Hi all,
I dropped my sgs2 in the sink full of water
I immediately recovered it, pulled or the battery, and dried with a towel. I also left it to dry for one day before putting it back together.
Unfortunately the USB had a lot of problems, the phone drained all the battery and it believed that the USB was always connected. Also the home button is always pressed..
I then ordered the USB flex cable from ebay and replaced it together with a new battery..
But now the home button is still always pressed (not physically but logically) and also after replacing the USB part my speaker now is not working anymore :banghead:
I solved one issue and created a new one.. Do you have any suggestion for me? Please help me!
I couldn't clean the home button because I don't know how to remove it... I just blew air on it from behind after removing the USB flex board...
Thanks guys, my hope is in you :beer:
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One day is never long enough after water immersion. Trying to use it after such a short time will - and appears to have - made the situatin worse.
The longer, the better - 5 days has worked for me before.
Probably too late now, but disassemble everything - take out battery, SIM, external SD - and put everything in an airtight container with rice, and silica packets if you have any. Then leave it completely - don't even open the container.
Check again in 5 days. No guarantee it'll work, but 100% guaranteed that your method could never work.
Good luck.
It is now more than a week since the accident and I opened it yesterday and there was no trace of water inside. Only the USB part was spotted with tiny white marks.
I replaced the USB flex cable board, but my speaker now is not working anymore. Do you know what could be the problem? (After the immersion it was working perfectly, so something happened yesterday when I disassembled the phone).
Also the home button always pressed is driving me crazy, some of you have had the same problem or know how to check its board and/or change it? It seems to me that it is parto of the LCD or at least glued to it... If so I can't do much
Send it to samsung and get a new one
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its better to service/replace it asap before it gets doomed further
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It doesn't work, won't turn on, take out battery and plugged into charger it doesn't turn on.
I'm assuming I need a disassembly guide (looked for and couldn't find) and how to figure out what's broken and where to find parts. btw I live in Australia.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you
There is a fix rule when electrical devices come in contact with water, you don't try to power them on and you don't try to charge them!!
The best you could do is to open the phone and let it dry out! leave it drying for days!
I suppose you could use a hair dryer...
If you are lucky it will work..if not you've probaly short circuited it...
btw, here's your guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyT618lVxUs
Hanzo.Hasashi said:
There is a fix rule when electrical devices come in contact with water, you don't try to power them on and you don't try to charge them!!
The best you could do is to open the phone and let it dry out! leave it drying for days!
I suppose you could use a hair dryer...
If you are lucky it will work..if not you've probaly short circuited it...
btw, here's your guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyT618lVxUs
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never ever use a hairdryer!
just put it it down somewhere turn i around every 30 min this way it will not cause any corrosion but yeah when you sleep you cant turn itaround so before you go to bed and then after but keep the water moving it is better!
it sounds not better but it is!
like the guy above me said dont turn it on don't try to charge it
and try it over around 4-7 days
and ofc cross your fingers and pray
let us know how it goes
Fill a cup with Isopropanol Alcohol, and drop the phone in.
Seal the lid.
Leave somewhere for a could hours, shaking around a little every so often to get the fluid into every nook and cranny.
Remove phone and shake out fluid. Leave sitting wrapped in a towel in a warm place (airing cupboard etc) but nowhere too hot.
That SHOULD get all the water out, however you probably already destoyed it by plugging it in.
Put in a jar filled with raw rice or a container containing semi-powdered quicklime it will ofc absorb water and let it dry for 4-5 days and try charging or turning it on...hope my reply ain't too late
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Strange but true, you should have DIRECTLY put it in raw rice.
That will absorb the water greatly.
Put ur phone out of water. Dont turn on ur phone. Put ur device in some place by about 1 day and dont touch it!... then try again.
Rice is the answer! It sucks all the water away in a week... although i would leave it 2, just to be 100% sure
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Sorry guys this happened like a week or two ago now. Took the battery out asap, left it for two days, hair dried it and then tried and it didn't work. I plugged it into the charger to see if it was just the battery that's ****ed, apparently just the battery is dead.
It was in a pool, so chlorine could have corroded some parts? Could I try to clean off the corrosion, replace parts etc. Or would it be cheaper to send to sony ericsson and get them to fix it?
Sony will just replace the whole phone and charge you a repair fee iirc.
Isopropanol may help with corrosion, but you need to strip the phone down to bare boards and parts, and soak it in the alcohol, then brush at with a SOFT toothbrush and gentle motions.
