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[Q] help me! broken cappy

hello
a friend of mine decided to go swimming with his cappy in his pocket, i let it sit for about a month now i just tried turning it on and it just sits at the att boot screen. i can not get to recovery but i can still access download mod. i flashed jf6 stock back onto it. and still sits on the att boot screen... what do i need to buy to get this working again?? thanks in avance

man, if its water damaged, i really doubt it can be saved, but it sounds like its the kernel based on what very little i know.

General rule of thumb:
large amounts of water+delicate electronics=bad news.
Sorry to say I think your friends device is toast

holeindalip said:
hello
a friend of mine decided to go swimming with his cappy in his pocket, i let it sit for about a month now i just tried turning it on and it just sits at the att boot screen. i can not get to recovery but i can still access download mod. i flashed jf6 stock back onto it. and still sits on the att boot screen... what do i need to buy to get this working again?? thanks in avance
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if u r a techie then try to open the phone and clen the mother board and blow some hot air using hair drier...
or if u not a techie then put the phone in jar full of rice...and leave it for a day or 2..and try reflashin..
coz u mentioned that u can get into recovery and odin is recognizin ur phone when u tried flashin to stock..so seems that some issue with internal sd connectivity because of water..

If there's moisture on the screen still you can try what Killer_raj said to try and dry it out, if it's all dry then what Kanji26 said is most likely the case and your friend has a new dive toy for the kids to fetch off the bottom of the pool.

If its been sitting with water damage for a month...probably corrosion has gotten to it.
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Thanks guys i already have it opened up ill try a hair dryer
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Theres this information
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073929
Don't go commiting warranty fraud now

holeindalip said:
Thanks guys i already have it opened up ill try a hair dryer
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hope that u can bring the life back to ur cappy...
goodluck...
just dont blow too hot air.....
and i hope taht it wasnt ocean water....if it was swimmin pool water..then it might work...
trying doesnt hurt...
but seriously dude..1 month??
what were u doin for so long???!?!
and let us know for sure..whatever is the result...

If you didn't put it in rice and tried to turn it on you probably fried it
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Well....this is what i did guys. I opened phone up and took everything apart and had quite a bit of corrosion.took rubbing alcohol and q-tips and cleaned everything up the best i could hoping the alcohol would evaporate any water left. Put everything back together and fired phone up and bam went straight into recovery.shut phone off download mode and flashed a kernel with cwm and flashed apex 9.2 . Screen is fine with no moisture only problem is when i enable wifi i get a soft reboot but everything else works.
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Congrats brother....
Told you its gonna work....
And thanks that you came back to this thread to update the feedback..
Most of the people do not even login after their phone is back to life.because some if them register just to solve a problem...
anyways cheers!!!
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Wifi may eventually come back
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I took phone back apart and did another cleaning with alcohol and put it back together wifi now works!!
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holeindalip said:
I took phone back apart and did another cleaning with alcohol and put it back together wifi now works!!
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i guess then u shd hit thanx button..coz ur phone is alive n kickin after a swim also

Wow that is amazing it's there anything our cappys can't do cuz I just added swimming to the list
Running Dlevs 5.0, and latest talon kernel, modem KC1

glad to hear that all worked out. i was going to post the other day that you may just need to clean the phone again as there may still be corrosion but you got it. And i will also be adding swimming to a list of things the cappy can do just to irritate people that pick on my poor phone

And...... The wifi stopped working again i think the wifi is just shot. Ive tried a bunch of different kernels and roms the wifi just errors out after scanning for 20+ seconds. Thoughts??
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Fota Update Modem AFTER phone fell in water

Hello all.
I have a Cricket Kyocera Zio M600 phone and it fell into water today, I immediately took it out, wiped it down and did the stupid thing that you're NOT supposed to do after a phone gets wet and turned it back on and it was working fine for about 4 hours. My buttons started acting up on me so I turned the phone off however, when I turn it back on it automatically goes to a black screen and says "FOTA update modem...0............................100%" and flashes on and off with that same message. Is the phone broke or is there something I can do to fix it?

I recommend running the leaked cricket Zio 2.2.1 windows updater.
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Mattix724 said:
I recommend running the leaked cricket Zio 2.2.1 windows updater.
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yes, but before doing that pull the battery and let the phone dry out for 48 hours, from what you described it seems like the water inside of it may be shorting out the buttons and is causing it to go into Modem download mode.

