As in the title, anyone stuck it under water fully yet?
Edit.... Done it! - https://youtu.be/w-VEyRsIAa4
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Not yet, saying that I only ever submerged my Z1. Never did it on my Z2
i am curious about water submersion too. I've read somewhere that it may be available a usb flap to buy sepaarately
I just did.
Tried to play a YouTube video, the phone thought that a headphone is plugged, shaking the phone for a second fixed it.
I've ran it under a tap. All fine. Might set it video recording and drop it in the sink later for fun. Lol
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Just do the pressure test first if you're concerned dipping it into water.
EDIT: just fully submerged it. Audio doesnt seem to play through music, and there is an audio lag too outside of music app. Also, seem to have touch screen issues now fml. Im waiting it to dry and report back. If its faulty i guess i will have to send it back. >.> but the camera app seems to work 100%.
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Just do the pressure test first if you're concerned dipping it into water.
EDIT: just fully submerged it. Audio doesnt seem to play through music, and there is an audio lag too outside of music app. Also, seem to have touch screen issues now fml. Im waiting it to dry and report back. If its faulty i guess i will have to send it back. >.> but the camera app seems to work 100%.
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So how is it now? Have you done a reboot since too?
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yes
some guy put it in coca cola on youtube too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEy5-y7T9PA
LitoNi said:
Just do the pressure test first if you're concerned dipping it into water.
EDIT: just fully submerged it. Audio doesnt seem to play through music, and there is an audio lag too outside of music app. Also, seem to have touch screen issues now fml. Im waiting it to dry and report back. If its faulty i guess i will have to send it back. >.> but the camera app seems to work 100%.
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- so sad that sony dropped underwater photography marketing. I have a z2, but i do not think i will buy z5 phone anymore. Probably i'll wait to see how z6 will look.
I got this through handtec and I contacted them yesterday, they told me to contact sony first and see how that goes. If nothing is done they told me to contact them back.
If what Ben posted is true then there are two possibilities:
1- my phone is faulty, my z3 still plays music and no audio lag even when it's wet or fully submerged. Would be great if someone else submerged their z5 and prove me wrong here
2- this is the new way sony is trying to protect the speakers when wet.
Touch screen issue is extremely weird, keep in mind after submerging it I wiped the screen dry.. I was able to navigate throughout the phone but on the other hand it's so bad to the point I can't even type anything. I rebooted the device once and same issues occured.
Phone dried pretty quickly after 15 minutes or so and everything seems to work 100% fine. I thought it was either the exposed USB or headphone jack that caused the touch screen issue when wet, so I'd just poured some water on it and nothing happened. I can't tell whether I have a defected phone.
What do you guys advise me to do?
EDIT: Just rinsed the entire device with tap water, seems to work like my Z3. I have no clue why it acted like it first did. Maybe tonight ill submerge it again lol
Lol. So it's all good again? Good to know!
Here you go people. I sent it swimming in my sink -
https://youtu.be/w-VEyRsIAa4
yea right? so confused about whats going on. One more thing, when i had the camera app opened with the touch block app on, the camera prompted a message saying that the camera is in used by another application, which is weird cause i have nothing else opened other than the camera. The sensors must be high. Im just not sure if i should demand for an exchange cause i just had this device for less than 48 hours. But then again, sending it back to UK from CANADA will be extremely annoying.
I've not submerged mine and probably not planning too my Xperia Z was my pub trick I was always putting it in water, cider anything really however Sony back tracking on underwater usage makes me a little concerned. Especially when they say that you cannot use functions while it is wet.
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spoke too soon, the touch screen and audio issue came back. so frustrated cause i missed few important calls fml. Imma try flashing aother stock ROM. Anyone where to get the flashtool patches for the Z5 series? their site isnt working....
