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Accidentally, I put my tilt with clothes into the washer when I was doing laundry yesterday. Yeah, it does look much cleaner after one hour's wash with detergent, but I couldn't start it any more. After one day baking on top of the monitor, it was able to boot up, but the device will automatically shut off after showing the message " Sim Door is unlocked and the device will shut down in 10 seconds". I've checked the door, locked and unlocked it, but it doesn't work. Liquid has caused a short?
By the way, the warranty has expired, so I have to fix it all by myself. Would appreciate any suggestions
rubbing alcohol and toothbrush try cleaning the guts
Warranty would't cover this anyway. I'd eBay it as "for parts only" and buy something else. Good luck.
Most cell phones as I understand from a tech...they have "indicators" like small dots for example that change color when introduced to liquid. Quick way to say no to the customer in regards to warranty.
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Most cell phones as I understand from a tech...they have "indicators" like small dots for example that change color when introduced to liquid. Quick way to say no to the customer in regards to warranty.
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They're called Liquid Damage Indicators (LDIs). They're behind the battery on pretty much every phone.
Friend of mine laundered her Treo. She let it air out on a windowsill for a week.
She let it sit on a couple of silicone packets she had from a camera box.
(Water WILL evaporate, but soap will NOT. I hope it is rinsed.)
It works fine now. Hope this helps.
zhiheng said:
Accidentally, I put my tilt with clothes into the washer when I was doing laundry yesterday. Yeah, it does look much cleaner after one hour's wash with detergent, but I couldn't start it any more. After one day baking on top of the monitor, it was able to boot up, but the device will automatically shut off after showing the message " Sim Door is unlocked and the device will shut down in 10 seconds". I've checked the door, locked and unlocked it, but it doesn't work. Liquid has caused a short?
By the way, the warranty has expired, so I have to fix it all by myself. Would appreciate any suggestions
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Clean it with alcohol and toothbrush as GuySparkz said.
Best to use is isopropylalcohol, if not in specialized electro shop, you still can get it in pharmacy shop. but it will still not dissolve all parts of soap. You should use demineralised water for this, from gas station. yes water. then alcohol. demineralised water act like sponge to minerals and stuff from soup and regular water.
dissasemble it completelly, bath mainboard in dem. water for an half hour, use toothbrash don't be shy with it, then bath in alcohol half hour, now use toothbrush VERY carefully, without too much power. It could tear smd's away.
you can put it to bath on top of working wash mashine to use vibrations from it.
after bath I am using pressed air to drain and blow away drops which still contain unwanted substance, don't use the one from gas station because it contains condensed air drops, better use straw and blow on it fastly.
use fan during your presence or beware of breathing fumes too much and don't let fumes go to your eyes too. it's irritating.
don't bath battery, LCD, cameras, vibra device, keyboard, speaker and mic. use just brush.
if water get in touch panel, you'll probably need to get a new one.
if battery will stop working in few days, you can open and bath board inside it.
now to just drying method. it's risky, water is not 100% conductive, but rust which will be created after few days is and that could finish it off.
I cleaned plenty of phones & cameras after my friends been rafting with them with 100% success. only one camera which had been only drained and used for another 2 days was really dead.
You may want to try taking the battery out and washing it again with rubbing alcohol. It may sound stupid but soap will conduct electricity as it is an electrolyte albeit a bad one i think, this could be causing the short especially when these devices use such low voltage. Get all the residue off and let it air dry I did it once before with my Blue Angel. Dropped it into a blue toilet when i was deployed and I did that and it worked. And before I get a comments from the peanut gallery... My phone was not sh*$y or blue or anything like that just a phone.
Thanks for all you guys. your suggestions really helps!
In fact, I was going to wash it by alcohol.
Anyway, just want to try one more time before I open it.
It does boot up today W/O any error message, even though you still can see some weird areas on the screen.
It is really amazing!
Just to be safe, currently it was sitting in a big bottle of CaSO4 (moisture absorber), hopefully it can be fully cured.
zhiheng said:
Thanks for all you guys. your suggestions really helps!
In fact, I was going to wash it by alcohol.