Yeah, definitely let that thing dry... get a Ziploc bag and put your phone in there with enough rice so that the phone is buried in the rice. It will draw most of the moisture out of the phone within about a day.
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Mattix724 said:
Yeah, definitely let that thing dry... get a Ziploc bag and put your phone in there with enough rice so that the phone is buried in the rice. It will draw most of the moisture out of the phone within about a day.
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I recommend using silica crystals, it's used as the good kinds of kitty litter (think PetCo), and the same exact sold at high-end phone stores for exactly this kind of thing, albiet for 5x more.

pomeroythomas said:
I recommend using silica crystals, it's used as the good kinds of kitty litter (think PetCo), and the same exact sold at high-end phone stores for exactly this kind of thing, albiet for 5x more.
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That works too...
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FYI: Verizon is out of replacement REVOLUTIONS

So the revolution is my wife's phone and i apologize if this was posted because i dont follow these forums.
She was having a problem with the charging port not working. The cable had to be perfectly placed in the port for the phone to charge. Called verizon and they said they are out of replacement revolutions. Offered me a Droid charge, I asked for something else, they offered me a Thunderbolt, asked again for something else and the rep said no. I very politely said I wasn't fond of either phone and asked again if there was anything else. Ended up getting the Rezound.
Just an FYI.

If you go that route don't tell them that you have had a insurance replacement I tried but I had a insurance replacement it is still being sent to me free of charge cause it is under warranty but evidently asurion has a stock pile of these I'm going to try a few times in a row to see if they will budge but with all the minor issues with this phone it's easy to get a warranty replacement. Only thing that sucks is going back to stock to send it back.
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Beamer9408 said:
If you go that route don't tell them that you have had a insurance replacement I tried but I had a insurance replacement it is still being sent to me free of charge cause it is under warranty but evidently asurion has a stock pile of these I'm going to try a few times in a row to see if they will budge but with all the minor issues with this phone it's easy to get a warranty replacement. Only thing that sucks is going back to stock to send it back.
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3 days till my upgrade. I'll still theme for the Revo but it will no longer be used as a phone.
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spc_hicks09 said:
3 days till my upgrade. I'll still theme for the Revo but it will no longer be used as a phone.
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You should try porting some of those Galaxy Nexus themes for the Revo

This is the third separate thread saying you can get a better phone for the REVO.
makes me want to try it, since without GingerVolt my phone restarts all the time.

Big Cam said:
This is the third separate thread saying you can get a better phone for the REVO.
makes me want to try it, since without GingerVolt my phone restarts all the time.
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My phone's fine just kinda bored with it. GingerVolt is great and all but there's not enough developers. I'd love to learn but I don't know where to start.

They are not out in my area.. just got another replacement revolution on its way to my door
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elreydotcom said:
They are not out in my area.. just got another replacement revolution on its way to my door
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That's sad.

If you can get a Rezound, totally worth it.
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I'm still having issues with my revo I wonder if I should try getting another model from them now. I've kinda just given up lately on this whole phone and it's making me depressed -_-. I can't do nothing with it without it freezing, rebooting, getting way to hot to touch, etc.

I just hate that the bluetooth never worked rooted or not. I try to be legal when driving and the bluetooth always failed.
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I'm not sure what your Bluetooth issue is, but I don't think it's the phone. I've used mine with two different stereos for making calls as well as streaming audio with no issues at all.
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Revolution off the shelves

I called verizon and complained about my pos revolution and they offered a droid 4 without offering me another rev. I asked why and they said they took the revs off the shelves so no more replacement revs. If you have probs then call and they will offer somethine else. I took droid 4 because i wanted to try it out. Maybe they have other phones available. Im not sure. This was the 1st time i called about my rev. Just relaying the info I got. Enjoy
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jimmyhawk said:
I called verizon and complained about my pos revolution and they offered a droid 4 without offering me another rev. I asked why and they said they took the revs off the shelves so no more replacement revs. If you have probs then call and they will offer somethine else. I took droid 4 because i wanted to try it out. Maybe they have other phones available. Im not sure. This was the 1st time i called about my rev. Just relaying the info I got. Enjoy
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I must have taken the last one. I just ordered my 3rd device on Monday and it arrived Wednesday. I will have to come up with a problem with this one so I can get a different one
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smitty_52 said:
I must have taken the last one. I just ordered my 3rd device on Monday and it arrived Wednesday. I will have to come up with a problem with this one so I can get a different one
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Good luck
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jimmyhawk said:
I called verizon and complained about my pos revolution and they offered a droid 4 without offering me another rev. I asked why and they said they took the revs off the shelves so no more replacement revs. If you have probs then call and they will offer somethine else. I took droid 4 because i wanted to try it out. Maybe they have other phones available. Im not sure. This was the 1st time i called about my rev. Just relaying the info I got. Enjoy
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what exactly did you say to them?
did you use warranty or insurance

