Hi. Unfortunately, I have dropped my OPO into water. So here I am with a question and i would be glad if you could help me. I had dismantled it and tried to dry it, then turned it on , seems to work, boots, touchscreen responds but theres gpu tearing when the phone is moving (so bacically water is still in there) so i quickly turn it back off and put it in a rice... So my question is, will that tearing stops when the phone fully dries out? Or any tips and experience? Everything seems to be ok except this. Wish me luck, thank you for answer.
adokitkat said:
Hi. Unfortunately, I have dropped my OPO into water. So here I am with a question and i would be glad if you could help me. I had dismantled it and tried to dry it, then turned it on , seems to work, boots, touchscreen responds but theres gpu tearing when the phone is moving (so bacically water is still in there) so i quickly turn it back off and put it in a rice... So my question is, will that tearing stops when the phone fully dries out? Or any tips and experience? Everything seems to be ok except this. Wish me luck, thank you for answer.
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For best results, bring it to a trusted repair center that handles water damage.
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well hopefully this is the right place to ask this. to the point...
recently my daughter got a hold of my phone and decided to drop it in the bathtub.
after taking it apart and letting it dry out the best i could i tried to turn it back on.
at first i got to the lockscreen at which point it was completely unresponsive.
however now i can get it to respond to the unlocking and passcode and it seems fine...except to see the screen i have to look at it under the right lighting and just the right angle.
any possible solution to this problem? im hoping the phone can still be saved. thanks in advance
stitchesdied said:
well hopefully this is the right place to ask this. to the point...
recently my daughter got a hold of my phone and decided to drop it in the bathtub.
after taking it apart and letting it dry out the best i could i tried to turn it back on.
at first i got to the lockscreen at which point it was completely unresponsive.
however now i can get it to respond to the unlocking and passcode and it seems fine...except to see the screen i have to look at it under the right lighting and just the right angle.
any possible solution to this problem? im hoping the phone can still be saved. thanks in advance
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have you tried putting it in dry rice for while so it can completely dry up?
You're probably going to have to replace the LCD itself then. Much cheaper than buying a new phone.
So like the title suggests, I have a water damaged LG G2 that won't fully work. A little back-story, I went swimming one day at the pool and while I was swimming I totally forgot my phone was still in my pocket. I was only in the water for a few minutes and realized my mistake so I quickly drove home and disassembled it. I immediately soaked it in rice for a few days but unfortunately its fried so I decided to do some tests to see if i could fix it myself. I played with it for a while, scrubbed off the corrosion, replaced the battery and the phone works now but the screen wont display an image. I put in another replacement screen but to no avail so I'm assuming it has something to do with the logic board although I'm not for sure. If anyone could shed some light on what might be the problem or help me with a solution it would be greatly appreciated :good:
thanks
irootbeer said:
So like the title suggests, I have a water damaged LG G2 that won't fully work. A little back-story, I went swimming one day at the pool and while I was swimming I totally forgot my phone was still in my pocket. I was only in the water for a few minutes and realized my mistake so I quickly drove home and disassembled it. I immediately soaked it in rice for a few days but unfortunately its fried so I decided to do some tests to see if i could fix it myself. I played with it for a while, scrubbed off the corrosion, replaced the battery and the phone works now but the screen wont display an image. I put in another replacement screen but to no avail so I'm assuming it has something to do with the logic board although I'm not for sure. If anyone could shed some light on what might be the problem or help me with a solution it would be greatly appreciated :good:
thanks
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Well, you seem to have already done the things I would have suggested. If you've already dropped in a replacement glass/digitizer/LCD assembly and it still isn't working, then I got nothing. I'd send it in to someone to have it fixed or get a new phone. That said, I was actually replacing that assembly myself this weekend after being dumb/inebriated and having my phone fall out of my pocket, cracking the glass and digitizer. One thing I noticed that I didn't expect is that even if everything is completely assembled, if you take off the back cover and turn the phone on, the phone will boot up and respond to touch, but the screen will not turn on. Looking more closely at the back cover, there are a few contacts on there so apparently you have to have the cover on for the screen to work. You could double check to see if there might still be some corrosion on the back cover on those contacts. That's about all I got though.
