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Ok so I dropped my Eris water the other day and it turns on but the touch screen stopped working. Thats fine, I just went back to my blackberry but is there a way to get info off of the phone. Since my touch screen does not work I can not get into the phone but I have numbers that were not saved, text messages, and other info on the phone that I need the touch screen to access. Is there any way to check my messages from the pc for android or recover them. Thanks
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Ok so I dropped my Eris water the other day and it turns on but the touch screen stopped working. Thats fine, I just went back to my blackberry but is there a way to get info off of the phone. Since my touch screen does not work I can not get into the phone but I have numbers that were not saved, text messages, and other info on the phone that I need the touch screen to access. Is there any way to check my messages from the pc for android or recover them. Thanks
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if its water dont give up it will come back leave it in a bag of rice to draw out the water
If you turned it on it's probably too late and is broken... if you really are optimistic try the rice but that only really works if the phone doesn't turn back on.
i have heard stories of these going into the wash cycle and coming back after a few days
rice doesnt actually work any better then just sitting your phone on a counter, dried corn actually does absorb humidity out of the air (alton brown actually went into a 10 minute long scientific rant on why this is)
have you tried the master application? i haven't myself, but i bet there are ways to pull data off using it.
Lemcott said:
rice doesnt actually work any better then just sitting your phone on a counter, dried corn actually does absorb humidity out of the air (alton brown actually went into a 10 minute long scientific rant on why this is)
have you tried the master application? i haven't myself, but i bet there are ways to pull data off using it.
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Both dry rice AND dry corn do indeed pull moisture out of the air for sure.
It's just that most people have dried rice around their house, and most people do NOT have dried corn around their house.
I have had great experience with rice, and poor experience with the 'counter'. I definitely spilled coffee on my Eris last week (a lot), then pulled battery, rinsed it off with REGULAR water (because I didn't want the coffee to dry on there and ruin things), then wiped it quickly, shook it, and threw it in rice for a few hours. It has run 100% since.
I don't feel like leaving it on the counter would have brought that much success.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/how-to-clean-up-water-damaged-electronics-the-rice-bowl/
Neither here nor there, I suspect that uncooked rice is a better choice than 'out in the open'.
The most important thing with any wet electronics is probably NOT TO TURN IT ON while it's still wet. Wait at least 24 hours, either in rice, near a stove top, dried corn, or whatever you're going to use.
But DONT' turn it on. That won't make ANYthing better.
Good luck
LOL, you specificically indicated that your question was not about fixing water damage in the title of your post, and you got 5 replies about how to fix water damage.
If your phone was rooted, the easiest way to do what you are asking would be to find another rooted phone, and manually make a nandroid backup via adb, take the SD card out of your phone, put it in the other root phone, and restore that backup to that phone. This would only work if you had USB debugging turned on before the phone got wet.
If your phone was rooted, but you couldn't find another rooted phone to help you out, what you are asking is technically feasible, but far, far more time consuming: reverse engineer the data files for the apps in question. That sounds daunting, but is probably not as bad as it seems, as many of the phone apps use "sql_lite" databases, and text within the database files can be seen using a hex editor or the Unix command "strings"
If your phone is not rooted, I think you are SOL.
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Thanks for all your help guys. I turned my phone on because I didnt know not to turn it on LOL but I know now. I hope it will turn back on but thanks for your help guys about the data.
Google contacts (not the phone type) automagically upload to Google. And most data other than that should be saved on the SD card anyway.
If you used Google contacts and not phone contacts, login to gmail and goto contacts. They should be in there.
Can't you navigate with the trackball?
Went swimming last and forgot my phone was in my pocket, it was only underwater for a minute till I pulled it out. I dried dried it off the best I could and even used a hair dryer but I think the screen is ruined. When I power it on it vibrates and the lights flash on like normal just the screen is blank.
Am I screwed?
