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Just dropped my skyrocket in the toilet...

Yea, pretty self explanatory. Clean toilet thank god. I saw it drop in slow motion and it was probably in there less than a second. I yanked it out, pulled off the back cover and yanked the battery immediately. Then removed the SIM and sd card. The water damage indicator on the battery wasn't activated which is a good sign. I wiped it up with a paper towel and cleaned out the usb port and headphone jack. Like an idiot, I powered it up about an hour later and it worked fine. Called my dad, and messed around with it. Car navigation kept popping up which was weird and the soft keys at the bottom stopped working. Bad idea on my part, so powered it down and left it in front of a fan for about 2 hours. Powered it back on and the buttons work, and it seemed fine, but now it is apart in a bag of rice. Hope I didn't F it up by powering it up too early.

Yes, that was way too early to be safe, but it seems it should work fine.
I once dropped a Motorola StarTac flip phone into a bucket full of car shampoo. Didn't notice right away (it fell together with a bunch of stuff). The last item I picked up from the bottom was the phone. I removed the battery and left it basking in the sun for 48h without the battery.
Worked fine for 2 more years.

Good thing it was a clean toilet. cuz whooo.... imagine if you had a explosive diahrrea just before... oh man... that's a big mess.. you'd be drying that thing for ages until galaxy s4 comes out.

Was wondering, can't we just use microwave to make things more subtle.
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****ty
seriously though, to thoroughly get all the water out, you need to do one of 2 things:
remove back cover and battery, stick it in a bag of rice over night
or
soak it in rubbing alcohol (as pure as you can find, i use 90-92% for everything) for a half hour, then let it dry

I have access to pure isopropanol but I'm skeptical
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Get some rice so it can extract all the moisture out of the phone. Guy Kawasaki washed his GNexus in his washer and it still survived.
https://plus.google.com/112374836634096795698/posts/JS5GL5aZ9fw

Been using it for the past two hours.things are looking ok.
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LOL...you are the second person I have heard of doing this.
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I hope you do not intended to place that phone anywhere near your mouth? That's just gross!
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I did the same to my old iPhone -- got it wet and powered up too early. Then I put it back in a bag of rice, then put the bag on top of my computer overnight. I think the added heat helped suck out some of the moisture.

It was clean I swear.
Phone is running strong
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It just hurts how people treat there stuff. Never dropped I a phone or scratched it. Can't understand why people so careless. It's a 500 plus device. Money doesn't grow on tree's. Be more careful rather then careless. I think a old school cellphone a brick would be best for most people that don't take care of their ****.
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dante501 said:
It just hurts how people treat there stuff. Never dropped I a phone or scratched it. Can't understand why people so careless. It's a 500 plus device. Money doesn't grow on tree's. Be more careful rather then careless. I think a old school cellphone a brick would be best for most people that don't take care of their ****.
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I dont think he dropped it on purpose. Accidents do happen.

But let's be real how many people do we hear thats say I dropped my phone scratched it shattered the screen and ****. Way to many. Lol be just more careful with stuff.
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Wow, stuff happens,! Life happens.. That's why I have insurance.
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Do not use a phone for porn near the toilet. Use a magazine...
Sorry I could not resist...lol
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Here is a video of how to rescue a wet phone...it's pretty sexy but the techniques are legit and are the best ways to give the best chances possible to survive a spill. Obvisouly some of the methods are humorous but most of them are legit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmGGFsAoUzw

In hindsight.. Liquipel. I'm gonna get mine done!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ama47RGdL4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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dante501 said:
It just hurts how people treat there stuff. Never dropped I a phone or scratched it. Can't understand why people so careless. It's a 500 plus device. Money doesn't grow on tree's. Be more careful rather then careless. I think a old school cellphone a brick would be best for most people that don't take care of their ****.
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$H** happens! No pun intended being he dropped it in the toilet.

Cracked Screen - Bad

No idea how it even happened, pull the phone out of my pocket to check things on Saturday night and the screen is toast. Spiderweb cracks all the way around.....Guess I could have bumped the corner of a table?? ..... Anyways, it's being taken care of, so I'm all good............3 days in, I was pretty bummed. New phone on the way though!

How did you get a new phone? Insurance?
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When I keep my phone in my pocket I always put it in with the screen against my body so any accidental hits are taken by the back of the phone
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No idea how it even happened, pull the phone out of my pocket to check things on Saturday night and the screen is toast. Spiderweb cracks all the way around.....Guess I could have bumped the corner of a table?? ..... Anyways, it's being taken care of, so I'm all good............3 days in, I was pretty bummed. New phone on the way though!
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Pics?