Alright so here's the deal. I had an incident with some liquid. The phone worked for months after that. Then weird things began to happen. First the mircophone went out. Then, after I tried to clean the mic, the screen went blank and I couldn't get anything to show up. After doing some looking around, I found out that the daughterboard at the bottom routes the screen and has the mic on it. SO, I replaced the daughterboard. And now I can get the screen to come on, well, sometimes. And the digitizer is just as touch and go. Occasionally it decides to work, and most of the time it doesn't. So I guess what all this comes down to is, does this sound like a screen & digitizer issue, or is the motherboard (and thus the whole phone) shot?
ANY help is GREATLY appreciated!
Your phone is fried
As soon as I hear phone problem and water in the same post, my advice is usually the same. Move on. ?
Unfortunately with water, it can get time consuming and costly.... You fix one thing, only to find something else doesn't work.... And so on and so on. Water is evil, and in most cases, lethal.
You've seen replacing one part has only partly helped. To me, if a phone gets wet and serious issues follow. Save your time and money for a replacement.
Sorry for the bleak outlook... But fixing water damage is a rough process usually.
Good luck in whatever direction you go! ?
Thanks for the input. I've unfortunately already purchased a G2 to replace it. I've tried, but it's not worth the time and money. Loved my Nexus 5 and I'm sad to see it go.
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Hello,
So maybe you already laughed a little bit by reading the title of the thread.
I had a foam party yesterday and I was stupid enough to have my oneplus one in my pocket. After about 15 minutes I finally realized that it would be a good idea to put my phone away. When I came back home in the night everything was fine but when I woke up today the touchscreen wasn't responding (only physical buttons worked). So I tried to hard reboot the phone and then everything was working again.
But after some minutes of use, I noticed that a part of the screen was reacting strangely. I went in the setting to activate the "cursor route" and I saw that there is kind of a band in the middle of the screen (about 1 cm) where the tactile is not working.
I removed the back cover and noticed that is was a little bit wet inside .. so I put my phone into some rice.
I tried to see how the screen is responding in my recovery (twrp) and the problem is also there, so I'm pretty sure it's an hardware problem.
Do you have any tips or things I can try to do ? I just want to avoid the Oneplus RMA because I don't want to be without phone for 2 months ..
Thanks in advance !
PS : I'm running CM 11S (latest OTA) and I'm rooted.
Stop using the device at all, you're potentially doing more damage every time you use it while it's wet/damp. Leave it in rice for three days without touching it. After three days is up take it out and inspect the touchscreen again.
okey, so I leave it off in the rice. 3 days without phone will be hard
If I have to replace the tactile screen (without LCD), do you know if I have to use thermal tools ?
pocj30 said:
Hello,
So maybe you already laughed a little bit by reading the title of the thread.
I had a foam party yesterday and I was stupid enough to have my oneplus one in my pocket. After about 15 minutes I finally realized that it would be a good idea to put my phone away. When I came back home in the night everything was fine but when I woke up today the touchscreen wasn't responding (only physical buttons worked). So I tried to hard reboot the phone and then everything was working again.
But after some minutes of use, I noticed that a part of the screen was reacting strangely. I went in the setting to activate the "cursor route" and I saw that there is kind of a band in the middle of the screen (about 1 cm) where the tactile is not working.
I removed the back cover and noticed that is was a little bit wet inside .. so I put my phone into some rice.
I tried to see how the screen is responding in my recovery (twrp) and the problem is also there, so I'm pretty sure it's an hardware problem.
Do you have any tips or things I can try to do ? I just want to avoid the Oneplus RMA because I don't want to be without phone for 2 months ..
Thanks in advance !
