Help?! - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I accidentally washed my husbands s3.. I of course never check his pants pockets before throwing his pants in the washer well sure enough he left his phone in his pocket... it went through the whole wash cycle. As soon as I found it I took the battery out (as well as the sim and SD card) and burried it in uncooked rice in a bowl with a lid on.. his phone was already dead so is there any hope at all?
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Let it dry for a few days than charge up that battery and should be fine
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Leave it in the rice for a few days pretty sure it'll at least end up working.
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Problem is he needs his phone for work :/ think it would be safe to turn on in the morning?
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aprilwilson said:
Problem is he needs his phone for work :/ think it would be safe to turn on in the morning?
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I wouldn't advise it. If there's any water in it when you turn it on it'll short the internals out. Better safe than sorry. Besides, if you rush it and fry the internals he'll be out of a phone for a few days til a replacement comes anyway.
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Well there wouldn't be a replacement we didn't get insurance and now I'm really kicking myself for that..
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Well you can maybe now look for a galaxy nexus they go pretty cheap on nexus if you can't get a replacement or get the phone working.
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Same thing happened to me with water damage. My USB port got screwed up but the phone still works. It charges but it won't connect to a PC anymore. I had just took the insurance off too!! I can't wait to get thegs4 now I'm counting the days
Sorry to hear about your trouble. Maybe sell it water damaged on eBay for about $150-200 and buy the s4 when it comes out. I think its going to be $550 off contract. No spare phone laying around?
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cell128 said:
Same thing happened to me with water damage. My USB port got screwed up but the phone still works. It charges but it won't connect to a PC anymore. I had just took the insurance off too!! I can't wait to get thegs4 now I'm counting the days
Sorry to hear about your trouble. Maybe sell it water damaged on eBay for about $150-200 and buy the s4 when it comes out. I think its going to be $550 off contract. No spare phone laying around?
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Nope we switched to Verizon and got these phones.. only phones we have as spares are at&t
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I got a phone soaked using it in a rain storm and it took 2 days to operate properly sitting in rice.
You can look on Craigslist or Swappa for a cheap replacement to use in the meantime.

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I got a phone soaked using it in a rain storm and it took 2 days to operate properly sitting in rice.
You can look on Craigslist or Swappa for a cheap replacement to use in the meantime.
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Oh sorry..
He turned his phone on despite what I tried telling him and it works.. his menu and back button won't though.. but I told him he may just need to give it more time to dry out thanks everyone for your feedback!
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I got a phone soaked using it in a rain storm and it took 2 days to operate properly sitting in rice.
You can look on Craigslist or Swappa for a cheap replacement to use in the meantime.
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New customer broken phone free replacement

