I cant seem to find anyone else with this problem. I just washed my att samsung captivate. I let it dry out for a bit and started it up. It worked fine for quite a while then the touch screen stopped responding so i removed the battery.
When i turned it back on, it remained at the white screen with blue AT&T World phone until i removed the battery again. It continues to do this currently.
I have "reflashed" the firmware (atleast i think i have) back to its stock through the odin3 installer program. I'm not sure how important that is but the phone seems to communicate with the computer through usb.
I cannot do a hard reset kind of thing as holding the volume down and power button at the same time will not take me any further than the white w/blue text screen.
have i fried my phone? is there something i can do to get it to jump past the white and blue text screen?
thanks for any help.
Once a phone is wet u need to get a new one its never gonna work again.
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I just washed my att samsung captivate. I let it dry out for a bit and started it up. It worked fine for quite a while then the touch screen stopped responding so i removed the battery.
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I hope this is a joke. Washed?? Dried?? You should never use any kind of liquid around electronics unless you are water cooling your gamer pc.
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I hope this is a joke. Washed?? Dried?? You should never use any kind of liquid around electronics unless you are water cooling your gamer pc.
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Lol... Y would someone even put a phone near the water, that phone is dead bro.
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washing technique
I threw the phone in with a load of bed sheets.
Of course this wasn't done on purpose. It didn't get fully "washed" per se but only a bit wet. I'm not proud that I did this but what's done is done.
Lets pretend it had never been wet, is there anything that could cause it to stick at the att screen?
I was able to run the odin3 flash program without a hitch. Seems like the phone still is somehow able to work but just not get past the normal boot of the white w/blue text att screen. Any ideas???
If there are no possible fixes or all that's left are comments regarding my ignorance-- how would att know it has been wet. I know my ipod touch sat out in the rain for a bit and apple replaced it no questions asked since the earphone port thing showed no discoloration.
In the battery compartment there is a white square and on the battery another white square. are those the pieces that change color when wet? litmus paper i think? If so they are still white. Do these identify a "wet" phone?
The phone looks the same as it always has, no water behind the screen/camera lense or anything. I had a rubber case on it but the usb door was open.
How's my 1 year mysteriously broken phone warranty looking?
Those white parts would look red if wet ,is it red? I have tmobile for ,me if those parts are red I have to deal with my insurance, do u have insurance? Either then that u got to see wat att can do for u sorry I tried...
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I threw the phone in with a load of bed sheets.
Of course this wasn't done on purpose. It didn't get fully "washed" per se but only a bit wet. I'm not proud that I did this but what's done is done.
Lets pretend it had never been wet, is there anything that could cause it to stick at the att screen?
I was able to run the odin3 flash program without a hitch. Seems like the phone still is somehow able to work but just not get past the normal boot of the white w/blue text att screen. Any ideas???
If there are no possible fixes or all that's left are comments regarding my ignorance-- how would att know it has been wet. I know my ipod touch sat out in the rain for a bit and apple replaced it no questions asked since the earphone port thing showed no discoloration.
In the battery compartment there is a white square and on the battery another white square. are those the pieces that change color when wet? litmus paper i think? If so they are still white. Do these identify a "wet" phone?
The phone looks the same as it always has, no water behind the screen/camera lense or anything. I had a rubber case on it but the usb door was open.
How's my 1 year mysteriously broken phone warranty looking?
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you can't pretend the phone was never wet.
If you get a phone wet - you need to pull the battery and put the phone in a bag of rice to dry it out (maybe for 2 days). Since you have turned it on many times, and tried to flash it, you have created all kinds of short circuits across the circuit boards.
At this point your only recourse would be to strip the phone down and look for corrosion on the circuit boards and try to clean it, but most likely you have fried something.
Only AT&T can tell you what they will do when they inspect it.
My first color screen phone. A sony ericson. Got washed and dried, twice. It still worked. Too bad they don't make phones like they used to. But then again that phone was no where near as bad ass as this.
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Are you sure you flashed it correctly? If you are at the ATT screen then you should be able to connect via adb and do an adb reboot download. Have odin one click running first. If it makes it to download mode click start. It should do everything it needs and reboot on its own in the OS.
If that fails you might have fried something.
