[Q] Water damage. Droplets inside camera lens and flahs - Sony Xperia ZR

Hi, I have owned a ZR for about 8 months now, Today I took it in the pool for the first time (after checking the flaps and back cover) for 5 minutes (not continously). It worked fine after I took it out of pool (cleaned it with fresh water after getting out of pool as well). However, after 3 hours the phone didnt turn on. I removed the back cover and there were water droplets inside (all three LDIs had turned red). After closer inspection, I also noticed that there were droplets inside the camera lens and flash
- I dont have access to rice right now (will have it in 12 hours)
- I have put my phone (battery, SIM removed; all flaps opened) under a light to 'dry'
What are the chances of the phone being able to recover? What should be my next steps ( After drowning it in a bowl of rice of course)

hassazia20 said:
Hi, I have owned a ZR for about 8 months now, Today I took it in the pool for the first time (after checking the flaps and back cover) for 5 minutes (not continously). It worked fine after I took it out of pool (cleaned it with fresh water after getting out of pool as well). However, after 3 hours the phone didnt turn on. I removed the back cover and there were water droplets inside (all three LDIs had turned red). After closer inspection, I also noticed that there were droplets inside the camera lens and flash
- I dont have access to rice right now (will have it in 12 hours)
- I have put my phone (battery, SIM removed; all flaps opened) under a light to 'dry'
What are the chances of the phone being able to recover? What should be my next steps ( After drowning it in a bowl of rice of course)
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Go and..buy rice from the closest shop..this is the MAINLY saving thing that can help you in the case.

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Go and..buy rice from the closest shop..this is the MAINLY saving thing that can help you in the case.
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It has been submerged in a bowl of rice for about 12 hours. How long should I give it before trying to turn it on again? What could be any signs that it is not fully dried yet...?

hassazia20 said:
It has been submerged in a bowl of rice for about 12 hours. How long should I give it before trying to turn it on again? What could be any signs that it is not fully dried yet...?
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You need to keep the phone 3 days there.I hope its not too late.Than take it out,put the battery and try.

OMG You saved me from thinking that the flaps are the only reason for water leakage in the phone

If you want something more effective than rice order some calcium chloride flakes (you can get it on ebay). It's the same principle as rice but is far better at absorbing moisture.

Currently have the same issue, I contacted Sony and they told me to go the the nearest service center. Mine started when I accidentally dropped my phone around 4ft high

this same thing happened to me, droplets on the front cam and back, even the sensors has droplets, but to my suprise my phone runs perfectly. i dont know what happened. took it for a swim, after an hour droplets showed. i just opened the flaps and in minutes the droplets was dry.

matalinaw said:
this same thing happened to me, droplets on the front cam and back, even the sensors has droplets, but to my suprise my phone runs perfectly. i dont know what happened. took it for a swim, after an hour droplets showed. i just opened the flaps and in minutes the droplets was dry.
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Moisture :highfive:

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[Q] [Help] My phone fell in water

Hello all, yesterday I dropped my phone in the toilet and now the three buttons(options, home, back) aren't working anymore is there anyway of fixing it or is it over? thnx
Someone mentioned covering it in a bowl of uncooked rice for several hours. this will help to dry out the phone although dropping it in the toilet may be the end of it...
separated the phone and put it in a warm place to dry, let stand at least two days... press thanks button if I helped...
Take the phone apart as much as possible and leave it in a bowl of uncooked rice for 2-3 days.
You should do this pretty much immediately and under no circumstances should you turn it on!
Using a vacuum cleaner to get as much water out as possible before putting it in rice is also a food idea.
NB. Getting the phone too hot could cause the water to turn into vapour and get deposited on other internal parts of your phone.
Dont do anything yourself. Just remove battery and cards and go to service ASAP. Even if you think its dry after day or two, few monts later you will have problems! Listen to me!
You can try this :
teamhacksung's CM9 ALPHA for Galaxy S - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363593
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Virtual Buttons For Teamhacksung's ICS - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435227
you can try this
Next time when you dropped any electronic device into the water Do not turn on,
1.-Remove the battery immediately
2.-Remove micro sd card and sim card
3.-Try to remove the spills of water from the device with any blower machine (if its possible open it gonna be better)
4.-Leave it at least for 3 days (for a better result) inside of amount of dry rice (not cooked)
Good luck

[Q] HELP! water seeped through my phone!

