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help water damage tilt

maybe.... I did a search and could not find what i was looking for...or found too much.
This is what happened, it rained, my windows were up. When i got in the car it dropped in the middle console were it was a little water. It was there for a second before I grabbed it and put it in my purse.
When I got home i dried it..removing the sim card and battery. the white thing is still white. It will keep popping up with stuff.
I read if you can get the battery to heat up that will help. is that true?
I work for att so i know i am screwed if there is water damage. i can't buy another one cause i purchase at none committment and the last one cost me 410.
I done retrofited my phone so i will be praying all night that it works.
HELP GIVE ME FACTS

if the white thing is still white and if you have warranty go for a replacement coz i think they only check the white thing. or go to a local phone repair shop and they will do it for a cheap price. i had my nokia repaired from water damage for 15 pounds about 6 years ago.

Tips:
1....Dry it with a towel.
2....Take off the battery.
3....Never put the battery back and turn it on, if you are not sure the unit is totally dry.
4....You can wrap it in tissue (both battery and unit) and put it in a sealed plastic bag of rice grains. Why? Because rice grains are natural desicants. It will absorb all the excess moisture you can't dry with the towel. Leave it there for a minimum of 4 days.
5....You can only place the battery back and turn it on if you are really sure the unit and battery are totally dry.

update
every is working fine. I slept with it to under my pillow. I also check my sim card and that was wet. after I dryed that, i put my sim card in my standby phone.
Everything is working good now!

just a general instuction
1.get the battery out (because watter can't harm it if there is no electricity)
2a.dry it with a towel,just to get rid of any water that could float out of it
2b.dry it with a hairdryer or a radiator. (don't expose to fire)
3.instead of ryce you can use ethanol ( C2H5OH ) to get the water out and to clean it...use a brush to do it
4.try not to drop it again
personaly i dismantle the device when drying it...that way i'm sure there is no water left in it
but for inexperienced people or those devices with warranty...i suggest you don't dismantle it

I took the battery out and placed both battery and phone into instant rice. Works great

working fine
my phone is working fine.
It had some problems, it was the keyboard, kept acting up. so open it and let the keyboard dry (i don't use the keyboard...lol) took out the sim card and dried the area where it was, a little bit of water was on it. Dried it, and put it under my pillow for heat..lol.
Took it to work the next morning and it was having trouble with alignment when i used the stylus. so after redoing the alignment it has been working fine.
Thanks for the help.

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Dropped mine in the toilet!
The unthinkable happened. I have insurance on my tilt... but the thought of a whole day re-flashing and installing software made my stomach hurt.
I did the following-
1. Took out the battery within 10 seconds
2. Took out sim card & the microsd
3. Shook out all the water I could
4. Used a whole can of compressed air to blow any moisture out
5. Placed in a bag with silica gel packets for 30 hours
I was amazed when the thing booted right up! EVERYTHING works perfectly- wifi, GPS, camera, speaker, mic, buttons, and touchscreen! This thing is a tank!

Water Damaged, Turning but Stuck at Boot Screen
hi,
i was standing at sea side my prophet was in my pocket, i thought to put it in a plastic bag, while i was putting it in the bag suddenly a wave came up and dropped over the bag and the bag was filled with water , i took it out turned off and took out the battery, after drying it for a long time i turned it on back it booted up with some strange behavior and then after rebooting few times it got stuck on boot screen, now i have tried so many times to flash the new ROM even hard SPL, everything goes fine but when i turn it on after flashing, it always get stuck at boot screen, can anyone help me plz ?

[Q] Power button unresponsive.

