It happened two days ago,i did the rice thing and left it for 48 hrs,
today i did a test and i figured the following :
when i hold the power bottom,the battery icon appears (as empty) for a second and then disappears, at first it was a loop, right now it does this for one time.
when i connect the phone to a charger,the phone starts the (charging state) and the battery appears to be full,at this stage i hold the power buttom and the phone starts perfectly and smoothley,i dissconnect the phone from the charger and phone is working with no problem and the battery is full as i left it before the water damage situation.
Is it the battery or the phone itself...???
do i have to leave the phone back on the rice for a while..??
'The Rice Thing' Whats that, urban legend?
Rice will not work. It is an urban legend. The back of the phone has to come off, not the battery cover, the phone back (7 screws). Carefully pry around the back of the chrome bezel and remove. Blow it out with canned air (the phone not the back cover). Soak in denatured alcohol for 5 minutes. Blow it out again. Leave it alone in a warm place for 3 days. Put it back together and fire it up. If it does not work you may have shorted a component on the motherboard. If so, sell it on eBay and cut your losses.
Trying to use a phone that has not been dried out properly will ruin it eventually. Even just leaving a charged battery in it will ruin it as well even if it is not on.
This was my question before I converted it into a tutorial:
Sorry if this question was posted before (I did ask this in the NOOB-FRIENDLY thread, but didn't get a constructive answer)
My Xperia Neo V dropped into water.
Dried it with rice for a whole day and turned it on. Success! Was able to even play games.
Then I sent it for charging. (Battery was 8%)
5 mins later, it died.
Responds by entering flashmode after blinking red LEDs (3 I think), so I flashed stock.
Still couldn't start, so I sent it for charging (No response either after some hours)
I abandoned it and switched to a Galaxy Ace...until now....
Connected it to PC a month later.
It blinks red LED continuously, unplugged it and plugged it to a charger. No LED response whatsoever.
Plugged to PC again and POOF! Magic.
Detected by PC as my old MT11i :'D
LED is green, can do file exploration. Buttons are lit, vibrates when I press shutter button. No sound with the volume buttons
So the verdict...
CAN I STILL REVIVE MY NEO V?
IS MY DISPLAY DAMAGED?
This tutorial was made possible by @xange and @georgeiulian89. Thanks!
Usually when you drop your phone, you would be doomed. Or so you thought. With this tutorial, you can save A LOT of money buying a new phone or repairing the wet phone!
HOWEVER, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR PHONE CAN REVIVE. THIS WORKED FOR ME (SHALLOW DIP IN WATER). YOU MIGHT ALSO NEED A NEW BATTERY (IF YOU THINK YOU CAN REVIVE IT)
Steps(suggested by xange, proved):
1. Remove your phone from the water source IMMEDIATELY! (duh) DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWITCH IT ON OR PRESS ANY BUTTON.
2.Remove the battery, SIM and micro SD cards.
3.Dry the body with a dry cloth. Try not to use tissue paper as it will leave residue.
4.Disassemble the phone, all the way to the motherboard. I used a small slotted screwdriver (the one with only one edge)as there are screws shaped like stars. If you have that type of screwdriver you can use it. Similar disassembly video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginuDIeNCs8
WARNING: INTERNAL PARTS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO STATIC, METAL,ETC. BE CAREFUL. ALSO REMOVE THE CONNECTIONS TO THE FRONT COVER AND DIGITIZER (display) BEFORE REMOVING THEM.
5.Direct a blowing fan to all the internal parts to dry them. Keep the screws and parts in an accessible area. Leave it for 30 minutes. DO NOT DRY IT WITH A HAIRDRYER. YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO SCREW YOUR PHONE.
6.Reassemble the phone and insert the battery ONLY. NOTE: Make sure the ribbon connector is clean before connected, if dust (or any tiny electric conductor) sticks on the connector while connecting them, you will have high chancesof damaging the phone. Then, switch on the phone. If not,
A) CHARGE IT: Your phone battery might be 100% dead(until normal charging can't power it on). For me I pressed and held the Back button while plugging the charger into the phone (Flashmode). The LED should blink red and eventually, green. This is when normal charging starts.
B) REPLACE THE BATTERY: You'll need to do so especially when the (once)white area near the connectors of the battery has turned red, indicating battery damage.
C) SEND IT TO A (optional: AUTHORIZED) SERVICE CENTER: Out of luck. This is the furthest I can help.
ALTERNATIVE DRYING METHODS:
A)PUT IT IN RICE FOR A DAY: NO, Asians won't come to repair your phone. Rice acts like silica, which absorbs moisture like sponge. I suggest you disassemble the phone first as rice might get into the small holes around your phone.
