So i dropped my skyrocket in water, imediately pulled out the battery then put the phone under a hairdryer. The phone works fine when the battery is above about 30% but when its under that **sometimes** it freezes and shuts off then turns back on. But that only happens sometimes. When you go into the camera it flashes, when you exit it flashes and when you click the front facing camera the flash stays on.
I contact att and i have insurance on it but i have to pay $199 for a brand new when i payed $149 when i got it. So i am definently not doing that. Everything about the phone works fine except for the freezes and the flash so i can deal with it. But my question is if i were to sell it, how much should i ask for it? OR, is there anything i could possibly do to make it work 100%?
Why didn't you leave it alone and put it in rice for a few days? A new screen is about $150
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cause my dad said,"we are going to eat that rice!! You can't use that." So I had to improvise. How would a new screen help? The screen is fine...
kalin96 said:
cause my dad said,"we are going to eat that rice!! You can't use that." So I had to improvise. How would a new screen help? The screen is fine...
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Oh nevermind, I got distracted. Forgot this was about water damage. Haha. Dang new ics leak has my brain all scrambled
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Sorry to tell you but it will never be 100%. The damage has been done.
You should've put it in rice or gotten someone else to do it, tell your dad how much it will cost to replace the phone and remind him that the price or rice is still very low (don't do that).
Your best bet at this time is to find a sketchy place that will replace the water damage sticker to make it seem like it was never water damaged and then brick it and then ask for a replacement from AT&T.
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So i dropped my skyrocket in water, imediately pulled out the battery then put the phone under a hairdryer. The phone works fine when the battery is above about 30% but when its under that **sometimes** it freezes and shuts off then turns back on. But that only happens sometimes. When you go into the camera it flashes, when you exit it flashes and when you click the front facing camera the flash stays on.
I contact att and i have insurance on it but i have to pay $199 for a brand new when i payed $149 when i got it. So i am definently not doing that. Everything about the phone works fine except for the freezes and the flash so i can deal with it. But my question is if i were to sell it, how much should i ask for it? OR, is there anything i could possibly do to make it work 100%?
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Well seem i was the only making skyrocket to swim hehe bad joke. Well pal seems the skyrocket motherboard has some wayter inside. I got kinda same issue when mine got wet but i managed to fix it. Ya need to disamble the unic carefully get out the board. Buy a bottle of isopropyl alcohol 91 or 100%. Use a continer fill it with the isopropil alcohol and drop the board on it leave it for 15 mins then take it out let it dry for 10 mins and put the board in rice for one day. Essamble it back and good luck.
P.S. English not my natal language
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kalin96 said:
So i dropped my skyrocket in water, imediately pulled out the battery then put the phone under a hairdryer. The phone works fine when the battery is above about 30% but when its under that **sometimes** it freezes and shuts off then turns back on. But that only happens sometimes. When you go into the camera it flashes, when you exit it flashes and when you click the front facing camera the flash stays on.
I contact att and i have insurance on it but i have to pay $199 for a brand new when i payed $149 when i got it. So i am definently not doing that. Everything about the phone works fine except for the freezes and the flash so i can deal with it. But my question is if i were to sell it, how much should i ask for it? OR, is there anything i could possibly do to make it work 100%?
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Were you gonna evil bay? Water damage i wouldn't pay no more than 45 bucks. Come on would you buy a phone that's been in water?
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WhatzinyourphonE said:
Were you gonna evil bay? Water damage i wouldn't pay no more than 45 bucks. Come on would you buy a phone that's been in water?
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45$ is way to low , thats even low if the phone was completely not working.
Its not a completely huge deal, if you were to sell it on ebay I would start at 175, and try again lower if it doesnt sell.
people buy phones that dont even turn on for $100 or more on ebay, then parting it out or using usable parts for themselves
Start at half of retail if you're going to sell.
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Sorry to tell you but it will never be 100%. The damage has been done.
You should've put it in rice or gotten someone else to do it, tell your dad how much it will cost to replace the phone and remind him that the price or rice is still very low (don't do that).
Your best bet at this time is to find a sketchy place that will replace the water damage sticker to make it seem like it was never water damaged and then brick it and then ask for a replacement from AT&T.
