I went to a water park today and didn't realize I had my Nexus One in my pocket
When I finally realized it was all soaked and the screen won't turn on...Some water got under the screen as well...I quickly removed the battery and letting it air dry right now...
What other things should I do to try to rescue the phone? And how much would it cost to repair?
Got Rice?
put it in a bag of Rice..
i heard that absorbs moisture.
never tried it, but give it a shot.
cangri87 said:
put it in a bag of Rice..
i heard that absorbs moisture.
never tried it, but give it a shot.
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Will definitely try...thanks for the advice
I would really want it to work...the phone is only 3 days old
most people swear by the rice trick, put it in a bag/container of rice for a full day or two then start worrying about repairs. Do it very quickly before the water dries in the phone and causes problems.
Yes, the rice trick, works I know for a fact. My old still working galaxy is proof, be sure to leave batt out
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i've dunked my nexus one three times now..
overnight in dry, uncooked rice did the trick everytime... a bit of humidity under the screen took a few days to dry up last time, but it's 100% like new now.
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What other things should I do to try to rescue the phone?
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I wouldn't use the same battery after that , buy a new one !
rice works wonders
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If you have access to it, I heard it also helps to dunk it (while still wet) in pure alcohol (or ethanol or something like it) and letting that dry ... that is supposed to help against corrosion.
Might this be true?
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If you have access to it, I heard it also helps to dunk it (while still wet) in pure alcohol (or ethanol or something like it) and letting that dry ... that is supposed to help against corrosion.
Might this be true?
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Not pur alcohol, you go for Isopropyl Alcohol. What it does is helps the water to evaporate. I don't remember the exact way it works, but I work in IT and have done this to even save keyboards, phones and more. I mix the Isopropyl alcohol and rice, but I tend to take the device apart when doing such.
nexusdue said:
If you have access to it, I heard it also helps to dunk it (while still wet) in pure alcohol (or ethanol or something like it) and letting that dry ... that is supposed to help against corrosion.
Might this be true?
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I read this some time ago, but have never had the chance to test it.
IIRC, the idea wasn't to just "dunk" it, but rather submerge the device for a while (how long??) so that the water is thoroughly displaced, then remove the device and let the alcohol evaporate.
/shrug/
Thanks for all the suggestions, really appreciate it!
I'm doing the rice bag trick right now, should i immerse the whole phone (battery and back cover out) into the rice?
I'm not sure how long the water has been inside the phone before I found out, so hopefully it still works....finger crossed
cangri87 said:
put it in a bag of Rice..
i heard that absorbs moisture.
never tried it, but give it a shot.
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This worked with my RAZR!
Update:
I left the phone in a rice bag for ~15 hours, then when I plug in the battery the phone keeps constantly vibrating and the trackball glows red permanently...nothing shows up on the screen
I guess I will have to send it back to HTC
ctbear said:
Update:
I left the phone in a rice bag for ~15 hours, then when I plug in the battery the phone keeps constantly vibrating and the trackball glows red permanently...nothing shows up on the screen
I guess I will have to send it back to HTC
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15 hours is not enough... Rice isn't magic, it's just a dessicate, and dessication takes a long time. Swap out the rice, seal it up in tupperware, and put it in the sun. Even with the rice I bet you'll see some condensation in the tupperware. Dry it out, change rice again, repeat until it's bone dry.
Don't plan on even TRYING to turn on the phone again for 2-3 days. And as someone already said, your battery is most likely shot at this point regardless. Not sure if the N1 will turn on without a battery or not, but I'd try it to see what happens. But not before 2-3 days from now, assuming you've achieved a bone-dry tupperware container as above.
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15 hours is not enough... Rice isn't magic, it's just a dessicate, and dessication takes a long time. Swap out the rice, seal it up in tupperware, and put it in the sun. Even with the rice I bet you'll see some condensation in the tupperware. Dry it out, change rice again, repeat until it's bone dry.
Don't plan on even TRYING to turn on the phone again for 2-3 days. And as someone already said, your battery is most likely shot at this point regardless. Not sure if the N1 will turn on without a battery or not, but I'd try it to see what happens. But not before 2-3 days from now, assuming you've achieved a bone-dry tupperware container as above.
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Well I've already tried to turn the phone on (as noted in my previous post)...call me impatient or anxious but I don't have a backup phone
I might have fried my phone in this case...I called HTC this morning and they informed me that a motherboard replacement will cost $196, plus any other costs to repair potential broken parts
Pretty pricey especally for a new phone...lesson learned
ctbear said:
Update:
I left the phone in a rice bag for ~15 hours, then when I plug in the battery the phone keeps constantly vibrating and the trackball glows red permanently...nothing shows up on the screen
I guess I will have to send it back to HTC
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No doubt fried it. I've done it before also don't feel bad.