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Try the rice
I dropped mine in the dog's water bowl on Thanksgiving. I retrieved it quickly and dried it out. It worked but had a few issues with force closing and auto-rotate not working. I removed the battery and SIM card and placed it in rice for 24 hours. It has worked fine since.
Good luck.
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Are you sure you flashed it correctly? If you are at the ATT screen then you should be able to connect via adb and do an adb reboot download. Have odin one click running first. If it makes it to download mode click start. It should do everything it needs and reboot on its own in the OS.
If that fails you might have fried something.
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I can get the odin one click to run and complete its task. the phone will then reboot and stick at the att world phone screen. Is it at all possible to get from the downloading screen to the recovery screen? I can do the two volume buttons and connect usb to get to downloading but i cannot get to the recovery screen.
i've looked around and tried to figure out how to do adb stuff but i'm not understanding. is adb something i can do while the phone is in the downloading mode?
thanks
You can use adb while at the att screen but not download. Go to Dev section and check my thread Read Before Flashing, therre is some good adb info in it. You should be able adb reboot recovery.
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put it in rice for a couple days, than try starting it. if not try replacing the water indicators and go back to att warranty center and say it wont turn on or something. i did that once with a blackberry bold and they replaced it.
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Ok. As I stated, I dropped my AT&T Tilt in a pitcher of beer. I dried it out and it went to bootloader mode. I was able to reinstall the stock rom from the HTC website, and all functions worked for two days, then it went back to bootloader mode again. Now I can't get the rom to install. It starts installing but I keep getting connection errors before it completes. I think the USB port may be screwed up.
Anyway, I know there are threads about rescuing your phone from bootloader mode, and I may or may not continue to mess with it. But what I really wanted to ask is which phone you'd buy to replace your Tilt if you had to buy it out of pocket. I'm not due for an upgrade, so I'll have to pay full price. I really liked Windows Mobile and my favorite programs were Garmin and the three S2 programs.
I got the stock rom to install AGAIN.
We'll see how long it lasts. Still, I need to be looking for another phone. On the AT&T website it says a replacement Tilt would be 400 bucks and a Fuze would be 500, wtf. I paid 99 for this refurb Tilt. Man I hope it stabilizes.
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We'll see how long it lasts. Still, I need to be looking for another phone. On the AT&T website it says a replacement Tilt would be 400 bucks and a Fuze would be 500, wtf. I paid 99 for this refurb Tilt. Man I hope it stabilizes.
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You could always buy a used Tilt from the Marketplace, Since, you know, you seem to drop it in beer a lot.
Typically in my Personal and Professional Experience, Electronics don't survive Swimming very well.
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Ok. This is frustrating. I have downloaded the latest HTC Rom twice. Both times I was able to install it, and every function worked perfectly for about twenty-four hours. Then, both times, while downloading my email, it went into bootloader mode. Any suggestions? Do you think another Rom might be more stable. Here is what the page says:
KAIS1*0
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CPLD-8
It says "Serial" at the bottom, but it changes to "USB" when it's plugged in.
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Ok. This is frustrating. I have downloaded the latest HTC Rom twice. Both times I was able to install it, and every function worked perfectly for about twenty-four hours. Then, both times, while downloading my email, it went into bootloader mode. Any suggestions? Do you think another Rom might be more stable. Here is what the page says:
KAIS1*0
SPL-3.56.0000
CPLD-8
It says "Serial" at the bottom, but it changes to "USB" when it's plugged in.
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I suspect it has something to do with being dropped in beer......
Did you immediately remove the battery? Did you clean off the beer? Did you let it completely dry before powering it back on?
Perhaps its hungover. Have you tried dropping it into a glass of aspirin?
I found a way to make my phone somewhat live-with-able.
Ok. My phone works exactly like it used to except it gets stuck in bootloader mode periodically. I installed the fixed Hard SPL that is supposed to address this issue but it probably wasn't designed to correct beer damage. lol However, I found something that allows the phone to boot up normally. It's this. It was one of several suggestions in the WIKI, and this way you don't lose all of your programs and stuff. The phone powers up normally if you leave out step three.
1. Connect via MTTY as described above (Type the following commands without quotes).
2. Type the "set 16 0" and press enter. This removes the RUUNBH flag.
*********************LEAVE OUT*************************************
3. Type "task 8" to format the device. Yes you will lose all your data - if this is a problem, leave out this step, but if the problem isn't fixed afterwards, you'll have to add it back in.
