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[Q] Dropped Samsung Galaxy S Advance in water

hey,
I dropped my Samsung galaxy S Advance into my soup...(don't ask how..)
I dryed it with a paper but then i noticed that my sound stopped working and sometimes the screen responds really slow or not at all.
then i started using a hair dryer after i removed my SIM-card, sdcard and battery but it's still the same.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.

Put it in a bag of rice over night. The rice should absorb any remaining liquid. That or Put it in abag along with some of those little packets of beans you get with new shoes.
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You must to put it in rice immediately, do not try it to use it, it was recommended to removed the battery immediately.
I'm saved 2 phone with that solution, Nokia X2 and Nokia E51.

I put it in a bag of rice immediately, now waiting for the results.
Thanks for the fast replies guys!:highfive:

Post back with results
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mewikime said:
Post back with results
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So, managed to do something with the phone?

So after ~40 hours(just now) i took the phone out of the rice and i'd like to say one thing:
The one who discovered rice is genius.
everything is back to normal, the sound and the screen function normal now!
Thanks alot for the telling me about the rice guys!:highfive:

GREAT to read that!

and for the further notice, remember the rice HAVE TO BE RAW
do not put your phone into rice that was already cooked
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rajman said:
and for the further notice, remember the rice HAVE TO BE RAW
do not put your phone into rice that was already cooked
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Lol
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rajman said:
and for the further notice, remember the rice HAVE TO BE RAW
do not put your phone into rice that was already cooked
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LOL!!! U made my day...
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Scalpz said:
So after ~40 hours(just now) i took the phone out of the rice and i'd like to say one thing:
The one who discovered rice is genius.
everything is back to normal, the sound and the screen function normal now!
Thanks alot for the telling me about the rice guys!:highfive:
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glad for you!
this is also a proof that our phone is well built. One night i lost my phone. 5 hours later i found out that it's missing, so came back looking for it. Found it in mud underneath the snow (it was snowing that night), could find it just because it was still ringing! :laugh:. I immediately took the battery out, and when i came home i disassambled the phone to let it dry. 48 hours later i assembled it and it was working properly, but the job was not over cuz some vehicle obviously run over it while it was on the ground, so gorilla glass shattered. After replacing gg it's perfect again!

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Scalpz said:
So after ~40 hours(just now) i took the phone out of the rice and i'd like to say one thing:
The one who discovered rice is genius.
everything is back to normal, the sound and the screen function normal now!
Thanks alot for the telling me about the rice guys!:highfive:
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you were lucky that you are not rust, hence the rice does not save you.
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rice aside, if the terminal is oxidized by water necessary to clean the damaged electronic connections with isopropyl alcohol before drying.

If you hace oxidation problems, maybe you can try the specific products to remove oxidation.

[Q]speaker problem after using water!!!??

hey guys
i have got a problem with my phones's speaker... the first time i went to the pool with the phone i used just 10 seconds under the water to capture movie, after i got the phone out i couldnt hear anything after while like 3 or 4 hrs it became normal (tried sucking it -.- ) but the quality became shi*ty then after one week the phone got heated like it was burning after playing some games so i decided to put it under water for a second i also covered the speaker with my thumb but i guess it didnt work and again water went inside and now after two days the speakers quality is as bad as possible i cant understand anything from songs and its so low...
I just wanted to ask did u get the any problems like this ?
how can i solve it ? should i use the warranty to change the speakers? its a waterproof phone right they have to change it right?

So when u sucked it, that's when you couldn't understand the music? If so, you may possibly damaged the speaker.
Maybe try blowing it instead this time and maybe dry with a hair dryer??
Hope you get it sorted
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im not sure if that was sarcastic or not... but anyway, i tried them before and they made to become louder but the quality is still bad

*boy*racer* said:
So when u sucked it, that's when you couldn't understand the music? If so, you may possibly damaged the speaker.
Maybe try blowing it instead this time and maybe dry with a hair dryer??
Hope you get it sorted
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do not blow dry it with anything, it will damage the phone, especially the melting the glue.
just let it sit and it will dry itself.

