Recent content by RockHead2020

Mere minutes after posting yesterday I got an email from the Google Store "thanking" me for returning my dead phone, so I presume the hold was released as the email was automatically generated. As I mentioned before, I still doubt I'll hear anything unless they determine I broke the phone...

OP here, update since the last post... The hold has disappeared from my credit card, so I'll take that as a positive sign. There's nothing on my Fi account page to indicate anything abnormal, and despite having placed a note with my contact information in with the dead phone, I seriously doubt...

Nope. The only time it was wet was when I applied the screen protector. Besides, this phone is billed as waterproof, though I wouldn't want to find out. The replacement came this morning. It certainly appears new, and the transfer process could not have been easier. It took less than an...

I took a bunch of pics... here's a better view. The replacement is due tomorrow. I wrote out a note basically telling the story above and stuffed it in with the phone. We'll see.....

Excellent advice, I took like 5 pictures of the screen but none of the back/sides.... doing that as soon as I get off work today, thanks!

As the title states. tl;dr - Unlocked with fingerprint sensor and got an immediate strobe-like flash from the top left corner of the screen accompanied by an audible "click". The screen now has a "bleed" or "burn" mark about a third of the way down from that corner, and there is a metallic...