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Hi all, today, [email protected] day.... when i let my HD2 went swimming...
It was on my pocket and i have no idea why it could run out of my bag and went swimming in a big cup of water.
i took it out right away, and then remove the battery and leave it there. Next 30 mins, i tried to put the battery back and turn on the phone. It is okay, but look like the water did damage the phone, like the volume button is stuck now (damage inside the phone), the volume automatically go up and down and the phone was freezing so i removed the battery again and leave it there.
Now, everytime i try to turn on the phone, it just stuck at the screen that shown up the SPL version and won't boot to the OS. Like we press the start button with holding the volume button.
I have tried to use soft reset button of the phone, but it didn't work. I just stuck at that screen.
My HD2 is HTC HD2 T8585, from somewhere in S.E Asia, bought from Amazon.com without any info about religion.
So, can it be fixed? Or are there any store in US can fix this problem? I have already heard that HTC won't fix the waterdamage.
Thanks in advance.
SR for my bad English
PS: now, i am keep drying it through the hot wind from my laptop...
Strike_Eagle said:
Hi all, today, [email protected] day.... when i let my HD2 went swimming...
It was on my pocket and i have no idea why it could run out of my bag and went swimming in a big cup of water.
i took it out right away, and then remove the battery and leave it there. Next 30 mins, i tried to put the battery back and turn on the phone. It is okay, but look like the water did damage the phone, like the volume button is stuck now (damage inside the phone), the volume automatically go up and down and the phone was freezing so i removed the battery again and leave it there.
Now, everytime i try to turn on the phone, it just stuck at the screen that shown up the SPL version and won't boot to the OS. Like we press the start button with holding the volume button.
I have tried to use soft reset button of the phone, but it didn't work. I just stuck at that screen.
My HD2 is HTC HD2 T8585, from somewhere in S.E Asia, bought from Amazon.com without any info about religion.
So, can it be fixed? Or are there any store in US can fix this problem? I have already heard that HTC won't fix the waterdamage.
Thanks in advance.
SR for my bad English
PS: now, i am keep drying it through the hot wind from my laptop...
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don't start it again until tomorow, water inside is hard to evaporate. keep him on something hot with battery out.
Don't touch it for a few days. Don't keep trying it! Keep the battery out. Keep the phone at some place dry. You risk more damage to the phone by trying to use it while wet since it may short circuit.
Some people recommend leaving it in rice to dry it out.
I've dropped my old phone into rivers a couple of times and it always survived since I immediately took out the battery and let it dry out for at least a full day or longer.
Can I suggest you cover it in rice. The rice will absorb the excess moisture, just pop it into a bowl and cover it, then put it near a low-output heat source. Worth a try.
EDIT: Sorry, didn't see Aceo07's post.
Strike_Eagle said:
bought from Amazon.com without any info about religion.
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Please don't apologise for the english - it brightened up my day, things are bad enough between WinMo vs Android vs iPhone without starting on religion!
boomboomer said:
Please don't apologise for the english - it brightened up my day, things are bad enough between WinMo vs Android vs iPhone without starting on religion!
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I think he meant "region"
But DON'T TURN THAT PHONE ON! Let it sit and dry for a few days.
rr5678 said:
I think he meant "region"
But DON'T TURN THAT PHONE ON! Let it sit and dry for a few days.
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My bad. I want to say that i have no idea where this phone come from, i checked on HTC Home page and i can download only the ROM 1.66 from S.E Asia.
Update: I turned on this morning, oh god, the windows load successfully, everything seem to be back normal. But i won't risk it, i am continuing to dry it through the hot air form my laptop until tonight... At least, i didn't make my HD2 become a brick.
Strike_Eagle said:
My bad. I want to say that i have no idea where this phone come from, i checked on HTC Home page and i can download only the ROM 1.66 from S.E Asia.
Update: I turned on this morning, oh god, the windows load successfully, everything seem to be back normal. But i won't risk it, i am continuing to dry it through the hot air form my laptop until tonight... At least, i didn't make my HD2 become a brick.
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Yep, you got lucky. Usually when it's wet and someone tries to turn their HD2 on, instant damage. What happens is that the processor and various other chips are not flat against the motherboard, but there are balls underneath it that make the connections. The water goes into the little pockets under the processor and in between the little balls, so if it's turned on wet, usually it shorts the whole thing out.
