i just dropped my phone in a puddle and when i picked it up it was working, i immediately put my phone in a bag of rice and about an hour later i took it out and it was dry so i tried to turn it on and it vibrates and blinks the green LED, i've tried to boot into hboot and whatever the + boots into but it all does the same thing, please help!!!
Keep it in the rice for a few more hours... that's basically all you can do now.
i took it out of the rice and then it wouldn't turn on and then i figured out that it was dust not water anymore, because the rice was really dusty, so i kept trying to blow it out and then i started looking for compressed air and couldn't find any so i used an air horn and it worked
Haha okay...I was about to say that also...compressed air .
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LOL. I would never have thought of that.
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sustained some water damage on my nexus s.... so now the phone keeps switching back and forth from USB/charging to discharging. In the process, as it would when you plug it in, the screen would turns on.. This is terribly annoying as the phone never sleeps! is there anything out there that can remedy this??!?!? like turning off the USB, or an app that puts it to sleep and leaves it asleep no matter what??
or is there a command that tells the phone to turn on i can intercept?
edit* new rom didnt work so its not a runaway app.
thanks in advance.
The app screen off works for this problem.
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Did you pull the battery and let it dry long enough?
I can't think of an app but if I come across one, I will let you know.
I dropped my iPhone down the toilet once, I had a similar problem I turned it off and gave it time to dry, it would be a good idea to put the phone in a bag/cup of rice because it draws moisture from the phone, I gave it a couple of days and it was fine.
risegeek said:
I dropped my iPhone down the toilet once, I had a similar problem I turned it off and gave it time to dry, it would be a good idea to put the phone in a bag/cup of rice because it draws moisture from the phone, I gave it a couple of days and it was fine.
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I've read cat litter works well too...
NEVER use a blow dryer, it can blow the moisture in deeper.
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I've read cat litter works well too...
NEVER use a blow dryer, it can blow the moisture in deeper.
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Plus, a hot blow dryer will fry the components
Let it sit in a bowl of rice for a day or 2.....that will soak up all the moisture.....if that dnt work idk wat will
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Ironically, the worst thing you can do in this situation is also the first thing that people seem to want to try: Turn the damn thing on. If there is water on any electrical component when you turn it on, that component will fry. For good. Do as others have said and as soon as physically possible put it in a bag of rice. Leave it for a few days. It'll be fine as long as you don't turn it on before its dried out.
Just wanted to repeat how important it is to take and leave the battery out whenever you have water issues. I've left my Sony ericcson phone soaked in a glass of water for four hours before (from snoozing) . Woke up, pulled battery out. Baked parts under low temp for 1 hour and all was dandy. Although you may want to stick to the rice method.
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Accidentally dropped my phone into puddle of water. Now my phone is constantly in headset mode, randomly goes into car mode, and the backlight for the home buttons never turns all the way off, only dims. Is there some way to completely disable the headset mode? I am using the headset toggle widget as a temp fix so incandescent atleast have audio, and place calls. I dried it out completely placed it in rice overnight. Any and all help is welcome.
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It is either still wet on the inside and the water is shorting out contacts leading to your issues or it has permanent water damage. If it still acts up after a good 3 days or so I would use your insurance, unless your not insured. Then you may be sol as warranty won't cover water damage.
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I belive in another post like this one someone suggested putting the phone in rice? As rice will soak the water up
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I belive in another post like this one someone suggested putting the phone in rice? As rice will soak the water up
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Already stated at end of op that he put it in rice overnight
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My friend dropped her brand new Razr HD in toilet today. She pulled it out pretty quick and turned it off. I'm wondering if there is anything else she can do other than wait for it to dry out before turning it back on? How long should she wait?
The crazy thing is the reason she bought this new phone is she dropped her old Droid 4 in the toilet too. It worked for a while but we turned it off and started blowing canned air in the ports to get the water out and bunch came out. After 15 min or so she tried to turn it back on and the phone would work but the display wouldn't.
Anyways, any advice would be much appreciated.
Open the phone up as much as you can and put it in a bag of rice or sylica packets.
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My friend dropped her Atrix HD in the toilet and pulled it out just as fast. I told her to put it on a bag with some rice and leave it for a few days. After that, I took a look at it and managed to make it boot up after leaving it on the charger for a while. Luckily, everything worked after that, although the screen had a few water drops on the inside that took a while to dry out.
since the phone has an integrated battery, it wasn't such a good idea to use the canned air, you should've put the phone in rice and/or dried it using a handkerchief or something like that..
