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I've got a crack in the back of my battery. It's about 1 cm in the corner of the plastic. Is this safe to continue to use?
If not, where can I source a decent replacement.
Thanks for the replies.
LOL. What happened to my phone is happened to someone else too here.
Yeah. I've cracks in the battery, it's 2 cracks near the gold metal.been using it for 2 weeks since it happened, got no problems. Battery use is still the same too. I guess I got the cracks because of removing battery over and over again when the phone's hang.
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This 'could' be unsafe. Not sure. It depends on how stable it is.
My battery has had a crack for a couple of months, and no problems.
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Me too for several months and no problem with
LMFAO same here i think its how i open the cover. (i press that part)
anyway im getting a new battery cus the life is dying and there is only less then 10 left in the whole of singapore.
Its universal!!!!!
I also had cracks but swapped batteries
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Anyone else?
Does anyone else get there case forced open when the phone is dropped? Well, if people even drop there phones. My case and battery flips out when I drop mine D:
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So it seems there is quite a few of us with cracked batteries.
Can anybody recommend a decent replacement, I have seen one here but I'm not sure if it will be anygood as it's a 3rd party replacement.
Thanks for all your replies.
niklfc83 said:
So it seems there is quite a few of us with cracked batteries.
Can anybody recommend a decent replacement, I have seen one here but I'm not sure if it will be anygood as it's a 3rd party replacement.
Thanks for all your replies.
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get from lg. im getting mine from lg hq in singapore
Danzano said:
Its universal!!!!!
I also had cracks but swapped batteries
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+1, just notice this morning.
Hope it will not blowe while on charger.
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jhonnyx1000 said:
Does anyone else get there case forced open when the phone is dropped? Well, if people even drop there phones. My case and battery flips out when I drop mine D:
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Yep! Dropped mine ages ago, and now case wont close properly.
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http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!
Cool. That means i won't need to be careful of my phone in the toilet. :3
Wicked! I hope to see this technology on electronics devices soon--on cameras (DSLRs), on watches, etc...
Dombledore said:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Absolutely amazing!
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Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?
hyperlink to op
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/10/watch-this-phone-survive-a-dip-in-the-drink-thanks-to-hzo/
Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again as well.
I hope this becomes standard.. and soon!
I have been lucky to never kill a phone with water (well there was a nokia dumbphone that went though the washing machine) but still, wow.
veyka said:
Amazing, never have to worry about using your phone in the rain again.
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True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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Hope they come out with something like a spray can so you can apply any device.
I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.
mysterioustko said:
I'm pissed they aren't a publicly traded company. I would have definitely invested about a grand or so in them.
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They're not the only company doing this sort of thing - but this is the best demo I've seen of it!
Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.
tazer4 said:
zomg i just had a dream last night that my phone fell in water and i took it out and the screen was all messed up about 75% of it with like messed up colors and statics.
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I had a dream last month that my s2's screen was cracked.. Glad i woke up
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Would definitely be interested in this for sure
Shut up and take my money!
Hi
Couldn't get any link to work, so I found another site talking about this kind of protecting electronic from the inside:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/galaxy-s2-release-hzo-technology-makes-galaxy-s2-waterproof-video-61905/
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Someone posted a comment to the original article about the technology being flawed because it wouldn't allow a cable to attack to charge the device.
Does anyone know if this actually be a problem?
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I guess induction charging and BT/WIFI transfers would solve this issue.
Gorjess said:
Cool, now i can play angry birds while swimming
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Ahhahahahahah D waterproof is an excellent idea, never have to worry in the rain
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Sound too good to be true. I wonder how does it cost?
dave2 said:
True but the rain would interupt with the capacitive screen making it nearly impossible to use in the rain anyway.
But this does look promising. Hope it starts rolling out on devices this year!
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To be honest I haven't noticed that, but considering the fear of getting the bloody thing wet im not surprised.
Not dying in the wet it half way towards usable in the wet at least
(and considering when we get rain over here, we really get rain, bloody hell!)
(Also that's a stupidly good movie, gotta love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)
Last week when charging my phone, it slipped off my desk and something happened inside the phones USB port. The little metal contact was moved out of place. I could still charge, but it had to be at a certain angle and if I picked it up it stopped charging.
And this morning, I broke it even more. I dropped it into a bowl of milky cereal. I didn't think it would be too bad. I wiped it down and I've been using it fine all day at college. But I've just got home and went to test if it still charged. On my own little USB cord I had from elsewhere it didn't work, but on the official LG one it worked after a LOT of shuffling around and changing the angle.
I'm gonna leave it as it is to make sure it doesn't stop charging, because I don't have a wireless charger handy.. I would also prefer to get the official orb from Google, because I don't want to spend a lot of money of something that doesn't work very well.
I was wondering if there is a way to fix this myself, or can I get a replacement from Google/LG?
Good lord your phone is in very bad hands
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Dragooon123 said:
Good lord your phone is in very bad hands
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I'm actually quite careful with my phone! It's just very smooth and slippery..
I would call them and tell them it no longer charges.
See what they say. Worst thing they do is say not covered.
I would omit the milk and dropping parts.
tweaked said:
I would call them and tell them it no longer charges.