*********************LEAVE OUT*************************************
4. Type "task 0" to tell your device to reboot.
5. If the phone didn't reboot, manually reset it now.
drmc said:
Perhaps its hungover. Have you tried dropping it into a glass of aspirin?
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Definite win.
autonomous-inc said:
Definite win.
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perhaps some black coffee would help.
drmc said:
Perhaps its hungover. Have you tried dropping it into a glass of aspirin?
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5+ for top100 best answers lol
like one of the previous posters said, if you can take the thing apart and let it set and clean all of the surfaces with a contact cleaner, remeber like soda, beer also leaves a sticky residue that takes forever to truly harden.
my 8925 went into a pool after being pushed in and it was shocking me, it sucked but after a new battery and doing this it worked fine again but it took a week to fully remove/dry everything out.
Thanks.
I'm probably not skilled enough to take it apart. But I've let it dry out. I left it on a vent for three days. It works just like before, but it's still getting stuck in bootloader mode occasionally when it's turned off and then back on, despite installing cmonex's 3.56 Hard-2 spl and the most recent AT&T rom from HTC. I can easily use a Mitty "task 0" command to get it to boot up normally, so it's more of an annoyance really. I just have to make it a few more months until my upgrade. I guess the Fuze is still the best thing AT&T has out, right?
Also, I ordered a new non-oem battery off ebay, 1600 mah. In cmonex's patched spl thread, someone claims that bad batteries contribute to phones getting stuck at the bootloader screen. We'll see. It hasn't arrived yet.
Check here:
Viper's Guide to Water Damage
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Viper’s Guide To Water Damaged PDA’s
This guide is to help anyone that has accidently left their phone in their pocket and went swimming,Went to answer a call and it fell in a puddle..etc, etc. I’ve worked for a major telecom company and have run into this situation so many times. Decided after dealing with this issue and reading so many myths, baking, rice…etc that are hit or miss and potentially very dangerous. Here’s a little guide that many people use with success to revitalize their wet cell phones.
Step 1: Immediately take the battery out of the phone and SHAKE any excess water off.
Step 2: Dry your phone first using a towel, wiping up anything that did not get shaken off. Now get a blow dryer on low heat and position it to blow on your phone about a hand, two hands length distance. Do this for about an hour or 2. Your phone should get alittle warm. If for any reason its hot to touch stop now. Let it cool off and increase the distance between the blow dryer and your phone. Also note, any ports that a covered need to be opened and memory cards, sim cards as well.
Step 3: after all visible water is gone or dry, place it in a small container (Tupperware works) slightly bigger than your phone. Now loosely pack your phone with cotton balls in your container. This works better than rice because it will not leave a white residue and it helps protect and keep your phone clean. You will let it sit overnight, at least 24 hours.
Step 4: Check on your phone, some of the cotton balls should be wet or moist. Inspect the phone, rotate it around and really look for any water. If it feels dry as a bone put the battery back in and fire it up. If it didn’t fire up check to make sure the battery is charged. If so then it may need some more time to dry out. DO NOT plug the phone into the wall charger and try to fire it up.
Step 5: If your phone did not fire up after 24hours BE PATIENT! Give it another 2 days then give it a go. It should fire up by now. If it doesn’t at that point use your wall charger. If at that point it doesn’t work, you need to consult some repairs.
Hope this helps
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Thanks to the forum.
After installing cmonex's patched hard spl (3.56), it's working really well. No bootloader mode in two days. Keeping my fingers crossed. I've reloaded all my favorite programs, and it's running them fine. Thanks everybody.
well, this is why I love my tilt: my dad dropped his iphone in the pitcher as well, and lo n' behold > it died instantly
tilt kikz azz
PLZ help im freaking out. i accidentally booted into the blue light mode, but when i pulled the battery and rebooted the backlight wouldnt work. i could see everything and even navigate my phone but only under a light. the backlight just wont turn on during boot and changing the setting doesnt help.
i dont get it the thing was working 10 minutes ago and now i cant use it what should i do? i love this phone but i cant afford a new one. is there a way to tell it to turn on during boot in the console?
ok new update the backlight works if i have the keyboard open. i know 100% its software and not the screen. something when wrong with the boot prosses or something.
i think the trackball boot (bluelight boot) must have options but wont display on the screen maybe. like a bios menu. this is very infuriating
Why don't you restore a recent backup?
i have even went as far as downgrading with the .nbh file. and re installing the bootloader (Just the original, didnt want a brick).
