Hello!,
I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right section but you guys can correct me if I'm wrong and I'll move it to another post.
So here is the case for my Sony Xperia Sola. It fell in water and when I picked it up and turned it on it turned on (bad mistake I know! but that was the first time I ever dropped my phone in water and didn't know what to do in that situation.) it seemed fine but I was still worry. I took out my Sim and SD card and let it dry for an hour. After an hour I turned it on again and it seemed fine so I just left it alone. I never turned off the phone though just for clarification, which I should have after many research but it was too late. Next day I tried turning it on again and it won't power on just a black screen. Then I put the charger on it and the red L.E.D. came on. So I thought the battery was just low tried again to power on but still a black screen. Am I at a total loss here? Can anything be done to save my phone I love this phone and I just had it for 2 months. Maybe a fried battery by chance?
The first thing you should do when a electronic device falls in water is to put it in a jar filled with rice, the rice will absorb water but I guess it's too late to tell you that. If you have still locked bootloader and warranty you could try going to assistance. Hope you solve the problem
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I heard this from a friend who has tried this with success, immediately put the device in a container filled with alcohol. It repels the water and does not harm electronics. Remove the battery of course.... Let dry... Should work fine.
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chrism.brunner said:
I heard this from a friend who has tried this with success, immediately put the device in a container filled with alcohol. It repels the water and does not harm electronics. Remove the battery of course.... Let dry... Should work fine.
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You can't remove battery on Xperia sola, it's built-in.
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chrism.brunner said:
I heard this from a friend who has tried this with success, immediately put the device in a container filled with alcohol. It repels the water and does not harm electronics. Remove the battery of course.... Let dry... Should work fine.
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I think it's a little late to soak my Sola in alcohol. It's been 4 days already since the incident.
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You can't remove battery on Xperia sola, it's built-in.
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Yeah, That's what I thought too. Heard that you can't remove the battery, but is it possible to take it apart to find the battery inside? Not a good idea but why not right, phone isn't turning on so minus well. Do you think it could be a fried battery? My front l.e.d. light comes on so any possibility there?
If led turns on I don't think it's battery problem, maybe screen doesn't work cuz water did something there.
You actually can take out battery some how but then it loses warranty
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My brother just had this happen. A repair technician told him to take the phone apart and clean the corrosion off of the contacts throughout the phone. You can see it. He did, and the phone is fine now....
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chrism.brunner said:
I heard this from a friend who has tried this with success, immediately put the device in a container filled with alcohol. It repels the water and does not harm electronics. Remove the battery of course.... Let dry... Should work fine.
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Camera and Screen need removing first of they'll get full of liquid and damaged.
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Camera and Screen need removing first of they'll get full of liquid and damaged.
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My brother didn't remove either. I think because alcohol evaporates very quick. He put his whole phone in the container. Later, after it dried, the phone worked. Maybe it was a fluke......
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KarterPatryk said:
If led turns on I don't think it's battery problem, maybe screen doesn't work cuz water did something there.
You actually can take out battery some how but then it loses warranty
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It's okay I didn't even buy warranty for the phone. So I'm at a dead end here only option left is to take it apart and see if I can do anything to it.
chrism.brunner said:
My brother just had this happen. A repair technician told him to take the phone apart and clean the corrosion off of the contacts throughout the phone. You can see it. He did, and the phone is fine now....
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Yeah I'm getting the proper tools to take the phone apart first. Then see if I can see any corrosion. How did your brother clean the corrosion?
I'll ask him and let you know.....
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Hey, my brother used rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush. Not complicated. He dipped the tooth brush in a cup of rubbing alcohol and scrubbed all contacts and solder points he could see...
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Finally took it apart and this is what I found. I think I'm at a total loss here. :crying:
anything I can do?
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anything I can do?
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Probably not but I can tell you an amusing drying your phone out technique but its just a joke if it'll cheer you up?
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Sorry for your phone :/
If u planning to buy a new one I recommend you the Google edition Xperia z, will be the perfect phone I think haha, Sony+Google mmmm
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Probably not but I can tell you an amusing drying your phone out technique but its just a joke if it'll cheer you up?
