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heres the problem.. I dropped my att tilt into a cup of ice tea and so i immediately removed the battery and opened the system and removed all the liquid i could find, let it dry off and put it back together... now everything works except for the up directional button the the front and the center selecting key.. anybody know how i can fix this?
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heres the problem.. I dropped my att tilt into a cup of ice tea and so i immediately removed the battery and opened the system and removed all the liquid i could find, let it dry off and put it back together... now everything works except for the up directional button the the front and the center selecting key.. anybody know how i can fix this?
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I would take a hair dryer (low heat) and dry it out for about 15 minutes. This will get rid of the excess condensation in the more tighter spots of the phone.
I once washed a Nokia cell phone. I took it apart, dried it out and it worked perfectly..... Go figure.
Nylo said:
I would take a hair dryer (low heat) and dry it out for about 15 minutes. This will get rid of the excess condensation in the more tighter spots of the phone.
I once washed a Nokia cell phone. I took it apart, dried it out and it worked perfectly..... Go figure.
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agreed, another trick I learned from having several of my phones immersed in various liquids is grab your phone place it in a ziplock bag or such, throw some dried rice, silca pellets or something that absorbs mosture into it and let it dry overnight, it looks like you already let it air dry, but this might help with the finer parts......
alright i'll give it a try.. and let you guyz know.. thanks
Dropped in a cup of TEA??? The phone's the size of a brick! How big was that jug anyways???
Have you ever seen a "bubba keg"?
it was a regular sized cup.. and the ideas seem to not be working.. i think i have to replace the flex cable.. any ideas where to get it cheap?
it sounds like there is some residue left from the tea....time for some q-tip cleaning with alcohol
i've already done the whole qtip cleaning with alcohol.. and to no avail..
My phone just fell into water!
I immediately took it up and when drying it the phone responded to the touch screens but then it shut down,
i took out the battery and dried it from the outside and now im doing it from the inside with the hair-dryer,
Any suggestion of how to dry it more?
dun dry it with hairdryer cos u may melt the solder or anything inside the phone. put the phone in an airtight container with rice and wait patiently! otherwise, send it to 3rd party people to help u clean
leoon said:
My phone just fell into water!
I immediately took it up and when drying it the phone responded to the touch screens but then it shut down,
i took out the battery and dried it from the outside and now im doing it from the inside with the hair-dryer,
Any suggestion of how to dry it more?
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yes,
the most critical part was to take the battery out as soon as you got it off the water to prevent short circuit
don't rush it let it dry naturally at room temperature
hair dryer could damage the phone (but again we know the phone have survived the ove trick and hair dryer trick, so it should be okay)
take out all the parts, battery, cover, etc
if you are a technician open up the phone, and use compressed air spray cans, but watch out to not freeze the phone.
best results if you have an air compressor machine at home and use it to blow dry the phone
let it rest under the sun or a projector lamp for an hour and check to make sure there are no more water vapour trapped under the screen
once everything is confirmed dry, you can put it back together and hook up the battery, the phone should work back to normal now.
i hear throwing it in a bag of rice really sucks the moisture out.
As told, first step is ALWAYS to remove the battery and let it rest and dry for a period.
You can put it in a bag of rice (it absorbs humidity) and keep yourself from "testing the device" to ofter... let it rest for (at least) an 8 hours under warm and dry temperature in a bag of rice.
i put in a jar rice, and put the phone between the rice with the jar open,
I will keep it like that for 24 hours and hope that at the end it powers on. Is 24 hours enough? do i have to close the jar or keep it open?
Thanks for the support, I really need it right now
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
Aw that sucks mate. As other have said putting it in a bowl of rice is ment to be a good idea as the rice absorbs all the moisture.
diehard2222 said:
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
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Me too, landed on the floor right next to the toilet. So close
OP, hope your phone survives. Good luck.
Maddmatt said:
Me too, landed on the floor right next to the toilet. So close
OP, hope your phone survives. Good luck.
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haha and i thought i was the only one Close one indeed.
Hadok3n said:
haha and i thought i was the only one Close one indeed.
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My old Omnia2 fell down (drawn) in a toilet and survided using the methods above. Give it time to dry... don't rush to test
heh, mine fell into a bathtub full of water... took me about 5 seconds to get to it, was getting the baby out of the tub.
No water inside or in the battery compartment, dried off the outside and went about my day, didn't hurt it one bit.
الحمدلله 24 hours later i tried to power it on after putting it in rice, and it worked! its like nothing happened, everything works!الحمدلله
Thanks of the suggestions and the nice replies guys .
diehard2222 said:
aww poor fella... i nearly dropped my phone in a toilet bowel once... imagine that....
