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xda 2 in the loo !!!!! help

Hi all, before you say it, I know, should ahve been more carefull.
Ok, I was talking to a friend whilst peeing ( i know them enough )
The xda2 slipped from under my chin into the loo bowl, I've got it drying out gently on a radiator with a towl inbetween so as not to get to hot.
What do you think the chances areof a recovery ??
P.S i've removed the cover and battery to aid the drying out :?
TIA

i would just allow it to dry for as long as it takes... do not attempt to power it up before then as you might short something out. you dropped it in pee? ewww!

outz said:
i would just allow it to dry for as long as it takes... do not attempt to power it up before then as you might short something out. you dropped it in pee? ewww!
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Thanks and yeah, i'm the one who's gotta live with it ...lol

if you have warranty, bring it back claiming the device smells awfully!!
no kidding: Let it all dry BEFORE you power anything up!
BTW: because the device has a backup-battery the device might allready be harmed.

TThe ting may well work if you give it long enough to dry out; If it is out of warranty you will be better off to dismantle it and dry the pieces out individually, they will dry out quicker that way.
However; was the water the unit got dupped in clean?? (Pee contains uric acid, which is acidic as the name suggests) if not you are advised to gently clean the cct boards before the copper tracks and solder points start to corrode. The best way I have found of doing this is to use a mild soapy water with a very soft toothbrush (use a neutral soap like dove)
Than make sire all the bits are perfectly dry, i would give them a couple of days if it is in kit form. Put it together and cross your fingers.
Note: the very small surface mounted ic's these days have a tiny airgap behind them, this is very very good at holding water in because of it's small size. Try wrapping each individual piece in a tea towel and whirling it round a couple of times to drive out the excess water...

and use some spray that is meant for circuitry boards or electronic equipment in general. That stuff drives the water right out !

lol my too got wet.
what happened to my xda was.
(well it din't slip in the loo)
actually i kept in on my bed and wen't to pee after coming out i was shocked to see what was happening right before my eye's.
my son he's 2 1/2 years old.
was having a bottle of water in his hand and before i could do anything he just emptyed it on the xda
first thing i did was removed the battery and open'd the device and ran and got hair drier use'd it on the device for fifteen minute's on low blow.
waited for 45 minutes with fingers crossed and guess what it worked after a few attempts of using the power switch.
lucky me lol.

there wa a nice walkthrough about opening your xdaII :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8525
but the picture have disappeared. I just noticed :-(
if anyone still has them could he repost?

Well thanks for the hints, tips and stories, my xda is still under warrenty and i have insurance that covers for accidents, so if worst comes to worst i should get a replacement.
Thanks again

I dropped my jabra in the loo that was full (say no more) and had to wash it in clean water - let it dry out and it still works (this was about 8 months ago and it's still going strong)

Pee contains uric acid, which is acidic as the name suggests)
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And the moral of the story is drink 20lt of water a day to make your pee less acidic.

was having a bottle of water in his hand and before i could do anything he just emptyed it on the XDA
first thing i did was removed the battery and open'd the device and ran and got hair drier use'd it on the device for fifteen minute's on low blow.
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The first thing you should have done was to send him to the naughty step!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

OK, I triedputting the battery in this morning after a night drying out, all i get is the blue light ( wireless ) and bothe the phonelights, red and green at the same time, nothing else works, power, soft reset, hard reset, nothing
I have the unit insured for accidental and theft / loss, will Ibe able to go straight to the o2 shop or will i have to go through a third party ???
TIA
EDIT: i've seen a ' how to ' guide for stripping down the xda2 somewhere, can't find it at the mo, could someone post the link for me please

Tilt Fell in Bucket of water

I will buy a Tilt from a friend...where the phone fell inside a bucket of water..and now it doesnt work..im thinking of..buying it for 70 bucks..cuz i also have TyTN II...and my LCD Cracked..and im thinking of jus replacing mines withs his LCD since its still is good. Should..i buy it or not..please advise..and..also i think i can make use of the spare part..wat u guys think?? good idea or bad??

Fluid ruins just about everything. I think I would pass.

please..any more info would be very greatfull

I dropped my Wizard in a bucket of water once, it was fully submerged! What I did was took all of the removable parts off (battery cover, battery etc.), slid the screen open and left it close to a radiator for about a week.
Turned it on after a week and it ran fine, the only problem I had was months later the screen occasionally fades away, but from what I understand that is not uncommen on a Wizard and is fixable. So all in all I wouldnt be surprised if you could get it working!
Good luck.
edit: should have mentioned it was turned on when it fell in the water.

thnx..4 the post..btw..the phone is lyk two weeks old..everything..is new..im thinking that..maybe i can get some spare parts for my TyTN II..from the Tilt