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I want to hear the joke haha
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Ben36 said:
Probably not but I can tell you an amusing drying your phone out technique but its just a joke if it'll cheer you up?
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Hahaha Let's hear it.
Related
So I was in an important phone call outside, when it was 107, and it seems the sweat got into the lcd. now I see some smudges on the screen.
Is there anyway to get it out? or will warranty cover it? does anyone think the rice trick will work?
Place it on top of your cable box while on. Just needs some dry heat for a night or two.
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I'll give that a shot.
In the meantime, I guess I'll have to leave the PC on and have the calls forwarded through GVoice.
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Place it on top of your cable box while on. Just needs some dry heat for a night or two.
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It seems that trick might have made it worse. Gonna do the rice trick now.
phone wasn't submerged, but enough water got to it to cause the water seal to turn pink. I blew dried it and dumped it in rice and what not.
I attempted to start it up the screen had no discolorations and it booted riight up but everything was force closing while trying to enter the phone from the lock screen.
so I rebooted and the phone stays at the galaxy s2 screen.
i attempted a nandroid (I already have a saved nandroid) but wanted to backup this one since i'm not sure it syncd some of the contacts.
when attempting the nandroid i got an error during the backup portion of the data.
Does that mean i should just recover from my original backup or is thier anything i should be doing?
thanks
Um i think you might have to get a replacement phone..
When i had a iPhone i dropped it in my pool so i let it dray out for 2 years and now it works.
Though i have a Galaxy S II cause i love android and the thing doesn't break plus i spilled water on it and it works fine with no effects.
Get some 90% alcohol. Remove covers, battery, Sim cards, etc.. submerge the phone in it for 3-5 minutes to displace any moisture still trapped inside. Take it out, let sit and evaporate for 10-15 minutes. Place inside your oven at 125° for 4-6 hrs. Replace battery and fire it up. If it still won't boot then return for warranty as your humi-dots will now be white
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Get some 90% alcohol. Remove covers, battery, Sim cards, etc.. submerge the phone in it for 3-5 minutes to displace any moisture still trapped inside. Take it out, let sit and evaporate for 10-15 minutes. Place inside your oven at 125° for 4-6 hrs. Replace battery and fire it up. If it still won't boot then return for warranty as your humi-dots will now be white
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No way.
If you're going to try this at least wait an hour before the oven. And be sure to preheat it.
I have baked Nokias back to life.
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I rework/repair circuit card assemblies for the largest defense contractor in world....
I use this process daily on boards worth more than your house....
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What's the water seal?
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What's the water seal?
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He means the humi-dots. Little white stickers that turn pink/red when a certain humidity level is reached..
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I rework/repair circuit card assemblies for the largest defense contractor in world....
I use this process daily on boards worth more than your house....
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I do too......well not really but I did stay at a holiday inn express last night.
Haha, I couldn't resist.....
do you work in Huntsville ala by any chance.
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Grand Prairie Texas.
Lockheed Martin Missles and Fire Control..
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Stevenrogers_420 said:
Grand Prairie Texas.
Lockheed Martin Missles and Fire Control..
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Cool. I work for kratos out of Huntsville
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Nice.. That looks like fun. ;-)
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I rework/repair circuit card assemblies for the largest defense contractor in world....
I use this process daily on boards worth more than your house....
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Okay. Still at least preheat the oven so there isn't direct heat on the device which is much greater than 125.
And do the boards have a screen? Is that an issue?
Curious
Derrrrrr
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ok everything seems to have worked. looks like my data was corrupted and restoreing worked...my only issue is with my volume down button, I have to apply either a lot of pressure or tapp hard repeatedly to get the volume to go down. Also my humi stuff is still pink. as i didn't want to take the phone apart.
any suggestions for the volume button and the humi?
I will thank everyone for responding to this thread
thanks again
Any residual moisture still trapped inside the board layers will slowly develop copper dendrites and kill your phone. The only way to stop the process is to bake it out. This will also dry out your humi-dots and turn them white again. It may work for now but in a couple months the problems will get worse.