Yes. Don't try taking it to Verizon either. Time to get on eBay
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at this point I screwed up and have to but a new phone.
What?
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Here's a fix...
First, your battery is definitely done. But the phone is not. Take the phone apart. Don't get too crazy just separate the main screen piece from the backing and battery cover. Then, fill a sandwich baggie with dry rice and put all the pieces in with it. Let it be for about 24 hours (longer is better). Put it back together. You should be good to go (hopefully your new battery has arrived). If there is moisture left in the the screen, it'll look funny but it dried out for me after a couple more days and looked normal.
Obviously, no guarantees here, but this has worked for me...twice. It's not a perfect fix but it'll save you a few bucks.
Thanks for the advice! everything is working but for some reason 3G is not which is very strange.
Don't leave the phone on the bed while you are having fun with your wife. Oh wait. Whenever I go to the steam room or next to a pool I keep my phone away from humidity.
lol ill keep that in mind, Right now I'm having a connection problem. wifi seems to work but really slow. Also I am unable to connect to 3G or any other network. I cant make or receive calls or surf the web. I tried wiping and flashing the newest TazzFroyo rom but I still have the same problem. Any ideas?
Maybe your radio was affected. The rice may not have helped it
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Threeball said:
First, your battery is definitely done. But the phone is not. Take the phone apart. Don't get too crazy just separate the main screen piece from the backing and battery cover. Then, fill a sandwich baggie with dry rice and put all the pieces in with it. Let it be for about 24 hours (longer is better). Put it back together. You should be good to go (hopefully your new battery has arrived). If there is moisture left in the the screen, it'll look funny but it dried out for me after a couple more days and looked normal.
Obviously, no guarantees here, but this has worked for me...twice. It's not a perfect fix but it'll save you a few bucks.
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Best advice ever given on xda. Im an electronics repair guy for the army and whenever someone brings us a wet device we do exactly this. Take it apart as much as your skills allow and you are comfortable with, then leave it in rice for a couple days. After all this take some canned air and blow it out to make sure there isnt any dirt or particles in there and put it back together...
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I have dropped my phone in water for 30 seconds or so and pulled the battery as fast as I could, then placed everything (taken as far apart as I could) on my radiator on top of a couple of pencils (to avoid direct contact) for a couple days and my phone has never shown any problems including battery.
Last night i was out, and well basically my phone isnt working and im 90% sure its water damage now, the screen has little white bits round the end, whats the best way to get it working again, because it wont turn on :/
sell it on ebay for parts and buy another one.
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sell it on ebay for parts and buy another one.
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I concur.
My girlfriend knocked her phone off the counter into the toilet when she was sick (needless to say phone had some chunks on it as well). It was game over. luckily in US we are able to insure it and we are now getting a new one for the one time "low cost" of $125. 125 is better than a full retail, thats for sure. I made her call AT&T before just to see if we could weasel a SII on early upgrade, no dice.
Moral: Insurance ftw
First suck all the beer out of it! Want not waste not!
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Best thing to do would have been to take out the battery/sim/sdcard and put in dry rice immediately, then leave overnight. Might not be too late either, but def should have done that right away. Right after I got my Captivate I got really drunk and accidentally soaked it, I didnt even realize it had gotten so wet until I woke up the next morning and tried to turn it on. It even tried to boot, showing the Samsung screen briefly then immediately turning off. Taking the battery door off there was water drops inside. After about 18 hours in rice I was soooo surprised that it booted right up and I havent had a problem out of it to this day!! I still use it all the time.
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First suck all the beer out of it! Want not waste not!
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It wasnt even beer, it was just raining loads so it got soaked in my pocket
Thanks for the advice guys, i put it in dry rice so we'll see how that goes *fingers crossed*
So i have put it in dry rice, and well it booted up but the touch screen was unresponsive, and so was the fingerprint sensor leaving me with no way to actually use any of the phones features, i think there is a tiny bit of water left so im going to stick it in rice a bit longer but try and get the screen repaired if that doesnt help,
Is there anyway i can access the stuff on my phone using the usb connection maybe?
