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Hi. I place my phone beside the basin and I thought it was dry and when I take it I saw my screen side was abit wet. I'm worried that my phone will be like apple devices that is it will be untouchable. Can anyone tell me will my phone spoil.
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Let it dry on it's own, it might (but doesn't have to) work
RayQ1223 said:
Hi. I place my phone beside the basin and I thought it was dry and when I take it I saw my screen side was abit wet. I'm worried that my phone will be like apple devices that is it will be untouchable. Can anyone tell me will my phone spoil.
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Don't power it on. And put it in a closed vessel containing dry RICE. Yes u heard it right, rice. Let it for a day or 12hrs. Then boot it up.
a bit wet? Just swipe it dry and use it.
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Don't power it on. And put it in a closed vessel containing dry RICE. Yes u heard it right, rice. Let it for a day or 12hrs. Then boot it up.
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Yup, rice will suck out all the moisture.
use a hair dryer
RayQ1223 said:
Hi. I place my phone beside the basin and I thought it was dry and when I take it I saw my screen side was abit wet. I'm worried that my phone will be like apple devices that is it will be untouchable. Can anyone tell me will my phone spoil.
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Hi,
If possible for you open your phone i mean unscrew the back panel and just blow it with hot air from hair dryer and it will not give you single problem after that
RayQ1223 said:
Hi. I place my phone beside the basin and I thought it was dry and when I take it I saw my screen side was abit wet. I'm worried that my phone will be like apple devices that is it will be untouchable. Can anyone tell me will my phone spoil.
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PULL OUT BATTERY!!!!
dissamble it and wash with a sollution with water and alcohol. let it at sun 2 hours, assamble and turn on)
be carefull, DONT WASH SCREEN!!
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Don't power it on. And put it in a closed vessel containing dry RICE. Yes u heard it right, rice. Let it for a day or 12hrs. Then boot it up.
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+ 1 , this solved my wet mini!
I put my Xperia Z under the tap and noticed that the sound of the speaker is muffled out and is slowly packing up, is this normal?
Sv: Water Resistant + Speakers = Sound Muffled!
BR4DOKYBrazil said:
I put my Xperia Z under the tap and noticed that the sound of the speaker is muffled out and is slowly packing up, is this normal?
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It's normal until it's get dry
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sfkaudi said:
It's normal until it's get dry
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What a shock!
I thought I had damaged my phone!
I tested and returned to normal!
Then I can rest assured that this is normal?
BR4DOKYBrazil said:
Then I can rest assured that this is normal?
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Yes everyone has this, it's supposed to work that way.
BR4DOKYBrazil said:
Then I can rest assured that this is normal?
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it will dry out within 1-2 hours
nazrin313 said:
it will dry out within 1-2 hours
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This is mentioned in the manual or something?
BR4DOKYBrazil said:
This is mentioned in the manual or something?
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I dont know...never read it but this is from personal experience...washed my phone 2-3 times now, lol...so i know
Yeah it's in the manual. Although you'll have to grab the manual online. It says not to use the speaker until dry, which is up to three hours lol
biffsmash said:
Yeah it's in the manual. Although you'll have to grab the manual online. It says not to use the speaker until dry, which is up to three hours lol
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Oh! I used with it wet! The next I'll know how to proceed!
"If water gets on the speaker, dry the speaker for approximately three hours before
using it again."
I found this in internet:
"The earpiece, loudspeaker and microphone are apparantly protected by a microporus membrane. Water molecules are unable to penetrate this as the pores are too small, but will obstruct passage of air (and thus sound) until they evaporate."
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
My xperia Z has been exposed to tiny amount of fluid through the headphone jack, im using stock rom, but with doomkernel v9, after exposed to the little amount of fluid, it suddenly shut down and turn on again, but then the rom appear what it says at the bottom left "Safe Mode", at first i thought theres nothing to worry about, just reboot then everything back to normal... but when i done that, the LED indicator show Red color, vibrate once, few second later it vibrate 3 times and it begins to do that over and over again without even entering the boot screen... now i cant get the rom booted... Help me, what must i do?? Can i get it to work again by drying it up using a hair dryer???
It's dead, red LED, vibrate > 2 sec > 3x vibrate and reboot is an unrecoverable hardware fault.
Whatever you do, don't use heat. Put it in a bowl of dry rice with all flaps open for a day or two to absorb the liquid. If that doesn't help there is nothing to do.
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leave it in rice for a few weeks since its water resistant it will tak longer to absorb anything.