Isopropanol dries fast and leaves no residue, so it's ideal for loosening gunk and driving out water. I've used it with great success to salvage laptops filled with everything from cola to beer as well as waterlogged wristwatches.
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Sorry guys this happened like a week or two ago now. Took the battery out asap, left it for two days, hair dried it and then tried and it didn't work. I plugged it into the charger to see if it was just the battery that's ****ed, apparently just the battery is dead.
It was in a pool, so chlorine could have corroded some parts? Could I try to clean off the corrosion, replace parts etc. Or would it be cheaper to send to sony ericsson and get them to fix it?
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few days ago my mini pro also dripped into water i instantly removed battery
so may be damage not done to much but after that i removed water by wiping with cloth & than place it near hot air remover heater
after that i opened it thoroughly each & every part & u know water is in each & every part so i opened whole phone screen main board camera keyboard etc. & than i used hair dryer to remove water from every part of phone don't place all parts too much close to the phone or don't use hair drier for too long continuously but u can easily able to know that part is dried or not
after that in main board also u can dry it with hair dryer after u can convinced that there is no water particles remain in phone lets switch on it
after this all i done i start my phone successfully with all features working after 2 hours
& now just my keyboard lights are not working, they are working but only for 2 seconds so i have no prob with that however i give it to service center to short it out but yes this is the only solution u can get your phone working!!
if u want some help ask me
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Fill a cup with Isopropanol Alcohol, and drop the phone in.
Seal the lid.
Leave somewhere for a could hours, shaking around a little every so often to get the fluid into every nook and cranny.
Remove phone and shake out fluid. Leave sitting wrapped in a towel in a warm place (airing cupboard etc) but nowhere too hot.
That SHOULD get all the water out, however you probably already destoyed it by plugging it in.
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This is the best solution but since its been a while now it probably wont work, and also because your already tried charging it and turning it on. Personally i would send it to say and get then to fix, but it may even be cheaper to buy a new device as basic warrenty will not cover water damage.
Cheers,
evilbarcode.
I am pretty sure this is a warranty claim but I wanted to run it by the community. Excuse any poor typing I'm literally on a mountain right now.
I think some moisture got into the bottom port. My s2 always thinks it's plugged into a computer. I get samsung kies connection prompts when I get into the os and battery usage tracker shows the phone as charging when I look at usage with wild spikes up and down. Can't toggle USB dev mode because it always tells me to remove USB cable. Luckily I got a tibackup just a few days ago that I offloaded to my memory card.
When I power it down I immediately get the green battery showing it's charging. In a few seconds it starts flashing between that and a battery with a temperature gauge and a exclaimation point.
Only way to get her to turn on is by plugging into a power source and holding down power.
Did a factory reset same problem. Won't be able to reset the kernel till I get home in 10 days.
Any ideas or straight back to phones 4 u warranty claim? If water damage then insurance claim ( loved my baby. Thanks
mate please in case you returned it tell me if they accepted it. I have the SAME problem :|. please tell.
Get some rubbing alcohol solution (Isopropyl alcohol) from your local pharmacy.
Pour it into a bowl.
Remove the battery cover.
Remove the battery.
Dip your phone into the bowl, and swirl it around.
Place on an air conditioner to have the alcohol and water sucked out from the dehydrated cool air conditioned air for overnight. If it is winter, put near the heater which also has dehydrated warm air.
Place battery into phone.
Turn phone on.
See if you have the problem again.
No, I am not joking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol
I'm having this same exact issue - I've even had my phone unplugged for about 2 hours, yet when I go to battery status, it says it's only been on battery for 2 seconds... how did your warranty replacement go?
There was somebody on a Dutch forum who has the same problem.
His phone was wet.
And if it is water damage, i hope for you that you have warranty and dont have big water problems ...
netchip said:
There was somebody on a Dutch forum who has the same problem.
His phone was wet.
And if it is water damage, i hope for you that you have warranty and dont have big water problems ...
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had it sealed in a ziplock bag, so no outside water got in - perhaps it got too hot in the bag or there was moisture in the bag when it was sealed? (I should've put in some silica gel or something..)
Hello,
Sorry for going MIA.
Basically I returned this to phones4u, sent it in, and they processed a warranty replacement. They didnt say anything luckily about water damage but I think its because on a rainy day some water got into the bottom. From what I could tell they cleaned up the connector at the bottom with alcohol or something - it was spic and span when i got it back and the phone worked ok.