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So would you have any reccomendations of sketchy places to use? I have rooted and unrooted this a couple of times but how would i brick it? If i were to do this and just say i dont know whats wrong with it, would they be able to tell i tried rooting it, voiding my warranty, and still give me a free replacement?
Also i bought a new srock battery for it but it doesnt have an indicator. Do you know anywhere i can get one from?
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Well seem i was the only making skyrocket to swim hehe bad joke. Well pal seems the skyrocket motherboard has some wayter inside. I got kinda same issue when mine got wet but i managed to fix it. Ya need to disamble the unic carefully get out the board. Buy a bottle of isopropyl alcohol 91 or 100%. Use a continer fill it with the isopropil alcohol and drop the board on it leave it for 15 mins then take it out let it dry for 10 mins and put the board in rice for one day. Essamble it back and good luck.
P.S. English not my natal language
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Don't do this, you have a huge risk of popping a cap or shorting a transistor with your hand. The boards are extremely static sensitive. Not to mention that will literally do nothing. If you had a dirty phone this may help, but water damage shorts circuits together and burns everything in its path.
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So would you have any reccomendations of sketchy places to use? I have rooted and unrooted this a couple of times but how would i brick it? If i were to do this and just say i dont know whats wrong with it, would they be able to tell i tried rooting it, voiding my warranty, and still give me a free replacement?
Also i bought a new srock battery for it but it doesnt have an indicator. Do you know anywhere i can get one from?
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The place will be local, not somewhere you can ship. If you wanna brick it then load the international s2 ROM on there. It will brick nice and fast
The carrier usually checks for water and physical damage before giving you a replacement though so that's why I said get the film changed.
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The place will be local, not somewhere you can ship. If you wanna brick it then load the international s2 ROM on there. It will brick nice and fast
The carrier usually checks for water and physical damage before giving you a replacement though so that's why I said get the film changed.
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When i brick it they will still check for water damage. So how do i make it seem it doesnt have water damage, atleast so i can get a replacement.
And change what film?
To avoid all this, will i just be better off selling it and use that money towards the new skyrocket?
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When i brick it they will still check for water damage. So how do i make it seem it doesnt have water damage, atleast so i can get a replacement.
And change what film?
To avoid all this, will i just be better off selling it and use that money towards the new skyrocket?
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The phone has a water sensitive film which changes color when it comes in contact with water. This is how they know it's water damaged (doesn't sound fancy I know). So basically you have to go around town to all the little cell phone stores and see which one is willing to change the film. Nobody is going to advertise this because of the legality issues so you're gonna have to do this in person.
Once the film is changed then you can go ahead and get a replacement.
If this isn't your cup of tea then you're better off selling right away and getting a new one.
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So the one time I decide to take the thundy out the case I drop it getting out of the car. I pick it up and its non responsive, can't get past HTC green/white screen. I tried holding vol down and I went into system info. It says touch panel- fail?!? Did I really toast this thing in one drop?
Ouch buddy let us know how it goes that makes me cringe as I always rock my phones naked, well except the nexus one neoprene that i have used on both incredibles and the nexus one I own. Wish it was big enough for my Thunderbolt that case has saved my ass a couple times
So Jcase helped me flash back to stock and it now says S-On in bootloader but I still can't get past HTC logo. I think it dropped just right and broke the screen. Be careful if your running your phone without a case guys, Im a good example. First drop, ruined the screen! Now I have to wait for a replacement to get shipped.
ok so I got the $5.18/ month insurance from Verizon, they tried to offer a $6.99/month plan that adds a 6 month warranty to the exchange and then took it back saying you cant with the thunderbolt.
So my question is should I just tell them I lost the phone and get to keep the battery, sd card, and possibly fix the touch screen later to put it on Metro PCS? Verizon says they cover lost phones, does anyone know if I will have more trouble if my phone is lost versus broken?
Also if its broken is there anyway of getting out of the $100 deductible?
Anyone know if I have to wait a day after adding insurance or any trouble I will run into with this?
So you would tell them you lost it even though you dropped it?
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Ill admit its sneaky, but to be honest Im mad that this phone didn't hold up better. The battery casing popped off relatively easy when it was dropped which was its downfall. Now I have to pay $100 and Im just supposed to be ok with this?
If Verizon still had a 30 day policy I could just take it to them but they are tightening the reigns.
