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Phone Hard Resets after being charged all night?

So, last two nights my phone has done this. I leave it charging all night, then get up, and check my messages or something, and the phone will freeze up, or won't be able to send a text. so I push reset (xda shutdown also doesnt work...) or pull the battery and it hard resets...
Actually, I'm not even sure if this is a hard reset. Not only does it delete everything including my contacts, it has to reinstall the whole rom, "windows is now preparing your device for first use" and so on...
The day this happened, I was eating Gyros, and I spilled some of the sauce down my side, and into my pocket, and some got on the phone, and into the charger socket. The thing is though, it still charges fine. So I'm not sure if anything bad actually happened...
think this is a hardware or software problem?

Superman22x said:
So, last two nights my phone has done this. I leave it charging all night, then get up, and check my messages or something, and the phone will freeze up, or won't be able to send a text. so I push reset (xda shutdown also doesnt work...) or pull the battery and it hard resets...
Actually, I'm not even sure if this is a hard reset. Not only does it delete everything including my contacts, it has to reinstall the whole rom, "windows is now preparing your device for first use" and so on...
The day this happened, I was eating Gyros, and I spilled some of the sauce down my side, and into my pocket, and some got on the phone, and into the charger socket. The thing is though, it still charges fine. So I'm not sure if anything bad actually happened...
think this is a hardware or software problem?
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I would make sure that everything is clean and dry and all buttons are free and unstuck ( canned air ) Then reflash the rom , followed by a hard reset.
If the problem persists, it is probably not a software problem

By now anything is dry, and the buttons all apear to be good. So, I am reinstalling and hardreseting.
I guess, on the bright side, if my phone is borken, it's a good exuse to by a G1 right?? lol

even if it is dry i would use some kind of cleaning fluid on the mini usb connector, obviously ensure the battery is out of the phone and then leave it to dry for a day, as the sauce may still be making a connection across the power circuit, which is why it is most likely hard resetting when it powers off on charge.
Have you tried setting the phone to not switch off while it is on charge overnight? if you wake in the morning and its still working then thats the problem, its short circuiting on the power due to the sauce making a connection

I always leave it on over night. I just reinstalled the rom, and plugged it into the charger for about half hour with no problems. The thing is though, the orange LED flashes instead of holds steady.

Tochpad Water Damaged

Hi
My touchpad and charger were in a backpack and it got water damaged from from a bottle of water, the lid wasn't closed tight. Most of the water got soaked in the charger but the charger still works but the touchpad doesn't turn on now. It showed the battery low sign at first but now it doesn't turn on. Maybe some water got in the charge connection or even deeper?
I tired a few chargers but it doesn't seem to charge. What should I do?

Is it easy to take apart and put it togther again?

You coud try finding a large enough airtight container, fill it with rice (uncooked lol) put the TP into the rice/container and leave in a warm environment like an airing cupboard for a few days. This method has worked for me in the past with my phone. So could be worth a shot. The rice is great for drawing out any moisture...
Ive never opened my touchpad so cant comment on how difficult a process it is. Here is a walkthru instructional (with video) which may help out in deciding if you are up to the task or not. http://m.techrepublic.com/blog/itdo...-like-a-pc-and-straightforward-to-repair/2707

Put it a big container with rice yesterday. I'll check tomorrow and see how it goes

Got it out today, pc recognised it when I plugged it in. Did WebOS Doctor restore and now it boots but the screen if faint and continuously flickering

Back to the rice for longer period i think. My phone was in the rice for 2-3 weeks before it was able to power up. Is the touchscreen responding to touch? If it is, thats a good sign. I would imagine the innards are still damp. If so then perhaps sticking it back in the rice container will continue to draw out any excess moisture. It could take a while though.