Hi guys, several days back,
As I was using my phone(C6903) in the water, regular stuff, water seeped through. The first signs were the fogging of the camera lens. What I did was turned of the phone and as soon as I could get my hands on some rice grains, set it there to dry up. Try switching on but just felt a vibration with a pattern of (Bzz-Bzz Bzz Bzz). I left it of to dry for 2 days until I got my hands on some Silica Gel.
Before replacing the rice with Silica Gel, I tried switching it on. And thankfully it did, had some swipe gesture problems at first, and then I switched it off again. Tried switching it on again, and it did. But this time, there was no swipe function. So I switched it off, opened the ports and surrounded it with the the silica gel packs inside a tupperware, and put the tupperware on a bigger tupperware with the rice.
Additional info:
- The same activities on the water is basically the exact same activities I did several months back.
- Not more than a month ago(2-3 weeks before the incident), I had my severed MicroUSB flap cover replaced in an official and authorized Xperia repair center.
- Phone has a lot of charge before the incident happened. So, right now, I'm not trying to charge it to avoid any chance of shorting.
Also, I'd be heading again to the Xperia repair center tomorrow, any suggestions or advice would be really really appreciated. Thanks guys!!

[Q] Urgent help about Z3C water resistance please

my z3 compact felt down from my hand into a water full bucket from 1,5 meters.
bucket is 40 cm height.
it's usb side cap is broken.
it stayed for about 1 minute in bucket.
when i see it, i powered off my Z3C.
i am not sure what to do now.
my problem is usb side cap broken. and if water went in from that area?
thanks for help
Put it in a bowl full of rice, device should be shut down prior to this, and leave it in there for 48 hours without taking it out and touching it. Before you put it there open all other flaps. After 48 hours clove flaps and try to power it on, if nothing happens put it on charger and see if LED light turns on, if it does, hooray you have a working phone
bubimir13 said:
Put it in a bowl full of rice, device should be shut down prior to this, and leave it in there for 48 hours without taking it out and touching it. Before you put it there open all other flaps. After 48 hours clove flaps and try to power it on, if nothing happens put it on charger and see if LED light turns on, if it does, hooray you have a working phone
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Ok, i am trying right now.
I hope it will work.
Thanks a lot..
put it in a ziplock bag of rice for 48 hours. Then after that time has passed open all the flaps and use a blowdryer on it for 15 minues, making sure to blow the hot air in to the ports too.
`Ghost` said:
put it in a ziplock bag of rice for 48 hours. Then after that time has passed open all the flaps and use a blowdryer on it for 15 minues, making sure to blow the hot air in to the ports too.
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If he is to use a blowdryer then he might melt the tiny rubber that sticks back and front panel to the body of phone.
Thanks for all comments..
bubimir13 said:
If he is to use a blowdryer then he might melt the tiny rubber that sticks back and front panel to the body of phone.
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you put the blowdryer on low setting and you dont hold it super close to the phone. just enough so warm air blows on and in to it.

My Note 5's screen stopped working after water damage , can hear sounds , any help ?

