Yep. Dropped the phone in the toilet. But as a testament to the Photons build quality, all is well now after a very low (115 - 125°) warm up in the oven, an hour on the table, and an hour in a rice bag. All except my volume buttons. Up no longer appears to do anything, and down now locks the volume controls on the phone in constant turning up state. So I'm debating returning the phone and turning in an insurance claim. Anyone else had a drop of death into some kind of water that can offer some hopeful words?
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Had an EVO4G that fell in as well. The best thing you can do is wait at least 24 hours to let the internals dry out. If they still don't work, you will have to bite the bullet on an insurance claim.
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Had an EVO4G that fell in as well. The best thing you can do is wait at least 24 hours to let the internals dry out. If they still don't work, you will have to bite the bullet on an insurance claim.
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He's right. My photon took a dip as well and I pat dried it as best as I could and then placed it inside a bag of rice for 24hrs and its like new!
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You can also try an alcohol bath. Get 95% and disassemble the photon wipe everything on the board down with the alcohol using a qtip. Let dry and reassemble.
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You can also try an alcohol bath. Get 95% and disassemble the photon wipe everything on the board down with the alcohol using a qtip. Let dry and reassemble.
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Do u know of a guide for how to disassymble the photon? And things seem to have cleared up. Another couple hours in a rice bath and the volume keys cleared themselves up. Now I get a weird "fog" over some of the screen edges. Its mostly cleared up but still happening when I use the phone for am extended period in some spots.
Ya know u think ur careful when you have a phone like thus but all it takes is one mistake to put it in the crapper.
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Do u know of a guide for how to disassymble the photon? And things seem to have cleared up. Another couple hours in a rice bath and the volume keys cleared themselves up. Now I get a weird "fog" over some of the screen edges. Its mostly cleared up but still happening when I use the phone for am extended period in some spots.
Ya know u think ur careful when you have a phone like thus but all it takes is one mistake to put it in the crapper.
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radrian92 said:
He's right. My photon took a dip as well and I pat dried it as best as I could and then placed it inside a bag of rice for 24hrs and its like new!
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i can vouch for the rice for 24 hours trick... threw my previous phone in the washer - didn't realize it until after the wash cycle... activated the photon in the mean time... previous phone still works after a day with rice.
check your PM's.
roundeye1987 said:
Yep. Dropped the phone in the toilet. But as a testament to the Photons build quality, all is well now after a very low (115 - 125°) warm up in the oven, an hour on the table, and an hour in a rice bag. All except my volume buttons. Up no longer appears to do anything, and down now locks the volume controls on the phone in constant turning up state. So I'm debating returning the phone and turning in an insurance claim. Anyone else had a drop of death into some kind of water that can offer some hopeful words?
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Just remember that even though your Motorola Photon 4G may come back from Davy Jone's Locker and work fine, you may very well wake up one morning to find your MoPho deader than Lazarus and nothing you do will turn it back on at which point you may end up exclaiming "MoPho! MoPho! MoPho!" LOL!
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Current status...the battery is working and the phone is booting,but always in the headset mode...and the touch screen has become laggy.SD card working.trien to flash rom thru recovery but it stops unexpectedly.checking USB.
Help me with ways to install a fresh rom without recovery working.
did this happen to anyones lg p500 ??
Did you dry the phone completely before you tried turning it on?
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Current status...the battery is working and the phone is booting,but always in the headset mode...and the touch screen has become laggy.SD card working.trien to flash rom thru recovery but it stops unexpectedly.checking USB.
Help me with ways to install a fresh rom without recovery working.
did this happen to anyones lg p500 ??
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Have u tried put your phone in a bowl or rice for 2-3days?
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are you serious dax? or it was a joke?.....seriously in rice?
shrewdgeek said:
are you serious dax? or it was a joke?.....seriously in rice?
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silica gel would be perfect to remove any moisture.
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are you serious dax? or it was a joke?.....seriously in rice?
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No he's right, dry rice is hygroscopic.
