So I was coming home from work 2 weeks ago, and managed to leak some water onto my EPad in my bag
I thought that was it! But, it does power on, only there is no backlight on the screen, so I can't see anything.
I've tried hairdryer, airing cupboard etc. but still not change. I've had it open, but couldn't see any water in there, and can't get to the screen at all.
Any experience on this would be greatly appreciated?
Turn off put in rice bag don't touch for 1 week
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You shouldn't have turned it on. Should have put in a bag of rice and kept it there for at least a week.
It looks like you fried your lcd, and possibly some other components.
Go ahead with the rice bag and see what happens. It is now doubtful that you will recover it.
goodintentions said:
You shouldn't have turned it on. Should have put in a bag of rice and kept it there for at least a week.
It looks like you fried your lcd, and possibly some other components.
Go ahead with the rice bag and see what happens. It is now doubtful that you will recover it.
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It was already on in my bag. Not even sure a lot of water got in......I'm trying the rice.....next stop looks like an expensive repair jobby.
SouthLondoner said:
It was already on in my bag. Not even sure a lot of water got in......I'm trying the rice.....next stop looks like an expensive repair jobby.
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Check your pm. Wish you the best of luck.
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okay, i soaked my phone in isopropyl alcohol, then placed it into damprid (a descant, like rice) for almost 52 hours now, the phone functions properly, my speaker will not work, and there is water between my digitizer and lcd.
I am going to place it back in the descant for now, but ive seen no improvement in the amount of liquid between the digitizer and lcd as of yet so it's doubtful i will.
I would like to take my digitizer off and attempt to remove the excess water. ideas? I do have alot of experience in working on small electronics (i fix computers and small electronics for a living), ie. ipods, other phones. just not the thunderbolt, any ideas suggestions? links to a good tear down procedure?
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-SPIFF
Word of advice...keep it powered off till the liquid is removed, it may screw your digitizer ribbon up or worse.
Here's a really good teardown/repair video.... Good luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rjgVsSWxQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I would recomend making sure that you have removed all of the water before putting the battery back in your Thunderbolt. Water conducts electricity and you can fry some of your components.
I would try putting it in the oven for a bit on warm, it might help dry it out.
When my wife washed my flip phone years back, it had water under the screen for a couple of months before it finally all dried out.
nrfitchett4 said:
I would try putting it in the oven for a bit on warm, it might help dry it out.
When my wife washed my flip phone years back, it had water under the screen for a couple of months before it finally all dried out.
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This can work but be real careful or you'll melt it. I say warm it up and shut it down and then place it in. It should help remove that trapped water
altimax98 said:
This can work but be real careful or you'll melt it. I say warm it up and shut it down and then place it in. It should help remove that trapped water
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I think my oven on warm is between 125-150 degrees, cool enough that I can take a plate out without mitts.
Here's a chart of plastic melting points:
http://www.machinist-materials.com/comparison_table_for_plastics.htm
I would just let it cool before doing anything with it.
Ooo not good did the rice trick already?
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Just take it apart and dry it out, I don't think baked thunderbolt would be a worthy dinner..
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Wow, thats ****ty.
Use a hair dryer to heat it up?
Do you do this work for a job or hobby?
If its your job you should know better than to use isopropyl alcohol, it leaves noticeable residue, go get some denatured alcohol and take the thing apart.
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Did you try wiping three times?
adrynalyne said:
Wow, thats ****ty.
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HA!
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sklobopes said:
Word of advice...keep it powered off till the liquid is removed, it may screw your digitizer ribbon up or worse.
Here's a really good teardown/repair video.... Good luck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rjgVsSWxQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That's what I would do. You can buy a new screen for cheap, the digitizer costs a little more but if you don't have insurance (like me) it would not be a bad idea.
303bonefish said:
Did you try wiping three times?
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lol. just shot chocolate muscle milk out my nose and on my shirt. thanks.
microwave, popcorn setting, 6 minutes... works for me every time.
Throw it in dryer with dry close put it in a pocket with velcrow or a zipper
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Rice. Wife dropped her BB in the pool last year and we where able to save the phone for another month (and get her data off) by placing it in a bag of white rice for a few days. That stuff sucked all the moisture right out of the phone.