See what they say. Worst thing they do is say not covered.
I would omit the milk and dropping parts.
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So if I just say it's stopped charging, they might be kind a send a replacement without any hassle? Or would I have to return the device?
There is no need to leave a post in the respective thread if you are reporting something. Please stick to the topic guys.
What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.
skinnytoo2 said:
What's the over/under on this thing coming off??? Seems awfully flimsy to me.
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here's to hoping a 3rd party makes a replacement? or something better. almost wanting to get the wireless setup just to avoid this being an issue.
Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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I had an old Samsung flip phone years ago with a similar cover. It stayed in place and never broke.
Yeah and it depends on the user how long the phone will take weather it dont have the cover on it.
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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skinnytoo2 said:
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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I have also have had sammy. But it was not flip with my keyboard. I will ask you how it works ?.
skinnytoo2 said:
I had that Sammy also. It was the flip one with the keyboard. Cool phone!
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How much for it?
skinnytoo2 said:
Lol...I went back yesterday and asked about wireless charging!!!
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Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.
darren.wlsn1 said:
Gs4 qi recievers work on gs5, im using it now.
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Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!
skinnytoo2 said:
Do you have a link? Do we need a special battery cover? Thanks!
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I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.
darren.wlsn1 said:
I work for Ravpower and use there charger and the reciever from gs4 so no bs case involved or battery cover.
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funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.
hibby50 said:
funny running into you on these forums lol
I cant get the freaking cover off with my nail. especially with my case on. its driving me nuts.
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Wholly crap hib i didnt see it was you, ya im on a guys gs5 selling him a wireless charger and noticed gs4 reciever works fine. Nice to see ya!!
The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.
just get the spare battery charge kit so you never have to mess with it. Its also a better means of going from zero to 100 than wireless charger
xgerryx said:
The cover is really, really annoying. Especially for me, who uses bluetooth through my car speakers for my main music stuff. So each time I get in the car I plug the phone into the 12 volt. And each time, I have to pry open that cover. The worst part is, it doesn't even stay open! I also just got my Incipio dual layer protection case in the mail and now its even harder to get the charging cover off. It's really aggravating. I don't even think it closes correctly either. It always looks like its not snapped down all the way. Just, bleh. Most annoying quirk on the 4 Samsung phones I've owned.
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Yeah I'm not really sure what to do here. I have a bunch of 3D models for phone docks / car docks / etc for the gs3 and gs4, the battery cover is a total nuisance on the gs5, especially because it doesn't really stay open after you open it (I'm trying to imagine how to go about designing a dock for this thing).
I do 3D modeling and have a 3D printer, if anyone has an idea for an improvement... holler. I doubt we'll see any kind of other 3rd party replacement otherwise as it's attached to the phone and clearly involved with waterproofing. not sure if it's worth the trade-off!
anywho guess I'll be giving wireless charging a try again...
If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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I bought a bodyglove just made to charge port cover more of a pain with big hands lol I thought about just removing it just dont want to break it
Galaxy S5
I hate things that dangle in general.
LeKtRiCzzz said:
If you take off the battery cover there is a screw where it holds the USB cover just take it off your not prone to accidents
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Yeah definitely good that it's easy to do that - personally I'm not really upset or frustrated; it's awesome to add waterproofing - I'm just trying to puzzle out the best way to keep the feature while also making the phone easy to slide into a dock (preferably with one hand), you know?
This may have been asked before but I haven't found a concrete answer.
I randomly smelt my headphone socket and it smelt very sweet, like a pear drop. Same for the USB socket but not as strong. What do you think is happening?
Thanks!
You're getting your phone too close to your face.
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jd1639 said:
You're getting your phone too close to your face.
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I literally laughed out loud.
Sorry op, not sure.
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fisheyes1 said:
This may have been asked before but I haven't found a concrete answer.
I randomly smelt my headphone socket and it smelt very sweet, like a pear drop. Same for the USB socket but not as strong. What do you think is happening?
Thanks!
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WHY?
fisheyes1 said:
This may have been asked before but I haven't found a concrete answer.
I randomly smelt my headphone socket and it smelt very sweet, like a pear drop. Same for the USB socket but not as strong. What do you think is happening?
Thanks!
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I read about this here on XDA and it means the battery is leaking. I know it sounds strange but if you can, do the following :
1) take a nandroid backup
2) go stock
3) take it in for warranty and get it examined.
You might get a battery replacement if you're covered under warranty and are 100% stock.
I'm not totally sure but if the battery was already leaking I doubt the phone would work at all anymore.
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jd1639 said:
You're getting your phone too close to your face.
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scream4cheese said:
WHY?
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I'm done! That was too good!
I was randomly thinking and somehow the phone ended up resting on my upper lip... don't ask, I don't even know why...
japmeet said:
I read about this here on XDA and it means the battery is leaking. I know it sounds strange but if you can, do the following :
1) take a nandroid backup
2) go stock
3) take it in for warranty and get it examined.
You might get a battery replacement if you're covered under warranty and are 100% stock.
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I'll give that a go, Thanks! A leaking battery seems dangerous.
:good: I hope it gets sorted out without any hassle!