[Q] Samsung Captivate out of washing machine - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys,
My Samsung Captivate got washed in washing machine and then in dryer for 1 hr. I turned it on and luckily, everything seems working except wi-fi and bluetooth are not turning on. It says "unable to start wi-fi".
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks a lot in advance!

That's pretty crazy... Extremely surprised it works at all. Pull the battery and open it up as much as you can and sit it in a bowl of rice for a couple days in hopes that the rice will absorb any moisture that might still be inside.

You probably should have waited awhile before turning the phone on. Take the advise of the guy above and try to continue to dry the phone out. It's going to take a few days, but it's your only real option at this point.
Also consider you might have did some damage already by turning the phone on with it still being wet...

You would have been fine with just the washing machine, but the dryer most definitely caused heat damage - which in my opinion is worse than getting the phone wet.

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[Q] Broken Cappy (Water Damage?)

Hello XDA, I'm hoping you guys can save my Cappy.
I had a rather big Saturday night of which I have no memory, and upon regaining consciousness Sunday morning my phone wouldn't turn on. I though no worries, its probably just flat, so I plugged it in and went back to sleep, when I tried to turn it on after waking, I got the Download screen, but it was red. I immediately took out the power and pulled the battery, and fearing water damage, placed it in a bag of rice, where it has remained since then.
TL;DR
1. I think my Cappy got wet, its in rice, is there anything else I can do.
2. If its not water damage, any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Not really.. if you've damaged your hardware, then you've damaged your hardware.. not much anyone can do about that.
You can try leaving it with one of those moisture absorbing silicon packets you occasionally find in new shoes or electronics, if you have any laying around.
I dropped my Cappy in a sink full of water and saved it by leaving it in a container full of rice for about 24 hours. Worked great. However, if the phone was exposed to water and it wasn't completely dry when you plugged it in to charge, you may be S.O.L. The last thing you want to do is run an electric current through wet circuitry. At this point you've done all you can. You just have to wait and see what happens.

[Q] Digitizer?

So, question to the great Milestone community. A couple nights ago, my lovely girlfriend placed a Slurpee on the screen of my phone while I was asleep, and unable to defend my year and a half old handset.
When I woke the next morning, the phone had significant moisture underneath the screen. I placed the phone in a warm dry area (dash of my truck) to evaporate the moisture. After several hours, the problem seemed to have gotten worse as now instead of two square inches of droplets on the lower right portion of my screen, the moisture now consumed roughly 80% of the screen, panicking a little, I removed the battery and put my phone in a bag of uncooked rice, a trick I've heard many times.
24h later, the moisture had dissapeared. I noticed when I went to put the battery back in that the water damage indicator had tripped and turned red... so I was a little disheartened at that. The phone booted fine however, and the touch screen responded as well as it had before. Now two days later, the touch screen goes beserk frequently, and after a reboot, works fine for about an hour before going nuts again.
Now to the point. I have heard much of digitizer issues with the milestone... would this amount of moisture damaged mine? Is there any further steps I can take to save my phone? I am locked into a contract for another year and a half, and would like the phone to last nearly that long... any help and input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Braidonh
Sent from my Milestone

[Q] [Help] My phone fell in water

Hello all, yesterday I dropped my phone in the toilet and now the three buttons(options, home, back) aren't working anymore is there anyway of fixing it or is it over? thnx
Someone mentioned covering it in a bowl of uncooked rice for several hours. this will help to dry out the phone although dropping it in the toilet may be the end of it...
separated the phone and put it in a warm place to dry, let stand at least two days... press thanks button if I helped...
Take the phone apart as much as possible and leave it in a bowl of uncooked rice for 2-3 days.
You should do this pretty much immediately and under no circumstances should you turn it on!
Using a vacuum cleaner to get as much water out as possible before putting it in rice is also a food idea.
NB. Getting the phone too hot could cause the water to turn into vapour and get deposited on other internal parts of your phone.
Dont do anything yourself. Just remove battery and cards and go to service ASAP. Even if you think its dry after day or two, few monts later you will have problems! Listen to me!
You can try this :
teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Galaxy S - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363593
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Virtual Buttons For Teamhacksung's ICS - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435227
you can try this
Next time when you dropped any electronic device into the water Do not turn on,
1.-Remove the battery immediately
2.-Remove micro sd card and sim card
3.-Try to remove the spills of water from the device with any blower machine (if its possible open it gonna be better)
4.-Leave it at least for 3 days (for a better result) inside of amount of dry rice (not cooked)
Good luck

[Q] Can re-soaking fix water damage?

