Okay, so 2 weeks ago I dropped my N5 in a bucket of water. I took it out after 2 seconds and just tapped the power button to check if it was still on (so I could turn it off). It wasn't.
I got some dry rice, and covered the phone with it in a packet. I also ordered silica gel packets online.
3 days later, I tried turning it on, but it didn't, so I put the phone in a bag with silica packets inside another bag with rice and left it for a week.
I tried turning it on, but no luck.
So I kept it for another week in the same way. Today, I tried charging it and the screen came on. It shows the charging animation for a few seconds before it freezes and tries to boot.
It tries to boot, but it gets stuck either at the google logo or the animation with the colored orbs, and after a couple of seconds, loops back to the google logo.
It goes into fastboot mode and is stable there, but won't boot or go into recovery.
Any suggestions? I was hoping I could fix it myself or at least recover my data before giving it to the service center.
Let's skip to the end.... You're not fixing this. You're not recovering any data. I hope this saves you some time.
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Can it be fixed at all? At the LG Service Center maybe?
No unfortunately not..water is both very corrosive and very conductive. When a device is powered on, water conducts electricity between components that shouldn't connect and burns them out and shorts them. Also the longer it is wet, the more corrosion that occurs.
People who manage to dry it out immediately over a 3 day period who end up with a working device are very lucky. If it doesn't work after this, its never going to work. Service centres won't touch water damaged devices. The other components can't be guaranteed. Some people manage to clean up the erosion with alcohols but even this is a long shot at this point.
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No unfortunately not..water is both very corrosive and very conductive. When a device is powered on, water conducts electricity between components that shouldn't connect and burns them out and shorts them. Also the longer it is wet, the more corrosion that occurs.
People who manage to dry it out immediately over a 3 day period who end up with a working device are very lucky. If it doesn't work after this, its never going to work. Service centres won't touch water damaged devices. The other components can't be guaranteed. Some people manage to clean up the erosion with alcohols but even this is a long shot at this point.
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I thought so too, but when it got into fastboot, i thought there was some hope.
Thanks anyway.
sidaster said:
I thought so too, but when it got into fastboot, i thought there was some hope.
Thanks anyway.
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Emmc is fried.. God knows what other damages the water has done.. It's best you go with the insurance route (if you have one) or get a new phone.
Sorry for your loss!
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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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Hey everyone,
I wish I wasn't here under these circumstances, but yesterday my phone got drenched by the faucet when I accidentally dropped it in the sink. I turned it off right away and tried to dry it by blowing out all the holes/buttons/etc. with canned air. then (maybe stupidly) I turned the phone back on and used it the rest of the day, not really noticing that it wasn't charging when I plugged it in until later when the battery got very low and I plugged it in again and noticed that the charging symbol didn't appear.
Ultimately, what I found DID work, (at least temporarily, sometimes it still stops charging) was turning the phone off, then plugging it in, then turning it back on . When I did this, usb (and wireless) charging work, as well as the USB connection for getting files off the phone on my computer.
It's a bit odd that this is what worked, but so far, it seems to. I'm just not quite sure if there's anything else I can do other than maybe send the phone to LG for repair, or find a local shop that might be cheaper...
Just looking for any suggestions or information anyone may have to help me fix this. thanks in advance!
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Hey everyone,
I wish I wasn't here under these circumstances, but yesterday my phone got drenched by the faucet when I accidentally dropped it in the sink. I turned it off right away and tried to dry it by blowing out all the holes/buttons/etc. with canned air. then (maybe stupidly) I turned the phone back on and used it the rest of the day, not really noticing that it wasn't charging when I plugged it in until later when the battery got very low and I plugged it in again and noticed that the charging symbol didn't appear.
Ultimately, what I found DID work, (at least temporarily, sometimes it still stops charging) was turning the phone off, then plugging it in, then turning it back on . When I did this, usb (and wireless) charging work, as well as the USB connection for getting files off the phone on my computer.
It's a bit odd that this is what worked, but so far, it seems to. I'm just not quite sure if there's anything else I can do other than maybe send the phone to LG for repair, or find a local shop that might be cheaper...
Just looking for any suggestions or information anyone may have to help me fix this. thanks in advance!
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You should have not used the phone but put it turned off in a bowl of uncooked rice for a few days. Optional also removed the back and the battery if possible. You will have corrossion now and maybe worse electrical damage.
