My phone has water damage and I'm not sure if it is the battery or the phone (I'm assuming the later, but just in case). Is it possible to power on my G2x without the battery in it?
-ishould
ishould said:
My phone has water damage and I'm not sure if it is the battery or the phone (I'm assuming the later, but just in case). Is it possible to power on my G2x without the battery in it?
-ishould
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If the phone recently gotten water damage then I recommend not powering it up for about 3-4 days to let the water dry out. Water can short out the electrical system and cause big problems.
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leave it alone for 1 week minimum
bag of rice for sure 2 days minimum, washed my old mytouch 3g in the washer for 2 minutes, through it in a bag of rice went out for the weekend came back and turned it on with only some screen wash inside of it. DO NOT POWER IT ON AT ALL
Washed my Nexus One. I tried the rice trick and a couple of days on top of a hot radiator with no luck, the phone would lock up or reboot. So I bought a G2x and forgot about the Nexus in a desk drawer.
2 months later I tried the N1 again and it suddenly worked fine. I put my buggy G2x away for couple of weeks and went back to the once wet Google phone without any issues at all.
The G2x is back in my pocket now though, ROMs like Weapon 2.0 have me loving it like the cool new gadget I'd always hoped it would be.
ya the rice trick works... if you don't turn it on... but the poweron without the battery? i have no clue... wish you the best of luck or try and send it back? hopefully you wont get charged for a new one....
I try to turn on phone with no battery. And it will not turn on.
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Spyvie said:
Washed my Nexus One. I tried the rice trick and a couple of days on top of a hot radiator with no luck, the phone would lock up or reboot. So I bought a G2x and forgot about the Nexus in a desk drawer.
2 months later I tried the N1 again and it suddenly worked fine. I put my buggy G2x away for couple of weeks and went back to the once wet Google phone without any issues at all.
The G2x is back in my pocket now though, ROMs like Weapon 2.0 have me loving it like the cool new gadget I'd always hoped it would be.
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Exactly, WeaponG2x is just awesome. My exact same feelings in your post.
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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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Must have had a few too many beers but came out of the pool with my phone in my pocket. Idiot. Anyways, it's toast. I'll have a Sensation this Friday (already sitting on my desk, out of town for work) so I wont be looking to replace it. I was even lucky enough to have a good LCD, oh well, it's been a fun ride!
I thought waterproof was a supported feature? Ohh well. Enjoy your new htc beastly phone!
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setzer715 said:
Must have had a few too many beers but came out of the pool with my phone in my pocket. Idiot. Anyways, it's toast. I'll have a Sensation this Friday (already sitting on my desk, out of town for work) so I wont be looking to replace it. I was even lucky enough to have a good LCD, oh well, it's been a fun ride!
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are you for certain that its toast? I ran a test when I first got my first mytouch and had it in a sinkful of water for 45 mins. gave it a good shake to get most of the water out, then I just let it sit on my desk for about 2-3 days. after the 3rd day, I went to put my battery back in and it booted right up, no lag or loss in performance, no water under the screen. everything worked fine...dont give up hope yet!
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are you for certain that its toast? I ran a test when I first got my first mytouch and had it in a sinkful of water for 45 mins. gave it a good shake to get most of the water out, then I just let it sit on my desk for about 2-3 days. after the 3rd day, I went to put my battery back in and it booted right up, no lag or loss in performance, no water under the screen. everything worked fine...dont give up hope yet!
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Thanks for the notice! 24hrs after I put the battery in and the Camera flash lit up for a couple seconds. I could power it on and it would vibrate but the LCD had nothing. I've been out of town for the week so I will give it a try when i get home.
setzer715 said:
Thanks for the notice! 24hrs after I put the battery in and the Camera flash lit up for a couple seconds. I could power it on and it would vibrate but the LCD had nothing. I've been out of town for the week so I will give it a try when i get home.
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u shouldve put it in rice. i had a atnt 8125 (wizard) and it went swimming as well. i took out the battery right away, took out the water (TRIED), and covered it in a bucket of rice for 3 days. worked afterwards :]
setzer715 said:
Must have had a few too many beers but came out of the pool with my phone in my pocket. Idiot. Anyways, it's toast. I'll have a Sensation this Friday (already sitting on my desk, out of town for work) so I wont be looking to replace it. I was even lucky enough to have a good LCD, oh well, it's been a fun ride!
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If you ever decide to throw it away.. I'm the garbage bin
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u shouldve put it in rice. i had a atnt 8125 (wizard) and it went swimming as well. i took out the battery right away, took out the water (TRIED), and covered it in a bucket of rice for 3 days. worked afterwards :]
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It was in rice for 24hrs. After that just figured its done.
