Hi. So i have had a broken G1 just sitting on my dresser and was wondering if it can be repaired. Here's the thing. The reason it is not working anymore is because I dropped it on the floor of my flooded basement. Mind you, it does turn on, but the screen stays black. You do notice that the screen is on because it turns slightly gray. There have been instances where I have not touched it in months (just happened today) and it would fully work, but then after a couple of hours playing around with it the screen goes gray. So do any of you think that this can be repaired (at no cost). haha. I have a working g1 but it'd be nice to have 2! Thanks in advance.
a_q_1029 said:
Hi. So i have had a broken G1 just sitting on my dresser and was wondering if it can be repaired. Here's the thing. The reason it is not working anymore is because I dropped it on the floor of my flooded basement. Mind you, it does turn on, but the screen stays black. You do notice that the screen is on because it turns slightly gray. There have been instances where I have not touched it in months (just happened today) and it would fully work, but then after a couple of hours playing around with it the screen goes gray. So do any of you think that this can be repaired (at no cost). haha. I have a working g1 but it'd be nice to have 2! Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It sounds like some things got damaged inside the phone, there really isn't a free way because you'll probably need to replace some parts. But there's someone in the forum that sells them pretty cheaply (don't remember their name)
I thought so. But just thought I'd ask the pros. Haha. Like I said, I already have one, so it's not that serious to try to fix it. Maybe I can sell it for cheap. At least I'll get something out of it. But thanks for your help. Really appreciate it.
I've got a similar issue, don't know if anyone can help but...Came out of work one day turned on my phone and started having issues with the widgets and a few apps on my phone (A2SD). Got home tried rebooting and recovering from a nand backup but didn't help, re flashed which didn't help, rebooted 1 more time to find that my phone would boot past 2 splash screens and then just stop at a black, backlit screen. I have it under warranty, no water damage, it was dropped aaaages ago but worked fine and this problem happened like 3 months after I dropped it so...Any ideas anyone?
It might be the flex cable inside the G1, the same thing happened to my sisters, she dropped it and you could only see the backlight light up. By the way, the Flex cable is a Pain in the ass to replace... well at least it was for me.. Good Luck
But wouldnt that mean none of the screen would work?
after water damage
My G1 fell in the bath tub while showering my kids. I quickly took the battery out, blow dry it and let dry for a month. Now, it turns on but each time i hit any button it gives a power off option.
I have taken it apart and cleaned the keyboard with alcohol. but still same problem.
Did i forgot to clean something or i need to replace a part?
please help!!
tonira said:
My G1 fell in the bath tub while showering my kids. I quickly took the battery out, blow dry it and let dry for a month. Now, it turns on but each time i hit any button it gives a power off option.
I have taken it apart and cleaned the keyboard with alcohol. but still same problem.
Did i forgot to clean something or i need to replace a part?
please help!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the problem is not the phone drop into the water, the problem start when u turn the phone on after u take it out from the water, so still wet and if u turn it on u gonna damage the circuits, so what i do its let the cell phone get dry not with a dryer ok, just leave the cell phone on a place is warm enough for like a day or 2 if u can and later try to turn it on maybe u get lucky and nothing get damage just get the steam it screen well thats my theory it works for me most of the time
thephantom007 said:
the problem is not the phone drop into the water, the problem start when u turn the phone on after u take it out from the water, so still wet and if u turn it on u gonna damage the circuits, so what i do its let the cell phone get dry not with a dryer ok, just leave the cell phone on a place is warm enough for like a day or 2 if u can and later try to turn it on maybe u get lucky and nothing get damage just get the steam it screen well thats my theory it works for me most of the time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks, i did that. still no good.
tonira said:
thanks, i did that. still no good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well sorry to hear that, time to use the warranty
tonira said:
thanks, i did that. still no good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
put in in a bowl of rice to remove the moisture. its probably a short thats causing the keys to be recognized as the power button. check for anything that could be responsible for the short
B-man007 said:
put in in a bowl of rice to remove the moisture. its probably a short thats causing the keys to be recognized as the power button. check for anything that could be responsible for the short
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for your help!! how do i check for the shorts. is it ok if i air blow the parts with air blaster?
tonira said:
thanks, i did that. still no good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You know those little silicon gel packet things that come with backpacks and stuff? Those are AMAZING moisture removers! Try them and I wish you good luck
Related
Was geting out of the car today, and dropped the phone in to the water.
