So I was idiotically browsing the web on Nexus One with my right hand (I am left handed) in the rain whilst holding umbrella with my left hand. As I was crossing street the phone dropped into wet street.
Once I reached home there was water in LCD. I dried the phone. Now when I start the phone 4 out of 5 times the phone starts but the touch screen and capacitive buttons are not responsive. In this state the phone rings but I can't pick up since the touch screen is not responsive. 1 out of 5 times the phone starts normally and everything works fine.
I was originally running Froyo I switched to latest Cyanogen and back but it hasn't made a difference.
Any ideas?
Best thing to do, is pull battery and put phone in rice for 24 hours, its true, it saved my samsung galaxy just the other week. If yours only plays up some of the time there still may be moisture in phone, try it
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RellikZephyr said:
Best thing to do, is pull battery and put phone in rice for 24 hours, its true, it saved my samsung galaxy just the other week. If yours only plays up some of the time there still may be moisture in phone, try it
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Yup.
Or even just pulling the battery and letting the phone dry for a day or so should work. The rice would help to pull the moisture out though.
Yup, bag of instant rice, make sure it is instant rice. Also, in the future, you or anyone, best thing is pull the battery right away, and don't try to power on until doing the bag of instant rice for 24-72 hours (depending on how wet she got).
Water damage kills a phone 2 ways... 1, shorts, thus frying circutis (this is instant kill stuff, and why you should not try turning the phone on right away, rather wait for it to dry out first) And the second is long term corrosion of the different circuits... some, water has no effect on, others will eventually become dead circuits and the phone will stop working. This part can take as little as a couple months, and as much as a couple years, depending on how deep the water got, what metals they used for solders, et al.
Thanks for the help my Nexus One seems to be working fine now
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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.
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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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
I know, this is just extremely stupid of me to drop a $550 phone in water. Happened 12 hours ago.
I removed battery right away. The screen was on when I removed the phone from the glass, pretty much right away.
Left the phone overnight in the rice bucket. Then turned it on in the morning.
The phone powers up and everything, so far seems to work, including the speaker and ear piece (thats the side that dropped in water).
Make phone call, I can hear and other person can hear. Wifi seems to work. Screen scrolling and such works.
Only thing I am noticing right now is that the Lock Button seems to have itr own brain. It autopresses and "the power off" screen keeps coming on by itself. Also, pressing the Lock Button does not lock the phone anymore. All it does is brings me to the Power Off screen.
Any help? Should I just remove the battery and leave it in the rice bucket for maybe a few more days?
Thanks.
P.S: I am glad the phone still works, and I will give a lot of credit to BESTSKINSEVER full phone cover.
Let dry it some more without the battery.
Reminds me of the time I dropped my sony w810 in a tall glass of beer, Took me a few seconds to realize and get it out. Worked perfectly after drying.
What is the benefit of a rice bucket? I never heard of that being used to dry electronic devices before. I know one of my friends jumped into a pool with his old LG phone. He let it dry out for 24-36 hours and worked fine after that. He basically let it air dry.
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What is the benefit of a rice bucket? I never heard of that being used to dry electronic devices before. I know one of my friends jumped into a pool with his old LG phone. He let it dry out for 24-36 hours and worked fine after that. He basically let it air dry.
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Rice absorbs water, you see it in on the table in the salt in a restaurant to hold the salt dry so it won't stick togehter and won't come out
I am running the Rodriguez 2.2 Rom.
Anyways, all seems to work normal again. But, just to be on the safe side, I think I will leave it in the rice bucket a little more after I get home.
Btw, this morning, I was running the Signed FRF50 Modaco rom, then I did a full wipe and Nand Restore to the prior backup to Rod 2.2 Rom. No issues.
Wondering if the OLED screen on the Nexus One has anything to do with the screen "Still Fully Functional" compared to a normal LCD?
Thanks all for the response. Going to do just as you say.
Pics or it didn't happen!
Also, see if you can clean around the lock button with compressed air or blowing or something, having the battery cover removed. Might be a rice/dirt related problem.
my nexus one has been in the toilet, in the bath, and in a diet dr. pepper... bag of rice each time, and it's 100%, no humidity under the screen or anything..