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Yep, you got lucky. Usually when it's wet and someone tries to turn their HD2 on, instant damage. What happens is that the processor and various other chips are not flat against the motherboard, but there are balls underneath it that make the connections. The water goes into the little pockets under the processor and in between the little balls, so if it's turned on wet, usually it shorts the whole thing out.
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Yeah! my Leo is back... Thanks rr5678 , your advise is great... i am happy because i didn't turn it back on too soon...
At least, Leo is better than the iPhone... i dropped a iPhone 3G into water 2 years ago and then it turned out to be the most beautiful brick that i had ever had... I still remember how hard i tried to press something on the crappy screen of that iPhone...
Strike_Eagle said:
Yeah! my Leo is back... Thanks rr5678 , your advise is great... i am happy because i didn't turn it back on too soon...
At least, Leo is better than the iPhone... i dropped a iPhone 3G into water 2 years ago and then it turned out to be the most beautiful brick that i had ever had... I still remember how hard i tried to press something on the crappy screen of that iPhone...
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See, the iPhone became a ****brick because the battery is not removable, which means it still had power when wet.
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See, the iPhone became a ****brick because the battery is not removable, which means it still had power when wet.
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that was a gift from my aunt... so i didn't care really much...
I have never paid for iPhone, and may be forever!
Anyway, don't try to turn it on again till you've completely dried it! Put it in a sealed box with silica gel inside to absorb the water. If you're experienced with disassembling your phone (it's just 4 screws away), dry it out naked! You could potentially damage a working phone by applying current when the water shorts the pcb inside. A dive in water will usually not spoil phones unless it has salt content.
well my phone got wet on the back with a case, then i took off the case it and the back which was all wet, the battery was wet to and so was under it, i took out the battery and dried every thing and it worked, everything did, the speakers and buttons. so later today the phone just shut off and wouldnt turn on. so i thought it died and i tried charging and just the light would flicker on the top left of the phone. so i put it in rice for about 5 hours and i put battery back on and now when i press the the power button. the screen just turns on like u can see light, just a black screen. then it goes away.
the battery has some green stuff on one of the gold things that conencts your batteries.
So i oredered another battery off of ebay, do you think that would fix it?
Thank you so much for reading this, just post your opinion on what happend.
d1eharddan said:
well my phone got wet on the back with a case, then i took off the case it and the back which was all wet, the battery was wet to and so was under it, i took out the battery and dried every thing and it worked, everything did, the speakers and buttons. so later today the phone just shut off and wouldnt turn on. so i thought it died and i tried charging and just the light would flicker on the top left of the phone. so i put it in rice for about 5 hours and i put battery back on and now when i press the the power button. the screen just turns on like u can see light, just a black screen. then it goes away.
the battery has some green stuff on one of the gold things that conencts your batteries.
So i oredered another battery off of ebay, do you think that would fix it?
Thank you so much for reading this, just post your opinion on what happend.
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Hope it works dude, water damage is pretty random depending on how wet it got. For the future, it would have been better to have taken out the battery and put it in rice immediately...
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a friend of mine forgot his phone in the pocket and it got washed by a washing mashiene
he brought it to a phone store and they put the phone into a blue liquide and after that iot worked properly
the green things on the contact came because u put it under voltage due it was wet the water got split into its parts (electrolysis)
i had the same problem with an mp3 player years ago lights went on but nothing else i think u broke ure phone but just leave it for a week or so and try again with the new battery
i hope for it will work
So actually, most phones phone should operate fine on net power and without a battery. Have you tried this? If it behaves the same as you described, I would not spend a dime on it ;-)
Bad luck btw ;-/
Hey guys i know this might not be very useful but hahahahah yesterday night me and some friends of mine were drinking outside near the main river in frankfurt hahahah and drunken girl got 8€ for jumping into the river xD
she did it ( i couldnt believe this xDDDDD i´d never done this )
Afterwards she recognized her galaxy ace in her pocket....
well it got wet
later on in her flat she repowered the phone and everthing worked fine expect the micro usb slot on her device xD
Well jfi xD
Try removing the battery and battery cover and completely submerging in 99% isopropyl alcohol (You can get it at most grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.) for a few hours. At this point the phone should work as normal again, but to be on the safe side take a box of rice and submerge your phone in the rice. Leave it their for a day or two and you should be good to go. Hope this helps.
i might try it myself as my phone has water damage on it as well
9 times out of 10 in my line of work, usually when the screen backlight turns on but doesnt display anything means its done for. I have seen customers with phones that got soaked and they lasted a couple of days but then stopped working... My best guess is that the water was still inside the phone and shorted out one of the small circuits inside. Good luck though i hope you can get it working.
