So I was at school and some kid spilled fruit punch on me and my phone was in my jacket pocket barely sticking out. I look and it landed right in the charging port and when I check my phone it says it's charging. I try to clean it out but don't really have anything st school so when I get home I got the air duster thing and sprayed the port. No go. I got a toothpick and got some dirt out no go. Rebooted and the problem seemed to be gone. This was 2 days ago. Yesterday when I woke up and took my phone off the charger it remained "charging" and a battery pull, reboot, cleaning, and recharging did not fix it. Somehow in the middle of the day it stopped. Fast forward to an hour ago. Phone screen turns on in my little dock and I notice. Then I see on the lockscreen it says "discharging 99%" then it would almost immediately switch to "charging" and back and forth basically flashing the two texts. I tried to lock the screen and fiddle with the port but nothing worked and then my phone froze I guess due to the rapid changing. Battery pull and an hour later everything seems to be normal. I need help on cleaning it though. As I have said I have used a cloth, a toothpick, a toothbrush. I have not used alcohol or taken the phone apart as I don't want to screw the phone up. I doubt I could use alcohol as I am 14 with protective parents. So any suggestions on what to do? Sorry for the wall of text.
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The first thing you do when the phone is wet in any way is take out the battery and SIM and put it in rice. For at least a day depending on how wet it is. From what I've seen, trying to continue using it without letting it dry can lead to issues. At this point I dunno if it'd help but it couldn't hurt.
Phalanx7621 said:
The first thing you do when the phone is wet in any way is take out the battery and SIM and put it in rice. For at least a day depending on how wet it is. From what I've seen, trying to continue using it without letting it dry can lead to issues. At this point I dunno if it'd help but it couldn't hurt.
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If was basically one drop which I mostly got off at school but by the time I got home it was most definitely dry. I've also noticed when I take out the charging cable after a little bit there is dirt on the top right side every time and it's slightly sticky. I'm guessing this is the residual fruit punch which I can't clean off. Also if I let it charge it frequently stops and restarts the charging
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If was basically one drop which I mostly got off at school but by the time I got home it was most definitely dry. I've also noticed when I take out the charging cable after a little bit there is dirt on the top right side every time and it's slightly sticky. I'm guessing this is the residual fruit punch which I can't clean off. Also if I let it charge it frequently stops and restarts the charging
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A little rubbing alcohol on a soft tooth brush to clean out the charging port may do it. Your mom and dad probably have some around the house.
Otherwise, you can replace the charging port for under $10 on ebay. Make sure you get the whole circuit board and not just the port. Watch a video on youtube and you'll see how easy it is. Just go slow and realize that the ribbon cable is glued down so you need to gently pry it off. You will need a tiny philips screwdriver to open it.
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cduced said:
A little rubbing alcohol on a soft tooth brush to clean out the charging port may do it. Your mom and dad probably have some around the house.
Otherwise, you can replace the charging port for under $10 on ebay. Make sure you get the whole circuit board and not just the port. Watch a video on youtube and you'll see how easy it is. Just go slow and realize that the ribbon cable is glued down so you need to gently pry it off. You will need a tiny philips screwdriver to open it.
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Hmm alright I will try that when I get the chance
cduced said:
A little rubbing alcohol on a soft tooth brush to clean out the charging port may do it. Your mom and dad probably have some around the house.
Otherwise, you can replace the charging port for under $10 on ebay. Make sure you get the whole circuit board and not just the port. Watch a video on youtube and you'll see how easy it is. Just go slow and realize that the ribbon cable is glued down so you need to gently pry it off. You will need a tiny philips screwdriver to open it.
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I agree with this approach. I use a toothbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol to clean the stone dust out of mine regularly...I work at an asphalt plant. Have the canned air ready after the alcohol cleaning.
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Also get the HIGHEST percentage rubbing alcohol you can find. Drug stores usually have something around 90% but I think grocery stores only have 70%. This can be very crucial as the other 30% is usually water. For example at my work we use 99% isopropanol alcohol which is the same things as rubbing alcohol but almost pure. Good luck
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Also get the HIGHEST percentage rubbing alcohol you can find. Drug stores usually have something around 90% but I think grocery stores only have 70%. This can be very crucial as the other 30% is usually water. For example at my work we use 99% isopropanol alcohol which is the same things as rubbing alcohol but almost pure. Good luck
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Also agree with this. But I use 70 percent and haven't had a problem yet.
