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
bilibox said:
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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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.
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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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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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I acquired an Ispire from a friend that was dropped in water in the past. The water sensor on the battery is perfect but the one on the mobo is red. It will vibrate on occasion but no LED's come on when plugged up and I can't get my laptop to recognize it.
Is it a lost cause or do you guys think it may have potential since I can get it to vibrate sometimes?
Any and all help is appreciated
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I acquired an Ispire from a friend that was dropped in water in the past. The water sensor on the battery is perfect but the one on the mobo is red. It will vibrate on occasion but no LED's come on when plugged up and I can't get my laptop to recognize it.
Is it a lost cause or do you guys think it may have potential since I can get it to vibrate sometimes?
Any and all help is appreciated
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Does it turn on at all? If its not turning on at all then its a lost cause. Have you tried pulling the battery for a few seconds and then entering hboot.
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Doesn't turn on at all. It will vibrate after I pull battery but only once usually and no leds or anything come on.
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Doesn't turn on at all. It will vibrate after I pull battery but only once usually and no leds or anything come on.
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Sounds like something fried. Can you boot it without the sd card in. If not then I'd say its toast. It probably needs a new main board. Especially since it has water damage.
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Hi all,
My friend has a handset that was dropped in the bath. Daft idea, yes, but that's how it is.
The device will register the charger by flashing the LED. The first boot screen will appear, but then it will boot loop.
You can access the menu from Power + Vol Down, but the device will not load in to recovery, it will just boot loop again.
I haven't tried system restore because she doesn't want to lose her data.
The device is unmodified.
Does anyone think that her data may be recoverable? Also, do you think it will be possible to restore it to life to at least remove the data before sending it away for repair / replacement?
If anyone has any advice, it'd be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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I don't think system restore will repair any water damage. Hopefully she did a recent Google sync first contacts and calendars. SD card should be fine and I hope she has handset insurance. Cheers.
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If I were you, I would definitely not power it on after dropping it in the bath. That will cause short-circuits within the phone. RMA most likely will not accept the phone, due to water damage. Leave it in dry rice for about 4 days. Then, depending on the software whether it was unbranded or branded, run an RUU. It might or might not work.
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I don't think system restore will repair any water damage. Hopefully she did a recent Google sync first contacts and calendars. SD card should be fine and I hope she has handset insurance. Cheers.
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There's no SD card in the One S unfortunately.
She does have insurance at least!
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The very first thing to do when that happens is to take the battery out, not a straight forward task with a one s. I'm thinking the phone is fubar'd after trying to power it up while wet, but you/they may be lucky. Get the battery out and leave the phone somewhere dry for a couple of days (airing cupboard, near a radiator...) till you're sure it's completely free of water then check for corrosion, it will look like white/green crystaline stuff on exposed metal contacts. Gently clear away any you find and only then re connect the battery, keeping your fingers crossed.
It sound freaking stupid but it worked: A guy put a phone which was dropped into water and didnt turn on, in the freezer for a few days and it turned on after that and worked perfectly. Funny as hell eh :cyclops: :good:
Edit: If you know what distilled water is, you can try rinsing the phone in it, then wait and dry it out.
The thing is, cause it was dropped into a bath it might have dried up something-something in it, which can conduct electricity and cause problems.
This time, I think the phone is finished. Insurance ftw. If any of your devices in the future become water damaged, don't try to turn them on. Take them as apart as you can and toss it in a bag of rice for 3-4 days.
This will work 99% of the time. The rice sucks out all the moisture, insuring that you don't fry your motherboard or anything. I spilled an entire cup of water onto my laptop and after 3 days of rice treatment it was back up and running. This was two years ago and it's still going strong.
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Somehow, my wife managed to drop her phone in the toilet yesterday. For whatever reason, she was pulling her phone out of her pocket while facing the toilet and it slipped out of her hand and into the abyss...
She said it wasn't in there long, but it only takes nanoseconds for a submerged phone to die.... I didn't know about this until much later in the evening. She was using her phone next to me and I noticed it had the headset icon in the notification bar and asked her if that was some new app or something. That's when she told me what happened. She said she dried it off as good as she could and didnt notice any issues with the phone..
I took the phone out of the case to find it had been sitting in a shallow pool of water all day. We turned it off and left it in a sealed ziplock bag of rice with the air sucked out, and noticed the phone making a hissing sound as it was being put into the bag. Took it out this morning, and now the phone will not turn on at all, nor will it respond to adb when connected to a PC. The LED does light up when plugged into a USB cable.
I guess all i need to know is ... Is this a lost cause at this point? I'm getting a gently used Motorola Razr 4G from someone on Craiglist so she'll have something to use, but if this one is fixable, I'd be curious to get it working.
The hissing sound came from the lower portion of the phone, so I'm wondering if the water moving when we pulled the phone from the case got in there and fried the battery and whatever else.
Any helpful info appreciated. Or even if it's a lost cause... Just want to be sure before tossing or putting a bullet through this thing.
Thanks
Hmm not sure. If it won't turn on I guess it'd be a list cause. But I'd suggest always leave a Water phone in rice atleast 2-3 days. I left my m8 in heavy rain for an hour" was playing Bball and forgot about it lol" with the phone facing up and after 2 days haven't had a prob since but submerged is a different ball game. I've personanly dropped a couple phones in toilet and all died just my experience. Btw everytime I have a phone die I always get a droid Razer off Craigslist lol just a great phone for a couple months
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myk.robinson said:
Somehow, my wife managed to drop her phone in the toilet yesterday. For whatever reason, she was pulling her phone out of her pocket while facing the toilet and it slipped out of her hand and into the abyss...
She said it wasn't in there long, but it only takes nanoseconds for a submerged phone to die.... I didn't know about this until much later in the evening. She was using her phone next to me and I noticed it had the headset icon in the notification bar and asked her if that was some new app or something. That's when she told me what happened. She said she dried it off as good as she could and didnt notice any issues with the phone..
I took the phone out of the case to find it had been sitting in a shallow pool of water all day. We turned it off and left it in a sealed ziplock bag of rice with the air sucked out, and noticed the phone making a hissing sound as it was being put into the bag. Took it out this morning, and now the phone will not turn on at all, nor will it respond to adb when connected to a PC. The LED does light up when plugged into a USB cable.
I guess all i need to know is ... Is this a lost cause at this point? I'm getting a gently used Motorola Razr 4G from someone on Craiglist so she'll have something to use, but if this one is fixable, I'd be curious to get it working.
The hissing sound came from the lower portion of the phone, so I'm wondering if the water moving when we pulled the phone from the case got in there and fried the battery and whatever else.
Any helpful info appreciated. Or even if it's a lost cause... Just want to be sure before tossing or putting a bullet through this thing.
Thanks
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I'm guessing no insurance on the device? Call HTC and ask them if they'll help you with their HTC Advantage
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It's most likely dead. If a phone gets dropped in water while it's still on, water gets into the boards and shorts things out. IF she would have immediately turned it off and put it in rice, there might have been a chance. But since she used it while there was water inside the phone, who know what could have shorted out.
I guess this video is bogus.
All New HTC One (M8) Water Test Water Resistant?: http://youtu.be/uK1NF-Aukzo
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Lodingi said:
I guess this video is bogus.
All New HTC One (M8) Water Test Water Resistant?: http://youtu.be/uK1NF-Aukzo
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I wouldn't call it bogus, just lucky.
The phone doesn't have any way of keeping water out, some phones will survive water submersion and some won't. This is the case for any phone model.