Side note, I recieved it and saw they scrached up my phone pretty good so i complained and sent it in a second time. Recieved it and the scratches were gone, but to do this they did a new screen replacement.
THe new screen had a bright red stuck pixel. I thought I could live with it but it drove me nuts as my original screen was perfect. So i went back to phones 4 u and sent it in a third time, this time they're saying they will just give me a swap. So although the problem was fixed a mess ensued and now i'm sitting around waiting for my "swap" and next surprises with dealing with them.
THey have been ok though I'm almost sure there is water damage on that phone but they dont seem to have picked up on it, i hope i can get it swapped and then dont have to worry about water damage again.
Cheers.
Here is my short story:
I lost my phone in the garden, after 3 days of searching and as the snow melted, i saw it lying on the ground, unfortunately turned off. Dont think this happend because of low battery rather than because of the water.
After i found it, i immediately dissassembled it without turning on and now its drying..i will wait for some days, until i can get some isopropanol(97% alcohol or so).
The water-indicator is lilac, not shure, but this means damaged by water, right?
So now here are my questions..is there even a chance that the isopropanol might help?..because the phone was turned on as i lost it, and i think it stopped working due to the water, not because of low battery..so is it already to late? Does this method only help if the phone is still working?
And which parts should be bathed in isopropanol ? E.g. is it bad for the camera, the microphones, the screen and the speakers, as i have read somewhere?
And if for example the screen would be damaged, would it be bad for the logicboard, too, if i reassemble it again and test it then?
And is there any possibility i can find out which part is defect, if it won´t work at all?
Are there any other options left for me?
hope this doesnt happen to anyone else
greets, electro
I would guess your screwed mate. My girls phone was dropped in water for less than 2 seconds and it killed. You are stuffed as soon as it turns off because something has shorted
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Weird... I've gotten lots of rain onto my phone, and no damage at all... But of course that's not the same as dropping it in the snow...
Sadly there is no 100% solution for water damage. My dad once in a while will give a bath to his phones and the best solution I have found is to put the phone in a plastic bag full of rice and leave it there for as long as you can.
Of 3 phones 2 of them were saved using this method (one of them was saved multiple times).
Good luck.
johnebs said:
Sadly there is no 100% solution for water damage. My dad once in a while will give a bath to his phones and the best solution I have found is to put the phone in a plastic bag full of rice and leave it there for as long as you can.
Of 3 phones 2 of them were saved using this method (one of them was saved multiple times).
Good luck.
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Where these phones still turned on as they got wet and you took them out of the water? Or had they turned off theirselves already?
Which parts of the phone should be bathed?
Thanks guys for your hope
Put it in a bowl of rice for a few days to let it dry out and see what happens.
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nikzDHD said:
Put it in a bowl of rice for a few days to let it dry out and see what happens.
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It's worked for my old N73, but don't know will it work for GS2. but you can still try it
Just the board. If you drop the phone in it, it will damage other components. Then get a tooth brush and gently clean the board while alcohol is on it. Then check the battery for corrosion on the contacts to see if its fried. If so get a new one soon
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infuse4g said:
Just the board. If you drop the phone in it, it will damage other components. Then get a tooth brush and gently clean the board while alcohol is on it. Then check the battery for corrosion on the contacts to see if its fried. If so get a new one soon
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keep it away from mics. clean gently as above mentioned with a medium toothbrush. clean all the board but also clean the connectors such as the connector of lcd both on logic board and lcd itself. clean also all gold contacts such as antenna contacts, buzzer contacts ands earpiece contacts.
isopropanol should be sold on every pharmacy. and if you can find glass fiber sticks to clean gold plated contacts as i mentioned above only if they are corroded.
I have dissassembled my device to the logicboard+camera, there are no mics on it anymore, only problem might be the camera connected to it.
The rest of the phone(display,which is glued to the fronthousing i think, usb-connector, and speakers)is still in the front housing.
I´m on step 6 in ifixit.com teardown, only with camera still connected, if you want to see pics.(sry cant post links)
Everything is covered in rice for 24h now
Would it be okay for the camera to be bathed in alcohol? Because the camera is still connected to the logicboard, and i am not shure whether i should dare disconnecting it..its a very thin connector..??
Did anybody revive his device, which was already turned off because of the water damage? Is this even possible in theory, if the device already shut down itself?
I dont get my hopes up to high
But thanks all for your help mates
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Where these phones still turned on as they got wet and you took them out of the water? Or had they turned off theirselves already?
Which parts of the phone should be bathed?
