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Water damage ruins HD screen

I recently dropped my phone in water. It was only submerged for a few seconds, and the litmus paper inside the battery compartment wasn't even tripped. The sliding door on the USB port was open, however, so I suspect water got in either through that or the headphone jack. The screen is readable..barely. Every other horizontal pixel on the screen is a black line. Can anyone tell me if it's possible to recondition the screen, or if there is any way at&t would be able to tell that it's damaged from water as opposed to a fall? Thanks in advance.
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Give it a few days to let it dry out. Even take the cover, battery, sim, etc. out. Hit it with a blow dryer. Not super hot, but enough to help drive water out of the internal circuits. My fuze fully recovered after like 4 days. Worth a shot.
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If you haven't already read this thread, I'd suggest you do. Same sort of thing happened here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807606

Quick story, and then a possible solution.
2 years ago I was sitting on the toilet with my iTouch playing Crash Kart Racing. I stood up to finish my business, put my iTouch in my hoodie pocket and leaned over the toilet to flush. *PLOP* Yupp, iTouch in the toilet. Luckily it was in clean water but it was still damaged.
The screen was effed and everything. So I figured I'd just let it dry out. Here's the solution part. Stick your phone into a back of rice. Not cooked rice, raw, hard, rice. Rice absorbs moisture, it acts like a natural silica gel, you know, those packets you get in your shoe boxes. Let it sit for a few days and hopefully all will be well again.
Epilogue..... I still bought a new iTouch cause my battery wound up not lasting very long after that...

[Q] Water Damage

So for the first time ever, I dropped my phone in water.
Luckily I'm still under warranty, except I'm worried about the water indicator. It's still white under the battery, but does anyone know if there is other like inside the phone?
Also, I can boot the phone to the bootloader, but that's it. I can get to recovery from there, but flashing ROM's do nothing, I still always boot to the bootloader no matter what.
Does anyone know if there are more water indicators or of there is a way to temporarily fix this? I'm freaking out

Bag of rice and wait wait wait... I'd get the battery out asap!!
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Well when you get something wet, you should power it down immediately, remove the battery and all of the parts, and stick it in some rice for a few days.
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I heard ppl using hairdryer or putting into oven for a little while and it becomes ok after that.

remove the battery, simcard, and other peripherals from the phone.
then put it on some uncook rice for a night.
using alcohol also is a nice way because alcohol will displace the water.. do this before putting the phone on the uncook rice..

The bag of rice is the only thing you can do. A hairdryer for a little should be ok but please dont put it in the oven. And i would recommend not using alcohol since it would probably strip the paint and mess up the plastic.

Had the same thing happen on x-mas eve. My wife did a load of laundry and forgot to check my pants pocket. after 3 days of sitting in rice (and multiple flashes), i finally got the phone semi-working. The sdcard was shot and the mic stopped woking...i can only make phone calls using BT or with the headset...but hey, I forget this thing is a phone anyway

[Q] Tab won't turn on-possible water damage. Any hope?!

Hi everyone,
My little sister accidentally dropped my 2-week old Galaxy Tab. I bought the Tab from someone on craigslist so I don't have a receipt or anything which I guess means I won't even be able to try getting it replaced or fixed by Samsung.
I searched the web and didn't find any info from anyone with similar problem so I don't even know if there is anything I can try or where to start.
The Tab itself appears fine physically, the screen did not even crack, but I cannot get it to power on.
Any advice, guidance, tips, tricks?! Anything at all will be greatly appreciated.
Keeping my fingers crossed...thanks for your time.

I think your only hope is to open the tab, to see if something get loose (battery etc...)
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ok so I just pried the tablet open to check if battery was loose as you suggested and found something very interesting - nothing appeared loose but i noticed some small drops of water so i think the kid might have actually spilled something on my tablet (instead of or aside from dropping it)!
Now what?! Any advice on possible water damage? Is this irreparable?

if you're sure its water dmg, you could try putting the tab in a bag of rice for a couple days to dry it out, then try again to turn it on.
Other than that i guess you could look on ebay for a replacement part what you expect was water damaged...