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Here are the pics
The only damage cosmetically to the phone is the nick on the corner and a scratch to the camera lens bezel that I can't really get to show up in a picture. Phone looks pristine, yet isn't worth more than a brick.
You can justify all you want but it doesn't make it right. Good luck
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You can justify all you want but it doesn't make it right. Good luck
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Your right this phone is built to withstand nothing. Seems weird that 15 days after the bolt's release verizon is changing all their return policy rules.
Also no extended warranty available for the replacement, when they are offering it on other devices. I think I will keep this phone as my own insurance policy..
I ended up using best buy black tie program because they gave me a phone on the spot. I didn't say I lost it, just gave them the broken phone. I was pretty frustrated yesterday when my TB failed!
Just brick it and say you downloaded an application and it shut off your phone and thats what came up
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Well I got it the 15th so Im outside of verizon's 14 day policy. Your saying if I dont tell them I dropped it they might replace the phone? You cant even tell I dropped it, the best buy lady was like why is your phone so useless? (its basically already bricked but now S-On, only going to boot screen)
Anyone try replacing a digitizer yet? Best Buy wants 30 days, plus 5 days for shipping, plus x amount of extra days cause their system was down for replacements....Im just getting so lucky, lol. I was hoping they were doing the 3 day rapid exchange, only on crapple phones though.
Link for $40 digitizer- http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/39....zer-for-htc-thunderbolt-4g-incredible-hd-6400
This will void my warranty huh?
Correct me if im wrong as I have not actually seen a TB disassembled but is it possible that a pin connection just jolted loose? I mean it seems must more feasible in my opinion..
That is always possible. I have seen it b4. My wife has a plasma tv that just quit the day after bestbuy return policy. They were gonna send a tech, but it was gonna be a week or more. So I pulled it off the wall and tore into it. They never pushed the lock down on the ribbon cable! Been fine ever since.
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If I were you Id tell them the screen simply "Just Stopped working". From the looks of it nothing is cracked or broken so they couldent claim you did it.
I know, I know. Im a horrible dishonest person who makes things expensive and make people kill themselves.
So let me get this right. You were cheap so you didn't buy a case. Then YOU dropped it onto cement and expected to just pick it up and it to work fine. Then you go to Verizon and tell them you lost it so you can get a new phone plus keep the old one you know the one that YOU dropped. You are so freaking ridiculous. I hope you drop your new phone on carpet this time and it breaks. People these days, really.
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So let me get this right. You were cheap so you didn't buy a case. Then YOU dropped it onto cement and expected to just pick it up and it to work fine. Then you go to Verizon and tell them you lost it so you can get a new phone plus keep the old one you know the one that YOU dropped. You are so freaking ridiculous. I hope you drop your new phone on carpet this time and it breaks. People these days, really.
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I agree... They need to get rid of phone insurance and let people be more careful.
I would think from such a short drop it wouldn't be such a drastic result as the touchscreen failing. I mean, you must have dropped it "just right" for that to happen, I would think.
I accidentally dropped my BlackBerry down a flight of stairs at work and there wasn't even a scratch!
But I can see how a 4.3 inch screen could be more susceptible to damage than a BlackBerry.
Just remember, karma can be a *****, so pay it forward and be honest. You reap what you sow.
I recently was able to repair a water Damaged TB that i bough from Ebay (good ESN +++) and i thought i share a picture of the motherboard, it did have some extensive water residue around the processors and ribbon connectors. All of it was cleaned off using some 91% Alcohol a fine brush and some Canned air.. all works again minus a bad Front facing camera (my fault some how i killed it).
why not just get another tbolt then?
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why not just get another tbolt then?
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I don't think you understand the point of this thread. The man was able to take a broken (Water damaged) phone and bring it back to life.
Kudo's OP!
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I don't think you understand the point of this thread. The man was able to take a broken (Water damaged) phone and bring it back to life.
Kudo's OP!
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i know but its also not fully functional.
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i know but its also not fully functional.
