Went to take a picture tonight and there is water or condensation underneath the lens cover. No idea how this happened. But any idea on a fix or drying it out??
Any way to pop the lens cover off??
Not what I was hoping for.
Hair dryer on low setting?
sassafras
Rice leave it in Tupperware with dry rice overnight always has worked for me IMO
Bury it in rice overnight. I went swimming with my One X and this obviously got water all through it. I had put it in rice but ended up just claiming insurance on it, however, all of the water was out of the camera (and there was a lot).
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Hair dryer on low setting?
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Do NOT use heat on the phone. However low of a setting, it would either be low enough to not remove the water, and if it was warm enough then this can also weaken the adhesives inside the phone and cause other problems later on.
Tried gently blow drying it...condensation clears but come back
Tried gently blowdrying it, and the condensation clears but then comes right back once it cools.
Rice?? (of course i used the last of our rice for dinner tonight, so its off to the grocery store).
Of course off blowdrying on low while you are posting me not to...oh well, off forrice and see what things look like in the am.
I don't think it got very wet. I did have it on the counter while I was doing dishes, but it was a few feet away. All I can figure is that some water got on the back and somehow under the lens cover, but the phone itself wasn't wet. I popped out the sim card and that whole area was dry.
My concern is just whether the lens cover dries "clear" or if it remains clouded or dirty from the inside. Anyone know if there is any way of popping off the lens ring and cleaning the inside?
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Of course off blowdrying on low while you are posting me not to...oh well, off forrice and see what things look like in the am.
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Uncooked rice in Tupperware! Take out microsim and cover. This phone is sealed up too good. Could take a few days.
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If the rice thing doesn't work, I'd exchange it.
just say it randomly reboots. Good luck finding one at an AT&T store though
Maroon Mushroom said:
If the rice thing doesn't work, I'd exchange it.
just say it randomly reboots. Good luck finding one at an AT&T store though
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The rice thing may not work for true water damage, but it WILL remove the water from behind the camera. My phone was sumbereged for a couple minutes and one night in rice took away all of the visual water that was behind the screen and camera lens.
that reminds me, since the phone is so sealed up, where's the water damage indicator? inside the headphone jack?
gunnyman said:
that reminds me, since the phone is so sealed up, where's the water damage indicator? inside the headphone jack?
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The only one I could find was inside the micro SIM card slot.
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So already pushed in the pool with my brand new infuse... Hopefully all of the tricks in the book will work, but any other advice?
I have had luck with pulling all removable pieces and laying it on the dash of my car for a few hours. Keep in mind not to put it in direct sunlight. I used a newspaper to cover it. You just want the heat factor to evaporate any moisture. Hope this helps.
P.S. You have the phone I want.
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pull battery and if you can dis assemble the phone (it's pretty strait forward, 6 screws then you prey the back off, it's a tight fit but you wont break it)
put parts in a bag of rice.
Right now I've got it in a bag of rice and without the battery/back cover but I left the screws on. I'm gonna leave it there for a day or so and then try tomorrow. I'll just pop the SIM in my iPhone. Wow going back to the 3GS is a super big drag. The screen is horrendous.
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Right now I've got it in a bag of rice and without the battery/back cover but I left the screws on. I'm gonna leave it there for a day or so and then try tomorrow. I'll just pop the SIM in my iPhone. Wow going back to the 3GS is a super big drag. The screen is horrendous.
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yeah vga resolution is pretty bad, plus it is soo small.
the disassembly is really optional, but is preferable if you are comfortable with it.
Yea thanks again for the help
You get a container filled it with rice and put the Infuse inside like in the middle cover it fully. May sound funny but this thing works. Rice actually suck all the water on any devices. This happen to my iPod twice. I left it inside my pant and wash it in the washing machine, I did this and it fix it twice. No kidding. Live it there for 1day, long wait
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The phone is fine now, except it has water trapped inside of both camera lenses. Is there a fix for this?
i would imagine you need to disassemble the phone. im sure the water is under the protective lens and the sensors are fine.
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?
Thanks
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
As the title suggests, accidentally dropped my Desire S in a sink full of cold water. Took it out straight away and pulled the battery, dried it as much as I can with tissue and will be putting it in a sealed bag with some rice for 48 hours to hopefully draw the rest of the moisture out!
Has anyone else been this stupid/clumsy before? Did your Desire S survive?
Ouch, sorry to hear that.
