[Q] got it wet - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

Dsteppa said:
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

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[Q] LG 4X in water :(

Hy today I was going home on motorbike and my phone was in jacket pocket ( jacket is motorbike,waterproof,never questioned that ) and suddenly it started to rain and I had no worry cause jacket is waterproof and many time I carried phone in jacket while raining,no problem at all.
But guess what.I arrived home and pulled out phone from jacket and I felt water on TPU case and bottom of case was soaked.
Immiditealy I had heart attack that water found her way into phone electronics and parts and I pulled out battery,sim card and memory card and dried phone with hair drier.
Then I switch battery with replacement battery and started phone.After LG logo apperead I was happy but no so soon,then LG logo flickered after showing it as it should be and black screen on left part of screen and artefact screen on right ( like when your computer GPU dies ) and I hear boot sounds and going into homescreen.
My questions is should I try to dry more or thats pretty much that what I could do ?
Did digitizer died or LCD screen ? Could they notice if I take it to warranty the water indicator like on Iphone ?
Guys please help,give some advice,I'm going insane
Strip the battery from the phone. Put both in a bag of rice. Leave alone in the rice in a warm place for 48 hours. Try to see if it works. If not then there's not much else you can really do.
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Strip the battery from the phone. Put both in a bag of rice. Leave alone in the rice in a warm place for 48 hours. Try to see if it works. If not then there's not much else you can really do.
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Thanks for reply,last time mom washed my Nokia 100 and after leaving it in rice for 24 hours water withdrawed and now phone worsk flawlessly like before.
As I sad,phone turns on,shows LG logo as it should be,I hear boot sound and then one half of screen is black and other half has artefacts.
So my question is what could be damaged ( cpu,gpu,motherboard,lcd screen,digitizer ) ?
After spending 12 hours in rice,my phone works and everything is fine except rear and front camera.
They dont seem to work,they show some kind of artefacts,then it turns for a short period time and laggs and they I get error App has crashed etc.
Should I carry my phone to phone service or leave it for 24 hours more in rice,maybe rice will dry moisture from camera lens/electronics or are both cameras completely dead ?
dokii22 said:
After spending 12 hours in rice,my phone works and everything is fine except rear and front camera.
They dont seem to work,they show some kind of artefacts,then it turns for a short period time and laggs and they I get error App has crashed etc.
Should I carry my phone to phone service or leave it for 24 hours more in rice,maybe rice will dry moisture from camera lens/electronics or are both cameras completely dead ?
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Personally I would leave it in the rice for for a couple of days at least. My old Sony Ericsson took 3 days in rice to get back to full working order following it's short visit to the toilet basin.
You only need the slightest drop of water in the wrong place to create a short, which will cause your phone to act erratically.
I have my fingers crossed for you :fingers-crossed:
thecresta said:
Personally I would leave it in the rice for for a couple of days at least. My old Sony Ericsson took 3 days in rice to get back to full working order following it's short visit to the toilet basin.
You only need the slightest drop of water in the wrong place to create a short, which will cause your phone to act erratically.
I have my fingers crossed for you :fingers-crossed:
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And so it will be.
I wont test out my luck anymore,I'm reliefed that phone even works,WiFi,3G,GPS,games,apps,screen works great only front and rear camera show artefacts and crash
is there any chance that rice will dry out moisture from camera and they'll work normally ?
if cameras are dead,what parts should I order from Ebay ? plastic cover or just camera
this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Digital...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item416e0d931e
or this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-P880-Opt...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item27d278f7b3
or both ?
congrats! i got my phone into water too
i'm gonna put it in rice,
how is it supposed to be put in rice?
direct contacting with rice or can i cover the phone in tissue etc and then put it into rice?