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I originally bought this phone to get parts for my TB, When i got the phone it was compleatly dead would not turn on or charge. I did a little cleaning and was able to get it turned but would shut off after a few minutes, that's how i found the front facing camera was working, when i swapped it out with my bad one it did not work but for some reason after a week my old one started working again. So i finished off cleaning the corrosion and checked other components once it was fully alive i tested with my Sim card and was able to get everything working except front camera(note the camera is bad not board i was able to get my other camera working on it). I used it for a full day playing games, browsing, calling peeps and it handled just like my non water damaged TB. So all in all the TB is one Tough Bitch
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i know but its also not fully functional.
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I guess you're not cut out to be a hacker then. The point of doing it is for the challenge of doing it. There's a certain kind of person that likes to do things just for the sake of knowing it is possible.
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I guess you're not cut out to be a hacker then. The point of doing it is for the challenge of doing it. There's a certain kind of person that likes to do things just for the sake of knowing it is possible.
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hacker yes, pulling apart my phone, no your right. it is impressive he got it working but myself i would of just got a newer replacement. i wasn't bashing the guy, geez you guys are critical here.
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hacker yes, pulling apart my phone, no your right. it is impressive he got it working but myself i would of just got a newer replacement. i wasn't bashing the guy, geez you guys are critical here.
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That wasn't criticism. That was explaining why you didn't understand why he would do it. Geeze some of you guys take everything personal
Yes to all , I take stuff apart and fix it because I need to know how it works. I could have bought a new one for 350 but were is the fun in that? I bought my TB with a broken screen,lcd and housing and replaced it all, I broke the first digitizer and lcd I bought my fault for over tinkering with it, anyways after a couple of weeks of selling junk on eBay I bought another digitizer and lcd to fix it again, yes I spent about the same or more as buying a TB that was newer but from what I learned so far to me it is greater then the newer one.
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So I've had my phone for 3 months now and its awesome. There's just one bloody problem...it creaks at the bottom near the soft keys and USB charger slot.
Has anyone had this problem? I'm not sure how to fix it.
The problem has been there since the beginning but it was confined near the usb charging slot and I only noticed it when I held the phone with one hand. So I put a case on it which minimized it but its progressively getting worse. It now creaks through the case as well. Without the case it is really sqeeky.
I dont feel like returning it for this...not sure if they will even indulge me. But its only been 3 months and its getting worse. It might be quite bad in a year's time. It does not affect any function but annoys the hell out of me everytime i pick it up.
I thought I would ask here if anyone can give me any advice. What would you do?
No squeek on mine and I've had it since launch. Sorry, I have no advice. But that would bother me too.
I remember this happening on an old PSP of mine back in the day. after a year of the annoying creaking i couldn't take it and opened it up and smothered the area of creaking with super glue. doubt you'd do that to your SR though..
Brick and get a new phone
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3 months I don't think they'd give you a new phone. 30 days you might have a chance. I returned mine within 3 days because right below the power button I could feel where the two halves met. It bugged the hell out of me. The sales guy looked at me like I was nuts, but after walking him around to compare mine to the floor models he agreed to exchange it.
Go back to wherever you got it and see what they are willing to do, or brick it.
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Brick and get a new phone
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don't!!!! If you send a bricked phone to Samsung for warranty from Rogers, especially after 3 month use, all it will do after 4 weeks they will send it back say there is water damage(there is always little water damage inside so you can't prove otherwise) so they don;t have to give you a new one and you will end up with a bricked phone, $400 quote to fix it, $30 charge if you decline fixing it and you have not used it for a month.
Just take it to local cellphone repair shop they will fix it for $20.
Yeah I kinda expect bricking is not the wisest move for Rogers. I didn't return it early on because the problem was virtually unnoticable. I also remember waiting for about a week or two for this phone to be delivered and it was such a long time for me because I couldn't wait , and I didn't want to go through that again.
Might check out a repairshop... or if anyone knows a really tight case, I might try that too. I'll try superglue experimentation on it when its old and worth much much less lol.
