The Broken Bangle

[Henrietta Naughton]

Yearsago I ordered an astrological bangle of Paramahansa Yogananda. I have used it for years and it has always protected me, but two years ago it broke, and now I wear it with the silver thread being broken in a certain place. I wonder if this has any meaning? And if I wear it without fixing it, does it have less protection? I guess so, but it could be useful anyway.

Monday morning everything was fine, but a few hours later I noticed it constantly rebooting, the bar filling up, and the process repeating itself every 6 seconds or so. I tried draining the battery, but that didn't help.

I even managed to briefly connect the IDE between reboots, which seems to confirm my suspicion:

Pressing the button feels fine, except that it doesn't have any effect.

The last time it even came near water was when I wore it in the rain a few weeks back, so I'd be surprised if that caused it.

Yups, it's still broken. I already flattened it a few times between retries and wobbling didn't help either :-(

I don't suppose trying to force it out with some pliers has a great chance of leaving it salvageable...

I'm also having this problem, since about a week ago, having used my Bangle2 since it arrived around Feb/March this year. I've tried wiggling the button around as suggested here, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

That does remind me though - has either you or @bendunc submerged your Bangle recently for more than a second or two? I did hear of some people having this when their Bangles got wet, and after drying out they started working fine again

Ever since I got mine I have worn it in the shower without any problem. I did fall (shallow) in a couple of lakes recently, but looking at my calendar and reflecting on when the watch stopped booting properly, I can't figure out if that happened before or after the watch got stuck in a boot loop. When I fell in I did get out immediately, so the watch should not have been below 1m and should not have been in the water for more than a minute or two.

@hedgeling well that would sound like a likely cause then - maybe there was a little bit of water got in - just enough to get into the button. Taking the Bangle in the shower definitely isn't something I'd recommend - you'd hope it would be ok, but at the same time that's on the limit of what it is designed to handle.

@Gordon I haven't gone swimming or bathing with mine but I did quickly run it under the tap after working out several times. Honestly, I was under the impression that it was much more water proof than IP67. Maybe I was mistaken but I remember looking up the water proof rating that was on a card in the original package and being impressed that it could withstand pressure several meters into water, according to its rating.

I've left the broken bangle out in my room (dry western US air) for several weeks and it still has this problem. Like hedgeling said, the button will press and depress and can wiggle it around but the board itself is registering the button as held.

@bendunc I looked back and I'm pretty sure the original cards (and in fact the current ones) say "IP67 waterproof" - while technically true (according to the manufacturer at least) I'll admit that saying "waterproof" is somewhat misleading and I've been trying to replace that with "water resistant" whenever I see it (I'll get the next batch of cards changed).

IP67 spec does say "protected against short periods of immersion in water while under pressure between 15cm and 1m." but that's clean, cold water, and in reality when moving under water the pressure almost certainly exceeds 1m's worth. If you google 'can I bath/shower/swim with IP67' the advice is pretty clearly against it...

I'm also having trouble with the button on my Bangle.js 2. It has been living on the charger on my desk for some time now and I thought I'd wear it out tonight so I connected it, updated to the latest firmware, even added a few apps but then suddenly the button doesn't have the tactile click to it and I can't get the screen to unlock. The button is springy, I've tried wobbling it around a bit to see if I can 'unstick' it but to no avail. There's no audible or tactile click and the device behaves as if it's not been pressed. No chance of water damage as it has been stored on the stand for the last few months. Fingers crossed it frees up but judging by this and other posts I've found it doesn't sound terribly likely.

My watch no longer powers up, it doesn't appear to be charging any more and without a button to press I have no way to nudge it into doing anything. @fritzfritz did you manage to repair yours yourself? Curious if I can do the same.

You my be able to fix it if you're up for a bit of a challenge - you need to warm up the front glass (but not past 100 degrees C or it'll kill the LCD) and then the glue loosens and you can pull it off with a suction cup. It's been suggested the easiest method is to use the heated bed of a 3D printer if you have one or have access to one.