Solution...
post caught my eye just figure id leave something that i have personally tried (and worked).I have a WING dropped it in the sink fully submerged, thought it was no good either...Took some advice of buying reg grain rice (non cooked of course) and completely burying or covering the entire device in a jug or bowl with the rice...leave for a couple days and the rice obsorbs all the fluid...worked like nothing ever happened...good luck

i see..well the phone..fell inside the water lyk two weeks ago..and still no luck of turning on..im thinking the battery is dead or something..but..since many of u had previous experience..may u cud advise me more..would really appreciate it

Only advice I can go with is if it was on when it fell into the water id say no, if it was off when it wen't into the water id still say no, cheers

2 years ago, my Wizard felt in the WC during 3 seconds maybe.
Then, I opened it, and I let it 3 days in rice. It's still running like a charm.
But if your bro's Tilt doesnt work anymore, I don't think his LCD is ok, I think it's the first thing that bricks.

Offer to take it off his hands, but don't pay him unless it works to replace your screen, make sure you agree on this, don't just stiff him.
This is not that complicated of a problem.

I dont have any rice. Will tapioca work instead?

they sell rice at any grocery store

well i doubt you have any silica gel if you don't have any rice.. but silica gel would work too.

admin22 said:
I dont have any rice. Will tapioca work instead?
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Negotiate the price down to $65 and go buy a freakin' bag of rice dude!
And as far as the price goes, ask yourself "Would I pay $70 for a cinder block that *might* turn into a cell phone?" <.<

rice is a phone saver.
immediately pull the battery, let it sit in a tub of rice for a couple days. put in a new batt or try the old one if its been dried and it should work.
rice absorbs moisture

My Droid X just fell into a puddle of water

I'm ready to cry because I love this phone so much. It has everything I can ever ask for in a phone and today in fell out of my pocket and into an extremely large puddle of water. The phone itself turns on but unfortunately the screen does not. The buttons light up and I can press the location to unlock it and lock it but can't see sheeeeeet. Please, does anyone know what I can do to remedy this situation. Like I said, I'm ready to cry. It was a gift from my brother and now its broken thanks to my clumsyness.

Wrong forum section....
...regardless throw it in a plastic bag filled with rice to absorb the moisture. May want to take the battery, sim card, and SD card out first.

I sincerely apoligize for positing in the wrong forum.
I have it ina bag of rice at the moment, no sim card due to it being a Verizone branded phone. I am so depressed at this. I mean, it's my baby, my lifeline to the outside world and now this happens!V How long do you sggest that I leave it in the bag of rice? I almost want to throw it pretty hard at the wall and hope it works but I doubt that would resolve any problems and cause only more issues but thank you for the advice and lets keep our fingers crossed. I pray to the phone gods that the screen comes back on. <tear> <tear>

You can buy a replacement screen for your Droid x off eBay for like $25 US. You can also get the digitizer to for about the same price. The screen just hooks up through a ribbon cable. Shouldn't.be to hard to replace. And I've sent an old phone through the wash and as long as it dries out completely you should be fine. But the worst thing you coulda done was turn it on while it was still wet. Water+Electronics=dead electronics
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easye420 said:
You can buy a replacement screen for your Droid x off eBay for like $25 US. You can also get the digitizer to for about the same price. The screen just hooks up through a ribbon cable. Shouldn't.be to hard to replace. And I've sent an old phone through the wash and as long as it dries out completely you should be fine. But the worst thing you coulda done was turn it on while it was still wet. Water+Electronics=dead electronics
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You're absolutely right.
Update though :
Thank goodness I have some good friends who was able to deliver a fresh bag of rice to me while I'm at work. I took the battery out, emptied the rice into a ziplock, sealed it airtight and left it on top of the dryer at my job (I work at a day spa). 1 Hour later, put everything back in and I feel like shedding tears because I am so happy! It works. The rice wa able to absorb the moisture and make everything work like nothing happened at all.
So for future reference if anyone ever has an issue, make sure to use rice(fill the bag up), take the battery out, zip lock it, wait a few hours, and profit!
Thank you XDA Moto forums for all of your help! I greatly appreciate it! Thank you, thank you, and one more time, Thank YOU!!!
Chris.

Another update, it doesn't want to turn on now. This is frustrating. Back to the bag of rice and I'm just going to leave it there overnight and see how that goes.

banshee56 said:
Wrong forum section....
...regardless throw it in a plastic bag filled with rice to absorb the moisture. May want to take the battery, sim card, and SD card out first.
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Lol really? Bag of rice? I've never heard that one before but if you say so....
ronricoviper said:
Another update, it doesn't want to turn on now. This is frustrating. Back to the bag of rice and I'm just going to leave it there overnight and see how that goes.
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I've never dropped anything on my phone, I do remember dropping a nokia phone in the pool a few years back. The new phones tend to be more sensitive. I dunno, i'd personally try to dry it out, maybe unscrew the back and put it under a fan, or blower of some sorts. Is your phone under warranty? Dunno if accidental stuff is even claimable under warranty.

