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i accidentally spilled COFFEE on my XDA!!!!
we all have some accidents with our XDAs and mine involve coffee spilling on TOP of it or the TOUCHSCREEN...and it was still vey hot.
what happened after was this...SINCE it was WET already, i knew that if there were COULD be the possibility of SHORTS on some circuits as the UNIT was ON, anyway IT IS ALWAYS ON...no time to remove the battery immediately.
SO I removed the battery..CLEANED the EXTERNAL PARTS..then place it to to DRY awhile at room temp. after 15 minutes, since i could not wait I TURNED IT ON...AND IT BOOTED and was NORMAL....
then i started TESTING IT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, FINDINGS:
1. END CALL key, works like the CALENDAR KEY.
2. had ALERT that my BACKUP BATTERY was VERY LOW. (understandable, since i took out the MAIN BATT, when i viewed it, it was at 50%)
3. IT WONT CHARGE using the PORTABLE BRANDO sync and charge CABLE (well something is wrong with this cable anyway, will wait if it doesnt charge using my ORIG charger, im still at work)
4. THERE ARE GRAY SPOTS ON THE SCREEN ( i guess this is the permanent damage due to the HOT coffee)
ON THESE OBSERVATION..CAN AN EXPERT TECH PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WAS I LUCKY THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DAMAGES AND WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS especially the SCREEN....
I think CLEANING it WITH CONTACT CLEANER WILL SOLVE some of these problems, im far fom SERVICE CENTER and the sevice for XDA here in the philippines is not that FIRST RATE either. SO ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE...???
Thanks
...bad luck man... sorry... (
I would say, wait couple of days, until it's really dry, and then test it again.
buzz
GOOD NEWS
Heres one to XDA DURABILITY.
well, im an impatient person and I dont like to think that MY XDA cannot survive a COFFEE SPILL, it may even survive a nuclear SPILL, hehehe.
BUT NOW MY XDA IS 100% OK....in case something like this happens to you..here is what i did.
FIRST..i forced dry it inside a high humidity airconditioned room, AN AICONDITIONED ROOM DRIES you skin...why cant it dry the insides of you XDA...heheh. JUST A SILLY IDEA.
SECOND..BUY an ELECTRONICS CONTACT CLEANER and SPRAY all AREAS that was SPILLED BY FLUID..COFFEE or WHATEVE...BETTER STILL SPRAY INSIDE THE XDA....this will dry up immediately so dont worry this will not destroy your unit. (do this with BATTERY removed)
THIRD...when you are certain that your unit is completely DRY...CHARGE it for a LONG TIME to allow the heat of charging to evaporate whatever moisture is hiding.
ON FIRST STEP...My XDA still had END key PROBLEM and SCREEN GRAY AREAS.
ON SECOND STEP...GRAY AREAS on SCREEN mysteriously vanished, and END KEY WORKS..but now..NO SOUND can be HEARD..AT ALL.
ON THIRD STEP..SOUND was restored and evrything is back to NORMAL...running for 24 hours already.
congratulatios ))))))
You've got very GOOD LUCK.
buzz
Alway remember, hot or cold drinks never mix with an XDA...
yup, i was very lucky, gosh, my XDA was really soaked.
now everythings all right and my XDA has a distinct COFFEE smell...hehehe
NICE.....MORE DECAF PLEASE....
Hey guys, I've been in love with my phone for the past two weeks. Now I'm on Vacay oversees. This phone is so damn light I didn't even realize they were in my swim trunks. Then boom it hit me 1 min later, phone in pocket and in the pool!!
Anyone with experience dropping it water or any advice regarding preventing further damage?
Bury it in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or more. It will dry it out. There may be damage to the screen, or some contacts may be shorted, but this will help minimize damage. Also give it a few days to heal, some problems might go away as the last bits of water evaporate out.
sosobri said:
Hey guys, I've been in love with my phone for the past two weeks. Now I'm on Vacay oversees. This phone is so damn light I didn't even realize they were in my swim trunks. Then boom it hit me 1 min later, phone in pocket and in the pool!!
Anyone with experience dropping it water or any advice regarding preventing further damage?