@fritzfritz sorry you had troubles - you removed your original post so I don't know what the issue was, but generally it's helpful if you can give us a chance to try and help fix your problems before contacting the distributor.

My watch is only a few months old. Starting last week the button stopped registering. It feels soft, instead of clicky. I guess I responded to the wrong thread, there was one that discussed the button dislocating. These symptoms fit with what I encountered. The only options I saw were to repair it (risk overheating and losing waterproofing) or try and see if there was a warranty. That's why I contacted the distributor. I apologize for not following through here first. I was in a rush to try and get it working again.

@markcra great! Just to say that if you do get it to bits and you find the button PCB is damaged (rather than just moved out of the way) then I have now managed to get hold of a handful of replacement button PCBs, so I can post one to you.

tiffany twist bangle that has been worn every day for 40 years. i have repaired this twice, in different spots. replacement has been suggested, but rejected due to sentimental value. i am thinking about adding a thin lining to reinforce, but worried that it will change the size. should i line and fabricate another twist?

sprung i think, a solder joint is near by. i imagine this has been worn day and night for those 40 years. but when i repaired it twice, i annealed and shaped it with a rawhide mallet as you suggested.

in the last year i have repaired it at 2 different spots. 40 years of wearing day and night has weakened

the whole of it. the broken section goes together perfectly, why should i cut it out? it is not hollow if that is what you have assumed. i think i need to somehow reinforce the of the inside

The first thing I thought of was some kind of tube/bead, something interesting, with the good part of what remains showing and the broken ends inside. Then if it keeps happening you might wind up with a bracelet of tubes of various lengths, & twists.

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It took me a good ten minutes to get mine on. I tried butter, lotion, contorting my wrist in all sorts of fashions and only when I had finally given up and just kind of rammed it on my hand did it pop over that bone.

And the engagement days.It clashed beautifully with bridesmaids dresses but the brides never fussed.Even though I had cracked it playing a rigorous game of baseball in 2007 it survived to see me to my wedding day.And for nearly 3 years after that lovely day.

I say get another. Several years ago when we visited Australia my husband bought me 2 jade bangles. I wear one and am considering wearing both of them at the same time.

It sounds like you are really mourning your loss, perhaps your dad or hubby will buy you another!

Anyway, just as I fell and cracked my bangle and you cracking yours during a baseball game, our bangles protected us from harm (although I did get two giant bloody bruises on my knees). Basically, the jade protected us from more serious injuries. I see breaking my bangle as it having protected me from something much more terrible than two cuts on my wrist.

If you ever decide to get another one, make sure you get what you pay for. The best jade is when it turns greener/more beautiful as you wear it and translucent jade seems to be valued more than opaque jade.

those broken jade could be made into some other jewellery. i just brought my wife a jadeite bangle, she could not remove it and hopefully she will grow to like it. price for jadeite rise. if you have a son or daughter whom you think you would like to leave a remembrance to. just get one for them . the reason why the chinese like to pass these thing as a heirloom is that it could not be replaced. as no 2 pair of bangle is identical.

Yes I agree with Walin. I collect jade and that was my immediate thought. It was a beautiful bangle but not jade. Even so, the wonderful memories and the love from your Dad buying the bangles for you and your Mom are real and lasting. If you want to repair it, it actually can be done, a jeweller can turn it into a hinged bangle, but the cost would not be worth it since its probably not jade. A little tip: jadeite jade is harder than steel. So if you do get a new jadeite bangle, a way to test it is in an inconspicuous spot, try scratching it with a steel knife. If you are able to scratch it, its not jade.

I came across Mat Heriottalk, known as The Hairy Handyman on Instagram through a tag from flluske.bubble and immediately fell in love with his creations made from broken skateboards! I found it fascinating that someone could envision creating adornments from random bits of skateboards and actually make them. In my eyes these works are another excellent example of the creativity that can be used to solve our waste problems and create a more circular economy through reuse, repurposing, and recycling.

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