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Well I've already tried to turn the phone on (as noted in my previous post)...call me impatient or anxious but I don't have a backup phone
I might have fried my phone in this case...I called HTC this morning and they informed me that a motherboard replacement will cost $196, plus any other costs to repair potential broken parts
Pretty pricey especally for a new phone...lesson learned
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You might be surprised, if patient.. My wife knocked an old cell into the toilet while getting into the shower a few years ago, so it had a good long soak before she noticed it while getting ready for work.
I removed the battery and basically just ziplock bagged it with desiccant and let it sit over the weekend. Several times the baggy had condensation, so I would swap out the desiccant and such. After about two days of this, I left it a day beyond when the bag stayed dry. For giggles I popped off the back after this and inside the phone was STILL a little wet in spots, so I left it for another two days.
Phone turned right on, although battery warnings and shut down within 30s. New battery and good as new.
beermantm said:
No doubt fried it. I've done it before also don't feel bad.
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I always baby my devices...was careless this time. I feel it now
khaytsus said:
You might be surprised, if patient.. My wife knocked an old cell into the toilet while getting into the shower a few years ago, so it had a good long soak before she noticed it while getting ready for work.
I removed the battery and basically just ziplock bagged it with desiccant and let it sit over the weekend. Several times the baggy had condensation, so I would swap out the desiccant and such. After about two days of this, I left it a day beyond when the bag stayed dry. For giggles I popped off the back after this and inside the phone was STILL a little wet in spots, so I left it for another two days.
Phone turned right on, although battery warnings and shut down within 30s. New battery and good as new.
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I will see how it goes in a couple days Thanks
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My phone just fell into water!
I immediately took it up and when drying it the phone responded to the touch screens but then it shut down,
i took out the battery and dried it from the outside and now im doing it from the inside with the hair-dryer,
Any suggestion of how to dry it more?
dun dry it with hairdryer cos u may melt the solder or anything inside the phone. put the phone in an airtight container with rice and wait patiently! otherwise, send it to 3rd party people to help u clean
leoon said:
My phone just fell into water!
I immediately took it up and when drying it the phone responded to the touch screens but then it shut down,
i took out the battery and dried it from the outside and now im doing it from the inside with the hair-dryer,
Any suggestion of how to dry it more?
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yes,
the most critical part was to take the battery out as soon as you got it off the water to prevent short circuit
don't rush it let it dry naturally at room temperature
hair dryer could damage the phone (but again we know the phone have survived the ove trick and hair dryer trick, so it should be okay)
take out all the parts, battery, cover, etc
if you are a technician open up the phone, and use compressed air spray cans, but watch out to not freeze the phone.
best results if you have an air compressor machine at home and use it to blow dry the phone
let it rest under the sun or a projector lamp for an hour and check to make sure there are no more water vapour trapped under the screen
once everything is confirmed dry, you can put it back together and hook up the battery, the phone should work back to normal now.
i hear throwing it in a bag of rice really sucks the moisture out.
As told, first step is ALWAYS to remove the battery and let it rest and dry for a period.
You can put it in a bag of rice (it absorbs humidity) and keep yourself from "testing the device" to ofter... let it rest for (at least) an 8 hours under warm and dry temperature in a bag of rice.
i put in a jar rice, and put the phone between the rice with the jar open,
I will keep it like that for 24 hours and hope that at the end it powers on. Is 24 hours enough? do i have to close the jar or keep it open?
Thanks for the support, I really need it right now
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
Aw that sucks mate. As other have said putting it in a bowl of rice is ment to be a good idea as the rice absorbs all the moisture.
diehard2222 said:
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
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Me too, landed on the floor right next to the toilet. So close
OP, hope your phone survives. Good luck.
Maddmatt said:
Me too, landed on the floor right next to the toilet. So close
OP, hope your phone survives. Good luck.
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haha and i thought i was the only one Close one indeed.
Hadok3n said:
haha and i thought i was the only one Close one indeed.
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My old Omnia2 fell down (drawn) in a toilet and survided using the methods above. Give it time to dry... don't rush to test
heh, mine fell into a bathtub full of water... took me about 5 seconds to get to it, was getting the baby out of the tub.
No water inside or in the battery compartment, dried off the outside and went about my day, didn't hurt it one bit.
الحمدلله 24 hours later i tried to power it on after putting it in rice, and it worked! its like nothing happened, everything works!الحمدلله
Thanks of the suggestions and the nice replies guys .
diehard2222 said:
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
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same here, i had a close incident like that before with my old WM phone
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Help
Hey everyone, pls help me, I fell my phone in water about 30 minutes. Then I remove the battery and etc. Then dry it in electric fan for half hour, then I open it, it can't be open , so I try to open , and it works I thought my problem solve , then I charge it for 1 hour, when I press some button, the screen get rotated , and it turn off , then it's starts flashing lights and I can see the batterysign. Someone help me;(
Imee10 said:
Hey everyone, pls help me, I fell my phone in water about 30 minutes. Then I remove the battery and etc. Then dry it in electric fan for half hour, then I open it, it can't be open , so I try to open , and it works I thought my problem solve , then I charge it for 1 hour, when I press some button, the screen get rotated , and it turn off , then it's starts flashing lights and I can see the batterysign. Someone help me;(
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You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
beardedwonder said:
You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
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This. although there is a small chance it is salvagable.
