So about 5 hours ago I accidentally spilled a small amount of beer on my Moto G while it was playing music. Immediately after the speaker got covered in beer the sound became all quiet and distorted. I immediatelly rushed to a sink to wash off the speaker with water but that doesn't seem to help.
I've soaked the front in water so many times in the past, you could say I've literally spilled water on both the display and two speakers whenever I decided to clean it and have never had any problems and now this small amount of beer drop on it completely wrecked it which is unusual.
The phone is fully functional, including its micro USB charging port and the only damaged component so far appears to be the speaker, if damaged at all.
Have any of you had such experiences with quiet and distorted sound? Could it just be filled with liquid that needs some time to dry up?
My experience over the past year with my G3 had been all ok. I took it in the shower with me almost everytime for music. Water actually does make the speaker muffled up, temporarily. I leave it for some minutes and it the sound is back to normal. Idk about beer, but I suggest u give it some time to dry up obviously. Use a blow-dryer (hair dryer whatever).
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So you used water to clear up the speaker after the beer spilled (didn't read your post clearly). Water won't help, it'll just stay muffled if you clear it up with water. I think you did whate everyone would've done with water resistant/proof phone (including me) if it gets dirty or something else is spilled on it. I've cleaned my phone plenty of times with water. The speakers do get muffled, just with water for me. Just give it time to dry out thats all.
Needs time to dry out. Put it in a rice bowl if u can
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The phone is drunk, I think. Rice bag idea works very well.
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Give it some time... When I had my G3 I dropped it in a 5 gallon bucket of marinara sauce, then hosed it off with scalding hot water at the dish wash station. The sound was muffled/garbled for about 12 hours or so until it completely dried out, then it was fine. That was 6 or 7 months ago and it still working fine today.
If the phone is waterproof (not sure to what depth), I think it would better to give the speakers a rinse in clean water before drying it out. That would reduce the possibility of beer residue from having an effect on the sound.
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Just for the record, I'm not sure if this will consistently work but I thought it good to put this on record for anyone else who is at wits end with a water damaged cellphone. I dropped my phone in a river and it stopped working (Touch Pro 2). Well, actually it went in well I was swimming and forgot it was in my pocket.
I let it dry off with a hair dryer, but it was still squirrelly with the input. It would repeat certain characters. Also it would not charge from USB. It was basically unusable so I figured I would try soaking the main board in Isopropyl Alcohol (perhaps remove whatever it is that is shorting out the mainboard). I let the mainboard (without the screen) soak overnight in a sealed tupperware container (so the Alcohol wouldn't evaporate). Then I took it out to let all the Alcohol evaporate. Put it all back together a few hours ago and, violla, it works perfectly. No repeated inputs, no other problems.
Wow, That was lucky, Congrats
Congrats......
I posted about this last year about water infiltration incidents. It generally goes as follows:
If you drop your phone into water, fruit punch,toilet, etc. First thing to do---
1. Remove battery immediately
2. Open up as much as possible daub dry excess water
3. Submerged in Alcohol (200 proof drinking alcohol is best), Isopropyl or denatured works almost as good. leave 1-2 hours (the alcohol binds to the H20 and prevents the H2O from corroding the metal or electronics)
4. Dry with hair dryer
5. Put in desiccant (enough to submerge) or rice, or millet etc. and leave over night
Hair dry to blow any excess dust.... reassemble and you are done. If it did get water damage that renders the phone unusable then, use white out and white out the water strip back to white and go for replacement.
This method I have used for treating flooding on my underwater cameras for 20+ years and I have been successful 98% of time
Once again, congrats
Very interesting. I've also heard of putting in the fridge as it draws out all moisture?
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just fix a water damaged phone by changing the battery
it was a black berry phone soaked in water
Always wondered about that.
Thanks for the tips! I will keep it in mind, though the best way that's working for me right now is paying attention
Nice one, i shall try this on my damaged nokia =D
I can relate. I once jumped in the mediterranean with my phone in my pocket.
The SE k750i was a good phone...
First time I hear about this
what?! that's pretty awesome bro.
Lucky try rice.
That's fascinating. Could've used that info about 6 months ago when I managed to drop my phone into a toilet. Luckily it was unused.
It is nice with some tricks. Ill hope it work for me too xD
This is awesome.. Believe it or not a few years back my GF knocked over a class of water into my open pc.. and yeah it died.. Did a similar method here on the mobo and it worked.. for a while
Shot for the tip, I will keep it in mind
definately adding this to my bag of tricks of fixing electronic devices people bring to me to be fixed.
isopropyl is used for inject printers as well...
I always heard to take the battery out immediately. Rince the phone real good in DISTILLED WATER. Shake out as much water as you can, then put it in the oven on about 150-200 degrees for a couple of hours to dry it out.
I dropped my Nokia 6133 in a puddle of muddy water. Did the above and it worked for another year until I upgraded to a newer phone.
