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R.I.P HTC Fuze

Hello Everyone, Today I was riding my bike on such a beautiful day, i was listening to my music, i had it in my case and when i was crossing the street the phone had fallen on the road, i went to turn around to get it but i was too late, a freaking car had rolled it up. its a shame ive only had this phone for 3 months and i managed to screw it up, first time this has ever happened, i always baby my phones and this happens, it sucks so much and im so pissed. the funny thing is everything still works except the screen, so i was able to use my mobiler to see what i was doing on the phone so i could backup everything, hopefully i should be able to get a new one though

our thoughts will be with u and ur phone.
hopefully u will find a new phone soon.

sorry about your loss, was it insured?

Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.

Aww man, that sucks. RIP

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TriAxisFL said:
Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
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Same here. In the pocket, screen towards leg.
I've had all four of my HTC devices survive that way

I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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KD8DNS said:
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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My God MAN!!! Have you no Soul!!! Guy's just lost a loved one and you want to feed your voyeristic hunger with PICTURES!!!??
Remember...all good phones go to heaven.
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.

telegraph0000 said:
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Uh huh, you couldn't resist either huh?

damn that sucks... i feel for ya and your poor poor phone...

Well I Took Some Pics of the Aftermath. Here are the Graphic Images

Ouch!
I had this nightmare scenario occur to me as I jumped on my bike to ride to the office. (finally warm here - even just for 2 days)
I put mine in a holster on my backpack (www.chromebags.com)...and only listen to music with one ear of my Discovery 855.

sorry to hear that, i too was riding because of the amazing weather, i was using the htc audio dongle which got ran over too but survived

OMG!!! lol...I can't look!!!!

Damn so sad lol.... not even the Invisible Shield could have prevented this!
Bahhh best of luck with your next one!
JFlitt

haha hopefully i should get a replacement soon, but ya if i do i will get a much better case, i wish i could get a bulletproof case for this thing, the funny thing is the screen was what got rolled up first and it did not crack whatsoever, the motherboard, camera, keyboard, sim card + memory card slot, speaker and all the buttons still work, the lcd has no cracks just a pressure mark. that touch screen is tough.

I know it is some serious wishfull thinking but have you opened the thing up and make sure your ribbon cable connecting the screen top half hasn't just been pull apart from the bottom half? Looks like the phone twisted pretty much around the slidin rails (understandably), but if everything works ok except you have no screen at all, I would be opening it up and checking the ribon cables. I have seen a service manual floating around somewhere, can't remember if it was here, but it gave instructions on openning the Raphael up

i have opened it up, i put it back together, but the thing was i didnt know how to take out the lcd panel so that i could see the wiring on that, the lcd cable attached to the motherboard was tightly connected. i basically got almost everything out of the lcd assembly except the lcd itself. the wire itself looks perfectly fine. its all good though, i will have a parts phone, i should hopefully be getting a free replacement soon

yesterday in class my teacher literally took my phones from my hands when i was texting. i thought she woudl just keep it til after class
(this is college mind you)
she then walked to the window and tossed it out. i was in shock i didnt even know how to react
luckily it was grass and no damage but still what the hell do you do in that situation

Had to replace my tb=/

So I had the sunken power button on my tb and wasnt going to get it exchanged but it kept sinking and now is flush with the top of the phone. So now I will have to reroot it once I get it should be in tomorrow. Hopefully this isnt a recurring thing with HTC

My power but is starting to get there too. I may have to exchange. Did they give you any problems?
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Dang what is it with HTC and bad power buttons!!!! My Nexus One had a bad power button, I know that was a huge problem and now more reports of bad power buttons!!
FIX YOUR QUALITY CONTROL HTC!!!

gregdalfonso said:
My power but is starting to get there too. I may have to exchange. Did they give you any problems?
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Nope they were really helpful I emailed them because I am away at college now and cnt get to a verizon store and they didnt even ask for a picture(which i took incase they asked) should be coming in tomorrow. I just said how it was really hard to hit the button since it had sunk in so far. Hopefully the one they send doesnt have this same issue.

The power button on the Thunderbolt does not stick out much anyways so your replacement probably won't be much different than the original.