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my phone is accidently droped into a low level bowl of water face down.
almost 25% of phone dipped into water, and as soon as it contacted water i pulled it out and pulled the battery and sim and memory card out.
then i tried to dry it with hair drier for 10 mins,
then i started my phone and it started normaly, but after 1 minute while i was using it, it dimmed and gone to black screen, i instantly pulled out the battery again,, and yet i'm thinking what to do,
do i still have chance of rice trick?
i can't take chance on my phone, i'm not a rich person to afford this phone again
so please reply soon,
thanks
Mr.LOVER said:
congrats! i got my phone into water too
i'm gonna put it in rice,
how is it supposed to be put in rice?
direct contacting with rice or can i cover the phone in tissue etc and then put it into rice?
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my phone is accidently droped into a low level bowl of water face down.
almost 25% of phone dipped into water, and as soon as it contacted water i pulled it out and pulled the battery and sim and memory card out.
then i tried to dry it with hair drier for 10 mins,
then i started my phone and it started normaly, but after 1 minute while i was using it, it dimmed and gone to black screen, i instantly pulled out the battery again,, and yet i'm thinking what to do,
do i still have chance of rice trick?
.
i can't take chance on my phone, i'm not a rich person to afford this phone again
so please reply soon,
thanks
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Put in in the rice you got nothing to lose.. But honestly, you made a mistake turning the phone on after 10 min. Rice will hopefully take out the moist.
brunek said:
Put in in the rice you got nothing to lose.. But honestly, you made a mistake turning the phone on after 10 min. Rice will hopefully take out the moist.
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ok, i have put it into rice, directly contacting with rice...
now will pull it out after 3 days?
weather is cold here, and it's not warm, will the rice still take out the moist ?
Yes, keep it for a couple of days..
I dont know, I believe it doesnt matter.
posl'o ja to s mob'tela
brunek said:
Yes, keep it for a couple of days..
I dont know, I believe it doesnt matter.
posl'o ja to s mob'tela
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i hope my phone is alright, i just pulled it out from rice bag and powered it on, and i saw LG logo,
but then i thought to be carefull and pulled out the battery and put it again in rice for another day...
will tell you if it's alive or not after 24 hours more in rice...
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i hope my phone is alright, i just pulled it out from rice bag and powered it on, and i saw LG logo,
but then i thought to be carefull and pulled out the battery and put it again in rice for another day...
will tell you if it's alive or not after 24 hours more in rice...
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If you live in a cold place, keep it in for atleast 2 days.Also stop powering your phone on, it will reduce your chances.Try to get it to somewhere warmer
if you ask me, you made a mistake when you tried to dried it with blower
when it drooped into water, then right away turn it off, battery out, sim and sd out
then try to collect water as much as you can with tissue
then put in on rice, basically bury it in it so that phone is surrounded with rice all around
leave it like that for 2-3 days
then try to start it to see if you had luck to get the moisture out
Rice is a bad idea.
It will dry but the water from everywhere contains salt and minerals.
It will rust everything inba short periodo.
Run to a repair store and they will dissasamble and proper clear parts.
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ok friends,thanks GOD my phone is alright, not a single default in it,
working perfectly, it has been half an hour i'm using it with minimum 800+ processor frequency so that it generate some heat,
everything is wroking,
and i wanna thank all of you for replying and helping... rice is the best method for it.
thanks a lot,
Regards,
The best method is actually to use the desiccant packets that come with electronic equipment, but I'm lucky to get lots of them through my job in case I ever need them. Rice is the best thing that almost everyone has easily available.
I'm glad it's all working, quick action of normally the best bet.
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The best method is actually to use the desiccant packets that come with electronic equipment, but I'm lucky to get lots of them through my job in case I ever need them. Rice is the best thing that almost everyone has easily available.
I'm glad it's all working, quick action of normally the best bet.
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This Packets also come with shoes ? XD am i right ?
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a nice homemade trick to fix wet devices is, grab a container, half fill it with white rice, from a new package, and the put your device into the rice, of course without a battery and back plate, and the complete the container with more white rice, wait for two days and then, try to turn on your device, it will be completly dryed, i proved with several devices and always works again
yes, rice dried my device completely and I'm using it without any problem now

[Q] I water damaged my NEW Xperia Z?! HELP?