Thanks guys for your hope
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Usually the water will only freeze the phone and will remain on until you take the battery out or the battery power is depleted.
Just take it apart and put it in the bag of rice and forget abut it for a couple of days (*you should have already done this by now*).
As for the alcohol cleaning I'v never done that. The idea of the alcohol is to prevent rust but the rice will remove all humidity out of the phone.
Ok so after 4 days of drying, it now shows a triangle and a battery symbole.
Better than nothing i suppose, at least the screen seems to be working
Does anybody know what that symbole means? Is just the battery faulty(my hope)?
Battery or USB plug problem.
Try other battery, if that doesn't help, get new usb board thingy from ebay
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Great news! I had the chance to try a battery from a friend, and it worked!!
Already ordered a new one, although I am not sure, maybe the voltage from the old one is just too low and recharging would solve the problem, but dont want to risk anything
Thanks for your responses all
I probably too late but no dont put the camera in alcohol
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Congratz
Nice save!!
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
I don't know if anyone can help you, it is a smelly affair.
If you were using some kind of disinfectant inside of your toilet (especially the smell of the sea or green apple) you have a huge problem.
More seriously, the layers of the screen stratify from each other. You can only replace whole screen, but I suppose that the rest of your phone also will die sooner or later.
Sell it as defective. Repair will be too expensive.
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SirKunon said:
I don't know if anyone can help you, it is a smelly affair.
If you were using some kind of disinfectant inside of your toilet (especially the smell of the sea or green apple) you have a huge problem.
More seriously, the layers of the screen stratify from each other. You can only replace whole screen, but I suppose that the rest of your phone also will die sooner or later.
Sell it as defective. Repair will be too expensive.
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Dear friend i appreciate your knowledge and i want to inform you that inside the toilet their was NOT any kind of disinfectant inside.
Any suggestion except of sell it as defective???
Okay, don't be nervous, just kidding.
No, unfortunately there is nothing you can do yourself, only replace faulty screen. You just can't stick your digitizer to screen with somekind homemade tricks. And I don't want to worry you, but I'm afraid that there will be also micro corosion on your phone motherboard.
If you really want to try to reanimate it, than you must take it apart, dry all components with rice method or better by using special adhesive liquid used in electronic to remove all wet.
If the glue from the screen has not been rinsed completly than you can try to squeeze layers by placing a book or something heavyweight and flat on top and simultaneously heat it with a hair dryer. Repet this operation few times without taking out weight.
I really doubt that this will help much but if you really wish to try than go ahead. You can always sell it after that. Even in parts.
There is somewhere on this forum instruction how to unscrew i9100 completly.
Good luck.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
Yeah claim off your house insurance(if youve got any).
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I will give a try.
Before try your tricks my friend i am informing you that the whole screen went black.... (Ohhhhh).
I just want to know.
The screen was broken or there is water inside the screen? (If you know)
Where car i sell the phone for parts or as a defective? (i ll give a try at ebay but if you know somewhere else give me a hint)
Thanks again guys :angel:
Theres guys on here that have went swimming with their phones and they still work.Youd only get about £130 max on eBay for the phone if you admit its water damaged.
Youd be better soaking the phone in that alcohol stuff then drying it via rice for a week.
What can you get for £130.....
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djpasas said:
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
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I had a nokia once which fell in water, I pulled the battery out dried it with a cloth and put it back in and the screen flashed so I turned off, put it in rice for 24hrs then it worked great except there was some water on the screen from inside.
I forgot the name *-) but it was a kind of copy of the iphone at that time and it had a pressure touch screen *-)
Thats all the experience I have I hope it helps
sorry for going off topic here but was she worth getting wet phone over lol srry just too good to passup ,
as you see there are loads of xda unbox videos might help.
djpasas said:
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
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do u wanna sell your phone ?
shaan.shaikh said:
do u wanna sell your phone ?
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Yes i am trying! I sell it for $150 plus shipping (not over $27) in ebay!
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I'm reaching out to my fellow Xda forum members here because I need your help. 2 days ago I was taking the sheets of the bed and washing them. I noticed my 32gb i9300 was missing but not until the washing machine was done. I looked everywhere until I found my phone in the wash. I took it out, pulled the Sim,the SD card' and the battery. I immediately put the phone in a large bag of rice. I had noticed the water mark indicator behind the battery hadn't changed color at all. Still remains white. Even now. Pulled the phone out last night. Pulled the back cover off and pulled the motherboard after disconnecting everything properly. Cleaned with alcohol and q-tips making sure that no cotton was left anywhere. After letting dry for a few hours more to make sure, I put everything back together and reinstalled the Sim and SD card and battery. The phone kept turning on and off while on the charger. Pulled everything back out and put back into the rice. Put everything back together today and now the touch screen responds sometimes and other times it lags badly. It still turns off though and the keyboard doesn't show touch indication and it takes around 30 seconds after I type it in. Any help would be appreciated.
