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I've had a T610 for about two months now, and I also use it as my alarm by leaving it on the floor by my bed so that the vibrating causes a loud rattling noise which rouses me. However the other day I also had a cup of water next to my bed and when I silenced the alarm I accidently put it RIGHT IN THE CUP! I didn't notice it until I woke up at some later point, it was in about an inch of water for probably at least 15 minutes or a half hour.
When I tried to turn it on it just froze on the blue startup screen and then turned off after a few minutes and hasn't turned on at all since then.
I called T-mobile and said it "just stopped working" and they said they would send me a new one and for me to send it back in the box the new one comes in. They said they would check it for damage that they wouldnt cover and if they found any signs (of water damage etc) then i would be charged a replacement fee.
My question is about water damage indicators on the T610. How exactly would they check for water damage? Is it a litmus test thats guarenteed to show up as being water damaged? Or do they just check for traces of moisture, and if so, can I just leave it in my car or something to fully evaporate all of the traceable moisture? There is a round rubber thing covering something on the back that I cant remove without taking the phone apart, is that an irreversable water damage indicator that they would know if I was to tamper with? Cuz if it is then that part was definetly soaked in water for minutes, so I'm screwed. Is there ANY way that I can conceal the signs of water damage? Is there something that I can just switch with the new phone they sent me?
Any help would be unendingly appreciated
Thank You
Tom
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Posted: 2004-09-12 10:34:00
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my nokia 8210 got water damaged, and what happened was all the copper connectors and things corroded, and the screen went all wonky. There must be other ways to tell too, but thats how they knew mine had taken a dunk.
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Posted: 2004-09-12 10:57:13
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You're imagining too much. The rubber plug is just for the self portrait mirror!
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Posted: 2004-09-12 11:06:00
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rdnymllnsktr Posts: > 500
The only way you can cover up your mess up is to replace your phone that you're sending back. And that just defeats what you're trying to do, doesn't it? Sucks for you. You disgust me for trying to cover it up. Why don't you just go to your nearest phone store and stealing yourself a new phone. That's what you're doing here, you're just doing it the white collar way.
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Posted: 2004-09-12 11:37:20
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There's no way to conceal water damage.
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Posted: 2004-09-12 11:46:04
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they can se water damage .. but not after a week if you hurry there will be no way to tell it has been in water...
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Posted: 2004-09-12 12:55:46
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There are water sensitive stickers inside the phone which can sometimes be seen through the battery compartment.
They are white with red diagonal lines running across them. When they get wet, they turn red.
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Posted: 2004-09-12 13:06:40
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what !! .. thats cool ..
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Posted: 2004-09-12 15:46:20
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Why cant we just blow dry it using a hair drier?
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Posted: 2004-09-12 16:21:06
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The colour change is a non reversible process. It would be pointless if they changed back after drying out. And as far as I am aware, the colour change to the white part of the stickers is the red dye that leeches out from the red lines when they get wet.
[ This Message was edited by: P800! on 2004-09-12 15:34 ]
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Posted: 2004-09-12 16:31:18
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