*boy*racer* said:
So when u sucked it, that's when you couldn't understand the music? If so, you may possibly damaged the speaker.
Maybe try blowing it instead this time and maybe dry with a hair dryer??
Hope you get it sorted
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Awesome.
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saeid.gh99 said:
im not sure if that was sarcastic or not... but anyway, i tried them before and they made to become louder but the quality is still bad
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No mate, Wasn't being sarcastic. Sorry if it sounded it.
LitoNi said:
do not blow dry it with anything, it will damage the phone, especially the melting the glue.
just let it sit and it will dry itself.
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I got (well the missus) a hair dryer with a cool setting, also I had it quite far away from the phone. (couldn't wait to dry out naturally) lol.
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LitoNi said:
do not blow dry it with anything, it will damage the phone, especially the melting the glue.
just let it sit and it will dry itself.
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i did blow it okay im gonna just let it dry by itself but i dont think its gonna work its 3 days now

saeid.gh99 said:
i did blow it okay im gonna just let it dry by itself but i dont think its gonna work its 3 days now
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3 days? wow....
how deep did you go into the pool?
IP57 = can be immersed in water up to 1m for 30 minutes without harmful quality of water ingress occurring.

LitoNi said:
3 days? wow....
how deep did you go into the pool?
IP57 = can be immersed in water up to 1m for 30 minutes without harmful quality of water ingress occurring.
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not even 30cm i just shoved it in water for 10 scs thats it

If quality is bad, as opposed to just volume, you may have punctured the speaker membrane by sucking on it. If that's the case, you're screwed. Don't put it in water again until you know otherwise.
Also, I'd be careful putting it in water when it's hot, I've heard people have had the glass shatter by warming/cooling it too quickly, it's no different to any other glass, after all.
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saeid.gh99 said:
not even 30cm i just shoved it in water for 10 scs thats it
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might be a faulty one.
if you can take it back to the shop and get a new one then do it. Dont even bother telling them that you blew it with whatever.

LitoNi said:
might be a faulty one.
if you can take it back to the shop and get a new one then do it. Dont even bother telling them that you blew it with whatever.
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yeah i guess im gonna take to the shop for warranty... thanks everyone

[Q] Is this camera lens condensation? how to remove it?

Okay guys, so I noticed that my phone camera possibly developed condensation on its lens. It happened after I moved it from cold water into a warmer zone. I tried putting it in a plastic bag with dry rice. Nothing happened(I kept the flaps closed, probably should have kept it open?).
So is this actual condensation or is it something else? Also, is using a hairdryer to blow hot air a good idea?
Any help at all would be appreciated from you guys

008bond said:
Okay guys, so I noticed that my phone camera possibly developed condensation on its lens. It happened after I moved it from cold water into a warmer zone. I tried putting it in a plastic bag with dry rice. Nothing happened(I kept the flaps closed, probably should have kept it open?).
So is this actual condensation or is it something else? Also, is using a hairdryer to blow hot air a good idea?
Any help at all would be appreciated from you guys
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does it interfere with pic? just curious...
there a thread like this a while back not sure if the poster have a fix.

That is normal. Just open the flaps when u go to sleep n it will b ok. It doesnt harm the camera or anything.
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Firstly, thank you for your replies.
G1_enthusiast said:
does it interfere with pic? just curious...
there a thread like this a while back not sure if the poster have a fix.
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Actually, it does not interfere with the picture at all. But I have 2 issues.
1. It has grown closer to the center (After taking phone from air conditioned room to warmer room outside in the morning).
2. It looks ugly.
olafs93 said:
That is normal. Just open the flaps when u go to sleep n it will b ok. It doesnt harm the camera or anything.
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Okay, I'll be sure to try that.
P.S I live in a humid place near the sea, I will keep it in a box. Probably with dry rice again

Okay guys, I tried all of the above. Nothing worked. Should I use a hair dryer? I am afraid it might damage the lens.

Not sure if you already solved your problem, but what I did for my own phone was to open all the flaps and leave it overnight in a dry cabinet (used for storing of camera equipment). That is, of course, on the assumption you own a dry cabinet and that the problem is indeed water condensation (I can't see clearly from your attached photo).

Open a Xperia z to manually dry the speaker?

I was in the beach 2 days ago and I brought my xperia Z along. I decided that it was a good idea to take underwater videos and pictures above the water. They all looked great. The only problem is that, its been two days since that happened and my speaker is still muffled. It usually gets dry in a few hours, this time I'm worried it might have damaged for good. I believe that maybe little grains of sand made their way through the grill and are keeping the sound low or something else. Anyways, just wanted to ask if anyone can advise me on what to do. I had my C6002 since its release and have submerge it in numerous pools but never on a beach. Any help will be appreciated, thanks
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I wouldn't recommend open the device, you could lose the water resistance altogether.
My only advice would be letting the device on rice for a while with the flaps open.
Anyway, my take on this subject is this:
I wonder now why everyone thinks that kind of water resistance will make the phone indestructible.
For me, that water resistance (not waterproof) just makes me feel more confident about my device surviving water related accidents.
Just taking the device to the swimming pool defeats its certification (2 m deep pools are not uncommon, you know), splashing, swimming, just moving around under water, or even worst jumping into the water violently just multiplies the pressure around your device by more than those 0.1 bar.
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Good luck anyway.