Mine's still working perfectly after that video (and when I was filming that i actually submerged it about 4 times testing everything out)
Maybe you do have a faulty one and should get it replaced? I figured it's better to find this out now while it's new, because if you found out in a years time if it fell in by an accident it'd be a lot harder to get it replaced
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yea i actually contacted Handtec, they told me to contact SONY UK, but i cant even make that call from Canada lol. Handtec acknowledged it is a defected phone and told me to send it back for a replacement. I dont know should i just get a full refund or give it another go. :crying:
Well if you like the phone then get another, I'm happy with mine. Haven't had any issues with it. It's smooth fast battery is fine etc
Otherwise use it as an opportunity to swap for something else
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i have submerged the Z3C i used to have in my fish pond a few time and had no problems...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQzk9FyBbSA
will try it with the z5 as soon as i get it at the end of the month
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Hello Everyone, Today I was riding my bike on such a beautiful day, i was listening to my music, i had it in my case and when i was crossing the street the phone had fallen on the road, i went to turn around to get it but i was too late, a freaking car had rolled it up. its a shame ive only had this phone for 3 months and i managed to screw it up, first time this has ever happened, i always baby my phones and this happens, it sucks so much and im so pissed. the funny thing is everything still works except the screen, so i was able to use my mobiler to see what i was doing on the phone so i could backup everything, hopefully i should be able to get a new one though
our thoughts will be with u and ur phone.
hopefully u will find a new phone soon.
sorry about your loss, was it insured?
Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
Aww man, that sucks. RIP
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Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
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Same here. In the pocket, screen towards leg.
I've had all four of my HTC devices survive that way
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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My God MAN!!! Have you no Soul!!! Guy's just lost a loved one and you want to feed your voyeristic hunger with PICTURES!!!??
Remember...all good phones go to heaven.
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Uh huh, you couldn't resist either huh?
damn that sucks... i feel for ya and your poor poor phone...
Well I Took Some Pics of the Aftermath. Here are the Graphic Images
Ouch!
I had this nightmare scenario occur to me as I jumped on my bike to ride to the office. (finally warm here - even just for 2 days)
I put mine in a holster on my backpack (www.chromebags.com)...and only listen to music with one ear of my Discovery 855.
sorry to hear that, i too was riding because of the amazing weather, i was using the htc audio dongle which got ran over too but survived
OMG!!! lol...I can't look!!!!
Damn so sad lol.... not even the Invisible Shield could have prevented this!
Bahhh best of luck with your next one!
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haha hopefully i should get a replacement soon, but ya if i do i will get a much better case, i wish i could get a bulletproof case for this thing, the funny thing is the screen was what got rolled up first and it did not crack whatsoever, the motherboard, camera, keyboard, sim card + memory card slot, speaker and all the buttons still work, the lcd has no cracks just a pressure mark. that touch screen is tough.
I know it is some serious wishfull thinking but have you opened the thing up and make sure your ribbon cable connecting the screen top half hasn't just been pull apart from the bottom half? Looks like the phone twisted pretty much around the slidin rails (understandably), but if everything works ok except you have no screen at all, I would be opening it up and checking the ribon cables. I have seen a service manual floating around somewhere, can't remember if it was here, but it gave instructions on openning the Raphael up
i have opened it up, i put it back together, but the thing was i didnt know how to take out the lcd panel so that i could see the wiring on that, the lcd cable attached to the motherboard was tightly connected. i basically got almost everything out of the lcd assembly except the lcd itself. the wire itself looks perfectly fine. its all good though, i will have a parts phone, i should hopefully be getting a free replacement soon
yesterday in class my teacher literally took my phones from my hands when i was texting. i thought she woudl just keep it til after class
(this is college mind you)
she then walked to the window and tossed it out. i was in shock i didnt even know how to react
luckily it was grass and no damage but still what the hell do you do in that situation
i see all these people on here saying theyre going to return or exchange their S6. i have a note 4 and it prbly has half the things theyre returning their S6 for, honestly i never bothered to check. my note 4 does have bad lag, that other ppl suppousedly dnt have, but i missed my return date waiting for a patch/upgrade to fix my lag.
i totally understand paying $600+ on a phone and wanting a good working phone but as a samsung fan whos gotten flawed phone after flawed phone ive accepted the fact that im never going to get a perfect phone. so my question is where do you all draw the limit? or are u wanting that perfect phone.
list of the flawed sammys
S3: found out it couldnt read memory cards after return date (got a refurb s3 that could read memory cards)
s5: antenna problems (started having rly slow internet)
note 4: phone lags badly.