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Purim posiado
cduced said:
A little rubbing alcohol on a soft tooth brush to clean out the charging port may do it. Your mom and dad probably have some around the house.
Otherwise, you can replace the charging port for under $10 on ebay. Make sure you get the whole circuit board and not just the port. Watch a video on youtube and you'll see how easy it is. Just go slow and realize that the ribbon cable is glued down so you need to gently pry it off. You will need a tiny philips screwdriver to open it.
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I also agree with the alcohol. When i had my Cappy the headphone jack was going in and out so i put rubbing alcohol on a Qtip and put it inside, let it dry, and VOILA! it worked. I say try this before replacing..it can't hurt right? **Directed towards Ninja**
I cleaned it but we didn't have rubbing alcohol. What my mom did was use vodka LOL I used the canned air right away as well so thanks everyone
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I cleaned it but we didn't have rubbing alcohol. What my mom did was use vodka LOL I used the canned air right away as well so thanks everyone
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You gotta keep us in the loop on whether this works long term . Vodka is only about 40% alcohol, and probably has a bunch of other crap in the " rest". Friggin' awesome :thumbup: :beer:
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You gotta keep us in the loop on whether this works long term . Vodka is only about 40% alcohol, and probably has a bunch of other crap in the " rest". Friggin' awesome :thumbup: :beer:
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Haha I will
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I cleaned it but we didn't have rubbing alcohol. What my mom did was use vodka LOL I used the canned air right away as well so thanks everyone
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Gives a whole new meaning to "drunk dialing" !!
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If your mom is cool with having booze in the house have her get grain alcohol lol. Much better to clean out your devices with
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If your mom is cool with having booze in the house have her get grain alcohol lol. Much better to clean out your devices with
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It's just little travel bottles of vodka. No one drinks it it just sits there. Like 30+ at least lol. Dad gets them from traveling somehow
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I recently had a cat throw up on my laptop. Had to completely take it apart to clean and dry, I had no alcohol in the house so ended up using vinegar on a q-tip. Worked, happened about a month ago.
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Also get the HIGHEST percentage rubbing alcohol you can find. Drug stores usually have something around 90% but I think grocery stores only have 70%. This can be very crucial as the other 30% is usually water. For example at my work we use 99% isopropanol alcohol which is the same things as rubbing alcohol but almost pure. Good luck
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Actually, alcohol is not the best solvent for salt/sugar (great for oils though). Deionized water is probably the best and safest way to clean electronics that are exposed to salts and/or sugar laden liquids - it is what most board houses use to post clean board after assembly (for those requiring it). Removing the battery and then liberally rinsing the port with DI water (or distilled water in a pinch), then drying it with a combo of absorbent then compressed air should remove the offending salts/sugar without harm to the electronics.
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So after a few days I have reached a conclusion. Vodka solves all problems!
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Specifically in the laundry. I got it out within about a minute, but it was completely submerged and April fresh. I tried the "bag of rice" routine for a few minutes, but I didn't want to wait 24 hours to see if that would work. Found "tear-down" instructional video on youtube. Took it as apart as it would let me (only about 10 screws). Motherboard, camera, power port and some other minor things but that was about it. It was soaked in there. No way rice was going to work. Stood everything on edge, propped up the hair dryer and let it blow for about 1.5 hours (rotating all the parts every few minutes). Put it back together and let my wife turn it on, while I waited in the garage. I couldn't watch. I didn't think I had insurance on it. But, it worked!! Has been perfect for 3 days.
nice bro. Glad it worked out.
Next time( and you know it'll happen again) 90% alcohol. tear it down, dunk the boards, dry in the oven at 125°. Should rewhiten the humidots too.
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That's awesome! In the future, and to anyone else with a similar situation...after the phone is dunked in water somehow...immediately disassemble and SOAK in rubbing alcohol for a good minute. Blow dry the pieces for a few minutes until dry, put it back together....Presto. The alcohol absorbs the water,
You should be good to go.
