so here is the deal my dhd's lcd has some shady areas due to screen protector application with water , everything else works just fine it looks like this but on my dhd very similar:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/notetoooself/IMG_0050.jpg
now this is my q will the rice do the job of geting that water out or i have to replace the lcd and if it is fixable how could i fix it faster
any advice or hint is really appreciated
I have always put my screen protectors on using water and never had this problem.
Anyhow, you could try putting it in rice, but if that doesn't work, put it in a hot area, for example when my fiancée's phone was water damaged I placed it in a hot airing cupboard to dry it out
Here's a thread from a guy with the same problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990894
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Hey everyone,
Just want to warn you guys for the InvisibleShield! I know that when applied correctly it is probably a very satisfying product, but when not applied carefully you can get screwed up by it... Last night I applied an invisibleshield to my Desire HD and guess what, I got water under the screen... Seriously I don't understand how it's possible, but I guess that the bezel around the screen (the transition from the glass to the back) somehow let's water through as the water damage is not in the obvious spots near the volume buttons or anything. The water damage is on the right side of the phone.
First thing I did was taking the screen protector off and threw it in the bin... Did not like the feel of it anyway! The phone is currently sitting in a sealed zip-loc with rice. Sure hope my phone is going to be back to normal as I wouldn't know how to get this fixed.
Anyone else experiencing this problem? And if so, how did you get the water out of your phone/screen?
,Jordy
Wait a minute - this screen protector requires WATER? I must be well out of date because that is news to me. Sounds utterly bananas.
Yeah, they call it "Application solution", which is probably just water and soap from what I read about it.
I tried to dip my defy on the water for less than a minute and make sure that all ports are covered, i also didn't see any bubbles coming out on one of those ports.
Then after that i didn't see any problem,,,
Until after 3 hours i noticed moisture builds up on the inside edges and corners of the LCD screen, though the phone still works properly, earpiece, wifi all ok
Have anyone of you experienced this problem???
and by the way,,, I have a jelly case protector and i also noticed moisture in the jelly case protector.... (I have put on the jelly case protector after wiping all the water off")
Is this also the cause why my defy builds up moisture on the screen because it can't "BREATH PROPERLY" because of the jelly case protector
u might want to warm the defy up a little bit( not too much ) to get rid of the moisture...keep it under normal sunlight for 2 to 5 mins
Or you can also try putting it in a bag if rice for a few hours. The rice should absorb the moisture.
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Don't heat it up! The moisture might reach the circuit board and ruin your phone. I've had a similar problem earlier , in order to rid the device of any future anomalies and the vapours ofcourse I'd advice you take it apart and put it in a dry rice bowl for the night.
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Defy is actually a water resistant but not water proof device. It will resist if you splash it with some water or use it in the rain. But it's not really going to stand under a totally submerd in a water. You get lucky if it work after dipping in to a water or you may get really bad luck if you get some water in it right after and ruin your day. I see some Defy can swim but not all of them survive the torture too. Still if it's only some minor moisture inside the Defy. Buried it in a rice would do just fine to dried up those moisture.
I inherited a G2 that had been dropped in a pool. It was dried out with the bag of rice trick and seems to work except for the touch screen.
The previous owner was able to restore to stock and it boots fine, screen looks good, clear picture with no flaws.
However the touch screen is completely unresponsive so I am unable to proceed past the sign up page.
I took it to the lab here at work and hosed it down with isopropyl alcohol, spraying it into every hole and port I could find and then placed it in a desiccant chamber.
My question is, if this procedure doesn't resurrect it, what would you do next? Replace just the digitizer or the whole screen assembly? Can I get the whole screen assembly so I don't have to do the heat gun trick to take it apart?
I have completely torn down a couple of G1s and reassembled them and have replaced a couple iPod batteries and screens so I am fine tearing it apart if need be.
The phone was free to me so I can afford to spend a few bucks on it in my ADD attempts to fix it.