But I am very interested to find out the outcome.
All the best.
Was it a sink with just water? Or could have the sink have contained anything other than water?
I would leave my phone for about a week using different methods of trying to eradicate the moisture, eg. hair dryer etc.
Yes it was just plain cold water thankfully, nothing else. A friend has saved a phone using the rice method so I'm hoping that works for me too, bit scared as there's visible condensation in the camera
The visible condensation will always be there.
If you have any bags or laptop cases, they usually come with moisture absorbing silica gel bags. You could put those in the sealed bag as they will probably be a lot more effective than rice.
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As the title suggests, accidentally dropped my Desire S in a sink full of cold water. Took it out straight away and pulled the battery, dried it as much as I can with tissue and will be putting it in a sealed bag with some rice for 48 hours to hopefully draw the rest of the moisture out!
Has anyone else been this stupid/clumsy before? Did your Desire S survive?
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have a look at some videos at youtube. the forum wont allow me to post links yet.you'll find some interesting tips to dry electronics. might give you some ideas. best of luck.
yes i have dropped mine i didn't had a case at the time i replay the event in my head over and over to remind my self to always have my kung fu grip on i watched i fall from about 3 feet to the concrete floor the battery latch flung open in the first bounce and the battery flew out in the second the entire thing happened in 2 second but it felt like 60 seconds i wanted to cry right then and their i felt like dark vader when he killed the chancellor while yelling noooooooooo. they should make an app wit that
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just a question can one use silicone to seal the gaps in and around the phone to help prevent on slow the water in the event i does drop in the water
Interesting thought. Haven't seen anybody seal their phone with Silicon yet. The phone will lose it's looks after that for sure.
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I left my ds in a big walk in freezer at work. Froze completely solid. Left it to dry, still months later working perfect
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I left my ds in a big walk in freezer at work. Froze completely solid. Left it to dry, still months later working perfect
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Nos0x said:
As the title suggests, accidentally dropped my Desire S in a sink full of cold water. Took it out straight away and pulled the battery, dried it as much as I can with tissue and will be putting it in a sealed bag with some rice for 48 hours to hopefully draw the rest of the moisture out!
Has anyone else been this stupid/clumsy before? Did your Desire S survive?
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1st of all, well done for pulling the battery straight away!
so many people don't do this. their 1st reaction it to dry the surface then try to turn it on to see if it still works. which as we know is not a good move.
All i can say is your doing what i would have done in your situation. just keep it in a warm dry place for a week or so before you try turning it on. fingers crossed!
I'm sorry to hear that. i hope your DS could work as well
Wish you all the best. I was lucky to drop it on marble so not as much effect as dropping it in the water. Its good that you took out the batterystaright away
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You're doing everything just fine. Please be patient.. My suggestion would be not to switch the phone on for like 15 days, which makes sure that it goes dry. And it would be best not to use any dryers to dry the phone as it might affect the chips inside.
Ur lucky dude. I dropped mine in the toilet bowl while popping. Luckily it's still a alive after I fished it out.
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Ur lucky dude. I dropped mine in the toilet bowl while popping. Luckily it's still a alive after I fished it out.
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LOL!
****! done that before, years ago! but, was with an Old nokia and the hot air hand dryer saved it...(plus was only pee'ing! )
Took it out of it's dry rice bath tonight, have put sim card and SD card back in and turned it on, all seems well so far!
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Took it out of it's dry rice bath tonight, have put sim card and SD card back in and turned it on, all seems well so far!
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Wow.. Lucky you!
Congrats!
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Took it out of it's dry rice bath tonight, have put sim card and SD card back in and turned it on, all seems well so far!
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Good to hear that it's okay!
Now don't do it again lol
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Your device wrote you a song:
(Bon Jovi: It's my life)
It's my life
and it's now or never
why did u let me fall into water
i'm drowning but i hope that i'll survive
I WANT RICE!
I'm glad your DS survived that wet adventure!
hello everyone, my sgs2 is damage, I spilt water on ma cell phone ans is not waorking at all, it doesnt want to even switch on. does anyone knows any website/company which fix wet phones in UK? please help
Pull out battery and dry phone for some time..
Ect. In owen at 50 degreese celsius
Or by hair dryer
Dont try to turn on when still wet..
I Hope i will work for you .
