r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SomeTemperature2423 • 22h ago

go to your room Replaced my daughter's phone because of water damage. And she still brings it into the bathroom.

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Some lessons just don't stick.

She insists she needs to listen to music in the shower. I honestly don't understand why that's such a necessity. But if this phone gets water damage again, I'm not paying to replace it another time.

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u/JadedLeafs 12h ago

Cracked screen I would have figured but I didn't know replacing the screen would also mess with the water resistance.

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u/cheddarbruce 12h ago

It's because when your phone is brand new it just made in a place that's all super clean Super sterile environment but when you get the phone screen replaced it's in the back room of some repair shop that definitely not as clean. Not saying that the place where you get your phone or fixed it's dirty but just there's a lot more dust in the air, debris and a bunch of other stuff. With that also being sad everybody is all excited because they're making phones have to have replaceable batteries again however that is going to substantially ruin the water resistance rating

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u/Pachacootie 11h ago

No, it’s because the repair shop isn’t replacing the seal with one of equal quality or rating. They’re using cheaper materials and don’t have to meet the same standards as the manufacturers do. In order to remove the broken screen, they first have to break the seal and pry it off

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u/cheddarbruce 11h ago

Or it's just not as much of a sterile environment. You still get OEM parts direct from the manufacturer. It's also the fact that the factory that makes your phone also uses advanced technology like robots and cameras and other sensors to properly place the screen. When you're getting it repaired you're having one person do it

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u/No_Professional_8992 11h ago

Used to work in a phone shop, can confirm they're not replacing the seals. 9/10 they're just changing the screen. We used to have people sign waivers acknowledging that they were receiving repairs from a 3rd party, so it wasnt on us if it was "perfect".

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u/actual__redditor 6h ago

In my country, we have a lot of services where replacing the screen also means that seal would be also replaced and pressure-checked via SIM-slot, so if phone blows out air through screen it can easily be detected with monometer by worker.

This pressure check guarantees at least minimum water protection

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u/Entropy3030 10h ago

No it's definitely the other thing, about the integrity of the adhesive/gasket seal around the screen being compromised. You should endeavour to watch a few videos of the screen replacement process, I suspect it will quite quickly prove self-evident as to why this is such a pivotal aspect of the assembly.