Thanks for any info on what you would try replacing first.
Just as a bit of information for anyone searching. The alcohol seemed to do more damage than good. Now the LCD screen is all dicked up and the touch screen still doesn't work. I am hoping another day in the dryer will help but I think I ruined it.
when using alcohol. weaken it down to about 25%, otherwise it's a bit harsh on stuff
if you are just cleaning a straight circuit board only, like a motherboard, then full strength is fine.
Dilute it with deionized water or what?
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Yeah you'd want to use deionized, otherwise the ions will mess everything up.
-Nipqer
Should still dry out tho, straight alcohol evaps super quick, just put it in the dessicant chamber again. Id check the ribbon cable from the mobo to the screen first...could be loose or even have some crap on the pins from the chlorine
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Should still dry out tho, straight alcohol evaps super quick, just put it in the dessicant chamber again. Id check the ribbon cable from the mobo to the screen first...could be loose or even have some crap on the pins from the chlorine
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I tore it down to the frame, pulled the LCD and cleaned in between that and the digitizer with a lens cloth.
I cleaned every connection I could get to with De-Oxit cleaner and a q-tip.
Put it back together and the LCD now has those damn lines down the right hand side like I have seen others complain about.So I guess tonight I will tear it apart again.
I don't recall anyone ever answering what caused the lines down the side of the screen, they weren't there before i tore it apart and cleaned it all up.
Well after fooling around with the phone tonight I am thinking cleaning the LCD screen with a microfiber cloth was a bad idea. Apparently they are way more fragile than I thought.
So now I need to decide if a $65 LCD and digitizer from eBay are worth the cost for a phone that may be completely trashed anyways. I am super curious to see if I can fix it, but dont want to throw money into a pit. I could get a whole G2 phone off eBay for about $200. If I even needed another phone. Which I dont.
Decisions, decisions.
my friends phone got waterlogged, unfortunately the water got into display itself... everything was perfectly dried and works fine with exception of display... it got occassionally lines on it (it was unreadable for about an hour after reassembly) and while underlighted it is still full of water (the display consists of many layers) anyone has some cheap way of getting the water safely out? (it might not be even clean water, it was a tap water which may contain various minerals)
I have always used a meat dehydrator.you know ,the things that make beef jerky. 48 hours in that will dry it out as safe as you can get. (mine dose not heat up much past 40c.) You don't want it too warm or too much forced air flow.
okay, will silica gel + heat from radiator (not much, just to force the water into steam form) do the job too? also, do you think that cleaning the display with distilled water is good idea? afaik distilled water is non-conductive when properly distilled and it might clean the minerals (if any present) from tap water...
okay, after one day letting it dry on its own while used (friend doesnt have any working spare phone and so i - so i put it together, hoping it will not corrode because of increased humidity) in phone the display is about 50% dried out and the dried space is like new one, no dirty stains at all, so i'm not gonna open it again those flex cables doesn't look robust enough for daily manipulation anyway thanks for your help
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If it ever happens again, or if someone else stumbles on this, just throw the phone in a tub if uncooked rice. Open or closed, it'll do the same thing.
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One of the best way to dry phone after flooding is to put it into the glass of rectified spirit. Alcohol mixes with water and leaches minerals (clears electronic parts). Alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature, making drying easier.
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One of the best way to dry phone after flooding is to put it into the glass of rectified spirit. Alcohol mixes with water and leaches minerals (clears electronic parts). Alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature, making drying easier.
