with it. Trying not to remember it every time I used my phone. Sometime in the last month or so, I looked for it again. Checking for it on white backgrounds, and amazingly, yes. It actually healed itself somehow. Praise the Lord!! I am so lucky, it only briefly returns if I put significant pressure on the point where it lived. I can see swirls of light where it seems something beneath the LCD is providing counter-pressure on a small point when pressed. My points being:A-If you dropped it, there's why it happened and B- if so, there is hope of self healing. Sorry for the essay, it's the first time I've told this story so there's no short version yet. Lol
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It fell from much less than 4'(exiting a vehicle) and that was months ago in June. It was fine and it just got there a couple days before I posted
Didn't noticed my phone got one until earlier today do you guys think this will get worst than it is now?
I've seen these dark spots on several phones that has been in for repairs and all of them came in contact with some form of liquid..