Droped my STORM IN WATER!
- I just drop my phone in the sink guys. The screen wasnt responsive at first then i pulled the battery and dried it off. I put it back in and the phone seems to be alright but now has a steady red light and it blinks green every couple seconds. What should I do? I have insurance.02-19-09 08:13 AMLike 0
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- remove battery, place phone and battery in a plastic baggy with dried rice for at least 24 hours.....your phone MAY survive
edit: but water damage is tricky, sometimes it doesn't show up for a while02-19-09 08:39 AMLike 0 - Not just that, but there is a little red sticker with a white minus sign through the middle. From what I have seen on previous threads is that the sticker is a water detector you said you have insurance, just get it replaced!02-19-09 08:43 AMLike 0
- With Sprint, its definitely covered. I dont know about other carriers. Also, I read that the deductible for BlackBerries is going up from $50 to $100; not sure when thats going to start.02-19-09 09:21 AMLike 0
- The insurance is for when the sticker is red, indicating water damage. If the sticker is not red, and there's no other signs of water damage, then you can take it to your carrier and get it swapped out for a new one, IF its acting up. Sometimes you'll be just fine. Mind you, however, ANY water damage or indication that there is water damage, will void the warranty and you will not get a free replacement from your carrier. Then you HAVE to go through the insurance and pay $50.
I've had customers buy a new battery (no red sticker), put that in the phone, and then go to a different store and try to get the phone swapped out that way. Of course that won't work if the phone itself has a moisture indicator.02-19-09 09:22 AMLike 0 - I have never got a drop of water on my storm....my sticker is red with a white minus sign....this sticker has been red since i got it...so i am pretty sure it is suppose to be red...unless you guys mean completely red with no minus sign?
Last edited by ademidio453; 02-19-09 at 09:27 AM.
02-19-09 09:25 AMLike 0 -
They seem easy enough to remove and reattach, I did it to adjust the Torx screws and it turned out just fine.02-19-09 09:27 AMLike 0 - I just thought of this. Why don't we all just remove our little red tattletale sticker and keep it, safe and dry, on a piece of sticker backing paper in a drawer or somewhere... Then, if you ever need to return the phone for repair, put it back in place?
They seem easy enough to remove and reattach, I did it to adjust the Torx screws and it turned out just fine.02-19-09 09:29 AMLike 0 - If I were you I would have left it sitting for a day or two before i even tried turning it back on again. A lot of the time you can really salvage electronics that have gotten wet. The problem comes when the user turns them on.
I used to work at a helpdesk fixing laptops, and people would spill stuff on their computers all the time. It was almost instinctual for them to turn the computers on as soon as they got wet... Once it was turned all, all bets were off. Motherboard often fried... The people that were smart, pulled the battery and left just brought us the computer often got away with just needing a keyboard replacement at the very most, some times nothing had to be replaced at all.
If you are getting a constant red light that flashes green it is probably an indicator of water damage to a certain component, if i were you I would suck it up and pay the 50 bucks to get a new phone... It sure beats trying to use a phone that could really tweak out badly, at least right now it is functioning enough to do backups of so you can save your data. You may not be so lucky in 2 weeks time.02-19-09 09:33 AMLike 0 - LOL! That's a sticker covering a screw, I believe. The red sticker with the minus means that you shouldn't mess with what's under it. The tattletale sticker is, I believe, white.02-19-09 09:36 AMLike 0
- I just drop my phone in the sink guys. The screen wasnt responsive at first then i pulled the battery and dried it off. I put it back in and the phone seems to be alright but now has a steady red light and it blinks green every couple seconds. What should I do? I have insurance.02-19-09 09:46 AMLike 0
- well the phone i have now was from insurance claim because my first storm the screen cracked and the phone they sent me was brand new.02-19-09 09:53 AMLike 0
- I agree with rockstar323 and just claim you lost it.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com02-19-09 10:43 AMLike 0 - Hello. First of all I'm glad to be a part of your community. I am a cell phone technician from south texas. In your case, if your not afraid to open the berry I would get some denatured alcohol and dip a toothbrush in the alcohol and brush off the corrosion and and any remaining water. Let dry for a few min and repeat. Put the phone back together. This works for me every time if you act quickly. Good luck!02-19-09 11:05 AMLike 0
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- BAG OF RICE WORKSSSSSSSSSS
but yeah def get it replaced if u can, i dropped my old one in the toilet, water was seen underneath the screen and the bag of rice took all that out, of course the corrosion def will effect it later on....i also didnt have red stickers, mine were dry, but then again i didnt have insurance..02-19-09 11:17 AMLike 0
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