Con500 said:
Back to the rice for longer period i think. My phone was in the rice for 2-3 weeks before it was able to power up. Is the touchscreen responding to touch? If it is, thats a good sign. I would imagine the innards are still damp. If so then perhaps sticking it back in the rice container will continue to draw out any excess moisture. It could take a while though.
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wow 2-3 weeks? Is it ok to take out and test and stick it back in? And yes touch seems to be working perfectly.
On a side note: I couldn't sign because I cant remember my details so I went on a PC to retrieve but cant find the link to go to initially

ermacwins said:
wow 2-3 weeks? Is it ok to take out and test and stick it back in? And yes touch seems to be working perfectly.
On a side note: I couldn't sign because I cant remember my details so I went on a PC to retrieve but cant find the link to go to initially
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Yes. I tested my phone daily on the 1st week and got nothing, no power at all. If i recall i left it a full week after this as i was away from home and when i tested again the phone attempted to boot several times but always switched itself back off.
The screen at that stage was showing patches of condensation (when powered on breifly) left it alone in the ziplock/rice for a few days more (before testing again) after which it booted fine albeit still showing areas of slight moisture/condensation which seemed to dissapear with a few weeks of normal use. Remember to keep it in a warm area of the house as i am sure this helps the transfer of moisture to rice...Think Osmosis
This was around 2.5 years ago and although i no longer have the phone it still works a treat. It now resides in my mums handbag Will have to remind her that Bags, Phones and Water dont like to share the same space. As you have discovered
Good Luck.
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I took it out yesterday and screen was faint and suddenly it gave full brightness. I stuck it back for good measure. It has to be fully submerged right?

ermacwins said:
I took it out yesterday and screen was faint and suddenly it gave full brightness. I stuck it back for good measure. It has to be fully submerged right?
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Yes i would say keep it submerged but not packed tightly and just let it do its thing. "Good Measure" is good practice in my book
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I tried seeing if its fine yesterday, took it out booted it and full brightness then screen went black. Thought it was battery but then I can hear the tone when I press the volume button. Hoping another few more days will solve it

Well after checking after 2 weeks, the touchpad turns on but the screen doesnt. I can hear the sound when pressing the volume button and the screen capture sound. I think its time for it to be binned?

ermacwins said:
I think its time for it to be binned?
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You could always sell it for parts! hint hint

Problem with cool down mode.

well, my phone fell into the toilet yestedey, i pulled it out inmediatly, dried him, and turned it off. I waited 20 min and when i thought it was dry (yes, i now know that it was REALLY STUPID to do that) i turned it on, it booted normally and it works perfectly fine, but after 40-30 min, it enters in cool down mode. Thought it was because it still wasn't fully recovered so i turned it off and on again, but this time 5 min after it booted it entered in cool down mode.
After researching more, i put it in rice and left it all night, when i woke up i tried again, everything works fine, but it enters again in cool down mode in 40-30 min.
The phone doesn't overheat when it enters this mode, however i think it might be because some circuit enters in shock with residual water or is already damaged. My question is, how long should it be in rice ? and if the problem persist, i havel use alcohol to clean the components?

Try using a hair dryer on medium heat on the phone (heat the phone to approximately 40 centigrades by blowing warm air on it. This will generate evaporation and disipation of any water that is inside
the trick is to have the whole phone warmed up .. not just a little in one corner. The rice will absorb water, true, but not "large" quantities.

ro_explorer said:
Try using a hair dryer on medium heat on the phone (heat the phone to approximately 40 centigrades by blowing warm air on it. This will generate evaporation and disipation of any water that is inside
the trick is to have the whole phone warmed up .. not just a little in one corner. The rice will absorb water, true, but not "large" quantities.
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I waited all day and turned it on again, now this is interesting, the phone seems to be ok, but it entered cool down mode again, instead of turning it off i leave it on and waited, the battery was draining so i decided to charge it, it seems it can't charge from the usb. I turned it and connected the charger, everything normal, but instead of the normal battery metter it shows up an empty battery with an ? on it.
I know the battery is fine because the phone actually responds, but i'm afraid the usb port is damaged.
I connected it to my computer, it appears it has a false contact, my pc recognizes it, and the phone for a seconds shows the normal battery metter, but it goes to the empty ? again.
What should i do?