Anyway, just want to try one more time before I open it.
It does boot up today W/O any error message, even though you still can see some weird areas on the screen.
It is really amazing!
Just to be safe, currently it was sitting in a big bottle of CaSO4 (moisture absorber), hopefully it can be fully cured.
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One of the reason why using alcohol to clean is good is because it will evaporate itself (and whatever liquid or dust it mixed with) almost instantly when you apply on the surface. It's the best cleaning solvent.
This may also help you for your screen problem: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14919
After rinsing pack it in white rice for several days, it will suck out all the moisture.
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After rinsing pack it in white rice for several days, it will suck out all the moisture.
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very good advice
joihan777 said:
Friend of mine laundered her Treo. She let it air out on a windowsill for a week.
She let it sit on a couple of silicone packets she had from a camera box.
(Water WILL evaporate, but soap will NOT. I hope it is rinsed.)
It works fine now. Hope this helps.
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The Treo seems to fair exceptionally well in regards to water damage. My father flushed his twice, both times he had to remove the toilet to retrieve it. He placed it overnight in front of an air vent and it worked flawlessly afterward and has been working for 6 months since it happened.
So for the first time ever, I dropped my phone in water.
Luckily I'm still under warranty, except I'm worried about the water indicator. It's still white under the battery, but does anyone know if there is other like inside the phone?
Also, I can boot the phone to the bootloader, but that's it. I can get to recovery from there, but flashing ROM's do nothing, I still always boot to the bootloader no matter what.
Does anyone know if there are more water indicators or of there is a way to temporarily fix this? I'm freaking out
Bag of rice and wait wait wait... I'd get the battery out asap!!
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Well when you get something wet, you should power it down immediately, remove the battery and all of the parts, and stick it in some rice for a few days.
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I heard ppl using hairdryer or putting into oven for a little while and it becomes ok after that.
remove the battery, simcard, and other peripherals from the phone.
then put it on some uncook rice for a night.
using alcohol also is a nice way because alcohol will displace the water.. do this before putting the phone on the uncook rice..
The bag of rice is the only thing you can do. A hairdryer for a little should be ok but please dont put it in the oven. And i would recommend not using alcohol since it would probably strip the paint and mess up the plastic.
Had the same thing happen on x-mas eve. My wife did a load of laundry and forgot to check my pants pocket. after 3 days of sitting in rice (and multiple flashes), i finally got the phone semi-working. The sdcard was shot and the mic stopped woking...i can only make phone calls using BT or with the headset...but hey, I forget this thing is a phone anyway
Hi guy, jusy now my S Pen accidentally drop into water, now the problem is the S Pen is very sensitive, when my S Pen haven't touch and far betwwen 0.3-0.4mm to the screen, the screen auto detect it and written...it is annoying~
Anyone have great solution to solve it?
Very appreciate your helping as well...
Tq
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Let the pen dry fully before using it on your Gnote
Try a hair dryer on low heat. I rescued a phone that had dropped in water that way!
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be lucky that it wasnt the note itself wait and hope, or you need to buy a new one
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Hi guy, jusy now my S Pen accidentally drop into water, now the problem is the S Pen is very sensitive, when my S Pen haven't touch and far betwwen 0.3-0.4mm to the screen, the screen auto detect it and written...it is annoying~
Anyone have great solution to solve it?
Very appreciate your helping as well...
Tq
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Grab a container and fill it half way with rice. Dried rice ... then put the pen in the middle of the container and fill it up to the top with dried rice. What happens is dried rice sucks out the moisture out of devices. My buddy fixed his IPhone this way. Hope this helps you. Make sure that the container doesn't have leaks otherwise rice sill absorb moisture out of the air instead of the pen.
Just buy a new one, if can afford to but the Note and Im sure 20 bucks is a bargain.
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Try a hair dryer on low heat. I rescued a phone that had dropped in water that way!
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Grab a container and fill it half way with rice. Dried rice ... then put the pen in the middle of the container and fill it up to the top with dried rice. What happens is dried rice sucks out the moisture out of devices. My buddy fixed his IPhone this way. Hope this helps you. Make sure that the container doesn't have leaks otherwise rice sill absorb moisture out of the air instead of the pen.
