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- 01-08-2005, 12:16 PM #1FireplugGuest
My daughter bought a Moto 660 phone with Cricket Service 6 months ago. She
started to have problems with the phone after 3 months. The phone would get
real hot and the battery would heat up so bad the phone was to hot to touch.
And then it would sweat as it cooled down Also when you try to charge it the
place where you plug the charger in is screwed up and you have to twist the
connector to work. Now she worked her first Summer job to pay for this $300
phone that is junk. She took care of this phone better then a mother with a
new born baby. Went to the local repair shop as per Moto phone help. They
looked at it and said a moisture strip had changed color so Motorola will
not fix it. I showed this repair shop how hot the phone gets very hot and
how it sweats when it cools down so there is your moisture. The shop said
that 99.9% of phones they send back for repair are rejected because of this
moisture strip.
This is total BS anyone have any Ideas was what to do next?? Any I could
call or email to??
Thanks
Fireplug
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- 01-08-2005, 12:49 PM #2BruceRGuest
Re: Moto crap
Take it to another shop or contact Motorola directly, explain about the
moisture strip and get approval to mail it in. If it's less than a year
old they should repair or replace it.
From:Fireplug
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> My daughter bought a Moto 660 phone with Cricket Service 6 months
> ago. She started to have problems with the phone after 3 months. The
> phone would get real hot and the battery would heat up so bad the
> phone was to hot to touch. And then it would sweat as it cooled down
> Also when you try to charge it the place where you plug the charger
> in is screwed up and you have to twist the connector to work. Now she
> worked her first Summer job to pay for this $300 phone that is junk.
> She took care of this phone better then a mother with a new born
> baby. Went to the local repair shop as per Moto phone help. They
> looked at it and said a moisture strip had changed color so Motorola
> will not fix it. I showed this repair shop how hot the phone gets
> very hot and how it sweats when it cools down so there is your
> moisture. The shop said that 99.9% of phones they send back for
> repair are rejected because of this moisture strip. This is total BS
> anyone have any Ideas was what to do next?? Any I
> could call or email to??
> Thanks
> Fireplug
- 01-08-2005, 12:56 PM #3FireplugGuest
Re: Moto crap
OOOPs forget to add the shop did send it in to Motorola and they never
worked on it .There said with the moister strip color changed tuff luck and
shipped it back.
Everyone out there with a Motorola Pray your phone don't screw up because if
it does they will tell you tuff luck
- 01-08-2005, 02:42 PM #4Todd CopelandGuest
Re: Moto crap
"Fireplug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My daughter bought a Moto 660 phone with Cricket Service 6 months ago. She
> started to have problems with the phone after 3 months. The phone would
get
> real hot and the battery would heat up so bad the phone was to hot to
touch.
> And then it would sweat as it cooled down Also when you try to charge it
the
What is causing the phone to "sweat"? I live in Florida where the humidity
is _very_ high. Warm items don't attract moisture, colder items do. I've
never seen a cup of coffee with moisture on the outside but I've seen plenty
of cold drinks with condensation on the cup.
- 01-08-2005, 04:14 PM #5FireplugGuest
Re: Moto crap
The battery gets/ got so hot you could not hold the phone witch in turn got
the entire phone very hot.
While cooling down the closed in battery area would get damp.
- 01-08-2005, 04:26 PM #6Todd CopelandGuest
Re: Moto crap
"Fireplug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The battery gets/ got so hot you could not hold the phone witch in turn
got
> the entire phone very hot.
> While cooling down the closed in battery area would get damp.
Defies physics. Hot/warm things don't attract moisture. Where is this
"dampness" coming from?
I can understand why Motorola might not want to repair it under warranty.
- 01-08-2005, 06:40 PM #7FJGGuest
Re: Moto crap
Sounds like another "I never dropped it" so I don,t know how the case
was broken.
Todd Copeland wrote:
> "Fireplug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:qXYDd.1062$gb.251@trndny03...