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same here, i had a close incident like that before with my old WM phone
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Hey everyone, pls help me, I fell my phone in water about 30 minutes. Then I remove the battery and etc. Then dry it in electric fan for half hour, then I open it, it can't be open , so I try to open , and it works I thought my problem solve , then I charge it for 1 hour, when I press some button, the screen get rotated , and it turn off , then it's starts flashing lights and I can see the batterysign. Someone help me;(
Imee10 said:
Hey everyone, pls help me, I fell my phone in water about 30 minutes. Then I remove the battery and etc. Then dry it in electric fan for half hour, then I open it, it can't be open , so I try to open , and it works I thought my problem solve , then I charge it for 1 hour, when I press some button, the screen get rotated , and it turn off , then it's starts flashing lights and I can see the batterysign. Someone help me;(
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You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
beardedwonder said:
You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
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This. although there is a small chance it is salvagable.
I would leave it in rice and also if it's sunny, leave it in the sun.
Before you do this though, dismantle it as much as possible. Even if you have to unscrew some bits, it may help (careful not to do too much that you can't put it back together).
Also, resist the temptation and wait at least 2 days before trying to turn it on again.
AllGamer said:
yes,
the most critical part was to take the battery out as soon as you got it off the water to prevent short circuit
don't rush it let it dry naturally at room temperature
hair dryer could damage the phone (but again we know the phone have survived the ove trick and hair dryer trick, so it should be okay)
take out all the parts, battery, cover, etc
if you are a technician open up the phone, and use compressed air spray cans, but watch out to not freeze the phone.
best results if you have an air compressor machine at home and use it to blow dry the phone
let it rest under the sun or a projector lamp for an hour and check to make sure there are no more water vapour trapped under the screen
once everything is confirmed dry, you can put it back together and hook up the battery, the phone should work back to normal now.
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It will very probably still get corroded inside and will lose its functionality. Cleaning the parts with distilled water is the best way to fight this.
angky94 said:
dun dry it with hairdryer cos u may melt the solder or anything inside the phone. put the phone in an airtight container with rice and wait patiently! otherwise, send it to 3rd party people to help u clean
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Drying with hairdryer melting Samsung solders? Does your hairdryer give more than 300 Celcius?
beardedwonder said:
You need to leave it off for a long time (days). Take it apart as much as possible, put it in a bowl of uncooked rice and leave it.
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Hah! I've saved a few devices this way (phone, audio recorder) and given this advice several times with success each time, but I *never* thought to explain to people that it should be *uncooked* rice. That makes for an amazing image of someone screwing up instructions.
beardedwonder said:
Given what you have said your phone could be dead already.
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most likely, yes.
Totally forgot it was in my pocket and waded into the sea to get onto a boat. :silly: :crying:
I dried it out the best i could (packed it in rice). It turned on the next day and seemed to be working but quickly came up with the power off options (restart phone, kid mode, etc) and turned off by itself. After another 2 days of being in a bag of rice, either the back and home buttons flash every 20 secs without the screen turning on or the screen turns on like it's attempting to start but turns off again - like an endless reboot cycle. The back of the phone gets seriously hot after a while too.
Sadly, the vast majority of our holiday memories are on it and am wondering if there is any way these can be recovered? I'm assuming it's not (even by HTC).
If it's not, what's the cheaper option? Sending it to HTC in the hope that it can be repaired or replaced...or just buying a new one?
put your oven on 50 degrees censius, and let it there for a few hours.
It often works on hardware like motherboards and such.
MrVanish123 said:
put your oven on 50 degrees censius, and let it there for a few hours.
It often works on hardware like motherboards and such.
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Wow that's a suggestion I haven't heard before! Is that to dry it out? Because if so, I think it's already fully dry.
shakmax said:
Wow that's a suggestion I haven't heard before! Is that to dry it out? Because if so, I think it's already fully dry.
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Rice and a dry room. Dont know if it will work with a device with a fixed battery
Was it salt water? Fresh water is not so bad and you might be able to dry it out, but salt water is deadly to electronics (corrosion).
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Was it salt water? Fresh water is not so bad and you might be able to dry it out, but salt water is deadly to electronics (corrosion).
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Well ive certainly never been in any sea that is fresh water!
Soak the device in isopropyl alcohol for a couple of hours to displace any water and to dilute any salt remaining in the device.
Leave the device out of the IPA for a day or two in a warm room then place the device in an electric oven at as low a temperature as possible overnight.
If that doesn't fix it it's broken beyond repair.
Or just claim on your insurance.
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Well ive certainly never been in any sea that is fresh water!
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A technicality. I grew up near the Great Lakes, which are often called freshwater seas.
so u threw urself into the sea to get the phone?
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Greetings,
HTC took him into sea
Phone did not drowned?
