Hello everybody
Today I had me a horribad accident and ended up spilling coffee on my KFHD7. at first it seemed fine once I wiped it down, which was within 5 seconds. Then it went into fastboot mode and stayed there, so I shut it off. I put it in some rice for a bit to try and suck any moisture out, but now I've tried it again and it won't turn on, or respond to normal charging. I plugged it in with my factory cable (thanks SkOrPn :good and the screen just started cycling different colors; red, blue, white, etc. so i shut it off and jammed it back into the rice. anyone have any advice, other than maybe give it a little while? I just got cm10.1 running like a charm, and I was lovin' this thing. thanks all for any help
update: thanks to the jump start from the factory cable, its turned on again, although its not ready for active use. i think a few more days in the rice is a good call, since i saw a bit of a water mark on the screen but yeah. i recommend rice in this situation to anybody
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Hi fellas, long time no see!
So, first of all, yes, I've used the search, but what I've found is threads about wet phones, mine I believe is already dry.
Situation: I'm in the club, glass of absolut and redbull in my hand, phone in my jeans pocket, extra glass of absolut w/redbull on the bar next to me. Fat drunk aproaches the bar and tips my glass with his elbow, all my drink spilled over my clothes. After a brief discussion I realized the guy was too drunk and was a worthless douche so I let it go. I reach for my phone and realize my pocket is soaked wet, when I take it out, phone is out, red light dim. So I turn it off, take it apart and forget about it til the next day. Next day, it began to turn on, but shut itslef off after a few secs, so I take it apart again (that is back cover, battery, SIM and sd, I dont have the screwdrivers to go further), cleaned what I could with alcohol, let it vent in front of a fan for a few hours, then in a bowl of rice for 2 days, no good.
So I got an extra phone and let it sit for more than a month. The other day I decided to give it another try and voila! it worked, had to be dry by now! used it for a day, left it charging, when I came back, it was off again, unresponsive. I have an extra battery, so I got one of those universal battery chargers, because I though the problem could be the phone not charging the battery. It was (even when the light turns on red and it says charging and all). So, first weird thing, light turns on red, screen says charging, but USB wont wont actually charge the battery if it is somewhere below.. 70% maybe, it does charge if it is lets say about 80% or above.
I used it like this for a week or so, and now, when I turn it on, after the bootscreen and the initial loop, the phone now powers itself off (with the text "turning off" -or whatever it says- and vibrating and all), even with the battery full. Tried with both batteries full, plugged in the usb (the light is green when full, and will even charge), erased battery stats (recovery works fine) but the damn thing wont load android properly!
Any ideas what might be causing this? it should be dry by now (its been like 2 months already and I let it vent and used the rice method), it doesnt smell funny (you know, like burnt, like when sth short circuits).
btw, also tried flashing the ROM again (i always have a couple in the sd just in case) and didn't work neither, does exactly the same.
i know it is a bit long to read but i wanted to give you the most insight i could. i know that it works! it did a couple days ago, but something got screwed with the startup and i dont know what it is!
i see that u tried flashing the ROM again, but just to be sure u did do a super wipe correct?
this is very strange though, and yeah it should be dried by now.
Thanks for the reply, and yes, I did! I'm sure that is not the problem :/
So I may have dropped my phone into a puddle this morning but I did manage to take it out in less than 3 seconds and remove the battery.
I waited a few hours and tried to turn it on but it would not. Thinking it was still wet I left it in the sun today hoping it would dry out.
Just now I plugged it into the computer with the battery in and saw that it starts, but it only shows the HTC logo and then reboots. Does anyone know why this would be?
I'm going to let it dry out a little longer and I hope that'll fix it.
Any other advice?
Thanks
Ok, so I've put in a bag of rice overnight but it's still doing the same thing.
Sometimes it makes it up to the Stick Together logo but then it just reboots.
Is there anything else I can try? I need the Focus S to come out now
Ok, so did some fiddling, rebooting into Bootloader and recovery environment and now it turns on fine! Not sure what the problem was but it's all good. Yay.
This is completely undiscovered territory for me, as I have been over and under the forums looking for a solution....
Here's the problem as it happened:
Every night around 10pm, I plug my phone in to charge, which I did the previous night. Normally, my schedule has me up and leaving the house at 4:30am except on weekends which I am normally up by 6am.
Friday night at 10pm, I plugged the phone in to charge as usual. The next morning I unplugged and checked the phone as usual and everything seemed fine.
I had left the phone to sit unattended for some time while I got ready to go out for the day, then grabbed my phone, put it in the holdster and left.
My day was quite busy and I never checked my phone for the first 2 hours after leaving the house. When I did it was unresponsive, so I did the customary reset and nothing.
I assumed a dead battery so I just waited until I was back in the car. When I plugged it in, I saw the red light and, assuming the battery was just dead I left it.
The phone has done nothing else since... just the red light.
I'm assuming this phone might be a goner but I wanted to put my feelers out. I have not tried MTTY yet and I'm assuming it probably won't work anyway.
Any help is greatly appreciated as I'm using a well-used and worn out Kaiser (my back-up) right now, same rom/radio/kernel/etc. to see if I can replicate what happened... (I know, flirting with disaster).
Apparently I didn't look hard enough because I found the thread for the RLoD and followed the instructions.
Charger connected, back panel off, battery out.
Hold power button and rapidly connect/disconnect battery from terminals by holding at an angle (may take up to 100 times to get it).
Red light goes out, green light flashes, phone boots.
BUT!...
Test the phone before you take it for the day.
I was unfortunate enough to not realize that the phone hadn't charged overnight and reset the battery counter to 80% at 3.6 volts.
I was lucky enough to grab a databackup.img and copy everything to the spare phone.
maybe there's a problem with the connection in the usb port.
Hi, Yesterday my phone got wet in my pocket in a rainstorm. I took the battery out and put it into rice for 12 hrs approx. Then took the phone apart and dried it using a hair dryer.
After an hour, I tried to turn it on. When I place the battery, it turns on automatically, shows Semaphore Splash Screen and Galaxy S logo, but restarts after a few seconds (<5 secs).
Tried to go to Download/Recovery Mode, it goes but the phone restarts, again.
I guessed it might be a battery problem. So I tested another one. After placing it, the phone shows a charging sign which is odd because it's not connected to a power source.
Has an ICS Slim v4 Custom ROM + Semephore v2.7.4; if it helps.
As you know, I can not flash a new ROM 'cause it's not stable in Download/Recovery Mode.
Is there a hardware problem here? Which part?
Any help would be appreciated.
It is possible that water is still inside the switches etc.
I'm not sure if you know these little bags that sometimes are inside of the packaging of stuff you buy. These little bags are moisture absorbers.
I would go to a computer or musicstore to check if they have these around in their warehouse somewhere.
Then if you have these bags lock them up with your phone in an almost closed (plastic) case for a couple of days.
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?
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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?
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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?
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I think its time for it to be binned?
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You could always sell it for parts! hint hint