[Q] Strange rubbery/stretchy filament coming out of top of my Maxx

[twolostminds]

This is a strange one.
Last night I pulled my Maxx out of my pocket and it looked like an inch long piece of string was sticking out of the top of my phone in the place where the back panel and the top of the phone just above the camera and flash meet. I went to pluck it off realized it wasn't a string but a stretchy piece of something in between the two parts of the phone. Now that area of the back panel just above the camera wiggles. Anyone know what that stringy thingy was? Yeah, I know, "stringy thingy" is a real technical term. lol

 

[Nikorasu]

Glue?

 

[twolostminds]

Glue?

It seemed a little more substantial than glue, almost like some kind of rubberized or silicone tape. I remember reading somewhere here on XDA that Moto used some kind of tape to make the Razr water resistant. Could this be the tape?

 

[iolinux333]

Try holding your phone under water for a few minutes and see if it leaks. If no water leaks in you should be OK.

 

[brainwash123]

I cannot say for sure but it's probably a rubberized sealant that was applied before the phone was assembled. They're semi-liquid and they cure to the consistency of rubber. After curing they are cut (manually or automatically) using a knife so that they conform to the shape.
I would assume that if the 'filament' that you took out has a constant width then you lost water-proofness for that area. You might be lucky and perhaps only teared part of the width of the sealant.
And no, don't put your phone under the water, it's a bad idea even if the seal is intact. It's splash proof only, not 'diving' proof, huge difference between those two.

 

[6stringandy]

Try holding your phone under water for a few minutes and see if it leaks. If no water leaks in you should be OK.

If the piece wiggles, chances are its not water resistant anymore. Wouldn't try that just yet.

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[iolinux333]

OMG it was a joke

 

[6stringandy]

OMG it was a joke

Oh, I know. But you never know what advice some people will follow in a panic.

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[twolostminds]

Oh, I know. But you never know what advice some people will follow in a panic.

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Don't worry, I won't be dunking my Maxx in the toilet anytime soon. lol

 

[6stringandy]

Haha, the toilet. That's funny.

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[iolinux333]

Haha, the toilet. That's funny.

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only funny when it happens to someone else

moral: DON'T TEXT AND PEE!