How does this method work for salt water? Dropped my Razor in the ocean a few years ago. Not a good day.
Yes, I said razor! I used to love that phone!
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I accidentally dropped my brand new sensation in seawater for a couple of seconds. I took it out, turned off, took out the battery, SIM card and memory card, lightly rinsed the phone with fresh water (didn't dip it into, just washed off the salty water off the phone) and now I'm waiting for it to dry completely, because I can see still some water trapped underneath the touchscreen.
The service is still three days away until monday, but i was just thinking if somebody knows of what else could I do before I try to send it for repair. I was thinking of trying to turn it on once it completely dries off, or it is not such a good idea?
This wil help you... i think
The dry rice trick
Tried that also. I buried it in rice immediately, it has been so since yesterday when this happened, but still has some water trapped underneath the touchscreen.
I fear the damage from salty water is much worse than normal water.
Sorry to say but you are screwed. There is no way this phone will work reliably ever again..
The rice trick has never worked in my experience,dont turn it on,get some DE-IONISED water,flush it with that it wont leave residue like normal water will,let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days then turn it on
Can I wash it with distilled water? Would that be helpful?
Is there a step-by-step instruction on how to dissasemble a Sensation and the tools required? I found one on Youtube, but it wasn't very helpful...
IannEefje said:
This wil help you... i think
The dry rice trick
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I did not know this, it seems the awesome "Dry Kit".
I will buy it one, and if a day i need it, i will try it.
Link : Dry-All for Smartphones
Distilled water is different to de-ionised water,i used de-ionised on a sunk G1 which got into a bootloop from the incident after the washing with de-ionised water it worked and still does
you need to use the de-ionised water to remove the salt water to stop it from corroding heavily.
I dropped a regular cell phone in a glass of lemonade 10 years ago and here's what I did"
- get it out quickly take parts out and sling it around to get liquid out asap
- got home and put a pot of water on the stove
- when water was good and warm, vigorously shook it in the water for 10 seconds
- shook phone as dry as possible
- let dry, heat oven slightly then turn off and put phone in to speed up drying
- once dry, reassemble
- phone worked perfectly afterwards
not saying I would do this with a Sensation....just sayin
Hi,
i just got my Xperia Z3. I was curious and wanted to test the waterproof function. So i dropped it in the sink with al the ports closed of course
The speakers are now sounding strange (muffled) and deformed. I know that the speakers needs to dry up, but it was 3 days ago...
Is there something i can do to cleanup the speakers, or are the speakers now broken?
3 days ago? Yeah I think you might have a problem
ash969 said:
The speakers are now sounding strange (muffled) and deformed. I know that the speakers needs to dry up, but it was 3 days ago...
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You asked for help, I gave a working advice. You don't seem to need it, I remove it.
Lol.
Just wash it again, and kick ass on towel. It will work fine.
Lol washing machine. You made my day.
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Chefproll said:
Try this:
- Get distilled water (you can use the water from a tumble dryer), put it in a bowl.
- Add ONE drop of dishwashing detergent (not more).
- Soak the Z3 in that mixture over night.
- Place bowl with Z3 still inside on a washing machine, put a lot of clothes in, start the spinning program, making sure the bowl cannot drop from the washing machine.
- Get more distilled water, do NOT add any detergent, water the Z3 in a fresh bowl, using some gentle movements.
- Let it dry, speaker side down, making sure the speaker holes are not covered.
Speakers should be ok again.
Explanations:
- Distilled water because it has almost no floating particles.
- Dishwasher detergent because the residues caused by your former experiment hardened, now need to break loose.
- Spinning circle because the movements and vibrations will help loosing the residues. Loading the machine with lots of clothes ensures there will be enough vibrations.
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You probably scared any newbie from every buying a Z3 for a water test
hahah, thnx guys, i once had the Xperia Z, same problem...i also tested it in the shower. After 1 day i sold it, and got a Samsung, because is was afraid i had messed up the speakers
I am going to try it again. Lets hope that it starts working again
ash969 said:
hahah, thnx guys, i once had the Xperia Z, same problem...i also tested it in the shower. After 1 day i sold it, and got a Samsung, because is was afraid i had messed up the speakers
I am going to try it again. Lets hope that it starts working again
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Classy, assume you told the buyer about this?
Anyway, weird that it still is muffled after a few days. Makes sense that everything has to dry up properly, perhaps put it in a glass with rice or something?
this thread makes me lol. haha washing machine,
dagrim1 said:
Classy, assume you told the buyer about this?
Anyway, weird that it still is muffled after a few days. Makes sense that everything has to dry up properly, perhaps put it in a glass with rice or something?
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yeah of course, that why is sold it for 200euros instead of the 590
Speakers are now working after washing it with warm water
now that i im thinking...maybe i shouldn't have sold my old Xperia Z and just waited longer or washed it again with warm water
I had the same thing happen to me when I did a water test (fairly sure 90% of the people who buy any Z series will do this on day one, guaranteed)
I noticed the microphone sounded muffled too, I just dropped a drop of rubbing alcohol in each of the ports, let it sit for 10 - 20 seconds and wiped it out with a microfiber cloth. No more distortion!