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Dont turn it on, put it in rice for 48+ hours.
During those 48 hours, pray.
Good luck!
Damp rid
Go to the hardware and get some damp rid. Place the phone in a small tupperware, place that in a larger tupperware with the damp rid in it and seal for a week. I have received 2 phones this way.
Take it apart and blowdry, that's the only way for sure, assuming you haven't tried to turn it on, good luck...
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Put in a insurance claim and forget it.
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My OG 4G was submerged and I brought it back to life with no issues.
1. Like others have said do not turn the phone on
2. Do not blow dry the phone, if you have concerns with the contaminants in the pool water you CAN give the phone an alcohol wipe down. Alcohol evaporates quickly and can help to draw excess water out of small crevices while cleaning contacts, boards, etc
3. SETUP a drying chamber like others have recommended. Either using the rice
method or using a desiccant like Damp Rid. Put that in a shoe box along with
the phone and tightly seal it. 3 days minimum up to a full week. It took my
OG 5 days to come around.
That kind of rice works better, long grain, short grain, broken rice, Jasmine?
You need to take it apart and clean it NOW.
Pool water is highly clorinated. Chlorine is a corrosive.
Even drying it out or using rice will still damage the device. The water / chlorine are already in the device. Since its got a non removable battery the unit will still have power running to parts of it.
What needs to happen is
1, file a claim and replace it.
2. If you can get it apart. remove the battery and start to clean it with isopropoyl alchohol or contact cleaning solution.
But my guess is since it actually went underwater the LCD will have spots on it as well.
At this point its probably going to be a bad device.
easy way to turn it off, if on still, hold power for 10 sec, when in off state, hold vol down, boot into bootloader, select fastboot, select power down.
Don't use a blower that will accelerate the oxidation on the circuits.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I think I might have to say one good prayer in hopes of getting this device to work. Im in the Philippines so my phone doesn't have signal anyways I just mainly up use it as a wifi device, the real problem is when I get home. But if I do file a claim now maybe I'll have one waiting for me when I get back from vacation. Thanks for the help
Let the phone sit for a day or two, or until majority of the water evaporates naturally. (do not put in sun or apply direct heat, as it will make your screen fog and cause bubbles etc.) When majority of the water is out then take a blow dryer on cool or normal (not hot or warm) and apply to phone covering all areas for at least 30 mins. You need to take of the back plastic face plate as it is easy to remove and will easily hold water. If you can watch a video on how to access the batter (if you cant find one there are some for the One X line witch is very similar in build). If water is near the battery or any electrical circuits it could easily fry. If you are unsure if the water is not completely out of it you have either not waited long enough or applied enough air to the phone. Good Luck and Remember do not turn on wet electronics! THAT'S A NO-NO!!!
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Take it apart and blowdry, that's the only way for sure, assuming you haven't tried to turn it on, good luck...
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Blow dry as in a can of air. Not a blow dryer.
Don't forget a pool has chlorine in the water. It may even be worth rinsing. Then blow dry and then let it sit.
Take the rear cover off. Was gonna say remove the battery too, lol. But the sealed tupperware/bag of white rice works. Be patient as hard as that is.
water logged phone
I like the insurance claim option the best also, I suspect that if it comes around, it will never be the same again, and I would be concerned that one day, for no particular reason, it will simply stop working.
Get a new phone, and call it a day. These things happen dude
The key is to get it apart and get every bit of water out/dried, I guess I shoulda mentioned to watch aspects of things to not get hot, however a regular blow dryer on low or cool shouldn't hurt anything, it will be a delicate process. First things first though, get the battery out, do not try and turn it on. I've fixed thousands of microelectronic boards, traces, solder points, and water damage accounts for about 75% of most of what I've seen. If you aren't comfortable with this as most wouldn't be, find someone who is or try some kind of tep, tsp, whatever but it doesn't sound like that's an option... Good luck and follow up, I'd like to hear how it turns out...
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Basically, I found a phone on the side of a road (a Galaxy S2) that has a cracked screen, obvious drop damage (there was a case near it too that I assume took some of the impact), and a bit of water damage. No idea how long it was there, but I'd estimate between a few hours or a day.