I would leave it in rice and also if it's sunny, leave it in the sun.
Before you do this though, dismantle it as much as possible. Even if you have to unscrew some bits, it may help (careful not to do too much that you can't put it back together).
Also, resist the temptation and wait at least 2 days before trying to turn it on again.
AllGamer said:
yes,
the most critical part was to take the battery out as soon as you got it off the water to prevent short circuit
don't rush it let it dry naturally at room temperature
hair dryer could damage the phone (but again we know the phone have survived the ove trick and hair dryer trick, so it should be okay)
take out all the parts, battery, cover, etc
if you are a technician open up the phone, and use compressed air spray cans, but watch out to not freeze the phone.
best results if you have an air compressor machine at home and use it to blow dry the phone
let it rest under the sun or a projector lamp for an hour and check to make sure there are no more water vapour trapped under the screen
once everything is confirmed dry, you can put it back together and hook up the battery, the phone should work back to normal now.
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It will very probably still get corroded inside and will lose its functionality. Cleaning the parts with distilled water is the best way to fight this.
angky94 said:
dun dry it with hairdryer cos u may melt the solder or anything inside the phone. put the phone in an airtight container with rice and wait patiently! otherwise, send it to 3rd party people to help u clean
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Drying with hairdryer melting Samsung solders? Does your hairdryer give more than 300 Celcius?
beardedwonder said:
You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
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Hah! I've saved a few devices this way (phone, audio recorder) and given this advice several times with success each time, but I *never* thought to explain to people that it should be *uncooked* rice. That makes for an amazing image of someone screwing up instructions.
beardedwonder said:
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
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most likely, yes.
Just bought it a week ago and wanted to test it underwater capabilities. With all lids closed tightly, seems like my phone still acts like a ballast tank rather than a submarine...
Edit: I wasn't clear enough on this: I tested the phone under 10cm deep, calm, cold water (in a small bucket) for 15 seconds. Results are: http://imgur.com/a/p5c3q#5
I'm thinking that it's taking water from the second microphone hole which is on the back of the phone, then it gets vaporized (very slowly, takes about 2-3 hours) by the heat. Water vapor can be seen condensing on the internal side of the back camera's glass cover...
I contacted with Sony Turkey and they informed me that the getting water inside the phone is actually a "customer error" and it also breaks the warranty. Great Quality Assurance and Great Customer Care. Way to go Sony...
Even though I assume that there was water in the phone, it kept working and still going on. Atleast Sony engineers do their job good.
Good thing that I also contacted the importer of the phone and he promised me atleast a replacement or a full refund.
Are there anybody else got a faulty phone too or am I the unluckiest XZ owner on Earth?
Search and thy shall find the answer.
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Search and thy shall find the answer.
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I did. Are you sure that you got my problem? I'm telling that water easily gets inside my phone and I'm asking if other people has this kind of problem too.
Thank you for your reply though.
canerpense said:
I did. Are you sure that you got my problem? I'm telling that water easily gets inside my phone and I'm asking if other people has this kind of problem too.
Thank you for your reply though.
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Left my phone in the sink for a while submerged in water and nothing happened besides the usual lower volume which came back to it's normal volume after 45 minutes or so.
Edit: not encouraging you guys to try, just giving info here.
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The Z is NOT water proofed.... it carries the IP55 and IP57 certification. Google what that actually means, its somewhat resistant to water and dust. Read your manual/google it.
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It looks like condensation in the camera area, isn't that considered to be normal?
But of course if you get water in your phone it's your fault, you know how much companies would lose if they didn't said that. Each time people got water in their phones they would be able to trade it in without a problem.
This happens if you put XZ in hot water!
Are you papers at the ports pink?? If its not, it's normal and your warranty is least likely to be voided. If yes then your phone's warranty will be voided
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Guys, give him some credit... that's actually very strange. I've never seen so much water/steam gathering inside the phone. Does it happen when you put it in hot water ? In this case it might be ok, but otherwise it shouldn't really happen - not like that. I'm not getting this on mine, no mattery if I just wash it with cold water or take it to the shower...
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@Utacka
I do know that it's not waterproof but Sony is making tons of ads saying that it should sit under at a maximum of 1 meter deep, calm, cold water for max. 30 minutes and should keep on working.
I dipped the phone into 10cm deep, calm and cold water for 10 seconds and it still gets water inside.
@Dsteppa
How can it be my fault if all the papers under the lids are white?