I just wish that it wasn't necessary every time it gets wet. I bought this phone purely because summer is coming up here in Australia and I wanted something a bit more durable around the beaches!
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this thread makes me lol. haha washing machine,
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Some of your didn't learn how to read properly, right ?
I did not suggest to put the Z3 IN the washing machine, but ON the washing machine. This way you'll get some vibrations you'll need for softening any residues sticking to the speakers.
So next time: Read, think, write. Don't skip step 2, even if that breaks up normal habits.
My suggestions DO work. But as the OP crying for help doesn't seem to follow my advice, I don't see any need of leaving it around.
ash969 said:
Hi,
i just got my Xperia Z3. I was curious and wanted to test the waterproof function. So i dropped it in the sink with al the ports closed of course
The speakers are now sounding strange (muffled) and deformed. I know that the speakers needs to dry up, but it was 3 days ago...
Is there something i can do to cleanup the speakers, or are the speakers now broken?
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I had the same thing happen and kind of freaked out for a few seconds. I took a shot of compressed air and blew out the headphone jack. Good as new.
Be careful not to take any photos under water. Voids your warranty
DONT!
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You probably scared any newbie from every buying a Z3 for a water test
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The Z3 can only take up to 30 minutes of water. If you soak it overnight it WILL break.
After exposure to water you must open all flaps turn off the device and let it dry for 2 hours everything will work perfectly after!
https://youtu.be/T7uJ_ylow3k my awesome youtube channel so many vids! 237 to be exact
Speakers Z3, low volume when playing music on integrated speakers
Hi friends,
Tested out Water proof property of SONY Xperia Z3,
Even after a full month of waiting, the speaker sound was still like ****,
So today, out of desperation, I heated the speakers using the heat from an incandescent bulb,
can't say that they are back to 100 Percent but surely much better sound than from one day ago,...
Gonna heat it some more,...
Hope this helps solve this problem because i know how frustrating it can be !!~ Good luck
P.S - Be careful with how much heat you provide because usually mobile's speakers are made with a thin plastic materia
Okay hi everyone. This is my first post so please go easy on me. So I've had my Z3 for about two weeks now and love it.
Yesterday though, I was sitting in a car with it on my lap whilst eating a sandwich. A couple of drops of garlic sauce fell out and landed directly on the top speaker/ear piece. It was raining heavily so I immediately washed it out in the rain trying to get all the residue out from the speaker. I dried it off as best as I could, put it in my pocket and got back to what I was doing. That night someone called me and I realized I could barely hear them. So I played a video to test the speaker only to find that the base speaker was playing loud and clear but the top one was quite distorted and significantly softer. Is there any way I can fix this problem?
Thanks in advance for any help rendered.
Flush it in water and leave it to dry maybe. (Just the speaker part). Then leave in a bowl of rice or put a bag of Silica Gel over it over night and let it suck up the moist til its dry.
I am trying to decide on making the switch from iPhone to the Pixel 3a. All of my devices have been waterproof, but the 3a isn’t.....so I’m wondering how much of an effect would rain or even a few drops of water while at the beach would have on the 3a?
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4rpr said:
I am trying to decide on making the switch from iPhone to the Pixel 3a. All of my devices have been waterproof, but the 3a isn’t.....so I’m wondering how much of an effect would rain or even a few drops of water while at the beach would have on the 3a?
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I've used it many times in mild rain but haven't ever dipped into water.
So if you are talking about that, it'll be good.
i doubt drops of water hurt. i have a skinomi screen protector which was a wet application and they give you small tube of soapy water with a spray nozzle to wet the screen. i spray the soapy water on the protector to clean it. seems to me the only problem would be an excessive amount of water entering the headphone jack. like if it was dropped into water and went under water..
mine fell into a puddle once and was submerged for about 5 - 10 seconds. It was fine after.
I dropped my first one into a toilet full of water (after it had been flushed). Grabbed it out and turned it off w/in 15sec.
Left it off and tried it 2 days later. Screen probs (multiple phantom touches a second).
Ended up buying a new one and leaving that one in a drawer. Actually just tried it again for the first time since then (maybe 3/4 months) and it's totally dead. No lights when plugged in to charge - no response otherwise.
So yea - be careful w/ water. At least it's relatively inexpensive to replace.
My GF left hers in her pants and I did laundry. She asked where her phone was as the washer was filling up. I don't know how much water got in it by the time I pulled it out, but it was DOA and had some water pour out of the charging port and speaker grill. Insurance replacement through Fi wasn't too bad. $50 no questions asked. Pretty much told them. "Water damage, it's dead, Jim."
Normal things like rain are fine, but if water gets in the charging port or bottom speaker grill, kiss it goodbye.