I'm somewhat hoping I could get it powered up and use it, but I imagine there isn't much hope at all for it.
I read some guides online, and noticed a few that mentioned vinegar could remove corrosion. I disassembled the S2 as far as I could, and then just dropped it in a small container of ACV, and plan to leave it overnight. There was a good bit of bubble activity when I left, so I assume the vinegar is doing it's work on the corrosion quite nicely.
I'm not really expecting the phone to work at all, but who knows. As long as there isn't any physical motherboard damage and no short-circuiting occured, I would think it would be fine.
As for what happened to the phone, I assume it was dropped, but it's possible it was ran over as well. Ideally, I'd hope the phone was just dropped and the battery came out instantly to reduce the chance of short circuiting.
My plan for now is to just let it sit in the vinegar for about 8 hours, and then check on it in the morning. Depending on how much corrosion is left, i'll either just try to clean up the rest with a tiny brush, or just let it soak some more in fresh vinegar. I'm hoping the vinegar itself doesn't damage anything crucial though.
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espionage724 said:
Basically, I found a phone on the side of a road (a Galaxy S2) that has a cracked screen, obvious drop damage (there was a case near it too that I assume took some of the impact), and a bit of water damage. No idea how long it was there, but I'd estimate between a few hours or a day.
I'm somewhat hoping I could get it powered up and use it, but I imagine there isn't much hope at all for it.
I read some guides online, and noticed a few that mentioned vinegar could remove corrosion. I disassembled the S2 as far as I could, and then just dropped it in a small container of ACV, and plan to leave it overnight. There was a good bit of bubble activity when I left, so I assume the vinegar is doing it's work on the corrosion quite nicely.
I'm not really expecting the phone to work at all, but who knows. As long as there isn't any physical motherboard damage and no short-circuiting occured, I would think it would be fine.
As for what happened to the phone, I assume it was dropped, but it's possible it was ran over as well. Ideally, I'd hope the phone was just dropped and the battery came out instantly to reduce the chance of short circuiting.
My plan for now is to just let it sit in the vinegar for about 8 hours, and then check on it in the morning. Depending on how much corrosion is left, i'll either just try to clean up the rest with a tiny brush, or just let it soak some more in fresh vinegar. I'm hoping the vinegar itself doesn't damage anything crucial though.
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I'd love to know how this turned out. I was planning on trying something like this myself. I have a mildly water damaged s2 lte that still works except for 3 issues:
1. Needs external power to turn on
2. Crashes whenever I use Gallery and occasionally if i switch apps fast.
3. Battery meter always reads 1.
I think this is because there's some mild corrosion somewhere causing a short circuit in certain areas.
Some things I've found through research(but untested):
1. Soak in salt+vinegar solution for < 10min
2. Rinse out with water/baking soda solution
3. Repeat a couple times if necessary.
4. Soak in isopropyl alcohol(99% rubbing alcohol) overnight
5. Dry off in air for 24hours
Scrub lightly with a toothbrush any visible corrosion during steps 1-2.
Optional attach one of those suction cup speakers that vibrates(turning anything into a speaker) to the soaking basin and play some high frequency sounds. Vibrations are supposed to help, but i don't know exact frequency.
Hi
I have been searching on this forum for various things for couple of years and never had the need to register until now, My Phone (Galaxy Mega 6.3 i9200) fell in water last week, not fully submerged, just the top of it for few seconds, i immediately pulled it out and have done the following as suggested by many in this same forum:
1. Dried in dry cloth and kept to dry for 1-2hrs
2. put the phone in a air tight container with unboiled rice for 4 days
3. put the phone in a air tight container with desiccant for 3 days
I have put some pictures and you can see the water level has gradually come down from the LCD screen and the cloud patch is somewhat gone and as you can see in the last image, that is what exists and this is not going at all, I have tried vaccum cleaner hot air for 3-5 mins but no luck.
Today i walked to samsung service center and they said i had voided the warranty which is obvious and the phone LCD replacement would cost $120 including labor, however there is one risk which they dont want to take, during the replacement of LCD, if the phone doesnt come alive, then i am stuck with a dead phone for life, I didnt agree to this and walked from there.