Just my $.02
Edit: Check out metallic electromigration phenomena. Exactly the reason for humi-dots and not honoring warranties on phones exposed to excessive moisture..
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Stevenrogers_420 said:
Any residual moisture still trapped inside the board layers will slowly develop copper dendrites and kill your phone. The only way to stop the process is to bake it out. This will also dry out your humi-dots and turn them white again. It may work for now but in a couple months the problems will get worse.
Just my $.02
Edit: Check out metallic electromigration phenomena. Exactly the reason for humi-dots and not honoring warranties on phones exposed to excessive moisture..
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i have to take the phone apart to bake it at 125? to make sure that is.
No , Remove your battery, Sim cards, sdcards and bake it without the back cover....
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No , Remove your battery, Sim cards, sdcards and bake it without the back cover....
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thx i will do that right now. and for aprox how long?
2-4 hrs should do it.
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curious how this worked out. My wife dropped hers in the toilet like...a week ago. we've been doing the rice thing....
if we did this, how do you put the phone in the oven? won't it melt? scren up or down? on a cookie sheet? pizza stone? suggestions?
It's booting up now, but it gets REALLY hot on the back of the phone, (volme rocker) side, toward the bottom if you pop the back off the phone and look there, it's just below the circle that's molded into the plastic. it'll booth and run for a minute tops and then just turn off. this alcohol idea is intriguing to me.
allroy1975 said:
curious how this worked out. My wife dropped hers in the toilet like...a week ago. we've been doing the rice thing....
if we did this, how do you put the phone in the oven? won't it melt? scren up or down? on a cookie sheet? pizza stone? suggestions?
It's booting up now, but it gets REALLY hot on the back of the phone, (volme rocker) side, toward the bottom if you pop the back off the phone and look there, it's just below the circle that's molded into the plastic. it'll booth and run for a minute tops and then just turn off. this alcohol idea is intriguing to me.
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I'm going on a limb here and say they were joking about the oven
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Does anyone tried this?
I really want to know.
Thanks
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Yes some users report that the phone can swim maybe you can try and confirm.
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Yes some users report that the phone can swim maybe you can try and confirm./QUOTE] :good:
How do you define "water resistance"? Would you like to throw it in the water (it will be dead after that, I promise) or just use it in the rain?
The 2nd thing I do all the time, my XS doesn't really get protected from the rain by me. It still works fine.
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I generally bathe with my phone. I stick my soap on the back side, and scrub away. Try it.
I throw mine across a lake
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Hey,
Today I tried to test my phone how it respons when I‘ve dropped it in water
What I did:
1. It was too boring, so I‘ve got this idea
2. I‘ve dropped my phone in water for almost 5 seconds
3. I‘ve taken it out and tested, first time Back-Button wont work, then a few camera problems, battery drains (1% in 3 minutes![STANDBY!!!]), touchscreen wont response and I removed the battery: Water under the battery, was afraid to charge my phone. Rebooted, everything worked again
Changes:
My phone is cleaner
No fake, that‘s real
Drop your phone for 5 min then check what heppen.
vikasb32 said:
Drop your phone for 5 min then check what heppen.
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Okay I‘ve found a LG Optimus One a long time ago, it was a good phone so I buyed another one, now I have two O1s, but paid just for one, as I said, I‘ve found that.
But will try that tomorrow, I HATE SCHOOL
This thread incites my rage. I get mad enough when I see someone put their smartphone in their back pants pocket; willful destruction of a perfectly good phone pushes all my rage buttons. This thread is bad and you should feel bad.
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Dry it slowly with an air dryer and use rice..rice is an absorbent....leave the phone,battery out in rice for 2 or 3 days and the moisture should be soaked up by the rice
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How could you do such a thing!!!!!! I treat my lg like a diamond and you dump it in water?! However, I'd like try (you can) putting the phone in distilled water for a couple of hours, since distilled water conducts 0% electricity so it shouldn't damage the phone, right?
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ManBearrrPig said:
why wold you waste a perfectly good o1???
rather give it to someone who cant afford a smartphone.
you rich ****..