B)SOAK IN ALCOHOL, THEN PUT IT OUT: Disassemble it first, too. Though I haven't tried this method, there are those who have proved it to work.
C) RADIATOR DRYING (suggested by georgeiulian89): I've turned it off,i've removed the back cover, took out the battery, sim card and sd card, and i've put the phone on the radiator (i've put a towel between the phone and the radiator and i've placed the phone on the towel). I've left the phone about two hours to dry, and then i've inserted back the sim, sd card and the battery and turned it on.
C)DRY IT WITH A HAIRDRYER: NO. RISKY METHOD. Water will evaporate, then condense back somewhere once you've done hairdrying your phone it will condense back. I tried it and it condensed on my phone's camera lens. (It's a hairdryer, not a phonedryer!)
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Hope this tutorial helps those out there whose phones have went swimming (or diving)
THANK ME IF I HELPED
Jessss
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
karanrajkapur said:
Jessss
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If you mean yes, then HOW?
fenzo3 said:
If you mean yes, then HOW?
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What i believe is you've broken your battery and i didn't get anything what you asking about the display. It doesn't light up or what???
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I dropped my Xperia Neo into water for 3 times, yet still operable, i mean, it survived 3 times of dropped into a pail of water, NO JOKES! .
What you should do is, the moment you dropped your phone into water, pick it out of water immediately, open the back cover and take out the battery immediately to prevent further electric short circuit. You will need some small tool to open every single screw to get the mother board come out (careful when unplug those ribbon sockets, if it breaks, you may have to pay to replace it) and dry (using hair dryer?) every single spot in the phone, except the screen, the screen should be tightly seal and should have no water enter into it. maybe the rubber physical buttons you have to take out and dry it too. (DON'T open the screen no matter what happen, unless water really enters the screen, or else the dust enter and stick at the screen you will have a REALLY HARD TIME { i mean it } to clean those dust out of the screen) confirm everything is dried and then assemble it. (from here onwards, it is a luck test whether you still able to save your phone or not, a line between hell and heaven) Put in your battery, It is normal you may not able to turn on your phone at first, give it a charge about 20 minutes and leave it there (red LED may blink repeat-ly for a while and you will not able to turn it on, just leave it) then switch it on, If you still can't turn it on, try change the battery. If symptom persist, god bless you, i tried my best helping you. ( it means it may not 100% probability to save your phone, but it is a way i did to save my phone)
Eventhough my phone survived dropping into water for 3 times, but it has some problems now, a random one, the phones get really really hot for no reasons for a short period (about 1 hour to 2 days) the heat comes from the motherboard after my inspection, maybe some water droplet enter into the chips and causing electric short circuit?
Good luck.
xange said:
I dropped my Xperia Neo into water for 3 times, yet still operable, i mean, it survived 3 times of dropped into a pail of water, NO JOKES! .
What you should do is, the moment you dropped your phone into water, pick it out of water immediately, open the back cover and take out the battery immediately to prevent further electric short circuit. You will need some small tool to open every single screw to get the mother board come out (careful when unplug those ribbon sockets, if it breaks, you may have to pay to replace it) and dry (using hair dryer?) every single spot in the phone, except the screen, the screen should be tightly seal and should have no water enter into it. maybe the rubber physical buttons you have to take out and dry it too. (DON'T open the screen no matter what happen, unless water really enters the screen, or else the dust enter and stick at the screen you will have a REALLY HARD TIME { i mean it } to clean those dust out of the screen) confirm everything is dried and then assemble it. (from here onwards, it is a luck test whether you still able to save your phone or not, a line between hell and heaven) Put in your battery, It is normal you may not able to turn on your phone at first, give it a charge about 20 minutes and leave it there (red LED may blink repeat-ly for a while and you will not able to turn it on, just leave it) then switch it on, If you still can't turn it on, try change the battery. If symptom persist, god bless you, i tried my best helping you. ( it means it may not 100% probability to save your phone, but it is a way i did to save my phone)
Eventhough my phone survived dropping into water for 3 times, but it has some problems now, a random one, the phones get really really hot for no reasons for a short period (about 1 hour to 2 days) the heat comes from the motherboard after my inspection, maybe some water droplet enter into the chips and causing electric short circuit?
Good luck.