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You should have not used the phone but put it turned off in a bowl of uncooked rice for a few days. Optional also removed the back and the battery if possible. You will have corrossion now and maybe worse electrical damage.
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Yeah, I recognize that it was a bad idea... but there's not much I can do about that now. I'm just trying to figure out what my best course of action going forward is.
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Yeah, I recognize that it was a bad idea... but there's not much I can do about that now. I'm just trying to figure out what my best course of action going forward is.
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Try to remove the back and battery and place it in a bowl of uncooked rice asap for 2-3 days, this will limit the damage. Your warranty will also be voided i`am afraid as the moisture indicators are colored now.
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Try to remove the back and battery and place it in a bowl of uncooked rice asap for 2-3 days, this will limit the damage. Your warranty will also be voided i`am afraid as the moisture indicators are colored now.
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what do you think the chances of the moisture indicators NOT being colored would be?
I had the phone inside a bumper case which covers the sides of the phone and the back. Some water got inside the case, but maybe not enough to wet the indicators.. I'd hate to open the phone and then realize they weren't colored. I hate opening phones if possible, but that'd be the only way to know for sure , I guess...
I'm working on getting my hands on a back up phone to use currently , but I hate to see the condition of this one get worse... (my nexus 4 that I was going to use as a backup hasn't wanted to power on in a couple months after I botched Rom flashing attempt and subsequent failure to accept a charge)
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what do you think the chances of the moisture indicators NOT being colored would be?
I had the phone inside a bumper case which covers the sides of the phone and the back. Some water got inside the case, but maybe not enough to wet the indicators.. I'd hate to open the phone and then realize they weren't colored. I hate opening phones if possible, but that'd be the only way to know for sure , I guess...
I'm working on getting my hands on a back up phone to use currently , but I hate to see the condition of this one get worse... (my nexus 4 that I was going to use as a backup hasn't wanted to power on in a couple months after I botched Rom flashing attempt and subsequent failure to accept a charge)
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Water goes through the tiniest cracks and openings so i guess the indicators are colored. Only one sure way to find out and that is looking inside the phone. Look on YouTube for a Nexus 5 iFixit dissasembly video.
Opening up the phone doesn't really void the warranty. Breaking something while opening it does. You still had the headphone jack and the usb port open right? That means water got in and tripped the sensors. This is pretty much guaranteed. IMO, those sensors are too sensitive. Just using the phone in a humid place (bathroom while shower is running) trips them.
If everything works fine just try a wireless charger
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The fact that your charging doesn't work reliably anymore probably means the moisture indicators would be coloured... I've had phones where the water didn't damage it at all and they still were
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Little toddler nephew threw it in a pitcher of water. Sister dried it with a blow dryer and she couldn't get it started to so asked me to try so here I am. She tried to turn it on once about a MONTH ago but nothing since. I'm not sure where to start the trouble shooting so any help would be appreciated. I've taken apart a few devices so I'll be doing that shortly as well.
1) I THINK it's charging but there's no charge indicator at all. A red light came on the first time I plugged it in very briefly but it never came back on again. I'm guessing it's not the battery.
2) I've tried all the button combo to try to get it in various modes, no joy here.
3) The phone vibrates when I hold the power button ( or various button combo ) but the screen doesn't come on.
4) Computer ( Win 8) sees the phone as Nexus 5 but when I click on it, it's blank. The properties show me, LGE, Firmware 1.0, and its serial number. Power source: Battery
5) Several times that I've tried the button combos it would play a little jingle. I'm guessing it's a default LG jingle.
Any suggestions on what the problem will be ? I will probably dunk the thing into alcohol once I take it apart. I'm guessing the display would be the obvious guess but it's a bit pricy to buy just to find out that it's not the screen.
Thanks .
Ahh.. Aren't you suppose to NOT turn it on? You shouldve disassembled it first and extracted the battery then clean and dry. I surely hope it hasn't caused any short circuits from all those multiple tries.
Also the Nexus 5 does not produce any boot sounds.
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1) hairdryer - big no. Made it worse.
2) turning it on - big no. Made it worse
In short, don't waste any time on this handset
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If you didnt let it dry for at least 24hr min before turning it, then its as good as dead... you maybe be lucky that half the things work but over time, you will find it frustrating not having able to use the full features..
i hope the next nexus is water resistant
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1) hairdryer - big no. Made it worse.
2) turning it on - big no. Made it worse
In short, don't waste any time on this handset
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Ahh.. Aren't you suppose to NOT turn it on? You shouldve disassembled it first and extracted the battery then clean and dry. I surely hope it hasn't caused any short circuits from all those multiple tries.
Also the Nexus 5 does not produce any boot sounds.
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If you didnt let it dry for at least 24hr min before turning it, then its as good as dead... you maybe be lucky that half the things work but over time, you will find it frustrating not having able to use the full features..
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Agreed, but like I said it's not mine. I'm still on a trusty Samsung Galaxy 1.
I'm going to pry it apart just to see.
It may still be able to be saved. Open the device up, take a soft tooth brush and some rubbing alcohol, scrub the whole board, breaking away any corrosion that started to build up. If there are any black scorch marks on the connections, then take a pencil eraser and use that to help get those off.
I've heard of using rice to help absorb moisture in cases like his. Might not help now but can anyone confirm if this is maybe a good idea for anyone else faced with a similar problem?
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Bag of rice is the immediate first action to take after water
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so i went swimming with my phone for about 2 minutes yesterday before realising i had it on me. let it dry in the sun then rice bag over night. now this morning i let it charge and it booted up fine. but it started restarting. and at some point got stuck in a bootloop. i can get to the "power + volume down button" but i can not get into my recovery, any ideas?
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so i went swimming with my phone for about 2 minutes yesterday before realising i had it on me. let it dry in the sun then rice bag over night. now this morning i let it charge and it booted up fine. but it started restarting. and at some point got stuck in a bootloop. i can get to the "power + volume down button" but i can not get into my recovery, any ideas?
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You shouldn't even try to power it on...now pray. And go as fast as you can to the closest repair center and tell them what happened. Phone has to be opened and cleaned/dryed properly. You can't do that by yourself, or it is difficult to do it even with the tutorials on how to break it apart. All components should be cleaned with isopropyl alcohol and blown dry. Turn it off immediately and go with it to a service center...really
Every second while the phone is charging/powered, increase the chances to end up with a hardware brick. And the repair costs will be higher than buying a new one
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You shouldn't even try to power it on...now pray. And go as fast as you can to the closest repair center and tell them what happened. Phone has to be opened and cleaned/dryed properly. You can't do that by yourself, or it is difficult to do it even with the tutorials on how to break it apart. All components should be cleaned with isopropyl alcohol and blown dry. Turn it off immediately and go with it to a service center...really
Every second while the phone is charging/powered, increase the chances to end up with a hardware brick. And the repair costs will be higher than buying a new one
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ah wow a reply from a fellow romanian, salut! also theres no point in repairing this phone, the pixels are getting burned, the battery lifes getting shorter, but i would not want to have to buy a new one. that being said, the phone did work for a bit, i wanted to understand why it started not working?
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ah wow a reply from a fellow romanian, salut! also theres no point in repairing this phone, the pixels are getting burned, the battery lifes getting shorter, but i would not want to have to buy a new one. that being said, the phone did work for a bit, i wanted to understand why it started not working?
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Because water is doing damage in time not instantly. The water, especially from pools or even worse sea/ocean, contain minerals, salts and chemicals that remain on the circuits after water has evaporated. They have a corrosive action on contacts and electronic components and posess a high risk of short-circuit that's not immediately observed, making a device totally unusable. The biggest initial risk is to fry a component due to a short-circuit, that's why is recommended to power off and take out the battery from such devices but that's not all. Unfortunately taking out the battery from the One S is not possible as with other phones so parts of the phone/board still remain powered even if you turn it off. Now as time passes by, water and it's components are doing a slow damage unless phone it's not properly cleaned inside. That's why I told you about isopropyl alcohol. Trust me, if your phone still works is a miracle and you still don't know if parts of it are not ireversibile damaged. Any time using it further like this will increase the chances to have it permanently bricked.
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Because water is doing damage in time not instantly. The water, especially from pools or even worse sea/ocean, contain minerals, salts and chemicals that remain on the circuits after water has evaporated. They have a corrosive action on contacts and electronic components and posess a high risk of short-circuit that's not immediately observed, making a device totally unusable. The biggest initial risk is to fry a component due to a short-circuit, that's why is recommended to power off and take out the battery from such devices but that's not all. Unfortunately taking out the battery from the One S is not possible as with other phones so parts of the phone/board still remain powered even if you turn it off. Now as time passes by, water and it's components are doing a slow damage unless phone it's not properly cleaned inside. That's why I told you about isopropyl alcohol. Trust me, if your phone still works is a miracle and you still don't know if parts of it are not ireversibile damaged. Any time using it further like this will increase the chances to have it permanently bricked.
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aha i see what you mean. i got a bit impatient, turned it off, and drowned it in isopropyl for about 15 mins. now im waiting for it to dry out again as i can see the isopropyl inside my camera. also another thing, ever sinc ethe bootloop, if i plug it in and its turned off, it will automatically turn on after like 10 seconds or so.
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aha i see what you mean. i got a bit impatient, turned it off, and drowned it in isopropyl for about 15 mins. now im waiting for it to dry out again as i can see the isopropyl inside my camera. also another thing, ever sinc ethe bootloop, if i plug it in and its turned off, it will automatically turn on after like 10 seconds or so.
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Oh no. I told you to go with it at a service center not to submerge it yourself in alcohol. That's not how it should be cleaned. It should be opened and components wiped with alcohol not drowned in it. And surely not when the battery is still connected.
Reboot to bootloader (if you still can) and you have there option to power off. It won't start up again. Leave it like this till you go to a service center, DON'T try to do something yourself again
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Oh no. I told you to go with it at a service center not to submerge it yourself in alcohol. That's not how it should be cleaned. It should be opened and components wiped with alcohol not drowned in it. And surely not when the battery is still connected.
Reboot to bootloader (if you still can) and you have there option to power off. It won't start up again. Leave it like this till you go to a service center, DON'T try to do something yourself again
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yeah but the phone isnt even worth double what i would pay for at a service center, especially since the screen has alot of burned pixels, especially on the top, thats why im trying to do it myself
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yeah but the phone isnt even worth double what i would pay for at a service center, especially since the screen has alot of burned pixels, especially on the top, thats why im trying to do it myself
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Ok. Then search on youtube or here on XDA, was posted a video how to disassemble the One S. After you take it apart, disconnect the battery and wipe it with cotton balls and alcohol. Especially the contacts and circuit. Dont rub it hard, just clean it gentle... And don't drawn it again in alcohol. Let it dry completely after that. It might be that camera has been permanently damaged if you seen liquid IN it. Also the screen is very sensible if water or any other liquid gets between it's layers. And you should be very careful with every contact...and light up a candle for it will you, maybe it'll help
Such operation at a service center should cost you less than 100 RON, you should make some calls and ask
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Ok. Then search on youtube or here on XDA, was posted a video how to disassemble the One S. After you take it apart, disconnect the battery and wipe it with cotton balls and alcohol. Especially the contacts and circuit. Dont rub it hard, just clean it gentle... And don't drawn it again in alcohol. Let it dry completely after that. It might be that camera has been permanently damaged if you seen liquid IN it. Also the screen is very sensible if water or any other liquid gets between it's layers. And you should be very careful with every contact...and light up a candle for it will you, maybe it'll help
Such operation at a service center should cost you less than 100 RON, you should make some calls and ask
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yeah ive seen it, and will definetly try it if i dont see it working after this dry off, only think im worried abut is not having the star headed screw driver for some of the screws, but i guess you can try to use other types of screwdrivers. also i am in canada but yeah it would be about 50$ which is 100 ron. thank you for all the advice and have a good night!
You're welcome, mybe you'll get lucky and it'll work in the end
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You're welcome, mybe you'll get lucky and it'll work in the end
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man, if i tell you, youre not gonna believe me, but after drowning it in iso and letting it dry in the sun, it works just fine now and the commands that i gave it from the boot menu , which were to erase data and factory reset did not work, i thought they did, but i guess it makes sense because as soon as i pressed them the bootloop would start again. also the initial time when i tried my phone this morning it seemed like it was charging a bit too fat (the percentage), which it doesnt seem to be doing now, and im glad, cause i think that means that whatever problem its had is gone, or so i hope lol.
Multam mult pentru ajutor again man !
A couple days ago I dropped my phone in a lake. It was about 10 feet. It filled with water. I removed the sim card and got rid of water.
I left the phone in a bag of rice for a day and tried to turn it on. It keeps rebooting on the screen where it says SGS7 Powered by Android. I tried to get into recovery mode. When I do that it keeps trying to get there. The only thing I see is blue "RECOVERY BOOTING....". I got into the Download mode and flashed the phone with Odin with 4 file firmware. Nothing changed. Still seeing the same thing.
Is it a brick?
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A couple days ago I dropped my phone in a lake. It was about 10 feet. It filled with water. I removed the sim card and got rid of water.
I left the phone in a bag of rice for a day and tried to turn it on. It keeps rebooting on the screen where it says SGS7 Powered by Android. I tried to get into recovery mode. When I do that it keeps trying to get there. The only thing I see is blue "RECOVERY BOOTING....". I got into the Download mode and flashed the phone with Odin with 4 file firmware. Nothing changed. Still seeing the same thing.
Is it a brick?
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The S7 has an IP 68 raiting, meanging that (in theory) it can resist being up 30 min submerged in up to 1.5 meters (which is a bit less than 5 feet). You've probably damaged the hardware on the phone. It might be fixable by a techincal service (although the offcial one wil tell you the warranty has been voided).
Removing the SIM when it was wet might have been a mistake, as you just disabled the IP68 water resistance rating by creating a way for the water to get in
Possible 10ft was too much, but have seen tests that way surpassed the suggested limits and it was fine
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Removing the SIM when it was wet might have been a mistake, as you just disabled the IP68 water resistance rating by creating a way for the water to get in
Possible 10ft was too much, but have seen tests that way surpassed the suggested limits and it was fine
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Well, the thing is that I didn't remove the SIM right away. I dried the phone, it was fine. But in a minute it stopped reading the SIM. I gave it a couple minutes. Nothing. Then I restarted the phone, which brought me to the problem that I have now. It wouldn't start.
Then I realized that the water probably got into the phone. I removed the SIM and water started pouring from inside.
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Well, the thing is that I didn't remove the SIM right away. I dried the phone, it was fine. But in a minute it stopped reading the SIM. I gave it a couple minutes. Nothing. Then I restarted the phone, which brought me to the problem that I have now. It wouldn't start.
Then I realized that the water probably got into the phone. I removed the SIM and water started pouring from inside.
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That sucks, IP68 rating should have prevented any water getting in, but as above, maybe 10ft was too deep and the pressure too much for the phone seal
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That sucks, IP68 rating should have prevented any water getting in, but as above, maybe 10ft was too deep and the pressure too much for the phone seal
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I'm pretty sure that's what happened.
I'll take it to a repair shop and see what they can do. It's too soon for this phone to finish its serve...
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I'm pretty sure that's what happened.
I'll take it to a repair shop and see what they can do. It's too soon for this phone to finish its serve...
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They'll probably sell you a new motherboard / battery at best, and likely a new phone at worst
That's the problem with not being able to remove batteries in phones these days, if you get them wet you have no way of preventing a short circuit / damage
Generally if you can remove the battery fast, you minimise any damage
Also a big factor in phones not working again after getting wet is the impurities in the water that remain on the electronics even when dry, you need to use something like Isopropyl Alcohol to clean it off
And if the lake was salt water you have even more damage, back in the WWI days soldiers used Sea Water to defuse bombs as it would quickly cease up all the working parts inside the fuse/detonator section iirc
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They'll probably sell you a new motherboard / battery at best, and likely a new phone at worst
That's the problem with not being able to remove batteries in phones these days, if you get them wet you have no way of preventing a short circuit / damage
Generally if you can remove the battery fast, you minimise any damage
Also a big factor in phones not working again after getting wet is the impurities in the water that remain on the electronics even when dry, you need to use something like Isopropyl Alcohol to clean it off
And if the lake was salt water you have even more damage, back in the WWI days soldiers used Sea Water to defuse bombs as it would quickly cease up all the working parts inside the fuse/detonator section iirc
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Wow, that's a good peace of the history right there I really liked it! Didn't know about those soldiers' methods.
Speaking of, no, the lake was a pure mountain water.
And I just want a repairman to take a look what he can do. I already bought exact same phone since I couldn't wait, really need this phone for work and other business. However, I'd like to fix it rather than having it as a peace of memory. So hopefully they'll be able to fix it under a $100 cost.
Good luck, hope it doesn't cost too much to repair