Fixing my Water Damaged Phone - Samsung Fold Repair

There was important footage on Linus' Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 when it went for a little dip in the pool. Can Dan recover the data and save the video?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:46 Uncle Dan?
2:25 Exploratory Surgery
5:15 He had to go...
8:34 We need a donor
9:39 oops
12:45 Guess who's back!
13:29 The moment of truth
15:24 Now draw the rest of the owl
17:27 Outro

[Sollaze]

"I need some alcohol... and probably some for the phone as well"
I fucking love Dan this man is a gem

[JakePIXL]

"forever... it destroys entropy" Dan is always great when on camera.

[DonnyStanley]

I love that Dan is somehow always both over qualified and under qualified at the same time on any given project.

[kittyplasma]

It's such a strange feeling seeing how this is so hyped up in the video, but this is every week for me as a mobile device and computer repair technician in a small business, where I'm the only technician.

I felt every feeling that Dan did as he wrestled with that phone, and the satisfaction felt in seeing the work successfully completed.

[drewwithey]

Dan deserves a raise, a massive bonus, and MUCH more airtime!

[domikoro]

We really need more videos with Dan, he‘s great. Would love to see him more outside of the WAN show.

[DayelBlake]

Any LTT video with Dan in it is instant gold. His dry delivery of “It destroys entropy” slays me.

[JollyRanchersGrandma]

Seeing Dan's ability on camera progress at such an insane rate is crazy. He's not in alot of videos but each time I see one it's like he's never stopped hosting for even a week.

[Lampe]

14:56 That extreme joy when the phone booted up is really a great feeling, I've also had it a few times when fixing little complex devices a few years ago. Nice that you got it working again!

[luizgoncalves]

Regarding the heating gel thing that you mentioned you didn't heat enough, you could've used the bed of one of the 3D printers from logistics. They're great at keeping a precise temp and you can just plop the phone face down there (just don't heat it too high).

[RoryVanBeek]

Dan is great on camera. His voice is very calming, and he is always talking over everything he does.

[quintuple_lained]

Putting dennis in that role was probably one of the best decisions ever made

[fierce]

The transition from Calm Dan to Rage Dan with that broken screen was hilarious. The transition speed was unreal

[Respectable_Username]

Omg it's amazing to see how Dan's gone from being kinda timid on camera to naturally relegating Linus to assistant host right here. We need more Dan! He's The Man!

Edit: Just finished the video, and eyyy congrats on getting it all (mostly) working 🎉

[Mr.Anderson__]

Dan definitely needs some more camera time! If that is what he enjoys. Denis is great as always too!

[andrewt]

I love how quick witted Dan is. Oddly enough he's a clone to a Dan I used to work with, in both appearance and personality. A chuckle every time he's on screen.

[andrewarmstrong]

We definitely need more Dan, I really enjoyed his detailed tear down and his calm voice made me just want more.

[JLStudioCA]

Dan is a great host for these "slower" paced, more focused content! I can listen to him talk for hours lol
Edit: Also for opening screens, what you really want is a heat plate. Those iFixit kits are good for at home fixer ups (I guess that's why they used it so it's more like "you can do this too!"), but heat plates distributes heat wayyyy more evenly and imo is easier to use

[SSChambers]

In September, I went swimming off the coast of Anguilla with my S22 Ultra. Got a ton of great footage. Later that night, the charge port gave me the "water detected" error when plugging my phone in. It was basically puking salt and sand. It may have even had a crab living in it. I didn't have access to a wireless charger. But I did have a full bottle of rubbing alcohol. I doused the entire phone, paying special attention to the charge port. By morning, it charged like normal. However, the S pen refused to work; for 3 weeks. Assuming I had killed my pen, after 3 weeks or so, it randomly started working again like nothing ever happened. Entire phone has been fine since the first week of October. It's just a phone and it's only money. Phones can be replaced and more money can always be made. Life's too short to worry about things that won't matter in a year - or ten.

Great video, btw 👍

[stevenmcilwaine]

Protect Dan at all costs. He's a treasure.