I know it seems like a stupid question but I've got nothing to loose at the moment so I'll explain my situation.
About 3 months ago I took my Xperia Z1 for a swim in the pool to see how the camera performed underwater. The screen started to go black when I took it out and then it completely shut off. I took it inside and turned it on again. It lasted a minute before shutting off so I plugged it in to the charger and got the boot logo before shutting off again with nothing: Screen was off, no led, no vibrations, nothing.
I opened the flaps and they were still white and still are today and there was no moisture or anything. I tried plugging the phone in a few days ago to see if it still works and the led turned on and it just stays like that with no action. Left it for a few hours but still nothing.
I don't really need this phone anymore because I have a Z5 now but a second handset is always nice to have. The pool water would have had a very small amount of salt in it and I think that might be causing issues. Either that or there is still water in there (unlikely) or parts have rusted or even the phone might have got shocked when I plugged it in to charge. What I was thinking was opening the ports and soaking it in water for a minute or less and then taking it out and putting it in a bag of dry rice to drain the water out of it. I'm not sure if it will work but I haven't got anything to loose so I was wondering if it is even worth giving a shot or even some tips would be nice.
tommylittle02 said:
I know it seems like a stupid question but I've got nothing to loose at the moment so I'll explain my situation.
About 3 months ago I took my Xperia Z1 for a swim in the pool to see how the camera performed underwater. The screen started to go black when I took it out and then it completely shut off. I took it inside and turned it on again. It lasted a minute before shutting off so I plugged it in to the charger and got the boot logo before shutting off again with nothing: Screen was off, no led, no vibrations, nothing.
I opened the flaps and they were still white and still are today and there was no moisture or anything. I tried plugging the phone in a few days ago to see if it still works and the led turned on and it just stays like that with no action. Left it for a few hours but still nothing.
I don't really need this phone anymore because I have a Z5 now but a second handset is always nice to have. The pool water would have had a very small amount of salt in it and I think that might be causing issues. Either that or there is still water in there (unlikely) or parts have rusted or even the phone might have got shocked when I plugged it in to charge. What I was thinking was opening the ports and soaking it in water for a minute or less and then taking it out and putting it in a bag of dry rice to drain the water out of it. I'm not sure if it will work but I haven't got anything to loose so I was wondering if it is even worth giving a shot or even some tips would be nice.
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Resoaking your phone will help as much as trying to jump from a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean for the second time and you can't swim...
optimumpro said:
Resoaking your phone will help as much as trying to jump from a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean for the second time and you can't swim...
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Haha yeah that's what I thought
tommylittle02 said:
Haha yeah that's what I thought
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To clarify, the Xperia Z1 relies on closed ports to ensure waterproofing. So soaking it a second time would destroy it further.
there is a easy way you can try.
buy some electrical contact cleaner from a computer shop or maplins etc, spray that all over the circuitry and contacts and scrub it off with a paint brush, there is a good chance it will work again as it will remove any corrosion casued by water, ive repaired hundreds of water damaged phones this way and it doesnt need any special things.....

Question Proximity sensor not working

Hi Everyone,
I was testing device underwater for 2nd time, first time it went alright with 0 damage and stunning videos. this time I went a little deeper and now phone is foggy and with dead proximity sensor.
After taking sample video for underwater for 15 seconds, I took out the device and dried it straight away, but water of course got inside, and after a few hours I started noticing fog on all lenses, front and back.
first thing I did is put it in plastic bag, device was on with no issues, I started to see slow performance like device went back to 60hz or lower, but was good. while the device was in the rice bag, I started heating the device on a very low temperature to enhance evaporation of moisture in device, and helps rice to absorb faster. which went alright, or as I thought. and I had no more moisture on the lenses.
later, I had to use the phone, so I had a phone call and phone screen was blinking all the time like it was working and not at the same time. then it worked fine. another phone call the device blinked green and turned off, and when I try to test camera app same happens (not all the time, once of 3 tries phone freez for 3 sec's then blink green and turns off). so I put it all night long in rice bag, in the morning I woke up to find more moisture on the lenses, and when I have a phone call, proximity sensor not working.
using CT test, proximity sensor is stuck at 5.0 and doesn't go to 0.0 at all, tried in safe mode, restart, phone calls, nothing helped out. now I got moisture absorber and will leave device in it for days, and see what will happen. hopefully it works back again.
in order to increase process, I am thinking to put device and moisture absorber in oven in a closed container at temperature of 60-70C for a few minutes to help absorbing and speed up process, I am not worried about 70C up to 90C of temperature to damage anything in the phone as long as it is turned off, and turned on after cool down. what do you think?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated, please help me with this stupid mistake.
for the people who want to make fun of me and blaming me for trusting IP rating, thanks in advance and much appreciate not commenting here. because I am frustrated enough and do not want any more stress.
IP68
Unlike the Mi 11, the Ultra model has an IP rating for dust and water resistance: IP68 signifies that it is 'dust tight' and can handle immersion in up to 1.5m of water for up to 30 minutes
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Time to go to repair center
I've put the device in moisture absorber (calcium chloride) in a plastic bag with nearly vacuumed and opened Sim tray to give a decent air leak. And I put it in the oven at defrost temperature ( that I can leave my hand under without any damage to my self and not feeling burnt) for 15mins, then I turn it off for an hour but I leave the device in the oven, then again and again, and left it in the oven (oven turned off of course, but to hold temperature as long as possible) all night long, woke up with a very dry device (even underwater videos are now without water ) . Proximity sensor still not working. I used device for 3 hours and then suddenly I got a phone call (do you believe it?! ) And violaaaa sensor is working again
Device is working like brand you again, no issues at all, no water marks or dust on camera lenses, no faulty sensors, nothing at all.
Thanks god it went alright, I was losing hope and even contacted dealer and a few repair centres.
Lesson learnt, NEVER TAKE VIDEO SHOOTS UNDERWATER AT DEPTH OF 1.5M,,, JUST 0.5M,,,,,
Kidding!! Above water photos are amazing enough to enjoy with, no more underwater shooting.
Glad that I can smile and give some jokes again

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