Hi all, i have been using the LEM14 in water for the past 2 weeks (for simple pool and sea sessions) and first my back button said bye bye but now, probably due to additional HW failures, if rebooted, it goes into a sort of diagnostic mode with chinese symbols in green mixed with HW checks in regular fonts i can’t fully read due to screen not fitting properly.
It seems the mic is also failing.
To get out of this, i keep the power button pressed (this button survived yeah!) and it goes off again and apparently i am able to boot it ok the second time.
I need to repeat all of the above whether i reboot or power off the watch.
Any idea of what might be causing this? A HW fail that forces the watch into that at boot? I have the FAW firmware.
Adding a few pictures of the boot session…
PS:
Needless to say this is far far far from being an IP68 - obviously i was not expecting anything better from such a device but still i gave it a try in real life without paying attention to clean it up from salt or not pressing buttons unless completely dry.
If that’s what you expected, why did you do it?
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@G1NT0N1C - Not sure that answer my request for support, however i will try to satisfy your curiosity. I am a diabetic person, and the only reason for me to even bother buying chinese devices from non reputable brands is that i can have it paired directly with my bluetooth glucose sensor and be free from carrying a mobile phone on me in water around my neck or waist. Also i moderate a community of diabetic people and i was testing this for them.
Managing diabetes means reducing the presence of any sort of stress factor, including caring about a cheap watch while on vacation that is supposed to be IP68 (like my right hand fitbit versa 2 of 5 years and many deep dives…).
So i tried my luck and it worked for almost 3 weeks straight 
until it failed me as expected (well as youtube videos made me expect!).
Cheers!
OK, fair enough. Even if the result, as you rightly remarked, was to be expected. I agree with you though: it shouldn’t be sold as IP68 if it’s not IP68. Rescuing your watch will be difficult. If salt water is causing the problem, it’s almost hopeless. But hey, let’s try: Turn it off. Then open the sim tray and put it in a bag with rice for a few days. Best on a sunny windowsill. We need to get the moisture out first, then we’ll see.
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Thanks! Tried the rice trick for a little while but i’ll give it another try. As you say i also believe it’s hopeless!
Cheers.