Definitely NOT a software problem.
This is a HARDWARE problem -- hence the fact that it works when the keyboard is open.
When you pulled the battery, you might have twisted/pulled something.
*** I would check the ribbon cable connecting the display to the main body!!!
Bluelight mode (where you end up by booting with the trackball pushed in), is just a serial console allowing interfacing with the radio firmware. Unless you actually had a serial cable connected and punched in some commands (which happen to be security locked, therefore wouldn't work for you anyways), bluelight mode wouldn't be able to do this.
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Definitely NOT a software problem.
This is a HARDWARE problem -- hence the fact that it works when the keyboard is open.
When you pulled the battery, you might have twisted/pulled something.
*** I would check the ribbon cable connecting the display to the main body!!!
Bluelight mode (where you end up by booting with the trackball pushed in), is just a serial console allowing interfacing with the radio firmware. Unless you actually had a serial cable connected and punched in some commands (which happen to be security locked, therefore wouldn't work for you anyways), bluelight mode wouldn't be able to do this.
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if that were the case than wouldnt it flicker if i flex the screen/hinge ? ill try anything at this point cuz im outa warranty and have no money . im going to the store later trying to update to official 1.6 so i can convince them its software related and they may replace it for me.
oh forgot to mention that if i close it and open it the light stays off untill i hit end and unlock with menu again. im not to sure if that helps.
OK OK OK you are right. i just half closed it and the light stayed on untill it compleatly closed (so the screen flipped, i thought that is what triggered it) and then i got it to stay on completely closed and then the problem flipped to it wouldnt come on while open and now back to the way it was. so im going to go buy a T5 screw driver today and clean the contacts of the ribon cable and reinsert it (i have had experience with that just need to know what ribon. a pic would be nice)
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OK OK OK you are right. i just half closed it and the light stayed on untill it compleatly closed (so the screen flipped, i thought that is what triggered it) and then i got it to stay on completely closed and then the problem flipped to it wouldnt come on while open and now back to the way it was. so im going to go buy a T5 screw driver today and clean the contacts of the ribon cable and reinsert it (i have had experience with that just need to know what ribon. a pic would be nice)
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There is only one ribbon running to the screen. Try THAT one.
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There is only one ribbon running to the screen. Try THAT one.
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LOL lbcoder - always practical.
lbcoder said:
There is only one ribbon running to the screen. Try THAT one.
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lol ok didn't know that a lot of the devices I have taken apart have had 2 one for the desplay and one for the backlight. Getting a T5 screw driver in half an hour. Will post results later. Hopefully this works, therr area few more ppl with the same problem.
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lol ok didn't know that a lot of the devices I have taken apart have had 2 one for the desplay and one for the backlight. Getting a T5 screw driver in half an hour. Will post results later. Hopefully this works, therr area few more ppl with the same problem.
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There are two wires going to the screen.. sounds like the "top" one is loose... The jtag photos will give you an idea (it's the two com ports next to the jtag test points)
These are usually taped down very well..
Also you need both a T5 and T6.. the "Security" (has black void sticker) screw is larger than the others.. and a small flat head screwdriver to unclip the cover..
If all else fails: replacement screens seem much cheaper than the phone on ebay.
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There are two wires going to the screen.. sounds like the "top" one is loose... The jtag photos will give you an idea (it's the two com ports next to the jtag test points)
These are usually taped down very well..
Also you need both a T5 and T6.. the "Security" (has black void sticker) screw is larger than the others.. and a small flat head screwdriver to unclip the cover..
If all else fails: replacement screens seem much cheaper than the phone on ebay.
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ok got it apart 3 times and no luck its prolly the ribbon cable. im going to test that soon. i have a donor phone comming soon from a friend who dropped it in water, the ribbon cable should be fine to use. if that doesnt work im thinking maybe it is software. either way if i cant get it fixed by next month im spending $410 on a new mytouch 3G brand new from the store and getting insurance XP
I have rooted my Captivate with Cognition 2.1 and decided to try a new rom. Cognition 2.2. In the middle of the process the update would not complete and after an hour of waiting I pulled the usb cable. Now it does not power at all or make a connection with the laptop. I have tried all sorts of three button and two button methods along with building the homemade jig but it still does not go.