Evidence: http://imgur.com/a/p5c3q#2
@BR4DOKYBrazil
I'm quite sure that the water temp. was under 30 degrees celcius.
@xukaiteo
No, they are white, please look at the new SS.
@Akiainavas
Finally someone really understood me! And it was in cold water, I'm not mad enough to put it in boiling water. I know the adhesive under the glass starts to dissolve after reaching a certain temperature.
canerpense said:
Edited first post, added more photos.
@Utacka
I do know that it's not waterproof but Sony is making tons of ads saying that it should sit under at a maximum of 1 meter deep, calm, cold water for max. 30 minutes and should keep on working.
I dipped the phone into 10cm deep, calm and cold water for 10 seconds and it still gets water inside.
@Dsteppa
How can it be my fault if all the papers under the lids are white?
Evidence: http://imgur.com/a/p5c3q#2
@BR4DOKYBrazil
I'm quite sure that the water temp. was under 30 degrees celcius.
@xukaiteo
No, they are white, please look at the new SS.
@Akiainavas
Finally someone really understood me! And it was in cold water, I'm not mad enough to put it in boiling water. I know the adhesive under the glass starts to dissolve after reaching a certain temperature.
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Hey don't blame me, I'm just saying how these people think.
I don't know how long you got your phone, but if you're not comfortable with it, try to exchange it ASAP!
Contact the source from where you bought the phone.
It's not normal. Change it as soon as possible!
IPX7 =
Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 m of submersion).
Test duration: at least 3 minutes/Water volume: 12.5 litres per minute/Pressure: 30 kPa at distance of 3 m
As babylonbwoy said, and I'll say that too: replace your phone as soon as possible. This shouldn't be happening.
Thanks everyone for their thoughts. Today I finally managed to get a refund... :good:
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Thanks everyone for their thoughts. Today I finally managed to get a refund... :good:
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I have already taken pictures inside a pool, in the shower with my wife, also washed the phone many times.
But TODAY (July 3rd) water got inside the phone by somehow! The camera lens got covered and the screen near the power button got a bit white!
In one hour the phone got completely DEAD! I have tried to recharge it and the phone blinks a red light and vibrates three times, and it keeps in this cycle forever.
Very strange. I think I lost my phone...
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I have already taken pictures inside a pool, in the shower with my wife, also washed the phone many times.
But TODAY (July 3rd) water got inside the phone by somehow! The camera lens got covered and the screen near the power button got a bit white!
In one hour the phone got completely DEAD! I have tried to recharge it and the phone blinks a red light and vibrates three times, and it keeps in this cycle forever.
Very strange. I think I lost my phone...
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Sorry to hear that your phone is dead. I don't recommend powering the phone while there is water in it as water might damage the ccomponents.
Do not use hair drier to dry your phone, it might damage the glue between phone's screen and body. Place your phone in a bag of rice and seal the bag, wait for 6+ hours. Rice slowly captures the humidity in the air and thus humidity in the phone, hopefully allowing your phone to work again.
I have the same problem, I bought the Xperia Z in Switzerland and I went to the swimming pool with it and I have take pictures, I've made videos underwater, etc. etc. and the phone was ok, no problem at all. Now I came to Portugal in holidays and I took the phone to the beach to take some pictures with my friends. When I was on the water, I picked the phone from my pocket and it was completely turned off. I thought it should be the battery that was empty and I came to the towel. 15 minutes after, the water started evaporating and the phone was full of steam inside. I've opened all the lids of the phone, so that he could dry faster. I've seen the white paper under the lid and it was white, a few minuts after it was already red. I am in Portugal without phone, and I don't know if they will accept my phone to the warranty. I will never buy Sony Ericsson again, each time that I buy Sony Ericsson, I get a problem like this one... Every time the same!
Are u sure the flaps where closed all the way?
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nedbull said:
I have the same problem, I bought the Xperia Z in Switzerland and I went to the swimming pool with it and I have take pictures, I've made videos underwater, etc. etc. and the phone was ok, no problem at all. Now I came to Portugal in holidays and I took the phone to the beach to take some pictures with my friends. When I was on the water, I picked the phone from my pocket and it was completely turned off. I thought it should be the battery that was empty and I came to the towel. 15 minutes after, the water started evaporating and the phone was full of steam inside. I've opened all the lids of the phone, so that he could dry faster. I've seen the white paper under the lid and it was white, a few minuts after it was already red. I am in Portugal without phone, and I don't know if they will accept my phone to the warranty. I will never buy Sony Ericsson again, each time that I buy Sony Ericsson, I get a problem like this one... Every time the same!
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So, you've placed the phone in at least 2 situations that the manual tells you specifically not to and it's somehow Sony's fault that it's now broken?
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No, that's your fault. Also, as the water ingress indicators are now red, it's a 99% certainty that your warranty is void.