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blue ribbon for colin!!! great job and the right thing to do...a fan will work too in some cases...as long as its moving air it evaporates the liquid faster....
not so much for marlip... rice is 100% a myth.... and no i dont care what you have read, its wrong... if the rice is not touching the liquid it is not absorbing it... sure it picks up some evaporation as it evaporates on its own(no help from the rice i will add again) but it is doing nothing but getting rice dust in areas it doesnt need to be in... moving air people.... whether it is warm or just a fan...moving air will evaporate liquid faster than non moving air.... bag of rice =non moving air.... and again if the rice is not touching the liquid it is not absorbing it...just the normal evaporation that would happen in a container without the rice is all that is happening..
not looking for a fight just trying to help people fix things the right way... ive been repair tech for 20+ years and revived thousands of phones and revived thousands that werent revived by rice... so i do have a clue...
btw if itas a phone just drying it wont fix it...there will be corrosion on the board, and like rust corrosion doesnt stop until you stop it...it may work for a while but it will start getting quirky and issues will arise so it needs cleaned and treated too...
I think i will have to agree... Air circulation will help much more than rice. I look back at my first mobile phones and remember how many of them got soaked and i had to unscrew them apart and just leave them in front of my "ULTIMATE HI-POWER USB FAN" live long nokia 3310
So my opinion bro just look for an s-pen dissasembly guide, follow it carefully, leave your s-pen in front of a fan and forget about rice... Just because ur phones made in asia dosent mean the regions main dish will fix its problems... Will be silly if i poured beer over my BMW's scratches to make em dissapear
Good luck with you s-pen mate!!! Hope to see you drawing in no time
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Leong, I posted a long time ago about how to address a water incident. This is the best tried and true method :
If your phone gets dropped in water immediately remove from the water,
Remove the battery as quickly as possible Then
Dry off the best you can, if you can open the unit up (you have the skill to do so then do so)
Then immerse in 91% Iopropol Alcohol (200proof drinking alcohol is actually better but rarely can find reagent grade drinking alcohol)
The reason for doing this 1st is the water molecules bind to the alcohol which immediately limits the potential damage. Then, after a few minutes (3-15 min depending) then dry off with paper towels and q-tips the best you can and then
Either use a fan (hair dryer) on it for a time and then put in rice or Millet and leave for a day or 2. Then use the Hair dryer to blow off any dust. reassemble and test, most the time you will be successful, it all depends how bad the incident was and how fast you got the battery out of the phone.
This is the standard way of addressing a water incident in underwater photography. I have done this personally more times than I want to admit, I do underwater photography and you can imagine the panic you get when your $3000.00 camera /housing starts to get a leak in the ocean @ 90 feet underwater, worst part is salt water destroys the coating on your lenses, which is insult to injury.
Either way the important thing to to be patient and make sure it is totally dry (ergo 1-2 days) Also storing it in the grain is best @ 75-85 deg F doesn't need more heat just higher than the 60's deg
I know everyone always says OMG putting a electronic in Alcohol..... read up on the science/ chemistry... and you will find this is pretty normal thing as long as there is no battery or power source connected to the item.
Hope you fix it
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Hi guy, jusy now my S Pen accidentally drop into water, now the problem is the S Pen is very sensitive, when my S Pen haven't touch and far betwwen 0.3-0.4mm to the screen, the screen auto detect it and written...it is annoying~
Anyone have great solution to solve it?
Very appreciate your helping as well...
Tq
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Can't we all just get along?
There is no constructive purpose for name calling, folks. kawgirlval69 stated in her post that she was not trying to argue with anyone, she was just trying to help. Nobody really cares what will or will not work in theory. As compelling as that science lesson was I always prefer real-world experience to theory.