All the sensors including cameras work perfectly fine, no issues at all, *#0*# runs with all built-in function absolutely fine, even the battery has no issues and no bulging or no drop in performance and doesnt get heated up, so, here is my question:
1. As you can see the picture, the water level gradually came down, but stuck somewhat in the middle, will this eventually go away like the rest of the water patch or will it stick to LCD like a stain permanently ?
2. If its temporary, how do i remove the water which is in the middle of the screen? I have kept almost a week in dessicant and rice, should i continue or should i try something else ?
3. The last option for me: If this is going to be permanent, anyway to replace the phone LCD without damaging the phone, I dont understand samsung service center asking customer to take risk for water damage inspite of me agreeing to pay the money for the LCD replacement, not fair i guess....b.w all phone functionality could be lost in this case which is working perfectly fine.
so, guys pls suggest me how i can fix this, its a new phone 1 month old and i am feeling very sad for what happened....
Appreciate your replies
Thanks & Regards
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hi
i have been searching on this forum for various things for couple of years and never had the need to register until now, my phone (galaxy mega 6.3 i9200) fell in water last week, not fully submerged, just the top of it for few seconds, i immediately pulled it out and have done the following as suggested by many in this same forum:
1. Dried in dry cloth and kept to dry for 1-2hrs
2. Put the phone in a air tight container with unboiled rice for 4 days
3. Put the phone in a air tight container with desiccant for 3 days
i have put some pictures and you can see the water level has gradually come down from the lcd screen and the cloud patch is somewhat gone and as you can see in the last image, that is what exists and this is not going at all, i have tried vaccum cleaner hot air for 3-5 mins but no luck.
Today i walked to samsung service center and they said i had voided the warranty which is obvious and the phone lcd replacement would cost $120 including labor, however there is one risk which they dont want to take, during the replacement of lcd, if the phone doesnt come alive, then i am stuck with a dead phone for life, i didnt agree to this and walked from there.
All the sensors including cameras work perfectly fine, no issues at all, *#0*# runs with all built-in function absolutely fine, even the battery has no issues and no bulging or no drop in performance and doesnt get heated up, so, here is my question:
1. As you can see the picture, the water level gradually came down, but stuck somewhat in the middle, will this eventually go away like the rest of the water patch or will it stick to lcd like a stain permanently ?
2. If its temporary, how do i remove the water which is in the middle of the screen? I have kept almost a week in dessicant and rice, should i continue or should i try something else ?
3. The last option for me: If this is going to be permanent, anyway to replace the phone lcd without damaging the phone, i dont understand samsung service center asking customer to take risk for water damage inspite of me agreeing to pay the money for the lcd replacement, not fair i guess....b.w all phone functionality could be lost in this case which is working perfectly fine.
So, guys pls suggest me how i can fix this, its a new phone 1 month old and i am feeling very sad for what happened....
Appreciate your replies
thanks & regards
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did u try to show some local repair shops they will help u and do not blow hot air into it it will try to blow the water but it will again come back try to show some trusted local shops see what they say i too have faced like the same issues but sc as usually say out of warranty due to water damage and my phone flash light was continuous on local shop guy fixed it now running it fine
phone dried
@djvicksee111 thanks for your reply.
yesterday it was raining heavily and my cousin became full wet along with his phone, he then put his phone under the seat of his scooter and drove whole day, when he reached home, the phone had became too hot and what a surprise it was fully dried and no water in LCD or whatsoever and absolutely working fine.
I took this idea and wanted to try the same but didnt want to drive a scooter in the rain
so, i decided i will put the phone somewhere it is not too hot and above warm, i took a small bag, put my phone (removed battery), connected my vaccum cleaner in opposite where you get hot air (blower) and closed the bag leaving small room for air to escape, left it for 15mins initially, there was no sign of improvement, then again left for 20mins and this is what the phone looks now (see attachment).
Eurekaaaaa! the water in the phone is getting dried much faster, i am gonna try this for some more time and post here if the phone is completely dried.