There is mist under the screen . And now touch screen not working.
Please help, is there any cure for this?
First, be very greatfull you still have a semi-working device!
Second, install MS Voice Command - this should give you some functionality
Third, if you search on the forums for the service manual and and get one of these.
I'm told its a very tricky job but as its a touch phone and you have lost your touch, its got to be worth a try!
usually, when electronic devices get wet, you should immediately remove the battery and let it totally dry before turning it on.
And then send it for repair or diagnostics to make sure it's still functioning. At this point, I think your best bet is to send it for repairs.
Good luck, hope it's still repairable.
turn it off and leave it somewhere warm for a day or two.
then turn it back on.
if it is still not working right you need it repaired.
Take the battery out, and then pack your diamond tight, submerged, in a bowl of uncooked rice.
Trust me I've seen this work miracles before. The rice draws out all the moisture, it's amazing. Then cross your fingers and hope you got that battery out in time...
You'll need to leave it in the rice for at least 24 hours.
Good luck
p.s. Put the battery in the rice also.
salada2k said:
Take the battery out, and then pack your diamond tight, submerged, in a bowl of uncooked rice.
Trust me I've seen this work miracles before. The rice draws out all the moisture, it's amazing. Then cross your fingers and hope you got that battery out in time...
You'll need to leave it in the rice for at least 24 hours.
Good luck
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Before you do this use a hairdryer ( worked for me on my s710)
anwoe said:
Before you do this use a hairdryer ( worked for me on my s710)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can cause problems when you cut corners like that... Static electricity is one.
Ok, so far everithing in working (GPS,camera,g-sen,phone,), and the touch screen works again, but the bloody screen... lots of watermarks on it.
I wouldn't worry about that, that's good so far. A mate of mine dropped his i-mate in a pool and he brought it back to life (with the rice trick) and his screen had those watermarks for a week. In fact it looked really cool, the background had this awesome colour to it, and the LCD had this strange depth to it (no pun intended) it was quite funny really, he was upset it went back to normal in one week!
this is probably the same "stuff" you would get on a window. I suspect that you may need to open it up and clear this away from the underside of the screen. Guess you could try some pressurised air BUT this may be too strong for a delicate phone.....
Is it possible to separate screen cover from screen(background)???
Cause its get worse with time. Couple hours ago, mist(water) was on 5% of the screen, and now on whole 80%. Now there is no white color but grey.
Just put your phone in rice.
Leave you phone turned off in some rice for I'd say 2 days, but you clearly want to use it to the extent you turned it on when it was still wet (very bad idea your lucky) so I would suggest you put it in dry rice every night off whilst you sleep and hopefully that will aid the drying process.
Next time take out the battery as soon as you possibly can. Take it apart as much as your comfortable with doing and leave it in rice for a min of one whole day.
[email protected] said:
Next time take out the battery as soon as you possibly can. Take it apart as much as your comfortable with doing and leave it in rice for a min of one whole day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah i get it, but im on work now and i Need to use it. I cant get rice right away. So i'v put it on the betacam (kind of expensive heater).
Comparing to my friends SE K850 (that was flooded ider) my Diamond is in the good working order, when he flooded his SE - Camera,Speakers = dead ,Phone = no network ,Display = waved. When mine was showing new mail massage from underwater
Anyway thanks everybody for your respond.
I'l wait couple days for screen to get back to normal. will post if something changes.
Right, was unable to find the rice, but rolled in toilet paper for 1 hour. And hey presto now its fully functional, no any marks.
Solved.
But thing near strap holder is red now
OMG, this was the first thing i said.
suddenly my X1 fell into the toilet straight into the pipes!
but before it goes into the water, a good thing happend! the battery popped out . this might be a good sign
lucky me, i recovered my phone, but will it work?
i don't know, it's out of warranty anyway so let's open it, clean it and see what's inside.
steps done so far (started @ 10:00 am GMT+3)
1) washed the phone, with every single cleaning liquid i ever found
2) started opening the phone and cleaning it from the inside (yes, puring it with water and some cleaning/anti germs stuff) and yes including the bords.