Unfortunately for you a tab can be under water or under warranty but not both, and dropped tab=dropped warranty. The good news there is that you could still probably contact samsung to get a quote for fixing it. Its not a warranty repair so you'd be paying them either way.
edit: and if you've already pried it open and can remove the battery while drying it out - i'd do that. If it shorted it could start bulging or something and cause more damage. I second the let it dry in rice or even air dry for a while. Then if there is no sign of battery damage, charge it for a bit (keeping an eye on it for shorts) and see if you get the charging screen or if it powers on.

I have dropped many phone in water over the years. In fact i dropped my tab in my pets water dish.
If you havent damaged it beyind repair by opening it, my fix is to get a big ziplock bag, fill it with rice, bury the tab in the rice for a day. Leave in cabnet. Rice will suck all the moisture out.
Oh and by the way since you have it open, can you check what kind if internalbsd card it has? Does it look replaceable?
Hit the thanks button if I.have helped.
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ok I took it apart carefully following a tutorial vid on youtube. I cleaned what i'm assuming is liquid damage residue (white powdery substance?) with electronics cleaner and a qtip. Then buried it a container of rice and put it in a cabinet just as you guys suggested. Do you think 24 hours is enough time to let it sit before trying it?
I'm not sure how long the water was in there because there were only a few drops that hadn't dried and then the white powdery stuff which I assume is from the liquid. All info I came across gave procedures for treating electronics immediately after contact with liquid so not sure if this will work since it seems to have been sitting in there for a bit. I'm crossing my fingers and will post back.
sserpentine: what is an internalbsd? let me know what to look for and I'll take pics and post here for you

Lol, replacing the internal sd would be amazing! I can only imagine the possibilities.
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My niece put my tablet in the water what should I do

My vivid went swimming....

Anybody have any tips or suggestions on how to get moisture out? I know people say rice, a hair dryer, or alcohol but i need some good advice ....This is my precious :-(
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Just as you stated.Those are the best solutions."I would avoid the alcohol"
I would use the hairdryer then put it it a bag of dry rice for several days maybe even a week.With the back,battery,sim,and sd card removed of course.

jpitch2415 said:
Anybody have any tips or suggestions on how to get moisture out? I know people say rice, a hair dryer, or alcohol but i need some good advice ....This is my precious :-(
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Avoid the hair dryer.
What kind of water was it dropped into? If it was relatively clean just shake it out pull the battery and submerg it in a bowl of uncooked rice for several days with no attempts of powering it on.
If it was beer or soda or something that would leave a harmful resadue your going to.want to rinse it out with distilled water and then dry it or in rice.
Drew
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I dropped my Incredible in the toilet a few days ago and put it in a container of rice for a few hours to remove the moisture, works fine now. Did you immediately remove the battery when you got it out of the water?

itsmefu said:
I dropped my Incredible in the toilet a few days ago and put it in a container of rice for a few hours to remove the moisture, works fine now. Did you immediately remove the battery when you got it out of the water?
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Eww.....
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itsmefu said:
I dropped my Incredible in the toilet a few days ago and put it in a container of rice for a few hours to remove the moisture, works fine now. Did you immediately remove the battery when you got it out of the water?
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Incredibly brown.....
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Yeahhhh it was just water knocked over by my cat while i was sleeping.....problem is while i was sleeping it was on the entire time on the charger....
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I had to fix three of my friend's phones when we went on a rafting trip and capsized in the river.. lol.
I took off the battery covers and removed the batteries, SIM cards, SD cards, etc. then buried the phones in a container of uncooked rice (brown rice actually works the best, I'm Asian woohoo). Then, with a CAREFUL eye, I turned on the oven at the lowest heat setting possible and stuck the container in there for maybe five minutes. After that, they were nice and dry and even now work flawlessly one device was the original Droid, too. And that thing was killed in the river lol.

It is not recommended that you use a hair dryer (not even on the cold mode) to dry out the phone. Using a hair dryer may force moisture further into the small components, deep inside the phone, as the air blows inward. And if it is too warm, it will likely melt them....If you want to try and suck the liquid out of the inner parts of the phone, try using a vacuum cleaner.
Be careful not to hold the vacuum too close to the phone, as a vacuum can create static electricity, which is even worse for the phone.

jpitch2415 said:
Yeahhhh it was just water knocked over by my cat while i was sleeping.....problem is while i was sleeping it was on the entire time on the charger....
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:O and works still?
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Yeah it works the sceen is just super dim even on full brightness
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I would recommend uncooked rice in a container. also, try cat litter in a stocking or cheese cloth placed next to your phone in a container since cat litter is meant to absorb moisture. but i would try just putting it in a bowl of rice (i stress how important it is for the rice to be uncooked) and make sure you immerse the phone in the rice. leave it over night. make sure the battery is out and ofc, that its not plugged in.
i wouldnt use a hair dryer or alcohol.