SHORT STORY (can be omitted skip to questions):
Well I'm at the point of getting ready to take the charge in for service. It seems I have a termination problem on the main board. My phone shuts off randomly not ROM related but actual hardware (if i bump it it turns off). My battery and phone contacts are clean and making solid contact with each other as well. This brings me to my next observatory task of opening the phone. While I was open in the phone I noticed there was 4 cracks on my chrome rim (probably due to the 10ft drop to solid concrete, just a after thought). So there was no way to take it apart without fully destroying the rim. Which was upsetting because i was looking forward to seeing the beast and trying to solder it back together and\or look into a intuitive\ revolutionary (as apple would put it) way to fix the backlights brightness. Kinda all bummed out and stuff I tried to put the screws back and who would have thunk you had to shrink ray your hands so you could hold the screws. Well trying it with all fat chode like fingers I screw managed to slip from my grasp. It bounce on my hard floor a couple times, followed by that awkward silence where you know should have been a bounce and your still waiting to hear it, but nothing. O.0 So now I am missing a screw...
To the point questions\ concerns:
1. Can I bring this to tech support to ultimately get a refurb (huh), with out a screw? Or do I have to take my sammy Rogue (yea that "feature" phone) apart and steal one of it's screw and paint it black (there is a little difference in the screw probably will strip the phone).
2. Beside the obvious return to stock and PIT blah blah blah. Is there anything I need to do? Like trim my memory card b\c of the folders that say ROMS,KERNELS,MODs, etc... I don't plan on giving the card to them unless they ask for it.
3. I should probably mention, that the battery is starting to get so hot i cant hold it sometimes. and have to take it out and find some kind of heat sink to cool it. This has happened mainly when charging but has happened when idling and on stand by too.
4. should I call them or take it in? Which would prove better results in getting a refurbished or new phone? (either way I don't expect much from these sexist bastards that can't appreciate a good looking male, seems like you need to have some boobs and a nice ass to get new phones from VW)
5. chances in switching phones? I love the charge. (even though there aren't many roms\tweaks, the developers that have past through have been outstanding, even when some of them didn't have a charge) I don't love the fact I paid full released price and 2 weeks later it is $200 cheaper and they pretty much decided they don't love us (although GB and talk of ics is nice) I'm sure verizon very much wants to abort the charge.
Call verizon. Explain to them your situation. Let them know your phone is constantly rebooting. You've tried checking battery, hard reseting device, and everything else you could think of. Ask for a warranty replacement as you were given a defective device.
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Are you out of your 1 year manufactures warranty?
and as for question 4 i would just call...forget takin it in..just tell them you dont have the time..they should send one if your still within your 1 years manufacture warranty that is...
You just call Verizon and give them a reason where they can't help to fix over the phone, they will give you a replacement. In my case, I think something wrong with my phone cause it drain battery like crazy and I just want another one. I told them the screen is not respond to my touch anymore. I have to hit 4/5 times before it registered. That's it I got a new one.
I believe it still is within the manufactures first year. I got it just before we lost unlimited data. I guess I will call them then.
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I believe it still is within the manufactures first year. I got it just before we lost unlimited data. I guess I will call them then.
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Thats your best bet. Im sure they'll ship you a new device. Keep us posted.
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I believe it still is within the manufactures first year. I got it just before we lost unlimited data. I guess I will call them then.
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Yeah for sure..Call ASAP before you get the update with the diagnostic tool.. Then they can say no there is nothing wrong on their end and not send you one. Just call and complain about the phone rebooting randomly (and cant create the problem, it just happens) and that you want them to send you another cause you didnt pay $$$ for a device to do this blah blah blah... then say you tired factory wipe and everything and your fed up and want a replacement...shouldnt be a problem at all...and again if they say go to the store tell them to PISS OFF you dont have the time for that..let us kno how it turns out
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usually when i call verizon they say we cant do anything b\c you are not the account holder regardless if the account holder is sitting next to me and i know their SSN#, account info, any other personal id... I will try tomorrow after work b\c i'm too tired to put up with b\s after work and i'll probably get a camel jocky for my representative
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Dude you're funny. I hope you get your replacement. Oh and I think any SD card would do.
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scarygood536 said:
usually when i call verizon they say we cant do anything b\c you are not the account holder regardless if the account holder is sitting next to me and i know their SSN#, account info, any other personal id... I will try tomorrow after work b\c i'm too tired to put up with b\s after work and i'll probably get a camel jocky for my representative
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lol..call in to Verizon (611) and tell them that you (your name) need to added to the account and create a password for the account..i am not the primary account holder on my ****, my mom is. So I had my name put on the account and had a password created so now reps ask for the pass i give it to them and we move on to the problem...
