RAZR water damage but mostly working! Help?

Try this. It sometimes works. Take the battery out and leave it out for 5 minutes, then put it back in and see what happens.

-Jay

 

So your charger works now, but the phone doesn't show the battery level?
Interesting problem that could occur from water damage. Some of my phones have fixed themselves after water damage- things just started working again over time. If that doesn't work, you can go to Verizon and have them replace your phone for $50. I'm wonder if Jay has anymore suggestions...?

 

Yes, Verizon should supply you with a refurbished unit for $50 if you are
a)out of warranty or
b) don't have warranty

 

Well, I'm not sure if this has a name or not. Verizon modified their "Worry-Free Guarantee" a while ago and this is part of it. I believe that, for any damage or reason, if you are out of warranty, you can get a refurbished phone for $50. I would definitely do this at a Verizon Corporate store, not an authorized dealer or something like that. I believe last time I was at the Verizon store I even saw this posted on their Worry-Free Guarantee poster thing.
Hope this helps, let us know if you have any other questions and how things work out. Leaving the phone unassembled is probably a great idea- also, check back and see if someone has any further suggestions before you take it to the store.

 

Well, the way I understood it, it was for both damage and defects, and I have heard of people having defect phones(due to their own damage) and getting a refurbished one for $50. I have never used this policy myself, so I'm not 100% sure though. If you ask nicely, I'm sure you'll get what you are asking for.

 

Aside from reflashing the phone I'm at a loss now.

-Jay

 

My comment is of no use to you with your water damaged phone, but I just wanted to say that I HATE the way phone companies are if you're not eligible for upgrade or under waranty or any of that stuff they tell you you're totally out of luck! That's ridiculous, because they HAVE those refurb phones but they won't let YOU have them for the reasonable price unless you're eligible or not a current customer. And all the new phones that you can purchase outright are like three hundred bucks! Even the ones they give for free with a new contract or with an upgrade are like two hundred! I mean, come on, help your CURRENT customers out, not just the ones who haven't used you or you are trying to sweet talk into renewing!

 

You can always buy a phone on Ebay if you are in the limbo period between expired warranty and qualifying for an upgrade. I've bought several used phones on Ebay and have been pleased with all of them.

-Jay

 

They sell the replacement water detector dots. You could have bought some of those and brought it back to vzw in hopes they wouldnt notice.

 

Well, if Verizon is going to be honest about things on their end, it's only fair game

 

I frequently see damaged V3's go for over $100 on Ebay. I guess people are pretty hopeful on getting them to work.

-Jay

 

Since it does power up I would not be suprised if it does surpass $100. Can you put a link to the auction in the thread?

-Jay

 

i water damaged and had basicly the same problem. i knew they wouldnt replace it so i put my phone in test mode. verizon couldnt fix it so they gave me a free refurb.

 

Yeah, but the problem with this is so many of the phones are going for a lot of money on ebay as well. Yes, they are less than how much they'd be to buy them from your wireless people, but still, I wanted to get my mom an old SLVR L2, and I figured since they're like two models past it now it'd be a reasonable price. I couldn't find any under a hundred bucks! I was getting VERY frustrated because they're giving away the newest model of SLVR if you're eligible for an upgrade but it's like a hundred and fifty otherwise.

And then a year from now that same phone will be like twenty bucks on ebay!

 

You can always buy a Go Phone for $30, sell the prepaid SIM on Ebay. Unlock the phone. Use it until you qualify for your upgrade, then sell the slightly used phone on Ebay. You may actually make a profit on it.

-Jay

 

How do you unlock a phone? I've seen them sold unlocked but I have no clue how to do it. That's a good idea though!

 

unlocking is for gsm phones. cdma phones do not come locked/unlocked...that i am aware of. Until a few days ago, there werent any MONSTER flashed for CDMA, but now two have surfaced. So who knows. 2007 appears to be the year for cdma hacking to its fullest potential

 

The CDMA hacking problems are new. Back in the days of the V710 and E815 CDMA phones were just as easy to mod as GSM. With the new CDMA V3 models something changed. Who knows, Did Motorola just design a new way of doing things on their own? Did they do this at Verizon's request? We will probably never know.

-Jay