No way...EVO Waterproof?

mpc2000 · Dec 15, 2010

aimzmarie said:
i'd like to actually see him use the screen. my htc hero screen stayed on even though it fell and landed in ocean water a foot high. it wasn't until i pulled the battery that the screen finally shut off. it would not turn back on.

i say that this phone is not water proof.

well, like you said, it's a Hero, not the HTC,

...

Jayo619 · Dec 15, 2010

to me, that iphone video seems fake

mpc2000 · Dec 16, 2010

I dropped my phone in the toilet yesterday, but took it out fast(nothing was in the toilet but water....so far it's been working fine...cleaned up the Headphone jack with a Q-tip and the rest of the insides under tha hood with an air can..it's been working fine, but yesterday it was acting up...I can say for now it's waterproof, but time will tell

daniellejohnson4 · Dec 20, 2010

Mine is with geek squad. Definitely NOT waterproof. lol

Zumaki · Dec 20, 2010

Its easy to waterproof your electronics. just take the case off and dip the whole thing in a wax that has a higher melting point than the operating temp of your phone.

Bam.

I used to have a remote control boat with a 'waterproof' circuit board done that way.

Klaskimo · Dec 20, 2010

This guy is an idiot. My phone would have been on standby and off that screen already lol

Caloy · Dec 24, 2010

I hope no one is stupid enough to try it on their phones.

heavychevy · Dec 24, 2010

mpc2000 said:
I dropped my phone in the toilet yesterday, but took it out fast(nothing was in the toilet but water....so far it's been working fine...cleaned up the Headphone jack with a Q-tip and the rest of the insides under tha hood with an air can..it's been working fine, but yesterday it was acting up...I can say for now it's waterproof, but time will tell

There is never nothing in the toilet but water after about the first few dumps taken.

Food for thought.

whoodiestyle · Jan 1, 2011

I had my phone in my pocket at work and dropped the hose sprayed my pocket good and I thought I ruined my phone it came out fine

Caloy · Jan 1, 2011

Just posting this warning:

Don't do this at home, the guys who have done this are what you call professionals.

kd0axs · Jan 1, 2011

I know this is kind of an old thread but for those of you that were wondering, that black splash screen is a mod. I have it on my EVO.

SatelliteGuy · May 1, 2011

I know this is kinda an old post but.... did NO ONE understand what the guy was doing?? Everyone says "oh that phone is TRASHED" and "But look, it wont boot" WELL DUH! That's why he did it!

He was messing with the software and bricked it. Since the insurance wont cover that, he was TRYING to water-damage it... WHICH THE INSURANCE WILL COVER!

They will charge him the $99 deductible instead of $500 to buy one outright. How did that get by everyone that posted on this?? I had EXACTLY the same plan. The guy in the Sprint store said "They wont cover it if you brick it" And my reply was "I ride a motorcycle. Ever seen what happens to a phone that falls outta ur pocket at 75mph?" He just smiled, and said "haha, you already know!"

If you screw the software in one, they wont replace it. BUT, if it's FUBAR and they cant get into it...well....

The guy in the video even said, "I'm gonna water-damage this because no one could help me fix it and I cant afford to pay that much for a new one"

lordofthereef · May 1, 2011

SatelliteGuy said:
I know this is kinda an old post but.... did NO ONE understand what the guy was doing?? Everyone says "oh that phone is TRASHED" and "But look, it wont boot" WELL DUH! That's why he did it!

He was messing with the software and bricked it. Since the insurance wont cover that, he was TRYING to water-damage it... WHICH THE INSURANCE WILL COVER!

They will charge him the $99 deductible instead of $500 to buy one outright. How did that get by everyone that posted on this?? I had EXACTLY the same plan. The guy in the Sprint store said "They wont cover it if you brick it" And my reply was "I ride a motorcycle. Ever seen what happens to a phone that falls outta ur pocket at 75mph?" He just smiled, and said "haha, you already know!"

If you screw the software in one, they wont replace it. BUT, if it's FUBAR and they cant get into it...well....

The guy in the video even said, "I'm gonna water-damage this because no one could help me fix it and I cant afford to pay that much for a new one"

That's also insurance fraud. Just saying...

novox77 · May 1, 2011

I never saw this the first time around. Pretty funny.