So, my Xperia is brand new! And, obviously I've dipped it in water a couple of times.. mostly to cool it down. [because it gets heated up as heck!] Yesterday, in about 4 a.m. my phone was on charge and it got really hot. So I decided to dip it in water. I disconnected the charger and closed the charger flap. I put it in my pant pocket [bear in mind, my pants were a little tight] .. I took out my phone and without double checking i put it in a mug of water. The charger flap had become loose an when I took it out it might've opened and BAM! Red dye and ****ed up front camera. I FREAKED the heck out! Its a pricy phone and its hardly been a month and they have no warranty if it gets water damaged due to open flaps! Its even more pricy, where I live. But whatever, it was Still working okay.. except for the front camera. I searched some forums and found one that said that 'The water itself doesn't harm the phone, turning it on with water in it might' .. so I switched it off and kept it aside. I woke up today at about 1:00 p.m. and out of curiosity I turned it on. And THERE! The screen now went crazy, turned off and on by itself. The screen is okay because everytime i restart it [Power button + Volume up] it does show the 'Sony' and then 'Xperia' signs then the start up colourful thing does happen but then the screen goes black and the now I can't even switch it off! I did do the vacuum/hair dryer thing. What else can I do? I can't just let it go to waste! Its brand new! PLEASE HELP?! :crying:
Ray2605 said:
So, my Xperia is brand new! And, obviously I've dipped it in water a couple of times.. mostly to cool it down. [because it gets heated up as heck!] Yesterday, in about 4 a.m. my phone was on charge and it got really hot. So I decided to dip it in water. I disconnected the charger and closed the charger flap. I put it in my pant pocket [bear in mind, my pants were a little tight] .. I took out my phone and without double checking i put it in a mug of water. The charger flap had become loose an when I took it out it might've opened and BAM! Red dye and ****ed up front camera. I FREAKED the heck out! Its a pricy phone and its hardly been a month and they have no warranty if it gets water damaged due to open flaps! Its even more pricy, where I live. But whatever, it was Still working okay.. except for the front camera. I searched some forums and found one that said that 'The water itself doesn't harm the phone, turning it on with water in it might' .. so I switched it off and kept it aside. I woke up today at about 1:00 p.m. and out of curiosity I turned it on. And THERE! The screen now went crazy, turned off and on by itself. The screen is okay because everytime i restart it [Power button + Volume up] it does show the 'Sony' and then 'Xperia' signs then the start up colourful thing does happen but then the screen goes black and the now I can't even switch it off! I did do the vacuum/hair dryer thing. What else can I do? I can't just let it go to waste! Its brand new! PLEASE HELP?! :crying:
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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 have done immediately was to turn it off, 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!
And using water to cool the phone, while it seems like a good idea, has to be the dumbest excuse for ruining your phone I've ever heard.
Take it for repair. That is your only option. You will have to pay because the water ingress indicator is red.
Learn from this and don't submerge the phone for no reason when or if you have it back from repair.
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Rekoil said:
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 have done immediately was to open all the flaps and put the phone in a bag of rice and let the rice absorb the water for a week or so while off, 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!
And using water to cool the phone, while it seems like a good idea, has to be the dumbest excuse for ruining your phone I've ever heard.
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do what he said
Using water to cool the phone down? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRzso-PzuOM just an example.
Further, do what Rekoil said. Heard from a few people that it works, but be sure to leave it in there long enough! Don't try to turn it on/charge it earlier.
kingvortex said:
Take it for repair. That is your only option. You will have to pay because the water ingress indicator is red.
Learn from this and don't submerge the phone for no reason when or if you have it back from repair.
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This. If it's going crazy then there's water shorting something. You're likely to end up with corroded components (and premature failure) if you don't get it professionally repaired.