Man.Droid said:
9 times out of 10 in my line of work, usually when the screen backlight turns on but doesnt display anything means its done for. I have seen customers with phones that got soaked and they lasted a couple of days but then stopped working... My best guess is that the water was still inside the phone and shorted out one of the small circuits inside. Good luck though i hope you can get it working.
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Well if ur right he could throw his phone away cus if u the circuits where shorted the possibility his phone got damaged in a unrepairable way is very high
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
I don't know if anyone can help you, it is a smelly affair.
If you were using some kind of disinfectant inside of your toilet (especially the smell of the sea or green apple) you have a huge problem.
More seriously, the layers of the screen stratify from each other. You can only replace whole screen, but I suppose that the rest of your phone also will die sooner or later.
Sell it as defective. Repair will be too expensive.
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SirKunon said:
I don't know if anyone can help you, it is a smelly affair.
If you were using some kind of disinfectant inside of your toilet (especially the smell of the sea or green apple) you have a huge problem.
More seriously, the layers of the screen stratify from each other. You can only replace whole screen, but I suppose that the rest of your phone also will die sooner or later.
Sell it as defective. Repair will be too expensive.
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Dear friend i appreciate your knowledge and i want to inform you that inside the toilet their was NOT any kind of disinfectant inside.
Any suggestion except of sell it as defective???
Okay, don't be nervous, just kidding.
No, unfortunately there is nothing you can do yourself, only replace faulty screen. You just can't stick your digitizer to screen with somekind homemade tricks. And I don't want to worry you, but I'm afraid that there will be also micro corosion on your phone motherboard.
If you really want to try to reanimate it, than you must take it apart, dry all components with rice method or better by using special adhesive liquid used in electronic to remove all wet.
If the glue from the screen has not been rinsed completly than you can try to squeeze layers by placing a book or something heavyweight and flat on top and simultaneously heat it with a hair dryer. Repet this operation few times without taking out weight.
I really doubt that this will help much but if you really wish to try than go ahead. You can always sell it after that. Even in parts.
There is somewhere on this forum instruction how to unscrew i9100 completly.
Good luck.
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Yeah claim off your house insurance(if youve got any).
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I will give a try.
Before try your tricks my friend i am informing you that the whole screen went black.... (Ohhhhh).
I just want to know.
The screen was broken or there is water inside the screen? (If you know)
Where car i sell the phone for parts or as a defective? (i ll give a try at ebay but if you know somewhere else give me a hint)
Thanks again guys :angel:
Theres guys on here that have went swimming with their phones and they still work.Youd only get about £130 max on eBay for the phone if you admit its water damaged.
Youd be better soaking the phone in that alcohol stuff then drying it via rice for a week.
What can you get for £130.....
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djpasas said:
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
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I had a nokia once which fell in water, I pulled the battery out dried it with a cloth and put it back in and the screen flashed so I turned off, put it in rice for 24hrs then it worked great except there was some water on the screen from inside.
I forgot the name *-) but it was a kind of copy of the iphone at that time and it had a pressure touch screen *-)
Thats all the experience I have I hope it helps
sorry for going off topic here but was she worth getting wet phone over lol srry just too good to passup ,
as you see there are loads of xda unbox videos might help.
djpasas said:
Hello community.
I have a serious problem and i want your help.I read all the articles about dropped in water but i can't solve my problem. So i am starting from the beginning.
Yesterday my phone was dropped in the toilet for 2-3 sec (stupid i know). I took it, i remove immediately all the parts (battery, sim, external sd) and i start blow with hairdrier (mistake i know) after 2-3 hours i try to switch on the phone with no result so i continue my stupidity... I connect the phone on the charger with no result but as i noticed the back of the phone was warming. After that i read the articles (the first correct thing). So i put the phone in a rice inside a Tupperware and i wait for 8 hours. Then i start the phone and WOW it was working fine for only 10 sec. Then a battery message appear that i must charge the phone and the screen went black but the sounds and the touch was working. So i close the phone and i put it in the charger ( i know,,, i know...) After 10 min i remove the phone from the charger because was warming. I tried to switch on but the screen continue to be black and the sounds and the touch working... So i remove again everything and i put it in the rice again until today 2 hours ago.