On the three battery prongs the one on the left is facing up. Would this keep the phone from charging or starting up. There is wear marks on the battery on that spot so I would assume it is making connection. From what I read these phones do come back to life but it is a charging issue then it will not happen. Also was thinking that the captivate will power on without a battery through the USB or power cable.
Have talked to ATT and they will not do a warranty on the phone because of the bent prong (does not matter if it has nothing to do with whats wrong with the phone) it has physical damage.
well that just sucks don't it? lols
i know this is probably a pretty obvious question but did you try to bend the prong back so it matches the other ones?
i have tried to bend it back but it just seems to bounce back to where it was. was thinking about pulling the whole back off the phone but I have never taken a captivate apart so not quite sure what it entails.
etm11871 said:
i have tried to bend it back but it just seems to bounce back to where it was. was thinking about pulling the whole back off the phone but I have never taken a captivate apart so not quite sure what it entails.
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ive never taken one apart either but i would imagine that you would need a small screw driver and wouldnt have to take more than the back cover off.
here is a pictoral teardown of the phone
http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-456848.html
OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
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OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
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Can you take a picture of it with another camera so someone else could tell you if it appears as it should?
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OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
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Not hard to take apart....just pry up slightly in center of battery lock slide to expose two bottom screws and a fingernail to pry case apart...no scratches that way. The tabs holding it together are breakable but working around the entire device gradually works well.
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here are some pictures of the battery pronges
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here are some pictures of the battery pronges
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They might not do a warranty exchange, but you aren't killed. I don't see why you think taking the phone apart is going to make any difference, as the prong is damaged on the outside of the phone.
As for if thats the cause of the brick, I doubt it. Unless you bent the prong AFTER you pulled the USB cable, i don't think it's the problem. It wouldn't work for awhile and then decide not to just because you botched a flash.
When you bend them back into place, does it look normal before it pops back? And I work at AT&T, I deal with that crap every day. Word to the wise; don't mention it, they don't bother looking.
Late Edit: Has your prong been bent before, and is the wear mark on the batteries connector in the same spots as the other ones? With the way yours is positioned, it might not be making a full connection.
I do not think the battery prong is my problem either. The girl at the store mentioned it to the so called Android specialist and she said that was physical damage and because of that ATT would charge me $454 for a new phone even if it had nothing to do with why the phone will not turn on. I would have to assume that I am now black flagged on my account.
I am going to hold off on taking the phone apart and see about trying some other suggestions first. Of course not sure what those suggestions are at this point.
This is not Development related.
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That same thing happened to me, it still worked fine for me, but I ended up bricking it a bit later. I used insurance and got a new phone, bricked it, sent both in to samsung, the fixed the prongs on the broken one, (yeah I didn't send back the phone to AT&T's insurance, **** em) and reflashed both of them to stock firmware, and got them both back, in working condition. But always make sure you have Button combos before flashing. In the Wiki there's a link to DesignGear's fix you can flash with Clockwork.
I think I would just carefully push the bad pin down as you insert the battery. Don't take the battery out unless you have to.
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I don't see why you think taking the phone apart is going to make any difference, as the prong is damaged on the outside of the phone.
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I don't understand the need to pull the phone apart. As a temp fix, u could try soldering a small copper wire piece to the battery terminal, either on the battery or on the phone.
If you don't want to get into the mess of soldering, place the battery and push the single strand wire into it so the contact is made. Or else u could put the wire on the bottom and bend it little so it stands up touching the connector, and place the battery on top of it.
May want to edit those pics and black out the IMEI and other info.
Problem with just doing the temp fix in order to get your phone back into download mode - one of the last steps is jamming the battery back in with the USB cable plugged in while holding down both VOLUME buttons.
But - um you don't even see the grey battery charging icon?
There are other ways to get into download mode. He could apply the temp fix, open odin, hold both volume buttons, then plug the usb cable in. That's what I do.
