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[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
I know this thread is pointless but I just had to let go of some pains :(

Took my morning dump this morning. After the victory I got up and my sgs2 thought it would be a good idea to jump out of my pocket and join my swimming friends :(

Is a bag of rice still the best option?? I pulled it out really quick however, its not powering on even after 3-4 hours of drying...

Also, luckily I was due for a new phone with Fido and had alot of unused "fido dollars" to cover the cost of any phone i chose. I played around with the GNex and I cant for the life of me, figure out how that phone compares to the sgs2 in anything-that includes screen! Even at full brightness it simply isnt as bright.

Got a white iphone 4s still sealed in the box already posted on kijiji for $600.00

Looking for some good prices for an sgs2 right now.
[Galaxy S II General] :
That's pretty ****ty.
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
Never power it on after it's gone swimming. Just put it in a bag of rice and let it dry for about a week or so. I had an iPhone 3GS that was completely under water for about an hour and after a month in a bag of rice, it turned on without any issues, other than that the backlight of the LCD was dead.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
hehehe, no ****!
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
Yeah, I made the mistake of powering it on unfortunately. I guess patience is key right now...
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
But will it blend?

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[Galaxy S II General] WebghostDK:
Ofc it will.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
NO, i will not blend it for others amusement. :|
[Galaxy S II General] iamsloany:
ahhh gutted for you mate other than an iphone 4s there isnt really much choice out there if your looking for a powerhouse smartphone
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
i purchased the iphone 4s with the intention of selling it. A sealed iphone 4s still sells for $580 and up. Want to use the money for a new sgs2. Good thing is, i was one of the unfortunate few to purchase the slightly handicapped camera version. Going to look out for that.

I wont lie, i am tempted to try the 4s out but that screen just needs to be much bigger. Dont want to crack the seal.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Do yourself a favor, get a waterproof case for your next phone. ;)

I see SGS2's around here going for 400 or so. I'll trade you mine for a GNEX :D hahah
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
Basically,yes **** in your case. :p

You might as well wait for the Galaxy S+,just for the placebo of it. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
Hmm.

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[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
You should. Hehe.

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[Galaxy S II General] almorsol:
You don't have to blend it yourself. You can have someone else to do it. :D
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
lol thank you very much for the helpfull ideas ladies and gents. Turns out, samsung made a well built phone :D

Its working, though the touchscreen is not nearly as sensitive as before and the camera has fog on the other side of it. But i have a feeling a nice nap in the rice bag overnight will do the trick.
[Galaxy S II General] :
If you're thinking of having sushi later make sure you don't use that, as it'd be a whole different kind of sticky-rice.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
lol. yea. the phone is definitely going to be spending some time in the cleaning process afterwards! Now, what to do about the new iphone 4s and contract i signed. Take the cash for the iphone 4s now, or go back to the store and cancel the contract agreement to use for later......
[Galaxy S II General] howsie:
Mate the htc sensation is very close in most aspects to the sgs2 with the exception of nand memory. User reviews recon its made stronger and the screen shows colour better.

As for the iphone sell it and get sim converted to normal one.
[Galaxy S II General] Sonic7:
The boss cannt swim, too !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPxP9pPpiw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
I have no clue why your talking about the sensation but id sooner take the iphone 4s over it, let alone the sgs2.
[Galaxy S II General] rocky23:
water proof till some extent

well m8 i droppd my phone in luke warm water accidently in a bucket,but i removed it fast,the bucket is medium size so my hands could reach easily...for amaze it was on an i simply got confused an removd the batt an kept the phone in rice boul to dry then used a hair blower to totally dry the usb an minute mic holes....well it works like b4 no prblm.....my sgs2 provd tht it can take water.lol.:D
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
After a day in a bag of rice, everything is good but my reception. The phone also seems to be working alot slower too. it keeps saying there is no sim card. Tried another sim too.
[Galaxy S II General] manmikey:
I feel your pain, I did exactly the same thing! I left mine in a bag of rice have completely stripped it down (following the guide on you tube) but after several days it failed to turn on and was dead. My phone was 10 months into a 24 month contract. Luckily my home insurance covered it on accidental damage si I was able to get a direct replacement, for me there was no way I was going to choose any other device bit another galaxy s2, my daughter has an iPhone 4 and its screen seems tiny and dim and as for that grid of icons......I have my new s2 now and I have banned myself from using it in the bathroom!
[Galaxy S II General] lovercannes:
friend of mine had the same problem ( some water in the phone ) he dont try to switch it on but put it for 2 days in a box with rice, finaly the phone was ok ... maybe a good help to fix the problem
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
the S2 is not recovered. decided to return the iphone 4s from earlier and get a nexus. Im really not likin the nexus soo far. much too laggy for my liking and the screen is not nearly as vibrant. already posted on kijiji for an s2 plus 100
[Galaxy S II General] Tezray:
My mates got the galaxy note its amazing. Screen resolution is brilliant. It is big but its like having a tablet on the go and it does go in the pocket well. Plus its the same as the sg2 practically.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
id love a note but they are ridiculously expense in canada
[Galaxy S II General] bee55:
This: http://www.liquipel.com/
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
yea i know. doesnt seem to be out for our phones though. Cant wait to get my sgs2 back.
[Galaxy S II General] Trumpex:
I feel your pain. 2 weeks ago I was in Mexico, and I went swimming with my SGS2 in my pocket like a fool:(:(. As soon as I realized, I took out the battery and let it sit in the Mexico sun for the rest of the time I was there. It dried out nicely, and turns on now, but overheats and shuts off. Something on the motherboard got destroyed by the chlorine in the pool so it ended the phone's usability. That was the Att SGS2 SGH-I777.

