Hey, so I was drunk the other night and got in the shower with my jeans on and my phone in my pocket, don't ask how I managed do this... but anyway, only really got my phone slightly wet, not exactly submerged in water, more like asif it was in the rain...
Well now it won't turn on, however if I plug the charging cable in the screen comes on to show the charging icon but shows its fully charged. I have tried holding Volume Up and Volume Down and the Power buttons, this will not hard reset it and the screen stays off.
How knackered is it!?
First try getting it properly dry - wrap in stocking, put it in a bowl of dry rice, and leave it for 24 hours in a warm dry cupboard.
Then cross your fingers...
Okay I will try this, could chips and electrical components be fried inside? Or would it of shut off and simply need the circuit boards cleaned?
dahawthorne said:
First try getting it properly dry - wrap in stocking, put it in a bowl of dry rice, and leave it for 24 hours in a warm dry cupboard.
Then cross your fingers...
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Just about to put it in some rice today as had none in before, tried turn it on and it came on! Thank god!
Thanks for the support!
There could still be a bit of moisture inside. I recommend it in the rice to make sure there is no residual moisture that could cause future problems.
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I recently dropped my phone into the toilet where it stayed for about 2-3 seconds. After that i pulled the battery, sim card, sd card and the other parts and let them dry for the better part of a day. When I put everything back it worked fine with the exception of the vol dwn button being activated when i press vol up. After a few days I am noticing the phone is barely holing a charge. It was off the charger for 2 hours and went from 100% - 66% (1 or 2 phone calls and a few internet pages). Should I replace my battery or is it my phone being messed up?
Not even worth troubleshooting. Just get a replacement from AT&T. Be sure to not tell them that you dropped it in the toilet
behrouz said:
Not even worth troubleshooting. Just get a replacement from AT&T. Be sure to not tell them that you dropped it in the toilet
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Isn't there a water sensor sticker on the phone somewhere? Im pretty sure the tab on battery is red too...
i hope u got that sweet insurance.... 125 replaces anything!!!
I think I might try getting a new battery..since the water sensor is there for some reason...
that will not solve your problem. there's another water sticker inside the phone right behind the usb-socket under the back cover...
lordsilent said:
I recently dropped my phone into the toilet where it stayed for about 2-3 seconds. After that i pulled the battery, sim card, sd card and the other parts and let them dry for the better part of a day. When I put everything back it worked fine with the exception of the vol dwn button being activated when i press vol up. After a few days I am noticing the phone is barely holing a charge. It was off the charger for 2 hours and went from 100% - 66% (1 or 2 phone calls and a few internet pages). Should I replace my battery or is it my phone being messed up?
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If you can't exchange it then I would replace the battery. Chances are that it shorted out briefly and probably fried a few cells in the battery.
if the fuze does go in the toilet is it a good idea to flush it with rubbing alcohol to flush out the water and also cuz alcohol evaporates quickly? would that have saved it?
i saved serveral cellphones from certain death with the following steps:
immediately take out the battery (obvious)
dissassemble the whole phone (even the smallest pieces!!!) and flush everything with isopropyl alcohol
put the mainboard and other circuit boards in a bowl with alcohol and leave it alone for some hours
dry the circuit boards with a cloth and put them on a radiator for 24 hours
reassemble the phone and if you're lucky it will work again
i even got phones to work again which took a bath in beer and softdrinks...
Another trick that I have heard is to put it in a bowl of uncooked rice. The rice should absorb any moisture that is around it. I've never had to do it, but it seems like it would work.
Also, be careful with isopropyl alcohol if you use it. Make sure it's the highest concentration you can get. There is a lot of water (50%) in the "cheap" stuff. If you look around you can get 70% alcohol. You can't really get 100% unless you work in a lab...it tends to burst into flames at 70 degrees F.
Howler82 said:
You can't really get 100% unless you work in a lab...it tends to burst into flames at 70 degrees F.
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At room temperature? Not without a source of ignition - I work in a lab and haven't had any problems with that. It is, of course, highly flammable though. You wouldn't necessarily want to use absolute (100%) ethanol though, as, unlike 96% ethanol, as it often contains benzene, which isn't especially pleasant.
Someone I work with recently spilled wine on their MacBook and tried to recover it by flooding the machine with ethanol the next day, but since it was turned on at the time it seems that it shorted immediately and the damage was done. Maybe my old Psion Revo could have been saved from a fall in a puddle which it initially survived, though.