Just a few hours ago while riding bike Suddenly rain started and My note 5 in a pocked soaked little bit, when I stopped I cleaned it with cloth it was working fine till half hour but when I came home the screen flickered and went Black. Notification LED and sounds are still working, I tried to shut down the phone by pressing and holding power button but it couldn't for some time, it restarted twice in between that, I can tell by sounds but I think it's off for now. I have kept the phone in a rice bowl . Is is possible to my phone and phones screen work properly ? is there any other way ? I saw in one video that we can put it in isopropyl alcohol 99% for half hour but I am unable to get it . Please suggest me if there is any solution ?
nvrmndryo said:
Just a few hours ago while riding bike Suddenly rain started and My note 5 in a pocked soaked little bit, when I stopped I cleaned it with cloth it was working fine till half hour but when I came home the screen flickered and went Black. Notification LED and sounds are still working, I tried to shut down the phone by pressing and holding power button but it couldn't for some time, it restarted twice in between that, I can tell by sounds but I think it's off for now. I have kept the phone in a rice bowl . Is is possible to my phone and phones screen work properly ? is there any other way ? I saw in one video that we can put it in isopropyl alcohol 99% for half hour but I am unable to get it . Please suggest me if there is any solution ?
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1)Power Off Your Device And Use Hair Dryer To Dry Off Possible Water Gathered at sides of Edges And Display Corners
(Dont Hold Hair Dryer Much Closer To Device As It Will Probably Damage Internal Circuits, Just Hold It At About Secure Distance From Device)
2)You Can Also Try To Put Your Device Below lightening Electricity Bulb To Dry Off Water
(Especially Orthodox Bulbs Which Lights Yellowish In Colour Which Produces Much Heat After Lightened For Long Duration, Here also Hold/Keep Your Device at secure distance to avoid internal damage to device)
Note :-
Be sure to keep your device turned off and don't try to charge it more as it will cause internal circuits damage due to water reactions with electricity
Mr.360° said:
1)Power Off Your Device And Use Hair Dryer To Dry Off Possible Water Gathered at sides of Edges And Display Corners
(Dont Hold Hair Dryer Much Closer To Device As It Will Probably Damage Internal Circuits, Just Hold It At About Secure Distance From Device)
2)You Can Also Try To Put Your Device Below lightening Electricity Bulb To Dry Off Water
(Especially Orthodox Bulbs Which Lights Yellowish In Colour Which Produces Much Heat After Lightened For Long Duration, Here also Hold/Keep Your Device at secure distance to avoid internal damage to device)
Note :-
Be sure to keep your device turned off and don't try to charge it more as it will cause internal circuits damage due to water reactions with electricity
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I've kept it in sealed rice bowl for now , I'll keep it for atleast 12 hrs .fingers crossed !!
after keeping phone in rice for 12 hours , phone's display is not coming up but its working i can hear sounds, click pics by double pressing home and via volume buttons. what can i do for display?
nvrmndryo said:
after keeping phone in rice for 12 hours , phone's display is not coming up but its working i can hear sounds, click pics by double pressing home and via volume buttons. what can i do for display?
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Unfortunately you got water into the charging port and it caused a short circuit breaking the screen/LCD.. You're pretty much going to have to replace the entire screen/LCD.. Right now your best bet is to put it back in the rice for at least 2 days and put it in the plastic baggys that you can buy so it sucks the moisture out of the device.. Seems to me like your screen is done for though..
MrMike2182 said:
Unfortunately you got water into the charging port and it caused a short circuit breaking the screen/LCD.. You're pretty much going to have to replace the entire screen/LCD.. Right now your best bet is to put it back in the rice for at least 2 days and put it in the plastic baggys that you can buy so it sucks the moisture out of the device.. Seems to me like your screen is done for though..
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my device started successfully- screen, touch was working but it was flickering a bit in the top side, I immediately power offed device and put it in rice. so I am positive it will work, i have ordered isopropyl alcohol 99.9%, I am goin to put phone for half and hour and then put again in rice for 2 days , what you suggest ? isopropyl alcohol won't damage right? ive seen video on youtube thats why I am thinking about it .
I saw in this video what you think should i do it ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqolv4Ofsrc&t=609s
nvrmndryo said:
my device started successfully- screen, touch was working but it was flickering a bit in the top side, I immediately power offed device and put it in rice. so I am positive it will work, i have ordered isopropyl alcohol 99.9%, I am goin to put phone for half and hour and then put again in rice for 2 days , what you suggest ? isopropyl alcohol won't damage right? ive seen video on youtube thats why I am thinking about it .
I saw in this video what you think should i do it ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqolv4Ofsrc&t=609s
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No like I said leave it alone I've done many of these repairs and if you keep powering it on before the water is fully sucked out by the rice you run the chance of poping a capacitor and then it will not be able to even charge and about the alcohol I don't recommend that unless you can find 99% rubbing alcohol because if you buy 50% rubbing alcohol you are going to be adding 50% water in again with the other 50% alcohol.. 99% means 99% alcohol and dry super quickly but there's still that 1% percent water in there! The bag in the rice trick can do the trick if you didn't short circuit nothing on the motherboard but once you short circuit the board it's not easy to fix at that point without proper tools.. Leave the bag of rice like in the sun for a little while too like inside of a car because that will help evaporate the water and the rice will suck it in..
MrMike2182 said:
No like I said leave it alone I've done many of these repairs and if you keep powering it on before the water is fully sucked out by the rice you run the chance of poping a capacitor and then it will not be able to even charge and about the alcohol I don't recommend that unless you can find 99% rubbing alcohol because if you buy 50% rubbing alcohol you are going to be adding 50% water in again with the other 50% alcohol.. 99% means 99% alcohol and dry super quickly but there's still that 1% percent water in there! The bag in the rice trick can do the trick if you didn't short circuit nothing on the motherboard but once you short circuit the board it's not easy to fix at that point without proper tools.. Leave the bag of rice like in the sun for a little while too like inside of a car because that will help evaporate the water and the rice will suck it in..
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new update - took phone out of the rice again , it booted up well and worked without any issue for a while but again screen went to black . after few attempts , phone started working normally , but this time I powerd off device and kept in rice again. when display was on it didnt flickr , touch was working good.so when its on everything is working perfect but display getting back to black in sometime. what u think , there is still water ? isopropyn alcohol i got is 99% pure , but I am afraid of doing it as my display is working atleast for sometime ,so I dont want to risk anything . my bet is on Rice , and its raining heavyly here , so no sunheat . I thought of drying it by hair dryer but its hot air dryer .
*how long should I keep it in a rice ?its already 36 hours.
Phone is working fine now.Thanks for replies. Rice did the work.