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I followed a disassembly video for the Neo, but unfortunately the Neo V has a slightly different assembly, so I could not remove the screen to get access to the motherboard. Also, before I put it in rice, I tried to turn it on (Sony said it was water-resistant) after 12 hours in rice. The screen went all weird but I could hint the LegacyXperia kernel logo. That was before my phone booted up normally, and died upon charging.
For your heat problem, perhaps rust? Water should have evaporated from the heat and condensed everywhere in the motherboard.
Would soaking it in alcohol help?
fenzo3 said:
Sorry if this question was posted before (I did ask this in the NOOB-FRIENDLY thread, but didn't get a constructive answer)
My Xperia Neo V dropped into water.
Dried it with rice for a whole day and turned it on. Success! Was able to even play games.
Then I sent it for charging. (Battery was 8%)
5 mins later, it died.
Responds by entering flashmode after blinking red LEDs (3 I think), so I flashed stock.
Still couldn't start, so I sent it for charging (No response either after some hours)
I abandoned it and switched to a Galaxy Ace...until now....
Connected it to PC a month later.
It blinks red LED continuously, unplugged it and plugged it to a charger. No LED response whatsoever.
Plugged to PC again and POOF! Magic.
Detected by PC as my old MT11i :'D
LED is green, can do file exploration. Buttons are lit, vibrates when I press shutter button. No sound with the volume buttons
So the verdict...
CAN I STILL REVIVE MY NEO V?
IS MY DISPLAY DAMAGED?
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I guess that it's a problem with the battery, not with the display (probably the battery has been short-circuited). I dropped my phone (Xperia Neo) in water 3 days ago. I've took it out after about 10-15 seconds (this was the time until i've realised that it dropped). The phone was still working fine, it didn't shut down by itself. What i did: I've turned it off,i've removed the back cover, took out the battery, sim card and sd card, and i've put the phone on the radiator (i've put a towel between the phone and the radiator and i've placed the phone on the towel). I've left the phone about two hours to dry, and then i've inserted back the sim, sd card and the battery and turned it on. Gues what: it works without any problem, just like before the incident. You should check the water damage indicator on the battery (it's a white strip near the connectors of the battery). If it's white, the phone don't have any problem, but if it's pink or red, the phone was damaged by the water. Mine it's white, with some very little pink on the edge (before it was completely white).
georgeiulian89 said:
I guess that it's a problem with the battery, not with the display (probably the battery has been short-circuited). I dropped my phone (Xperia Neo) in water 3 days ago. I've took it out after about 10-15 seconds (this was the time until i've realised that it dropped). The phone was still working fine, it didn't shut down by itself. What i did: I've turned it off,i've removed the back cover, took out the battery, sim card and sd card, and i've put the phone on the radiator (i've put a towel between the phone and the radiator and i've placed the phone on the towel). I've left the phone about two hours to dry, and then i've inserted back the sim, sd card and the battery and turned it on. Gues what: it works without any problem, just like before the incident. You should check the water damage indicator on the battery (it's a white strip near the connectors of the battery). If it's white, the phone don't have any problem, but if it's pink or red, the phone was damaged by the water. Mine it's white, with some very little pink on the edge (before it was completely white).
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Thanks for the tip but in all-summer Singapore we don't have radiators.
UPDATE: After following steps by @xange to reassemble and charge my Neo V, it BEAUTIFULLY WORKED!
The catch: Battery calibration problem, stuck at 100%. I'll figure a way out. Thanks a lot devs!
fenzo3 said:
Thanks for the tip but in all-summer Singapore we don't have radiators.
UPDATE: After following steps by @xange to reassemble and charge my Neo V, it BEAUTIFULLY WORKED!
The catch: Battery calibration problem, stuck at 100%. I'll figure a way out. Thanks a lot devs!
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To get rid of 100% battery issue, you might just want to flash stock ftf in the first place, give it a full charge and then flash your desired driver.
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
fenzo3 said:
Thanks for the tip but in all-summer Singapore we don't have radiators.
UPDATE: After following steps by @xange to reassemble and charge my Neo V, it BEAUTIFULLY WORKED!
The catch: Battery calibration problem, stuck at 100%. I'll figure a way out. Thanks a lot devs!
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try battery calibrator by zeppelinrox. i couldn't recall where he put the script. try search around XDA.... good luck.
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fenzo3 said:
This was my question before I converted it into a tutorial:
Sorry if this question was posted before (I did ask this in the NOOB-FRIENDLY thread, but didn't get a constructive answer)
My Xperia Neo V dropped into water.
Dried it with rice for a whole day and turned it on. Success! Was able to even play games.
Then I sent it for charging. (Battery was 8%)
5 mins later, it died.