Alright guys I need some help I just got att service no less then 2 monthes ago my son was playing with my phone and in the process dropped and it broke my LCD isn't cracked but he digitizer is. I called into att I purchase the phone warranty but they want to charge me 199 which is ridiculous but I'm not eligible for an upgrade as well.. I need some help cuz this is my only phone that I can use on att since my other phones are work phone.
Question is how do I get it to basically no cost i had warranty with other company and it never cost that much
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Alright guys I need some help I just got att service no less then 2 monthes ago my son was playing with my phone and in the process dropped and it broke my LCD isn't cracked but he digitizer is. I called into att I purchase the phone warranty but they want to charge me 199 which is ridiculous but I'm not eligible for an upgrade as well.. I need some help cuz this is my only phone that I can use on att since my other phones are work phone.
Question is how do I get it to basically no cost i had warranty with other company and it never cost that much
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Buy a new digitizer off ebay for around $120.....thats ur best bet i believe
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Buy a new digitizer off ebay for around $120.....thats ur best bet i believe
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Damn pretty crappy but I do appreciate the response
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When you call into AT&T ask for the number to the warranty department. They will ask you a few questions to determine if that's the right department you are looking for. Just say you charged your phone and it no longer turns on. Eventually after lying a bit more you will have a replacement device on its way to you. Works for me all the time and have never failed yet.
They say all kind of things to scare you out of it, but nothing ever happens. I don't know if it is just my luck. I warranty at least 3 times for the year just to keep my phone looking brand new and I send it in working perfectly fine.
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When you call into AT&T ask for the number to the warranty department. They will ask you a few questions to determine if that's the right department you are looking for. Just say you charged your phone and it no longer turns on. Eventually after lying a bit more you will have a replacement device on its way to you. Works for me all the time and have never failed yet.
They say all kind of things to scare you out of it, but nothing ever happens. I don't know if it is just my luck. I warranty at least 3 times for the year just to keep my phone looking brand new and I send it in working perfectly fine.
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You CANNOT warranty out a broken digitizer......sumone correct me if im wrong
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You CANNOT warranty out a broken digitizer......sumone correct me if im wrong
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I know. That's why I'm explaining to lie. It's a gamble, but from my personal experience they never really check. I warrantied perfectly working phones before and nothing happen and on the other end pretty messed up ones too. It's just advice, that's all
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I know. That's why I'm explaining to lie. It's a gamble, but from my personal experience they never really check. I warrantied perfectly working phones before and nothing happen and on the other end pretty messed up ones too. It's just advice, that's all
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Karma man karma.....always comes back to bite u in the ass.....
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If you wanna keep karma intact call Samsung and ask them how much it would be to replace the digitizer. If you don't believe in karma just flash a ROM to it from another Samsung phone. Bring it to ATT store and say WTF my phone just stopped working.
Lol thanks rapstar I can definitely give it a shot. Here my thing jyazzie that your correct they don't warranty hardware breaking so by my son dropping the phone voided the warranty. But here my thing I have had other providers and they always warrantied at least one accidental replacement and for 199 I could just go and buy something else like a galaxy note. But seriously 199 for a phone that is on the do not sell list lol. Thank you all for the help and feed back. But I'll see if my work will let me get one temporarily.
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I'd try to brick it through Kies, tbqh. Can be done without the screen on if you restore to 2.3 in ODIN. It's a risk that they see the digitizer and have a "WTF" moment, but you stand a good chance of getting away with saying, "I did the upgrade through Kies and now it doesn't work."
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I'd try to brick it through Kies, tbqh. Can be done without the screen on if you restore to 2.3 in ODIN. It's a risk that they see the digitizer and have a "WTF" moment, but you stand a good chance of getting away with saying, "I did the upgrade through Kies and now it doesn't work."
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Yeah I can definitely give it a shot the only problem is that with any glare your can definitely see the LCD screen is cracked
Sorry to edit its the LCD screen not digitizer
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Yeah I can definitely give it a shot the only problem is that with any glare your can definitely see the LCD screen is cracked
Sorry to edit its the LCD screen not digitizer
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Oh, yeah, if it's the screen, that changes things a bit lol
Thanks though
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Oh, yeah, if it's the screen, that changes things a bit lol
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Indeed. I actually had Samsung replace my screen when I broke the glass a few months ago. They charged me 158 and they covered shipping both ways. I had the phone back in 8 days. Since they did the work it is still under warranty if anything else should go wrong. It was actually cheaper than any of the glass/digitizer units I could find online.
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Indeed. I actually had Samsung replace my screen when I broke the glass a few months ago. They charged me 158 and they covered shipping both ways. I had the phone back in 8 days. Since they did the work it is still under warranty if anything else should go wrong. It was actually cheaper than any of the glass/digitizer units I could find online.
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That's true after 2 hrs of pricing found the cheapest was 158 minus shipping
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That's true after 2 hrs of pricing found the cheapest was 158 minus shipping
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R u guys serious??? Didja check ebay??? I bought my digitizer for $120......thats all u need....u dnt need the whole housing on the outside....just break out the old screen CAREFULLY and replace the digitizer....replaced mines within 10 mins and it works perfectly...
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R u guys serious??? Didja check ebay??? I bought my digitizer for $120......thats all u need....u dnt need the whole housing on the outside....just break out the old screen CAREFULLY and replace the digitizer....replaced mines within 10 mins and it works perfectly...
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dude ive been doing repairs on phone for over 3 years i know what i can and cannot repair on a phone I need an lcd Not a digitizer. ive tried over 15 times minimal to seperate an LCD from a Digitizer glass and failed every time some people have the touch others dont.
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dude ive been doing repairs on phone for over 3 years i know what i can and cannot repair on a phone I need an lcd Not a digitizer. ive tried over 15 times minimal to seperate an LCD from a Digitizer glass and failed every time some people have the touch others dont.
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Thats why i said before that buying a whole new digitizer with the lcd attached.....i tried replacing the top acreen and ended up cracking my whole digitizer.....heres a link to where i got mines from....its from Hong kong but i got it in the mail within a week with free shipping.....its not $120 like i paid but its cheaper than $158. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160886293969
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Thanks man 140 in my situation cuz mine is white phone thanks
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Yesterday sd card erased all of it's files by itself. This morning I got up took phone off charger everything working fine. Went to fix my little girl a bottle came back and phone was completely dead. Would not take a charge for anything. Took it to best buy and now I'm stuck with evo 4g that is stuck on 2.3.3 for the next 3 days:banghead:
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Cool thread title bro.
Sorry about your loss... I guess you have insurance? Any backstory of dropping the phone in the toilet? Heh...
Good luck. :fingers-crossed:
I wish. I wouldn't feel so bad but for the first time in my life I wasn't the reason for having to send my phone in for insurance claim. Lol
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I like the Best Buy insurance personally as they have no charge for replacement phones and when I filed a claim they gave me a Galaxy S2 as a loner and the claims process was pretty painless. They don't cover from loss or theft however. Also without the Asurion insurance there's a charge for certain maintenance at Sprint repair stores.
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I like the Best Buy insurance personally as they have no charge for replacement phones and when I filed a claim they gave me a Galaxy S2 as a loner and the claims process was pretty painless. They don't cover from loss or theft however. Also without the Asurion insurance there's a charge for certain maintenance at Sprint repair stores.
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MY BABY IS BACK!!!!!! I just downloaded and installed the upgrade and about to root this brand spanking new moto q:victory:
I do have one question though. Can I root it and just flash one of the back ups I had from my other moto q or do I need to root and flash a stock deodexed rom first?
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arrrghhh said:
Cool thread title bro.
Sorry about your loss... I guess you have insurance? Any backstory of dropping the phone in the toilet? Heh...
Good luck. :fingers-crossed:
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You should fix the spelling.