I went to a phone repair store and some lady was just trading in here I9100 for an iphone. Instead of selling it to the store for $200, I offered her $250 on the spot and she gave me the phone instead of the store. Good timing on my part. Everything is so much better here, the roms are better, the community development is better, everything is better here! Best thing I ever did was swim with that old phone.:D

Also I did look at the Nexus in the store, other then ICS (which we will officially have soon or flash the leaked builds) I don't think the phone is better then ours. I agree, our screens seem brighter, and our cameras are better.
[Galaxy S II General] ctomgee:
I emailed them (www.liquipel.com), and they said even though it's not officially listed as one of their "approved" devices, they would still treat it... with the caveat that there would not be a guarantee that it worked for submersion.

Full email is in this post.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
nice! thanks for that. so you have to send them your phone? Or do they send u some sort of package?
[Galaxy S II General] Random6:
What are you doing with the old s2? It might be worth holding on to for parts.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
im either going to try and fix it for as cheap as possible or keep it around for spare parts
[Galaxy S II General] SAlmighty:
Liquipel that sh!t :d
[Galaxy S II General] ctomgee:
You send them your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
Well, it looks like my sgs2 can in fact, swim. :D working fine and nexus is back in the box ready to be returned!
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
The next version is supposed to be waterproof that'll be fun to test.
[Galaxy S II General] vlahos81:
For those who are in this situation in the future (maybe not the 'sheet' encrusted one... but I found the best solution to be remove battery sim and mc the put in an aircon room eg server room. The refridgerated environment is very dry and extracts moisture quite well. Have done this with many phones and had great success!

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] simbesh:
10/10 :D
[Galaxy S II General] xceqter:
there some part like small battery on pcb. dont know what it is. if it is battery, it still can damage the pcb even if we remove the main battery.
[Galaxy S II General] rexboy:
I can absolutely guarantee the SG2 is waterproof. I went in a few jacuzzi with mine in pocket atleast 1mtr deep with powerful jets blasting it through my pocket for atleast 3min before I realised :-(

anyway battery out, sim out and in a bag of rice for 1 week. turned on ok but screen flickered so back in the rice for 3more weeks. so over the month turned it back on and it's perfect. the only issue is the battery recently died, no longer held charge so got a new one and all is good now.

key thing as mentioned is not to turn it on and dry it out immediately.
[Galaxy S II General] b02:
i guess its too late now but did you remove battery after it falling into water ?

when your phone (shomehow) gets into water, ALWAYS remove battery first... then dry it... if it fell in salt water, then do previous step and then go under shower and wash it, so the salty water doesn't stay, since it will corode the board, and all on top of it ...

if you have any knowledge, then just open it, and let it dry ... if not, simply let it dry ... and all you have after that is wait ...
[Galaxy S II General] SanQuan:
I hope my s2 never try that...........
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
dont open the 4s sell it and get back to the force

iphone is the dark side and they dont have cookies they are lie ing :p
[Galaxy S II General] jasechanis:
I was looking up the Thesaurus definition of "**** Happens", and it linked me straight to this thread ??
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
hehehe. Well, you now understand the term in full i believe!
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
well i had the gnex for a day and immediately sold it. Anybody who tells me that phone is quicker than our SGS2, hasnt had an SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] MikeMurphy:
1 - Don't ever turn on a device unless you're 100% sure its dry. You have just as much chance of ruining it by doing that as you are by dumping it into water in the first place.

2 - Rice works, sure, but I strongly suggest you put the phone somewhere warm. I've measured the effects and placing it somewhere warm dries it out about 20x faster than rice. Not hot, but warm.

I put my Nexus One through a full laundry cycle and could see the water in my screen. Anyways, rice was slow, putting it above a lamp was fast. Two days later it fired up without any problems.