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How bout you go back to another art store, say you where doing an ota update, and when you went to turn your phone on, all you got was a bland screen
So, my girlfriend's D3 went for a brief swim (but, any swim is too long a swim) a few weeks back. She immediately snatched it out of the water, took it apart, and put it rice for, roughly, 48hrs. I took it out of the rice, put it back together, and booted it up. To her/our relief, it worked fine. Zero issues with it. So, she's been using it (and LOVING it, it being her first Android phone), without issue, up til today. For some reason, when she hits the power button, the screen comes on, but she can't unlock it. Sometimes it'll work, sometimes it won't. She can't answer calls because of this. I installed No Lock from the Market, but the screen still won't respond to touch input about 50-75% of the time. So, D3 Gurus, what could be the cause and can we fix it?
P.S. She just updated her phone today, OTA, if that might matter.
The ota update wont matter. There is still water in there. This same thing happens with the ipod touches and iphones, water damage then screen turns on but no response.
But, it has been working fine for weeks since it took a dip.
It may have not come in contact with any critical hardware until now. That's all I can think of. Try a replacement screen, battery, anything.
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The ota update wont matter. There is still water in there. This same thing happens with the ipod touches and iphones, water damage then screen turns on but no response.
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A verizon rep told me this morning the ota could've caused my phones ear piece to stop putting out sound. Idk if that's true but I completely denied the possibility water could've got into it and she thought it was the ota until I told her I reprogrammed it like 3 times. Then again it was a woman.. hm.
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Also check the phone and batt for water detectors. a un damaged phone/batt will be white or white with red x's. A damaged phone/batt will blead a red die onto the white square
The water detectors are definitely goners, but we've known that since it happened. I just don't see why it worked perfectly for roughly 3 weeks, then all of a sudden decides to sh!t the bed today.
No one else have any ideas?
Well, it had gotten to where it would respond to input at all, so I booted into recovery and did a factory reset. It seems to have helped, at least somewhat, because now the screen will respond again, but still not always.
To try and clarify: when she wakes the phone up, the screen will either respond 100% to each and every input (like a good screen should) or give us the middle finger and refuse to acknowledge any inputs, leaving her stuck at the lock screen. It's feast or famine. All or nothing. Once she gets it to register that first touch, it's golden...til she locks it again, then the cycle starts over.
Does she charge it through the wall or usb plugged into a computer? I have an issue where if my phones connected to my comp the touch is all over the place and I basically can't unlock it or drag the notification bar down unless I disconnect it.
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Wall. I'm not sure if she's ever even hooked it up to her Mac. lol
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Wall. I'm not sure if she's ever even hooked it up to her Mac. lol
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Lol okay. Sorry I had no advice. That's something I experienced w/ my d3, tho.. other than that never had the issue. But I also never gave my d3 a bath. I'm surprised my girlfriend hasn't given hers one yet.
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My girlfriend is a one person demolition team. I'm just going to go ahead and file an insurance claim.
Yeah, another one of those threads. Definitely not my best moment..
But uh. Dropped my phone in the toilet. It turned off instantly and I tried to dry it off for a while. After 20 minutes or so, it seemed okay so I oh-so-brilliantly tried to turn it back on.
Screen was okay for the first 5 seconds and then it went haywire -- probably shorted somewhere? Just displayed gray lines and some random colors.
So now my phone is just off without any battery in it and I'm waiting for it to dry more.
Any advice on how I'd go about getting data off my phone and if I'm really lucky, fixing it? i.e. taking it apart and drying each part or replacing the screen, etc.
thanks!
There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.
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There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.
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on vacation right now so anything like that is going to be difficult
Thanks for the heads up though.
Mostly interested in damage control at this point. So the first task is data retrieval.
Any programs/software I can use to transfer all the data off my phone? Control it remotely?
i.e. how can I just dump the memory, including flash memory, onto my computer remotely?
Using anything like tibu is going to be hard since the screen is botched.
I'm not sure of any apps like that and if there is it would prolly need to be on the device before it took the plunge (sorry I had to throw that one out). Now if after the phone dries out some if you can get power and rember which kernel you had you might be able to have someone post the button sequence to mount USB storage in recovery. I helped a friend do this when his screen broke but could still get into recovery. Vol- three times then power ect.
Best of luck
I'd say you should leave it off until you can do what (I think) Adam Outler said and soak it in 99% rubbing alcohol and dry it with a blowdryer. You're data's probably screwed as long as your phone is out of commission.
Adb dump should work i think
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