>
>>The battery gets/ got so hot you could not hold the phone witch in turn
>
> got
>
>>the entire phone very hot.
>>While cooling down the closed in battery area would get damp.
>
>
> Defies physics. Hot/warm things don't attract moisture. Where is this
> "dampness" coming from?
>
> I can understand why Motorola might not want to repair it under warranty.
>
>
- 01-09-2005, 04:00 PM #8Guest
Re: Moto crap
Fireplug,
My wife washed here jeans with her new V220 cell phone on, and in the
pocket. Needless to say, the phone was shot. I found the outside
moisture detector. It had turned very red. I dissassembled the phone.
There was another moisture detector inside the phone. It, of course,
was red also.
If you are careful, you may be able to open that phone and examine the
internal moisture detector. If it hasn't turned, show that to the
repair people. That proves that the moisture was only superficial.
Tom
- 01-09-2005, 05:30 PM #9DAWGuest
Re: Moto crap
If it was sent to Motorola depot repair, and depot repair said "no dice, its
got wet" then they opened the phone already.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Fireplug,
>
> My wife washed here jeans with her new V220 cell phone on, and in the
> pocket. Needless to say, the phone was shot. I found the outside
> moisture detector. It had turned very red. I dissassembled the phone.
> There was another moisture detector inside the phone. It, of course,
> was red also.
>
> If you are careful, you may be able to open that phone and examine the
> internal moisture detector. If it hasn't turned, show that to the
> repair people. That proves that the moisture was only superficial.
>
> Tom
>
- 01-10-2005, 07:45 AM #10PatGuest
Re: Moto crap
Could the battery get hot enough to vent off vapour? That could change the moisture
detector. Presumably could also produce hydrogen and the potential for an explosion. Or
were her ringtones just too cool (Sorry...)
- 01-17-2005, 01:00 AM #11Kirk_Guest
Re: Moto crap
> Defies physics. Hot/warm things don't attract moisture. Where is this
> "dampness" coming from?
>
No, but hot things that rapidly cool off do attract moisture.
- 01-17-2005, 06:45 AM #12PatGuest
Re: Moto crap
when they have become cold things...
"Kirk_" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Defies physics. Hot/warm things don't attract moisture. Where is this
>> "dampness" coming from?
>>
> No, but hot things that rapidly cool off do attract moisture.
>
- 01-18-2005, 11:02 AM #13FireplugGuest
Re: Moto crap
Something that gets VERY hot and then cools down in a closed in area will
sweat/cause moisture. 6th Grade Physics class should have taught you that.
- 01-18-2005, 04:04 PM #14PatGuest
Re: Moto crap
.... not if you are thinkin about condensation of atmospheric water vapour, to cause that
it would have to go BELOW the ambient air temperature - however rather than talking about
it - go and DO it and find the answer experimentally like any GOOD 6th Grade physicist.
Heat a lump of steel and sit and wait for it to sweat as it cools. Scientific American
will publish a positive result
"Fireplug" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:eibHd.2837$Dz2.1997@trndny09...
> Something that gets VERY hot and then cools down in a closed in area will sweat/cause
> moisture. 6th Grade Physics class should have taught you that.
>
- 01-21-2005, 07:22 AM #15Todd CopelandGuest
Re: Moto crap
"Kirk_" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Defies physics. Hot/warm things don't attract moisture. Where is this
> > "dampness" coming from?
> >
> No, but hot things that rapidly cool off do attract moisture.
What can I say, other then this is completely incorrect. Ever recall seeing
a hot drink in a glass attracting moisture? Ever see a _cold_ drink in a
glass attract moisture? There is a reason for this... in order to attract
moisture from the air, the object needs to be _colder_ then the surrounding
air that contains the water vapor. It's simple to prove. Do it yourself. The
process of the object _changing_ temp is not what attracts moisture... it's
the fact that it's colder then the surrounding air that contains the water
vapor. You can also perform a google.com search on condensation to confirm
this.
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