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Specifically in the laundry. I got it out within about a minute, but it was completely submerged and April fresh. I tried the "bag of rice" routine for a few minutes, but I didn't want to wait 24 hours to see if that would work. Found "tear-down" instructional video on youtube. Took it as apart as it would let me (only about 10 screws). Motherboard, camera, power port and some other minor things but that was about it. It was soaked in there. No way rice was going to work. Stood everything on edge, propped up the hair dryer and let it blow for about 1.5 hours (rotating all the parts every few minutes). Put it back together and let my wife turn it on, while I waited in the garage. I couldn't watch. I didn't think I had insurance on it. But, it worked!! Has been perfect for 3 days.
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Good to know. I will remember when I will submerge mine. And I would have waited in the garage, too.
Not waterproof?
Surely you jest.
check this out....dont know if i'd try it...... lol..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puSOR2wWfQ&feature=related
i'm single. Can i borrow my buddy's wife to do it?
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Yeah this guy is a dooche
What I thought it was that is why I was getting it! Lol
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The alcohol absorbs the water,
You should be good to go.
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I could have sworn alcohol is used because when it dries, it doesn't leave behind minerals/residue that could short out terminals like water does, which is why it is dunked so that the alcohol replaces the water.
Alcohol dehydrates people and causes hangovers, so maybe absorption really is happening?
Alcohol breaks the surface tension of the water molecules and displaces it. Water is bad because as stated when it dries it leaves minerals and other contaminates that will grow dendrites. Microscopic fingers that will punch throught solder mask on boards and puncture insulation on wires. Deionized water is best, but most people have rubbing alcohol..
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good job on saving it!
Just an FYI for others, with the blow dryer don't put it too close.
Hahhahahhahahahha @ you waiting in the garage. I would've done the saaaame thing....good sh#t.
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Not that I've submerged my Galaxy S2, but should something happen I'm curious as to if you submerge the screen in alcohol as well? Just a good thing to remember.
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Not that I've submerged my Galaxy S2, but should something happen I'm curious as to if you submerge the screen in alcohol as well? Just a good thing to remember.
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Yessir totally safe, provided you allow it to dry completely before applying voltage.
FWIW I work in a clean room, I've dropped my cappy in a lake before and brought it back to life using the aforementioned method. As stated I even got the humidots white again.
My daughter fed my laptop a sam adams once... just power the item down or remove the battery asap. Rinse/soak in alcohol. Let dry in the oven at its lowest setting. Anything under 190° is fine. Pray/sacrifice a chicken. Power up and apologize for yelling at your 2 year old...
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UPDATE: I chickened out
I burned one of my two insurance replacements. The phone was still working, but the thought of the Tide and Fabric Softner working on my phones insides was too much. I wrestled with the idea of possibly wasting the $199 deductable, but I knew that if I waited for the thing to die in it's own time, I might end up with a refurb replacement.
Good thing too. It's strange, I got the replacement this morning and it's faster!! The battery has lasted all day! I still have 40% left after 12 hours, and believe me I have spent most of my free time setting everything up. Way more than I usually do with it. I don't get it. Maybe my original was a dud.
BTW, this time I sent my wife to the garage on an imaginary errand while I commited to the $199.
I have no illusions though. When our next AT&T bill is double the usual amount, that's when she'll get wise. But that gives me over a month to find a good place to hide. I can see the look on her face when I say "but this one's really fast!"
That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time.
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Which part?
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Turn on everything( GPS, 4G radio and such) download a new rom and play music through the speaker
I'm hoping to overheat the phone enough to evaporate all the water haha
Well I'll see how it goes and ill report back soon
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Stick a cut off qtip in the headphone jack (so rice doesn't get jammed in there) and throw it in a plastic sandwich bag filled up with rice, will work much better. Heat + water + electronic will just fog up the screen. Leave it in a bag of rice for a few days, battery out.
Seriously. I had water dripping from my MP3 player, and it's been working for a good year after that, because of rice.