I switch the phone and the phone started and the screen working except 1/4 of the screen in the above right place. So i close the phone and i put it in the rice again.... I noticed that when the phone is closed there is difference in colour between the black screen that working and the black part that is not working. So after again 2 hours in the rice i noticed that the black screen that is not working start to expanded in the left top side of the phone... and i am wondering, this thing is a water or something from the screen liquid?
Please help me if you can. I will appreciate your help.
Michalis Michael
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do u wanna sell your phone ?
shaan.shaikh said:
do u wanna sell your phone ?
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Yes i am trying! I sell it for $150 plus shipping (not over $27) in ebay!
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Well my awesome sauce with the note 2 seems to be doing downhill... I LOVE my phone... then all of a sudden yesterday I had it sitting on the arm rest of my recliner.... I accidentally knocked it off on to the hardwood floor and it must have hit just right as it cracked the screen. The phone still functioned fine, but the screen was cracked. I took it to a local cell phone repair shop to have the screen replaced. When they put it back together it wouldn't boot... well then after replacing a button, it booted and they thought that was it. Well after it booted I made a call, and as I set the phone down, I noticed it turned off. So after a couple of more boots and confirmations that tapping it at the top of the device did this, I got a charger. Well with the charger plugged in it does the same thing, which tells me it's not a battery connection as google searching would lead me to believe. Please tell me someone knows something to try and fix this? Should I just cut my losses and buy a used device? I see beans has his on swappa and it's making me consider coming up with the money to do that. Thanks for any input/advice!!!!
Michael
Damn! They're supposed to test it out after they replace the screen and give it back to you. These screen replacements are very sensitive and you have to really use caution when messing with them. I've never heard of this but do you have a case on it or around it at the moment? sorry man. Have you discovered anything else?
Well after he spent some time with my phone last night, he said he thinks he found a loose cable. I picked it up today and it hasn't shut off yet. The screen looks beautiful by the way. Back to playing around with Trents Rom!
mdbowman said:
Well after he spent some time with my phone last night, he said he thinks he found a loose cable. I picked it up today and it hasn't shut off yet. The screen looks beautiful by the way. Back to playing around with Trents Rom!
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Glad the store solved that out. I've had a similar thing if I tap my phone on a table around the camera area it just shuts off as well. Only solution I've found is using the massive case from the 9300mah zero Lemon battery. Adds a sought bit of bulk
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This is why a ZAGG and good case are worth every penny
Hi everyone, my S3 decided it liked swimming yesterday and fell into a toilet and stopped working. As soon as I got it out, I took the battery out, wrapped it in toilet paper, and left it in the sun for 12 hours. Now, its being detected by my computer, and charges, but the screen stays blank. Is there any way without opening up the phone, as it is still under warranty, that I can fix the screen problem. It was running rooted Samsung 4.3 stock rom and was working fine till it had a swim.
Thanks in advance,
PSLover14
PSLover14 said:
Hi everyone, my S3 decided it liked swimming yesterday and fell into a toilet and stopped working. As soon as I got it out, I took the battery out, wrapped it in toilet paper, and left it in the sun for 12 hours. Now, its being detected by my computer, and charges, but the screen stays blank. Is there any way without opening up the phone, as it is still under warranty, that I can fix the screen problem. It was running rooted Samsung 4.3 stock rom and was working fine till it had a swim.
Thanks in advance,
PSLover14
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Im afraid leaving it in the sun would of done more harm than that. This keeps the water inside then allows it to evaporate into even smaller gaps then condense back into water when it can't get out. The "correct" i suppose way of doing it is by pulling it apart a much as you can and putting it in rice etc.
Im don't think there is a way to bring the screen back at this point.
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Im afraid leaving it in the sun would of done more harm than that. This keeps the water inside then allows it to evaporate into even smaller gaps then condense back into water when it can't get out. The "correct" i suppose way of doing it is by pulling it apart a much as you can and putting it in rice etc.
Im don't think there is a way to bring the screen back at this point.
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So if I clean up the connector inside the phone, it will do nothing? as everything else works, as confirmed through a ADB screenviewer on my PC (litecam Android)
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So if I clean up the connector inside the phone, it will do nothing? as everything else works, as confirmed through a ADB screenviewer on my PC (litecam Android)
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There is defiantly no harm in trying.
Ok, now i'm worried.
I opened my phone up to clean up all the connectors, and now the phone does not even turn on, it just vibrates for a second when plugged in and repeats it every two seconds. Is there any way to fix this? I don't want to have to get a replacement as all my data is on this phone, as before, it was turning on.