3) finished cleaning it from the inside, now drying part (current status)
4) dryubg is over, connected everything together (without the body of the device, only boards) and YEPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, it's working.
a) Touch screen is fine, LCD have some problem (seems it still have some water in) i will dissamble the LCD completely.
b) no other problems to the main hardware (as PDA, i didn't test the speaker or anything else!)
5) OS Is not booting now, LCD is missing the RED Color, getting stucked on the SE Logo!
6) got really tired, i think this will need time, went to the shop, bought an HTC Touch HD
7) i will continue working on X1 untill it's fixed.
i will update this as i progress.
wish me luck
[12-5-2009]
Finally got some time to check why the phone is stucked SE Logo.
- first tried a hard reset
it didn't solve it, i thought maybe flashing a new ROM will help.
- Flashed a new ROM (HSPL already there before),
Still the same issue, the LCD is missing the Blue Color Sometimes, its a carbon connector for sure and can be fixed, but why not booting?!
[28-5-2009]
- got more time to work on it
- flashed nX1i_v1_04_WWE, still, stuck on se logo!
- Check attached Images
Edit : i replaced the LCD, the phone is booting now but it's taking around 4 to 5 minutes to boot, it get's stucked at the SE logo then it continues.
i'm able to flash new ROMs.
BT and Wifi are not working.
BT is turining on and off but i cannot use it, my X1 cannot be found using any other BT device when it's on visible mode. and cannot send files from my X1!
Wifi : Not turining on at all!
anyone with ideas? i really suspect the flexcable due to any accedental push i made when opening the device but it's expensive to replace and honestly, a new X1 would cost a bit higher!
dang thats unlucky - as long as the battery fell out it wouldnt have short circuited anything then i guess - just dont turn it on till its SUPER dry
comeradealexi said:
dang thats unlucky - as long as the battery fell out it wouldnt have short circuited anything then i guess - just dont turn it on till its SUPER dry
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
do you think it's possible to use the elictric hands dryer? or it will do some problems?
don't think a hairdryer should cause problems
about warranty then think all phones today have
indicators which show if they have been wet because
dropping it in water is not covered
surprisingly many people seem to drop phones in toilet
read it was the most common way for them to die
Are you shure that you aren't just in a bad nightmare?
My aunt throw already three mobiles into toilets, don't ask my why
Everything I can say is, that none of the phones could be reanimated
I have too admit my Xperia fell in once, after a few days all was okay, exept dpad wasnt functioning, and i couldnt hard reset or enter bootloader ( weird problem ) with the keys. Ended up replacing it, and forget asap.
Hey,
sh*t happens. Anyway. Here is a link with a thread called: my phone got wet - what should I do!
Even I never had such an accident before I found the solutions quite useful.
Have a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448106
Greets
I haven't read that thread posted above yet, but never use a hairdryer/hand dryer. The can be quite hot coming out of the nozzle, if you're not careful you can melt plastic with them (I work in a helpdesk, I've seen laptops come in after a tiny spillage but with melted keyboards after being attacked by a hairdryer).
Best bet is to take all the covers you can off, dry with a towel/kitchen paper (toilet paper breaks up and leaves lots of little bits) and leave to dry *slowly* resting on a towel, folded several times over, on top of a radiator. Leave it there for 24 hours, more if it looks like there's still water in there.
I'd expect to see tide marks on the screen afterwards though, especially if you live in a hard water area. If you live in a soft water area you might be luckier and have very little residue.
Maybe u should let the x1 go where all the good phones go, phone heaven.
bit of advice dont answer your phone as u take a leak, friend done that in a nightclub and then had to reach in and get it out. even my beloved x1 would have stayed there (take it as a lose lol).
ps. i hope u get it working bud
I read in an iphone forum that you should bury the phone in rice since the rice absorbs all the moisture.
rogatsby said:
I read in an iphone forum that you should bury the phone in rice since the rice absorbs all the moisture.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But don't eat the rice afterwards, its been in the toilet!
