Color me impressed. I'll go and replicate your test and report back. ;) On Feb 27, 2009 8:37 PM, "gjs" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Don't try this at home. A few days ago my wife undertook a bit of unintended destructive testing with my G1, putting it in the washing machine. I discovered this after it had been in the machine for 40 minutes and retrieved it during the last rinse cycle. ( Only cold water was used ). When the phone went into the washing machine it was switched on and had about 80% battery charge. Recovery involved removing back cover, battery and sim card. The lens cover was cracked and the usb cover ripped off. I the drained water and mopped up with paper towel. The water inside the screen sloshed back and forth when tilted in a cute bezier curve manner. I left the handset by a sunny window for 2 days until the water seemed to have evaporated and reassembled it 36 hours after immersion. I was completely astonished to find that the phone booted up OK ! and all functions appeared to be working, I thought it was dead for sure. Lasting problems appear to be badly water stained screen, dead microphone and some ocassionally sticking keys, but apart from that all functions seem ok, including touchscreen, gps, camera, speaker, wifi etc. The hands free still works as a microphone so the phone is not permanently mute.. So thank you Google and HTC for making such a rugged combination of software and hardware ! I put some pictures here - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19477227 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19477275 Regards PS Only 1 robot was slightly harmed during these tests. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
