http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Liquid damage indicators are two-faced? http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Mar 11th 2008 2:46AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Apr 14th 2008 9:29PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
If you want to restore your warranty (albeit dishonestly--though my dot turned even though my phone was never really wet) carefully peel off the red dot, you should do it with your fingernail so there are no scratches in the plastic. You should make sure all traces of red are gone, use a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol to dissolve the adhesive.

Get a white envelope and use GLOSSY tape (not plain matte scotch tape) and tape an area of envelope's flap opposite the lickable glue seal, smooth the tape down. Then use a standard size hole punch and punch through the flap, be sure the little round piece you punch out has a shiny coat of tape on top and the envelope glue on the bottom. Carefully dab or lick the bottom and stick it right where the red dot used to be.

Now you have a white dot that looks just like the indicator before it was activated. Best thing is it won't ever turn red!]]>Jun 6th 2008 12:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Dec 20th 2008 2:57PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/I have a Nokia 6500 slide. Had it for 10 months on contract with 3. Phone started freezing and switching itself off. Sent it for repair to Nokia says nothing wrong with it. Sent it to 3 the say its water damage and want £50 for a refurb. The indicator is still white and I have never got it wet. Threatened to cancel remaing 8months of contract, 3 threatened the bailiffs. What do I do?????]]>Nov 7th 2008 12:28PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Nov 21st 2008 1:47AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Jan 31st 2009 5:37PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 25th 2009 2:25PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/ I have looked and looked online and haven't seen anyone who says their cell phone was water damaged without being dropped in water but mine was. I took it to a shop to get it repaired and they didn't believe it either until I mentioned that I had no reason to lie about it because the service provider had already said that if the water indicator thing had turned red they would not warranty it so I was paying for it and had no reason to lie. Nothing to gain by lying to anyone except looking stupid.
I was dragging and burning brush on my property the day it happened, you don't do that in the rain plus I live up on a ridge and there is no water for miles, so it was just condensation that did it. The inside display was wet as often happens (*somewhere between hot and cold is dew-point folks*) so I just wiped it off and plugged it into the charger. It would not work the next morning. The keypad design doesn't look like it would leak at all but the battery cover, therefore the guts of the cell phone, has no seal what-so-ever. ]]>Mar 18th 2009 9:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/ The technicians have other more accurate ways to check for damage (such as checking for corrosion and water stains), but this way, more people will have to be "double-dipped" financially speaking.
I live in tropical Queensland in Australia... If the product cannot handle the same changes in temperature that I can, as I leave an airconditioned building (or walk in beer fridge) and return to temperatures of 35+ celsius. Then suppliers should not use these ridiculous paper indicators in that State, or at least give us a right to reply.
Simply put, we are dealing with a "A DESIGN FAULT" and we should not allow telcos to reduce our consumer rights by inserting these "he's lying" dots in the products they supply.
Who's up for a Class Action??]]>Mar 25th 2009 4:10AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 12:26AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 12:33AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 2:24AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
Brought it in and told them the phone just went dead and was given a refurb.]]>Feb 8th 2007 2:23AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 3:28AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 9:04AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 9:37AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 10:25AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 10:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 10:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 10:52AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/May 24th 2007 2:16AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 2:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
The phone didn't die from water damage. These stickers are speculative at best.]]>Feb 8th 2007 12:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 12:26PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
Verizon stores should hire people that aren't clueless]]>Feb 8th 2007 10:08PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
Also, I work for a computer chip manufacturer.]]>Feb 8th 2007 5:30PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Feb 8th 2007 8:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
When I found it, it was off. I changed to a spare battery and I couldn't believe it, but it worked perfectly. I went on to use it for quite a while after that. The screen had a light "blob" on it but it was still readable.


]]>Feb 8th 2007 9:05PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/Mar 26th 2007 8:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
and i saw some ppl say that they had never gotten their phones wet and the indicator had changed.. well for those of you who don't think thats possible, i opened mine and mine was all red with a white dot still in the middle.
the only time i can think of that it was in liquid was when it was sitting on a table that had spilled beer on it.. but i don't think that's enough to turn it red? it's not like it was a lot of liquid.. i was sitting on a wet table.. wtf?


well my phone works fine but idk if it will forever. hopefully it will because verizon probably won't replace it.]]>Apr 6th 2007 12:37AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/]]>Apr 14th 2007 3:49AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/02/07/liquid-damage-indicators-are-two-faced/
My guess is that because it was a "free" phone, that they recoop their money by putting very sensitive litmus paper on these phones. I bought the insurance but they are telling me it will cost $95.00 to have it replaced. Hmmm...that's quite a bit more than what I paid for it.

That's corporate america for us...I guess they're fighting back ...lol.
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The screen failed and the tech report from Nokia came back saying liquid damage, tough luck no repair, no warranty.

If that phone fails through normal everyday use it is not fit for purpose.]]>Nov 25th 2007 3:54AM