Last night my SGN went swimming in the hot tub and my daughter told me to burry it in an airtight can of rice (which I did using silicone sealant). By the way, I was thinking the same thing another poster suggested (if only it was only the S-Pen that fell in!)... Anyway I quickly dove in head first after it (forgetting about the wireless headphones that were around my neck) and eventually emerged with the device, although not until after it had sunk all the way to the bottom! Immediately I ripped off the back and pulled the battery, then shook as much water out of all the ports as I could. I used a hand dryer for once over but knew that wouldn't help with any of the water deep inside the device so I took my daughter's advice and buried it inside a sealed can of rice for 18 hours. I would have disassembled the device immediately but I had time constraints due to work obligations so I hoped that the rice would do it's job.
The first chance I got this afternoon I pulled my phone out of the rice and took it apart. There was water EVERYWHERE inside -- big puddles in every nook and cranny! In fairness I can't say if there would have been more or less water at that point without the rice, but that is all academic considering the fact that leaving ANY standing water on electronic components for that much time is a bad idea due to the corrosion factor that another poster mentioned, corrosion I noticed already developing on a few metal brackets and such.
After complete disassembly and thorough drying (with said hand dryer) of each individual part I cleaned the slightly corroded areas and put the device back together. I fired it up no more than an hour ago and so far everything seems to work fine.
As for the S-pen, if there's a way to disassemble it and thoroughly dry it by hand I would do that, or just wait for it to dry on its own which may take several days. As yet another poster suggested it might be worth it just to buy a new one if you can't get that one working... and just be glad it wasn't your phone you dunked!
Oh, and if any are curious, I may have saved my phone but my wireless headphones didn't make it (sniff).
[edit] Apparently the name-calling post was removed? Anyway I appreciate Oka1's reply -- I didn't even think about using alcohol but that's actually a great idea! A bit too late for me now but I'll have to remember that for next time.
@ oka... good way to do it... just a tip from experience.. you dont need the millet or rice after... air dry or fan or etc... overnite will evaporate everything doing things as you described... just saving a step....
@ajax... thank you for actually reading what i wrote.. thanks for having my back...
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blue ribbon for colin!!! great job and the right thing to do...a fan will work too in some cases...as long as its moving air it evaporates the liquid faster....
not so much for marlip... rice is 100% a myth.... and no i dont care what you have read, its wrong... if the rice is not touching the liquid it is not absorbing it... sure it picks up some evaporation as it evaporates on its own(no help from the rice i will add again) but it is doing nothing but getting rice dust in areas it doesnt need to be in... moving air people.... whether it is warm or just a fan...moving air will evaporate liquid faster than non moving air.... bag of rice =non moving air.... and again if the rice is not touching the liquid it is not absorbing it...just the normal evaporation that would happen in a container without the rice is all that is happening..
not looking for a fight just trying to help people fix things the right way... ive been repair tech for 20+ years and revived thousands of phones and revived thousands that werent revived by rice... so i do have a clue...
btw if itas a phone just drying it wont fix it...there will be corrosion on the board, and like rust corrosion doesnt stop until you stop it...it may work for a while but it will start getting quirky and issues will arise so it needs cleaned and treated too...
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I know that this thread is a little long in the tooth, but I thought I might add this: a mom and pop company called CPR+ (cell phone rescue) uses the following protocol to repair water damaged phones:
1: Place the phone in a hermetically sealed container with long grain brown rice: the atmospherics inside will naturally pull moisture from the device into the drier air in the container.
2: Replace corroded parts and hip joints on the logic board, and glue.
The rice doesn't work because its rice...it works only when placed in a sealed container by transferring moisture from the device to the air in the container. The rice is there to absorb water from the atmosphere...not the device directly. A zip local bag will work too.
A friend of mine is a son of the family who owned the store. He also made a living for two years buying water damaged iPhones and reselling them after using the rice method.
I've saved two of my phones, my fathers phone, and my cousins Droid this way. So far I'm 4-0. Three out of four of those devices, others tried using a hair dryer, a fan, and just leaving them out for 3 days-- 7 in the case of my dads Motorola Tundra. The Tundra wound up with a seeping battery after a hair dryer was brought to it. In most cases I'd just buy a new battery, regardless.
3 days in a zip lock bag--untouched for the whole period, ressurected one phone after the first try, and the other 3 phones after other methods were tried.
