What they dont tell you about phones
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a phone is ment to work in many different place's climates/ temps
or there would be no use for it,
if you open up the back of your fone there should be a white sticker that is what the phone companys go on its a water mark thing it turns a diff colour if its been submerged or if water has got into the battery area,
that is only on old fones cose mobile fone companys didnt think that people could replace them, so now they put them inside the fone under a load of screws (cover)
mobile fones are water proff to a limit, you submerge them for a few sec's it should be fine but let it dry out for 24 hours in an airing rooom and dont turn it on b4 then.
if its submerged for a longer time then deffo leave it for 24 hours with out turning it on or it will have problems, im not saying it will if you leave it but u stand a better chance of not shorting something out
or there would be no use for it,
if you open up the back of your fone there should be a white sticker that is what the phone companys go on its a water mark thing it turns a diff colour if its been submerged or if water has got into the battery area,
that is only on old fones cose mobile fone companys didnt think that people could replace them, so now they put them inside the fone under a load of screws (cover)
mobile fones are water proff to a limit, you submerge them for a few sec's it should be fine but let it dry out for 24 hours in an airing rooom and dont turn it on b4 then.
if its submerged for a longer time then deffo leave it for 24 hours with out turning it on or it will have problems, im not saying it will if you leave it but u stand a better chance of not shorting something out
my sony erricson w810i been chucked at walls dropped all floors kicked bashed around had morer impacts then a normal phone in 10 years also dropped in puddles and still works tbh its practically indestructable but sonyerricsson have software bugs that cause em to lock up for no reason and reboot.
- Feb 19, 2007
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i also have this fone near indistructable lmao it's true the amout of times i have dropped this fone on the floor or thrown it lmao its still in one peice
my screen is scratched to .... but its fine and working i always use it in the rain aswell still no problems
should not have said that cose when it rains next my fone is gonna break knowing my luck
- Jul 21, 2004
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Working with phones on a weekly basis in my local phone shop allows me a little knowledge on this matter..
Its not the fact that they don't work in different temperatures, but the fact that being in a really cold room then going out into the boiling hot day can cause water damage to a certain extent.
Water damage isn't included in the manufacturers warenty as if you took a Laptop to a company and they found traces of water on it, they would also refuse to fix it, as would most / all companies.
Sony are actualy one of the best companies to be with to have your phone repaired by them under warrenty.
When you go into a shop they can either send it to a 3rd party place which charges the individual company, so if you sent a sony phone in, they'd fix it and charge sony, or they can send it to the actual place, Sony being this instance.
From past Experiences, from sending phones to Sony, they have come back in a excelent condition aslong as the damage is covered in warrenty.
If you think Nokia would be any better to go with, their actualy the most problamatic with software issues of all of the phones. The simple Nokia's are great, but touch a N series and your looking to spend alot of time away from your phone.
/Tofas
Its not the fact that they don't work in different temperatures, but the fact that being in a really cold room then going out into the boiling hot day can cause water damage to a certain extent.
Water damage isn't included in the manufacturers warenty as if you took a Laptop to a company and they found traces of water on it, they would also refuse to fix it, as would most / all companies.
Sony are actualy one of the best companies to be with to have your phone repaired by them under warrenty.
When you go into a shop they can either send it to a 3rd party place which charges the individual company, so if you sent a sony phone in, they'd fix it and charge sony, or they can send it to the actual place, Sony being this instance.
From past Experiences, from sending phones to Sony, they have come back in a excelent condition aslong as the damage is covered in warrenty.
If you think Nokia would be any better to go with, their actualy the most problamatic with software issues of all of the phones. The simple Nokia's are great, but touch a N series and your looking to spend alot of time away from your phone.
/Tofas
I'm with Bio on this, I mean what he's said is blaitently the truth.
Colonel, you said in a past post that "phones aren't able to take even a single drop of water" or something along those lines? whoever said that...? phones are able to take a little bit of water. What Bio's trying to say is that people who walk around playing on games etc on their phone while it's pouring with rain enabling them to get absolutely dripping wet, that's what breaks them. We aren't saying don't answer you're phone just because it's raining, just don't use it when it's raining for unnecessary reasons... like playing on games FOR EXAMPLE!
Steish
Colonel, you said in a past post that "phones aren't able to take even a single drop of water" or something along those lines? whoever said that...? phones are able to take a little bit of water. What Bio's trying to say is that people who walk around playing on games etc on their phone while it's pouring with rain enabling them to get absolutely dripping wet, that's what breaks them. We aren't saying don't answer you're phone just because it's raining, just don't use it when it's raining for unnecessary reasons... like playing on games FOR EXAMPLE!
Steish
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ok then Nokia 6280. They were one of the worst, my father even had 4 of them, befor Nokia decided to send a replacement handset altogether.
I think you'll find that half of the N series don't even have new technology.
The Sony K800i Matched N73 for camera, but the K800i was much faster in software, better for music, better camera imo.
Sony are the best on the phone market atm, excluding PDA's etc etc.
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think ull find that i opened my V3I to read a txt in very light rain, brushed the rain of screen with sleeve n closed n str8 into my pocket this caused it to have problems with the keypad which in the end i took to phones4u and had it sent off to be fixed."cant take a single drop of water" this was also an egsample . (aimed at bio) ... learn to read
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i dont see how 2, but my w800, the memory card slot doesnt take the card anymore, it just crashes the fone so it flashes white screen to off and vibrates constantly, it keeps flipping between portable hands free and normal profile when it suits it, sometimes doesnt let me make calls n stuff along them lines, random crashes etc
yet my m8s W810 just crashes every now and again and has taken a far worse beating than mine, which is the case for JB 2 =\
- Feb 19, 2007
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sounds like u might have dirt in your card slot or its actually done some damage inside where you have dropped it lol
if it does switch to handsfree when your in a call fress the more key and find transfer sound and then click on to phone as for it no allowing you to make calls im stumped :P
if it does switch to handsfree when your in a call fress the more key and find transfer sound and then click on to phone
as for it no allowing you to make calls im stumped :P
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Well obviously some phones can take water and some can't. Use common sense here, not all phones are made the same. I old blackberry took drops of water fine. Phones are like cars, some are faster than others, some fold up when you crash them, and some don't. But they are ALL made differently.
I've got the same model, got it about a month after they were released. I get the odd crashes with it for no reason, but its not quite as far gone as yours lol. How long have you had it for ?