What he SHOULD have done was put some salt and some soap in the water. The soap softens the water and allows it to flow through thin cracks easier. The salt electrolyzes the water making it super-conductive. That enables the liquid to short-circuit the phone. Water without dissolved ions in it won't do squat to a circuit.

slammer21 · May 1, 2011

bvbull200 said:
You are saying that he might have modified the plumbing in his bathroom to have his faucet pour baby oil instead of water?

EPIC FAIL BRO you totally pointed out his EPIC FAILURE

jrstinkfish · May 3, 2011

I dropped my Evo into my dog's water bowl last week, bent over and it fell right out of my shirt pocket. I snatched it out immediately, ripped the battery cover off and removed the battery. Dried it off as much as possible and let it sit for several hours. Put the battery back in, and it would boot and work, but weird things would happen, like the speaker phone coming on randomly, programs FC-ing, and notifications making no sound. So on a whim, I decided before I filed a claim, I'd wipe it completely, install a new ROM (VirusROM 2.3, very nice BTW), and see what happened.

Phone works great now. Something must've gotten scrambled in all that chaos. I was relieved, and saved $100

dan330 · May 5, 2011

jrstinkfish said:
I dropped my Evo into my dog's water bowl last week, bent over and it fell right out of my shirt pocket. I snatched it out immediately, ripped the battery cover off and removed the battery. Dried it off as much as possible and let it sit for several hours. Put the battery back in, and it would boot and work, but weird things would happen, like the speaker phone coming on randomly, programs FC-ing, and notifications making no sound. So on a whim, I decided before I filed a claim, I'd wipe it completely, install a new ROM (VirusROM 2.3, very nice BTW), and see what happened.

Phone works great now. Something must've gotten scrambled in all that chaos. I was relieved, and saved $100

there was a virus in the doggie bowl?

theamishninja · May 7, 2011

I knocked my EVO off into a glass of water the first week I had it. I immediately did a battery pull and let it dry out over night and it was fine. Then about a month ago it fell out of my jacket pocket and lay in the pouring rain for over 20 minutes before I realized where it was. Again, battery pull, dry, and it's fine.

Is it waterproof? no.

Did my Otter Box help? unlikely, I work in a paper company and I use it mainly to keep paper dust out of the ports.

I think the phone is amazingly resilient, or maybe I'm just lucky, either way I'm very hard on phones and this is the same EVO I've had from the beginning and the only damage at all is a very tiny scratch on the screen... no loose USB port, no screen separation, no cracked camera lens, nothing.
Are people using their EVOs as hammers?

IMnobody · May 9, 2011

I'd never try this, I know my luck is poor enough to have a Fried phone 100% of the time.
But, if you remember your High School Science classes, "Pure Water" (H2O) is considered a "non-conductor". At least it's not a conductor, until you add some other compound, like salt (Sodium Cloride).
So, in theory, the unit should work just fine, while immersed under water. At least until the chemicals on the board, mix with the water, to form some other conductive compound.
But, it's likely, its seal integrity is such, that there's enough of an air pockets to protect the phone, to prevent the water from getting to the main board. I notice he didn't flip the phone over while underwater.

potted circuits work better.

IM

androidGT · May 18, 2011

aimzmarie said:
i'd like to actually see him use the screen. my htc hero screen stayed on even though it fell and landed in ocean water a foot high. it wasn't until i pulled the battery that the screen finally shut off. it would not turn back on.

i say that this phone is not water proof.

agree!
although the video is cool, but i still don't believe there is a phone which is really water-proof~

whoodiestyle · Jul 16, 2011

So I dropped my phone in the toilet and it went into car panel mode and the screen stayed on the whole time and even when i pulled it of the water it still stayed on until i pulled the battery out. I poured the water out stuck the battery back in restart it works fine but touch screen wont work so then i hit it with the hair dryer and all is well now again.

dan330 · Jul 16, 2011

go into recovery.. and wipe everything ... 10 times.

esthernrob · Jul 16, 2011

whoodiestyle said:
So I dropped my phone in the toilet

hope it was after a flush...

ocnbrze · Jul 16, 2011

whoodiestyle · Jul 21, 2011

esthernrob said:
hope it was after a flush...

it happend before the business lol so im good

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