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Is there any other indicator for water damage besides the one on the battery? My phone got wet. It was in a plastic baggie so it only got barely wet, but enough so that it's not working and the battery indicator is red. Thinking about using a friends battery and seeing if I can get it warrantied if that's the only visible indication.
draggindakota said:
Is there any other indicator for water damage besides the one on the battery? My phone got wet. It was in a plastic baggie so it only got barely wet, but enough so that it's not working and the battery indicator is red. Thinking about using a friends battery and seeing if I can get it warrantied if that's the only visible indication.
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I guess you can watch this video to see if there are indicators for water inside the phone. Not sure if the inspire 4g is exactly the same as far as location for the indicators. HTC Desire HD is essentially the same phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfatoeWbMRk&feature=related
My phone took a swim with me in a pool when I got pushed in. I immediately took it out of my pocket and handed it off to a person standing by. They disasembled it had it sit out in the sun to dry. Unfortunately, it could not be saved. It must have short circuited as soon as it hit the water. Thankfully, I had insurance on it. When I called the 800 number to file a claim, I told then it sustained water damage. They never asked me to look at any indicators. They took my word for it and processed my claim. But it may be a different procedure for warranty.
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Thanks for that video link. I didn't see anything conspicuous that looked like an indicator. I guess I'll just have to try it and see.
Well I powered the phone up yesterday after letting it sit in a bag of rice for 24 hours. It powered up and went to the CM7 boot animation but I saw that there was water under the screen so I pulled the battery. Letting it sit for a few more days in the rice, in my truck so it gets nice and toasty and hopefully the water will evaporate.
draggindakota said:
Well I powered the phone up yesterday after letting it sit in a bag of rice for 24 hours. It powered up and went to the CM7 boot animation but I saw that there was water under the screen so I pulled the battery. Letting it sit for a few more days in the rice, in my truck so it gets nice and toasty and hopefully the water will evaporate.
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Try to avoid direct sunlight to the LCD screen for a long period of time. The suns UV rays can damage it over time. Just a heads up..
I have read in the past with iPhone's sustaining water damage that people would soak it in rubbing alcohol to remove water, and replace the battery, and have it working fine, not sure on the credibility of this but maybe something you should look into?
Also, a few years ago I had an LG flip phone that was in my pocket during an unplanned swim(got pushed in by a drunk friend who thought I had changed) the phone was dead for a long time, but about a month later it booted up fine and worked perfectly for another year, after a year the only remnants of water damage was a speaker that was starting to blow
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Drop of bleach on Q-tip will fix red indicators.
ekahan1 said:
Drop of bleach on Q-tip will fix red indicators.
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lol while i don't condone things like this, it sort of made me laugh. nice workaround i guess!
buddy17 said:
lol while i don't condone things like this, it sort of made me laugh. nice workaround i guess!
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Well you shouldn't condone the whole thread then... The very purpose of it is to get the phone warrantied even though it's been gotten wet...
Roland_D said:
Well you shouldn't condone the whole thread then... The very purpose of it is to get the phone warrantied even though it's been gotten wet...
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touche lol
kirk123 said:
Try to avoid direct sunlight to the LCD screen for a long period of time. The suns UV rays can damage it over time. Just a heads up..
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Yeah I've made that mistake before
tjb433 said:
I have read in the past with iPhone's sustaining water damage that people would soak it in rubbing alcohol to remove water, and replace the battery, and have it working fine, not sure on the credibility of this but maybe something you should look into?
Also, a few years ago I had an LG flip phone that was in my pocket during an unplanned swim(got pushed in by a drunk friend who thought I had changed) the phone was dead for a long time, but about a month later it booted up fine and worked perfectly for another year, after a year the only remnants of water damage was a speaker that was starting to blow
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If it doesn't dry out I may try that. Makes me miss my old Nextel phone though. I dropped that thing in a flag pond twice and it never missed a beat lol.
ekahan1 said:
Drop of bleach on Q-tip will fix red indicators.
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Good to know!
I know this is old but I had to find the liquid damage indicator for an Inspire today.
To find the indicator on the Inspire you must remove the bottom panel where your SD and Sim are located. Then under the FC and Bluetooth logo and under the plastic there is a square -- that square is the liquid damage indicator.
Unfortunetly you can not bleach it without removing the void stickers and using a mini star hex screwdriver and taking the phone apart.
If this helps thank me please
I suppose no one would know if taking the back off the atrix would void it's warranty? I don't see any warranty void stickers on any screws. Hopefully there isn't screws under the sticker under the battery.