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Stick a cut off qtip in the headphone jack (so rice doesn't get jammed in there) and throw it in a plastic sandwich bag filled up with rice, will work much better. Heat + water + electronic will just fog up the screen. Leave it in a bag of rice for a few days, battery out.
Seriously. I had water dripping from my MP3 player, and it's been working for a good year after that, because of rice.
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That^
It worked for my key fob that got lost in the snow for 3 months.
BlaydeX15 said:
Stick a cut off qtip in the headphone jack (so rice doesn't get jammed in there) and throw it in a plastic sandwich bag filled up with rice, will work much better. Heat + water + electronic will just fog up the screen. Leave it in a bag of rice for a few days, battery out.
Seriously. I had water dripping from my MP3 player, and it's been working for a good year after that, because of rice.
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I've done that before but it wasn't exciting haha I thought I'd try this for some laughs but its actually working my cameras lenses that were foggy and aren't now and I keep catching some moisture in the housing
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Ahhhhhhh! No no no!
Take the battery out quick quick quick! If you have water damage the first thing you do is remove power to the device! Water isn't what damages an electronic device. In fact water itself in its purest form H2O isn't even an electrical conductor. Water conducts electricity when something is dissolved in it and the ions dissociate, allowing charge to be carried through the water. Therefore if there is a salt, or something, or in this case dust, it will be able to conduct electricity, which if two points of contact in the device are shorted it can be powerful enough to destroy it.
The rice thing can sometimes work, but if the device had a lot of water get inside it there will be water in all the nook and crannies, even inside the processor. If the physical damage is already done to one or many pieces of the electronics there may not be any fixing it.
However, there is always a possibility that the ionized water is shorting circuits and hasn't damaged anything yet. If the device is to the point where it will no longer turn on, or screen appears dead you have nothing to lose in trying to fix it. I have saved several devices in the scenario I just mentioned using a mild solvent. You need to find a tear down guide to disassemble it. When you have it taken apart you can soak each individual part in isopropyl alcohol. You need to use the purest isopropyl alcohol you can find, ideally 100% isopropyl alcohol so it doesn't contain ANY water. However if you can't find a place to get that quickly, locally, for low cost use 91% isopropyl alcohol from Walmart or any drug store. I have used that concentration to successfully cure two devices that wouldn't turn on after water damage.
Put the alcohol in a large enough container that the parts fit in, and completely submerge the parts, may even need to include the battery in the solution. Leave it there about ten minutes, occasionally swirling to get the alcohol deep inside everything, processor, etc. Then remove it from the alcohol and let it AIR dry. To be ultra safe let it air dry for twenty four hours. You can then reassemble the device and test.
Alcohol is very volatile in air, so it evaporates very quickly (specially if that air is heated). Water and alcohol are miscible, so it will remove the water from inside every part. Good luck!
Just take your phone back to sprint and get another....Im going to assume you have insurance. Why take a chance that the phone could sustain some long term damage? Get a shiny brand new one and call it a day..
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Just take your phone back to sprint and get another....Im going to assume you have insurance. Why take a chance that the phone could sustain some long term damage? Get a shiny brand new one and call it a day..
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I would agree with that but he/she might not have $100 to drop around for a new insurance replacement phone. I have heard though of some repair centers replacing water damaged phones with a sprint ordered replacement as long as the phone works.
Sad Panda is 100% correct on the alcohol, so follow his directions! Alcohol has a high affinity for water and acts as a drying agent, drawing the water out of every corner and crevice.
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Sad Panda is 100% correct on the alcohol, so follow his directions! Alcohol has a high affinity for water and acts as a drying agent, drawing the water out of every corner and crevice.
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+1 sad panda to save the day
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The only sensible thing to do would be to do what sad panda posted. What you're doing is just retarded.
I agree. I've been doing this for years on laptops. It also works well off you spill coke or tea on it. It also helps to brush off the components with a toothbrush while soaking them in alcohol.
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Bag of rice will work 99.9% of the time. Depends on how much water it got will depend on how long u need to leave it in there. If it still turns on overnight should work. Take battery off and seal it up.