Go and buy some Isopropanol, now open your phone and disassemble everything.
Fill some Isopropanol in an cup or something an lie the board inside. (IMPORTANT: The microphone and speaker and camera shouldn't get wet so get it off the board or if you can't you must seal them)
Now let the board lie in the cup for 1 night or so. the isopropanol should evaporate. the clue ist that the isoprop. is binding the water and the salts etc. in it and evaporates with them.
With this method i rescued several phone which was gone swimming
Sorry for my bad english
Bin4ry
Bin4ry said:
Go and buy some Isopropanol, now open your phone and disassemble everything.
Fill some Isopropanol in an cup or something an lie the board inside. (IMPORTANT: The microphone and speaker and camera shouldn't get wet so get it off the board or if you can't you must seal them)
Now let the board lie in the cup for 1 night or so. the isopropanol should evaporate. the clue ist that the isoprop. is binding the water and the salts etc. in it and evaporates with them.
With this method i rescued several phone which was gone swimming
Sorry for my bad english
Bin4ry
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeh that's not a bad idea, but alas it didn't work for my old ipod when it fell into the canal.
to the OP you have my sympathy, my x1 was grabbed by my toddler son this morning. I caught him just as he was opening the bathroom door.
fards said:
yeh that's not a bad idea, but alas it didn't work for my old ipod when it fell into the canal.
to the OP you have my sympathy, my x1 was grabbed by my toddler son this morning. I caught him just as he was opening the bathroom door.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine went flying the other day, got my gf's nephew to take a photo, he came running over to show the picture, my x1 went flying luckily no cracks or marks, it almost went into a waterfall
I also had this problem on my old nokia 6600 the phone did ring when i was taken a leak and it feel down to the toilete but i was quick to take it up..throw off the battery and open it to dry it i used compressor on it to dry it then let it rest in the sun for 4 days and it worked fine and still those as i have it as a reserve phone atleast that survived...but my nokia n95 was not that lucky o was stupid enough to answer a messages right before i was at sea to take a bath and i putted it back in my pocket that was my bath shorts and did take the bath gladely i was quick up of the bath and first thing i did was take of the battery opened it dry it let it rest in sun for some days..it started and worked for 3 months then i died:/
Hahhahaah ....in the toilet.....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sorry about that dude , but i had to do it.
The taking apart and using hairdryer ahs worked for me in the past, but be careful not to overheat it.
orelsi said:
Hahhahaah ....in the toilet.....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sorry about that dude , but i had to do it.
The taking apart and using hairdryer ahs worked for me in the past, but be careful not to overheat it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
me my self was laughing harder when they were extracting it
UPDATED FIRST POST, GOT HTC HD and will conitnue repairing my X1
anaadoul said:
me my self was laughing harder when they were extracting it
UPDATED FIRST POST, GOT HTC HD and will conitnue repairing my X1
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
At first I as gonna reply with laughing my a$$ off but then on second though I was like "your $ just fell down the toilet" dang...
Kids...be sympathetic...
Anyway, also happened to me a while back, but with a PDA.
I dismantled it, washed it part by part and it worked like a charm after that.
The only thing was, the LCD was permanently stained or smth. One of the light diffusers into the lcd (which was paper btw) was damaged by the water.
But it was functional and I could still use it ok...until I fell on it...
And this happened (check attached file - if you look closely you can see the right part of the LCD is kinda missing)
I'm pretty curious to see your display after you manage to get it working...
Can you get some pics online?
I once accidentally dropped a Sony Ericsson device in a large glass of water - it completely recovered. Hope you have the same luck
the HOME button and the W R E 0 buttons have stopped working, is their a way i can fix this, because i cant reflash without the home button working and even if i get into the recovery screen, i cant wipe without the W button working.
It's a hardware problem.
alritewhadeva said:
It's a hardware problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i figured, it just happened out of the blue, this sucks
You get it wet at all? Bring it into the bathroom while you took a shower? Been anywhere extremely humid?
GenericNode said:
You get it wet at all? Bring it into the bathroom while you took a shower? Been anywhere extremely humid?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
havent got it wet, but it is super humid here in dallas, tx
djkdawg said:
havent got it wet, but it is super humid here in dallas, tx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Check your LDI under the battery (or wherever they put it). If it's still white call T-Mobile and get it replaced.