[Q] white screen damage xperia z

hey, 2 days ago i used my xperia z to took video underwater,,,, after about 5-8 mins underwater...color in my screen fade to white....so i did hard restart.....screen back to normal after 1-2min back fade to white......but every i turn off and turn on again (or restart) it'll be normal but after 1-2min it'll change to fade again, but the touchscreen still works, everything is ok but the problem is the screen back to white again and again.......how to slove this problem? please help me.....
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hey, 2 days ago i used my xperia z to took video underwater,,,, after about 5-8 mins underwater...color in my screen fade to white....so i did hard restart.....screen back to normal after 1-2min back fade to white......but every i turn off and turn on again (or restart) it'll be normal but after 1-2min it'll change to fade again, but the touchscreen still works, everything is ok but the problem is the screen back to white again and again.......how to slove this problem? please help me.....
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nothing to do by yourself
if u r sure all ports were closed underwater just take it to official service for replacement.
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Hey OP, I had the same problem after water damage. Just keep using your phone like normal, it'll start turning white/negative less often, and after 3 weeks or so, your phone will be back to normal!
x102x96x said:
nothing to do by yourself
if u r sure all ports were closed underwater just take it to official service for replacement.
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abhinav1023 said:
Hey OP, I had the same problem after water damage. Just keep using your phone like normal, it'll start turning white/negative less often, and after 3 weeks or so, your phone will be back to normal!
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can i charge my phone, i think there is water in my lcd...
thank you for your attention....
i thought i should let put my xperia z to the sony service center....but i think twice to put it in ssc, cause in my country their service is very bad....the customer very difficult to use their guaranty....once again thank you for all your attention
Water damage isn't covered in the warranty, and it's expensive to repair. When my phone got water damaged (happened less than 48 hours after I got it), I put it in a bag of rice with the 2 smaller flaps open for a few days. That didn't help at all, so I decided to leave it in my cupboard with all the flaps open for a day or two. Surprisingly, this took care of all the visible condensation. I charged my phone after this, and there seemed to be no problem. I continued to use the phone like nothing happened, and I kept using it even while the screen was white.
I've had my Xperia Z for almost a month now, and the white screen issue is entirely gone. I also had other problems like condensation in the camera, a malfunctioning proximity sensor, and an external speaker that didn't work. These problems are gone too.
The only signs of damage left on my phone are condensation in the flash and a little silver blob below my screen (no clue what this is, but it doesn't seem to affect the phone).
I'd say leave your phone somewhere airy with ALL of the flaps open for a couple of days, and then try charging it. DO NOT USE A BLOW DRYER OR A VACUUM TO TRY TO REMOVE WATER, AS THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAT/STATIC DAMAGE.
By the way, how many of your water ingress indicators have gone red?
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Water damage isn't covered in the warranty, and it's expensive to repair. When my phone got water damaged (happened less than 48 hours after I got it), I put it in a bag of rice with the 2 smaller flaps open for a few days. That didn't help at all, so I decided to leave it in my cupboard with all the flaps open for a day or two. Surprisingly, this took care of all the visible condensation. I charged my phone after this, and there seemed to be no problem. I continued to use the phone like nothing happened, and I kept using it even while the screen was white.
I've had my Xperia Z for almost a month now, and the white screen issue is entirely gone. I also had other problems like condensation in the camera, a malfunctioning proximity sensor, and an external speaker that didn't work. These problems are gone too.
The only signs of damage left on my phone are condensation in the flash and a little silver blob below my screen (no clue what this is, but it doesn't seem to affect the phone).
I'd say leave your phone somewhere airy with ALL of the flaps open for a couple of days, and then try charging it. DO NOT USE A BLOW DRYER OR A VACUUM TO TRY TO REMOVE WATER, AS THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAT/STATIC DAMAGE.
By the way, how many of your water ingress indicators have gone red?