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So, you've placed the phone in at least 2 situations that the manual tells you specifically not to and it's somehow Sony's fault that it's now broken?
No, that's your fault. Also, as the water ingress indicators are now red, it's a 99% certainty that your warranty is void.
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Hi,
as there is already been mentioned here, the phone is water resistant, so that I can go to the swimming pool with it, and that's why I bought it cause I don't like Sony... If Sony makes its marketing campaign saying the phone is waterproof and then I buy a phone these and I can not take it to the water, it's my fault? If the indicators are red is because the phone was not well manufactured.
Is there any way to make the indicators became white again?
Hy today I was going home on motorbike and my phone was in jacket pocket ( jacket is motorbike,waterproof,never questioned that ) and suddenly it started to rain and I had no worry cause jacket is waterproof and many time I carried phone in jacket while raining,no problem at all.
But guess what.I arrived home and pulled out phone from jacket and I felt water on TPU case and bottom of case was soaked.
Immiditealy I had heart attack that water found her way into phone electronics and parts and I pulled out battery,sim card and memory card and dried phone with hair drier.
Then I switch battery with replacement battery and started phone.After LG logo apperead I was happy but no so soon,then LG logo flickered after showing it as it should be and black screen on left part of screen and artefact screen on right ( like when your computer GPU dies ) and I hear boot sounds and going into homescreen.
My questions is should I try to dry more or thats pretty much that what I could do ?
Did digitizer died or LCD screen ? Could they notice if I take it to warranty the water indicator like on Iphone ?
Guys please help,give some advice,I'm going insane
Strip the battery from the phone. Put both in a bag of rice. Leave alone in the rice in a warm place for 48 hours. Try to see if it works. If not then there's not much else you can really do.
SimonTS said:
Strip the battery from the phone. Put both in a bag of rice. Leave alone in the rice in a warm place for 48 hours. Try to see if it works. If not then there's not much else you can really do.
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Thanks for reply,last time mom washed my Nokia 100 and after leaving it in rice for 24 hours water withdrawed and now phone worsk flawlessly like before.
As I sad,phone turns on,shows LG logo as it should be,I hear boot sound and then one half of screen is black and other half has artefacts.
So my question is what could be damaged ( cpu,gpu,motherboard,lcd screen,digitizer ) ?
After spending 12 hours in rice,my phone works and everything is fine except rear and front camera.
They dont seem to work,they show some kind of artefacts,then it turns for a short period time and laggs and they I get error App has crashed etc.
Should I carry my phone to phone service or leave it for 24 hours more in rice,maybe rice will dry moisture from camera lens/electronics or are both cameras completely dead ?
dokii22 said:
After spending 12 hours in rice,my phone works and everything is fine except rear and front camera.
They dont seem to work,they show some kind of artefacts,then it turns for a short period time and laggs and they I get error App has crashed etc.
Should I carry my phone to phone service or leave it for 24 hours more in rice,maybe rice will dry moisture from camera lens/electronics or are both cameras completely dead ?
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Personally I would leave it in the rice for for a couple of days at least. My old Sony Ericsson took 3 days in rice to get back to full working order following it's short visit to the toilet basin.
You only need the slightest drop of water in the wrong place to create a short, which will cause your phone to act erratically.
I have my fingers crossed for you :fingers-crossed:
thecresta said:
Personally I would leave it in the rice for for a couple of days at least. My old Sony Ericsson took 3 days in rice to get back to full working order following it's short visit to the toilet basin.
You only need the slightest drop of water in the wrong place to create a short, which will cause your phone to act erratically.
I have my fingers crossed for you :fingers-crossed:
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And so it will be.
I wont test out my luck anymore,I'm reliefed that phone even works,WiFi,3G,GPS,games,apps,screen works great only front and rear camera show artefacts and crash
is there any chance that rice will dry out moisture from camera and they'll work normally ?
if cameras are dead,what parts should I order from Ebay ? plastic cover or just camera
this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Digital...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item416e0d931e
or this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-P880-Opt...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item27d278f7b3
or both ?
congrats! i got my phone into water too
i'm gonna put it in rice,
how is it supposed to be put in rice?
direct contacting with rice or can i cover the phone in tissue etc and then put it into rice?
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my phone is accidently droped into a low level bowl of water face down.
almost 25% of phone dipped into water, and as soon as it contacted water i pulled it out and pulled the battery and sim and memory card out.
then i tried to dry it with hair drier for 10 mins,
then i started my phone and it started normaly, but after 1 minute while i was using it, it dimmed and gone to black screen, i instantly pulled out the battery again,, and yet i'm thinking what to do,
do i still have chance of rice trick?
i can't take chance on my phone, i'm not a rich person to afford this phone again
so please reply soon,
thanks
Mr.LOVER said:
congrats! i got my phone into water too
i'm gonna put it in rice,
how is it supposed to be put in rice?
direct contacting with rice or can i cover the phone in tissue etc and then put it into rice?
