vytaswashere
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I stupidly took my GoPro Hero 7 Black without the protective housing for a scuba dive and it flooded. It was a very shallow dive and the whole dive I spent at 6-7 meters (20 feet). It flooded after 45 minutes underwater. Annoyingly 5 minutes before we ended the dive.
Noticed the water inside once I pressed the top button and it didn't feel right. Spent hours with it in the water snorkeling and cliff diving before and never had an issue. Always rinsed it in fresh water after and cleaned any salt build up of the doors.
The thing is when GoPro says it's waterproof to 10 meters (30 feet), I kind of expect it to be waterproof for at least a few hours. But my guess is they don't know themselves. Does anyone know what their test procedures are?
Anyway, I tried drying it out and when it didn't work took it apart to clean the motherboard from corosion damage which didn't work either.
Has anyone managed to recover a flooded GoPro?
Made a video about taking the GoPro apart if anyone is interested:
Noticed the water inside once I pressed the top button and it didn't feel right. Spent hours with it in the water snorkeling and cliff diving before and never had an issue. Always rinsed it in fresh water after and cleaned any salt build up of the doors.
The thing is when GoPro says it's waterproof to 10 meters (30 feet), I kind of expect it to be waterproof for at least a few hours. But my guess is they don't know themselves. Does anyone know what their test procedures are?
Anyway, I tried drying it out and when it didn't work took it apart to clean the motherboard from corosion damage which didn't work either.
Has anyone managed to recover a flooded GoPro?
Made a video about taking the GoPro apart if anyone is interested: