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Phone gone wonky

Hi guys.. I was loving my phone until yesterday... I was on ics and the phone was super smooth..
Then my stupid cousin poured water oñ me..
Since then the touch has become very unresponsive.. I have to press many times just to type a small word..
Also, the phone randomly shows charging when it isn't çonnected to the charger!!!! Please help guys..
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I think it is H/W issues better to take it Samsung Service Center.....

This is an hardware issue has happened with me. Your usb port must have gone faulty. When my usb port had water in it had to be changed and they charged me 2000rs for it they will have to change the entire usb component of otherwise the touch of your phone won't respond to correctly!!!
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OK...but here's the funny bit... when I blow into the charging port (made sure I was only blowing dry air) the touch becomes as responsive as it was initially.. then returns back to its sad state in a couple of mins..
Screen shot attached shows it working fine after blowing..
I don't have a spare phone so giving it to ssc will be my last option..
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Use hairdryer and blow hot air in usb port. It should solve ur issue.
Don't blow for long time it may make ur port very hot and can damage ur hw.
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He said blowing DRY AIR, he didn't memtioned it was hot air which can vaporize wetness.
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Thanks for the suggestion guys, but the hair dryer just isn't doing the trick...
Anymore tips guys? Should I try opening the phone? Would ssc know?
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vbz89 said:
Thanks for the suggestion guys, but the hair dryer just isn't doing the trick...
Anymore tips guys? Should I try opening the phone? Would ssc know?
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why are you taking so much pain ??
if ur phone is covered under warranty then let the ssc people do it..
but if u want to experiment, you are free to do so...!!

Okay... a friend suggested I keep my phone over night in a jar of rice to absorb the moisture.. if it doesn't work then I'm off to ssc tmr.. I won't open it up..
Thanks for the help everyone..
Btw: surprisingly, it works fine when on charging.. I'm really clueless to the cause of the issue..
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If water has gone inside then ssc will come to know because there is a waste strip inside which detects inrush of water inside the phone. If they are charging you high for the same then u can always try by yourself but be careful.

Its a common trouble with galaxy r....i experienced a similar one and just gave to ssc they solved in 2 days they changed whole lcd screen and charging port and didn't charge anything....just dnt tell them abt water and other stuff and get back to GB before giving to ssc
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ok i need some help again... my beloved phone was working fine all this while... the old problem got solved on itself..
everything was fine till today afternoon... about an hour back.. i took my phone out of my pocket and it was switched off... 5 mins before that my battery level was around 80% and everything was functioning fine..
im unable to turn my phone no matter what i try.. it will not detect on my comp as well and there is no indication when i connect it to the wall charger..
im running frank's ics 4.0.2 with ardatdat's 4.1 kernel..

vbz89 said:
ok i need some help again... my beloved phone was working fine all this while... the old problem got solved on itself..
everything was fine till today afternoon... about an hour back.. i took my phone out of my pocket and it was switched off... 5 mins before that my battery level was around 80% and everything was functioning fine..
im unable to turn my phone no matter what i try.. it will not detect on my comp as well and there is no indication when i connect it to the wall charger..
im running frank's ics 4.0.2 with ardatdat's 4.1 kernel..
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charge it for at-least one hour and try to switch it on by removing the sim and micro SD....

No problem dude if ur phone switch off this bacoz of kernel u using having bugs in it and not fully stable remove your battery and put again after 5 minute it will work
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ok buddies.. i finally gave my phone to the ssc today, they said it could take up to 2 weeks to repair. They were unable to turn on my phone as well and were unable to diagnose the problem.. i hope i'll get my beloved phone back soon..
i'll update to let you all know what went wrong..

Realy f#@ked up this time..