As good as anecdotal evidence gets without a double blind test, dontcha think?
The pens are actually very resilient. I had an accident involving my pen and the toilet (don't ask), by necessity I immersed the whole pen in a cup full of regular alcohol, wrapped it in a tissue paper for a while to let it dry, and it works just fine. I had to immerse it several times in alcohol before I felt somewhat comfortable with using it again.
I left my wife's iPhone in a bag of rice on a mildly warm radiator for 2 days. It worked.
However, using a hairdryer seems to make a lot of sense. You want to get rid of the water asap. Not leave it slowly evaporate like I did.
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Just buy a new one buddys
I droped an old nokia in water once.
i followed the same procedure of immidiately removing from water and removing the battery as soon as i could.
Then I just took the entire thing apart and wiped it clean with tissues. Then i just kept it in the sum for abot 15 mins (depends on how strong the sun is). once every thing was dry and seems to be properly cleaned. I just took some rubbing alcohol and cleaned it once again. Dats it.
Assembled every thing and voila!! :fingers-crossed: every thing worked. Not sure how advisable it is to keep electronic components in the sun, but it worked well for me.
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Hope this helps someone in need :fingers-crossed:
Well, the S-pen from my Note 10.1 in 2014 not only fell in the water, as it was washed along with clothing. Once you find it inside the machine, to shake to get the water with soap and became a wash in running water. After this, I used a blow dryer for a few minutes and let her into the compartment in the Note for 2 days. After this, the pen started functioning normally ... would be lucky? rs
leong19921992 said:
Hi guy, jusy now my S Pen accidentally drop into water, now the problem is the S Pen is very sensitive, when my S Pen haven't touch and far betwwen 0.3-0.4mm to the screen, the screen auto detect it and written...it is annoying~
Anyone have great solution to solve it?
Very appreciate your helping as well...
Tq
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I am your first thanker. However, that is weird.
I think that the water causes a short circuit in the pen which lets it think that there is pressure.
Kinda embarrassing, but I had the tablet on the water take and when I flushed it just slipped right into the bowl...
Power button isn't really working.. took the back off of it and have it laying glass up hoping the water drains out of it. Not like there is alot of water in it or anything just want to be sure. Hopefully their isn't significant damage, but if there is I hope I can RMA it..
ugh.
The lesson here is to take a newspaper or magazine with you when you need to poop, instead of expensive gadgets.
/or bring some action figures if you are really young at heart
moinster said:
Kinda embarrassing, but I had the tablet on the water take and when I flushed it just slipped right into the bowl...
Power button isn't really working.. took the back off of it and have it laying glass up hoping the water drains out of it. Not like there is alot of water in it or anything just want to be sure. Hopefully their isn't significant damage, but if there is I hope I can RMA it..
ugh.
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put it inside a bag of rice overnight. hope that helps.
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The lesson here is to take a newspaper or magazine with you when you need to poop, instead of expensive gadgets.
/or bring some action figures if you are really young at heart
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aye.
the issue is, i lose count how many times my GI Joes had a little "cyclone adventure".
moinster said:
Kinda embarrassing, but I had the tablet on the water take and when I flushed it just slipped right into the bowl...
Power button isn't really working.. took the back off of it and have it laying glass up hoping the water drains out of it. Not like there is alot of water in it or anything just want to be sure. Hopefully their isn't significant damage, but if there is I hope I can RMA it..
ugh.
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RMA is for warranty repair only.
In your case, it's accidental damage which would/should not be covered by warranty.
Disconnect the battery immediately and let it sit in a dry area for at least a day. I'd even recommend hitting it with a hair dryer for 5-10 minutes. My daughter left her phone out in the rain, and when we found it, water literally poured out of the case. I took the battery out, disassembled it as much as I could and let to dry for a day. It survived and it working fine now. Keep in mind that most manufacturers place "moisture indicators" inside their devices. It's just a small paper sticker with tiny drops of red dye on it. As soon as water hits it, the dye runs and the sticker turns pink... and your warranty is void.
Sorry dude. Be more careful next time. Not sure what else to say.