I think people just want a phone that doesn't arrived to their door already scratched, or with a 24 hour led light on, or in my case, a charger that doesn't charge the phone out of the box.
Have a reorder processing as we speak. Software issues are absolutely nuts (auto brightness turning on/off on its own, Samsung keyboard keeps reactivating, MMS not working, etc) and there's something VERY wrong when I can reboot the phone, turn on *only* Google Maps and Pandora, and the phone runs out of memory, closing Pandora down. I mean, what the ****, Samsung?
I doubt the new phone will fix these issues, and I think I'm just going back to my Nexus 5.
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Have a reorder processing as we speak. Software issues are absolutely nuts (auto brightness turning on/off on its own, Samsung keyboard keeps reactivating, MMS not working, etc) and there's something VERY wrong when I can reboot the phone, turn on *only* Google Maps and Pandora, and the phone runs out of memory, closing Pandora down. I mean, what the ****, Samsung?
I doubt the new phone will fix these issues, and I think I'm just going back to my Nexus 5.
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It will, those issues are not normal. My phone shows none of those.
However, I have a scratch under the top bezel of my glass and the Always on LED on the flash so I am going to get a replacement.
can somebody upload a pic of the always on led?
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can somebody upload a pic of the always on led?
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actually just saw the thread on it. mine isnt arriving till the 17th so idk if ill even be affected by this.
yeah i understand these things suck, but i feel like every galaxy launch has had a similar incident. when i got the s5 there was the camera incident and the antena incidents.
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actually just saw the thread on it. mine isnt arriving till the 17th so idk if ill even be affected by this.
yeah i understand these things suck, but i feel like every galaxy launch has had a similar incident. when i got the s5 there was the camera incident and the antena incidents.
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I requested two replacements since both my devices has this led issue. If the new ones come with then? ! ! ?
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I requested two replacements since both my devices has this led issue. If the new ones come with then? ! ! ?
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Yeah, if my replacement device shows up tonight and has ANY defect, this is just going to be a straight return, and I'll wait for another model. I mean, I am a Samsung avoider usually. I tend to not like how they do business, how they advertise, the products they put out... The S6 looked THAT good to me, that I would put my history with them behind. If I get 2 defective phones in a row (and I mean this new one needs to be PERFECT) it's going right back and I'll wait for the '15 Moto X or something. Maybe the G4.
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Yeah, if my replacement device shows up tonight and has ANY defect, this is just going to be a straight return/QUOTE]
The good news is, there were no defects. The bad news is because there was no phone. It was on the UPS truck to be delivered on the 8th, and returned to the depot around 12AM. It never left the depot on the 9th, even though UPS swore up and down that it was out for delivery. Contacted T-Mobile, they contacted UPS, confirmed it was lost. Now, here's the kicker: T-Mobile left me a voicemail saying *I* had to file a claim with UPS to make things right. Called them right the **** back and told them it wasn't my responsibility. They're shipping another out tomorrow. Who knows when I'll get it?
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Has anyone else noticed this?
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Just saw that, it appears to be the result of the screen, maybe?
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Not on mine
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Not on mine
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It is only visible at certain angles in a dark room.
Went to a dark room and with angry birds 2 I see a little bit through power button
Poorly made. That's the light leaking from the screen.
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Maybe Moto did that on purpose?
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You have it as well?
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You have it as well?
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No I don't, I haven't had any Moto's Products, but because I have/had HIGH expectation from Motorola, thought, they did that on purpose, because if it wasn't, it is a BIG MESS, BIG... !
I have it as well, and me being me i decided to try to test its waterproof ability . And my phone is still fully working so it affect its waterproof capability and yes i did do a full submersion. Also I contacted Motorola Tech Support and they said that is is fine.