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The power button on the Thunderbolt does not stick out much anyways so your replacement probably won't be much different than the original.
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Well seeing how my tb now the button is flush and all the ones i saw on the internet stick out farther and some saying theres stick out as much as the volume buttons anything is better then how it is now.

I'm aweful concerned about this too because I constantly use that button in lieu of any other hard buttons I can depress to activate the screen. I use my phone as a clock all the time, and since I'm a little OCD I look at it like every 30-45 minutes to see what time it is (and how soon I can have my next break and therefore cigarette, but I digress). I hope this doesn't happen to my phone.. I'm already outside my 14 days.
Would this be covered under warranty?

I just looked.. mine is sinking.in. Also...good thing I'm replacing mine due to low volume issues..things are force closing I don't even have open lol like mms..xda app.. I hope I just got a bad unit
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nerozehl said:
I'm aweful concerned about this too because I constantly use that button in lieu of any other hard buttons I can depress to activate the screen. I use my phone as a clock all the time, and since I'm a little OCD I look at it like every 30-45 minutes to see what time it is (and how soon I can have my next break and therefore cigarette, but I digress). I hope this doesn't happen to my phone.. I'm already outside my 14 days.
Would this be covered under warranty?
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You get a 1 year manufacturer warranty

ckochinsky125 said:
You get a 1 year manufacturer warranty
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This might be a silly question but if I were to get a replacement, would HTC send me a phone before I would have to send mines back?

Smok3d said:
This might be a silly question but if I were to get a replacement, would HTC send me a phone before I would have to send mines back?
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Yep
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There's been alot of power button issues, I took one back already and this one send to be sinking a little too

corenojoe said:
There's been alot of power button issues, I took one back already and this one send to be sinking a little too
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It seems to be happening pretty frequently I know before if you had a phone and had to get 4 or more replacements they would let you choose a different phone idk if that is still the case. Although there isnt another phone I want I just want a tb without a sinking power button.

ckochinsky125 said:
Nope they were really helpful I emailed them because I am away at college now and cnt get to a verizon store and they didnt even ask for a picture(which i took incase they asked) should be coming in tomorrow. I just said how it was really hard to hit the button since it had sunk in so far. Hopefully the one they send doesnt have this same issue.
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You happen to have that picture handy? I'd like to see what a sunken power button looks like.

I only have the sinking issue when I have the extended battery door on. Pisses me off that I have to really depress to get the button to work.
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It's happening with either doors..damnit, this is going to be the second one I'm returning

corenojoe said:
There's been alot of power button issues, I took one back already and this one send to be sinking a little too
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Verizon didn't give you any issue exchanging it?

ddgarcia05 said:
You happen to have that picture handy? I'd like to see what a sunken power button looks like.
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Looks almost better then mine...
I think almost all bolts are going to suffer with this.

Smok3d said:
This might be a silly question but if I were to get a replacement, would HTC send me a phone before I would have to send mines back?
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They will likely ask you for a credit card to put a temporary hold in the amount of the phone's value. When they receive the old one, the charge goes away. (The charge is for collateral, in the event you do not send the old one back.)

If your doing a warranty replacement. No credit card is needed. They actually ship you one fedex and then you have 5 days to ship back the old one. A sunken button does qualify as manufacture defect. Also couple things to note, if you do do a warranty claim its free but they send you a like new referb device. But if you go into a corporate store they'll switch you out right there on the spot with a brand new one. Warranties are good for a year upon initial purchase. Warranties doesn't cover lost, stolen, water damage and physical abuse.

Water damaged my SGS3, where to go from here?

I accidentally dropped my brand new phone in some water, and I thought it was dead at first but after a couple days it booted fine, but the battery seems to drain pretty fast and it also periodically vibrates when it's off but the battery is in. I want to get it replaced but I'm not sure what my best options are. Can I sign up for Asurion insurance and get a replacement with a deductible? The water damage indicators are pink so they'll know it's water damaged but I'm not sure what they cover (and I'd probably have to say that it happened after I signed up). Anyone else have experience with Asurion? Thanks!
(as a side note, I might consider just selling it as a damaged phone on ebay/swappa I guess. It still works fine besides the battery drain and the vibrating but I don't know how long that will last).

did you already dry it out in a bag of rice?
I've never had to deal with Asurion, but you might be able to get away with getting a refurb by telling them that the battery life is terrible and have them think it's a faulty phone.
Just don't mention the water damage, because I can tell you that my phone already had the water markers tripped right after I unboxed it. It was kind of ridiculous.

