back lifting up

[monsieurms]

SO....I'm taking off the case to clean it, and I see the back of the phone starting to unseal. To be clear, I've never done any work on it or gone into it. So, I'm suspect/fear the battery expanded and pushed it up? But maybe it just lost the seal. Any other thoughts, please advise.

I was thinking of replacing that battery. That's a definite yes now, and they can seal down that back at the same time.

 

[mustang7757]

Sounds like the battery swelled, happened on my Samsung S8., I wouldn't use it until fixed, power it off .

 

[cohoman]

I had the exact same issue about a year ago. Battery swelling. Had a local shop repair it within an hour under the Samsung+ warranty.

 

[monsieurms]

I had the exact same issue about a year ago. Battery swelling. Had a local shop repair it within an hour under the Samsung+ warranty.

I have an appointment at a repair place on Friday. They said they had a battery in stock and could get this done for me on the spot in a couple of hours. So I am hopeful it will be quick and easy.

 

[BerryBubbles]

Wow! Good thing you caught it in time.

It's a good reminder to all of us who do not change our cases often, to pull off those cases & check.

 

[monsieurms]

Wow! Good thing you caught it in time.

It's a good reminder to all of us who do not change our cases often, to pull off those cases & check.

I'm not sure how fast it was, because a couple of months ago I noticed that my case was kind of bulging a little on the right side and I started using a different push impact point to turn it on and off. I just thought it was a defect in the case.

At this point I'm thinking more that it was a defect in the back of the phone causing the case to bulge a little!

In any event, nothing else happened that was bad, everything kept working, and hopefully tomorrow fixes everything. I do have a 26 ultra in my sights when they come out, but that's a ways away. One way or another, this repair is just a stopgap.

I will say, every time I look up there seems to be some new incident with rechargeable batteries. I noticed some problems on consumer safety reports with certain Anker power banks recently too. (Happily, not the models I bought.)

I hear new technology is being experimented with, but it can't get here fast enough.