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True. And once it's dry, then you'd better hope it didn't short-circuit because of the water... Then you would just be left with a waterlog... I heard Apple has a great deal of experience with water damage xD
Hey people. I have a situation here. I dropped my phone getting out of my truck yesterday and it was pouring rain, just my luck!in Vegas pouring rain. Anyway, I had no idea my phone was on the ground until about 20 or so minutes my girlfriend found it and told me about it. I immediately took it apart and put it in a bowl of rice. This morning I turned it on to see of it worked, it booted up fine. When it got to the lockscreen I couldn't unlock it. Only the right third of the screen worked .I could pull the notification drawer down but that's really it. So it put it back in rice. Now my question is, should I leave it in another day ,2 or more? Am I just screwed or can I still rescue it? Its so sad. On a serious note though, how can I go about to at least back up my stuff or can I not do that. If there is really anything I can do, please help me. The screen has no water damage, and I was under the impression that the whole screen has to stop functioning, not just a part of it. Thanks in advance, and I will check this thread later tonight since I don't have a phone and wont be home until tonight. Thanks in advance for any help/advice. Extra info, phone is rooted running CNA the black theme version by daxmax. I have a backup of aokp, I don't know if that is relevant or not.
Had that problem with an old Android when I dropped it in water. One side wouldnt work for a few hours so I tossed it back in rice. The screen eventually started working again so I assume it was still wet and needed to dry some more.
Put it back into the rice and don't touch it, the more you turn it on, the more damage it does, let it dry first, and open up your phone to wipe dry any water you see if you are comfortable with it.
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That's bad. My gio had a water damage before, now my screen has some water spot and my volume button is completely broken. After 6 months now my vibration doesn't work anymore. I suggest u to sell it if u found no error, because they maybe will have some problems in the future. Just my suggestion
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I must express a word of caution before trying my method of cleaning PCBs. As I do not know how sensitive the components are on the GNex board, some research/googling of certain components may be required. This is a general cleaning practice for water damaged PCBs.
You can try cleaning the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol. 70% or higher. Get an old toothbrush, clean that first, the get a shallow tray and submerge the board. Gently brush the board all over and pull it out. Next, get a hair dryer with a cold setting and blow cold air on it for a few minutes until the alcohol has evaporated. This helps clean out any water spots and corrosion that the water may have caused. Just make sure all the alcohol has evaporated. This will also help with getting any water that may be hiding and reeking havoc in small spaces.
Assemble and see if it helps.
Lastly, you attempt this at your own risk, I am in no way responsible for any damage or further damage caused by this method.
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I must express a word of caution before trying my method of cleaning PCBs. As I do not know how sensitive the components are on the GNex board, some research/googling of certain components may be required. This is a general cleaning practice for water damaged PCBs.
You can try cleaning the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol. 70% or higher. Get an old toothbrush, clean that first, the get a shallow tray and submerge the board. Gently brush the board all over and pull it out. Next, get a hair dryer with a cold setting and blow cold air on it for a few minutes until the alcohol has evaporated. This helps clean out any water spots and corrosion that the water may have caused. Just make sure all the alcohol has evaporated. This will also help with getting any water that may be hiding and reeking havoc in small spaces.
Assemble and see if it helps.
Lastly, you attempt this at your own risk, I am in no way responsible for any damage or further damage caused by this method.
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Will be better if you use 91% Isopropyl Alcohol, it dries faster and 70% Isopropyl Alcohol usually leave water marks. Just that 91% Isopropyl Alcohol is kinda expensive.
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Isopropyl alcohol is fairly cheap a couple dollars at your local pharmacy for a 500ml bottle to save a 350+ dollar phone seems pretty worth it to me. That said do not use anything less than 90% if you want to splurge you can also go the route of pure distilled deionized water (this can get rather pricey). I'd suggest disassembling your gnex as far as you feel comfortable and use the methods described by others above. Do not use any heating implement to dry anything as there is a high likelihood of warping or otherwise damaging electronic components (principally the PCB)
Well thank you all for your input, it seems my Nexus survived. I took it out of rice this morning and it was working again like a charm. No water marks, vibration works fine, and smooth sailing so far. I have taken or apart before, but I don't trust myself to clean it and mess with the motherboard. As long is it works I am happy, just ordered a new housing though, since it got a nasty scuff from dropping it. RICE is amazing is all I can say
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