@OP - Don't use your phone for 2 days. When water fell on my laptop (A whole glass), I let it dry in diffused sunlight and the water evaporated after 2 days or so and my laptop is now in perfect condition.
Rice is spot on, my kid sister dropped her htc into the bathtub (TEXTING), BUCKET O' RICE FOR 18hrs and like nothing ever happened
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Have u tried put your phone in a bowl or rice for 2-3days?
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Rice is spot on, my kid sister dropped her htc into the bathtub (TEXTING), BUCKET O' RICE FOR 18hrs and like nothing ever happened
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If not, put into brown sugar or in the fridge for few mins (not for hours, your phone will be frozen!) It will sucks the moisture and the little bits of water...
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are you serious dax? or it was a joke?.....seriously in rice?
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No kidding, it works on one of the member here...
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Those things work indeed.
About flashing without recovery:
Use KDZ FLASHER
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lol open phone's every part & blow hair dryer on it..dont burn it off..
Rice is hygroscopic, but you can also go to service and ask for something like sonic bath... When i get my old Nokia 6120 some fresh water ;p I took it to service and they use sonic bath on it (to get rid of water and moisture). Up to today, this phone is fully working after falling to real bath
I think using hair dryer is endanger... also don't use microwave - your phoen will dead, but service shouldn't found answer why..
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If not, put into brown sugar or in the fridge for few mins (not for hours, your phone will be frozen!) It will sucks the moisture and the little bits of water...
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I can also confirm that my LG was in fridge for 10-15 minutes and it is still in perfect condition. (I had to do that due i overclocked my processor to 864 MHZ and on set on boot argument... oh my crappy finger ;p.. i was gettlig kernel panic for 30 seconds due to processor overheat)
I attest to mighty power of rice ziploc bag for 2 days. Phone just dropped out of my hand in big cup of tea, one in thousand chance. Rice work. I wouldn't put it in fridge while full of water because ice expands. To cool overheating is good though.
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Thanku ppl....almost everything is working fine except the volume button ..I ll try the rice technique and see.
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sajjan said:
Thanku ppl....almost everything is working fine except the volume button ..I ll try the rice technique and see.
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You usually do it before you turn on your device, but good luck man.
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I can also confirm that my LG was in fridge for 10-15 minutes and it is still in perfect condition. (I had to do that due i overclocked my processor to 864 MHZ and on set on boot argument... oh my crappy finger ;p.. i was gettlig kernel panic for 30 seconds due to processor overheat)
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Woah, have you learn your lesson not to oc till 864 mhz? Just kidding..
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Rice works.
I dropped mine in the toilet, 1 day inside a bag of rice an it worked fine.
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Woah, have you learn your lesson not to oc till 864 mhz? Just kidding..
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I had learned many lessons that day... I was on old Andy's rom (hybrid CM and GB) and after this experiment i had to cool it in fridge. What is more, on same day, after succesful flashing miks cm7 my phone turned off. I thought it was bricked. But after 20 minutes i get on well with it (hm, battery became 0%, but i charged it finally). Then... on SAME day i tried to made ext partition for apps on sd.. I forgot that is wiping all data on it... CRAP AGAIN! ;p
All was on holidays, far away from my home's stuff; only with netbook. But i've got copy of sdcard (7 days old...) and good fridge
I know it looks crazy, but it is 100% real.
That was biggest lesson i have ever learn. Now i'am always know, what i am doing. Never get brok again!
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So I dropped my rezound in the toilet while i was listening to music. Since it was connected to my headphones I was able to pull it right out. It was only in the water for a fraction of a second. It worked fine for the rest of the night. I threw it on the charging dock overnight, and now the screen won't turn on. It makes calls, the speaker works, and I can use s voice by long pressing search. I need to know if a screen replacement will fix it, and also where the water damage indicator is to see if I can send it to Verizon.
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Im not judging, but why were you listening to music in the bathroom?
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Trying to change the song while taking a piss. Oh and alchohol was involved
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Lmfao. You will be fine as long as you find and replace the water indicators. Then you can call Verizon for a warranty replacement and send it back. You shouldn't get charged.