....but a word to the wise, there is another LDI inside the phone that can only be accessed by taking the phone apart. If the LDI has changed color on the inside, they will bill you with out of warranty regardless of the outside LDI.
like the guy before me said, check the water damage sticker to the right of the battery connector prongs on the wall. if it's white call t-mo. if it's pink/red PM me and i'll let you know how to try to fix it
tubaking182 said:
like the guy before me said, check the water damage sticker to the right of the battery connector prongs on the wall. if it's white call t-mo. if it's pink/red PM me and i'll let you know how to try to fix it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the sticker is white, and i did sent it to tmobile, and since i have a scratch where i dropped the phone a long time ago, they wont fix it, the scratch had nothing to do with the buttons, now i did have it inside of that cover it came with in my pocket so i believe i may have broke it that way, but i was thinking i can buy a full case housing with the keypad from ebay and try to fix it, it will be worth the try, if not i will just have to pay tmobile for a replacement, i cannot live without my g1
k so some dbag left a paper cup in one of the cupholders in my friends car and coffee got everywhere but we didnt realize it. so i set my phone in between the cup and my water bottle and grabbed the bottle (low and behold my phone falls into a puddle of coffee). So heres the issue, when i turn it on normally it hangs at the boot screen, Home+power doesn't work for me but Camera+power will work. Is there anything I can do or am I just screwed?
phone info
CM-mod 4.04
Danger SPL and newest radio (but i've had them for a million yrs so I know they wouldnt just randomly trash the phone)
I think your G1 may have gotten wet. Just a hunch. Did you let it dry? Was the phone on and then died? There's no such thing as screwed, per se. You can always replace all the innards of the phone. Or you could just keep pressing buttons until it works.
imurpops984 said:
k so some dbag left a paper cup in one of the cupholders in my friends car and coffee got everywhere but we didnt realize it. so i set my phone in between the cup and my water bottle and grabbed the bottle (low and behold my phone falls into a puddle of coffee). So heres the issue, when i turn it on normally it hangs at the boot screen, Home+power doesn't work for me but Camera+power will work. Is there anything I can do or am I just screwed?
phone info
CM-mod 4.04
Danger SPL and newest radio (but i've had them for a million yrs so I know they wouldnt just randomly trash the phone)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you phone is not bricked. its called liquid damage
let it dry for a couple of days. place all of the parts in a window to let them dry. my phone fell into a puddle at the beach and i did that and it still works fine now its a pos though. i wanna get a new one haha. ive dropped it too many times.
Coffee is acidic... I can't say for sure, but if it got inside, it could cause corrosion. I'm not necessarily saying you need to do this, but I've heard of people removing their batteries and trying to clean any contacted areas with alcohol (which evaporates). Although I don't know what kind of a puddle of coffee you are talking about. When you pull the battery, is the liquid damage indicator white or pink?
hmm well i let it dry out and it seems to be ok, the water dmg thing is still white, um it just takes a little bit longer to boot up now...but I mean if it still works I cant rly complain lol, thanx everyone, do u think there is anything I can do about the boot time or should I just live with it ha
uansari1 said:
Coffee is acidic... I can't say for sure, but if it got inside, it could cause corrosion. I'm not necessarily saying you need to do this, but I've heard of people removing their batteries and trying to clean any contacted areas with alcohol (which evaporates). Although I don't know what kind of a puddle of coffee you are talking about. When you pull the battery, is the liquid damage indicator white or pink?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey how would I go about taking apart the backside of the phone, like dismantle it essentially without destroying it lol
I remember someone else saying that putting your phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a couple days would absorb any moisture in it.
hello!
i have a serious problem...i hope someone can help me:
My Htc One fell in water a week ago. I tried to dry it the best i could. And everything worked like before, but the power button somehow did not work like it should :/ It always means that i am pressing the power button...but i am not. I thought there is some water left inside. And from time to time it was getting better, it didnt always think that i am pressing the button. And it worked almost perfect 1 week. But now the power button seems really dead The phone always turns on and off by itself...until the batterly is empty. In this 1 week i made it completly stock...no custom rom anymore
It cant be repaird with warrenty, or?