ALL of the moisture stickers are triggered tho..
heh
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I know, this is just extremely stupid of me to drop a $550 phone in water. Happened 12 hours ago.
I removed battery right away. The screen was on when I removed the phone from the glass, pretty much right away.
Left the phone overnight in the rice bucket. Then turned it on in the morning.
The phone powers up and everything, so far seems to work, including the speaker and ear piece (thats the side that dropped in water).
Make phone call, I can hear and other person can hear. Wifi seems to work. Screen scrolling and such works.
Only thing I am noticing right now is that the Lock Button seems to have itr own brain. It autopresses and "the power off" screen keeps coming on by itself. Also, pressing the Lock Button does not lock the phone anymore. All it does is brings me to the Power Off screen.
Any help? Should I just remove the battery and leave it in the rice bucket for maybe a few more days?
Thanks.
P.S: I am glad the phone still works, and I will give a lot of credit to BESTSKINSEVER full phone cover.
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Dropped my phone in a pool, its still working fine. If you have problems with your lock button, oh well. Install Cyanogen and use the trackball awake setting.
i hope you put the phone in a bag of rice immediately!! that greawtly increases your chance of a working device. i've had this happen many times where i save a phone using this method. the rice absorbs moisture very quickly.
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Rice absorbs water, you see it in on the table in the salt in a restaurant to hold the salt dry so it won't stick togehter and won't come out
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Silicia gel works even better. I keep a big bag of it in my safe to keep the moisture away from my gun.
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Silicia gel works even better. I keep a big bag of it in my safe to keep the moisture away from my gun.
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Submerging your phone in Silica gel is probably as inadvisable as in water, though
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Submerging your phone in Silica gel is probably as inadvisable as in water, though
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I'm certain he would mean beads, not necessarily in a fluid-form
I was thinking more of the powder sachets that you get in dried seaweed packets. Not sure exposing your phone to silicate beads is a great idea either, since it's a skin irritant.
The screen is pretty much sealed off. So i guess when water gets INTO your screen behind the glass you are pretty fecked..
put it in dry rice!! works 10/10 times for me.
Was on the phone after I had shoulder surgery with headset on. I had my N1 resting in my sling. Went to the sink to wash a cup, my N1 slid out and went straight to the drain were water ran on it for a few seconds. I left it in a sealed tupperware box with rice in it for 24hrs... Works like a charm
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I know, this is just extremely stupid of me to drop a $550 phone in water. Happened 12 hours ago.
I removed battery right away. The screen was on when I removed the phone from the glass, pretty much right away.
Left the phone overnight in the rice bucket. Then turned it on in the morning.
The phone powers up and everything, so far seems to work, including the speaker and ear piece (thats the side that dropped in water).
Make phone call, I can hear and other person can hear. Wifi seems to work. Screen scrolling and such works.
Only thing I am noticing right now is that the Lock Button seems to have itr own brain. It autopresses and "the power off" screen keeps coming on by itself. Also, pressing the Lock Button does not lock the phone anymore. All it does is brings me to the Power Off screen.
Any help? Should I just remove the battery and leave it in the rice bucket for maybe a few more days?
Thanks.
P.S: I am glad the phone still works, and I will give a lot of credit to BESTSKINSEVER full phone cover.
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Was it a glass of tap water or some sort of bottled water (distilled/filtered)?
I ask because tap water has all sorts of chemicals and when it drys, they are left behind. Like your shower gets that white build up on the walls (aka hard-water buildup) unless your doing the hanky panky in the shower and not cleaning up your mess. Whatever electronic board is near the power button could have a bridge residue causing it to act strange.
My girlfriend left her G1 out and my 2 year old son dropped in the dogs water bowl. I dried it out and left it in rice as well for 24 hours. 24 hours later I powered it up and the phone would act weird. Random keys being pressed. Random menu pop ups. I took it all apart and noticed white residue on some of the circuit boards. I cleaned them with rubbing alcohol and a soft mini tooth brush it stopped the randomness but I still needed to replace the LCD screen. Beyond my control.
Anyways good luck.
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The screen is pretty much sealed off. So i guess when water gets INTO your screen behind the glass you are pretty fecked..