EDIT:if they still give you a problem about adding a name then have the primary caller call 611 and tell them to add your name so you dont have to go thru stuff like this..
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lol..call in to Verizon (611) and tell them that you (your name) need to added to the account and create a password for the account..i am not the primary account holder on my ****, my mom is. So I had my name put on the account and had a password created so now reps ask for the pass i give it to them and we move on to the problem...
EDIT:if they still give you a problem about adding a name then have the primary caller call 611 and tell them to add your name so you dont have to go thru stuff like this..
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Lol for me my dad is the account holder but he doesn't know how to do anything so I am the account manager. On their website it says that the account manager has full access to the account, so you could just log into the primary's My Verizon and make yourself a manager.
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While I was open in the phone I noticed there was 4 cracks on my chrome rim (probably due to the 10ft drop to solid concrete, just a after thought). So there was no way to take it apart without fully destroying the rim....So now I am missing a screw...
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So, you dropped your phone on concrete with enough force to damage the internals (which I'm guessing is the cause of all the problems), disassembled it and lost a screw in the process, and now you want to try and get a replacement under warranty due to manufacturer's defect?
Good luck. Just don't be surprised when they back charge you for the cost of the device when they realize you've exchanged a phone you've destroyed. You've voided the warranty several times over so they've got plenty of cause to hit you with an out of warranty fee.
Oh my..
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So, you dropped your phone on concrete with enough force to damage the internals (which I'm guessing is the cause of all the problems), disassembled it and lost a screw in the process, and now you want to try and get a replacement under warranty due to manufacturer's defect?
Good luck. Just don't be surprised when they back charge you for the cost of the device when they realize you've exchanged a phone you've destroyed. You've voided the warranty several times over so they've got plenty of cause to hit you with an out of warranty fee.
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Ha.. I did that once. I kicked the grapefruit juice out of my box they sent my phone to me in and so I was like, why did you send me a busted up box with a phone that doesn't work?? They were very polite about the exchange (of course, this was only like the third day I'd had it). I went to church after so I think it all evens out.
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Ha.. I did that once. I kicked the grapefruit juice out of my box they sent my phone to me in and so I was like, why did you send me a busted up box with a phone that doesn't work?? They were very polite about the exchange (of course, this was only like the third day I'd had it). I went to church after so I think it all evens out.
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Lol, my friend got an old out of warranty second hand PS2 replaced by writing to Sony and pretending to be a very upset 12 year old. These things do work sometimes
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So, you dropped your phone on concrete with enough force to damage the internals (which I'm guessing is the cause of all the problems), disassembled it and lost a screw in the process, and now you want to try and get a replacement under warranty due to manufacturer's defect?
Good luck. Just don't be surprised when they back charge you for the cost of the device when they realize you've exchanged a phone you've destroyed. You've voided the warranty several times over so they've got plenty of cause to hit you with an out of warranty fee.
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I dropped my phone maybe 6 months ago, no apparent damage (internal or external) phone still worked great. At the time of the drop the phone was in a case. I'm not really sure how those cracks got on the outside of my phone but my screen is in perfect condition.. I never even disassembled any of it I got all the screws out and saw that if i tried to take it apart further i would have bigger problems, so I put back the screws and one fell out of my hands. I also found the screw, which managed to bounce onto a shelf of my bookshelf. So my charge works, just has a loose connection somewhere. Not surprising seeing how I work a construction job. The phone doesn't look that bad at all it looks barely beat up, besides the small cracks in the rim which you wouldn't know unless you really studied it. There should be no reason to back charge me anything.
cliMAKtic said:
Ha.. I did that once. I kicked the grapefruit juice out of my box they sent my phone to me in and so I was like, why did you send me a busted up box with a phone that doesn't work?? They were very polite about the exchange (of course, this was only like the third day I'd had it). I went to church after so I think it all evens out.
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i have to go to church for weeks to make up for some girls I've "dated". I hope i can even that out too. Verizon screws us enough, time to give a little back
scarygood536 said:
I dropped my phone maybe 6 months ago, no apparent damage (internal or external) phone still worked great. At the time of the drop the phone was in a case. I'm not really sure how those cracks got on the outside of my phone but my screen is in perfect condition.. I never even disassembled any of it I got all the screws out and saw that if i tried to take it apart further i would have bigger problems, so I put back the screws and one fell out of my hands. I also found the screw, which managed to bounce onto a shelf of my bookshelf. So my charge works, just has a loose connection somewhere. Not surprising seeing how I work a construction job. The phone doesn't look that bad at all it looks barely beat up, besides the small cracks in the rim which you wouldn't know unless you really studied it. There should be no reason to back charge me anything.