iamjerry123 said:
what exactly did you say to them?
did you use warranty or insurance
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It was still under warranty but i also have insurance. I didnt pay so it was definitely warranty. Just told them i had probs with rebooting and right away he said he would send a droid 4 and then i mentioned my wifes phone was having issues as well and asked if i could get 2...he checked and said yes. So i got 2 droid 4. Called last Saturday and got phones on Tuesday
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well i tried this and they are just sending another revo lol

jimmyhawk said:
It was still under warranty but i also have insurance. I didnt pay so it was definitely warranty. Just told them i had probs with rebooting and right away he said he would send a droid 4 and then i mentioned my wifes phone was having issues as well and asked if i could get 2...he checked and said yes. So i got 2 droid 4. Called last Saturday and got phones on Tuesday
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So did you send your revo in? And they don't ask for your original receipt or anything?

iamjerry123 said:
So did you send your revo in? And they don't ask for your original receipt or anything?
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Yes just sent in revos after i received my d4s. No receipt probably cuz its in their computer as to when i got them
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Looks like I'll have to give this a shot and try to get a new phone. Tired of the constant touch screen not working.

jimmyhawk said:
Yes just sent in revos after i received my d4s. No receipt probably cuz its in their computer as to when i got them
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So is there any way I can purposely "break" my phone so I can use my warranty? \:

Just call and tell them that it randomly reboots itself and the screen freezes all the time, they will probably want to troubleshoot it. Just tell them youve deleted messages and apps and did a hard reset and it still does it.
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and for attempt number 1, they're sending me another Revo.
Damn.
Guess it's not the case as stated.

antiwesley said:
and for attempt number 1, they're sending me another Revo.
Damn.
Guess it's not the case as stated.
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Most likely means your store/area still has Revos and plus since your first replacement they'll try their best to keep you in the same phone.

Last time i called, i made up some issues and they offered me the bionic. Of course it was the third revo i had gone through lol!
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jimmyhawk said:
Just call and tell them that it randomly reboots itself and the screen freezes all the time, they will probably want to troubleshoot it. Just tell them youve deleted messages and apps and did a hard reset and it still does it.
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And be sure to mention it did it in safe mode
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When I send it in, should I do do a hard reset or set it back to stock?
And assuming worse comes to worse, should I back up all my apps etc. on my computer? Just incase?

iamjerry123 said:
When I send it in, should I do do a hard reset or set it back to stock?
And assuming worse comes to worse, should I back up all my apps etc. on my computer? Just incase?
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Definitely make sure its stock with all traces of root removed. Just flash a .tot upgrade to zv9 then factory reset.

revo_65 said:
Definitely make sure its stock with all traces of root removed. Just flash a .tot upgrade to zv9 then factory reset.
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You sir are my hero.

I'm on review #3 too, got it last week. I'm sure I'll need another one before September's upgrade.

Went through 4 revos before I was able to get the Nexus.
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[Q] Weird question about the phone

Hello everyone... I have a really weird question: How can I kill my phone without the chance that the company finds out?
I'm stuck with a crappy contract and they won't let me finish it with my phone working... So... What should I do? The idea is that I kill the phone but that's impossible to discover that I did it...
Any ideas?

Felipeaqg said:
Hello everyone... I have a really weird question: How can I kill my phone without the chance that the company finds out?
I'm stuck with a crappy contract and they won't let me finish it with my phone working... So... What should I do? The idea is that I kill the phone but that's impossible to discover that I did it...
Any ideas?
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Brick it and claim that it was an update that failed?
Remember to act like an idiot and that you don't understand any of the technical words.
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Splux said:
Brick it and claim that it was an update that failed?
Remember to act like an idiot and that you don't understand any of the technical words.
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Oh yeah, but bricking-it will not even cause the phone to be turned on? Or they still can know that I bricked it? And in what part of the update should I unplug it?

Put it in the microwave, that will kill it
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Set everything to stock via ruu, leave phone on apply hair dryer to phone until phone is off imitating over heating.
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Or just flash froyo radio.
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Felipeaqg said:
Oh yeah, but bricking-it will not even cause the phone to be turned on? Or they still can know that I bricked it? And in what part of the update should I unplug it?
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If you brick your phone they will most likely know that you messed something up. So best is to do what others suggested, hair dry or microwave

markj338 said:
Put it in the microwave, that will kill it
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I thought of that first too...
But I thought I was just crazy for even thinking that, so I didn't mention it

If you out it in the microwave they're gonna see the burn marks on the metal ...
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Can't you just update it, and pull the plug part way through? Maybe pull the battery during an update? I don't know if the phone would be recoverable from that.
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As long as the recovery image was there and bootloader able to boot and your phone can be recovered.
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