PS : I'm running CM 11S (latest OTA) and I'm rooted.
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Lol, so it's a hardware problem that you soaked your phone ? Sounds more like a user problem.... Good luck trying to pass that on a RMA...Well good luck with trying to get a RMA period... lol
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okey, so I leave it off in the rice. 3 days without phone will be hard
If I have to replace the tactile screen (without LCD), do you know if I have to use thermal tools ?
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It'll be much longer without your phone if you don't though. And what @Cholerabob is right, what you've done to your phone isn't covered by warranty, warranty doesn't include damage caused by the owner.
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Cholerabob said:
Lol, so it's a hardware problem that you soaked your phone ? Sounds more like a user problem.... Good luck trying to pass that on a RMA...Well good luck with trying to get a RMA period... lol
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If you read my post better, you will understand that I said I don't want to pass it on RMA. Of course I know that I will have to pay about 150e because it's my responsibility and it's not covered by any warranty. That's why I want to change the component myself.
And yes, it's an hardware problem because of a user mistake.
Try to make constructive answers next time at least.
So, it's me again.. As the title says, water somehow got in the phone. I can see some humidity on both cameras. I noticed this problem when I tried to make a call and the device couldn't detect the sim card. So, I opened the back only to find water in the SIM slot. The SIM is working fine now as i managed to dry it out but now I have two more problems.. A) For whatever reason the devices overheats by itself way too aggressively and B) the touch screen is really messed up..
Safe mode seems to ease the touchscreen issue a bit but the phone is still useless..
And yes, i have used rice to dry it..
It's fully stock btw except the unlocked bootloader..
If anyone knows what to do I will be really REALLY glad as I dont have a backup device right now..
Thanks in advance.
mike.... said:
So, it's me again.. As the title says, water somehow got in the phone. I can see some humidity on both cameras. I noticed this problem when I tried to make a call and the device couldn't detect the sim card. So, I opened the back only to find water in the SIM slot. The SIM is working fine now as i managed to dry it out but now I have two more problems.. A) For whatever reason the devices overheats by itself way too aggressively and B) the touch screen is really messed up..
Safe mode seems to ease the touchscreen issue a bit but the phone is still useless..
And yes, i have used rice to dry it..
It's fully stock btw except the unlocked bootloader..
If anyone knows what to do I will be really REALLY glad as I dont have a backup device right now..
Thanks in advance.
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Is the water visible under the LCD? If not then you might be able to save it. If water got into the LCD backlight, like my previous phone, the damage would be irreversible.
Your best bet would be to take it to a technician and disassemble the phone. Maybe try to get warranty claim if still applicable. Overheating means the motherboard is shorted and the battery needs to be disconnected as soon as possible. Also, disassembly is recommended to clean up any water residue to prevent further corrosion.
Now, may I ask, how did the water got in there? Did the gasket fail or you've made some mistake like not putting on the back cover securely?
The problem was the plastic covering the sim and sd slots. As soon as pulled out the cover that plastic fell down on the floor like it was never glued whereas the other plastic for the second sim was just fine. I will get a technician to fix it in the next few days but until then its staying in rice 24/7. BTW the touch screen does have some problems and it keeps on pressing stuff by it self, although i can fix it for a few seconds by placing my hand all over the screen when active and then closing the screen. When I open it back up the problems are gone for about 10 seconds. Also the is a wierd mark on the bottom of the screen that seems like water but it doesnt affect visibility that much.
Quick update: So, water seems to be in there after all those days as the screen gets worse every day that passes. The wierd thing is that I downgraded to lollipop because I thought that the 5.0 display drivers might be better for such a screen and.. Well the screen doesnt respond at all to touches.. Tech support will see the phone today or tomorrow but I dont think its worth to repair. :/
Best way to "dry" the pone is to turn it off, remove the battery if possible, and leave the phone in a bowl with RICE (yes rice) in it, fully covering.
Rice will suck up all the humidity close.