AdamA

Indicator has nothing to do with it as these aren’t switchback

When did Philips ever make a comment on brightness? Its your responsibility to ensure you meet MOT regulations, not theirs.

Theoretically, you can move the flash NAND to another S6 and use it that way, I'd assume. That would be pricy but it is possible to do

Wow. Well, heres what I'd say. Your waterproofing is gone. Repairing it yourself is a no go because a replacement back is $100 and I could only find one seller on eBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-OEM-Origin...

Best send it to Samsung, keeping your waterproofing and warranty.

IC repair is always possible

The connectors connecting them to the board may be damaged, or possibly a component is broken, like a capacitor or resistor responsible for those two.

If you are doing advanced video editing then even then the 13" is good. I use Adobe Audition and Adobe After Effects with it and it doesn't lag. But the 15" has a dedicated graphics card, that might be better for you if you do 3D modelling as it is more powerful. It is also quad core as opposed to dual core.

Lol, I paid £150 for an external thunderbolt drive. 1TB HDD. Theres no way you managed to pull an SSD for that price.