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my phone is accidently droped into a low level bowl of water face down.
almost 25% of phone dipped into water, and as soon as it contacted water i pulled it out and pulled the battery and sim and memory card out.
then i tried to dry it with hair drier for 10 mins,
then i started my phone and it started normaly, but after 1 minute while i was using it, it dimmed and gone to black screen, i instantly pulled out the battery again,, and yet i'm thinking what to do,
do i still have chance of rice trick?
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i can't take chance on my phone, i'm not a rich person to afford this phone again
so please reply soon,
thanks
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Put in in the rice you got nothing to lose.. But honestly, you made a mistake turning the phone on after 10 min. Rice will hopefully take out the moist.
brunek said:
Put in in the rice you got nothing to lose.. But honestly, you made a mistake turning the phone on after 10 min. Rice will hopefully take out the moist.
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ok, i have put it into rice, directly contacting with rice...
now will pull it out after 3 days?
weather is cold here, and it's not warm, will the rice still take out the moist ?
Yes, keep it for a couple of days..
I dont know, I believe it doesnt matter.
posl'o ja to s mob'tela
brunek said:
Yes, keep it for a couple of days..
I dont know, I believe it doesnt matter.
posl'o ja to s mob'tela
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i hope my phone is alright, i just pulled it out from rice bag and powered it on, and i saw LG logo,
but then i thought to be carefull and pulled out the battery and put it again in rice for another day...
will tell you if it's alive or not after 24 hours more in rice...
Mr.LOVER said:
i hope my phone is alright, i just pulled it out from rice bag and powered it on, and i saw LG logo,
but then i thought to be carefull and pulled out the battery and put it again in rice for another day...
will tell you if it's alive or not after 24 hours more in rice...
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If you live in a cold place, keep it in for atleast 2 days.Also stop powering your phone on, it will reduce your chances.Try to get it to somewhere warmer
if you ask me, you made a mistake when you tried to dried it with blower
when it drooped into water, then right away turn it off, battery out, sim and sd out
then try to collect water as much as you can with tissue
then put in on rice, basically bury it in it so that phone is surrounded with rice all around
leave it like that for 2-3 days
then try to start it to see if you had luck to get the moisture out
Rice is a bad idea.
It will dry but the water from everywhere contains salt and minerals.
It will rust everything inba short periodo.
Run to a repair store and they will dissasamble and proper clear parts.
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ok friends,thanks GOD my phone is alright, not a single default in it,
working perfectly, it has been half an hour i'm using it with minimum 800+ processor frequency so that it generate some heat,
everything is wroking,
and i wanna thank all of you for replying and helping... rice is the best method for it.
thanks a lot,
Regards,
The best method is actually to use the desiccant packets that come with electronic equipment, but I'm lucky to get lots of them through my job in case I ever need them. Rice is the best thing that almost everyone has easily available.
I'm glad it's all working, quick action of normally the best bet.
SimonTS said:
The best method is actually to use the desiccant packets that come with electronic equipment, but I'm lucky to get lots of them through my job in case I ever need them. Rice is the best thing that almost everyone has easily available.
I'm glad it's all working, quick action of normally the best bet.
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This Packets also come with shoes ? XD am i right ?
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a nice homemade trick to fix wet devices is, grab a container, half fill it with white rice, from a new package, and the put your device into the rice, of course without a battery and back plate, and the complete the container with more white rice, wait for two days and then, try to turn on your device, it will be completly dryed, i proved with several devices and always works again
yes, rice dried my device completely and I'm using it without any problem now
went swimming today , water entered inside the phone somehow ,probably the flaps would have been loose!
as soon i went in ,the phone switched off . i took it out tried switching it on but how ever it didn't turn on.
tried to dry it , even tried removing all the water its been about 8 hours now still not switching on !
my question here is : will sony accept the warranty? cause my phone is barely 5 months old ! and its their manufacture problem that the flaps got loose and water went in .
will it switch on if i keep in dry rice for a day or 2 ? i mean does that really help !?
last question is , is it repairable or my phone is doomed?
udyanth said:
went swimming today , water entered inside the phone somehow ,probably the flaps would have been loose!
as soon i went in ,the phone switched off . i took it out tried switching it on but how ever it didn't turn on.
tried to dry it , even tried removing all the water its been about 8 hours now still not switching on !
my question here is : will sony accept the warranty? cause my phone is barely 5 months old ! and its their manufacture problem that the flaps got loose and water went in .
will it switch on if i keep in dry rice for a day or 2 ? i mean does that really help !?
last question is , is it repairable or my phone is doomed?
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It's your fault, you shouldn't have gone swimming with it, it wasn't made for that. I think Sony won't repair it, if they repair it they will most likely charge you a service fee for it.
