Water Resistance Tester

Ray W

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About this app

This app will help you test whether the IP67/IP68 water resistance seals on your phone are still intact by using the barometer built in to your phone. Do note that the seals can become compromised with drops and device aging - keep your phone away from all liquids!

Note: If your phone does not have a built-in barometer, it cannot be supported. Having a barometer built-in to the phone is required for the core functionality of this app, and no app can install physically missing hardware.

Ratings and reviews

This works flawlessly on my S22, but on my A14 it won't register pressing on the screen, even if I push to the point of flexing the screen and frame a bit (it's all plastic though so it's fine). I'm like 95% sure the A14 IS waterproof, but it's a cheap phone and it's been a while since it's gotten thoroughly dunked, so it is possible the app correct, although I find it more likely the A14 has a shoddy sensor. Just a warning to people with cheaper phones. Kudos to the developer though, great app.

Note - put your phone on a hard surface when you do this test - maybe I just have squishy thumbs or have lost my hand strength after quitting rock climbing but I was only able to get a positive result pushing down on the phone on a solid surface. Im fairly sure my phone is still waterproof as it's been through many heavy rains, a few drops in the bath/hot tub, and repeated trips into a steam sauna without issue so I was very surprised at the "your phone is not waterproof" result the first tests

To everyone saying that it doesn't appear to work/does nothing no matter how hard you press: the app requires a barometer sensor in order to work. NOT ALL Android devices will have this. Most cheaper ones won't. I just tried it on a couple phones that do not have one, and the app does not give any warning/indication about this. To the developer: the idea behind this is genius, I would just suggest putting in a barometer check; I'm guessing this could be done through some kind of API check?

What's new

- Improved baseline measurement on Pixel 6 / Pixel 6 Pro devices.
- Upgraded APIs to target Android 12