So my phone has been slowly dying. Camera stopped working 50% of the time, then vibrate stopped working, then my messaging app would force close every 4 hours or so forcing a restart. So I decided I'd had enough and went to re-flash back to stock.
Plugged my phone into the normal USB drive I plug it into flashed EP4 and the PIT file. a little bit into the process I got a RX_Timeout error on my phone. Googling this came up with a couple people with the same problem and they said to switch where the phone is plugged into so I unplugged my phone took out the battery and plugged it back into my computer and nothing...
It won't turn on won't spin wurr make noises **** nothing. As a member of this community for over 2 years I know that bricking my phone this bad out of warranty means I'm pretty much screwed.
So I'd like to take this time to say good bye to my fellow charge owners. I might as well take this time to upgrade my phone rather than waste money and time on another charge. Unless someone can miraculously help me, this is goodbye. Thank you dwith, imnuts and kynalvarus and to all of the themers and troubleshooters out there, it's been a tough journey but a great experience none-the-less.
Love,
P2Kmafia

take your battery out and put into download mode and put the battery back in and Odin flash...that way if your note 2 needs some down time you can move your sim card to the charge for a bit... oh wait... that's what I am doing... btw upgrade to the note 2 on Amazon... 200...good luck and hope you find one that whirls and purrs...
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The same thing happened to me. I could not get it to start. Luckily I had 3 days of my warranty left.
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Ya, figured it was a lost cause nothing worked, bought a gnex and extended battery/cover for $200 definitely a steal. It was running cyanogenmod 10.1 when I bought it, so clutch.

Yep I left that hunk of junk too for a gnex!
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I've literally never been so happy with a phone in my life, I love everything about it

p2kmafia said:
I've literally never been so happy with a phone in my life, I love everything about it
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Glad to hear it all worked out for you!

I dropped my skyrocket in a fish tank.

I was holding my gfs fish bowl in her car, the tank had a open top and my phone was on the dash board. When she took off the phone slid right in. It was in the water for about 1 minute or less. I got it out and took the battery, sim card, memory card out. When we got home I tried to turn it on, and i thought it was done, so what i did was put my phone and battery on my Xbox for like 30 minutes or until I thought it was dry.
Well after that I put everything back in, plugged the charger up and turned it on. At first the screen would turn off, the colors were washed out. So I let it sit over night on the charger without the memory card or Sim in. The next morning everything worked except lte. The phone was running just fine and could hold a charge for 8 hours while being used throughout the day, even though that little water mark sticker turned pink on the battery . But i have been using a different phone because I thought data didn't work. Well this morning I popped my sim card back in and bam! Lte is back!
So after all this happened I really learned to appreciate the skyrocket. Oh and if you read this far down and are wondering, I was running the phone naked except for a zag shield. The ROM Im using is Avatar. But thanks for reading and hope this doesn't happen to me again! Or any one of us on here!
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How are the fish? Are they ok?
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You clearly have read none of the threads on submerged phones Lol basically you're extremely lucky i would never ever recommend taking the same actions you did.
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Xbox? Lol.. I'd suggest rice next time.
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[Q] Wet htc one x. Help.

Hey guys today my One x felt in to the toilet. I was lucky enough to take the phon out of the water almost immedietlley. I tooked it out, and everything was working when i turned it on.But i was afraid of the water. So i put down the phone on the screen for it to dry on the sun.after a couple of minutes i checked my phone if everythings working and everything was still good.But then i put the phone on the back after a couple of minutes i came back the screen was flickering and got black.Put the phone back on the screen again, booted it and worked fine again.I read on the internet hoiw to fix a wet phone. And this is what ive done.I turned it off, but fastboot was on( dont know if it makes a difference).Took out the sim card, took the phone out of the case, left it on the sun for a half hour and bought some rice.Ive putted it into rice and its there for about 3-4 hours.And did i do everything good, should it work ? And when do i have to takje the phone out of the rice.Is it bad if fastboot was on.Please help.