The rice thing really works. I dropped my Galaxy Nexus into an undesirable liquid (dont ask) and I quickly took the battery out, rinsed it off again and shook it dry (washed hands!). Put it in a bag of rice over a 2 day period and when I put the battery back in, it fired right up and have had no issues.. Couldnt hurt to give it a try...
Bleeds

iofthestorm said:
I accidentally dropped my brand new phone in some water, and I thought it was dead at first but after a couple days it booted fine, but the battery seems to drain pretty fast and it also periodically vibrates when it's off but the battery is in. I want to get it replaced but I'm not sure what my best options are. Can I sign up for Asurion insurance and get a replacement with a deductible? The water damage indicators are pink so they'll know it's water damaged but I'm not sure what they cover (and I'd probably have to say that it happened after I signed up). Anyone else have experience with Asurion? Thanks!
(as a side note, I might consider just selling it as a damaged phone on ebay/swappa I guess. It still works fine besides the battery drain and the vibrating but I don't know how long that will last).
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Asurion will replace with deductible even if the phone is stolen lost dropped in water etc
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vdChild said:
Asurion will replace with deductible even if the phone is stolen lost dropped in water etc
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However, that deductible is $99.

pdpfortune said:
However, that deductible is $99.
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Which beats the hell out of the cost of a new phone. Insurance is so worth it.
*DISCLAIMER* This reply was not sarcastic/confrontational/trolling. Just adding some cents *DISCLAIMER*

I wish phone companys would start to waterproof phones. it seems like something so portable should be a given.

bleeds said:
The rice thing really works. I dropped my Galaxy Nexus into an undesirable liquid (dont ask) and I quickly took the battery out, rinsed it off again and shook it dry (washed hands!). Put it in a bag of rice over a 2 day period and when I put the battery back in, it fired right up and have had no issues.. Couldnt hurt to give it a try...
Bleeds
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You dropped it in a toilet full of pee. It's ok. It happens.

AlexDeGruven said:
You dropped it in a toilet full of pee. It's ok. It happens.
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LOL, yea that happened to me once years ago with an old flip-phone.
The screen turned all black & it wouldn't turn on at all. Three days later, I noticed the screen looked normal again so I tried turning it on.
Much to my amazement, it fired right up & made a call just fine. I thought it was fine then, but after I didn't get any calls for two days (this was before texting) I realized it didn't ring or vibrate anymore so unless you where looking right at it you could never tell when a call was coming in......

LOL actually that's where I dropped it too, and my first instinct was to try to wash it off which was retarded; I was a TA for a circuits class at a rather prominent university last semester so I should probably turn in my electronics card at the door . Well, actually I first tried to turn it off but the power button was not responding and I didn't think to pull out the battery before trying to wash it off. I knew about the rice thing but I didn't think to do it, I actually just left it alone and it started working again after a couple days. The behavior has been kind of odd actually, the first few days it was kind of fine with mediocre battery life and the weird vibrating thing, then battery life actually approached normal and the vibrating stopped, but afterwards battery life got really bad again. Now it drains at a constant rate as if I was using it all the time and when I try to charge it the battery heats up quite a bit. I'm not going to try to charge it anymore until I get back to the US and I already ordered a new battery, if that works normally then I'll just keep the phone but otherwise I'll have to figure something out. I think worst case I might be able to sell it for about $400 as is on ebay, perhaps with a memory card or something.
The main question I actually had which no one really answered was when can I add Asurion insurance? I thought it's within the first 30 days of having the device right? Since I got it on the 10th of July that means I can do it on the 9th of August, right? Can't seem to figure out if I can add it online or whether I have to call in. If it's within 30 days of ordering that will suck but hopefully that's not the case.