Bigjim1488 said:
When I keep my phone in my pocket I always put it in with the screen against my body so any accidental hits are taken by the back of the phone
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I do too, I have no idea what happened? ......... I'll get pics later.......I had to put tape on it to keep chunks of glass from coming off, and to keep from cutting my fingers.........
Insurance / Really nice Customer Service and I'm being taken care of.........

digthemlows said:
I do too, I have no idea what happened? ......... I'll get pics later.......I had to put tape on it to keep chunks of glass from coming off, and to keep from cutting my fingers.........
Insurance / Really nice Customer Service and I'm being taken care of.........
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AT&T? Best Buy?...

Still waiting for Amazon to get them back in stock.....
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digthemlows said:
I do too, I have no idea what happened? ......... I'll get pics later.......I had to put tape on it to keep chunks of glass from coming off, and to keep from cutting my fingers.........
Insurance / Really nice Customer Service and I'm being taken care of.........
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Really, it happened while the screen was facing in against your body? That's bizarre. I learned the same lesson, luckily on my old Samusng Blackjack, and it only cracked the screen cover, not the screen itself--I leaned against a table corner and heard the "pop" when it happened.

I also find it weird that it cracked while the screen was against your leg...If it was facing outwards then I could understand. I dented the side of my Macbook Pro by accidentally hitting it against a railing while it was in a padded carry bag. You'd be surprised at how much force you exert even with just a tap.
Though, I guess hitting the back of the case really hard may crack the screen. My friend had one of those indestructable Nokia flip phones and it took a shot from a competition air rifle (.1775) at 10m to crack the screen...and we shot the outer casing (which only left a dent)

I think I bumped into a table and it "bent" the phone enough to crack the glass?? I don't know............anyways, I'll get a new one soon (I hope).......

digthemlows said:
I think I bumped into a table and it "bent" the phone enough to crack the glass?? I don't know............anyways, I'll get a new one soon (I hope).......
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It may have broke from just your pants pocket. Normally, when you stick the phone in your pocket it will be in portrait mode, but occasionally it will fall into landscape. When this happens and you sit down your pants pocket will push the phone against your leg very tightly and bend it, possibly to the breaking point if you don't notice it right away and shift your weight right. Try it.
Of course, this largely depends on the type of clothing you wear... It should be noted that this can happen with any phone. I've never had it happen but I've come close to it with my HTC Aria.
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Lol the aria is tiny. Get an otterbox on it and it will never change orientation in a pants pocket unless you're a hipster wearing trip pants with giant pockets.
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Lol the aria is tiny. Get an otterbox on it and it will never change orientation in a pants pocket unless you're a hipster wearing trip pants with giant pockets.
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I thought hipsters wore skinny jeans...
But anyway, yeah, the aria is super tiny. It's the exact same size as the visible portion as this screen.
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well Grey is available now on Amazon so I switched and will get that to replace my white one..........ordered a case too......... Now i'll have to wait to root (damn, since this phone is rooted and good to go)

I wonder if that video on YouTube where this guy hammers a nail into a board using a One X is real or some form of trick movie magic.

my One X just went through the wash......

Ok, so my wife just sent my new One X through the washing machine, and I think I'm completely [email protected]#ked. From past experience, they don't usually recover fully, and the first thing you're supposed to do is remove the battery.....good trick with this phone.
So, she's now buying me a new one, but my question is, any ideas what a water damaged One X, in very good condition is worth these days?? I tired ebay, nothing listing for damaged ones yet, but past I have seen damaged SGS2's selling on ebay before. I'm just wondering if it's worth the bother, or just send it to be recycled?
Not very happy right now, I'll tell you that :crying:
Funny, this is the second smart phone of mine that's gone through the wash, first one was my fault, but I just went out a bought the identical model, so I wouldn't have to tell her

Damn, that's no good, take it apart, have a look
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Throw it in a bag of white rice n let it marinate for 2 days. Insert battery and voila
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you could probably salvage some parts like the digitizer if thats not broken or something. im sure you could sell or use the digitizer in the future

Put it in a bowl of white rice immediately. That trick has revived multiple phones for me, my original iPh... went swimming in byron bay, a swimming pool, the rain, and a mai tai and all 4 times the rice brought it back.
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Yes I agree with the white rice. Also, never try to turn the phone on after it drops in water. Put it quickly in the rice.
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topiratiko said:
Throw it in a bag of white rice n let it marinate for 2 days. Insert battery and voila
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I think hox doesn't hav removable battery
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it doesnt, but you can take it apart and disconnect it. and yes bag of rice, more rice the better. if your anal about reviving it you could disassemble it in pieces, put in rice for 2 days, then soak it in 99% alcohol then air dry, and put back in rice for 2 more days.
the first 2 days will draw most of the water out, the alcohol will then clean most of the corrosion if any, and draw away more water, then the final 2 days will completely dry it. so long as nothing fried...itll work.