Anyway, try to disassemble it and hope for the best
I keep hearing of people dropping their phone in a toilet, like you really can't set it down for 2 minutes or close your legs if you are taking a number 2? I just don't understand how one accidently drops anything besides waste into a toilet, but best of luck to you I've heard the rice trick is about the extent of the tricks for water damage.
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What's worked for me with a friends iPhone was to power down, pull the SIM and shake / smack as much water out the openings and use a hairdryer for the rest. Leave it off for at least 24 hours.
Rice has the potential for getting inside the phone.
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the mistake that most people make is, to turn the device on before trying to fully dry it out in the rice for a few days.
Trying to turn it on prematurely just makes a bad matter worse.
I was holding my gfs fish bowl in her car, the tank had a open top and my phone was on the dash board. When she took off the phone slid right in. It was in the water for about 1 minute or less. I got it out and took the battery, sim card, memory card out. When we got home I tried to turn it on, and i thought it was done, so what i did was put my phone and battery on my Xbox for like 30 minutes or until I thought it was dry.
Well after that I put everything back in, plugged the charger up and turned it on. At first the screen would turn off, the colors were washed out. So I let it sit over night on the charger without the memory card or Sim in. The next morning everything worked except lte. The phone was running just fine and could hold a charge for 8 hours while being used throughout the day, even though that little water mark sticker turned pink on the battery . But i have been using a different phone because I thought data didn't work. Well this morning I popped my sim card back in and bam! Lte is back!
So after all this happened I really learned to appreciate the skyrocket. Oh and if you read this far down and are wondering, I was running the phone naked except for a zag shield. The ROM Im using is Avatar. But thanks for reading and hope this doesn't happen to me again! Or any one of us on here!
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How are the fish? Are they ok?
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You clearly have read none of the threads on submerged phones Lol basically you're extremely lucky i would never ever recommend taking the same actions you did.
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Xbox? Lol.. I'd suggest rice next time.
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Hey guys. So I know a few things about this phone and have been taking pretty good care of it...only two drops from about three feet away from the ground. However, I dropped it in the toilet today. Now, I put it in rice for two hours and then got it out. I tried to turn the thing on, and it succeeded. The bad thing is, when I turned it on, before my boot animation ended, the screen flickered and turned off, and that's when I pulled the battery out of my phone and continued to leave it in rice as I type this right now. Is my phone busted permanently, or is there some hope?
You should have left it to dry like 24 hrs or more. You might have fried it. Let it sit at least over night and keep your fingers crossed.
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Does the fact that a rice grain being in the headphone jack have to do anything with my phone screen flickering? I'm sorry, I'm being paranoid right now, but I'm just desperate to get any info I can to fix my phone up...I need it tomorrow....
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Does the fact that a rice grain being in the headphone jack have to do anything with my phone screen flickering? I'm sorry, I'm being paranoid right now, but I'm just desperate to get any info I can to fix my phone up...I need it tomorrow....
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That's called wishful thinking. I seriously doubt the rice grain is the problem.
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Yeah...well my phone did start buzzing...
Any updates?
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Yeah...well my phone did start buzzing...
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I got a friend who dropped his phone in the water once. He did the rice trick but waited for more than 24 hours before attempting the first boot.
Now his phone works great except for battery issues. He has the Galaxy Nexus, so he can't change the battery easily. He'll just wait and buy a new phone someday. He just has to keep a charger near!
What about your phone? Anything new?
Well I tried this morning, the screen first started to go sort of whitish during the boot animation. Then, the screen returned to normal but remained unresponsive to my touch...I'm leaving it to dry more because I guessed that water was still near the screen, causing it to be unresponsive.
I've done this exact thing and the phone from it, mostly. I had constant signal issues afterwards and got rid of it.
The rice does seem to work, but.. you're supposed to take the battery out immediately and put it all in the rice to dry. 2 hours isn't going to cut it.
Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
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Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but, sounds like its toast.. you can try though. Continuing to take it out of the rice and turning it off/on wont help.
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Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
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You should have taken it apart and left it in the rice for a couple days as soon as it got wet. Now it really doesn't stand much of a chance. You screwed up bro.
You can still try though.
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Agh...well I didn't have anything like a screwdriver available. Oh well, time to get a new phone.