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Yeah I wouldn't worry about it at all since there's no major damage on the outside of the device...you should be fine
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Ha.. I did that once. I kicked the grapefruit juice out of my box they sent my phone to me in and so I was like, why did you send me a busted up box with a phone that doesn't work?? They were very polite about the exchange (of course, this was only like the third day I'd had it). I went to church after so I think it all evens out.
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charlie_c said:
Lol, my friend got an old out of warranty second hand PS2 replaced by writing to Sony and pretending to be a very upset 12 year old. These things do work sometimes
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People complain about the cost of everything going up, and this is precisely the reason why insurance and other services go up in price. The replacement devices aren't free, and the cost of replacement has to be made up somehow. Congratulations for feeling good about dicking over the honest people in society.
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People complain about the cost of everything going up, and this is precisely the reason why insurance and other services go up in price. The replacement devices aren't free, and the cost of replacement has to be made up somehow. Congratulations for feeling good about dicking over the honest people in society.
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Hey, I don't condone it and it's nothing I've done myself, but people that rationalize that kind of behavior don't understand the harm of it probably. Kind of like SUV drivers that complain when gas prices go up...
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People complain about the cost of everything going up, and this is precisely the reason why insurance and other services go up in price. The replacement devices aren't free, and the cost of replacement has to be made up somehow. Congratulations for feeling good about dicking over the honest people in society.
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Right on the money. People blame the companies over rising prices but they don't realize that profits stay about the same. Kind of like what is driving up medical costs... Frivolous lawsuits by butthurt idiots.
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I don't mind using my warranty, I paid for because I knew my phone would break all my phones, except my samsung phones, stopped working before i even put them through the rigorous days on a construction job. I rather spend the down payment on it than having to buy a new phone full price. I've been dicked by verizon (ex. buying replacement phones a couple months after getting a paid replacement) though so i don't feel bad getting a new device for free.
i don't deny people getting phones for free just to get new ones is wrong and screws over the honest people, but verizon in my eyes, while being a loyal customer for about a decade or so, hasn't been really that honest of a company. Like the whole data plan needed phones. My mom and sister both had the same phone, one need a data the other didn't (due to the timing of when they got the phones)... All the phone had was verizons "mobile web" on EVDO pretty usless itself. But the data plan was forced upon one of them for profit gainsb(data was even blocked on our account at the time). This doesn't even include the trying to charge to transfer contacts and bs fee's fee's. If Big Red didn't have all the members and didn't get the best signal in my area i'd be on a different carrier.
Hey guys,
I stupidly left my device near a leaking glass for half an hour, i didn't noticed it till i found that its wet! So now i got many problems, speaker is dimmed, usb doesn't works, i need help here! If not i cant continue do whatsoever to this device! And i love Nexus S! Please help, and find me a spare part and a guide to rip and change this off is appreciated.
Take everything apart. Battery doorr battery and put it in rice for a week.
DaXmax said:
Hey guys,
I stupidly left my device near a leaking glass for half an hour, i didn't noticed it till i found that its wet! So now i got many problems, speaker is dimmed, usb doesn't works, i need help here! If not i cant continue do whatsoever to this device! And i love Nexus S! Please help, and find me a spare part and a guide to rip and change this off is appreciated.
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And you turned it on instead of turning it off as soon as possible?!
Do what g1user101 said. And don't cheat, you already cheated enough that it's possible you have damaged something.
polobunny said:
And you turned it on instead of turning it off as soon as possible?!
Do what g1user101 said. And don't cheat, you already cheated enough that it's possible you have damaged something.
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Lol what did i cheated? I love this phone and im trying to get this back. :/ Notice that speaker is wet too..
Edit: I was stupid, i go and on it, and test it lol.