Since it was salt water, did you ever think about washing it with distilled water? Might help
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Teo032 said:
Since it was salt water, did you ever think about washing it with distilled water? Might help
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That would be my suggestion too. Try giving it a bath in nice clean water to rinse off any debris.
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Yeah that was my first reaction. I actually left it submerged for about 15 and after that I rinsed it on the shower with no avail. I havent blow dried it, I've read somewhere that might help. But thanks for the suggestions. I'll leave it with rice tonight and see if I have something positive to report tomorrow.
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After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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abajarde said:
After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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Same thing here since a few days and I f*cking hate it! Thought I'm not sure if it's dirt or a dead pixel.

abajarde said:
After spending the night on a ziplock bag full of rise and turned off, I'm happy to report that the speaker is as good as new. I'm super happy. Now, there's one weird issue. Its in another thread, but suddenly I have dead pixels in my camera. See the light switch on the left and notice how there is a black dot on either side. These are persistent around every photo I take. Any thoughts?
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There not dead pixels its a quiet common fault it minute pieces of the lens casing as a lot of users have reported the same ive even got some on mine.
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Futura2000 said:
There not dead pixels its a quiet common fault it minute pieces of the lens casing as a lot of users have reported the same ive even got some on mine.
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What do you suggest we do? Send it for repair?
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abajarde said:
What do you suggest we do? Send it for repair?
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You can only send it for repairs;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2311497
Which is what I'm going to do.

FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,

LBTaylor1984 said:
FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,
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You are probably going to eventually destroy the water proof membrane inside the speaker if you continue to do that. Not good advice.
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LBTaylor1984 said:
FYI if you ever want to dry the speaker out use a can of compressed air to force the water out, i've been doing this for sometime without issue, and restores volume immediately,
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Yeah man, pushing compressed air through there doesn't sound like a good idea. I'll gladly wait 2-3 hours or a bag of rice overnite. That's living dangerously right there
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Well it's your choice but it takes a quick spray and it'd back to normal.
If you did it with 10 psi sure but this is can which is like 10 psi.
It's up to you but it's not much dissimilar to blowing it with your mouth
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Amazingly, I left the phone over night on a bag of rice and not only did it fix the issue it had another unexpected effect. Now, when I wet the speaker its back to normal almost immediately. I was at a lake yesterday, used the phone to record under water, take photos, and guess what? It was fully loud each time almost immediately after I got out of the water. This phone hasn't seize to impress. I highly recommend to consider the rice. Often times, naturally aspired solutions are the better choice.
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Help with.my galaxy gear watch

Help my galaxy watch has water inside camera lemse now pics are blurry how can clean or fix. Theres a pic of how.pics look and i been really careful with watch only got wet once. Help
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boogief1 said:
Help my galaxy watch has water inside camera lemse now pics are blurry how can clean or fix. Theres a pic of how.pics look and i been really careful with watch only got wet once. Help
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It should dry out and be ok.

Its between camera lemse and protector lense if u put on side the water goes to side but then when i put on water goes back to lense so i cant take pics should i put on heater vent to see if that helps ??
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there has been threads already about this so i suggest you look them up and it seems it will go away anyway.
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Uncooked rice, ziploc bag or tupperware, leave to sit in rice for 24-48 hours.

Jye75 said:
Uncooked rice, ziploc bag or tupperware, leave to sit in rice for 24-48 hours.
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Indeed. This is the way to solve the problem. Point is what the heck where Samsung thinking in the R&D department that makes customers need to do this? It really is a ridiculous situation and one we will just have to live with. Very poorly pre production tests.

Hi.have had my gear about a month practice and play golf every day I get very hot and sweaty my camera lens has steamed up I think 3 times but hey its been no problem it clears up for me fine.Much like a car windscreen.I can see it bothers some people but for me not a problem I do nothing it clears up.
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Mines hasnt and its getting pretty annoying fml im going to put in rice tonight
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Just a update the water inside my.watchs camera went away by it self it took 4 days to go away by its self

put some electrical tape on hole inside of watch strap it will not happen again. mine didn't
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just realized mine has a bunch of little moisture drops on the inside of the lense. pretty pathetic since all i have done since getting it 2 days ago was wash my hands while it was on, i took it off when i took a shower so maybe the moisture from the shower could have caused it in the bathroom? just put it in a bag of rice. anyone have luck with that method? if so how long did it take?

stesteste said:
put some electrical tape on hole inside of watch strap it will not happen again. mine didn't
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What's that hole even for..? To aid in removing the camera?
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