OK, so here's the story. Yesterday my wife and I, along with our boys, went to a birthday pool party. The party started out in the house for the first 15 minutes or so while guests were arriving, then after that we headed out into the backyard where the pool was.
As we went into the backyard kids just started jumping in the pool like flies on candy, next thing I know I see who of the kids laughing saying, "You can't swim, what are you doing." I look over and one of the other kids is trying to hold a smaller 3 or 4 year old boy who is going under. I don't know this kid, so I quickly ask, "Can that kid swim?!" And just as I'm saying that, he goes under water to the bottom. Not even thinking, I dive it, grab the kid, and bring him to the decking on the other side of the pool.
Yay!! Until I get out of the phone and remember, uh, my new Incredible!!
Least to say, I think it may be toast. I immediately gave it to my wife who removed the battery, SD card, and put everything in rice. Then after letting it soak for quite some time, I put a hot blow dryer on it until the fog disappeared from the screen. Then finally today, I put it under a desk lamp for a few hours.
Anyway... none of that worked. When I put the battery back in, all I get when I push the power is a single vibration and then nothing else. If I plug the phone in like I'm charging it, it looks like its charging, but nothing (same thing still happens when I push the power button).
I called Verizon, and they're by the book, "You didn't have insurance so you're going to have to buy a new retail $540". Ouch... Any one have thoughts, ideas, remedies?
The HTC Incredible was my graduation present for getting my BS Degree in Computer Science... probably the best present I've ever gotten besides my PS3.
I'm going to send an e-mail to HTC too, just in case.
- Darin
As we went into the backyard kids just started jumping in the pool like flies on candy, next thing I know I see who of the kids laughing saying, "You can't swim, what are you doing." I look over and one of the other kids is trying to hold a smaller 3 or 4 year old boy who is going under. I don't know this kid, so I quickly ask, "Can that kid swim?!" And just as I'm saying that, he goes under water to the bottom. Not even thinking, I dive it, grab the kid, and bring him to the decking on the other side of the pool.
Yay!! Until I get out of the phone and remember, uh, my new Incredible!!
Least to say, I think it may be toast. I immediately gave it to my wife who removed the battery, SD card, and put everything in rice. Then after letting it soak for quite some time, I put a hot blow dryer on it until the fog disappeared from the screen. Then finally today, I put it under a desk lamp for a few hours.
Anyway... none of that worked. When I put the battery back in, all I get when I push the power is a single vibration and then nothing else. If I plug the phone in like I'm charging it, it looks like its charging, but nothing (same thing still happens when I push the power button).
I called Verizon, and they're by the book, "You didn't have insurance so you're going to have to buy a new retail $540". Ouch... Any one have thoughts, ideas, remedies?
The HTC Incredible was my graduation present for getting my BS Degree in Computer Science... probably the best present I've ever gotten besides my PS3.
I'm going to send an e-mail to HTC too, just in case.
- Darin