Either way, replacing the battery would be the obvious first thing to do if it's otherwise working fine (bar the volume controls). If it's shorting somewhere nonessential that could feasibly drain the battery fast as well, though?
Hello. I had an accident, and my phone paid for it dearly. I have a HTC Desire and unfortunately the other day I spilt a rather large amount of Coke onto it, which has caused all the keys to be a bit sticky, and worst of all the power button to be constantly 'held down'. Which means the phone is very often asking if I would like to power it of, I cant tell it when i want it to lock, nor unlock. I have gotten round this by setting screen time-out to 15 seconds and installing the No Lock app, but this is very far from ideal.
Is it possible i can clean the cola out from my phone? It looks like it would take some disassembly, but I'm willing to try.
On an interesting side note, it seams when the phone is at the right temperature (body, in fact) the button works perfectly fine, but if it gets too hot or cold, its gone again.
maaaaaan just sell it as is , its gonna STANK later
STANK?
souljaboy said:
its gonna STANK later
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"STANK" I'm not sure what you mean dude. Cola doesn't smell?
Do the usual. Separate all parts of the device, remove memory card and battery and let the rest sit in a bowl full of rice for 12-24 hours
Pickx said:
Do the usual. Separate all parts of the device, remove memory card and battery and let the rest sit in a bowl full of rice for 12-24 hours
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Well its been 3 days, isn't that enough airing time? and its cola, I fear there may be residue causing the issue, not just left behind water that will evaporate.
Well,as far as i know if you unplug any power sources from the device you can just clean it with water and then ley it dry again..for a long time to completely dry up.
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Well,as far as i know if you unplug any power sources from the device you can just clean it with water and then ley it dry again..for a long time to completely dry up.
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I am of the same thought, but I really don't want to pour water on my phone lol
Don't pour water. Use a cotton bud perhaps with water or isopropyl alcohol (if the plastic is ok with it) perhaps. Don't submerge it or pour liquids over it
And submerge it on rice to absorb all humidity left
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Well its been 3 days, isn't that enough airing time? and its cola, I fear there may be residue causing the issue, not just left behind water that will evaporate.
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There is definitely residue. Just clean it as previous post suggested.
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Ok, thanks alot guys, Ill try just dabbing some water on the corners of the power button so some goes in, then putting it in rice. All while the phones off and battery is out of course.
Hello,
by a rediculous accident I forgot my HTC Diamond in the pocket of my jeans when running the laundry :-(
Afterwards, I opened the cover, took out the battery and let the phone dry out for 2 days. Now I've put it back together, and connected it to the charger. The "ring" is flashing, so the battery is charging but the phone itself is not starting and the display remains completely black, not even the vibration kick on starting...
Is there anything I could do? Or perhaps there is a chance to get out some photos I have shot earlier, would also be something...
ive heard that taking apart your phone and leaving the parts in rice can help (because the rice absorbs moisture)
Off topic:
I read one Desire went through a washing sequence in a washing machine in Desire spesific forum and now this?
Is this a new hobby? I mean... washing smartphone
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Or perhaps there is a chance to get out some photos I have shot earlier, would also be something...
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If the photos are on your micro sd card, you may be able to plug that into an adapter and plug it into your PC and gain access to them that way. Just be sure that micro sd card is thoroughly dry before doing so.
WORKING !!!
Hello,
thanks for the replies... This morning the phone booted!!! I was able to download the photos!!! But the screen has stains, obviously the remaining water.
PLEASE advise on how to dry that thing completely !!!
I think that I'm gonna pass on the rice thing.
@aaa - YOU ARE A JUNKA$$ !!! You think that's really funny?!? Especially when I'm currently TIGHT on budget and need the money for other things and the next phone is planned no earlier than Christmas... I'm hesitating whether you're a real human being...
You can dry it completely in an oven for three hours at thirty degrees or so. I've done this three times. If you have a fan forced oven, just turn the fans on, that'll be enough.
A safer way (if you can obtain it) is to leave the phone for 24 hours in a bowl of dessicant silica gel. You'll often get a small packet of silica gel when buying new electronics or other moisture-affected things. That small packet is enough, just put it in an airtight bag and leave it for 24 hours.
The next step would be disassembly and a thorough swabbing with denatured alcohol, but that's pretty extreme and only needed when the device isn't booting.