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Lmfao. You will be fine as long as you find and replace the water indicators. Then you can call Verizon for a warranty replacement and send it back. You shouldn't get charged.
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Where's the water indicator though?
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Where's the water indicator though?
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Look around near the battery. It could be there. There probably is one on the battery too.
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You might be out of luck on getting that thing snuck by in the long run. Yeah, there is an indicator in the space under the battery and on the battery itself, but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25302725
Take a look at the second photo. There is (at least) one internal indicator next to the headphone jack.
Possible an internal indicator got tripped. VZW reps aren't careful, but the refurb process might catch you. Then you're looking at a HUGE charge on your Verizon account weeks after the fact. :/
Just giving a heads-up. Possible the water wasn't in there long enough or seeped in deep enough to trip the sensors either, I've submerged an old Pantech with indicators intact before.
Know stuff happens when drunk, just try and remember under all frames of mind to pull the battery immediately and put in rice to dry. Good luck.
Found the battery indicator and the one under it and they're both fine. But thanks for the heads up. Hopefully it works.
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You should have tried the rice trick. Immediately after getting your phone wet, tear it completely down - as in, unscrew the back cover, disconnect the mainboard, etc. and put everything in a bag of rice for at least 24 hours. I brought back my Incredible that way.
You're lucky that your water sensors didn't get triggered the one under my battery got triggered and I haven't gotten a drop of water on it just humidity triggered it so I replaced it with my external battery I then returned it and it worked
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Hope all goes well man .
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Yes good luck with warranty fraud .
Would have tried the rice trick but.....alchohol....and it was working fine. And in the water for so little I though I was okay.
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In the future, you can possibly avoid ruining the phone if its dropped into water by immediately removing the battery and setting the phone inside a zip lock bag filled with uncooked white rice. The rice will absorb the moisture from the phone and without the battery inside the phone its less likely to short out cause there should be no moving electricity.
So i went to a party that had a pool. I forgot that i still had my Evo in my pocket. Just got home and tried turning it on or charging and both didnt work. What should i do?
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So i went to a party that had a pool. I forgot that i still had my Evo in my pocket. Just got home and tried turning it on or charging and both didnt work. What should i do?
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Wow, that stinks. You could try to find some sort of desiccant to wick away the water, like those little packs that come in boxes or like dry rice. Once it is completely dry, hope for a miracle.
Tupperware -Bowl of rice - 24hrs hope for the best. Leave battery out. Don't try to power on again.
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So i went to a party that had a pool. I forgot that i still had my Evo in my pocket. Just got home and tried turning it on or charging and both didnt work. What should i do?
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Leave battery out. Don't try to power on again.
You can use hairdryer to drying your phone motherboard, please open your back cover to drying.
Good Luck
hi, my galaxy s3 was in my pocket today when i was out in the rain, i got soaked and the phone did get a bit wet to,i took the phone out my pocket to see the flash just flashing away by its self, i took the battery cover off and there was a bit of water under it,, and also it the flash comes on when i press the on button for some reason, whats the chances that its shorted a circuit out? or will it be fine when it drys out? ive got it in a bag of rice just now and ive not had it on since so i dont even know if its just the flash thats dodgy, but it does still turn on i just turned it off straight away.
hope its not damaged as its not even insured
Rice works wonders, just make sure you have the battery out of the phone.
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Rice works wonders, just make sure you have the battery out of the phone.
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i hope so as i cant see it being a cheap fix if it has shorted something out, a thought they would have been a bit more waterproof than that though lol will overnight just be enough in the rice? or should i leave it longer?
Personally I would just open it up, pop off all the connections and leave like that for an hour or 2. Takes only a few minutes.
I did that to a mate's S2 when he dropped it in salt water while fishing. It was under for close to a minute. 7 months later and it's still running fine.
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Personally I would just open it up, pop off all the connections and leave like that for an hour or 2. Takes only a few minutes.
I did that to a mate's S2 when he dropped it in salt water while fishing. It was under for close to a minute. 7 months later and it's still running fine.