Will SIM card still work if it was dropped in water?

So I like a idiot was standing next to a pool and dropped my phone in when I pulled it out of my pocket (the phone is a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket) and needless to say, the phone is screwed. I was wondering if the SIM card is going to be dead, too? I'm going to order a Nexus 4 to replace the Skyrocket.
It definitely has a much better chance of surviving than a phone. I left a sim in my pocket once when I washed my pants and it was fine.
Also, if you want a cheap piece of crap with no support, by all means, buy the Chinese knockoff phone. If you want a premium phone with a vibrant development community and ROM updates straight from Google, stick with your Nexus 4 plan. Choice seems obvious to me
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It definitely has a much better chance of surviving than a phone. I left a sim in my pocket once when I washed my pants and it was fine.
Also, if you want a cheap piece of crap with no support, by all means, buy the Chinese knockoff phone. If you want a premium phone with a vibrant development community and ROM updates straight from Google, stick with your Nexus 4 plan. Choice seems obvious to me
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Thanks! And yeah I think I'll stick with the Nexus 4 and not the Chinese knockoff the other guy posted
I guess I have to get a new SIM anyways since the N4 takes a Micro and I think my Skyrocket used a normal sized one.
Mine did, in a similar setting. (the difference being I didn't drop it, someone else threw it into the pool.) admittedly it was a backup phone and got fried, but the sim was fine.
Just let it dry out completely at room temperature.
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zeebz said:
so i like a idiot was standing next to a pool and dropped my phone in when i pulled it out of my pocket (the phone is a galaxy s2 skyrocket) and needless to say, the phone is screwed. I was wondering if the sim card is going to be dead, too? I'm going to order a nexus 4 to replace the skyrocket.
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of course.........
not !!! :victory::victory::victory:
The SIM card will be fine.
To be honest though, your phone might be fine as well, check some guides on salvaging a dunked phone...
Nexus 4 is a great phone
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Thanks for the replies guys.
Guess it doesn't really matter tbh since the phone requires a micro SD and I have a normal sized one.
You can still cut your SIM and make it a micro SIM (the one the N4 needs)
There are some tutorials on youtube
2 of my friends cut it theirselves and it works fine
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Hr Kristian said:
The SIM card will be fine.
To be honest though, your phone might be fine as well, check some guides on salvaging a dunked phone...
Nexus 4 is a great phone
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Rice. Nuff said.
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Rice. Nuff said.
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Agreed, uncooked rice saved one of my old phones... though for me it was urinal drop and flush that I had to rescue from, phone worked after a good sit in rice, though I never did use it again for voice calls
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Zeebz said:
So I like a idiot was standing next to a pool and dropped my phone in when I pulled it out of my pocket (the phone is a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket) and needless to say, the phone is screwed. I was wondering if the SIM card is going to be dead, too? I'm going to order a Nexus 4 to replace the Skyrocket.
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Well, in theory it shouldn't, because metallic contacts of the SIM should short circuit. But it often keeps working. I drop mine in a puddle and it had no problems.
I dropped mine in a glass of beer and when i got sober, it worked just fine
Just make sure it's completely dry before testing. And don't artificially dry with hair dryer, etc. As over heating might damage.
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I have had one survive a trip through the Laundry.
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I have had one survive a trip through the Laundry.
Stupid posting rules
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Stupid posting rules
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Useless post alert! Alert the XDA popo
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Useless post alert! Alert the XDA popo
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Useless posts would not be necessary if you didn't need a certain number of posts to post in a specific forum.
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yup!
mine did, just make sure it's dry!
If you put it in your device and you get service then yes. If you do this and get no service than no.
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Useless posts would not be necessary if you didn't need a certain number of posts to post in a specific forum.
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Oh boo hoo, way to complain about a small once-in-a-lifetime inconvenience as if those ten minutes of your life actually matters.
You're a millennium baby, aren't you?
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Possibly a dead blaze.... RIP (maybe)