Sorry to hear about your phone. My son got pushed into a swimming pool with his Atrix in his pocket. It is fully functional today.
What we did.
Rice and a warm spot. Not for hours... It took a whole week before everything straightened out. There was an issue with the sim and sd card readers, but nothing an emery board didn't fix.
First mistake, you turned (tried to) it on. Second mistake...........you turned it on too soon after putting it in rice.
One day in dry rice is not enough. If you read guides about water damage you will see that you really should have the phone in dry ice for 5 days. Never ever plug it into the charger or turn it on before you do this. Only takes one wee drop of liquid to short something out.
Next, you should strip the phone down and clean everything internally to make sure you will not suffer from oxidation and corrosion in the future. Many phones will work after being in dry rice, only to succumb to corrosion after a few weeks or months because all the connectors inside became oxidized.
In short, water damage is horrible, but there are many guides on the internet specific to this outside of XDA which can help you. The iPhone water damage guides are especially useful, even though the hardware is different. The concept is exactly the same.
First rule is always do not attempt to turn the phone on, and do not plug into a charger.
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I concur.
My girlfriend knocked her phone off the counter into the toilet when she was sick (needless to say phone had some chunks on it as well). It was game over. luckily in US we are able to insure it and we are now getting a new one for the one time "low cost" of $125. 125 is better than a full retail, thats for sure. I made her call AT&T before just to see if we could weasel a SII on early upgrade, no dice.
Moral: Insurance ftw
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SII isin't an upgrade.
Thanks caelan, cant change what i've done now, so maybe ive ruined my phone my turning it on multiple times, ive left it in the dry rice which im gooing to do for the rest of the week and if it isnt then working im going to take it to repair shop, thanks for all your guys help.
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Thanks caelan, cant change what i've done now, so maybe ive ruined my phone my turning it on multiple times, ive left it in the dry rice which im gooing to do for the rest of the week and if it isnt then working im going to take it to repair shop, thanks for all your guys help.
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Hope this helps, the phone that I mentioned, was turned on immediately after getting wet. His girlfriend was the smart one and pulled the battery for him.
We sat it in the rice and checked it every day by turning it on. (I am in no way recommending this btw, simply reporting an experience.). Each day it seems like it got better and better. The last two days everything was working, but there was still evidence of moisture on the screen. So we baked it for a few extra days. I did have an advantage over you. The outside temp was 100 plus and I sat his, in that bag of rice, on the hood of a red car everyday for most of the afternoon. It will most likely take longer with a cooler temp to work with.
We may have been 'lucky'. But this is so you know that there is a great chance that everything will be fine.
well, an update on my girlfriend's PUKE phone:
The day I posted that was I think thursday, we let is sit all thursday- friday- saturday. On sunday (around noon) she couldnt handle the Nokia 3360 any longer. When she left for her "mani/pedi", I sat down with the poor phone. After a little cleaning of contacts and such I was able to get it to boot and come up. When she got home it was up and going. She was thrilled and I got a "reward".
She used it all Sunday and today until the insurance joint came in. The only thing that didnt totally dry was the screen. It looked like pure hell, but worked. She said anythign was etter than the old green screen nokia
PS- she had tried to turn it on friday and got a "Modem Failed to Initialize: Starting RSD". Sunday it worked fine.
i dropped my phone in the toilet. managed to take it out. it was still in the power on state. removed battery asap! whats next?? shall i get it some heat, hair drier or bulb ?? how many day do i need to keep this phone in the rice? also im not an expert in disassembling!!! any suggestions?
I've heard up to a week but a couple days will probably work. I would probably just use a can of compressed air. Hair dryers can create enough heat to loosen the adhesive for screens on phones. Maybe place it near a vent or put it on a window sill with sunlight?
