Hi all,
Looking for a bit of advice as to whether there is any hope left for my poor S3.
Back in November I dropped it down the toilet (don't ask!). Although I was able to scoop it back out of the water, the damage was clearly done. I stupidly turned the phone back on pretty much immediately and the screen flickered and went dead. The phone seemed to be a goner.
Since then, I completely dismantled the phone and battery and placed them in a bag of rice in my airing cupboard at home. I've left it there for the past 5 months and now, when I take it out of the rice and put it all back together, then phone boots up (I managed to flash a official firmware image back from a slimrom I had on there successfully) and loads perfectly into android. I can then use the phone absolutely fine, open apps, play music, take photographs, for around 30-40 secs until the screen just stops responding completely! It is soooo frustrating. Once this happens, it can take some time to get the phone to reboot in the same way and allow me to use the screen, often booting up and being completely unresponsive.
When the screen stops responding, all the hardware buttons continue to function as expected and both of the buttons (back and menu, I think) either side of the home button continue to respond by giving haptic feedback and sounds.
This has been the case with the phone now for the past couple of months. Each time I try it, I just get frustrated and pull it apart again and put it back into the bag of rice in the cupboard. I have been reluctant to get rid of the phone (won't get much money for it as it is water damaged) in the hope that it will miraculously start working properly again. This doesn't look like it is going to happen and I am now thinking of getting rid of the phone for what little money I can get for it. It is in mint condition minus the screen not responding - I had only had it for 3 months when I dropped it!!
My question then is; is there anything else I can do or try to get the screen to continue responding for more than 30 secs after I reboot it? It just strikes me as odd (and incredibly annoying!) that the screen is obviously capable of working for a set duration but then consistently stops responding after a consistent amount of time. If it can work for 30 secs, why can't it continue to work!? Any ideas as to what might be causing it to lock up?
I'd be really grateful to hear any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks.
No, there is no miracle fix for water damage. Almost certainly the corrosion has caused an increase in resistance, hence why it works for a few seconds until it overheats. As the voltages are tiny even a slight change will break the screen.
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I thought as much.
Oh well it was worth asking.
Thanks for at least clearing up why it is probably working for a short time.
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I got a radar for free from work, had it for a month or 2 and something funny started happening. Whenever it takes a little tap in the wrong place or i put it in my pocket it turns off. I opened the phone up and completely took it apart and put it back together again making sure that every clip and screw was in place, and the same thing still happen. I'm just curious as to why something like this would happen. And what i mean by a tap i mean a TAP ...like putting my phone down on my desk when i get home causes the phone to shut off. Any help appreciated thank you very much
Just exchange it
^^Agree^^
I agree with MJCS best course would be to get it replaced. My best guess as to the actual problem would be the sim cover malfunctioning. The soim cover has several contacts that when interrupted will shutdown the phone.
me too
Hi hitman21888,
I'm experiencing the same on my HTC Radar, bought about 3 months ago. It's in waves though. When I just got it, it switched off randomly for a week or so, sometimes even 5 times per day, after which the problem disappeared by itself. 3 months past, and last week it started again. Since yesterday the problem disappeared again, yesterday and today the phone kept on during the whole day, so I think it got better again.
When it has this sickness, a hard tap on the screen or putting it FIRMLY on the table makes it switch off, and it switches off by itself aswell. When it's healthy again, tapping or putting it on tables doesn't make it switch off.
I've called HTC on this and they basically didn't recognise the problem, just advise me to do a hard reset. Did it - didn't help.
Have you found out anything?
To my surprise the other day I got my phone to turn back on after dropping it in the hot tub while it was on, almost. After pulling off the back half and thoroughly drying it out the phone powered back on everything else works except the home back and search keys the ones that light up at the bottom. But they do work sometimes, most of the time actually. When the keys are working, every once in awhile the menu will keep flashing up on screen and when i hold the menu key it stops.
I re flashed the ROM thinking it may have developed a glitch being wet, nothing.
I tried drying it out more, nothing.
I'm not sure how the keys work but if i completely remove the front glass and clean the inside of it would that do anything? When it dried out the water did leave a slight film. It almost seems like there is a bad connection somewhere.
Thoughts?
should of left power off and in rice for 24-48 hours + befor turning it back on but it may help im not to sure havent taken the glass off my phone yet
let me know what happens
Might not want to hear it, but if you have insurance, NOT warranty, you should go ahead and get it replaced. Water logged phones never work the same, and usually don't last much longer when you do get it running again.
Thus device is still new enough that you should be able to get a replacement brand new out of the box from the insurance company.
