Hi all,
About 3 days ago I dropped my Xperia x Performance in a lake. It took me about 15-20 minutes to retrieve it as it was night time and I dropped it through the crack of a dock but it was only about 5 feet deep. After I took it out I wiped it off and saw that it was still on and apparently working fine (waterproof phone right?). The next morning I noticed condensation under the camera and also while browsing the phone it would constantly switch to the camera app (within about 5 seconds of opening chrome). So I took the back off it and blew a hair dryer on low heat at it for about 1.5 hours and then put in my oven on dehydrate for an hour. In hindsight I realize this probably wasn't enough time to fully dry it but I put the back on again and turned it on and it worked fine for 2 days.
Today while using it at work the backlight suddenly cut out. About 1 minute later it came back on. I went to fiddle with the display settings and then the backlight cut out again. It didn't come back on. When I got home I took the back off again, took the motherboard out and washed it in 70% isopropyl alcohol and gentle scrubbed it with a toothbrush. Then I took all the parts and put in my oven on dehydrate and left it for about 5 or 6 hours. I put it back together and nothing has changed. The backlight still doesn't work, but otherwise the phone appears to be working normally. The LED notification indicator and charging indicator are working. I can use the camera button to take pictures (I hear the camera sound) I am receiving notifications. If I look very closely I can read notifications in the lock screen and I can power it on and off, but as soon as I try to unlock it I can't see anything because it's too dark (I wish my screen background was white!).
Is there anyway I can fix this? Please help I don't want to buy a new phone.
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I have an hd7 tmous, and this problem has persisted on the original rom, and the official nodo, both locked and unlocked. Phone will work fine, run it all day, then while I'm at work, phone in my back pocket, it won't wake up with any button, and I have to pull the battery. Only when its in my back pocket. Sometimes takes 5 minutes, sometimes a few hours. Front pocket takes more time. Any ideas? I thought about trying another radio. I have search xda and the net and can't find a solution. Got it used and have no warranty. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Also, on my days off, and the phone never goes in my pocket, no freezing. How odd. Sometimes its really warm, almost hot.....
I've had a similar problem but only when its been on charge a few hours. the lil green battery light stays lit but the phone wont respond unless I do a battery pull
Hmmm. Now that you mention it, every time it has done it, it was about 80+ % charged. Never done it on half charge. The green led that you mentioned doesn't behave as you said, but you gave me an idea- battery maybe? Gets hot, only does it when mostly charged, it makes sense.
I recreated the problem. Putting a fair amount of pressure on the bottom of the phone, just below the battery cover causes the screen to dim, keeps dimming, then the phone is off. Seems like a short. Gonna take it apart when I get home. Fun times, lmao.
SOLVED
I was right, it was a short. After a little process of elimination, I narrowed it down to the protector shield/heat sink that the SIM card/sd card cluster rest on. I pushed on the SIM card bracket, and it dies. I unplugged the cluster, left it on, same result. Removed the cluster and the shield it is stuck to (by adhesive), and it didn't die. Increased the pressure until my screen made funny colors, still didn't die. There is a heat sink pad and some amber "tape" that are on the underside of the shield, centralized around the CPU. The area I pressed on was on the opposite side of the cluster though. And, oddly, there was no protective amber "tape" on that area. I cut a piece of clear packing tape, made it just the right size to cover the area, and not overlap the amber side. I put the shield back together and the problem is gone. Turns out that when my phone was in my back pocket and I bent down for something, it would put pressure on the bottom of my phone and short it out. Considering the area of the short, I feel very lucky that my phone is still kicking. I am posting this to help anyone who might have a similar problem. I hope this helps. Easy to take apart, unlike the hd2
Thanks, xda, for without you and your awesome gathering of people, i would be lost...... And bored.
So, question to the great Milestone community. A couple nights ago, my lovely girlfriend placed a Slurpee on the screen of my phone while I was asleep, and unable to defend my year and a half old handset.
When I woke the next morning, the phone had significant moisture underneath the screen. I placed the phone in a warm dry area (dash of my truck) to evaporate the moisture. After several hours, the problem seemed to have gotten worse as now instead of two square inches of droplets on the lower right portion of my screen, the moisture now consumed roughly 80% of the screen, panicking a little, I removed the battery and put my phone in a bag of uncooked rice, a trick I've heard many times.
24h later, the moisture had dissapeared. I noticed when I went to put the battery back in that the water damage indicator had tripped and turned red... so I was a little disheartened at that. The phone booted fine however, and the touch screen responded as well as it had before. Now two days later, the touch screen goes beserk frequently, and after a reboot, works fine for about an hour before going nuts again.
Now to the point. I have heard much of digitizer issues with the milestone... would this amount of moisture damaged mine? Is there any further steps I can take to save my phone? I am locked into a contract for another year and a half, and would like the phone to last nearly that long... any help and input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Braidonh
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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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Hi.
Over the weekend i was i the mountains and had my Z3c with me. We all went in the jacuzzi. I didnt realize i had the phone in my pocket untill 5 min later. So i took it out and dried it with a towel and left it indoors. I had checked that the flaps were tightly sealed after i got done skiing, about 20 min before the jacuzzi. About an hour later i went in and dried myself up and started using the phone. Half of the screen was fading darker and it told me that the sd card was removed in an unsafe way. I took the sd and sim card out and realised that they were damped and had a few droplets on them. I thought the fading was a visual bug so i turned it off and on again. At the start up fase the hole screen blinked and was making wierd colours. After a while the screen stoped working entiryly. When i try to turn it on now it vibrates 3 times and flashes a red light.
I never use the flaps. I have used them twice and that was at instalation and after the jacuzzi. I use the magnetic charger. The phone is 7 months old. Sorry for my broken english.
my moto g2 was running well when it was updated to lollipop 5.0.2. After around 2 months it fell into water for around 2-3 seconds. i took it out suddenly and switched it off because there was no option to take battery out. after 5 to 6 minutes it turned on automatically and i could see water bubbles in the screen. i tried to switch off but touch was not functioning at the moment. at last i could do it. again after certain time it restarted automatically there was a ususual vibration sound and a white display. i couldn't do any thing because battery was inbuilt and it was not functioning. i left it whole night until its battery was drained completely. I dried my phone on the sun, kept it inside bucket of rice. After 2 days i charged it and started phone was running well and i could see little water bubbles in the screen. then i noticed that when i lock the screen or after automatic screen off if i unlock the phone phone was starting up. it means after screen off phone sleeps and it shuts down or some time restart. At first i thought it would solve if i do hard reset then i did factory reset it didn't work. i unlocked bootlader rooted phone and flashed cyanogenmod 12.1. but there was same problem. then i restored back to stock android 5.0.2 there was same problem.
Now i am using my phone by running music player in the background and making the volume 0. while playing music if screen is off it won't shutdown or restart. and also while my phone is in charge it won't restart or shutdown. So to use my phone either i have put it on charge or i have to play music in background.
How can i solve this problem? Please help
Unfortunately you rooted your device, so the warranty is voided now.
My best suggestion, due to it is water damage, is to take it to a local shop for repairs, but that might cost you more than it is worth.
It is not a software issue, so there is no solution that you can find here. Sorry.