Sometimes, a tiny, mysterious white dot appears at the top of your Android phone's screen on the status bar without warning or explanation. Its actual job is simple yet maddening. It tells you that ...

So your phone took a dip in a pool, ocean, or worse, the toilet? Well, don’t fret! Water plus smartphones used to equal instant death for many devices. Fortunately, that’s no longer always the case.

There aren't many ways a smartphone can tell you that its screen is damaged. Of course, obvious cracks running across the screen are telltale pointers, but screens aren't made up of only glass. There ...