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i will give that a try if the rice doesnt do the trick
I had my phone today and everything seemed to be running fine but I happened to let it die completely while in my pocket. I went to plug it in and no LED, no charging, no nothing. When I put it on my wireless charger, the charger's green light says it is charging but my phone doesn't seem to respond to anything. I tried holding down Power+volume up+volume down and still nothing. Before it happened i was running official CM10.2 and the crpalmer kernel and everything seemed great. What do ya'll think?
Definitely sounds like you're going to need a replacement. I'm hoping you have a warranty?
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Definitely sounds like you're going to need a replacement. I'm hoping you have a warranty?
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Nope. I've had the phone for more than a year. looks like ill be using my old thunderbolt until i get my upgrade.
Ouch. At least you have a backup. I'm assuming that you don't have the insurance? I've never had to use it, but as expensive as these things are and the fact that I have 3 children makes me paranoid.
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Ouch. At least you have a backup. I'm assuming that you don't have the insurance? I've never had to use it, but as expensive as these things are and the fact that I have 3 children makes me paranoid.
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Nope, no insurance. I'm regretting that now though.
my friends dna did the same thing. he let the battery run out one time overnight and it would never charge or turn on again.
Leave it on the wired factory charger for 24 hours , then try to power it up
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Leave it on the wired factory charger for 24 hours , then try to power it up
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I just let it sit overnight on my desk and tried plugging it in again this morning. LED began flashing and once it turned solid I booted it up and everything seems normal. That was weird. I will try and prevent the battery from draining the entire way again.
You can still add insurance. Call and they will add it. I had no ins for 5 months and decided to add it.
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Glad to hear you saved your bacon.
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Battery pull
When that happens, the battery usually has to be pulled for it to turn back on. The problem is, the DNA doesn't have a removable, or even easily accessible battery. This same problem happened to me a while back, and the remedy was to pry off the back cover, unscrew the metal plate holding the battery connector to the board, and unplug the connector for about 10 or 15 seconds before reconnecting it. After that, charging LED came on like normal and the phone booted up just fine. It's only happened twice in the last 3 months, and it works every time.
Lesson learned - don't let the battery die!
dcramer67 said:
I just let it sit overnight on my desk and tried plugging it in again this morning. LED began flashing and once it turned solid I booted it up and everything seems normal. That was weird. I will try and prevent the battery from draining the entire way again.
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would you mind please changing the title of this thread to reflect that this has been solved glad you got your DNA back up and running!
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You can still add insurance. Call and they will add it. I had no ins for 5 months and decided to add it.
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This it not true. Or atleast where I live it isn't.
It's official. My old DNA is dead. I had it plugged in the following day after it started working again. When I woke up, it was turned off and refused to turn back on. I am not sure what happened. I am guessing the battery shorted out or something like that but who knows? I've since moved on to the HTC One and I'm digging the upgrade
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It's official. My old DNA is dead. I had it plugged in the following day after it started working again. When I woke up, it was turned off and refused to turn back on. I am not sure what happened. I am guessing the battery shorted out or something like that but who knows? I've since moved on to the HTC One and I'm digging the upgrade
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What did you do with your old dna ?
Still got it? I'd like to try to revive it if I can
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I still have it. I thought about buying a replacement battery and trying to see if I can take it apart and repair it just for fun.
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I still have it. I thought about buying a replacement battery and trying to see if I can take it apart and repair it just for fun.
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I am in need of a dna would you be willing to part with it?
I am needing a test unit so I can finish fixing wifi for kit kat sense and gpe roms
And I have a buddy who can fix this if I can't
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dcramer67 said:
I still have it. I thought about buying a replacement battery and trying to see if I can take it apart and repair it just for fun.
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dcramer67, You would be doing the whole DNA community a favor by selling your old device to Zarboz.
He has done so much for all of us :fingers-crossed:
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I am in need of a dna would you be willing to part with it?
I am needing a test unit so I can finish fixing wifi for kit kat sense and gpe roms
And I have a buddy who can fix this if I can't
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I think I could part with my old DNA if you could put it to good use
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