Sad, sad day, folks
So no schiss, there I was, giving the kids a bath, when all of a sudden my blaze jumps out of my pocket and into the tub. As quickly as I could get over the shock of what happened, I removed the battery and threw the blaze in a bowl of rice, but I fear this may be the end of Betty and as much as I hate to say it, if it is dead, it's time for a Nexus. In a couple months, when I can afford a phone. We'll find out tomorrow whether Betty breathes. I have high hopes, as when I took the battery out, it wasn't wet underneath
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Sad, sad day, folks
So no schiss, there I was, giving the kids a bath, when all of a sudden my blaze jumps out of my pocket and into the tub. As quickly as I could get over the shock of what happened, I removed the battery and threw the blaze in a bowl of rice, but I fear this may be the end of Betty and as much as I hate to say it, if it is dead, it's time for a Nexus. In a couple months, when I can afford a phone. We'll find out tomorrow whether Betty breathes. I have high hopes, as when I took the battery out, it wasn't wet underneath
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...I hope this isn't the end! But if it is, you were an amazing person to have around! :crying:
Its always good to have some Uncle Ben's around. . Good luck.....
is the fact that my children weren't electrocuted a good sign?
lol i kid. Luckily, I'm not dead in the water even if it is fried. I have my i777 with the plan that my job pays for.
I wonder if t-mo does call/sms forwarding...
Can we dare to say...?
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My previous BlackBerry took a dive into our pool while I was emptying the skimmer and it took me a few moments before I could jump in after it. I unscrewed everything and took it apart, cleaned everything with distilled water, and placed the components into a bowl of white rice on on top of our cable box for a week. It still works today, although I only keep it around as a backup.
If you give you Blaze many days in a bowl of rice, and place the bowl on top of something that is perpetually warm, like a cable/dtv box or other heat-producing hardware (and give it a week. Seriously, give it 7 days to allow any remaining water to work its way out from underneath ball-grid arrays and the LCD) I'm sure it will come out the other end working fine.
BETTY LIVES! MUAHAHAHAHA!
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BETTY LIVES! MUAHAHAHAHA!
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That picture was my second choice of picture to use on xda but I picked the other one because I was saving that one if you said it lived... You beat me to it!
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That picture was my second choice of picture to use on xda but I picked the other one because I was saving that one if you said it lived... You beat me to it!
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Lol I downloaded that the day it happened just in case
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Awesome memes
And very glad to hear Betty's still kicking
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BETTY LIVES! MUAHAHAHAHA!
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Well that was fast, glad to hear!

Farewell

I have moved on to another phone and I gave my captivate away. Goodbye. I will still help with Q&A though.
Well it's a good idea to keep it, just in case. I move to sgs3 and after two months I break the screen and now I'm again with my old capy.
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Damn i wish i could have received that giveaway. It is literally the only device ive had that i actually miss having. I hope your new device is satisfying, gratifying, and unfailing. :good:

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