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Disconnect the battery immediately and let it sit in a dry area for at least a day. I'd even recommend hitting it with a hair dryer for 5-10 minutes. My daughter left her phone out in the rain, and when we found it, water literally poured out of the case. I took the battery out, disassembled it as much as I could and let to dry for a day. It survived and it working fine now. Keep in mind that most manufacturers place "moisture indicators" inside their devices. It's just a small paper sticker with tiny drops of red dye on it. As soon as water hits it, the dye runs and the sticker turns pink... and your warranty is void.
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Yeah it's powered off. Looking online right now how to disconnect the battery, also looking for the water detection sticker.
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I'd even recommend hitting it with a hair dryer for 5-10 minutes.
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If his warranty wasn't void before...
sinhumane said:
ok, as a professional repair tech i can tell you that rice has a VERY low chance of success... it isnt as marvelous as everyone thinks it is. it wont absorb much of the moisture in the phone. i have seen numerous phones come through my shop after sitting in rice for days... STILL have standing water in them.
your best bet: if you have tools to take it apart, remove the board, and immediately put it in alcohol. if you have any residual corrosion on the board, take a VERY soft bristled brush and gently wipe the corrosion away.
if you dont have tools/a brush... take the battery out, and submerge the entire thing in 91% (nothing less) rubbing alcohol. you may ruin the lcd, but trust me, a new lcd is a far cry cheaper than a new phone.
also, your battery is likely toasted, buy a new one.
just as a caveat to all, unless you drop your phone in clean city tap water, or distilled water... its going to have contaminants in it, and will corrode your phone, rice or no rice. alcohol displaces the moisture, and removes chemicals/minerals on your board.
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Try these tips. This guys a pro and he recently helped someone that dropped his phone in the pool.
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Try these tips. This guys a pro and he recently helped someone that dropped his phone in the pool.
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Thank you. I've disconnected the battery and it is sitting in the server room, Dry and Moisture free, yes? I've try some of the tips when I find the alcohol.
putting it in a sealed bag full of silicon gel sachets will also help.
That's a crappy situation.
If you're in the US and paid the full amount on your credit card (not debit card), see if the card offers any buyer's protection. American Express and the higher tier Visa cards offer a 90-day theft and breakage protection.
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Thank you. I've disconnected the battery and it is sitting in the server room, Dry and Moisture free, yes? I've try some of the tips when I find the alcohol.
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Is the battery dry? If it's wet you'll need a new one and remember this isn't guaranteed to work.
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Thank you. I've disconnected the battery and it is sitting in the server room, Dry and Moisture free, yes? I've try some of the tips when I find the alcohol.
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A server room should dry it out good.
This is going to sound pretty gross, was the toilet flushed? I recently repaired my HTC Hero that I had loaned to a friend, who then proceeded to drop it down an unflushed toilet
I dried it out, only to find it would not power up, not until I remove the pubic hair that was shorting it out
Just Something to look out for.
Just because the battery got wet doesn't mean that it's trashed. Tap water isn't that great of a conductor, so as long as the battery didn't discharge at too high of a rate from a short, it might be okay. If the battery felt very hot when you removed back cover, it's not a good sign.
As for the alcohol, I'd use it to clean the board but I'd hold off on submerging the whole unit. The openings on the Nexis's case are pretty thin, so I doubt much water got inside. I'd just let it dry and see if it works before doing anything drastic.
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Kinda embarrassing, but I had the tablet on the water take and when I flushed it just slipped right into the bowl... Power button isn't really working.. took the back off of it and have it laying glass up hoping the water drains out of it. Not like there is alot of water in it or anything just want to be sure. Hopefully their isn't significant damage, but if there is I hope I can RMA it..
ugh.
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If it was on when you dropped (probably was) it might have shortened something in the circuit board, and that is why is not turning on, however there is always hope and I would follow the previous advices to disconnect the battery, hair dryer and rice of bag overnight before trying turn on again.
Good luck!!
trevd said:
A server room should dry it out good.
This is going to sound pretty gross, was the toilet flushed? I recently repaired my HTC Hero that I had loaned to a friend, who then proceeded to drop it down an unflushed toilet
I dried it out, only to find it would not power up, not until I remove the pubic hair that was shorting it out
Just Something to look out for.