Some LCDs are hard to get moisture out of, some are not. Leaving the phone with the silica gel for longer will have a better effect. As the previous poster mentioned, rice also works (quite well), but takes longer than silica.
Good luck with it!
Another thin that will absorb moisture is common table salt. Take the phone apart very carefully. Remove battery first, make sure you're grounded as well.
Hello everybody.
thanks a lot for the numerous advices...
Unfortunately, I have more to report...
The phone dried out and booted 2 or 3 days later, as I said. The stains on the display disappeared as by magic one day later.
Everything was fine for a week until I launched the camera 2 days ago. The backlight of the display went off and came back only after removing the batter for 15 minutes.
Now the backlight is going off pretty often, sometimes it requires to remove the battery 1-2 times before it starts working again and yesterday it happened that it got activated again when I got a call...
Any ideas please?
And also the phone keeps overheating from time to time without real load (GPS or wi-fi) which dries out the battery. But I had this problem also before the laundry
Sounds like that moisture in the LCD unit left a bit of residue and is shorting the backlight somewhere.
Only option there would be to disassemble and swab the LCD boards and cables/connectors with denatured alcohol.
Alternatively, a new LCD unit should fix the problem if it persists, just make sure you alcohol swab the connectors before plugging them back in
Someone also mentioned drying out in salt before. While that does work, salt is extremely corrosive on solder and SMCs, so I wouldn't recommend that route.
i heard hair dryers are the bomb at the screen moisture, just take off all that you can and blow dry it.
I just don't understand your refusal on using white rice. It have saved countless phones.
Uncooked white rice is VERY mosture negative. Just put layer of rice, put your phone on it, cover it completely with white rice, seal it in. Ziploc could work too.
In a day or two your partially dry phone will be bone-dry. If it was soaked still you could first try to shake out water as much as can, soak it in distilled water to remove minerals, then white rice it for 3 to 5 days.
I had this problem with my Touch Diamond. Everything worked, but while i was trying to dry it I broke one of the battery "hinges" but the phone still worked after except only with black screen. The best thing to do probably is just leave it for a couple of days and hopefully your phone will be back!
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I just don't understand your refusal on using white rice. It have saved countless phones.
Uncooked white rice is VERY mosture negative. Just put layer of rice, put your phone on it, cover it completely with white rice, seal it in. Ziploc could work too.
In a day or two your partially dry phone will be bone-dry. If it was soaked still you could first try to shake out water as much as can, soak it in distilled water to remove minerals, then white rice it for 3 to 5 days.
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exactly what ive said. ive read everywhere that rice is one of the best solutions out there
Like was said before you most likely have some corrosion on a few contacts, if you have about 6 bucks you can spare you can get residue free contact cleaner in an aerosol at radio shack or any electronics store and save yourself having to scrub each contact and connector. Just tear the phone down down spray all the contacts and connectors with contact cleaner let it sit for a few then spray it down with air duster to get any thats get under the resistors, in the connectors, etc that hasn't dried; let it sit till you're positive everythings dry and put it back together. Does the same thing as alcohol just alot less scrubbing.
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Hello,
thanks for narrowing the problem down.
But for me it looks like something different, because:
1) I have been using the phone for 1 week without any problems and it got screwed after I've launched the camera app for the first time
2) The backlight works when I power on the phone. But its stop is event-triggered, like when I launch the sound or video player or when I get a call... Similar events would trigger the backlight back on.
Perhaps reflashing the software could fix that?
I went to a shop today and put another battery. The phone booted, anyway without any backlight, twice...
At least the device is still alive.
There probably was a tiny water bubble and it messed with phone when you turned camera on.
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Hello,
thanks for narrowing the problem down.
But for me it looks like something different, because:
1) I have been using the phone for 1 week without any problems and it got screwed after I've launched the camera app for the first time
2) The backlight works when I power on the phone. But its stop is event-triggered, like when I launch the sound or video player or when I get a call... Similar events would trigger the backlight back on.
Perhaps reflashing the software could fix that?
I went to a shop today and put another battery. The phone booted, anyway without any backlight, twice...
At least the device is still alive.
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remove the back cover and battery from the phone, and put everyting in a bowl of rice for a day,. should fix everything,
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There probably was a tiny water bubble and it messed with phone when you turned camera on.
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Either that or a short in the cameras circuit from corrosion, either way i'd pull it apart before it gets worse and check it out.