Also a little side note after submersion if the speaker doesn't work its because the headphone jack is full of water so the phone thinks headphones are plugged in so just blow into it to get the water out.
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I have it as well, and me being me i decided to try to test its waterproof ability . And my phone is still fully working so it affect its waterproof capability and yes i did do a full submersion. Also I contacted Motorola Tech Support and they said that is is fine.
Also a little side note after submersion if the speaker doesn't work its because the headphone jack is full of water so the phone thinks headphones are plugged in so just blow into it to get the water out.
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OK, so I have analyze everything written in this reply and it appears that the moto g have a secret waterproof(half supported)and about the light coming out of the buttons moto really made it and they MEAN IT( since you said that you contacted moto tech support and they said it's fine)
So basically to summaries the phone is still IPX7, about the light I don't know if they meant it but they said it was "normal" sooo I don't really know.
I think it is by design specially that the audio button has two spots and the power button is only one. Personally I find it cool!
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Here's the official Motorola reply.
Thanks for reaching out to us. The blue "light" seen in the photo is actually a reflection of the display backlight off of some internal components and is not a defect. The Moto G uses a combination of external seals and internal seals to keep your phone safe from splashes and drops in water. The power and volume keys are protected by internal seals, and there is no risk of water leakage in these areas.
-Tom
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MahaDEVELOPER said:
Here's the official Motorola reply.
Thanks for reaching out to us. The blue "light" seen in the photo is actually a reflection of the display backlight off of some internal components and is not a defect. The Moto G uses a combination of external seals and internal seals to keep your phone safe from splashes and drops in water. The power and volume keys are protected by internal seals, and there is no risk of water leakage in these areas.
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So if its not a defect it means its supposed to be like that. To me it looks like it was done on purpose due to the location of the light. So agree with the poster a few posts back.
i can observe it .. i also have those blue light lit
Mine has it too and I'm still not 100% sure about the waterproofing. Maybe they stop using an external seal and leave all the work to an internal seal that was originally intended has a back up or change it(?). If light leaks then the only way water won't is that the seal or part is transparent, if they intended is a possibility tho. But I don't believe is one intended feature since no advertising about it was made at all and no all moto g semms to has it. It'll be a really weird move from Motorola to add a feature like this and the strangest thing is that no all of their support team knows about it.
I got in contact with them yestersay and after seeing the photos they tell me to ask for a replacement... maybe the agent was new or just lazy? I'll give it a try again and see if it was just the agent not knowing or laziness... Finally there's almost no information about this,so maybe is something that just start happening which might mean that this is a change in production.
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Every moto g3 has that hole where light comes.
A have it too better not b a defect ave rooted and modded mines to the hill so my warrenty is gone.
I took a look at the internal components of the device by disassembling it and saw little lights behind the buttons, so the lights are actually meant to be there, don't know why though.
I've had the new Moto G for about a month and figured I'd share my experience with it. I came from a Nexus 5 that finally wouldn't hold much of a charge and had power button problems. The Moto G was excellent and performed better than I thought it would. I also liked that it was IPX-7 rated. Anyway, I recently got married and on the honeymoon we went on an ATV ride through a jungle. There were puddles and a couple small waterfalls we had to drive through. I had my wife take pictures and record some video while we were driving. I didn't think some splashes of water would effect the phone because of the IPX-7 rating. The phone was never submerged, and the entire ATV ride was only about 15 minutes. We took maybe 6 photos and a 45 second video. A few hours later that night, the touchscreen started acting up with phantom touches and stopped working in some spots. The problem got worse the next day to the point where the phone became unusable. So, either the water ended up damaging the phone, or the screen spontaneously started having problems.
I was pretty disappointed, because I read a few different reviews before buying the phone that actually submerged it in water for 30 minutes, and it withheld with no problems. I also was shocked at the value for $220, and planned to keep the phone for a couple years. Since water damage is not covered under the warranty, I was SOL and had a useless 4 week old phone. I don't think I was pushing the water resistance rating with what I did, but apparently it was too much. I would still recommend the phone to others, but will tell them not to trust the IPX-7 rating. Since I needed a new phone, I ended up going with an Xperia Z5 compact, and am very happy with it so far.