Copypasta from another thread I posted in:
Vacuum/hair-dryer are both bad ideas for electronics. The vacuum is bad because it creates a lot of static electricity, and the hair-dryer because, obviously, it heats the phone up to high temperatures.
What you should do immediately is to turn it off (hold Power and Volume up until it vibrates thrice), open all the flaps and put the phone in a bag of rice, letting the rice absorb the water for around a week or so (or at the very least 3-4 days), preferably with a drained/removed battery but this isn't really an option with Xperia Z. After this you need to make sure to get all the rice out before closing the flaps and starting it up.
Fingers crossed nothing has short circuited and/or corroded yet!
Please note: leave the phone in the rice for at least a full week with all flaps open and removable components taken out.
Thanks for the reply guys, and yeah old tricks using a bag of rice... erm, does a silica gel helps, because im using it now... hopefully...
killgrozrism said:
Thanks for the reply guys, and yeah old tricks using a bag of rice... erm, does a silica gel helps, because im using it now... hopefully...
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The silica should work better than the rice.
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XperienceD said:
The silica should work better than the rice.
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Owh ****! I really hate this kinda situation... really got me down and depressing...
killgrozrism said:
Owh ****! I really hate this kinda situation... really got me down and depressing...
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Hope it's OK. And yeah, as he said, the silica will work even better that's what it's designed for after all.
Why is nobody putting forward the fact that the OP's phone might be permanently damaged? It was powered on with fluid inside it, which may have shorted out some critical components.
In that case, no amount of time in rice or silica will do any good.
Edit, I see Rekoil mentioned shorting/corrosion above. While getting the phone near absorbent material quickly may prevent corrosion, it's likely that any shorting out of components would have happened instantly. I hope the OP's phone isn't destroyed, but I wouldn't hold much hope for it as powering on a device with fluid inside it is pretty much the worst thing that you can do.
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kingvortex said:
Why is nobody putting forward the fact that the OP's phone might be permanently damaged? It was powered on with fluid inside it, which may have shorted out some critical components.
In that case, no amount of time in rice or silica will do any good.
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Because OP probably knows that and it would be of no use to discuss it?
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Because OP probably knows that and it would be of no use to discuss it?
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You'd think. But then you'd think that sense would dictate immediately powering off the device in the situation they were in.
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kingvortex said:
You'd think. But then you'd think that sense would dictate immediately powering off the device in the situation they were in.
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You gotta learn one way or another.
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You gotta learn one way or another.
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The possible loss of a really expensive phone is a hard lesson to learn, but yes I agree that everyone learns somehow.
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Lesson learn, dont take for granted the water resistant features... Hope ill be able to get my phone to boot again by trying out the rice/silica method... Thanks y'all!
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
killgrozrism said:
Lesson learn, dont take for granted the water resistant features... Hope ill be able to get my phone to boot again by trying out the rice/silica method... Thanks y'all!
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Don't take them for granted, but that doesn't mean they are completely unreliable. Just really make sure the flaps are closed and you'll be fine.
QualQuek said:
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
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Getting a Bluetooth headset was a pretty obvious decision for me I must say.
QualQuek said:
I've had exactly ther same problem with my Z.
The jack connector with the water sensor is really bad placed!
I've listened to music under the rain with an umbrella, i've just taken one drop directly on the sensor, so now i've the detector totally red but my phone works perfectly, when i've contacted Sony they said that not taking in charge of warranty :'(
Just be carefull with your phone if you're listening to music with this jack connector or use blutooth headset.
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While I agree with the sentiment that you should indeed be careful with the phone, the water ingress tape is in exactly the right place. The water resistance is compromised with the flap open (even with headphones connected), therefore the tape is positioned to indicate that the flap was open when contact with water was made
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kingvortex said:
While I agree with the sentiment that you should indeed be careful with the phone, the water ingress tape is in exactly the right place. The water resistance is compromised with the flap open (even with headphones connected), therefore the tape is positioned to indicate that the flap was open when contact with water was made
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Which is why this is such a good idea for this reason as well.
Rekoil said:
Don't take them for granted, but that doesn't mean they are completely unreliable. Just really make sure the flaps are closed and you'll be fine.
Getting a Bluetooth headset was a pretty obvious decision for me I must say.
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Indeed that a wise choice, sadly i've bought with my a Bose OE2 in same time as my Xperia Z...
QualQuek said:
Indeed that a wise choice, sadly i've bought with my a Bose OE2 in same time as my Xperia Z...
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So buy a Sony SBH50 or something. That way you can use your regular headphones and still not have to open the flap for them.
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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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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