- Use a tab of some sort (plastic, not metal) and pop off the body (its held in place w tabs along the sides
- lift the bottom, and slide it out of the top end.
- disconnect the battery lead (since it's now accessible)
- put a section of paper towel down on half the bowl of rice.
- place the digitizer/circutry portion of the phone on the piece of paper towel on the rice
- add another layer of paper towel on top
- cover with rice.
the back cover (that contains the speaker and mic section) can be dried manually and out in the air.
after a day, pull the digitizer/circutry out of the rice/paper-towel-sandwhich and press the copper power button at the top after reconnecting the battery lead.
It should power up now (if it didnt blow any resistors while in the wash)

topiratiko said:
Throw it in a bag of white rice n let it marinate for 2 days. Insert battery and voila
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Non removable battery lololol
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This will show you how to take it apart and the battery FYI. Hope this helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceHw6mezG60

atticusmas said:
Non removable battery lololol
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It's not that hard to remove lolololololol
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Oh no, that sucks. My Aria had a similar fate, but we owned a front loading washer....needless to say the screen was in pieces when we took it out. Try the rice trick with the phone taken apart.
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That's a divorcable offence.

How was it her fault? Was it in her pocket or yours? Certainly she didn't think it was dirty and threw it in with the other whites.... If so the yeah, her fault lol.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Oh no, that sucks. My Aria had a similar fate, but we owned a front loading washer....needless to say the screen was in pieces when we took it out. Try the rice trick with the phone taken apart.
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Sorry for OPs phone. But this picture looks too familiar. I broke my arias screen twice & replaced it twice.lol. That phone was pretty easy 2 fix. I dont know if the One X is as easy though, but I guess that problem is not about screen. The only problem I have with fixing screens is that the screen never wants to stay down tight. Over time it pushes back up.
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Ouch. I was thrown into a pool with my phone on my jeans so If weather allows, I left that phone in the car under a rag in las Vegas summer heat . After a day of baking it worked fine.
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how much do you want for the phone?

neophile said:
Ok, so my wife just sent my new One X through the washing machine, and I think I'm completely [email protected]#ked. From past experience, they don't usually recover fully, and the first thing you're supposed to do is remove the battery.....good trick with this phone.
So, she's now buying me a new one, but my question is, any ideas what a water damaged One X, in very good condition is worth these days?? I tired ebay, nothing listing for damaged ones yet, but past I have seen damaged SGS2's selling on ebay before. I'm just wondering if it's worth the bother, or just send it to be recycled?
Not very happy right now, I'll tell you that :crying:
Funny, this is the second smart phone of mine that's gone through the wash, first one was my fault, but I just went out a bought the identical model, so I wouldn't have to tell her
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I'll give you $25 for it.

gr8lats said:
I'll give you $25 for it.
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$50
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Don't shower with your SW2

Just a heads up. Got my SW2 on Friday, it's Tuesday and my watch is acting up. I think it's due to taking a shower while wearing it. I wasn't laying in the tub or anything like that, just a quick 10 minute shower. Noticed some condensation behind the sensor and for most of the day and the top half of the screen wasn't responsive. Everything is working fine now, but there's still some condensation behind the sensor. Just a warning to some of you. I figure it'd be pretty obvious to avoid swimming while wearing this thing but I didn't think water would seep through while showering.
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STEAM... A HOT SHOWER MAKES STEAM.
It can penetrate just about anything that's only mildly waterproof because it is water VAPOR not liquid water.

That's a good point, I didn't think about that.
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You might have a small defect in the "water-proofing" of the watch but steam is most likely the culprit. Had it happen to a few electronic devices that were just sitting on the sink while someone was taking a shower. I've yet to have any issues with it considering I don't take it off in the shower.

AFAIK SW2 is water-RESISTANT, not waterPROOF. That means it still does not like water and I don't know why you even take a shower with it
My phone is T. Xperia T.

IP57 should mean that its ok in the shower
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/ref...artwatch-2-sw2#!Water-resistance---AccCA.html
Although i dont think i would, it should be waterproof to a max of 1m for a maximum of 30 mins.

Why would you shower with a watch on to begin with?
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Danny-B- said:
IP57 should mean that its ok in the shower
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/ref...artwatch-2-sw2#!Water-resistance---AccCA.html
Although i dont think i would, it should be waterproof to a max of 1m for a maximum of 30 mins.
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Only if you shower in water at or below room temperature and you don't use soap.
That's why they have this symbol in their "Don't" section:
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Soapy water and water mixed with chemicals have different penetrating properties than PLAIN water. I wouldn't even wear it washing the car or dishes.