After waiting a while, plugging it into the charger without the battery, and then putting battery back in, everything is working fine. No more issues Thank you all. The rice absorbed any moisture so it worked very well,

how do we know theres not gonna be another update? But glad it's working for you, that happened to my moms cell (which was also a Motorola) except it was in the toilet. Bag of rice and a heat lamp absorbed all moisture.

Wet phone. How long in rice?

I dropped my phone in Tuesday night and managed to pull the battery out before the phone turned off itself by short circuit, that keeps me calm that it will work once dried.
So anyways, I put some uncooked rice into a small food container, and have placed my phone along with the battery at that night. It's now Saturday and I'm thinking of finally turning it on tomorrow (Sunday noon).
Should I do it? Has 5 days been long enough for it to dry out? I have not used anything like hair dryers or such, I just wiped it with a clean towel before placing it in rice and it's been there ever since.

Yeah just about I think. Just to be in the safe side leave it until Tuesday. But 48 hours should have been enough
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Rashed97 said:
Yeah just about I think. Just to be in the safe side leave it until Tuesday. But 48 hours should have been enough
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Well I'm just asking cause I've read about people leaving their phones for roughly 24 hours and they work normal again, in my case the drowning was in a bowl of water so it definitely got very wet inside, lots of water probably went inside it through the speaker holes at the back.
I'm starting to get sick of being without a smartphone and I want it tried out ASAP, but I'm a little afraid to power it up yet at the same time.

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Well I'm just asking cause I've read about people leaving their phones for roughly 24 hours and they work normal again, in my case the drowning was in a bowl of water so it definitely got very wet inside, lots of water probably went inside it through the speaker holes at the back.
I'm starting to get sick of being without a smartphone and I want it tried out ASAP, but I'm a little afraid to power it up yet at the same time.
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Ok. 5 days should definitely be enough I'd say its safe to remove it now
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Water evaporates.
Blow a little bit with a hairdryer just to make sure and hope there weren't much minerals in it.

It works! Thanks guys. All the buttons including the touchscreen work as nothing ever happened, including my speaker. I'm currently charging it and the battery seems to be normal aswell. :laugh:
And I miscalculated, it was actually 4 and a half days since it was burried in rice. Seems that was enough.

Glad to hear good news :good: I love that resurrection feeling.

Dropped Nexus5 in toilet...

So yesterday around midnight clumsy as I am I managed to drop my Nexus 5 in clean toilet water. Fortunately I managed to get it out of there in less than a second so the phone just like "paddled" in the water before it was in my hand again. Well when it was in my hands I quick took some paper and cleaned the outlayers of the phone but unfortunately it took me a few minutes until I managed to turn it off because of non-responsive touch because of the water on the screen. Still, until I turned it off the phone seemed like to work as it always have, perfect.
So when it was turned off I took out the SIM and card holder. I took a cotton swab and cleaned the headset and charger hole and put in it uncooked rice.
Now it's been in the rice for 5-6 hours and I just took a quick look on it (No, I did not turn it on.). I'm put it in again and I am going to leave it in the rice for 20-44 hours more.
How big is my survival chance? Should I try to take the phone and try to blow out the minimal amount of water with a vaccum cleaner? I left the back cover (the one who came with the phone) on but on YouTube it doesn't look like too much of an hassle to get it off. Should I take the back cover off and put in rice again or blow with hair dryer/vaccum cleaner?
And how many hours should it stay in rice?

To be honest... I'd sit it on a radiator as well to let it get hot and really dry out. Then it's probably just a 50 50 chance that nothing is damaged and turn it on and hope for the best

Just open it and dry it.
Half year ago I put the phone in laundry machine and washed like 5 minutes...
Open it up, get parts out, and make sure every part is dry after few hours.
Then put them back, and everything is fine as before
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K9998 said:
Just open it and dry it.
Half year ago I put the phone in laundry machine and washed like 5 minutes...
Open it up, get parts out, and make sure every part is dry after few hours.
Then put them back, and everything is fine as before
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I really don't want to open it...I destroyed the case of my former phone that way and it looks like the case for the Nexus is really hard to get off...
By the way I have now vacuumed some small, small drops of water out from the charger hole and the speakers. If I remember right only half of phone got fully in the water since the headphone jack was completely dry. The phone is in a container of rice now and I will leave it there for another 12-16 hours...
Do you really recommend me to try to take of the case?

I believe the back is pretty easy to take off - you can start with a fingernail. And it would certainly increase the drying performance. I think I remember doing it myself. Try iFixit for the Nexus 5 teardown.
Yep, there's a video, but it's really a narrative rather than showing the removal of the back cover. It shows that it's held on with clips with a very small amount on the bottom edge. It's as simple as I thought, and now I've seen it I remember doing it on my old N5 before I exchanged it for a refurbished model.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5+Teardown/19016

Worked
I powered it on now. Everything seems to work perfect