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x7nofate said:
hello everyone, my sgs2 is damage, I spilt water on ma cell phone ans is not waorking at all, it doesnt want to even switch on. does anyone knows any website/company which fix wet phones in UK? please help
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the best thing to do in take out the battery and sim and dry them both thoroughly. Then put them both in some dry rice. can also try a vacuum
put it in rice and have it in rice for 1-3 night
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put it in rice and have it in rice for 1-3 night
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best way ! do it just cover it in a lot of rice for a day or few and it will suck out all the water
good luck
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best way ! do it just cover it in a lot of rice for a day or few and it will suck out all the water
good luck
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I deal with about 100 mobile phone users in my company. I keep a zip-loc of rice in my desk for exactly this situation. Pop off the battery cover, and remove anything in there you can... Battery, Sim, SD... leave it all apart, and put it all in the zip-loc filled with rice and let it sit at least overnight. Shake it gently, as well!
Definitely do not put it in the oven as mentioned above =p
rice is the best option for most electrical gadgets
Bag of rice is your best bet.
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I have also heard rice is the best thing. It pretty much acts like those little silicon packs you usually get with electronics.
Repaired iPods and phones with the rice method, but only works if you catch it in time
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fouldill said:
I deal with about 100 mobile phone users in my company. I keep a zip-loc of rice in my desk for exactly this situation. Pop off the battery cover, and remove anything in there you can... Battery, Sim, SD... leave it all apart, and put it all in the zip-loc filled with rice and let it sit at least overnight. Shake it gently, as well!
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boiled rice or just raw??
Raw, uncooked off the shelf rice.
Uncooked rice absorbs water. When you cook it, it absorbs water and gets the nice soft stucture. Salt absorbs water as well, but wouldn't advice to put that in your cell. For this reason you often see grains of rice in salt dispensers (or what's it called in english? shakers?) The rice absorbs water and prevents the salt from sticking together etc.
yes, I think that rice is the best help in this case!
I disassembly my
sgs2 dry it assembly and it works ok, thanks anyway
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Pull out battery and dry phone for some time..
Ect. In owen at 50 degreese celsius
Or by hair dryer
Dont try to turn on when still wet..
I Hope i will work for you .
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Thx a lot. My phone is opening now )
The rice trick
Hi There,
Rice really work, belive me. not just saying that to bump up my post count.
Let my go off topic for a second.
I used the rice method to get condensation out of a sealed cheap diver's watch.
Just dump a laod of raw rice in a suace pan covering the phone and leave it there for a couple of days.
Really sucks out the moisture.
Uncooked rice is very useful in this situation. Place it inside an uncooked rice for a few days and the rice will absorb the moisture.
My HTC Sensation got wet and I didn't cover it with rice until next morning and I couldn't save it, what a shame it was.
I also tried to switch it on while wet, which I think put things worse and now it's being repaired by some paki, I don't think they will get to fix it...
So the other day I was listening to music in the shower and the phone got some over spray on it.
Upon getting out the front bottom speaker where the music comes out was real poppy, I saw that the black cloth was wet so i blew it out gently and dried it up and it worked fine after a bit. Also the other and more importantly issue was that my sms/mms stopped working. It kept saying that it had no signal and was not able to send text messsages. I took off my case and then the back cover and noticed that it was a little wet on the inside not much, most of it was around the camera area nothing near the sim card.
My question is for those who intentionally and unintentionally put their phone in the water, what effects did you have from the swim? anything that I have encountered and is this a normal reaction from it getting a little wet, not fully submerged just some waterdrops on it?
The back cover always gets firmly pressed in so that wasnt the issue.
I submerge my phone all the time, really. It doesn't really matter if water gets into the back cover of the phone because if you look under the back cover, you'll notice 2 little rubber pads. Those cover the SIM/SD Card slot(s). As for the speaker being "poppy", that's fine, but I wouldn't blow into it; you may just force water in, so just let it be while it dries. Just make sure that once it's done being wet, you take off the back cover and dry it all off. Better safe than sorry!
Yes, that's the directions I saw once for the G3 after its wet. You pull the back cover and dry off around the sim and sd card slots.
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Alright thanks for the info. Have you experienced any issues with signal after getting wet?
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Alright thanks for the info. Have you experienced any issues with signal after getting wet?
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Typically, no.
Just out it into rice for 2 days and u r done.
I have done that previously for phones but will not do that for this phone. One of the major factors for my purchase was the water resistance if I have to put it into rice every time this phone gets wet it is a waste of time of time for me.