Also trying to turn it on won't help, it'll make things even worse. Try to dry it in rice for a couple of days, DO NOT try to turn it on in the meanwhile.
Edit: see here:
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/ref...product=xperia-z#Water-resistance---Yuga.html
It says no swimming, no diving
St.Jimmy90 said:
It's your fault, you shouldn't have gone swimming with it, it wasn't made for that. I think Sony won't repair it, if they repair it they will most likely charge you a service fee for it.
Also trying to turn it on won't help, it'll make things even worse. Try to dry it in rice for a couple of days, DO NOT try to turn it on in the meanwhile.
Edit: see here:
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/ref...product=xperia-z#Water-resistance---Yuga.html
It says no swimming, no diving
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but is there hopes of it becoming fine ?
udyanth said:
but is there hopes of it becoming fine ?
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I'd give it a try
udyanth said:
but is there hopes of it becoming fine ?
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Not very much. and did you just caried it in your pocket and swimmed?
Even if i spilled my coke on it i would be worried.
And you don't have to say to SONY that you went swimming - you dropped it in your toilet.
Laurisss said:
Not very much.
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it was in my hand i dipped it in..and it turned off !! i was like wtf?
then i realized water had gone in !
So you're saying that my phone is going to be dead for life and cannot be fixed???? :crying::crying::crying:
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Try the service center and say that your phone got waterdamaged due to loose flaps.
That's what I did with mine since my headphone flap cover was very loose and it got spilled with water. The camera lens got foggy and audio port doesn't work. I turned it off but it never went on again no matter what i did. It turned out you shouldn't turn it back on in those cases.
4 days in rice bed didn't help so I tried the service center. I said the phone got waterdamaged due to loose headphone flap. The guy asked if i submerged it over 1m. I said no, it got spilled by water. He checked the loose flap and said they will check it and told me to prepare for any service charge.
I got it back after 2 weeks free-of-charge. They even replaced the headphone flap. Im gonna take care of the phone now.
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boyq said:
Try the service center and say that your phone got waterdamaged due to loose flaps.
That's what I did with mine since my headphone flap cover was very loose and it got spilled with water. The camera lens got foggy and audio port doesn't work. I turned it off but it never went on again no matter what i did. It turned out you shouldn't turn it back on in those cases.
4 days in rice bed didn't help so I tried the service center. I said the phone got waterdamaged due to loose headphone flap. The guy asked if i submerged it over 1m. I said no, it got spilled by water. He checked the loose flap and said they will check it and told me to prepare for any service charge.
I got it back after 2 weeks free-of-charge. They even replaced the headphone flap. Im gonna take care of the phone now.
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omg are u serious? do we get a fully replaced phone for faulty flaps? cuz i have a feeling my flaps are faulty!! cuz i had clearly closed those flaps
..anyways how much would they charge if they dont replace it? any idea?
damaged flaps on my wifes xz and got the water indicator pink. no water damage really my 2yo son chewed the flap and thats how it turned pink. when we sent it in to sony after it did the black screen brick they charged me $107 saying it was water damaged. tried to explain that it had nothing to do with liquid damage and that it was a well known issue with the phone and had even been acknowledged by sony but they didn't care and charged me anyways
Hello my fellow note 9 users,
I have a year-old note 9, which I purchased from Hongkong. The model is SM-N960F. Today I accidentally brought my phone into the pool, which was underwater at about 1m for I would say 5-10 seconds. As we all know, the phone is ip68 approved, so I thought it wouldn't be a big deal so I just took it out and put it under the sun (I didn't turn it off). After a while (like 10 minutes), I realized that my phone turned off, which was weird because this never happened before when I submerged it underwater.
My phone would display a 0% battery on the lock screen then immediately turn off, which was weird because I knew that I had at least 80% battery. With the phone turned off, I took out the SIM tray and the S-pen, and found that the SD card and the SIM card was all wet. I shaked the phone several times and found droplets of water dropping out of the SIM slot and the speaker hole. I left the phone turned off for around 3 hours, then 'accidentally' turned it on. The phone turned on with 64% battery on SAFE MODE (even though I didn't boot it on safe mode), and everything seemed to work fine (I turned it off after checking if the phone works). I still see moisture in both front and back camera, which pretty much tells me that the there is moisture remaining in the system.
For now, I put the phone in a ziplock full of uncooked rice (with the SIM tray and S pen removed), and I am planning to leave it there for maybe a day or two.
Taking it to service is challenging for now, as I bought the phone in Hongkong and I am in Korea right now. Taking a foreign samsung to Korea's samsung center is complicated and very time consuming, it is probably unlikely that I will be able to get my phone fixed from Samsung here.
I would appreciate any recommendations or suggestions to what to do with my phone now, and whether it is OKAY to use it after I take it out from the rice and there is no visual representation of moisture.
Thanks.
