Thread: LG touch phone repair

Funny, I just pulled down my less than 1 month old Nokia to clean the sand from the keypad today, although no pics

Glad the jewellers driver made for a good substitute for a T6 torx bit

SOP.

we do the same thing with anything electronic that gets wet that isnt supposed to.

99+% of the time it will work with a bit of cleaning but its a throw-a-way society these days.

Main problem is that if the repair centre fixed it they would have to guarantee their work. No one in their right mind would guarantee a water damaged piece of electronic equipment.
Even though quite often a clean is all it requires.

Also it wouldn't be covered under warranty either unless they wrote it down as a reset or something else.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

SOP.

we do the same thing with anything electronic that gets wet that isnt supposed to.

99+% of the time it will work with a bit of cleaning but its a throw-a-way society these days.

So do we - no warranty on repairs and we can't put a warranty on repaired from wet items, nor guarantee how long its gonna work. So we just say no good - saves a lot of people coming back and having a go.

We live in a throwaway society. I have one of those battery fighter sustainer chargers. I noticed it stopped working and went to have a look inside... the bloody thing is riveted together! I'll have to drill the rivets out to get into it /// Grrrrr

Daughter says ... Dad, my phone don't work ... the 3 buttons at the bottom, only 2 work

Maybe you should have a chat with your daughter about taking responsibility for her actions and telling the truth. ie I dropped the phone in the sink and it doesn't work any more.

Then you could have perhaps dried and cleaned it without taking it for repair.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Maybe you should have a chat with your daughter
....
Then you could have perhaps dried and cleaned it without taking it for repair.

I did .... When she asked "Did they fix it?" ... I actually went to the Dunny and flushed it, to demonstrate that it was not repairable .... This drove the point home ... She felt that bad that she wanted to pay me back, as she knows the value of items ...

I never YELL or get angry, But I have a way

Then I pulled it apart, and fixed it.



The water damage was done via a simple spilling of water ... She dried it and it was fine for a couple of weeks, and then it started to seize up ...

Mike

I look after a LOT of mobile phones for work. (Just one of my many talents )

It doesn't matter how often I tell people that if their phone gets wet, to let me know ASAP & we have a good chance of saving it.

That said, I have noticed that trying to get a mobile fixed under warranty is next to impossible. The answer is almost always "water damage".

I had this exact problem with another brand of phone. 3 months old, and it stopped working. Repair centre said "water ingress - no warranty." After a lot of debate backwards & forwards, they finally admitted that it may have been a faulty seal, and the sweat from my hands has gotten in. Mind you, it took me going to Consumer Affairs to get this.

The best $39 I spent was on a set of torx bits to suit phones. Havent found one yet that I cant open. A good quality hammer is essential too