You have water in the protection circuit of the battery itself. That protection circuit is measuring constantly the battery parameters and currently is reading something wrong.
Al you can do is wait longer ...
If I were you, I would open the phone and dry it from the inside (I opened mine to change the bezel after a drop and it is quite easy). All you need is some precision screw driver set and some patience.

ro_explorer said:
You have water in the protection circuit of the battery itself. That protection circuit is measuring constantly the battery parameters and currently is reading something wrong.
Al you can do is wait longer ...
If I were you, I would open the phone and dry it from the inside (I opened mine to change the bezel after a drop and it is quite easy). All you need is some precision screw driver set and some patience.
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i decided to wait more, so i left it in rice these days. Now, i tried to turn it on, but it won't do nothing, i supposed it was the battery so i connected the charger and left it like 30 min. When i plug it to the charger, the green leed appears and it vibrates, but it doesn't do anything aside from that.
I might open the phone tomorrow and clean it with alcohol, then assemle it again and wait another hours before giving up, really thanks for helping and idiot like me.

BoredDude said:
i decided to wait more, so i left it in rice these days. Now, i tried to turn it on, but it won't do nothing, i supposed it was the battery so i connected the charger and left it like 30 min. When i plug it to the charger, the green leed appears and it vibrates, but it doesn't do anything aside from that.
I might open the phone tomorrow and clean it with alcohol, then assemle it again and wait another hours before giving up, really thanks for helping and idiot like me.
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You could have removed CoolDown mode *.apk from the system -- but it is risky since as said before something is being read to the system wrong in order to enter in that mode, could be an over current sensor in the SoC that triggers that (maybe by the lowered resistance by the residual water in the system). Good luck!

IT LIVES ! IT WORKS AGAIN !.
I cleaned it and now it works ! Thank you very much !. The only damage was made to the power button, now it's a little bit harder to turn on but i can live with that.

Relax!!
Bro Hard Reset your phone and relax. Keep calm you are not in trouble so please take it easy firstly hard reset your phone so it will be nice to your phone and you will not go in rice again. I hope you understand and give me a thanks on my post thank you very much hope you like it

[Q] Battery indicator not working

Hey guys need help desperately!!!!
Recently I submerged my Sony Z3 compact phone in the pool and took pictures, which led to some water leaking in the phone. After this event, the battery did not drain past 50%, even after using it for hours so I decided to restart the phone so I could get a correct reading, but it didn't turn back on. I decided to let it dry (tried using a hair dryer, put it on uncooked rice and then let is dry in the sun).
After drying it up it seemed everything was working perfectly, all but the battery indicator which is acting funny. Every time I restart the phone it shows 100% battery level, although its obvious that reading is not real. I've been searching over the net for a solution and am starting to think the batterystats.bin file got corrupted. The solution I've found for this issue is to root the phone and replace this file. But I really don't want to go down that path. Is there something I could do to replace that file other than root? Maybe a full restore?
Thank you in advance.

Help restore some data from water bricked phone!!

So, my Z1 is more than 3 years old and I already changed it's battery, which means that it was opened before and probably is no longer waterproof. So, I went to the beach and used a waterproof bag (what was supposed to be a waterproof bag) with the phone inside. I had tested it some times and it worked, everything inside remained dry. But on my second day using it with the phone inside ssome beach water went in and it was enough to brick my phone.
The day before this I got a number of a girl I met, but didn`t made any backup, so it is possible to get my contact list of a watered bricked phone? I don't even want to get the phone back, just the contact list... The phone doesn't turn on, when I plug the charge the red led turns on and stay on. Can't enter in fastboot or flashmode, hrd reset doesn't work. I already opened it and dried its inside and left it ona a closed bag full of rice for more than 1 day.
Tried the hard brick fix but I just can't make the test point thing wrk, computer won't recognize the SEMC DEVICE.
I don't know what else can I do, I just want my contact list, there is any way to solve tis, maybe some software?
PLease help!

Dry phone with rice or silica gel, and plug it in wall charger to charge phone, mabye the battery is drained and go to Sony PC Companion and start software update. That could help to unbrick phone. For contacts try using Google accounts if your phone did back up automaticly.