Ouch! Sorry to hear that, bro. Your phone was naked or inside case?

So once we send for warranty claim= no more waterproofing?

May I know which SC you went?

My battery life was quite poor on this phone. I am planning to send it in for inspection.

My concern is the waterproofing since they may teardown the phone to inspect the battery.

I only manage to get 3 hours+. That is not much better than my Note 3.

BT, NFC, GPS, Rotation disabled
Thanks, do update us about the waterproofing. I afraid that our waterproof seal will be affected even for warranty repair.

That sucks! So it means design is so lousy that a FEATURE is lost after warranty claim...

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I guess it is pure luck.
Tried that. No difference.
I hope Samsung is able to provide a 1 to 1 exchange like Apple.

I believe if the seals are replaced properly, waterproofing will be retained. It depends on the competency of the technician I guess.

If they reassemble it the same way they took it apart, I'm sure the waterproofing would still be there right?
Provided they use the proper seal

U r not designer nor technician. So how can u be SURE ?

Duhhhh

I think without proper tools its hard for them to have waterproofing again. If you watch jerryrigit, you wills ee their waterproofing mostly based on some sort of rubber or glue to seal it. Which I believe its not that easy without proper equipment and tools.
Yeah will do  estimate next week should arrive

Thanks for finding out more about this.

Since you mentioned "3. After screen replacement, IF YOU wet your phone and water sips through. Samsung DOES NOT cover the warranty.", so does this mean that Samsung WILL cover the warranty for wet / water-seap damage for S7 edge units which have not been repaired before?     

In this regard, Samsung should actually do both the rubber glue / seals and fully nano-coat the internal electronics such as Liquipel or using Motorola's proprietary nano-coating to make the electronics water-resistant.

But then again, nano-coats alone cannot really provide full IP68 performance (IIANM) and they may have their own shortcoming too (e.g. heat dissipation may no longer be good).
That's good to know. 

Another thing to ponder. If someone submerges their S7 edge inside water beyond the specified depth-limit and for longer than 30 minutes, and water does go into the S7 edge, will Samsung still cover the warranty? I'm not sure if Samsung can detect such 'misuses'. 

Sony probably learnt their lesson on this too and that's why they are no longer mentioning that their phones are waterproof.

holy smokes

i feel your pain

the case does nothing...

ouch ! 

@eugenetwh thanks for the photos

My s7e is still naked no casing n SP. It really worries me. I only take out my phone when in car, office n home only

Did you have any screen protector when it dropped?

Actually you could order a cheapo glass protector off ebay before the pre order even began and it might reach u before you receive the phone. I've  ordered mine already (including cheapo case) but yet to get the phone Call this a pre-emptive measure to avoid cases like yours.

Anyway, what do you mean in your previous post by "hardware warranty still applies" ?

There is a thing call Smart Switch

http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/

Apparently it can work over iOS as well.

So most probably easy to switch most of your contacts and pictures and media.

I doubt apps can transfer over though for obvious reason.

Whatsapp can backup to Google Drive and restore again for chats.

Wechat I dont use, so I dont know.

Wait that'd some great news!

Good news.

How much does the repair cost?

This should be the way it is done. 

The previous SA doesn't know his stuff, probably.

What if it is not owner's negligence? If water damaged the phone from usage within IP68 specifications, will Samsung still claim owner negligence? It's very hard for them to know also, right?