Good luck
[Galaxy S II General] crinolina:
battery first, then the best is the hair dryer, with warm air. if you can unscrew the phone it will increase the chances of success

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[Galaxy S II General] speckledpig:
This happened to my old HTC Hermes (Cingular 8525). Fell asleep on the toilet at work and just dropped it in (ugh!!). THAT was a crappy day.

In my case, I drove to sears to get the special screwdriver to disassemble the phone completely, then I laid all the pieces out across my truck's defroster vents and ran it on high to dry everything else out. I took some paper towels and cleaned all the junk off the circuit boards with some rubbing alcohol.

It ended up being fine. I still worry about doing that again with any phone or my transformer....
[Galaxy S II General] pHraiL^:
What I have read about phones after such situations is that the water doesn't really damages the phone or its parts. It is the battery who does all damage. Should never turn on a phone after dropping it into water unless you're sure that the water is no more there.

Always remove battery from the phone as quickly as you can after such incident.
[Galaxy S II General] Dexonja:
+1 yap,that is true
[Galaxy S II General] smirnon:
literally haha. on another note, another way would be to put your phone in a dry cabinate meant for cameras and stuff set on maximum dry, and left in there for maybe a week or so?

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i dont quite believe in using hot stuff to dry out electronics, especially since it could damage something.. but thats just my opinion..:D
[Galaxy S II General] bawbaw24:
pretty bad mate!
[Captivate General] mbc663:
Just got a text from ATT telling me to upgrade to Android 2.3. Little late, no? ;D
[Captivate General] studacris:
Not really

i got one of those in December for fuggin froyo, that was LATE

lolz
[Captivate General] baghera1979:
Too bad most of us are already running 2.3.5 and higher builds. Would there be any reason to switch to official update?

sent from an unreleased Samsung device ;-)
[Captivate General] viny2cool:
I never get any msg from ATT expect to pay for extra usage...:(
[Captivate General] cmeducknow702:
Could you post the like that AT&T sent you?? The official froyo sucked, but I would like to see if the official GB update is more stable.
[Captivate General] chrislj:
It's real. I just looked on their website and Captivate with 2.3 is listed but I haven't found out how to get it yet.
[Captivate General] baghera1979:
I got a text message with instructions that took me to Samsung website

sent from an unreleased Samsung device ;-)
[Captivate General] baghera1979:
http://www.samsung.com/us/captivateupgrade/gb1

What I was sent

sent from an unreleased Samsung device ;-)
[Captivate General] peaceburn:
heh :)

I saw the pictures in their tutorial - it is KK4 indeed :)

So that's why we never got any more leaks after kk4 :)
[Captivate General] karate104:
So I upgraded my girlfriend's cappy to Froyo using CWM (or was it Odin? I can't remember) awhile back; I know it's not official because Kies said her phone was unregistered and so I couldn't do the stock version of Froyo. She's getting this same message now that GB is available; does anyone know if it'll work or break her phone if she downloads it while running an unofficial Froyo?
[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
Unregistered devicecould be the rom you have, a borked imei number, or an improper product code.
[Captivate General] karate104:
Thanks. Would any of those break an official OTA update?
[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
Just one of them will cause Kies mini to give you "unregistered device"
[Captivate General] karate104:
What about updates that are pushed to the phone via AT&T and Wifi?
[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
Not sure. But if i had to guess, i would say yes, those too.

Well, non stock rom-yes

Bad imei-probably

Bad product code-maybe

Sorry i can't be more helpful
[Captivate General] chyckyn:
Flash back to stock and then upgrade form there if your uncertain, better safe than sorry....

One Click Stock thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300843

Stock KK4 Deodexed and Debloated of At&T Crapp Apps

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1358180
[Captivate General] Oxicottin:
I just got the upgrade text but I'm sticking with ICS :)
[Captivate General] jayRokk:
I got the txt lol made me lulz
[Captivate General] jayRokk:
delete 10char
[Captivate General] RCDuke:
I just got this text message as well. Perhaps that will help reduce battery issues on CM7/MIUI?

Doesn't matter to me though. I'm running CM9 alpha! A little too late if you ask me .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magus92:
Is there a way to use the pc audio output (microphone, speakers) for the smartphone incoming calls?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koeniekoenie:
With the bluetooth software on my windows netbook you can use the computer as a set of bluetooth speakers. You can simply connect to the computer like you would with say bluetooth headphones. However the microphone does not work, so you will still have to use the microphone of your mobile phone. Maybe you can look at the options on the bluetooth software on your computer? To the left of the time there should be a bluetooth icon (if your computer actually has it).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magus92:
Got it.. i'll try
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beetee2:
As stated in the topic, I just flashed the following rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278498

Here are the steps I took prior to flashing:

-Wiped ALL data besides SD Card and battery

-Flashed .zip from the SDCard (successfully installed, supposedly)

-Rebooted

The problem I'm having is now I'm stuck in a boot loop. So then I read some more on here, and then I:

-Removed battery multiple times and tried rebooting to no avail

-Wiped ALL data besides SD Card INCLUDING battery

-Attempted rebooting to no avail

-Wiped ALL data besides SD Card INCLUDING battery again

-Re-flashed .zip from SD Card

Still getting stuck in a boot loop on the white screen that says 'htc EVO 4G', and I can't find any other suggestions on what to do. Also, I can't post in that forum because I'm new. Any pointers? Thanks in advance.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ridder215215:
You forgot the kernel.