Hello all,
I gave my Sensation to my wife a couple of months ago (she bought me a SGS III so I thought she deserved it).
The phone fell and stayed under light rain for a couple of hours, until she found it again; the phone also had a protective cover against scratches, not being also water resistant.
Now she's having difficulties in turning the phone on/of and putting it in stand by, also pressing the button hardly. There's no visible sign of rust or oxidation, and everything else (also touchscreen) is working ok.
I tried to remove the back cover to try to activate the button directly (without the chassis) and it seems its sensivity is greatly reduced.
Is there a suggestion you have to restore its functionality, without bringing it to the shop for repairs ?
Many thanks
S

try to buy a new back cover and see if that helps

[Q] Screen VERY Dark After Accident But NOT Black - Phone Still Usable - Need Help

Hey guys,
I have a Droid Incredible 2 that I dropped in a cup of water for a small amount of time. I let it dry, and when I turned it on the screen was very dark. There was still an image, but it was almost impossible to see. The phone still works, it will text and call, but it is almost impossible to see things.
So, I replaced the screen with a new unit, confidant that it was the problem. But, of course, that did not fix it. I am out of ideas, so I am hoping someone here can chime in! (My question is what else could be the cause?)
Thanks for any help!

If your phone is in uder warranty replace it
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Did you replace the actual LCD screen or just the touch panel (piece of glass on the front of the phone)?
If you did replace the LCD that sounds like the backlight isn't turning on. This could be for a variety of reasons, but probably something that powers the backlight on the phone's circuit board got damaged by the water since the light itself should be part of the screen assembly. You could try removing the battery and leaving it in a bag of dry rice or those dessicant packets (things that say "Silica Gel - Do Not Eat") that come in shoes, electronics, etc. for a few days and see if maybe it's just some more water that needs to dry out, but if that doesn't help you're probably looking at a circuit board replacement or buying a new phone like andromaki suggested. It also wouldn't hurt to take the phone apart again and check to make sure you plugged in all the cables that come out of the screen and none are upside down/not in the connector all the way.
* Yes, I'm specifying dry rice for a reason. I once advised someone to stick a phone that got dropped in the sink into a container with some rice, and they put it in some leftover fried rice from Chinese take out, which did not help matters.

I agree with lroop. "Very dark" sounds like the backlight or backlight inverter (power supply) might be bad. I would assume that the backlight and inverter would all be built into the display, but that may not be the case. If the inverter is separate from the LCD and it has gone bad then switching the display would not fix the problem.

[Q] Nexus 5 drop into water and works half

Hi !
My girlfriend dropped her Nexus 5 in the toilet I can't tell you how, I don't understand Just the bottom of the phone were under water on 3 cm and it stay there less than 1 second.
I completely disassembled the phone and I put it in rice. After 2 days like that I reassembled it and I tried to start it. The screen never woken up but the backlight was turned on. :crying:
When I hold the power button there is a vibration and when I plug it on the computer I can browse the data on the internal memory ( I saved all). I can go through the fastboot mode too.
So after all that information, I thought that the problem came from the screen, so I changed it. Same things.
How can I do a diagnostic ? I think that it is the screen controller or something like that.
Thanks !!
Julian

Just buy a new device. Fixing water damage is redundant

Before you throw it in the bin, open the device again, remove the battery and clean all parts which had contact with water with Isopropanol ( you get the stuff in every pharmacy ).
Let the parts dry again, try the device again. In some cases this method may help to remove the water marks and connections created by them.
In 99 out of 100 cases this might save your components if you act quick.
Rice doesn´t help much, it helps to remove the water but not the marks it leaves behind. Better eat the rice

Thanks for your reply !
I will try.
Julian

Screen gone black - known problem

I just replaced the battery on my S6. Putting it back together I broke the sim tray.
I ordered another but it took a month to arrive. During that time the phone was plugged in most of the time and was working fine.
When I put the sim in, the screen went black. The two touch-capacitors below the screen light up & are working and I can hear the phone working.
(there are two very small hairline fractures at the upper left corner which have never caused any problems before)
Is this some known problem with the S6 or with that crack impacting some critical connector for the whole centre part of the screen or is it more likely that some screen connecting plug has come loose inside please?