Greetings, was yesterday in the pool and was recording a video underwater, my cousin kicked me out of hand and fell to the bottom .. Apparently the battery cover and veered a little water came in, quickly I picked it up and .. I pull off and dry. I kept my day enjoying pool.
When I get home I turned on after assures me that was completely dry and switched smoothly ..
The problem is that by putting it to load does not and stays at 21%. It will be the port of loading damaged by water or something else?
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Hi Guys,
My Samsung Captivate got washed in washing machine and then in dryer for 1 hr. I turned it on and luckily, everything seems working except wi-fi and bluetooth are not turning on. It says "unable to start wi-fi".
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks a lot in advance!
That's pretty crazy... Extremely surprised it works at all. Pull the battery and open it up as much as you can and sit it in a bowl of rice for a couple days in hopes that the rice will absorb any moisture that might still be inside.
You probably should have waited awhile before turning the phone on. Take the advise of the guy above and try to continue to dry the phone out. It's going to take a few days, but it's your only real option at this point.
Also consider you might have did some damage already by turning the phone on with it still being wet...
You would have been fine with just the washing machine, but the dryer most definitely caused heat damage - which in my opinion is worse than getting the phone wet.
Hello XDA, I'm hoping you guys can save my Cappy.
I had a rather big Saturday night of which I have no memory, and upon regaining consciousness Sunday morning my phone wouldn't turn on. I though no worries, its probably just flat, so I plugged it in and went back to sleep, when I tried to turn it on after waking, I got the Download screen, but it was red. I immediately took out the power and pulled the battery, and fearing water damage, placed it in a bag of rice, where it has remained since then.
TL;DR
1. I think my Cappy got wet, its in rice, is there anything else I can do.
2. If its not water damage, any other ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Not really.. if you've damaged your hardware, then you've damaged your hardware.. not much anyone can do about that.
You can try leaving it with one of those moisture absorbing silicon packets you occasionally find in new shoes or electronics, if you have any laying around.
I dropped my Cappy in a sink full of water and saved it by leaving it in a container full of rice for about 24 hours. Worked great. However, if the phone was exposed to water and it wasn't completely dry when you plugged it in to charge, you may be S.O.L. The last thing you want to do is run an electric current through wet circuitry. At this point you've done all you can. You just have to wait and see what happens.
Howdy,
Long version:
I left my galaxy note on the counter in my kitchen which is apparently not quite level. Overnight water pooled under it(never submerged, even partially). I did not notice until my alarm went off the following morning. As of this time it was still functioning properly. I moved it, wiped off the water. Took the protective case off and wiped the water off it was well, hooked it up to the charger and went back to sleep. 15 minutes later the vibration function went nuts while it popped up complaints about low battery. I say the vibration went nuts, because it wasn't the sustained vibration like you normally get it. It would cycle on and off about every half a second. I panicked, turned off the device and removed the battery where I noticed that the battery was wet, and under the battery as well.
So I wipe it off, put in a bag of rice and go back to sleep. Approximately 15(yes, way too soon) hours later I pull it out, put the battery in and turn it on. Works fine. few hours later I hook it up the charger and it immediately complains about the battery temperature.
Short version:
Phone at in a pool of water for 5+ hours, never fully submerged. Basically if you poured water on a level surface and sat your phone in it, thats what happened.. Anyways Water worked its way inside the phone(based on disasemble that occured later), and started vibrating randomly. took out batteyr and left in rice for 15 hours. Put it back together attempted to charge, phone complains battery is too hot immedately.
Observations:
I take out the battery and disasemble the device down to the point where the circuit board is separate from the display.
The far right ( +) connector that touches the battery appears to be slightly corrodeded. I rub it with a cotton swab to clean it. From watermarks it doesn't look like anything else got wet and by now its completely dry. I don't see any 'red' spots or stickers, but I'm unfamiliar with the water damage indicators, and the information i found from searches was innacurate(no white dot on top of battery, no red marks anywhere on it)
Panic
I put it back together try again, same deal. The phone doesn't seem to have a way to view the battery temperature reading(*#0*#), so I downloaded an app called 'Doms diagnostic tool' which indicates that the battery temperature is pegged at 80 degrees C and it does not fluctuate. I don't know if this app is actually reading anything though.
