The water resistance is probably long compromised by now, especially with how old the phone is. As they age, the sealing adhesive begins to fail and this phone is 4 years old and the adhesive is likely damaged anyway. Most adhesives expire within 3 years in the sense they stop holding well.
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The water resistance is probably long compromised by now anyway, especially on a 4 year old phone. The problem with water resistance is it’s not forever and tends to expire in 2-3 years on most of them due to expired adhesive. It will still be present, but there’s a good chance there’s compromised parts that may leak water into the phone and ruin it.
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It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will remove what little is likely actually left.
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The problem is there is no way to fully restore it either. Just the act of opening the device to refresh the adhesive ruins it beyond repair. Even authorized repair cannot gaurantee it’ll work once broken - it *has* to go back to the factory and be redone like it was fully assembled to get it all back.
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It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation and get an Otterbox or treat it as non water resistant. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will remove what little is likely actually left.
The water resistance is probably long compromised by now, especially with how old the phone is. As they age, the sealing adhesive begins to fail and this phone is 4 years old and the adhesive is likely damaged anyway. Most adhesives expire within 3 years in the sense they stop holding well.
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It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will make it nearly impossible to keep it water resistant.
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It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will remove what little is likely actually left.
The water resistance is probably long compromised by now, especially with how old the phone is. As they age, the sealing adhesive begins to fail and this phone is 4 years old and the adhesive is likely damaged anyway.
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The water resistance is probably long compromised by now, especially with how old the phone is. As they age, the sealing adhesive begins to fail and this phone is 4 years old and the adhesive is likely damaged anyway. Most adhesives expire within 3 years in the sense they stop holding well.
It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will make it nearly impossible to keep it water resistant.
The water resistance is probably long compromised by now, especially with how old the phone is. As they age, the sealing adhesive begins to fail and this phone is 4 years old and the adhesive is likely damaged anyway.
It is nearly impossible to restore it once broken, so I wouldn’t try and chase down preservation. The phone is probably already compromised due to age and opening it will make it nearly impossible to keep it water resistant.