Although I'm still early in my Science Education (College-stage) Water Vapor is probably going to have an easier time at getting in than water. I don't really care about it that much as I had it free with my Xperia Z1, if it breaks I will be a little bummed but it's something I can live without. So I'm going to continue wearing it in the shower, and see what happens, I've had no issues so far with condensation inside the screen, I use to wear normal waterproof watch without any problems at all, so I don't think to take my watch off before I go in the shower.
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IP57 means it's resistant to immersion up to 1m and 30 minutes.
The tab doesn't specify however if by saying IP57 they mean that it includes IP56 and IP55 (resistant to water jets).
Anyway, as I said in another thread, I take a shower every single day and have never taken off the watch during any of those.
No issues here, all fine with my watch.
It happened a couple of times that it rebooted itself but it was sufficient to turn it off and on and all was good.
I try not to wash it with any soap, but I don't sweat it if it happens now and then.
All this to say if your unit has water penetrating by showering, it may be defective.
On the Sony site they say " You can therefore use the device in dusty environments, when your fingers are wet, and in extreme weather conditions, for example, when it’s snowing or raining, or when humidity levels are high. See the table below for more details.", and I wouldn't classify taking a shower as "extreme condition".
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Maybe your usb was not properly protected. I take long baths with gear and z1 and i have no problem. I always check twice before i go into water...
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I have a problem with my watch, I broke the screen and I cant find the replacement, if you have a unusable sw2 maybe you can sell me the part that I need, please PM with any response, thanks

If u guys have problem when the water in the sreen,just open usb hub and face the screen in front of the laptop fan and play game to get it hot,about 3 4 hour will be normal again,i've try it already
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Forgot to take mine off when I got in the shower earlier and it had no ill effect, phew ^_^
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The unthinkable just happened

I was in the tub (backs been bothering me lately). So, I had the water as hot as I could make it. For some ungodly reason I took my 4-day old s6 in with me. Well, when I grabbed the phone as I stood up, I dropped it from about 2 feet into 8-10 inches of water. We have a deep tub. My initial reaction was to yell "Noooooo", and then I tried fishing it out. I couldn't get a hold of it right away and it sloshed around in there for a few seconds before I fished it out. I dried it off, powered it down, and am hoping for the best. I'll let everyone know tomorrow if it survived or not.

I feel your pain... sorry mate :crying:

The ironic part is, I dropped it in the water only minutes after I posted in the battery life thread about how happy I am with the phone.

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The ironic part is, I dropped it in the water only minutes after I posted in the battery life thread about how happy I am with the phone.
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I cross my fingers that your device will work again once it dries out... good luck! :fingers-crossed:

I think it will work fine. Leave your phone in a bag full of rice or some other moisture absorbing material overnight.
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das boot said:
I was in the tub (backs been bothering me lately). So, I had the water as hot as I could make it. For some ungodly reason I took my 4-day old s6 in with me. Well, when I grabbed the phone as I stood up, I dropped it from about 2 feet into 8-10 inches of water. We have a deep tub. My initial reaction was to yell "Noooooo", and then I tried fishing it out. I couldn't get a hold of it right away and it sloshed around in there for a few seconds before I fished it out. I dried it off, powered it down, and am hoping for the best. I'll let everyone know tomorrow if it survived or not.
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The S6 does seem to have some kind of water resistance, you might be lucky.

spelaben said:
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The S6 does seem to have some kind of water resistance, you might be lucky.
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That's what I'm hopiNg for. It did seem to be working fine when I powered it down, but the big test will be when I go to charge it tomorrow.

Something weird about that video - How does the S6 stay at 100% with the screen on constantly for over 10 minutes?......

das boot said:
That's what I'm hopiNg for. It did seem to be working fine when I powered it down, but the big test will be when I go to charge it tomorrow.
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Leave it for a couple of days in the rice or warm airing cupboard. Not just one day, and it'll be fine

Just hope you didn't pee in that water or its gonna be a rust bucket

Does anyone else find it ironic that the OP's name is the same as a book about submarines?

Ha ha I used to take the S5 in the shower with me to play music, its a habit I MUST break now lol. Hope it works for ya man.

it'll be fine, dudes on youtube submerge the s6 for like 45mins before it started taking in water

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lololololol!

Japultra said:
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thats actually racist you know!

aami.aami said:
thats actually racist you know!
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I am Asian and have no prob with this joke. It is quite level

Dry the sockets and dont worry
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aami.aami said:
thats actually racist you know!
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I'm Asian. It's hilarious