You could also try desiccant packs (silica gel packs, like what comes in a shoe box), mixed in with the rice. I dropped an iPhone 4 in a bucket of soapy tap water used for cleaning windows and used rice, desiccant packs and very minimal heat from an oven (kept the oven door partially open, on lowest setting, with phone in zip-loc bag of rice and desiccant). The desiccant packs I used were from good ol' Wal-Mart, they are made by Winchester and I spotted them hanging behind the counter in the sporting goods department; they are meant to be used in a 5-7 cu. ft. gun safe, so they were actually as big as the phone itself and could be "recharged" by leaving them in an oven for 5-6 hours on low heat. The "5-7 cu. ft." part excited me, as I was probably using them in a 5-6 cu. in. zip-loc bag..
After all that, the iPhone worked flawlessly, minus water stains under the screen from that nasty, soapy tap water, so maybe dunking it in distilled water is a good idea as the screens on these phones aren't fused together with the outer glass, like iPhones. Best of luck and let us know how it goes/your method!

I would agree with deepsunn.. since you didn't do anything while the water was still fresh on the phone, it's all dried up. I'd actually get some distilled water and just drop it in there, battery and all cards out. Then proceed with your drying procedure. That should get rid of any dried spots or stains on the inside of the glass and on the screen.

Well the past couple of days of having it in rice, the screen now has completely stopped working so i guess its time to pony up and pay my ins deductable
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Just a heads up if you have a white HTC vivid and love it dearly as I did, asurion will only replace it with black ......and if your as pissed about it as I am get with cancellations and they will issue you $120 credit and give u free data for 6 months
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Amazing S4A water story

I did buy my S4A because I occasionally find myself in/near water and am concerned with getting my phone wet. I never thought about actually using it in the water...until this past Friday. I was at the beach and the waves were pretty big. After playing in them for a bit I decided to take my phone in and get some pics up close and personal with the surf. I grabbed a few selfies when my friend grabbed the phone from me and said he would take some of me. I didn't really want him to, but before I knew it he had snatched it from my hand and started taking pics. A set of really good waves came in and pushed me under. When I came up I heard him yell, "Oh ****, I dropped it!" Thinking he was joking I went over only to find he was not kidding. Because of the waves there was almost no visibility with all the sand being churned up. My heart sank (and my blood boiled). There was a strong rip current and I feared my phone had been pulled out and over from where he had dropped it. We searched and searched for about 40 minutes when I was about to resign myself to having lost my phone forever. Maybe some jellyfish would be making calls on it. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eyes I glimpsed a dark shadow in the murky water and I immediately dove over to it. Holy crap! It was my phone. It was in about 4 feet of water about 15 feet from where it had been dropped. Not a scratch on it and still working just fine. I immediately rinsed it in fresh water and made a phone call. No problems, been fine ever since.
I know some have had issues with this phone's water-tightness, but I am now a believer. I may not take it into the ocean again (or let a friend handle it near water), but I feel comfortable that I could. It was a miracle that I found it after being churned around in the surf for 40 minutes.

I would tell that friend that if he likes his hands to not be broke that he should never touch your cell phone again.
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tmease1 said:
I would tell that friend that if he likes his hands to not be broke that he should never touch your cell phone again.
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To his credit, he was more than willing to replace the phone. He was also overjoyed that I found it.

Wow that is amazing. I would love to buy that phone as well. However I got stuck on s3. Thanks for sharing.

I never intended to dunk my phone, but like you, I spend a lot of time in and around salt water. I fell off of some rocks over the summertime, and my phone still works perfectly fine. I have seen many phones fall victim to saltwater after only being submerged for a few seconds. These are awesome phones. If only we could get unlocked and get a working inductive charging back . . .
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I've already destroyed two phones probably due to strong humidy, I wonder if this one would last?

Nice! the active versions never really took off here!