Neways I thing keeping in rice is a good suggestion I have read about it but havent experienced it
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Rice and a dry room. Dont know if it will work with a device with a fixed battery
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Yep tried that - packed in a bag of rice for about 2 days.
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Was it salt water? Fresh water is not so bad and you might be able to dry it out, but salt water is deadly to electronics (corrosion).
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Yep definitely salt water.
hello00 said:
so u threw urself into the sea to get the phone?
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No, as stated in the OP, I waded into the sea to get into a boat, forgetting that the phone was in my pocket.
shrex said:
Hi
Greetings,
HTC took him into sea
Phone did not drowned?
Neways I thing keeping in rice is a good suggestion I have read about it but havent experienced it
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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See my comment about the rice. Not sure if keeping it in rice for more than 2 days is going to make any more difference??
compact_bijou said:
Soak the device in isopropyl alcohol for a couple of hours to displace any water and to dilute any salt remaining in the device.
Leave the device out of the IPA for a day or two in a warm room then place the device in an electric oven at as low a temperature as possible overnight.
If that doesn't fix it it's broken beyond repair.
Or just claim on your insurance.
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Could give that a try I suppose. What is "IPA"?
And unfortunately, although my home contents insurance covers my phone, it doesn't cover any "liquid" damage. So claiming is not possible.
shakmax said:
What is "IPA"?
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Isopropyl Alcohol
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And unfortunately, although my home contents insurance covers my phone, it doesn't cover any "liquid" damage. So claiming is not possible.
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Not really insurance unless it's all risks, is it?
Okay guys, so I noticed that my phone camera possibly developed condensation on its lens. It happened after I moved it from cold water into a warmer zone. I tried putting it in a plastic bag with dry rice. Nothing happened(I kept the flaps closed, probably should have kept it open?).
So is this actual condensation or is it something else? Also, is using a hairdryer to blow hot air a good idea?
Any help at all would be appreciated from you guys
008bond said:
Okay guys, so I noticed that my phone camera possibly developed condensation on its lens. It happened after I moved it from cold water into a warmer zone. I tried putting it in a plastic bag with dry rice. Nothing happened(I kept the flaps closed, probably should have kept it open?).
So is this actual condensation or is it something else? Also, is using a hairdryer to blow hot air a good idea?
Any help at all would be appreciated from you guys
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does it interfere with pic? just curious...
there a thread like this a while back not sure if the poster have a fix.
That is normal. Just open the flaps when u go to sleep n it will b ok. It doesnt harm the camera or anything.
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Firstly, thank you for your replies.
G1_enthusiast said:
does it interfere with pic? just curious...
there a thread like this a while back not sure if the poster have a fix.
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Actually, it does not interfere with the picture at all. But I have 2 issues.
1. It has grown closer to the center (After taking phone from air conditioned room to warmer room outside in the morning).
2. It looks ugly.
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That is normal. Just open the flaps when u go to sleep n it will b ok. It doesnt harm the camera or anything.
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Okay, I'll be sure to try that.
P.S I live in a humid place near the sea, I will keep it in a box. Probably with dry rice again
Okay guys, I tried all of the above. Nothing worked. Should I use a hair dryer? I am afraid it might damage the lens.
Not sure if you already solved your problem, but what I did for my own phone was to open all the flaps and leave it overnight in a dry cabinet (used for storing of camera equipment). That is, of course, on the assumption you own a dry cabinet and that the problem is indeed water condensation (I can't see clearly from your attached photo).
After incidentally dropping my Nexus 6 in water, I noticed everything is fine except the camera lens, it has this fog on the lens, when I apply a heat gun, it goes away, but comes back, it very annoying, how do I fix it?
-andrew munsie
Drewman50 said:
After incidentally dropping my Nexus 6 in water, I noticed everything is fine except the camera lens, it has this fog on the lens, when I apply a heat gun, it goes away, but comes back, it very annoying, how do I fix it?
-andrew munsie
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it means that you got water inside your phone. how to fix it? get the water out..
simms22 said:
it means that you got water inside your phone. how to fix it? get the water out..
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I did get the water out, every drip, but it won't go away
Drewman50 said:
I did get the water out, every drip, but it won't go away
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guess whats steam is made from... water. that means that you did not get out all the water.
simms22 said:
guess whats steam is made from... water. that means that you did not get out all the water.
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Thank you I used a heat gun on all the ports and it no longer appears
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Thank you I used a heat gun on all the ports and it no longer appears
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hopefully no damage was done..
Next time just drop into uncooked dry white rice and leave overnight and itll suck the moisture out of the phone. Heat gun is kind of dumb because your evaporating what water is in there and just spreading it... condensation must go somewhere. Its good that it went away tho and lucky the inside of the nexus 6 is nano coated for water incidents.