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onepinksheep said:
This thread incites my rage. I get mad enough when I see someone put their smartphone in their back pants pocket; willful destruction of a perfectly good phone pushes all my rage buttons. This thread is bad and you should feel bad.
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Jrhodes85 said:
Dry it slowly with an air dryer and use rice..rice is an absorbent....leave the phone,battery out in rice for 2 or 3 days and the moisture should be soaked up by the rice
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timkl1 said:
How could you do such a thing!!!!!! I treat my lg like a diamond and you dump it in water?! However, I'd like try (you can) putting the phone in distilled water for a couple of hours, since distilled water conducts 0% electricity so it shouldn't damage the phone, right?
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Hey!
It‘s my O1, which I‘ve FOUND.
And I can do everything with it!
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Jrhodes85 said:
Dry it slowly with an air dryer and use rice..rice is an absorbent....leave the phone,battery out in rice for 2 or 3 days and the moisture should be soaked up by the rice
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you should advise people who drop it accidently not on purpose.
vj_dustin said:
you should advise people who drop it accidently not on purpose.
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It wasn't an accident...
DarkCoding said:
Hey!
It‘s my O1, which I‘ve FOUND.
And I can do everything with it!
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oh sorry...
then you are not a ritch f***..
you are a spoiled f***..
who drops a perfectly good o1 in water????
there is absolutly no reason for your action.
if you are bored get a job and you will see how hard is it to earn money..
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oh sorry...
then you are not a ritch f***..
you are a spoiled f***..
who drops a perfectly good o1 in water????
there is absolutly no reason for your action.
if you are bored get a job and you will see how hard is it to earn money..
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'm a kid Wow, is it so hard to understand that I dropped my phone in water? I've found that!
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oh sorry...
then you are not a ritch f***..
you are a spoiled f***..
who drops a perfectly good o1 in water????
there is absolutly no reason for your action.
if you are bored get a job and you will see how hard is it to earn money..
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Leave it kids dnt know the value for money
ashishv said:
Leave it kids dnt know the value for money
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You're right
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Hello everyone
I have a samsung galaxy s2
and today with heavy rain as i was trying to avoid a poodle of water my phone felt doawn without realizing it
and it was left in a water stream for about 5 minutes before finding it
it has a scratch at the upper left corner
I closed it and wiped then dry it with a hair blower for several minutes
but the thing is that I cant make it able to have a carrier signal
even when I boote it doesnt ask me for a pin
just opens like there isnt a sim card inside
now I have it in a bowl of rice
please if you can help me
Poodle....lol
Rice/battery/usb port.
And it still probably wont work properly ever again.
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Poodle....lol
Rice/battery/usb port.
And it still probably wont work properly ever again.
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the phone woeks fine
all functions are mormal
except for the sim it oesnt recognize that it has one and asks for it
propably from the drop it hit the antenna and the sim area malfunctioned
akelas said:
the phone woeks fine
all functions are mormal
except for the sim it oesnt recognize that it has one and asks for it
propably from the drop it hit the antenna and the sim area malfunctioned
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Well that's not working normally...
I would try the rice. Hopefully it's not too late
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kilometers4 said:
Well that's not working normally...
I would try the rice. Hopefully it's not too late
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its already in rice
for 2 days now
i will tkae it today to the store to see what could be done
akelas said:
its already in rice
for 2 days now
i will tkae it today to the store to see what could be done
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If it's water there's not much they can do for you, unless you pay for it
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I sympathize with you. I dropped my phone once in the loo (it was clean, and dont ask what i was doing. lol). But it was only submerged for a few seconds. It worked fine after completely drying it off using a blow dryer. The problem with puddle water is that there debris that can get lodged in your phone. Hope yours is ok.
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If it's water there's not much they can do for you, unless you pay for it
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unfortunatelly the phone is broken at sim platform wich is on the phone
the cost to fix it is at 208 euro
a price too much above what I could pay
propably will wait for the nexus 4 at the price of 300 euro
but I m sad cause I LIKED the galaxy