Call in the Verizon. Usually asurion has open enrollment even after the 30 day period. There is a deductible you can also insure it at best buy within the first 30 days. I there is no deductible and it's 9.99 a month. If using insurance though through asurion you can claim it as lost and sell it with a bad esn on ebay if money is a issue.
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johnnilsson said:
Call in the Verizon. Usually asurion has open enrollment even after the 30 day period. There is a deductible you can also insure it at best buy within the first 30 days. I there is no deductible and it's 9.99 a month. If using insurance though through asurion you can claim it as lost and sell it with a bad esn on ebay if money is a issue.
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Sounds like fraud...
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ancashion said:
Sounds like fraud...
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Jeez.....

johnnilsson said:
Call in the Verizon. Usually asurion has open enrollment even after the 30 day period. There is a deductible you can also insure it at best buy within the first 30 days. I there is no deductible and it's 9.99 a month. If using insurance though through asurion you can claim it as lost and sell it with a bad esn on ebay if money is a issue.
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ancashion said:
Sounds like fraud...
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Apple user, classic...
It is fraud, adding the insurance after the fact and keeping the device and selling it on Ebay, if nothing else it's dishonest. Luckily this is the internet, and morality is largely obsolete in the digital age. Just make sure you use the phone after you add the insurance. Then make the claim. Then cancel the insurance after you get your new phone, to really pull it off. It isn't your money...and VZW has so much.
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It blows my mind that so many people on XDA complain about the business practices of companies, yet encourage fraud.

sgs2.e4gt said:
Apple user, classic...
It is fraud, adding the insurance after the fact and keeping the device and selling it on Ebay, if nothing else it's dishonest. Luckily this is the internet, and morality is largely obsolete in the digital age. Just make sure you use the phone after you add the insurance. Then make the claim. Then cancel the insurance after you get your new phone, to really pull it off. It isn't your money...and VZW has so much.
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I like my iPad, dammit!
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rice. that is all

If there ever is a next time(hopefully not), the very first thing is to stick it in rice. I dropped my phone in the toilet, fished it out, got a container and put rice on the bottom, phone in middle and more rice till container is full. Then i sealed it and put it in a ziplock bag to make sure it was sealed and the next day all was well.
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i also dropped my s3 in water (in my kids bathtub) but luckily the "beyond cell" case i have on it slowed the water's entry into the phone, & i was able to pull the batt really quick & dissesmbled the phone & put it in a bag of silica..(rics is ok, but silica works better)
all works fine. my little water effect stickers didnt even bleed
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ExodusC said:
It blows my mind that so many people on XDA complain about the business practices of companies, yet encourage fraud.
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Um that IS THE reason they encourage fraud.
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[Q] Motherboard replacement?

Hi guys, a few months ago, my friend droped my backpack where I kept my TF300 from about 1 m, an hour later when I tried to use it, it wouldn't boot up. I posted a thread here asking if there was a way to fix it but I didn't realy feel like messing with the hardware and decided to return it to the store I brought it in as I still had my warranty. I was honest and said I dropped it from a realy low height which shouldn't realy damage the device IMO. The store said that we would get three options if the issue wasn't coverd by warranty, they could either fix the problem, send it back to us "in the same state as before" or scrap it. So we waited for about a month before we got a letter saying that the issue wasn't coverd by warranty and that we could either spend 3000 SEK (more than the price of a new device) to replace the motherboard or pay 700 to get it back. The third option wans't there and my mother contacted the store who said that they would send a new letter with new offers. Nothing happned and she contacted the store once more with the same awnser. We still didn't get a new offer and eventually they forced us to pay the 700 SEK to get it back or pay 350 to scrap it since we were promised that they would add the third option. We decided to take it back in the hopes of repairing it.
However, when we got it back, it was wrapped in 3 layers of boubble plastic, which seemed fine until I removed it. The first thing I noticed was that the backplate was loose, and the heatsink had been torn off and was now glued onto the motherboard itself in some weird angle. So much for getting it back in the same state as before. I looked up some guides on how to dissassemble the device and the 2 I found specificaly said not to touch the heatsink (yeay). As far as I could tell the device has no aparent damage that could possibly be caused by dropping it. Removing the heatsink forced me to literally rip the glue off and at the same time damage the tape covering some cables.
After looking at it a bit more, I found some weird things. A ribbon cable in the bottom left corner of the device had some markings on it. (see picture)
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The marking at the top connector seems to say L4 and the marking in the middle seems to say "W". Could this be a sign of where the problem is and is there anything I can do about it. It seems to me like this isn't realy the motherboard (its connected to a separate circuit, the one with the SD card reader on it. But im guessing a motherboard replacement is standard procedure when the device isn't working
Also, before the "service company" ripped off the heatsink and sent it back to me, the device was almost dead, the one sign of life was the battery indicator in the power button aswell as windows detecting the device but instead of the normal "I found a device" sound it played some weird sond that I had never heard before. My guess at this point is that the screen or screen connector is dammaged as this cable looks like it's connecting to the screen.