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Hate to say it but it actually worked... No fog on the lenses, no foggy screen, capacitive buttons all work and respond, speakers sound just like they did before, I know it might just be dumb luck but it worked out and there's no visible signs of condensation I'm the phone so I'm a happy camper
I've done all the alcohol disassembling before but I only had a T6 instead of a T5 torx and I'm a broke college student so I didn't have rice so I tried my way and it worked! so continue with the bashing if you will
(Btw I have TEP but trying something new felt like a better thing to do than waste $100 on a 1.5 hboot replacement)
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I'm a broke college student so I didn't have rice so I tried my way and it worked!
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Dude, a bag of rice is like four dollars.
But your idea is possibly the worst thing you could do for a phone. ONLY reason it worked is because evidently the water didn't seep in enough to cause enough damage.
Running power through a wet phone is the easiest way to kill it. Don't count on it working again for you in the future, you're lucky as hell.
Wow! So happy for you that it worked, don't try it again though! Even for a broke college student a liter of alcohol is two bucks. There are lots of nice guys on here. Even I would have sent you my torx drivers for free to help you out!
Glad everything is a ok! Good job! Phew!
This is hilarious.
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If you have nothing to lose put the phone in bleach. it will bleach the water strip thing back white and leave the red lines. Let it dry then take it to sprint.
but only use this as a last resort. lol
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If you have nothing to lose put the phone in bleach. it will bleach the water strip thing back white and leave the red lines. Let it dry then take it to sprint.
but only use this as a last resort. lol
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To my knowledge this won't get the sticker back to white and still maintain the original red lines. Those stickers work just like litmus paper works, they react over the neutral range of the pH scale. Bleach should react with the red chromophores but I just don't see how it will turn from solid red to anything but solid white, or worse a solid pink.
Have you personally tried that? Also bleach is chlorine + water + uhhh, hypochlorite at equilibrium. Since that is the case, the dissociation of ions have the same property as water and salt, or water and dust as I described before, so as long as one understood you are making the water damage worse, you could do that....your electronic device would likely burn up when electricity was applied again.
Just throw it in the microwave. I'd set the microwave to "defrost" though, just to play it safe.
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Just throw it in the microwave. I'd set the microwave to "defrost" though, just to play it safe.
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So my girlfriend dropped her phone in a cup holder with water in it today. Everything works but it's getting hot, and I couldn't get to it in time to pull the battery and disassemble. It's mainly working, but gets warm and eats battery violently. Has anyone had any luck with the rubbing alcohol bath trick on one of these? I'm not sure how they may react. Some things are getting a bit more sensitive these days.
Side note... If anyone has a main-board laying around from an old busted phone or anything, let me know. She's not pleasant when she's disconnected from the facebook world. The sooner I get this done, the sooner my ear stops bleeding.
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So my girlfriend dropped her phone in a cup holder with water in it today. Everything works but it's getting hot, and I couldn't get to it in time to pull the battery and disassemble. It's mainly working, but gets warm and eats battery violently. Has anyone had any luck with the rubbing alcohol bath trick on one of these? I'm not sure how they may react. Some things are getting a bit more sensitive these days.
Side note... If anyone has a main-board laying around from an old busted phone or anything, let me know. She's not pleasant when she's disconnected from the facebook world. The sooner I get this done, the sooner my ear stops bleeding.
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Put it in a bowl of rice with the bowl sitting on a heating pad set to high for 24-48 hours. Dont power on the phone in this time and make sure the battery is removed. Also ensure that its the phone getting hot and not the battery.
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Yeah when my phone went for a swim, I dove in to the pool after it. I think I ripped the battery out of it even before I was fully out of the water. I had to let it sit in rice for two days until I could no longer see water between the glass and LCD.
And even then, I opened it up and scrubbed the motherboard down with a stiff toothbrush and 91% rubbing alcohol, I wouldn't suggest dousing the phone in it, though.
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Yeah when my phone went for a swim, I dove in to the pool after it. I think I ripped the battery out of it even before I was fully out of the water. I had to let it sit in rice for two days until I could no longer see water between the glass and LCD.
