Water is bad M-kay

[deadheart]

Saturday, being bath day, meant i was relaxing in my tub for awhile.... I got a phonecall, and I picked it up, with wet hair. There was a little surface water droplettes on the phone, so i dried it off with the towel, and thought that was the end of it. Well when it went into standby and the internal screen light went dim, I could see that there was a traped moisture bubble at the edge between the screen and the directional buttons, that looked like it was trapped underneath my screen protector. I didnt really care, thought it would dry on its own, but it didnt, and the bubble moved to the middle of the screen, and the touchscreen would only work on the corners away from the bubble. Well after ruining by removing my $25 Zagg invisible shield, I realized it was in the phone... I tried opening it up, and airing it out, it was still there in the morning. I tried using a hair dryer on it, but that didnt work. Oddly enough it did loosen the glue holding the outside screen to the phones frame. I did lift it all the way and dry off the moisture with a lint free cloth. The bubble is gone, I carefully replaced the outer screen back on, but now it dosnt work at all. Not even on the corners. Did I completely screw the pooch on this one, or is there hope of it working again? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[VenumX]

Originally Posted by deadheart

Saturday, being bath day, meant i was relaxing in my tub for awhile.... I got a phonecall, and I picked it up, with wet hair. There was a little surface water droplettes on the phone, so i dried it off with the towel, and thought that was the end of it. Well when it went into standby and the internal screen light went dim, I could see that there was a traped moisture bubble at the edge between the screen and the directional buttons, that looked like it was trapped underneath my screen protector. I didnt really care, thought it would dry on its own, but it didnt, and the bubble moved to the middle of the screen, and the touchscreen would only work on the corners away from the bubble. Well after ruining by removing my $25 Zagg invisible shield, I realized it was in the phone... I tried opening it up, and airing it out, it was still there in the morning. I tried using a hair dryer on it, but that didnt work. Oddly enough it did loosen the glue holding the outside screen to the phones frame. I did lift it all the way and dry off the moisture with a lint free cloth. The bubble is gone, I carefully replaced the outer screen back on, but now it dosnt work at all. Not even on the corners. Did I completely screw the pooch on this one, or is there hope of it working again? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

can you post pics of what you have done? what was seperated? it might be that you are misplacing it back on the contacts.

[Metalmayhem]

Did you separate the digitizer?



If so, you might have torn the cable ribbon that you see in picture unless you for got to reattach it.

You might need to go to sprint repair center or buy one off ebay

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=SPRINT+HTC+TOUCH+PRO+DIGITIZER&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=PDA_Accessories&_odkw=SPRINT+HTC+TOUCH+PRO+RAPHAEL+OEM+SCREEN+DIGITIZER&_osacat=0

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by Metalmayhem

Did you separate the digitizer?



If so, you might have torn the cable ribbon that you see in picture unless you for got to reattach it.

You might need to go to sprint repair center or buy one off ebay

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=SPRINT+HTC+TOUCH+PRO+DIGITIZER&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=PDA_Accessories&_odkw=SPRINT+HTC+TOUCH+PRO+RAPHAEL+OEM+SCREEN+DIGITIZER&_osacat=0

i was thinking the same thing that you were by his description.... lets hope it isnt the digitizer since they run around what 35 shipped the last time i checked......

[deadheart]

omg that was it, I ripped the ribbon cable right off when i lifted the plastic front screen!!!! I ended up calling sprint and they sent me a new one for the bargain price of $100 so... i guess I learned never to do that again! lol

[D/\SH]

Originally Posted by deadheart

omg that was it, I ripped the ribbon cable right off when i lifted the plastic front screen!!!! I ended up calling sprint and they sent me a new one for the bargain price of $100 so... i guess I learned never to do that again! lol

hahaha went with the asurion claim huh? glad you got a new one coming and now you got a parts phone if you ever need it :)