salata1500 said:
Hey guys today my One x felt in to the toilet. I was lucky enough to take the phon out of the water almost immedietlley. I tooked it out, and everything was working when i turned it on.But i was afraid of the water. So i put down the phone on the screen for it to dry on the sun.after a couple of minutes i checked my phone if everythings working and everything was still good.But then i put the phone on the back after a couple of minutes i came back the screen was flickering and got black.Put the phone back on the screen again, booted it and worked fine again.I read on the internet hoiw to fix a wet phone. And this is what ive done.I turned it off, but fastboot was on( dont know if it makes a difference).Took out the sim card, took the phone out of the case, left it on the sun for a half hour and bought some rice.Ive putted it into rice and its there for about 3-4 hours.And did i do everything good, should it work ? And when do i have to takje the phone out of the rice.Is it bad if fastboot was on.Please help.
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Shouldn't matter if it was on fastboot, that connects to a pc.. never saw one connect to rice yet. Seriously I would have turned it off being it was still wet. Just make sure it's dry before you start using it. Water bridges the wrong gap and ur phone will short something out. Wait a full 24 hours imo.
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You should have powered off the phone completely, as soon as you took it out of the water, then dried it out as much as possible before powering on again. Having the phone on, while water is inside causes short circuits, which fry the phone.
I'd say, power off the phone completely (no Fast boot), and dry out the phone as much as you can, before powering it on again. Keep the phone in a bag of rice for a a day or 2 (or longer, if you can). Keeping it in a warm (but not hot) area might help drying, as well. Then see if it powers on. The phone might might keep working fine, or might work for a while and die. Short of taking the phone apart (not for everyone) and try to dry it out more, there isn't much else that can be done.
My wife dropped her iPhone 5 in the toilet about a month after it was released. She turned it off right after she got it out of the toilet, then took it to the Genius Bar. The Apple tech took the phone apart, and dried it best they could. She told my wife the phone might turn on, might not. Or might work for a while, then just stop working one day. No real rhyme or reason to it, and not much else you can do about it. Her phone has been working fine ever since.
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31ken31 said:
Shouldn't matter if it was on fastboot, that connects to a pc..
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Pretty sure he means the Sense option in Settings>Power>Fast boot; not the fastboot/adb interface.
Power off with Fast boot is not a true power off, but a deep sleep state. Might not make a huge difference. But if it were me, I would probably have turned off Fast boot in Settings before powering off and drying it.

Hmmm, what would happen if i would dry it when the phone was on.Would it be a 100 percent destroy?

No, it all depends on how much water got inside, and whether it got in a spot where it caused a short circuit. It might still be alright. But powering off completely is the safest way.

redpoint73 said:
No, it all depends on how much water got inside, and whether it got in a spot where it caused a short circuit. It might still be alright. But powering off completely is the safest way.
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Hello . I would love to thank everybody for the help and tell you what happened after i took out the one x.Firstly it was discharged but had full battery befor so i plugged it in. And after 5 minutes it turned on . And everything works good accapt one big problem .. there are stains on the displayand im not sure if they will get off my display.Does anyone know how to fix this?

salata1500 said:
Hello . I would love to thank everybody for the help and tell you what happened after i took out the one x.Firstly it was discharged but had full battery befor so i plugged it in. And after 5 minutes it turned on . And everything works good accapt one big problem .. there are stains on the displayand im not sure if they will get off my display.Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Never done this myself but saw the end result.. a guy I know propped up a hair dryer and turned it on low.. about 8-10 inches away ( adjust distance u want it warm, not burning hot.) Phone on in airplane mode. Don't need extra heat doing this. Ran hair dryer on and off for 3 days or so and the moisture slowly evaporated and display came back. This is just a suggestion, his went from horrible to very much tolerable.
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A few people here have gotten moisture under the screen glass, and I think they were able to dry it our using various methods. Warm (but not hot) air is good, and also lots of air exchange to speed evaporation. So the previously recommended blow dryer on low would work nicely, as it fits both of those descriptions. Some folks have also recommended on top of your refrigerator (almost always warm), and in front of a fan might help too.

haha skorry i know thos is late but just found the post. I put my phone in to rice for 48 hours. Took it out and there was little water under display. Everything came out and phone was just washed. Htc one x was a good phone.
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Nexus 5 Dropped it in the toilet -_-

I know there are many threads about this but some didn't cover my questions and they don't say what to do when you have done things you aren't supposed to do.
So I dropped it in the toilet, I don't even know how but as soon as I did I took it straight out, dried it with a towel and TRIED TO TURN IT ON AND CHARGE IT. I later found out that I shouldn't have done these things. Anyway afterwards I put it in a container of rice with the lid shut. It seems to be much drier now but still isn't working, however the computer makes a sound when I plug it in. I then went and took the back cover off and saw one of the wires (on the right side) seemed to have a busted resistor, I was wondering if that was the problem and it could be fixed?
P.S. When I charge it all I get is a red light.
I'm from Australia so country related help would be great.
UPDATE: I just plugged it into the computer again and the screen seemed to light up a bit for about 30 seconds and the phone vibrates when I hold the power button.
UPDATE 2: I can hear noises like the screenshot noise and the volume up and down noise.