And even then, I opened it up and scrubbed the motherboard down with a stiff toothbrush and 91% rubbing alcohol, I wouldn't suggest dousing the phone in it, though.
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I've taken phones that people could only find by calling it and seeing it light up in a puddle and saved them two days later. The trick was always get the water off and replace it with something pure so iron and zinc deposits can't complete a random circuit. Rubbing alcohol baths and a toothbrush have been common here, followed by compressed air, and finally rice for a day. It almost ALWAYS works, but this one is failing. Maybe I'll just buy a new board. To bad because the phone is still beautiful.
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I've taken phones that people could only find by calling it and seeing it light up in a puddle and saved them two days later. The trick was always get the water off and replace it with something pure so iron and zinc deposits can't complete a random circuit. Rubbing alcohol baths and a toothbrush have been common here, followed by compressed air, and finally rice for a day. It almost ALWAYS works, but this one is failing. Maybe I'll just buy a new board. To bad because the phone is still beautiful.
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You could always buy a water sensor sticker off ebay and replace the one in your phone that is red then take it into sprint and just say its acting funky and you want it repl........ Wait, thats illegal, dont do that.....
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You could always buy a water sensor sticker off ebay and replace the one in your phone that is red then take it into sprint and just say its acting funky and you want it repl........ Wait, thats illegal, dont do that.....
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I had a bad experience with some half breed store breaking her old phone and trying to tell me it was water damaged. After fighting city hall and just hearing "water damage", I took it apart myself, and what do you know... NO WATER DAMAGE! The guy tried to pass it off like water broke it when HE actually did. They stood there and told me that since her (previously working) phone was now dead, the only way I was leaving the shop with a working phone was if I bought a new one. I was furious to see it not show any signs of water, and after a few more calls, I took it to a corporate store and let them take it apart. Finally, the previous notes on the account were over-ridden, and retentions sent me out a replacement for 100 dollars. Three days later, I looked at craigs and found 4 of the same phone for 100 bucks (TouchPro2) and decided insurance isn't worth it. I've never looked back, and I can still even now buy a board or a whole photon for less than the insurance charges. Just missed one on ebay for 42 bucks, but tomorrow is a new day with new auction endings.
PS, She uses sprint as a family plan. I use boost on my epic, and now at 35 bucks a month, I've never looked back from leaving sprint. They can keep their BS insurance and false hopes of 4g. They charge her an additional 10 bucks a month for a "4g device", and we've never even been able to see the icon work. A year from now, she can actually upgrade to an LTE phone when the contract runs out, but until that, ....WOW cell phone companies really suck. I don't even think I should post this.
...it didn't fare so well.
I just thought some online documentation of S-Pen damage or malfunctions might be useful to some, so here goes:
My brother was fooling around with a ridiculously long straw in his drink and, well, let's just say that my S-Pen ended up submerged and had to be sucked out through the straw.
If you suck on the tip air comes through the button and vice versa. Once out, I sucked the fluid out through the tip and the button. It is completely dry as far as I can tell but it is still malfunctioning.
First thing I noticed was that there was no pointer when I hovered. Next I realized that this was because it thought I was touching the screen as soon as it was in range. Yes, I could scroll and interact as if I was tapping and swiping despite never touching the screen. The button activates and I can still hold it to circle things. It's often very hard to activate the capacitive buttons on the phone (menu/back), as if the hover function needs to be detected to activate them. It's like they often aren't receptive to input.
I have yet to see what soaking in distilled water or 100% isopropyl alcohol will do. I can also try replacing the tip. We shall see!
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OK, I soaked in distilled water for several minutes and dried it in the sunlight for four hours but it's not behaving any better. I decided to soak it longer before resorting to alcohol or changing the tip. I did make sure to get the air out as I submerged it (sucked on the tip as I lowered the button beneath the water). Yes, I've been doing a lot of "sucking" today.
The back of the pen floats so I had to hold it down with a spoon.
If anyone cares, it was Vault soda, which is Coca-Cola's "energy" soda.
Just to make sure it's the S-Pen at fault, I have an S-Pen with eraser that works fine (doesn't fit my phone, of course).