What happens if i send it to HTC? Will they repair it and i have to pay for it? Or wont they repair it?
Has anyone any idea what to do?
MICH_** said:
hello!
i have a serious problem...i hope someone can help me:
My Htc One fell in water a week ago. I tried to dry it the best i could. And everything worked like before, but the power button somehow did not work like it should :/ It always means that i am pressing the power button...but i am not. I thought there is some water left inside. And from time to time it was getting better, it didnt always think that i am pressing the button. And it worked almost perfect 1 week. But now the power button seems really dead The phone always turns on and off by itself...until the batterly is empty. In this 1 week i made it completly stock...no custom rom anymore
It cant be repaird with warrenty, or?
What happens if i send it to HTC? Will they repair it and i have to pay for it? Or wont they repair it?
Has anyone any idea what to do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there,
smartphones have water indicators inside (white paper with red crosses on them). If you phone was not soaked completely there is a little chance that you will be ok and HTC will repair your phone on warranty, but the indicators are mostly attached to places where water could come in first :/
In the worst case they will tell you that there was water inside and you have to pay for the repair. But they will definitely do this before they start doing something
All the custom stuff like ROM, Recovery etc. would not be a problem, at least if you are not S-OFF.
baedaa said:
Hi there,
smartphones have water indicators inside (white paper with red crosses on them). If you phone was not soaked completely there is a little chance that you will be ok and HTC will repair your phone on warranty, but the indicators are mostly attached to places where water could come in first :/
In the worst case they will tell you that there was water inside and you have to pay for the repair. But they will definitely do this before they start doing something
All the custom stuff like ROM, Recovery etc. would not be a problem, at least if you are not S-OFF.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My phone was completly under water so i think there is no chance for that :/
Do you think it can be repaired easily? The HTC One is known for that it cant be repaird easily :/ Will this be expensive?
I always thought that they are trained to spot unlocked or relocked bootloader? I thought s-off is not the big problem...
MICH_** said:
My phone was completly under water so i think there is no chance for that :/
Do you think it can be repaired easily? The HTC One is known for that it cant be repaird easily :/ Will this be expensive?
I always thought that they are trained to spot unlocked or relocked bootloader? I thought s-off is not the big problem...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's not complicated to repair the phone if you have the right tools. I can't tell you how much that will cost, sorry.
Gesendet von meinem HTC One mit Tapatalk 2
Turn it off and throw it in a bag of rice for a few hours.
The water indicator for the One is built directly into the camera flash. Look at the camera flash on the back of the phone. If the whole flash is still white/yellow then you are in the clear to send it back under warranty. If part of the flash is red, however, then you have voided the warranty
Kraize said:
Turn it off and throw it in a bag of rice for a few hours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did that for about 1 day
xeron72548 said:
The water indicator for the One is built directly into the camera flash. Look at the camera flash on the back of the phone. If the whole flash is still white/yellow then you are in the clear to send it back under warranty. If part of the flash is red, however, then you have voided the warranty
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is this the only indicator? It is completly yellow (no way white)
My phone is now booted completly and everything now works fine again But this happend very often now.... It's only a matter of time before it will reboot again
I have a similar problem here.
My son was playing on some rocks by the sea and fell off. When I jumped to catch him (which I did thankfully). my HTC One got knocked into the sea. I fished it out an attempted to turn it off. The phone wouldnt switch off though, it kept rebooting over and over. I put it in a container of rice and left it in the hot press for three days. Now I try and turn it on and nothing. Dead. I plugged it into the mains charger and not even a flicker of life from it.
I'm assuming the phone is dead or at least so damaged a repair is uneconomical, but is there a way to salvage data off it? Pictures mainly but anything I can get back would be appreciated. I'm assuming its a lost cause but if you dont ask, you dont find out.