Responds by entering flashmode after blinking red LEDs (3 I think), so I flashed stock.
Still couldn't start, so I sent it for charging (No response either after some hours)
I abandoned it and switched to a Galaxy Ace...until now....
Connected it to PC a month later.
It blinks red LED continuously, unplugged it and plugged it to a charger. No LED response whatsoever.
Plugged to PC again and POOF! Magic.
Detected by PC as my old MT11i :'D
LED is green, can do file exploration. Buttons are lit, vibrates when I press shutter button. No sound with the volume buttons
So the verdict...
CAN I STILL REVIVE MY NEO V?
IS MY DISPLAY DAMAGED?
This tutorial was made possible by @xange and @georgeiulian89. Thanks!
Usually when you drop your phone, you would be doomed. Or so you thought. With this tutorial, you can save A LOT of money buying a new phone or repairing the wet phone!
HOWEVER, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR PHONE CAN REVIVE. THIS WORKED FOR ME (SHALLOW DIP IN WATER). YOU MIGHT ALSO NEED A NEW BATTERY (IF YOU THINK YOU CAN REVIVE IT)
Steps(suggested by xange, proved):
1. Remove your phone from the water source IMMEDIATELY! (duh) DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWITCH IT ON OR PRESS ANY BUTTON.
2.Remove the battery, SIM and micro SD cards.
3.Dry the body with a dry cloth. Try not to use tissue paper as it will leave residue.
4.Disassemble the phone, all the way to the motherboard. I used a small slotted screwdriver (the one with only one edge)as there are screws shaped like stars. If you have that type of screwdriver you can use it. Similar disassembly video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ginuDIeNCs8
WARNING: INTERNAL PARTS ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO STATIC, METAL,ETC. BE CAREFUL. ALSO REMOVE THE CONNECTIONS TO THE FRONT COVER AND DIGITIZER (display) BEFORE REMOVING THEM.
5.Direct a blowing fan to all the internal parts to dry them. Keep the screws and parts in an accessible area. Leave it for 30 minutes. DO NOT DRY IT WITH A HAIRDRYER. YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO SCREW YOUR PHONE.
6.Reassemble the phone and insert the battery ONLY. Then, switch on the phone. If not,
A) CHARGE IT: Your phone battery might be 100% dead(until normal charging can't power it on). For me I pressed and held the Back button while plugging the charger into the phone (Flashmode). The LED should blink red and eventually, green. This is when normal charging starts.
B) REPLACE THE BATTERY: You'll need to do so especially when the (once)white area near the connectors of the battery has turned red, indicating battery damage.
C) SEND IT TO A (optional: AUTHORIZED) SERVICE CENTER: Out of luck. This is the furthest I can help.
ALTERNATIVE DRYING METHODS:
A)PUT IT IN RICE FOR A DAY: NO, Asians won't come to repair your phone. Rice acts like silica, which absorbs moisture like sponge. I suggest you disassemble the phone first as rice might get into the small holes around your phone.
B)SOAK IN ALCOHOL, THEN PUT IT OUT: Disassemble it first, too. Though I haven't tried this method, there are those who have proved it to work.
C) RADIATOR DRYING (suggested by georgeiulian89): I've turned it off,i've removed the back cover, took out the battery, sim card and sd card, and i've put the phone on the radiator (i've put a towel between the phone and the radiator and i've placed the phone on the towel). I've left the phone about two hours to dry, and then i've inserted back the sim, sd card and the battery and turned it on.
C)DRY IT WITH A HAIRDRYER: NO. RISKY METHOD. Water will evaporate, then condense back somewhere once you've done hairdrying your phone it will condense back. I tried it and it condensed on my phone's camera lens. (It's a hairdryer, not a phonedryer!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope this tutorial helps those out there whose phones have went swimming (or diving)
THANK ME IF I HELPED
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add in: make sure the ribbon connector is clean before connected, if dust(or any tiny electric conductor) stick at connector while connecting them, you will have high chances to spoilt the phone.
Water got into my phone(obviously) and I tried turning it on because of water resistance. It didn't respond. So I tried charging it. Tell my why the phone's battery screen flashed? NVM that, I tried the ol' bag full of rice trick. I left it there for about 12 hours. I tried again, and I got into recovery, but with a reddish tint. Well, I tried re-installing my ROM, hoping that it was an easily fixable issue. When the rom was installing, I unplugged my phone, instant power off. And my phone was at 100% before the install. I panicked, and knowing that I had to use my phone soon, I did probably the stupidest move ever, and put it on AN ELECTRIC HEATER. I left it there for 5 minutes, because that heater gets so hot that the air in my whole house is dry after ~30 minutes. Now sometimes when I turn it on, if the charger isn't in, the apps initialize, then power off, other times I get nothing. If I put the charger in, I sometimes get a white-ish triangle with a red thermometer(I'm guessing temperature warning?) and sometimes the battery flashes periodically. Please help, because of family health problems I need to be able to use my phone.
