S7 vs washing machine

[Inders99]

Yup...I did it. Didn't realize my S7 was in my pocket (heavy construction pants with many pockets) and ran them through the wash cycle. My wife heard a banging in the machine (front loader) and I couldn't imagine what it was, stopped the machine after about 5 minutes and sure enough there was my S7 nice and soapy and clean!!

I dried it off and checked it out and it worked fine. The speaker was not working well so I sucked some of the water out with a vacuum cleaner (yeah...I'm rough on my phones) and let it dry for a few hours and it works fine now.

So if you're wondering if the water resistance actually works I think this is proof. Tough too, it was really being tossed around pretty good. I have a slim fit case and have proven many times those Otterbox/Lifeproof cases are not necessary...more marketing hype than what you actually need.

 

[Tim1954]

Well that certainly tested out the water resistance! Probably in general these devices are good, but being mass produced, you only need a bit of glue missing and your expensive device is dead. Warranty doesn't cover that kind of damage.
You certainly road tested yours
Thanks for sharing that, we do get a lot of posters asking about that, so I'll refer them to your post!

 

[Ca_lvn]

This would be a good commercial

 

[dbollman423]

Enjoyed this. I just upgraded to an S7 recently and I try to take care of my phones, but you can't plan for life's simple errors or life in general.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

Bet it would have died of it was in the whole cycle, or the water was hot enough.

But yeah these work well for water resistance, I had mine under water in a river yesterday.