Ah, easy fix.

You will have to install the kernel first. It is the boot.img in the zip file. You'll have to do it with fastboot. There are most certainly tutorials on teh interwebz. I can only show you the door, you will have to walk through it yourself.

Please consider pressing the Thanks button, as I have downloaded the quarter gig rom solely for you.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datagubben:
I need your help guys, please. :)

I was so excited to try the new .62 firmware (rooted) by means of first flashing a .42 firmware + root and then OTA to keep the root, but the problem was that I flashed an LT18i firmware on my LT15i machine and now I am stucked with a /mnt/sdcard partition that I can't remove.

It is a problem because I can't get CWM to work anymore with this mnt partiton/stuff.

Please help me and advise how to fix it :mad:

I have an LT15i with locked bootloader (ps. I have no SD-card reader).
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
/mnt/sdcard/ actually IS your sdcard

(/sdcard is a symlink to /mnt/sdcard to be more precise.

/sdcard is what you see from USB, basically the directory as it appears from the hardware.

/mnt is where mounted volumes reside, so /mnt/sdcard is just the SD card as seen by the OS.

I am pretty sure it was always like this and this is not the reason why CMW recovery isn't working for you.)

But to answer your question: in order to remove it, you have to physically remove the sdcard from your phone. :p
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xander1993:
is this really possible?what will happen if you flashed LT18i firmware on LT15i?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
First of all, I really can't understand why would anyone want to do such thing...

Arc S has a different processor and there are also minor differences in the display drivers. Not to mention different mtd blocks.

I don't know what will happen, but I can tell you what will NOT happen: you will NOT get a faster (overclocked) processor.

Worst case scenario, phone will boot and the ROM will be malfunctioning or not boot at all. And there's an even worse scenario where something will be damaged irreversibly.

Best case scanario, it will boot and actually work but still be the same old Arc we all know and love. ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datagubben:
The llittle violett animal/fox in your thread is soooo cute.

Thanks for your explanation, so it must be the .62 firmware that make problems for the CWM then? :rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
Thanks, it's a raccoon! :)

Yes, I think that either the OTA update being meant for the Arc S messed the partitions up, or the previous rooted system got damaged and recovery can't mount correctly. I advise you to go back to .42, reroot, reinstall recovery easily directly from your phone with this app and restore your latest nandroid backup! ;) Good luck!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tungsten c:
Guys

I am using an Android phone. I have the stock email program and I have also K9 and Enhanced Email all running at the same time.

I have an Gmail account but don't use it for email or for nothing really dont trust the cloud/google.

My problem is all the email apps work great BUT when I open outlook then they all get removed form my phone. So basically the only emails I am left with are the send ones(in my phone). This happens with my POP and exchange accounts.

My question:

1) is there a Mail App that will make a copy of the email in my phone so when I open outlook they wont get sync and disappear?

2) If number 1 is no then is there a easy way to full your phone to keep the emails.

Thank you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
A properly configured Exchange server usually doesn't allow the local device to retain the message data, it's all accessed real-time from the server. Its possible you have what I call a Half-Ass Exchange, which means you have a central address directory, but the IT department set up Outlook and Exchange to store messages locally on the PC rather than on the server. This would lead to what you are experiencing... Outlook takes all the messages off the server, leaving your phone with nothing to see when it connects. There's not a whole lot you can do about that unless your IT guys will move your email data to the Exchange server. Or maybe they have an IMAP access option. (See below)

With pop3 accounts... You have a similar problem, except there is no way to for two different devices to access the same data. The closest you can get would be to configure both devices to leave messages on the server after downloading them. Any emailed replies then can only be accessed from the device from which you sent them.

If you have the option, switch your pop3 accounts to IMAP. All user data is kept on a server (just like GMail), and any device that is connected to that account automatically syncs with the server, including access to deleted messages and sent messages sent from any other device.

All that being said... The stock email program kinda sucks. I would stick with the 3rd party apps like K9. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tungsten c:
This is a new issue to me. I came from a PRE WEBOS and i did not have that problem. I believe the problem is in the way ANDROID OS handles emails. Basically all its changed is the device all else remained constant. I believe but not sure that if i was run all my mail thru gmail this will not be an issue. Its that true?

Thanks