Can someone who has a working phone try this out? App is free.
Is it worth putting it back in rice even though its dry even on thorough dissemble?
Any idea how to get legit data from the sensor to verify if its shorted out etc?
Would a replacement battery with out the sensor resolve this issue?
Anyone have pictures of where water damage indicators are?
I searched thoroughly and found no answers besides taking it to a service center. Since I'm in America, and this is an international phone, I don't believe the manufacturer will honor the warranty even if the phone shows negative for water damage. My service is ATT, but I bought the phone at expansys( i think).
best at this point is to check your insurance, if its covered. In some countries I read this is covered as it was accidental.
I would recommend goong to samsung and let them check it, with the true story ofc. Now if they find whats wrong, they might be lenient, or not. Anyhow then you know whats broke, and you can decide to fix it for yourself or have it fixed. At this point it sounds like corrosion on one of the boards, or shorts somewhere.
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I know it seems like a stupid question but I've got nothing to loose at the moment so I'll explain my situation.
About 3 months ago I took my Xperia Z1 for a swim in the pool to see how the camera performed underwater. The screen started to go black when I took it out and then it completely shut off. I took it inside and turned it on again. It lasted a minute before shutting off so I plugged it in to the charger and got the boot logo before shutting off again with nothing: Screen was off, no led, no vibrations, nothing.
I opened the flaps and they were still white and still are today and there was no moisture or anything. I tried plugging the phone in a few days ago to see if it still works and the led turned on and it just stays like that with no action. Left it for a few hours but still nothing.
I don't really need this phone anymore because I have a Z5 now but a second handset is always nice to have. The pool water would have had a very small amount of salt in it and I think that might be causing issues. Either that or there is still water in there (unlikely) or parts have rusted or even the phone might have got shocked when I plugged it in to charge. What I was thinking was opening the ports and soaking it in water for a minute or less and then taking it out and putting it in a bag of dry rice to drain the water out of it. I'm not sure if it will work but I haven't got anything to loose so I was wondering if it is even worth giving a shot or even some tips would be nice.
tommylittle02 said:
I know it seems like a stupid question but I've got nothing to loose at the moment so I'll explain my situation.
About 3 months ago I took my Xperia Z1 for a swim in the pool to see how the camera performed underwater. The screen started to go black when I took it out and then it completely shut off. I took it inside and turned it on again. It lasted a minute before shutting off so I plugged it in to the charger and got the boot logo before shutting off again with nothing: Screen was off, no led, no vibrations, nothing.
I opened the flaps and they were still white and still are today and there was no moisture or anything. I tried plugging the phone in a few days ago to see if it still works and the led turned on and it just stays like that with no action. Left it for a few hours but still nothing.
I don't really need this phone anymore because I have a Z5 now but a second handset is always nice to have. The pool water would have had a very small amount of salt in it and I think that might be causing issues. Either that or there is still water in there (unlikely) or parts have rusted or even the phone might have got shocked when I plugged it in to charge. What I was thinking was opening the ports and soaking it in water for a minute or less and then taking it out and putting it in a bag of dry rice to drain the water out of it. I'm not sure if it will work but I haven't got anything to loose so I was wondering if it is even worth giving a shot or even some tips would be nice.
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Resoaking your phone will help as much as trying to jump from a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean for the second time and you can't swim...
optimumpro said:
Resoaking your phone will help as much as trying to jump from a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean for the second time and you can't swim...
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Haha yeah that's what I thought
tommylittle02 said:
Haha yeah that's what I thought
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To clarify, the Xperia Z1 relies on closed ports to ensure waterproofing. So soaking it a second time would destroy it further.
there is a easy way you can try.
buy some electrical contact cleaner from a computer shop or maplins etc, spray that all over the circuitry and contacts and scrub it off with a paint brush, there is a good chance it will work again as it will remove any corrosion casued by water, ive repaired hundreds of water damaged phones this way and it doesnt need any special things.....
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