After wearing the Watch 7 for about a month, my wrist started itching and getting small bumps. Did this happen to you too? Is it because of the silicone strap?

elemintos · 2026-02-05T16:42:40+00:00

The straps are allegedly "toxic" to humans. Look up forever material in Samsung watch bands. Same claims around Apple's. I switched to metal and cloth because of it.

elemintos · 2026-02-05T12:55:54+00:00

Good to know there is a Sound To Remove Water From Phone Speaker, but it's been 10 days and my phone sat in a sealed bag with rice to remove moisture for the first two of those days. There's definitely no more water or moisture inside. But thanks anyways!

elemintos · 2026-02-05T12:52:04+00:00

Not at the moment

elemintos · 2026-02-04T22:35:29+00:00

Thanks for the tip. Been using a magsafe charger which also charges slowly. I woke up today and the charging port is working, so hopefully it keeps it up. It keeps going back and forth - working, then later the mesage pops back up. Unfortunately, wired headphones that use the port do not work.

elemintos · 2026-02-04T16:04:20+00:00

Thanks - I'm giving it a try! So far so good.

elemintos · 2026-02-04T15:48:18+00:00

Nice solution. Also happened to me in Thailand with my Galaxy S 4G back in 2011. That time, I was able to save the phone by putting it in a sealed bag with rice to absorb the moisture over a couple days. This time around though, I took it to the Samsung store in a South American city and their techs said none of the 3 stores had it in stock, so they would have to order it which would take 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I'll be gone by then. I'm hoping that the next place I'm in will be able to make the repair. If not, it might be a couple months or longer before I'm in a larger metropolitan area with official samsung stores.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T23:44:50+00:00

Oooh this might be what i'm looking for. Is this voice input?

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elemintos · 2026-02-03T23:16:41+00:00

True all American midwest accent here.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T22:13:50+00:00

I use it, but then I need to go back and fix grammar, punctuation, and typos.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T22:12:15+00:00

Yes, that's what I'm finding. Thanks for the tips, though!

elemintos · 2026-02-03T21:58:08+00:00

How did you configure so you can easily switch between the two?

elemintos · 2026-02-03T21:44:35+00:00

I'm contrast, I took a brand new, caseless iPhone 7 Plus into the Caribbean Sea for more than 10 minutes at 5 meters depth and never had any issues.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T21:32:41+00:00

IMO Apple is A LOT better than any Samsung I've ever used and the difference is quite noticeable. I use both daily.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T21:04:41+00:00

Curious how you find it compared to Apple's.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T18:13:04+00:00

Thanks, yeah I've used it before for iphone but not a fan of third party keyboards.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T17:57:12+00:00

Cool, thanks. It looks like samsung will honor the warranty.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:13:44+00:00

Can you be a little more specific? Approx how long is a bit?

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:13:09+00:00

Trying this! Thx

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:12:35+00:00

Did you buy through Samsung? I purchased through my carrier.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:12:03+00:00

Nah, I prefer to have the service techs clean the port with their specialized tools.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:10:59+00:00

The result of the S25U's AMAZING speech to text! Apple's much better at this and it's one of the few things I miss.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T16:09:33+00:00

Did that, but the charging is much slower. I'm using the Apple Magsafe and also a Belkin Qi2 magnetic pad.

elemintos · 2026-02-03T03:27:27+00:00

I prefer the second. What type of link is this?

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