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I can attest to this. I spilled coffee over the entire screen one morning. I swear I moved faster than the flash cuz I grabbed tissue and wiped it clean in like seconds. But everything was still fine and dandy after though. =)
You guys have such bad luck! :O Never dropped any electronic in any body of water lol. XD
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Was it a glass of tap water or some sort of bottled water (distilled/filtered)?
I ask because tap water has all sorts of chemicals and when it drys, they are left behind. Like your shower gets that white build up on the walls (aka hard-water buildup) unless your doing the hanky panky in the shower and not cleaning up your mess. Whatever electronic board is near the power button could have a bridge residue causing it to act strange.
My girlfriend left her G1 out and my 2 year old son dropped in the dogs water bowl. I dried it out and left it in rice as well for 24 hours. 24 hours later I powered it up and the phone would act weird. Random keys being pressed. Random menu pop ups. I took it all apart and noticed white residue on some of the circuit boards. I cleaned them with rubbing alcohol and a soft mini tooth brush it stopped the randomness but I still needed to replace the LCD screen. Beyond my control.
Anyways good luck.
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I highly doubt that he was drinking a glass of distiled water. Drinking distiled water is not good for someone to drink. So more than likely it was tap/drinking water.
Hi, this is my first post. I am a regular reader, and recently bought the Incredible S.
I was out to watch a concert (open air) today, and it started pouring. I quickly switched off the phone.
I got back home, and restarted, but had some issues. There is this thin de-coloration at the bottom of the screen (as if water has seeped in), the four touch-buttons (home,menu etc) below the screen constantly flicker. The entire screen is flickering a little, and appears slightly dim.
I haven't tried calling, or using any other feature. At the moment, I have pulled the battery, sdcard and sim out, and kept the phone in a rice bowl.
So, the questions are:
(1) I am planning to restart the phone after 24 hrs. Is that fine?
(2) The damage - is it permanent, or have others with similar damages experienced reversing.
(3) Where is the water damage mark on the inc-s. (the one that is supposed to go from white to red)
Thanks a lot in advance
Dont swich on the phone!!!.
immediately remove the battery.
Place it on warm spot and wait at least 1 week. (not to hot).
Or..
If you have a ultrasonic cleaning bath, put it in there for 10 min, blow it dry with compressed air and then wait a week.
Good luck.
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Well, I kept the phone in a rice box for two days, and now it works as new
For prevention, I now a carry a small plastic pouch in my wallet. If caught in rain, I plan to slip the phone in the pouch.
I still couldn't locate the water damage indicator/sticker though.
the rice trick really works.
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good for u cos switching the phone on after contact with water could be the easiest way to fry it
lucky ol' chap you are sir !
especially considering the frying.
love the website, long time troll..some of the stuff the devs do here is astounding and way over my head
so about 2 wks ago my fam and i decided to turn my SIL wedding trip into a vacation. long story short, i was excited to take our 1yr old in the pool (an hot tub) and took my phone with me..we were in for about 30mins. after i realized what i did i let my phone dry for about a day and tried to turn it back on..upon doing so i heard a sizzling noise coming from the battery so pulled it and let it dry for another 2 days. i didnt have access to rice as i read albeit too late. as of right now my phone turns on, seems to be just as quick as before, connects to 3g, but not to wifi which is has before without any problems however the battery doesnt hold a charge to save its life (takes excessively long to charge and loses it very quickly with minimal use) also both the screen and battery get warmer than i've felt them get before..battery stat ranges from 104-114 deg F constantly.
all at&t said they can do is let me buy a blackbery curve for $199 cuz i didnt have insurance and am not up for renewal til jan 2012..i was thinking about trying a replacement OEM battery to see if that fixes the heat issue..i dont really know about how to fix the wifi issue as i wouldnt doubt that the chips got fried..oh yeah im running stock 2.2, unrooted
i thought i could tough it out with my work blackberry torch til january..but after a week, i just can't stand this thing anymore..does anyone have any ideas/pointers/tips/help they can offer?
thanks in advance.
Your phone was under water for 30 minutes and still turns on? That's wild. Maybe try a new battery?