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i dropped my phone in the toilet. managed to take it out. it was still in the power on state. removed battery asap! whats next?? shall i get it some heat, hair drier or bulb ?? how many day do i need to keep this phone in the rice? also im not an expert in disassembling!!! any suggestions?
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Hello everyone, i need someone with experience in taking the atrix apart. I spilled coffee with milk and sugar on it, almost instantly i removed the battery, sim card and memory card, cleaned with pure alcohol and left it alone about 8 hours before turning it on. Everything worked, but the inside of the screen had big stains, so i read that you could dunk the phone in pure alcohol and it would clean itself.
After much thinking and knowing the risks i decided to do it. The next day most of the inside of the screen was dry but still had little drops here and there. After 4 days i decided to take the phone to a tech in order to open it up and dry everything, since i am not handy enough to do it myself. Here in my country (Venezuela) the tech didn't have experience with taking the phone apart, but i gave him the ifixit guide.
Well, after much cleaning he gave me the phone back but the camera didn't work. The sound was indeed working because i tested it. So i told him to take it apart again and see if he didn't connect a cable or something, but he couldn't fix it and this time it also doesn't sound.
So, has anyone taken this phone apart and know how to connect it properly? Can anyone give me tips?
Lol. Sorry. Should have put it in rice to dry it out.
Any walkthroughs in youtube?
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You sure he gave you the right phone and the right parts?
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the rice doesn't magically get inside the phone's screen and draw the water out, that's just for the outside of the phone. and yes, i was there when he took the phone apart.
franciscojavierleon said:
the rice doesn't magically get inside the phone's screen and draw the water out, that's just for the outside of the phone. and yes, i was there when he took the phone apart.
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If given several days to work...rice WILL draw the moisture out. I've done it several times. I suggest you search youtube for some disassembly videos and check it yourself, or take it to someone else.
i found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbR56jSplRs for those interested
It happened... to ME!
I've been seeing these threads and MEANING to prepare - but never did and then it happened. Don't make my mistake, do your research now and be ready for the inevitable. Backup everything now and if you already backup, check to be sure that all your connections are still in place. I want to share as much info as I can at this point to hopefully help someone out of a pickle down the line.
First, the answer is yes, my phone bootlooped about 1 week out of warranty - this is systematic and too common to be a coincidence. Not happy with LG/Verizon, someone is responsible for this. Luckily, you have options.
Option 1:
You can go directly to LG and I've heard that they have extended the warranty for this issue. I entered my IMEI and sure enough the site confirmed that I was eligible for repair. Quoted 1-2 weeks but I did not go that route. If you'd like to though, here is the site - https://www.lgmobilerepair.com/request_repair
Option 2:
The extreme temperature "fixes" kind of maybe might work for you. If you didn't prepare and you're panicking, there might be a little hope. First thing you'll hear is freezer. Place your phone in a ziploc bag and then in the freezer for 15 to 30 minutes. Keep in mind that when you remove it, as it thaws out the condensation builds and you're phone will feel wet - felt very risky and didn't do a thing for me. Next thing you'll hear is extreme heat and you'll see some overkill that involves removing your motherboard after removing layers and layers and layers of phone parts. You'll then either place it in a low oven or place an iron on the parts. Those options both felt ridiculous to me, so I used my wife's hairdryer and guess what IT WORKED EVENTUALLY KIND OF FOR AWHILE! First step was to remove battery, then I started to heat the processor by heating the outside of the phone (that's right, didn't remove anything). The chips are in the top half of the phone so I took off the battery cover and removed the sim/SD cards and then let 'er rip on high speed and high heat. I moved the hair dryer around constantly and tried to approach from all sides. When the back was very hot to the touch I popped in the battery and powered the phone on. The bootlooping continued and then I flipped the phone over and aimed the dryer at the screen. Again, focus on the top half and either side of the phone as it continues to bootloop. If you're lucky as I was, you'll see the Verizon logo and the phone will start up. Now the balancing act begins, as far as I could tell the phone needs to be very hot but not TOO hot. That means you put the dryer down for about 5 minutes and then pick it up and heat for another 5 and ride the wave. All in all I was able to get solid stretches as long as 20 minutes to interact with the phone and backup. You can search Youtube for videos if you need proof - it can work.