You should not touch the device any more and go for instance to konsumentverket.se and make a complaint.
Because the company did not follow the agreement, they should replace your device. This is especially because they did more damage to it.
Edit: Also try fairshopping.se and talk to Asus Sverige directly

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Hi guys, a few months ago, my friend droped my backpack where I kept my TF300 from about 1 m, an hour later when I tried to use it, it wouldn't boot up. I posted a thread here asking if there was a way to fix it but I didn't realy feel like messing with the hardware and decided to return it to the store I brought it in as I still had my warranty. I was honest and said I dropped it from a realy low height which shouldn't realy damage the device IMO. The store said that we would get three options if the issue wasn't coverd by warranty, they could either fix the problem, send it back to us "in the same state as before" or scrap it. So we waited for about a month before we got a letter saying that the issue wasn't coverd by warranty and that we could either spend 3000 SEK (more than the price of a new device) to replace the motherboard or pay 700 to get it back. The third option wans't there and my mother contacted the store who said that they would send a new letter with new offers. Nothing happned and she contacted the store once more with the same awnser. We still didn't get a new offer and eventually they forced us to pay the 700 SEK to get it back or pay 350 to scrap it since we were promised that they would add the third option. We decided to take it back in the hopes of repairing it.
However, when we got it back, it was wrapped in 3 layers of boubble plastic, which seemed fine until I removed it. The first thing I noticed was that the backplate was loose, and the heatsink had been torn off and was now glued onto the motherboard itself in some weird angle. So much for getting it back in the same state as before. I looked up some guides on how to dissassemble the device and the 2 I found specificaly said not to touch the heatsink (yeay). As far as I could tell the device has no aparent damage that could possibly be caused by dropping it. Removing the heatsink forced me to literally rip the glue off and at the same time damage the tape covering some cables.
After looking at it a bit more, I found some weird things. A ribbon cable in the bottom left corner of the device had some markings on it. (see picture)
The marking at the top connector seems to say L4 and the marking in the middle seems to say "W". Could this be a sign of where the problem is and is there anything I can do about it. It seems to me like this isn't realy the motherboard (its connected to a separate circuit, the one with the SD card reader on it. But im guessing a motherboard replacement is standard procedure when the device isn't working
Also, before the "service company" ripped off the heatsink and sent it back to me, the device was almost dead, the one sign of life was the battery indicator in the power button aswell as windows detecting the device but instead of the normal "I found a device" sound it played some weird sond that I had never heard before. My guess at this point is that the screen or screen connector is dammaged as this cable looks like it's connecting to the screen.
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To me, nothing looks out of the ordinary. If you don't care to send it back and wait another month for some more BS that gets you nowhere, then
(1) take pictures of how the tab is right now, file a complaint with the appropriate gov agency with some teeth, write a nasty letter to management holding Asus to its duties;
(2) And (2) follow some guide in a few threads in here, inspect the PC boards for signs of damage, then reseat the cables one by one (touchscreen, lcd, and flat cable connecting touch Board to Mother Board). Be sure to read first then proceed as cautioned as these components are fragile and can be easily damaged. If you run into problems with handling the hardware, don't go it alone. Stop what you're doing and ask for help here first. A delay of a day or two is not gonna hurt, and might spare you tons of headaches.

Thanks for the suggestion, I posted about it on fairshopping.se and we'll see if something happens. You both suggest to get in touch with konsumentverket which is something I will look into aswell.
If that dosn't lead anywhere i'll just have to try and fix it myself.