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I really don't recall dropping my evo 3d, maybe ive done it once or twice. But I am on Dirt Jelly Bean V 3.5.2 Rom and I have an extended battery (3500MHZ) Well occasionally , the touch screen can be un-responsive to icons / apps/ or settings that are more in the middle of the phone. Like if i go to settings and go something in the middle, it will highlight the above or below setting which is not what i wanted to chose. in order to select that setting, i have to rotate my phone to landscape and it will be clickable. Also occasionally i will get the possessed evo, where if you turn it on it will random click apps and on home screen randomly move left to right to left to right. i have to turn screen off and literally hit the phone to get it back to normal. Part of me says get a new phone but i am holding out til my upgrade in april
I had that happen quite recently (last week). It started off randomly doing something similar every now and then. Finally one day I had to keep turning off and on my phone just to be able to use the screen for about 5 seconds.
Conclusion: Bad screen.
I took mine into the Sprint store (i have the insurance). They took it right away and replaced the screen within 30 minutes. No charge to me, and it has been working like new since.
I would suggest backing up your rom and flashing to another to see if that helps (mine would press things while in touch recoveries, so i knew it was fubar). Try putting in the original battery because i have heard batteries can do weird things. But most likely you have a bad screen. There are videos on how to replace and i'm sure eBay has some for cheap.
Good luck
NinjaPenguin said:
I had that happen quite recently (last week). It started off randomly doing something similar every now and then. Finally one day I had to keep turning off and on my phone just to be able to use the screen for about 5 seconds.
Conclusion: Bad screen.
I took mine into the Sprint store (i have the insurance). They took it right away and replaced the screen within 30 minutes. No charge to me, and it has been working like new since.
I would suggest backing up your rom and flashing to another to see if that helps (mine would press things while in touch recoveries, so i knew it was fubar). Try putting in the original battery because i have heard batteries can do weird things. But most likely you have a bad screen. There are videos on how to replace and i'm sure eBay has some for cheap.
Good luck
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^^^ This is probably the case. It's a well documented problem with these phones, and one that I experience myself to a lesser degree. One thing NinjaPenguin didn't mention and is often overlooked is; make sure your screen is clean. I know it sounds silly, maybe even obvious, but a dirty screen can also cause phantom and misaligned button presses.
So first, two things:
1. I went through the hell that is Samsung IM support and finally convinced her to give me a phone number and case number to someone higher up. They want me to send the phone in, saying I may be billed for any repairs due to physical damage. I'm fearful of going this route, because I don't have any guarantee they won't try to cop me of my money by claiming my issues were caused by neglect.
2. This is my second replacement. This is now my second time going through these issues(except the camera noise, more on that later), and I'm extremely hesitant to get another Note 3.
1st phone was stock (restart issues), then rooted w/ PACROM (Issues got worse)
2nd phone is stock (used to be fine, then it's now to the point where it's a dud)
So I have two issues:
1. Any time my phone is set down on anything besides a bed of cotton spun by the hands of virgin maids, put in my pocket, dropped from a height greater than half an inch, lightly tapped on the back plate, etc., it'll restart. Sometimes it shuts itself off, sometimes it'll boot just fine. I'm 100% confident it's from physically moving the device, and isn't caused by a software issue.
2. Whenever I launch my camera or torch, no matter the app, i'll get this high-pitched (but extremely noisy) "errrrr" noise for approx. 10 seconds. Focusing the camera makes it stop, or sometimes it'll fix itself after a few seconds. But for the torch, it's always present.
So my course of action is to contact the Samsung tech and tell him my issues. Has anyone experienced any of these errors? A quick google search only yeilds 1 result, but everyone downplayed his issue.
Oh, and P.S. Tape over the battery does not help. Swapping batteries does not help. Swapping backplates (both samsung) does not help!
I was tricked into leasing the HTC Bolt by a sprint employee, that phone was later defective, (Not charging, camera sensor overheating, half the screen black, and eventually the phone somehow melting the adhesive keeping the screen on). I then contacted HTC, and they gladly offered to fix my phone, (they had it for four months, and then wanted to charge me $80 for out of warranty repairs). Eventually they gave me a new Bolt, and it worked fine until the NFC stopped working rather quickly, the phone also began to get incredibly hot again, to hot for a normal phone even with the sd810, the phone seems to have really bad memory leaks also, or some sort of memory problem as icons sometimes don’t load, or stuff just doesn’t look right on stock apps. The latest problem is that the home, button has decided to kill itself, I was charging the phone with the supplied cord and brick, and the home button began to freak out, I unplugged it, and the home button hasn’t worked normally since, occasionally it will work after rebooting, but only for a minute or two. I’ve contacted HTC, but I believe they won’t fix it for free, as they only allow free repairs 90 days after they fix or replace a defective phone. What can I do? I only have four months left until my lease is up.