GazaIan said:
If you ever decide to throw it away.. I'm the garbage bin
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If it doesn't power on tomorrow when I get home I'll give it away for the cost of shipping. Probably $5 states side.
Similar experience. However, it was an incredible and after 1 week in rice would not boot. Then, the phone was worth a ton just as a wifi browser/app device. So, I took it apart completely, removing the heat spreader metal plates and all. After sitting on my desk dismantled for about 2 weeks, I had it up and running apps, wifi, web, 3d games. It let me play on a device so I didn't use my actual phone's battery so much.
I've done this with a couple different smart phones (chocolate 2, iPhone). It seems to me, water doesn't pose a serious threat to these devices. If you can get the water out without electrically shorting the device in a damaging way, it's going to be usable eventually... I mean the Incredible didn't just go swimming, it was submerged in a glass of pop and went unnoticed until someone called and it rang quite bizarrely and then shut off. I call them Comaphones.
Well, after sitting for a week, same thing. Put the battery in and the Camera LED flashes for a second. Press the power butting and it vibrates like it's booting up but nothing on the display. I'll leave it in rice for another week.
In the mean time I'm enjoying my new Sensation. Very nice and sleek. Just need root now!
Poor MT4G, its a great phone. Enjoy your new Sensation, I have mixed feelings about mine.
Did it sink or float?
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TangBaby said:
Did it sink or float?
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It was in my pocket, in the pool, for about 20 min. So submerged.
Oh ok...you drowned it you you phone murderer you. RIP. Lol. Just kidding my wife dropped he galaxy s 4g in our pool....suprisingly its 100% funcational. Thank god...i was pissed.
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I rooted my phone A LONG time ago, and have never had trouble before, I dropped my phone in some water by mistake and tried to turn it on. I realize turning it on was dumb. I put it in uncooked rice for about two days and tried to turn it on, it didn't come on. But an hour or so later I felt the phone and it felt warm, so I tried to turn it on and the bootscreen came up, but it is just stuck at boot screen, it isn't even a boot loop it is just at the SAMSUNG screen, is this due to the water damage or a ROM?
If you can get to download mode I would try to go back to stock. That might work.
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That's actually what I was thinking, but I am going to try everything else until I resort to that.
If your contacts and such are backed up to Google then Odin back to stock or hemidall will be the only way
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And if that doesn't work then the water might have damaged some internal hardware
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I actually think it is the water damage now because I tried to plug it in to see if it was the battery and now it won't turn back on.
^^^^ dman ur the man!
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...unfortunately it's almost guaranteed to be water damage.
Did you try to open the phone and see if there is some rust on the MB? I remember my old phone(Nokia N82) got dropped in a pool and when i dried it up it did boot up but my keyboard was not working. i opened the phone up and saw some rust on the connector. After cleaning it up it worked.
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I actually think it is the water damage now because I tried to plug it in to see if it was the battery and now it won't turn back on.
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if the phone was on or sleep, and it was water logged, the battery would short for sure.
it depends on how long it was water logged.
the old battery is presumed dead or bad..the phone may still function if dried.
if you've nothing else,
take out the battery
dry out the phone...if you can disassemble as much as you can...use hair drier or low setting or some warm surface..let it dry out for a few days..(rice is dry and is moisture absorbing) any similar material is fine..ex: silica - water heater surface; heat exhaust..when you dont see any further moisture in the glass screen is a good indicator.
clean the connectors...
use a new battery.
it just may work
Had a Captivate...same thing...except dropped in toilet.....that may be why it smells funny when i use it...
But anyways....after it was in rice for a couple of days....I let sit for over a week before I did anything else to it....now it works just as it did before except the battery life is gone.....
I'd let it thoroughly dry out for weeks if possible....just like everyone else said...Wife drop her iPhone4 in our pool.....got it working again....but the battery was shot....
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Had a Captivate...same thing...except dropped in toilet.....that may be why it smells funny when i use it....
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toooo funny!!!
hope you get it working !!! good luck!!! do you have insurance?
Had a Captivate...same thing...except dropped in toilet.....that may be why it smells funny when i use it...
But anyways....after it was in rice for a couple of days....I let sit for over a week before I did anything else to it....now it works just as it did before except the battery life is gone.....
I'd let it thoroughly dry out for weeks if possible....just like everyone else said...Wife drop her iPhone4 in our pool.....got it working again....but the battery was shot....
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Just buy a new battery duh
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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.
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?
dkcalf said:
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?
dkcalf said:
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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dkcalf said:
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.