The rice thing will work. It will either recover your phone completely, or like one thing will be broken. Just do it. Your a great dev
g1user101 said:
The rice thing will work. It will either recover your phone completely, or like one thing will be broken. Just do it. Your a great dev
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Thanks, how long should i put in the rice container?
sorry to hear about your Nexus S... hope this helps
Nexus S Disassembly guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYB5wiFFIno
Yeah. Its like 5-10 days. Do it right away. U should of knew about this method and did it right when h knew it was wet
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Yeah. Its like 5-10 days. Do it right away. U should of knew about this method and did it right when h knew it was wet
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Actually, wanna add another description, its not totally wet like dropping in a toilet bowl, its soak in. Meaning its near a stupid leaked glass then for 15 or 30 mins, i was busy updating 1.6 for Nexus S, then i noticed its wet and the water managed to soak in the cover,.. So 2-3 days, will it do?
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Actually, wanna add another description, its not totally wet like dropping in a toilet bowl, its soak in. Meaning its near a stupid leaked glass then for 15 or 30 mins, i was busy updating 1.6 for Nexus S, then i noticed its wet and the water managed to soak in the cover,.. So 2-3 days, will it do?
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Yeah that will do.
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Thanks, how long should i put in the rice container?
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3 days should do it. It worked on my wife's blackberry that fell in kitchen sink.
All good now except battery is iffy now.
Vs Nexus S 4G
vidaljs said:
3 days should do it. It worked on my wife's blackberry that fell in kitchen sink.
All good now except battery is iffy now.
Vs Nexus S 4G
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Actually, everything work well.... But i only can say here that, everything is working fine. Thanks to the others who helped. And also, the one thing is broken, is the usb port, im trying to find a replacement of it... If you able to find it, please post it here, thanks.
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Actually, wanna add another description, its not totally wet like dropping in a toilet bowl, its soak in. Meaning its near a stupid leaked glass then for 15 or 30 mins, i was busy updating 1.6 for Nexus S, then i noticed its wet and the water managed to soak in the cover,.. So 2-3 days, will it do?
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Hopefully that rice thing works.. If something got spanked from the water you may have funky issues even after you let it dry. If you have TEP I would get it swapped out.
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Hopefully that rice thing works.. If something got spanked from the water you may have funky issues even after you let it dry. If you have TEP I would get it swapped out.
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TEP?
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TEP?
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Well if your with sprint and have insurance would cost about 100 bucks to have Asurion swap it out. But I take it your probably not with sprint lol.. Rice trick should work. Just let it dry out the best you can.. Sometimes a hair dryer will work just don't cook the phone.. Only time nothing works is when you drop a phone in the lake and try to dry it won't do any good.
You can also snag another nexus s up on ebay pretty cheap. Also probably find someone on the market place on here with one. If your phone doesn't dry out and is messed up.
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Well if your with sprint and have insurance would cost about 100 bucks to have Asurion swap it out. But I take it your probably not with sprint lol.. Rice trick should work. Just let it dry out the best you can.. Sometimes a hair dryer will work just don't cook the phone.. Only time nothing works is when you drop a phone in the lake and try to dry it won't do any good.
You can also snag another nexus s up on ebay pretty cheap. Also probably find someone on the market place on here with one. If your phone doesn't dry out and is messed up.
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That's one thing good bout living in US. Asia doesn't do this stuffs, that's sad. I know how to solder the motherboard of the Nexus S, so im finding a USB Port so i can replace a new one.
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That's one thing good bout living in US. Asia doesn't do this stuffs, that's sad. I know how to solder the motherboard of the Nexus S, so im finding a USB Port so i can replace a new one.
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http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Googel-Nexus-S-Charging-Port-p/smsng6098560.htm
http://stellatech.com/samsung-i6410-i8320-i8910-i9000-s7220-micro-usb-jack-socket,a,en,301010.html
Doubt it's only the USB port though.
Or you can buy a broken nexus for parts and just replace the usb port
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Or you can buy a broken nexus for parts and just replace the usb port
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That works well check eBay for parts.
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Ouch. I feel your pain
My brother-in-law pushed me into a pool once when I had a Palm Pre-. Yea I know it's a shame but I refuse to use anythin apple and I got sold on the cards feature haha. Now rockin ns4g wit a bit of jb love.
Ummm yea I did the rice thing and it worked out the phone became fully functional after a few days(speaker and usb and such). Good luck I really hope it works out!