By the way the bleach doesn't seem to work at all on these new phones. Unless I'm doing something wrong? I don't condone this either just a thought.. any feedback?
I put about 10 drops in total after each drop sitting in the sun drying for 10 minutes each time. Didn't change it at all.
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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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.
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.
Hi everyone,
Have you people ever by accident slipped your android phone on the floor or anywhere and get it damaged? And did you ever bother to get it repaired?
Well, I droped my galaxy ace a million times and nothing happened!!, lol
Just give us your comments and let us know!
Just curious to hear from you people!
No.
Still not dropped.
I use a perfect grip cover.
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I have dropped my Droid devour, Droid 1, Droid 2, Nexus S 4G, but not my Galaxy Nexus
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Does it count if the phone is in its case, inside my bag, which is on the passenger seat, and i have to slam on the brakes cos some idiot can't drive, and my bag hits the car floor, with phone etc inside it...........then on those occaisions yes
I have already dropped my Moto Razr Maxx many times and it has always survived the fall, although no drops higher than 1-2 m height.
Sadly, yes. Good thing it was in a protective case, which has scuff marks now.
yes drop the phone on concrete while getting out of car..... chipped corners . screen still safe lucky
I've dropped my S3 once or twice, but I've always had a case and there was no damage.
I usually bring my phone when I sleep to hear music with ear phone..
And unfortunately when i wake up the phone droped and the screen is crack..
Since that I never listening music again when sleep..
Have droped my tab 2 twice... !!
First time it hit the ground flat on the back...
Second time with the bottom left corner taking the jerk... !
I thought the screen might have cracked , but thankfully it didn't...
Have the original Samsung flip case on it , hard and tough
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Dropped my One X into a puddle of water under my car. When I went down to pick it up I accidentally kicked snow on top of it. Took me a while to find it because it wad dark and I could only use my hand to feel for it.
To my surprise there was nothing wrong with it when I got it into the house.
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i dropped my sony xperia neo many times but thank god still alive
Cicinho said:
Dropped my One X into a puddle of water under my car. When I went down to pick it up I accidentally kicked snow on top of it. Took me a while to find it because it wad dark and I could only use my hand to feel for it.
To my surprise there was nothing wrong with it when I got it into the house.
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Remember!! You should always switch off the phone and let it dry for a few days( since you cannot remove the battery from one x) as water could
damage all the chips inside... maybe you were lucky once.
I dropped my LG optimus 2x multiple times, sometimes even without a case... Not even a nick or scratch.
Dropped my nexus 4 once so far with a bumper and just my luck the top right chrome trim is nicked and there is about 10px of bleeding in the upper right of the screen.
Thank the nexus gods its still very usable though, sometimes I don't even notice the damage as long as the screen isn't showing white.
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Yes
Yes.
I've dropped it a total of 15 times for some odd reason now when I do it I smile.
Yes. I cracked the screen on my ace plus...
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Today, I dropped my one s...as it fell towards the pavement, i thought it was done, but without even thinking...like it was a primal reaction, I then kicked it (softly) at the last moment, which changed the direction towards the grass, where it softly landed unharmed.
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I always drop my HTC Desire HD. It's like holding a soap
But I always make it land on my foot
I dropped my Motorola Atrix three times.
The first time, it dinged all 4 corners of the case - pretty weird, but it worked fine.
The second time, wifi and bluetooth stopped working - and never came back.
The third time, a 1" tall strip across the screen stopped working - just across where the SIM unlock PIN pad showed up! So I couldn't get into my phone anymore.
I ended up changing the PIN over adb to use only keys I could still reach... but that was a nightmare. RIP
I think i got water in my lcd from trying to install a screen protector.
Anyone kno anyway I can somehow dry the water up? I just checked the phone again after being in rice for 12hrs. Still there.
I kno somethings wrong cause I have "show touches" enabled and its as if im touching the phone with 3-5 fingers at once
My touches dont register cause the water is acting as a "finger" itself
How'd you get water in the LCD from putting on a screen protector? I'd recommend removing the screen protector and drying out screen by putting it in rice again.
If that doesn't work you can try putting it in rice and in the refrigerator.
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If it were my phone I would start to disassemble. Not a complete teardown but enough to get some air to the screen to dry it out some more. Probably still put it in a bag of uncooked rice. I do not recommend turning it on anymore if you still see water you could be making it worse or you already did too much damage. Be patient and let it dry completely. I dropped my g1 in the toilet (didnt pee yet)way back in the day. Immediately ripped out the battery and let that thing air dry for a day. Worked out for me and never had any issues after. Good luck.
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