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Hi devs,
i accidentlly wet my asus m10 on my way to somewhere.then i removed the battery and let the handset dry for long time(around 1 hour in the sun).then i inserted the battery and tried to turn it on. No luck
then i came home opened the phone completely and sucked the water out using vacuum..let the phone stay in a sealed box of rice overnight(to absorb any leftover moisture). in the morning i reassembled the phone and tried to turn it on. it gave 2 dashes of vibrations(normal, when turned ON) but nothing came up on the screen.
then i removed the battery and again tried to turn it on..nothing..not even the vibration..since then i've tried everything from alcohol baths to plugging in the charger but the phone doesn't turn ON..pls help guys.
I'm afraid that It will not come on anymore. I don't know if letting it dry in the sun for about an hour was long enough. The problem is, when you put back your battery to soon, it will most likely cause more damage.
With vacuum do you mean vacuum cleaner? You have to be very careful with vacuum cleaners and electronics because of ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge). This can do serious harm to your product when it contains sensitive components. I've seen some strange behavior because of ESD in the past.
When you try to connect your phone to a computer, is it recognized? What can be, is that your software is corrupt. Maybe you can try to flash you phone. I don't have any experience with flashing phones, but there are a lot of people around here who have.
yes i used a vacuum cleaner..had no idea about the ESD thing
even when the phone is connected to a computer it is not recognized...there's no sign of any device connected to PC.
Putting in the battery after 1 hour in the sun was some what worst case scenario.
It hasn't really dried at all because of the enclosed space and the heat of the sun just evaporated the water into even more little corners.
In water damage cases the best thing you can do it rip out the battery as soon as possible and leave it for some DAYS in a bowl of rice.
The danger from vacuum cleaners is not the magnetic field from the motor but the electrostatic discharge from the moving air.another issue with the vacuum cleaners is the possibility of scratching the motherboard and thus rendering it nonoperative. This is more likely with metal than plastic but still a risk with plastic as well.
Yesterday my phone got wet, the screen is howing some kind of wet spot under in, but heres the thing?
At the edges it seems the water damage is lightening the screen, yet in the middle theres a dark shadowy patch!
Any advice is great thanks?
take the battery out put the phone at a bowl with a dry rice give it a 48 hours
and your phone will be like new (tried a lot of times)
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take the battery out put the phone at a bowl with a dry rice give it a 48 hours
and your phone will be like new (tried a lot of times)
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This. Do this.
And do not delay.
If the phone works at all now it's because you're lucky and the water didn't get to anything sensitive yet. But the key word is 'yet'. It only takes a drop of water on a circuit board to ruin the device. If you don't have any rice at home right now, turn the phone off and pull the battery out NOW. Then go get rice. Don't leave the phone on to go to the store. The sooner the power is off, the better.
What happens is that the board gets slightly wet and when electricity is introduced there's a short. And tiny little circuit boards aren't designed to deal with electrical shorts. It hurts them. Badly. And quickly. And irreparably.
So taking the battery out is key as there's still electrical power in part of the circuits when the power to the phone is off. (Something's got to be polling the power button to know what to do when it's pressed. Something has to regulate the charging that works when the power is off, etc)What the rice does is creates a very dry environment by absorbing moisture.
In 2 days the rice will have sucked the water right out from under the screen.
And once you put it in the rice, don't touch it. Don't test it. Don't fuss with it. Just leave it there for 2 days and use another phone.
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Yesterday my phone got wet, the screen is howing some kind of wet spot under in, but heres the thing?
At the edges it seems the water damage is lightening the screen, yet in the middle theres a dark shadowy patch!
Any advice is great thanks?
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DO NOT RUN YOUR PHONE IF IT GETS WET. PULL THE BATTERY RIGHT NOW.
Even if your phone gets wet it is usually only damaged by running it after it is wet. If you let your phone dry for a few days it should be fine.
Thanks for the advice, that much i was already aware of - it was the dark area that appeared on the screen.
I have had the phone back on and run it with the screen max brightness and the dark patch has almost gone theres 2 small dots that are slightly lighter.
I will see what its like tomorrow.
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Thanks for the advice, that much i was already aware of - it was the dark area that appeared on the screen.
I have had the phone back on and run it with the screen max brightness and the dark patch has almost gone theres 2 small dots that are slightly lighter.
I will see what its like tomorrow.
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It should go away completely. I got mine where it was dark all the way around,and a fairly large spot in the middle. I just left my phone off four 24 hours, then used it, the spots were still there, but they went completely away.
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