MICH_** said:
Did that for about 1 day
Is this the only indicator? It is completly yellow (no way white)
My phone is now booted completly and everything now works fine again But this happend very often now.... It's only a matter of time before it will reboot again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
if you like it risky do the rice trick again but heat it up a little with your oven or put the rice jar with your htc one in it in a bowl of hot water for some time to steam the rest of the water out. worked on my old iphone but could also happen that the water gets to other places in the phone were it does more damage.
dont go over 50°C/122°F
sad_ryu said:
I have a similar problem here.
My son was playing on some rocks by the sea and fell off. When I jumped to catch him (which I did thankfully). my HTC One got knocked into the sea. I fished it out an attempted to turn it off. The phone wouldnt switch off though, it kept rebooting over and over. I put it in a container of rice and left it in the hot press for three days. Now I try and turn it on and nothing. Dead. I plugged it into the mains charger and not even a flicker of life from it.
I'm assuming the phone is dead or at least so damaged a repair is uneconomical, but is there a way to salvage data off it? Pictures mainly but anything I can get back would be appreciated. I'm assuming its a lost cause but if you dont ask, you dont find out.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont know sorry...
I plugged my phone in the charger and let it reboot a thousand times until it booted completly... Then i pluged it in my pc and saved all my data But until now, it works fine, no more reboots
Is your camera flash yellow? or did it turn red?
baedaa said:
if you like it risky do the rice trick again but heat it up a little with your oven or put the rice jar with your htc one in it in a bowl of hot water for some time to steam the rest of the water out. worked on my old iphone but could also happen that the water gets to other places in the phone were it does more damage.
dont go over 50°C/122°F
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you think the rest of the water will go out by itself when i let it lie a view days? It cant stay forever in there
MICH_** said:
Do you think the rest of the water will go out by itself when i let it lie a view days? It cant stay forever in there
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
if you keep it for some days in a hot dry area I think it could help
If you're REALLY desperate, you can try taking it apart because you can't fix that under warranty anyway so it wouldn't matter if you're sending it in to HTC (unless you break something).
P.S. What kind of water did you drop it in? Maybe some type of residue or something is trapped inside.
Kraize said:
If you're REALLY desperate, you can try taking it apart because you can't fix that under warranty anyway so it wouldn't matter if you're sending it in to HTC (unless you break something).
P.S. What kind of water did you drop it in? Maybe some type of residue or something is trapped inside.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dropped it just in water (not lemonade or something). Yeah, i think there is some water left inside :/
But everything worked perfect (for about 3 days) until i woke up today. I lay in bed for about 3 minutes (awake) and suddenly my phone booted (i have not even touched it). I let i boot for 7 times or so and then i plugged it into the charger and let it lay on my bed for about 30 minutes. When i came back to my bed the phone was completly booted and fully functional
But when i shake my phone a litte bit, there is a litte noise in it... like something broke and is now fallling around. Maybe this is the reason (My phone hit the ground of the water).
MICH_** said:
But when i shake my phone a litte bit, there is a litte noise in it... like something broke and is now fallling around. Maybe this is the reason (My phone hit the ground of the water).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't worry about that unless it's too excessive. That's probably just the vibration motor or the sim card moving around in the slot.
Kraize said:
Don't worry about that unless it's too excessive. That's probably just the vibration motor or the sim card moving around in the slot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I hope so
Have you got a HTC One? If yes, does yours make nose when shaking? And is your camera flash yellow, too?
MICH_** said:
I hope so
Have you got a HTC One? If yes, does yours make nose when shaking? And is your camera flash yellow, too?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I do.
Yes, it does.
Too bright, can't tell. It looks white-ish?
Kraize said:
Yes, I do.
Yes, it does.
Too bright, can't tell. It looks white-ish?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine is completely yellow
But i thought water indicators are turing red if there is any contact with water?
Alway getting better:
My HTC One is now shut down for about 2 days and no full boot anymore...
I think its the best to send it in to HTC and hope for the best. Does anybody think so, too? Or any other ideas?
MICH_** said:
Alway getting better:
My HTC One is now shut down for about 2 days and no full boot anymore...
I think its the best to send it in to HTC and hope for the best. Does anybody think so, too? Or any other ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine is yellow or yellowish, I would send it in, and check ebay or Craigslist for another. See how much it cost to replace it. Compare it to how much it they want to repair it. (Remove SIM card before you ship)