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You can get another for $30. http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-PN900SWESTA
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You can get another for $30. http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ET-PN900SWESTA
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Thanks. I'm well aware, but I'm going to see what else I can do first.
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CZroe said:
Thanks. I'm well aware, but I'm going to see what else I can do first.
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I got a new spen for a friend on amazon for like 10 bucks. Looked like OEM to me and no problems so far. I'm no expert but I would have tried the alcohol before water imo.
I would definitely try some rubbing alcohol, and then if you have an air compressor use that as well. Just keep laying on some rubbing alcohol and then blow the crap out of it with the air compressor, potentially it could break up any sugary gunk. If that doesn't work then it is likely screwed. Sugar+electronics is very bad.
CZroe said:
Thanks. I'm well aware, but I'm going to see what else I can do first.
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Don't you think you've done enough...
tony yayo said:
I got a new spen for a friend on amazon for like 10 bucks. Looked like OEM to me and no problems so far. I'm no expert but I would have tried the alcohol before water imo.
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Yeah. I've seen some for even less that looked identical except they lacked the Samsung logo. I'm probably going to stick with OEM Samsung though.
The point of trying distilled water first was to see if it can be done without alcohol. Alcohol can dissolve adhesives and has more potential for damage than inert distilled water. Because I am more lilely to have both options when I try water first, I'm trying water first. One reason it's worth knowing if water alone can fix it is that it is very hard to find 100% pure alcohol. If I have success with that then it may or may not be easily duplicated with common 70% or 91% isopropyl "rubbing" alcohol (there are more additives than just water), but at least we'll know enough to try.
Let's not forget: sodas are water-based and, thus, dried soda is typically water-soluable.
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I would definitely try some rubbing alcohol, and then if you have an air compressor use that as well. Just keep laying on some rubbing alcohol and then blow the crap out of it with the air compressor, potentially it could break up any sugary gunk. If that doesn't work then it is likely screwed. Sugar+electronics is very bad.
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"Rubbing alcohol?" I have much better: 100% pure electronics cleaning grade isopropyl alcohol. I'm simply being systematic here for the sake of others (so we can see if such measures are required). I do have a tiny air compressor but I'm not going to try that until after I try changing the tip. It'll be a lot easier to blow inside with the tip removed. Heck, I might even break out the Water Pik when we get to that point. I wonder how the WaterPik handles alcohol?
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Don't you think you've done enough...
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Oh, hardy, har har.
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I would try submerging it in hot distilled water. That will break loose any dried up sugar left in it. Make sure to remove the tip first.
After that, throw it in a jar half full of no less that 97% isopropyl alcohol and shake that sucker.
Pull it out and place it on a paper towel for a few hours.
Then blow it out with canned air or something similar.
Reinsert the tip and test it out.
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Leaving it in any type of alcohol will strip the plastic chrome off.
A couple of minutes won't but hours will.
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Update: Well, I soaked it in distilled water for hours and then dried it over night and everything works great now, no alcohol required.
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Glad to hear that.
So, my wife works as a steward and had some sweet and sour sauce spill on her, like a lot of it, and now her phone thinks the headphones are plugged in always.
I tried a pipe cleaner dipped in alcohol, I tried a small piece of material soaked with alcohol. Neither have solved the issue. Any ideas on what I can try?
Compressed air?
q tips with light alcohol on it? might be too risky though, as you might lose some cotton in there. maybe do that first, then do the compressed air to get any leftover debris out?
also, you can use one of those things people use to floss their teeth. idk what their called. not flossers. they almost look like mini bottle cleaners.
Looks like this: http://www.lulusoso.com/upload/20120501/cleaning_feeding_bottle_brushes_Mini_bottle_brush.jpg
can usually find it in the dental section of the store. those might work better than q tips since the chances of losing fibers in the headphone jack is less.
I tried gun bore patches with alcohol wrapped around a pick. In the end it just worked itself out. -_-
Волк said:
I tried gun bore patches with alcohol wrapped around a pick. In the end it just worked itself out. -_-
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Hey buddy, haven't seen you around in years - still recommend your wipe tools to users in the old threads
Glad to see you in the v10 threads and that your headphone issue is fixed
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