Hi! My Realme7 (RMX2155) drown in the sea. The only problem is non-working touchscreen (it loads in normal or recovery mode, connects wifi). Official service confirmed that phone is unrecoverable (problems with motherboard).
Stock recovery. No root, no usb debugging.
I need to recover user data (mainly photos) from it. As touchscreen is not working, I can't login to enable any settings (USB debugging, MTP, PTP).
I tried to:
plug in mouse, but OTG is disabled by default (need touchscreen to enable it in settings).
flash twrp recovery, but it returned red state (needs bootloader to be unlocked?)
made a full ROM backup and tried several recovery tools on it, but I see abracadabra in file names and in file content (see screenshot, encryption?).
I've no more ideas, pls help
BIG trouble, you did the wrong and worst thing...
Pull battery immediately.
Salt water is highly corrosive especially with energized circuits.
Your only hope is to pull battery and submerged in warm RO warm for 30 minutes, replace water and repeat. Move it around and try to completely flush out all salt. This will be impossible to completely do but it may be enough to allow temporary operation.
Drain water. Compressed clean dry low pressure air helps.
If it doesn't have a LCD display* flush liberally with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol minimum 96%.
Then displace as much of the alcohol as possible. Place in a warm, DRY room with a fan directly on it for a minimum of 4 days to dry.
Reconnect battery and attempt boot up. Even if it boots it will fail sooner or latter from the salt caused damage. Retrieve data asap.
No time to dilly-dally Mr Wick... tic-tok
Alternatively if this fails or if the data must be recovered, hire a data recovery service that will pull the chipset and attempt to retrieve the data.
The chipset with the data on it is most likely a BGA form factor. If the water got under it, it's corroding away its contact pads underneath.
*never get solvents of any kind near a LCD display. It will poison the liquid crystals.
blackhawk said:
BIG trouble, you did the wrong and worst thing...
Pull battery immediately.
Salt water is highly corrosive especially with energized circuits.
Your only hope is to pull battery and submerged in warm RO warm for 30 minutes, replace water and repeat. Move it around and try to completely flush out all salt. This will be impossible to completely do but it may be enough to allow temporary operation.
Drain water. Compressed clean dry low pressure air helps.
If it doesn't have a LCD display* flush liberally with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol minimum 96%.
Then displace as much of the alcohol as possible. Place in a warm, DRY room with a fan directly on it for a minimum of 4 days to dry.
Reconnect battery and attempt boot up. Even if it boots it will fail sooner or latter from the salt caused damage. Retrieve data asap.
No time to dilly-dally Mr Wick... tic-tok
Alternatively if this fails or if the data must be recovered, hire a data recovery service that will pull the chipset and attempt to retrieve the data.
The chipset with the data on it is most likely a BGA form factor. If the water got under it, it's corroding away its contact pads underneath.
*never get solvents of any kind near a LCD display. It will poison the liquid crystals.
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The problem is - it's too late It happened more than a month ago. I couldn't pull the battery - it's non removable (it was the first thing I tried). It was not easy to remove back cover without equipment (it is glued). Official service tried to repair the phone, they flushed out salt, changed screen, connectors, but with no result - motherboard was damaged already. However it still works completely, except the touchscreen.
I gave up trying to repair the phone, I just want to recover data - in any way.
Hire the recovery service is a good idea, but quite expensive. That will be my last hope
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The problem is - it's too late It happened more than a month ago. I couldn't pull the battery - it's non removable (it was the first thing I tried). It was not easy to remove back cover without equipment (it is glued). Official service tried to repair the phone, they flushed out salt, changed screen, connectors, but with no result - motherboard was damaged already. However it still works completely, except the touchscreen.
I gave up trying to repair the phone, I just want to recover data - in any way.
Hire the recovery service is a good idea, but quite expensive. That will be my last hope
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At that point break the rear cover off if need be as every minute counts.
Even with quick action is likely already dead anyway. The salt leaves a residue that attracts moisture. It may have given you enough time though to retrieve the data latter when it was flushed and dried.
See what kind of quotes you get. Probably starts at at least $400.
Hope that repair shop told you any repairs only be temporary at best... salt water is insidious.