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+1 on trying a new battery, it more than likely got shorter out and that's whats causing the overheating and poor capacity life. In regards to the Wifi, I would try doing a factory reset or maybe just re-installing the rom altogether. It may sound like a long shot but it might resolve it. Hope you get it working.
All of the above and if it was mine I would start with at least partial disassembly and drying, passive like rice treatment. There are too many tight joints inside that 30 minutes immersion might have moistened.
Try fxr wifi fix from the market
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shabazz18, WTF? How is he going to do that? His phone won't turn on because it was dunked in water.
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shabazz18, WTF? How is he going to do that? His phone won't turn on because it was dunked in water.
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tl;dr?
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shabazz18, WTF? How is he going to do that? His phone won't turn on because it was dunked in water.
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In fact, it does turn on. Just wont connect to the wifi's.
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In fact, it does turn on. Just wont connect to the wifi's.
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I wouldn't turn on a phone that overheats. The hardware problem needs to be corrected before the software is applied.
I'm just amazed that the thing didn't completely short. I would concur with the suggestion to swap the battery... But I would first partially disassemble it (for airflow) and stick it in a sealed baggie with rice or silica desaicant for a couple of days.
The way I usually handle wet electronics is the same way I handle dirty electronics. Remove the battery and give it a bath in rubbing alcohol which will displace the water and dry in about an hour or two. It ends up clean and dry.
My captivate took a much shorter dip in the dog's water bowl and initially exhibited multiple problems. I left in a container of rice for about 24 hours and it ran like new again. If you haven't tried this already it may be worth a shot. There may still be some moisture in there causing problems.
forgot to check up on this...due to work i havent gotten around to buying a new battery yet. but OEM batteries are about $17 on amazon. but like i said before, other than the overheating/battery issue it works fine evidenced in running pandora for about 3hrs until it completely died. 71% - 0% in 3hrs of streaming music. the rubbing alcohol idea sounds pretty interesting, but i'm pretty reluctant to getting it wet again.
in my head i always assumed the phone would continue to keep working since there are no moving parts internally, just allow the electronics to thoroughly dry..i'll try that app out once i charge the phone up again or finally order a new battery.
Thanks for everyone's input
Rubbing alcohol does not get the electronics "WET" as you would traditionally think of wet. It dries so quickly it's more like getting the electronics alcohol'd.. It only takes a good shake off and an hour or two to dry completely... where water under a chip might take a week or a month to dry.
I might really need someones help now.
I wasnt really using it but somehow i managed to drop my htc one in W/c. and it was half inside and within seconds i picked it up. it was inside the water from the headphones jack and when i removed it it was working fine for couple of mins and then it started restarting on it own. i read about rice so i kept it in a bag full of uncooked rice for 3 days and nights and tried switching it on. nothing works but that same thing happens. when i dropped it in water 25% of the screen from earphones jack had water and i could actually see it and after a couple of days the water got absorbed and there are barely some water marks in the screen whenever i try switching it on. and right now i have kept it in a bag full of moisturizer absorber and kept it for a night nothing really helped yet. just the water from screen got absorbed and nothing is working anything yet. and the flash is yellow. so i dont know if i should fool the service center guys or keep it longer and make it work or what?
help please.
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I might really need someones help now.
I wasnt really using it but somehow i managed to drop my htc one in W/c. and it was half inside and within seconds i picked it up. it was inside the water from the headphones jack and when i removed it it was working fine for couple of mins and then it started restarting on it own. i read about rice so i kept it in a bag full of uncooked rice for 3 days and nights and tried switching it on. nothing works but that same thing happens. when i dropped it in water 25% of the screen from earphones jack had water and i could actually see it and after a couple of days the water got absorbed and there are barely some water marks in the screen whenever i try switching it on. and right now i have kept it in a bag full of moisturizer absorber and kept it for a night nothing really helped yet. just the water from screen got absorbed and nothing is working anything yet. and the flash is yellow. so i dont know if i should fool the service center guys or keep it longer and make it work or what?
help please.
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Should've left it off for a week or so.. Or got it opened and dried and cleaned. Nothing can be done now. Wait and watch, or if you still can, get to a good technician and ask him to open and clean/dry the phone. Good luck
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