You forget tot wipe the sh!t of. What about the rice? Stil beable to eat it? Or taste it like sh!t? Wrong forum btw.

AppleInc said:
You forget to wipe the sh!t off. What about the rice? Still be able to eat it? Or will it taste like sh!t? Wrong forum btw.
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Sorry about the wrong section I didn't realize that there was a troubleshooting one there. Please use proper English next time.

I am getting notifications and the notification LED is working but the screen just lights up without anything on it.

Keep it a few more days in the rice. I hope you didn't fried it. Do not try to charge or connect to pc yet, don't power on for some time. After 2 or 3 days on rice, try to start it up. If it vibrates but not starting you need to wait some more time on rice or just go to a repair shop. Don't try to charge the damn thing !!!
I had to keep my x10i about 7 days on rice, I almost abandoned it, but it's working just fine now.
God luck.
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KoRoZIV said:
Keep it a few more days in the rice. I hope you didn't fried it. Do not try to charge or connect to pc yet, don't power on for some time. After 2 or 3 days on rice, try to start it up. If it vibrates but not starting you need to wait some more time on rice or just go to a repair shop. Don't try to charge the damn thing !!!
I had to keep my x10i about 7 days on rice, I almost abandoned it, but it's working just fine now.
God luck.
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Thank you, I just took it off charging straight away. Is there a specific way I should do the rice and will it still work if I have been charging it but it still vibrates etc as you described?

Rule number 1 after dropping electronics in water:
turn off and leave to dry for at least 3 days before turning on again.
If you follow this rule, you'll have luck in 80% of the cases.

Ubichinon said:
Rule number 1 after dropping electronics in water:
turn off and leave to dry for at least 3 days before turning on again.
If you follow this rule, you'll have luck in 80% of the cases.
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I know but seeing as I already broke that rule, is there much hope with this?

Should be completely covered in rice. Vertical positioning is recommended, keeping about 2 or 3 centimeters from the botom of the jar ( or bag or whatever ). Shake it slowly every day then put it back on rice. I have no idea if it will work or not, even without charging it, it's about how much water got inside.
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Should be completely covered in rice. Vertical positioning is recommended, keeping about 2 or 3 centimeters from the botom of the jar ( or bag or whatever ). Shake it slowly every day then put it back on rice. I have no idea if it will work or not, even without charging it, it's about how much water got inside.
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Ok, thanks, I don't think very much water got inside, when I opened it there was just a bit on the back cover and some condensation on the front-facing camera.

I hope you get lucky. I didn't disassemble mine completely, just the back cover, battery, sim and SD card, but it wasn't a nexus.
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Search for threads about how to clean the board with alcohol so it doesn't corode.

More than likely you're out of luck cause you turned it on and even plugged it in directly after. It's likely shorted out now.

kj2112 said:
More than likely you're out of luck cause you turned it on and even plugged it in directly after. It's likely shorted out now.
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It seems like everything but the screen is working. As I said it seems like a resistor blew, couldn't I just replace that little cable?

M4ttz said:
It seems like everything but the screen is working. As I said it seems like a resistor blew, couldn't I just replace that little cable?
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Maybe. whatever happens, hope it works out!

Go to a repair shop for proper diagnosis
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I had to leave my sons iPod touch in rice for two weeks before it finally fired up and started working as normal (even after I charged it and switched it on as soon as it hit wet)
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After reading the title -_-...
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I thought it was also important that you take out the batteries
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M4ttz said:
I am getting notifications and the notification LED is working but the screen just lights up without anything on it.
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Maybe your screen it's dead, you should change it