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Hahaha, It was at the end of its flush when it slipped it. When it hit the bowl the case opened a little bit but I grabbed it as fast as I could.
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Just because the battery got wet doesn't mean that it's trashed. Tap water isn't that great of a conductor, so as long as the battery didn't discharge at too high of a rate from a short, it might be okay. If the battery felt very hot when you removed back cover, it's not a good sign.
As for the alcohol, I'd use it to clean the board but I'd hold off on submerging the whole unit. The openings on the Nexis's case are pretty thin, so I doubt much water got inside. I'd just let it dry and see if it works before doing anything drastic.
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The battery was quite cool actually.
It was clean tap water, btw.
Another sad story: I dropped mine 4 feet to a concrete floor about 24 hours after it was delivered, breaking the screen. The display still works, but the digitizer won't respond to touches any more. I found a link to a place that claims to have the screen-digitizer assembly for $130, but haven't pulled the trigger.
No luck with the VISA purchase protection...
UnusualSuspect said:
Another sad story: I dropped mine 4 feet to a concrete floor about 24 hours after it was delivered, breaking the screen. The display still works, but the digitizer won't respond to touches any more. I found a link to a place that claims to have the screen-digitizer assembly for $130, but haven't pulled the trigger.
No luck with the VISA purchase protection...
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Yeah, I'm pretty damn clumsy :/ and I bought it with a debit card.
If the digitize is $130 I would just spend the extra $70 and sell the unusable one as parts.
trevd said:
A server room should dry it out good.
This is going to sound pretty gross, was the toilet flushed? I recently repaired my HTC Hero that I had loaned to a friend, who then proceeded to drop it down an unflushed toilet
I dried it out, only to find it would not power up, not until I remove the pubic hair that was shorting it out Just Something to look out for.
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This had me giggling in my little cubicle.
hi community,
i went on a trip with my bike, after an hour it started to rain, really heavy rain. as soon as it started i closed the flap for the headphone-jack, and put the device in my trousers pocket. when i arrived at home my trousers were soaking wet. the device turned itself of (short circuit?). every water-indicator turned red, even with closed flaps. i removed SD and SIM, opened all flaps. my device suffers the backplate lifting problem you all propably know about. its still wet on the inside after one night as i can tell from the steamy front and backcamera lenses. some questions:
what can i do in order to get it fully dry ?
when can i try to turn it on ?
in case it is really damaged, is there any way to get some money out of it ?
thanks in advance
put it in a bag of rice for about 24/48 hours to see if it fully drys out
Richy99 said:
put it in a bag of rice for about 24/48 hours to see if it fully drys out
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Exactly right. Actually I also took off the back plate and put it at the back of my pc... used the fans to blow my Z for a few days cuz I don't usually shut off my pc.
Try turn it on when you feel it's dry inside. Maybe after 24hr if you don't take off the back plate.
If it's eventually dead, sell it for parts. I could use a rear camera
it was in a bag of rice for a few days now. tried to turn it on today, nothing. no vibration, no led or any sign of life. connected it to the charger, to the pc, nothing. im pretty sure the water came in to the loose backpanel, so is there a chance they will replace/repair it? or do the red water indicators void all warranty ?
aanti said:
it was in a bag of rice for a few days now. tried to turn it on today, nothing. no vibration, no led or any sign of life. connected it to the charger, to the pc, nothing. im pretty sure the water came in to the loose backpanel, so is there a chance they will replace/repair it? or do the red water indicators void all warranty ?
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Oh they might be wanting to repair it, but it will probably cost you the same as a new phone.
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Oh they might be wanting to repair it, but it will probably cost you the same as a new phone.
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That's true.. Give it more days and see if it turns on.
It's been a while, but i wanted to let you know what happened.
The phone was irreparably damaged and i took it to the vendor where i bought it.
They sent it to sony. In the form i had to fill out i mentioned that the water damage
is a result of the loose backpanel. In the end sony gave a replacement device for free,
i think it took two weeks or so..guess im lucky