[Q] Tried to wash my phone while I was sleeping - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
Before i went to sleep i flashed franco's kernel v15 (yes, i'm using ICS lol) but didn't test anything
I always sleep with a glass of water near my bed, you may know now what happened lol. While i was sleeping I accidentally hit the glass of water and barely wet my phone, it was like:
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As you can perfectly see at the image above, just thin water film wet the phone, i removed the battery and I waited until perfectly dry. Inserted the battery again and everything was working very well... until the devil night comes >.>
I connected the charger and nothing happened. Tried to connect on PC... again, nothing happened. And now it doesn't charge the battery / pc does not recognize the phone (doesn't show on devices list).
UNLESS
I have a universal charger (the one u put the battery on and it charges up) and it charges the battery, and if I put the battery back on the phone, the phone charges the battery again o.0, and if i disconnect and connect the cable it stop charging O______O
Can someone help me?
I know that I should lead to technical assistance, but takes too much time to fix phones in brazil, maybe a simple battery replacement could fix (if had battery is shorted)
PS: I first though the kernel was the problem and not the fact that I almost washed my phone roflmao

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If the battery charges well on an external charger, to me, it means it's not a battery issue but maybe a connector issue on the phone.
You didn't use a hair dryer to dry your phone, did you? lol
The first step would be to try with another battery to check if it works.
Have you tried to factory reset your phone just in case (although I doubt it would do anything but....)

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Yes, flashed another kernel, another rom (from ics to JB). Cleaned STweaks settings and init.d folder.
I didn't use the hair dryer lol

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Check the input of the charger it must be sulfured (i think its something like that) my phone had something kind of wet but the input was full of sulfur and just needed to be cleaned
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0rfeo said:
Check the input of the charger it must be sulfured (i think its something like that) my phone had something kind of wet but the input was full of sulfur and just needed to be cleaned
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What did you use to clean?
PS: There's no oxidation products at first sight

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It's now charging everytime I connect the plug, but still can't transfer items from PC->S3

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It could be oxidation on the internal usb connector. The charger lines are probably clean enough to charge, but the data lines are still oxidized, therefore no detection on PC. If you're careful enough, you could clean the contacts with a very small needle or a pin. Just brushing with the tip over the contacts.
Or try connecting the usb cable many times, that might brush off the contacts... like in, out, in, out... ( no need for jokes )

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I would take the battery out and submerge the phone without its battery cover in rice for a few days, that should suck all the moisture out of it.

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Kiahnlliya said:
I would take the battery out and submerge the phone without its battery cover in rice for a few days, that should suck all the moisture out of it.
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Water may have entered your Charging port. Try keeping it in rice for a few hours.
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