D and
440hsp said:
I'm reaching out to my fellow Xda forum members here because I need your help. 2 days ago I was taking the sheets of the bed and washing them. I noticed my 32gb i9300 was missing but not until the washing machine was done. I looked everywhere until I found my phone in the wash. I took it out, pulled the Sim,the SD card' and the battery. I immediately put the phone in a large bag of rice. I had noticed the water mark indicator behind the battery hadn't changed color at all. Still remains white. Even now. Pulled the phone out last night. Pulled the back cover off and pulled the motherboard after disconnecting everything properly. Cleaned with alcohol and q-tips making sure that no cotton was left anywhere. After letting dry for a few hours more to make sure, I put everything back together and reinstalled the Sim and SD card and battery. The phone kept turning on and off while on the charger. Pulled everything back out and put back into the rice. Put everything back together today and now the touch screen responds sometimes and other times it lags badly. It still turns off though and the keyboard doesn't show touch indication and it takes around 30 seconds after I type it in. Any help would be appreciated.
D and
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Ouch water damage maybe some internals have got bad damage and need replacement mate.take it to a repairer
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I'm not sure it can survive a wash cycle! Definitely take it in to a repairers
I thought getting super glue on my screen was bad!! Came of though, took a pair of scissors to the screen. You'd never know, looks absolutely mint
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but the indicator has red X's on it when its has not been in contact with water, when it has been in contact with water they disappear
Thanks guys for the replies. @ louie875 thanks for the input but CRAP!!!!! i thought i was in the clear with the mark being white. i have looked at replacement motherboards but for a 32gb internal board it's pretty much non existent!!! The screen is easier to replace and i can replace the motherboard is easy too but i don't want to take the chance of spending the cash to replace the lcd and the motherboard and something else not work. plus i need a phone quickly. I guess i'll sell my phone for parts and get the new Sapphire black 16gb internal I9300. Any body know where i can get a 32gb internal sapphire black i9300??? I've been looking like crazy and can't find one.
440hsp said:
Thanks guys for the replies. @ louie875 thanks for the input but CRAP!!!!! i thought i was in the clear with the mark being white. i have looked at replacement motherboards but for a 32gb internal board it's pretty much non existent!!! The screen is easier to replace and i can replace the motherboard is easy too but i don't want to take the chance of spending the cash to replace the lcd and the motherboard and something else not work. plus i need a phone quickly. I guess i'll sell my phone for parts and get the new Sapphire black 16gb internal I9300. Any body know where i can get a 32gb internal sapphire black i9300??? I've been looking like crazy and can't find one.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-htc-rezound/201963-water-damage-indicators.html
Read this........
Or just watch this video from 2:21 onwards. It won't help your problem but... our S3 can resist a lot!
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440hsp said:
I'm reaching out to my fellow Xda forum members here because I need your help. 2 days ago I was taking the sheets of the bed and washing them. I noticed my 32gb i9300 was missing but not until the washing machine was done. I looked everywhere until I found my phone in the wash. I took it out, pulled the Sim,the SD card' and the battery. I immediately put the phone in a large bag of rice. I had noticed the water mark indicator behind the battery hadn't changed color at all. Still remains white. Even now. Pulled the phone out last night. Pulled the back cover off and pulled the motherboard after disconnecting everything properly. Cleaned with alcohol and q-tips making sure that no cotton was left anywhere. After letting dry for a few hours more to make sure, I put everything back together and reinstalled the Sim and SD card and battery. The phone kept turning on and off while on the charger. Pulled everything back out and put back into the rice. Put everything back together today and now the touch screen responds sometimes and other times it lags badly. It still turns off though and the keyboard doesn't show touch indication and it takes around 30 seconds after I type it in. Any help would be appreciated.
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it happend to my cusins phone once, and he knows alot about phones an dcomouters. he washed it in cold water, then took aout the battery and sd card. sprayed the phone with electrical spray. this takes the wather right out of the phone, and gives the contacts power again. this works wery well. but the phone should lay a day or too ad a warm floor or something before reebooting. u allways wanna be shour that it is completly dry