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I've had the new Moto G for about a month and figured I'd share my experience with it. I came from a Nexus 5 that finally wouldn't hold much of a charge and had power button problems. The Moto G was excellent and performed better than I thought it would. I also liked that it was IPX-7 rated. Anyway, I recently got married and on the honeymoon we went on an ATV ride through a jungle. There were puddles and a couple small waterfalls we had to drive through. I had my wife take pictures and record some video while we were driving. I didn't think some splashes of water would effect the phone because of the IPX-7 rating. The phone was never submerged, and the entire ATV ride was only about 15 minutes. We took maybe 6 photos and a 45 second video. A few hours later that night, the touchscreen started acting up with phantom touches and stopped working in some spots. The problem got worse the next day to the point where the phone became unusable. So, either the water ended up damaging the phone, or the screen spontaneously started having problems.
I was pretty disappointed, because I read a few different reviews before buying the phone that actually submerged it in water for 30 minutes, and it withheld with no problems. I also was shocked at the value for $220, and planned to keep the phone for a couple years. Since water damage is not covered under the warranty, I was SOL and had a useless 4 week old phone. I don't think I was pushing the water resistance rating with what I did, but apparently it was too much. I would still recommend the phone to others, but will tell them not to trust the IPX-7 rating. Since I needed a new phone, I ended up going with an Xperia Z5 compact, and am very happy with it so far.
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Why not to try a factory reset. And take a hair dryer and blow it on the phone near the power.button and the speakers and headphones.. Hope thia may solve the problem. BTW this is a geek site it is not necessary to describe your honeymoon?.Anyways have fun and happy married life with your wife.
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Why not to try a factory reset. And take a hair dryer and blow it on the phone near the power.button and the speakers and headphones.. Hope thia may solve the problem. BTW this is a geek site it is not necessary to describe your honeymoon.Anyways have fun and happy married life with your wife.
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Haha! ... Well, I did blow out all of the openings and sat it in front of a fan for a day, but that didn't help. I have had it sitting in a bowl of rice for two days also. I'll check it tonight or tomorrow and see if there was any improvement.
Ok do let me know
Leave it in a bag, covered with dry uncooked rice for 2 days. The rice will pull any moisture from the phone.
sorry, didn't see your post at first that's the best thing you can do. I've saved countless wet electronics with rice.
Even though the phone wasn't submerged, you should have still removed the back of the phone and dried out the sim and SD slots as soon as possible.....Yeah Yeah, I know, newly weds, steaming jungle, hotel, mini bar, Jacuzzi, the last thing on your mind was drying out a phone.:highfive:
BTW, congratulations. :good:
PASS or FAIL !!!!!!!
i have gotten my phone into same situation..
i kept my phone in water for almost 1 hour , dipping and taking videos underwater with our MotoG .. after 2 hours my Touchscreen behaved Weird ..
1st day i can see that front camera is covered with FOG, and screen failed to register my Touch many times, so i kept my phone in RICE BAG for 3 days, now my phone TOUCH is working promptly, but my screen got YELLOW BORDER..
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my Doubt is .. is it going to SPREAD allover the screen?? or is it of no problem??
please give me any suggestions
So my experience with the device has had its ups and downs. Truly I do love it, was looking for a good replacement of my Pebble Time which its at the end of its age basically but still functions great after almost 3 years. There is one issue I've come across and its dealing with the display and water leaking. So I've had 2 devices and both failed roughly 1-2 months of use. Right now on my second RMA of the device, 1st one actually got credit to get a new one.
Device one... was going good and started noticing streaks on the screen, green type. Eventually went to full out extreme brightness of the display and the unit got very very hot. Even charging would lead to insane temps coming from the unit for even a very short period of time. This one was contributed to water penetration into the device some how... I was able to RMA it and get a credit back. Figured it was just a fluke and got another device. Device 2 lasted a shorter period of time and failed in a different way but still dealing with the display. From white streaks across the display to full out white screen with odd brightness again. Again from what I can tell its dealing with water leaking issue... its in process now so we'll see.