Poor Quality for Water Use

So my experience with the device has had its ups and downs. Truly I do love it, was looking for a good replacement of my Pebble Time which its at the end of its age basically but still functions great after almost 3 years. There is one issue I've come across and its dealing with the display and water leaking. So I've had 2 devices and both failed roughly 1-2 months of use. Right now on my second RMA of the device, 1st one actually got credit to get a new one.
Device one... was going good and started noticing streaks on the screen, green type. Eventually went to full out extreme brightness of the display and the unit got very very hot. Even charging would lead to insane temps coming from the unit for even a very short period of time. This one was contributed to water penetration into the device some how... I was able to RMA it and get a credit back. Figured it was just a fluke and got another device. Device 2 lasted a shorter period of time and failed in a different way but still dealing with the display. From white streaks across the display to full out white screen with odd brightness again. Again from what I can tell its dealing with water leaking issue... its in process now so we'll see.
Now that being said, if it was really water issue... the device is meant for the water! Swimming, Diving, Showers, etc. Its rated for that on the device (50m depth), which so happens to be similar to my Pebble Time which I've never had an issue with. Even staying that, first one I did swim with it and rinsed it off after, the second one if it got wet it was from washing my hands! Samsung's quality control screwed it up for the Fit2 Pro's?
Curious anyone else experience with this device?

Deathman20 said:
So my experience with the device has had its ups and downs. Truly I do love it, was looking for a good replacement of my Pebble Time which its at the end of its age basically but still functions great after almost 3 years. There is one issue I've come across and its dealing with the display and water leaking. So I've had 2 devices and both failed roughly 1-2 months of use. Right now on my second RMA of the device, 1st one actually got credit to get a new one.
Device one... was going good and started noticing streaks on the screen, green type. Eventually went to full out extreme brightness of the display and the unit got very very hot. Even charging would lead to insane temps coming from the unit for even a very short period of time. This one was contributed to water penetration into the device some how... I was able to RMA it and get a credit back. Figured it was just a fluke and got another device. Device 2 lasted a shorter period of time and failed in a different way but still dealing with the display. From white streaks across the display to full out white screen with odd brightness again. Again from what I can tell its dealing with water leaking issue... its in process now so we'll see.
Now that being said, if it was really water issue... the device is meant for the water! Swimming, Diving, Showers, etc. Its rated for that on the device (50m depth), which so happens to be similar to my Pebble Time which I've never had an issue with. Even staying that, first one I did swim with it and rinsed it off after, the second one if it got wet it was from washing my hands! Samsung's quality control screwed it up for the Fit2 Pro's?
Curious anyone else experience with this device?
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Same here. After 2 months of use , the HR monitor stopped working and it was discharging fast, the second day, after pool it became unresponsive and died.
The service unit replaced the pcb and the battery and sent it back. Worked fine for 2 days and it took water damage again. They repaired it again, came back, worked for one entire hour of swimming. Not mine got replaced but I just want my money back at this point.
That 5atm waterproofing is obviously BS

Sebi673 said:
Same here. After 2 months of use , the HR monitor stopped working and it was discharging fast, the second day, after pool it became unresponsive and died.
The service unit replaced the pcb and the battery and sent it back. Worked fine for 2 days and it took water damage again. They repaired it again, came back, worked for one entire hour of swimming. Not mine got replaced but I just want my money back at this point.
That 50atm waterproofing is obviously BS
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Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50ATM as well.

Deathman20 said:
Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50ATM as well.
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I'm reluctant in buying Samsung gear again. Although the The gear sport looks promising. I'll hang on to this one till I get my money back and wait for more wear os options to appear.
I'm pretty sure this one takes water through the small sensor holes or maybe on button presses while submerged.
Shame. It could've been a perfect all in one device.
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Deathman20 said:
Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50 Meters as well.
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Correction mine did get sent back and now I'm talking to their support group. Not only was it not repaired because of "water damage" (no kidding) but they actually cracked the casing on my device on the bottom edge putting it back together or taking it apart. 5ATM (50 Meters), ha, more like can't last in the sink, rain might even do the device in.
I'd be really curious of their other devices, like mentioned the sport, or even the new Galaxy Watch which, has the same specs. Maybe not as small around the frame would help it out but I'd be really cautious. Yes I'd have to say that myself I'll be waiting to see other options and its sad I really do like the device and want to but this is just ridiculous.

My gf2 pro was more than 20 times in a swimming pool (I'm using it regularly for a swimming) and no problems of any kind! Only thing I don't like is impossibility to choose pools shorter than 25m in native samsung health app so I have to use speedo aplication.
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