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thank you for your attention
there 1 indicator have gone red, at charge port, but i really sure i've closed it before i brought it in to the water...
so if there is technical error when installation the port, are the warranty still valid ?
i just put my xperia in my bedroom and left with the ports opened, i hope the water inside my lcd can evaporate. I've the same problem with you, there are some silver blob below in my screen too, look like water behind the lcd. almost a week i never charge my phone, i'm afraid there will be shorting inside. so can i charge my xperia now ?
I put my iPod touch on the dash of my car for a day. It dried it out. No sign of water damage. It was in my pocket of shorts and my wife washed it in the laundry.
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deathknellx said:
I put my iPod touch on the dash of my car for a day. It dried it out. No sign of water damage. It was in my pocket of shorts and my wife washed it in the laundry.
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Yeah, but your iPod isn't held together by a heat-sensitive adhesive. The Xperia Z is. So that's not exactly the best idea...
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thank you for your attention
there 1 indicator have gone red, at charge port, but i really sure i've closed it before i brought it in to the water...
so if there is technical error when installation the port, are the warranty still valid ?
i just put my xperia in my bedroom and left with the ports opened, i hope the water inside my lcd can evaporate. I've the same problem with you, there are some silver blob below in my screen too, look like water behind the lcd. almost a week i never charge my phone, i'm afraid there will be shorting inside. so can i charge my xperia now ?
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Hey, don't mention it
Wow, that's funny. It's the same exact water indicator that's turned red on my phone.
The flaps on your phone could be faulty, and if they are, you are still under warranty. Next to your headphone flap, there is actually a Waterproof Test Hole, which Sony Service Centers use to test if your phone's waterproof capabilities are okay. The test hole can't be seen as there is a piece of plastic that covers it.
The thing is that it's more than likely that your phone will pass the waterproof test, and that your flaps came loose underwater when you were taking the video (pretty sure this is what happened to me as well).
Oh, and I can confirm that the silver blob is not water, but actually some sort of corrosion. It happened to my previous phone as well, and when I took it apart there was no water at in it at all.
Go ahead and charge it, you've got nothing to lose. Your warranty is void, and it's not like your phone will work without charge. Good luck!
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Yeah, but your iPod isn't held together by a heat-sensitive adhesive. The Xperia Z is. So that's not exactly the best idea...
Hey, don't mention it
Wow, that's funny. It's the same exact water indicator that's turned red on my phone.
The flaps on your phone could be faulty, and if they are, you are still under warranty. Next to your headphone flap, there is actually a Waterproof Test Hole, which Sony Service Centers use to test if your phone's waterproof capabilities are okay. The test hole can't be seen as there is a piece of plastic that covers it.
The thing is that it's more than likely that your phone will pass the waterproof test, and that your flaps came loose underwater when you were taking the video (pretty sure this is what happened to me as well).
Oh, and I can confirm that the silver blob is not water, but actually some sort of corrosion. It happened to my previous phone as well, and when I took it apart there was no water at in it at all.
Go ahead and charge it, you've got nothing to lose. Your warranty is void, and it's not like your phone will work without charge. Good luck!
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i put my xperia z to sony service center yesterday, and They were looking for what ' s wrong with my xperia, and check is the warranty stil valid or not.....
but it'll surely need a long time, about 1 month++.....

[Q] LCD Alcohol damage

Hey guys, two days ago I was using my s4 Active on the bathtub to test the Aqua mode on the camera. After that when I tried to charge it it wouldn't charge. I've been using different batteries and an external charger to keep it running before going to my provider and check if the warranty will cover it.
Yesterday I read that alcohol may work to fix water damage, so I poured some 80% rubbing alcohol onto the usb port and basically the entire back of the phone. I let it dry in the sun for about 20 minutes and when I turned it on the screen was completely ****ed up, there are like blubs under it, as if the alcohol got under the screen, i can barely see it and now the touch capability won't work. Is there any way to fix this or is my phone lost?