We did find random rice pieces for a while falling out of the phone after it started working though! lol
Rice will do the trick.
Hubby left his Droid Eris in his pocket, so when his pants went into the washer, so did the phone, for a full cycle.
When I transferred the clothes into the dryer I hear a suspicious clink clank...
Took the phone apart, stuck it in rice. After a few days I tried powering it up with the original battery and no dice, so I tried a different battery and voila!
There were some water spots under the screen, but they eventually went away and you can't tell anymore what it went through at all.
The original battery actually started to work again as well, just needed a little longer in the rice and hubby has been using it with the phone since then. All this happened in March or April 2010, can't remember exactly.
Our phones are pretty tough little devices. I have been trying to get hubby to upgrade, but he is stubborn and won't part with his phone lol!
If you do get the liquid out of the screen, please repost and let us know how you did it.
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.
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.
Mitko said:
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.
So I recently dropped my phone in the sink while the water was running. I quickly removed it but water had already seeped inside, causing the screen to go crazy and then it was just a blank white.
I could see the water making its way up through the screen so I dried it off as much as I could and proceeded with the rice technique. After leaving it there for the past three days, I finally took it out this morning and turned it on.
It works! (Well I can see everything on the screen and the touch is fine as I am typing with it right now). Only thing is, it has left something behind. Looks like maybe some moisture is still in there and maybe pressed against the screen.
Based on the pic attached, you think I need a new screen? Or should I take it in to the repair shop and have them look to see if it is just extra moisture that needs to be dried?
Anyone ever seen this before? Really love this phone!
It works fine otherwise. Camera, headphone jack etc.
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So I recently dropped my phone in the sink while the water was running. I quickly removed it but water had already seeped inside, causing the screen to go crazy and then it was just a blank white.
I could see the water making its way up through the screen so I dried it off as much as I could and proceeded with the rice technique. After leaving it there for the past three days, I finally took it out this morning and turned it on.
It works! (Well I can see everything on the screen and the touch is fine as I am typing with it right now). Only thing is, it has left something behind. Looks like maybe some moisture is still in there and maybe pressed against the screen.
Based on the pic attached, you think I need a new screen? Or should I take it in to the repair shop and have them look to see if it is just extra moisture that needs to be dried?
Anyone ever seen this before? Really love this phone!
It works fine otherwise. Camera, headphone jack etc.
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Give it a few more days and if it doesnt go away then have it looked at
chris6278 said:
Give it a few more days and if it doesnt go away then have it looked at
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Thanks Chris. Ever happened to you or anyone you know before?
islandboy_2000 said:
Thanks Chris. Ever happened to you or anyone you know before?
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Instead of rice, buy some desiccant. Google it. If you live in a medium to large city, you can get it locally.
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JamieFL said:
Instead of rice, buy some desiccant. Google it. If you live in a medium to large city, you can get it locally.
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Thanks I've heard about those too.
I live on an island and they dont sell them here
I might have to go to a shoe store and ask if they have any laying around that maybe customers discarded :good:
BTW, how much will I need?
So I put my phone on the kitchen counter not realizing it was slightly wet, I went to pick it up and it looked like this. Seems like water damage, but touchscreen works fine in all areas. Phone is currently in a bag of rice. Anything I can do about this?
I should add that left my phone screen down with a case and screen protector. However when I went to take of the case the inside of the back of the case was slightly wet.
Extreme112 said:
So I put my phone on the kitchen counter not realizing it was slightly wet, I went to pick it up and it looked like this. Seems like water damage, but touchscreen works fine in all areas. Phone is currently in a bag of rice. Anything I can do about this?
I should add that left my phone screen down with a case and screen protector. However when I went to take of the case the inside of the back of the case was slightly wet.
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Yep it is. You're doing the right thing with the dry rice though. Since your warranty is already voided technically you may consider taking it apart to let it dry out better.
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Yep it is. You're doing the right thing with the dry rice though. Since your warranty is already voided technically you may consider taking it apart to let it dry out better.
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If I wanted to replace this it would be the digitizer right? My concern is that If my phone does end up working properly after a few days or so, that color separation would look so weird.
EDIT: After deciding to turn the phone in after 30 hours in rice, the colors started to return to normal after another day to where screen is back to normal.