EDIT***: Phone WILL turn on now, condensation on both cameras, and battery temp too low to charge, so now there's a broken thermometer.
GG3K said:
Water got into my phone(obviously) and I tried turning it on because of water resistance. It didn't respond. So I tried charging it. Tell my why the phone's battery screen flashed? NVM that, I tried the ol' bag full of rice trick. I left it there for about 12 hours. I tried again, and I got into recovery, but with a reddish tint. Well, I tried re-installing my ROM, hoping that it was an easily fixable issue. When the rom was installing, I unplugged my phone, instant power off. And my phone was at 100% before the install. I panicked, and knowing that I had to use my phone soon, I did probably the stupidest move ever, and put it on AN ELECTRIC HEATER. I left it there for 5 minutes, because that heater gets so hot that the air in my whole house is dry after ~30 minutes. Now sometimes when I turn it on, if the charger isn't in, the apps initialize, then power off, other times I get nothing. If I put the charger in, I sometimes get a white-ish triangle with a red thermometer(I'm guessing temperature warning?) and sometimes the battery flashes periodically. Please help, because of family health problems I need to be able to use my phone.
EDIT***: Phone WILL turn on now, condensation on both cameras, and battery temp too low to charge, so now there's a broken thermometer.
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This phone is not water resitant. So trying to turn it on, before it dried completely was not that great of an idea. You could still have someone disassemble it, clean the board in alcohol and replace the battery. I think you just overheated the battery and you might have several shorts on your "mainboard". So please stop using it, until someone cleaned the board at least in some isopropanole or even better isoprop in an ultrasonic device. Dont just throw it in completely, but the "mainboard" only.
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I have an ASUS Zenfone 4 (ZE554KL), but I don't think that matters.
Recently my phone came into contact with a bit of water, but I quickly dried it off. After a few minutes I got a notification that the charging port was hotter than normal; I imagined that maybe some water was still in it and causing problems, so I shut off my phone to put it on rice overnight, but as soon as it turned off it turned back on, and now the screen won't stay off anymore. Every time I press the power button to turn off the screen it immediately comes back on.
I booted into TWRP to re-flash my phone (yeah I was out of options), and while in TWRP, the screen was able to turn off completely, so there's definitely something I can do software-wise. Any ideas?
Also: while in TWRP with the screen off, my battery still drained quicker than normal, so maybe the CPU is always awake aswell? God damn.
tiagodopke said:
I have an ASUS Zenfone 4 (ZE554KL), but I don't think that matters.
Recently my phone came into contact with a bit of water, but I quickly dried it off. After a few minutes I got a notification that the charging port was hotter than normal; I imagined that maybe some water was still in it and causing problems, so I shut off my phone to put it on rice overnight, but as soon as it turned off it turned back on, and now the screen won't stay off anymore. Every time I press the power button to turn off the screen it immediately comes back on.
I booted into TWRP to re-flash my phone (yeah I was out of options), and while in TWRP, the screen was able to turn off completely, so there's definitely something I can do software-wise. Any ideas?
Also: while in TWRP with the screen off, my battery still drained quicker than normal, so maybe the CPU is always awake aswell? God damn.
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Must be some water/moisture shorting a contact somewhere inside. It may have moved or evaporated as it got hotter when you used TWRP.
This can be very tricky, especially with new sealed phones. Hopefully you can get back off a can of air could blow it away & then let it dry out 100%. Else turn off & try putting phone in a sealed container with rice (or the moisture absorbing desiccant if you can buy it) for a week ... or two. (turning on & warming it up & putting it back in for every few days might help)
IronRoo said:
Must be some water/moisture shorting a contact somewhere inside. It may have moved or evaporated as it got hotter when you used TWRP.
This can be very tricky, especially with new sealed phones. Hopefully you can get back off a can of air could blow it away & then let it dry out 100%. Else turn off & try putting phone in a sealed container with rice (or the moisture absorbing desiccant if you can buy it) for a week ... or two. (turning on & warming it up & putting it back in for every few days might help)
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Hmm I don't think I can open this phone, but I'll google it. My phone already spend 5 days on rice, no difference yet; should I keep it more time?