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Hey guys, two days ago I was using my s4 Active on the bathtub to test the Aqua mode on the camera. After that when I tried to charge it it wouldn't charge. I've been using different batteries and an external charger to keep it running before going to my provider and check if the warranty will cover it.
Yesterday I read that alcohol may work to fix water damage, so I poured some 80% rubbing alcohol onto the usb port and basically the entire back of the phone. I let it dry in the sun for about 20 minutes and when I turned it on the screen was completely ****ed up, there are like blubs under it, as if the alcohol got under the screen, i can barely see it and now the touch capability won't work. Is there any way to fix this or is my phone lost?
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You did what? I....I just..........just send it in for warranty replacement, say it is water damaged, and leave it at that.
By chance, did you leave the battery in it when you did this? If so, take Devo's advice and pray for the best because that's your only hope. ANY liquid inside a phone with a battery in it will short things out. Even with the battery removed there are still capacitors inside that hold small amounts of electricity for a period that could be damaged by liquid. Not a very good idea.

My Nexus 6 died on water ?

Hello everyone, I have a wonderfull Nexus 6, and I've see some infos and videos that N6 can resist underwater. I wanna try this at home, and first time in my bathroom it work, but no sound on phone next, and the same day I've try to put only camera (phone was up-is-down) in swimming pool (that have salt inside), and it shut down.
So next I've clean it with normal water from bathroom, and let it 3 days, but it still won't wake up...
I don't have something to open the back case, so I can't see anything inside.
So do you think it's dead, or I can try some tips to see if it's dead or not ?
Thanks a lot.
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Hello everyone, I have a wonderfull Nexus 6, and I've see some infos and videos that N6 can resist underwater.
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N6 can't resist under water.
Still wet; put it in the sun.
disiz said:
Hello everyone, I have a wonderfull Nexus 6, and I've see some infos and videos that N6 can resist underwater. I wanna try this at home, and first time in my bathroom it work, but no sound on phone next, and the same day I've try to put only camera (phone was up-is-down) in swimming pool (that have salt inside), and it shut down.
So next I've clean it with normal water from bathroom, and let it 3 days, but it still won't wake up...
I don't have something to open the back case, so I can't see anything inside.
So do you think it's dead, or I can try some tips to see if it's dead or not ?
Thanks a lot.
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To the best of my knowledge, the Nexus 6 phone is not waterproof nor water resistant...so I would have to say that...Yes...you Nexus 6 phone is dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_aTg1VU6k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiRSDF0Ke0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJrzF-7e2IA
I thought it was waterproof, just wanna take 1 or 2 pics underwater, but with mine it didn't work... It's in my car since 3 days and it's sunny so it's really hot there, I'll try to charge it but I thought plugin to a computer can tell me if it's really dead or not... Thanks.
So let me get this straight... you watched a youtube video and then decided to dunk your **definitely not water proof** phone under water? LOL. You deserve a fried phone for believing a youtube video. That is very stupid.
The mainboard has a special paint on it to help protect it from *condensation* (that is dampness that forms on things when they are cold and you bring them into warm and humid air). NO part of it is water proof.
In addition, SALT water is electrically conductive. So not only did you drown the thing, you shorted it out.
Ok thanks for your answers. Pluged in to charge on PC but nothing happen. So I guess I can't do anything with this brick now
The phone isn't water proof, why would you even do that...
It's okay if you spill a bit of water on it, but not when you stick it in a swimming pool
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In addition, SALT water is electrically conductive.
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Water is conductive, salt or not.
Salt + water may be the cause of corrosive damage.
NLBeev said:
Water is conductive, salt or not.
Salt + water may be the cause of corrosive damage.
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To be more precise:
"Without the swapping of electrons, electricity is unable to travel through distilled water. Salt water, on the other hand, is considered a good conductor of electricity because it contains ions in it. Tap water, although it doesn't taste salty, can also conduct electricity because it isn't pure."
istperson said:
To be more precise:
"Without the swapping of electrons, electricity is unable to travel through distilled water.....