Water damage is always something not to be taken lightly. You mentioned a pool - it's very likely that even if you manage to completely dry off the internals, there will be residual chlorine deposits which will cause problems eventually; mostly in the form of corrosion and/or shorted out electrical contacts. The best thing to do would be to rinse the phone inside out with distilled water, which may or may not clear out said deposits, but as the phone's glued shut pretty tight, it's a bit troublesome.
You can try using it after it's completely dry, because hey, what have you got to lose? If it works, cool, and if not, you'll end up replacing the internals anyway. Just don't forget to back up your data!
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Water damage is always something not to be taken lightly. You mentioned a pool - it's very likely that even if you manage to completely dry off the internals, there will be residual chlorine deposits which will cause problems eventually; mostly in the form of corrosion and/or shorted out electrical contacts. The best thing to do would be to rinse the phone inside out with distilled water, which may or may not clear out said deposits, but as the phone's glued shut pretty tight, it's a bit troublesome.
You can try using it after it's completely dry, because hey, what have you got to lose? If it works, cool, and if not, you'll end up replacing the internals anyway. Just don't forget to back up your data!
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Thanks for your response! I left it in rice for around 18 hours now, and I do not see moisture in the front-facing camera and both of the back cameras. I still see tiny water droplets in the flashlight bit, so I'm waiting for those to dry out as well.
And also, how would I 'rinse' the phone inside?
I'm quite disappointed in samsung; they advertised the phone to be safe in '5ft for 30min' but here I am after bringing it to the pool for 5 seconds...
22maxp said:
Thanks for your response! I left it in rice for around 18 hours now, and I do not see moisture in the front-facing camera and both of the back cameras. I still see tiny water droplets in the flashlight bit, so I'm waiting for those to dry out as well.
And also, how would I 'rinse' the phone inside?
I'm quite disappointed in samsung; they advertised the phone to be safe in '5ft for 30min' but here I am after bringing it to the pool for 5 seconds...
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I mean fully disassemling the phone and washing the parts with distilled water. Not a very practical solution.
Pool water is different from fresh water; it has lower surface tension due to the added disinfectants, which means it will permeate seals designed for only fresh water relatively easy. Your phone is rated IP68 for fresh water; it will not hold up well against chlorinated water or soapwater.
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I mean fully disassemling the phone and washing the parts with distilled water. Not a very practical solution.
Pool water is different from fresh water; it has lower surface tension due to the added disinfectants, which means it will permeate seals designed for only fresh water relatively easy. Your phone is rated IP68 for fresh water; it will not hold up well against chlorinated water or soapwater.
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Okay disassembling the phone doesn't seem to likely to me. Just to mention, the 'pool' the phone was dropped into was from a hotspring. It was an outdoor swimming pool from the hotspring, so I'm pretty sure there won't be any chlorine or stuff like that in it. Maybe some natural minerals?
I checked the cameras of the phone again, and it appears that the front facing camera is STILL wet, and the flashlights as well. Will leaving the phone with the uncooked rice for a longer bit (maybe a day or two?) completely dry out the phone? I did see improvements with the rice method as the back camera is fully appeared to be dried, but I am unsure if the water moisture will be able to escape the system fully.
Again, thanks for the response. I really appreciate your comments.
If the water is clean, you may be in luck! Just make sure to dry it out completely before attempting to use it. You can accelerate the process by placing the phone somewhere warm (30 to 40 Celsius, or 85 to 105 fahrenheit - not too hot or the battery may take damage), or by carefully blasting it with a hairdryer on the lowest heat setting (the airflow helps a lot). You'll also want to use any silica gel packets if you've saved those when unboxing items.
If it can reassure you, back in the days I dropped my Note 3 in my wife's bath (that phone has no IP rating), and it's still working and is still used daily by my mom to make phone calls and do basic stuff, the cameras still work too. When it happened, I put it in a ziplock bag with a few silica gel pouches like these.
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Thanks guys I fixed it!
After I left my phone in rice for around 2 days, I tried turning it on and found that the screen was dead. The phone won't turn on, there would be a couple of blinks and instantly turn off. I took my phone to the Samsung A/S center, and the guy opened up the phone. He said: You already tried turning it on and it failed, which means there are probably damages in the internal, it would cost around 700$ to switch them up."
Of course, I wouldn't spend that much money to save my phone, so I returned home with my broken phone. I opened up the phone again, and decided to separate ALL the parts in the phone (except the batter). I found moisture on the motherboard and the camera as well, which i dried using a hairdryer and tissue. After ensuring that all components are dried, I cleaned the board using isopropyl alcohol, then put everything back on together. Magically, my phone works just fine now .
Thanks for the support you guys gave me. I didn't think I would end up opening up the phone myself, but I think it would be worth a try if Samsung tells you to change the motherboard for 700$.
I am glad that you managed to repair your device. But beware that there maybe unexpected damaged to the circuits due to the fact that your device's internals have been submerged in water for that long.