Option 3:
Verizon. As I mentioned I was about a week out of warranty. I called though and jumped through the hoops of tech support and a warranty replacement was approved. I was told that as long as it's within 30 days of warranty, they'll usually be flexible. Remember though, if you go the Verizon route - they can charge you a $299 fee if you have any physical damage or modified software (so unroot if you need now and tidy up the outside/replace cracked screen/etc.
This whole experience SUCKED. I'm going to bed. Good luck friends.
I hope the replacement lasts long enough to see unlocked bootloader!!!!!!!!
I also just got into a boot loop a couple days ago. I feel your pain as I didn't backup anything.
Lowhari said:
I also just got into a boot loop a couple days ago. I feel your pain as I didn't backup anything.
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Were you able to find a solution?
I've taken my LG V10 apart 3 or 4 times and baked it in the oven. Each time I raise the heat a little bit more. The latest round got me over 14 hours of use out of it. Additional things I did to try and lengthen the life of the phone included adding a dab of thermal paste to several of the larger chips (some guides on youtube for other LG phones offer this as a way to keep the phone from feeling so hot.)
Interestingly, when I took it apart again, I noticed that none of the thermal paste had pressed onto the corresponding heat shields or thermal pads. I can't help but think this is a bit of a design flaw. The major processor, the snapdragon, has what looks like a thermal pad that is supposed to press up against it, but it clearly does not connect, meaning all these chips that run hot sit in their own little ez bake oven, and the heat you feel when using the phone is nowhere near as intense as the heat being generated by the chips inside.
I understand that when a phone feels hot, it can be disconcerting, but if LG sacrificed the ability for this hardware to adequately disperse heat for the sake of a few degrees in the hand, that's a massive design flaw.
I got a replacement V10 from Verizon via chat by complaining about the Maps app not working, extreme battery discharge, and the phone getting really hot. All of which were very true. I had rebooted, cleared the cache, everything and the Maps app would just not work. It would show me being about half a mile from where I actually was. There was something legitimately wrong with the phone. I started off the chat by saying, "I'm having some problems with my V10 and heard the warranty has been extended due to bootloop issues as evidenced by the recent class action lawsuit file in California." The chat rep took about 5 minutes to research the extended warranty and I got my replacement phone the next day (I live about 5 miles from Vz's warehouse). I didn't wait for a bootloop. My wife's V10 bootlooped back in August 2016 one day. I had to put it in the freezer to get the data off as I didn't have it properly setup to backup texts and photos.
I use the Verizon Cloud app to backup text messages and OneDrive to backup photos. I like the OneDrive app to backup photos because that makes them easily accessible from a computer. And as much as possible on the SD card including the Camera storage location.
You can also run an LG Backup and save it to an SD card. I did that when I got the replacement phone. The LG Backup routine completely jacked up the text messages though. The backup takes a while. Most of the apps restored ok.
Mine finally died Thursday night during a file transfer from internal storage to my SD card. Got the phone sometime in November 2015. Plan is under my wife's name so she called and got no where with getting a replacement phone and ended up hanging up the phone.
I called about 10 minutes later, told tech support the phone would boot loop during a battery pull, attempting to enter safe mode and lastly trying to do a factory reset from system recovery. Tech basically said since I tried everything they'd just send me a new V10. Should be here Monday. Phone call took maybe 2 minutes tops.
... was actually surprised how easy it was.
EDIT: Might have had something to do with the fact that the lawsuit had dropped the same day I called, or near to it.