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I know what you mean. But don't forget how it is in practice. As soon distilled water enters electronic devices it will be contaminated with residues of corrosives and toxic materials like aniline, chlorides and things like that.
Avoid 'water' enters your phone.
Nice talking about this. Informative.
Thx.
Hello, today when pluged in to computer or else with USB, blue led wake's up and stay on as I show you on the picture. But when I plug in to his charger, it turns blue but turn off after 1 second...
Do you think it can not be dead, or it's just his last words before dying ?
Thanks.
The coroner took your Nexus 6, tagged it, and bagged it. Someone will take you shortly to the morgue so you can identify the body.
best thing to do next time, is to dry the phone and stick it in some isopropyl alcohol (to try and get rid of the corrosion and stop it, if there is any), that's the best thing you can do, tip: never use rice, salt is also a bad idea, best thing would be to take out each part individually now, to see if it's one part stopping the phone from booting, sometimes one thing can cause it not to turn on including the screen, so you can also unplug the screen completely (know it's tricky) but unplug the screen as well and plug it in by usb to a pc and turn it on, see if you have any connection to it or if it shows up in device manager, if it still doesn't work after that, for the cost of the parts etc. plus time fitting, you may as well buy a second hand nexus 6 from ebay
This is what we do at the place I work at, you wouldn't believe the amount of water damaged iphones, android phones, ipads and tablets we get in....it's ridiculous...
disiz said:
Hello everyone, I have a wonderfull Nexus 6, and I've see some infos and videos that N6 can resist underwater. I wanna try this at home, and first time in my bathroom it work, but no sound on phone next, and the same day I've try to put only camera (phone was up-is-down) in swimming pool (that have salt inside), and it shut down.
So next I've clean it with normal water from bathroom, and let it 3 days, but it still won't wake up...
I don't have something to open the back case, so I can't see anything inside.
So do you think it's dead, or I can try some tips to see if it's dead or not ?
Thanks a lot.
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Hi, the Nexus 6 is NOT waterproof, you've probably killed your phone, try putting it in a bag of rice overnight. (But it's more than likely dead.)
I've already try some things, but no sucess, even if today this blue led can be a good news, but nothing happen when connected to computer, or plug off and pressing on/off +vol up+vol down.
So I've already command another N6 from same ebay site, but if my old N6 can revive it's good news, but I don't think so...
The blue LED may be indicative of a depleted battery. How about now connecting the phone to a charger for a few hours and see if the battery will charge.
Where did you read that it was waterproof? It's never been advertised as that...
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disiz said:
Ok thanks for your answers. Pluged in to charge on PC but nothing happen. So I guess I can't do anything with this brick now
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You can build a 'brick' house with it.
disiz said:
Hello everyone, I have a wonderfull Nexus 6, and I've see some infos and videos that N6 can resist underwater. I wanna try this at home, and first time in my bathroom it work, but no sound on phone next, and the same day I've try to put only camera (phone was up-is-down) in swimming pool (that have salt inside), and it shut down.
So next I've clean it with normal water from bathroom, and let it 3 days, but it still won't wake up...
I don't have something to open the back case, so I can't see anything inside.
So do you think it's dead, or I can try some tips to see if it's dead or not ?
Thanks a lot.
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Accidentally dropped in water about 2 days after buying it. It got replaced by flipkart[India] from which i had bought and the video showing that Shamu is waterproof is a fake video. I guess.
stevemw said:
The blue LED may be indicative of a depleted battery. How about now connecting the phone to a charger for a few hours and see if the battery will charge.
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I wanna try this today, so I'll take a look when charging some hours if someting happen, but for now no more blue led.
And even on GSMarena it says Nexus 6 is water resistant, but now I guess it's only against rain or else, not swiming pool

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