Now that being said, if it was really water issue... the device is meant for the water! Swimming, Diving, Showers, etc. Its rated for that on the device (50m depth), which so happens to be similar to my Pebble Time which I've never had an issue with. Even staying that, first one I did swim with it and rinsed it off after, the second one if it got wet it was from washing my hands! Samsung's quality control screwed it up for the Fit2 Pro's?
Curious anyone else experience with this device?
Deathman20 said:
So my experience with the device has had its ups and downs. Truly I do love it, was looking for a good replacement of my Pebble Time which its at the end of its age basically but still functions great after almost 3 years. There is one issue I've come across and its dealing with the display and water leaking. So I've had 2 devices and both failed roughly 1-2 months of use. Right now on my second RMA of the device, 1st one actually got credit to get a new one.
Device one... was going good and started noticing streaks on the screen, green type. Eventually went to full out extreme brightness of the display and the unit got very very hot. Even charging would lead to insane temps coming from the unit for even a very short period of time. This one was contributed to water penetration into the device some how... I was able to RMA it and get a credit back. Figured it was just a fluke and got another device. Device 2 lasted a shorter period of time and failed in a different way but still dealing with the display. From white streaks across the display to full out white screen with odd brightness again. Again from what I can tell its dealing with water leaking issue... its in process now so we'll see.
Now that being said, if it was really water issue... the device is meant for the water! Swimming, Diving, Showers, etc. Its rated for that on the device (50m depth), which so happens to be similar to my Pebble Time which I've never had an issue with. Even staying that, first one I did swim with it and rinsed it off after, the second one if it got wet it was from washing my hands! Samsung's quality control screwed it up for the Fit2 Pro's?
Curious anyone else experience with this device?
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Same here. After 2 months of use , the HR monitor stopped working and it was discharging fast, the second day, after pool it became unresponsive and died.
The service unit replaced the pcb and the battery and sent it back. Worked fine for 2 days and it took water damage again. They repaired it again, came back, worked for one entire hour of swimming. Not mine got replaced but I just want my money back at this point.
That 5atm waterproofing is obviously BS
Sebi673 said:
Same here. After 2 months of use , the HR monitor stopped working and it was discharging fast, the second day, after pool it became unresponsive and died.
The service unit replaced the pcb and the battery and sent it back. Worked fine for 2 days and it took water damage again. They repaired it again, came back, worked for one entire hour of swimming. Not mine got replaced but I just want my money back at this point.
That 50atm waterproofing is obviously BS
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Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50ATM as well.
Deathman20 said:
Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50ATM as well.
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I'm reluctant in buying Samsung gear again. Although the The gear sport looks promising. I'll hang on to this one till I get my money back and wait for more wear os options to appear.
I'm pretty sure this one takes water through the small sensor holes or maybe on button presses while submerged.
Shame. It could've been a perfect all in one device.
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Deathman20 said:
Least mine isn't getting sent back. Totally called it, UN-repairable. Totally agree that the 50ATM is BS on the device.
Curious how the the new watch is going for the 50 Meters as well.
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Correction mine did get sent back and now I'm talking to their support group. Not only was it not repaired because of "water damage" (no kidding) but they actually cracked the casing on my device on the bottom edge putting it back together or taking it apart. 5ATM (50 Meters), ha, more like can't last in the sink, rain might even do the device in.
I'd be really curious of their other devices, like mentioned the sport, or even the new Galaxy Watch which, has the same specs. Maybe not as small around the frame would help it out but I'd be really cautious. Yes I'd have to say that myself I'll be waiting to see other options and its sad I really do like the device and want to but this is just ridiculous.
My gf2 pro was more than 20 times in a swimming pool (I'm using it regularly for a swimming) and no problems of any kind! Only thing I don't like is impossibility to choose pools shorter than 25m in native samsung health app so I have to use speedo aplication.
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