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Saved Drowning Boy, Killed my Phone

Trident said:
Exactly what he said!

Could we see a picture of the water damage indicator?
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Water damage indicator?

Like I said, don't worry about it, the paypal posts have been removed. As I indicated in my initial post, I dried the phone out before I even attempted to put the battery back in the phone and power it up.


- Darin
 
You are looking for a sticker that looks like
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It's red and white if ok and just red/pink if exposed to water.
 
wow, this is crazy.

Darin, I have 2 young children, and if anyone jumped into a pool to help them and ruined thier phone in the process....a new phone isnt the only thing i'd be buying them.

Good Job indeed. Hopefully the parents of the kid can help you if they have the $$
 
Oh, the battery, hehe. I have the pink/white just like that picture... though I will say mine looks a little more pink than white. But as I mentioned in my second post... the phone powers up fine, so the battery is fine (I would imagine), it's just the internal storage and SD card, as well as the screen, are not operational.


- Darin
 
Darin, leave this thread alone. You did a good thing and it's time to move on. I hope the parents buy you a new DI and if not so the **** what? If it's for real, good on you. If it's not, you're a dick. Your life, your call.

Trident, time to close this. IMHO, naturally.
 
Nicks said:
Lol. Kind of true if you think about it because i would not be giving my money to a person who I don't have any proof if he really ruined his phone for saving a little boy. No offence.
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Yea...I mean, I'm proud of you assuming this happened and is true...but at the same time, this is the internet. I've been contacted by one too many Nigerian prince's to just believe everything I read.

And not to be a twat...but posting a picture of a water damaged phone doesn't prove anything other than you have a water damaged phone. For people to throw money at a PayPal account...well, it's their money. I wouldn't, but go ahead if it makes you feel like you're doing a good deed or something.
 
New Update:
I plugged the phone in the USB port of my computer, and slid my finger down as if unlocking the phone. I know from past experiences that after doing this your given 3 or 4 prompts as to how you want to operate your phone via USB. I did the above process various times, pressing in various parts of the screen, and then pretending to press an imaginary Done button that was not there.

When I finally pressed somewhere in the middle of the screen, and pressed Done. My disk drives popped up under My Computer... WOHO!! at least I should be able to retrieve my contacts and pictures.

It sucks because my phone seems to be working just normal, other than the fact that the screen doesn't light up (I guess that's not too normal for a touchscreen phone). Does the screen run off a light tube like LCDs? I wonder if that just burned-out... that would seem to be a cheap replacement/repair. I guess I'll get with HTC tomorrow to find out.


- Darin
 
At least I haven't gotten any PM's asking for pics! *whew*


OP - Best of luck with the phone issue! Hopefully keeping it on the rice a bit longer will prove to be helpful!!! :)
 
I would say your only shot may be the pool owners home owners insurance. But then you have the deductible and the owners may not be too happy bout that.
The parents or the idiot kid should pay the cost no questions asked. That's the ONLY solution.
 
fyi, you have 30 days from purchasing the phone to get insurance from VZW. Give them a call, get insurance, and just have the donations/family pay the $50, plus the asurion will have stock.
 
Well, call me a fool, but I believe Darin. I have put in a letter to the VZW lady. Let's see what comes out of it. I've turned a lot of Nigerian emails down, too. This one's different, I believe. I hadn't given money, as I thought that it was too premature. I wanted to see how it played out with VZW. Let VZW investigate the situation. Losing a phone saving a life and replacing that phone is great PR and good will.

My .02
 
GrandMasterB said:
How can you take a thread that started out so completely positive and uplifting and even suggest something like that?
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I don't see a problem with it. They give u a month to decide and still charge you if you put it on after. It's not like it's months after he has had the phone and only starts paying now, given that he is still within the first month. Plus with the great deed that he has just done, I think Karma is still in his favor if it is seen as wrong.
 
Tinsammich said:
I don't see a problem with it. They give u a month to decide and still charge you if you put it on after. It's not like it's months after he has had the phone and only starts paying now, given that he is still within the first month. Plus with the great deed that he has just done, I think Karma is still in his favor if it is seen as wrong.
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If he calls them and tells them it was in the pool and they still let him add the insurance then great. Otherwise it is insurance fraud, thats the problem with your suggestion ;)
 
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