Question Proximity sensor not working

Hi Everyone,
I was testing device underwater for 2nd time, first time it went alright with 0 damage and stunning videos. this time I went a little deeper and now phone is foggy and with dead proximity sensor.
After taking sample video for underwater for 15 seconds, I took out the device and dried it straight away, but water of course got inside, and after a few hours I started noticing fog on all lenses, front and back.
first thing I did is put it in plastic bag, device was on with no issues, I started to see slow performance like device went back to 60hz or lower, but was good. while the device was in the rice bag, I started heating the device on a very low temperature to enhance evaporation of moisture in device, and helps rice to absorb faster. which went alright, or as I thought. and I had no more moisture on the lenses.
later, I had to use the phone, so I had a phone call and phone screen was blinking all the time like it was working and not at the same time. then it worked fine. another phone call the device blinked green and turned off, and when I try to test camera app same happens (not all the time, once of 3 tries phone freez for 3 sec's then blink green and turns off). so I put it all night long in rice bag, in the morning I woke up to find more moisture on the lenses, and when I have a phone call, proximity sensor not working.
using CT test, proximity sensor is stuck at 5.0 and doesn't go to 0.0 at all, tried in safe mode, restart, phone calls, nothing helped out. now I got moisture absorber and will leave device in it for days, and see what will happen. hopefully it works back again.
in order to increase process, I am thinking to put device and moisture absorber in oven in a closed container at temperature of 60-70C for a few minutes to help absorbing and speed up process, I am not worried about 70C up to 90C of temperature to damage anything in the phone as long as it is turned off, and turned on after cool down. what do you think?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated, please help me with this stupid mistake.
for the people who want to make fun of me and blaming me for trusting IP rating, thanks in advance and much appreciate not commenting here. because I am frustrated enough and do not want any more stress.
IP68
Unlike the Mi 11, the Ultra model has an IP rating for dust and water resistance: IP68 signifies that it is 'dust tight' and can handle immersion in up to 1.5m of water for up to 30 minutes
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Time to go to repair center
I've put the device in moisture absorber (calcium chloride) in a plastic bag with nearly vacuumed and opened Sim tray to give a decent air leak. And I put it in the oven at defrost temperature ( that I can leave my hand under without any damage to my self and not feeling burnt) for 15mins, then I turn it off for an hour but I leave the device in the oven, then again and again, and left it in the oven (oven turned off of course, but to hold temperature as long as possible) all night long, woke up with a very dry device (even underwater videos are now without water ) . Proximity sensor still not working. I used device for 3 hours and then suddenly I got a phone call (do you believe it?! ) And violaaaa sensor is working again
Device is working like brand you again, no issues at all, no water marks or dust on camera lenses, no faulty sensors, nothing at all.
Thanks god it went alright, I was losing hope and even contacted dealer and a few repair centres.
Lesson learnt, NEVER TAKE VIDEO SHOOTS UNDERWATER AT DEPTH OF 1.5M,,, JUST 0.5M,,,,,
Kidding!! Above water photos are amazing enough to enjoy with, no more underwater shooting.
Glad that I can smile and give some jokes again

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