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[Q]Help! Arc dead!

I accidentally dropped my phone in the water. I tried removing the battery and dried everything at once. Then, I turned on the phone and found that the camera flash keep blinking rapidly. So, I took out the battery for a while and turned it on again. This time, the phone keeps vibrating every time the battery is in contact.
The phone is chargable, able to connect in adb mode but I can't flash anything because the phone just would not turn off.
My Arc has locked bootloader, is rooted and running JJ Hybrid Rom.
I know this is probably a gone case but any help is appreciated

Dude, if your phone is dry and doing that, than its time to buy new one... Try reflashing if that doesnt solve problem you'll have to buy new one...

Well how long did you dry it and how?
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Well, I took out the cover and everything and just put in under the sun and have a fan blowing at it. Left it there for like an hour. Then, I noticed there was some condensation on the inner side of the camera lens and I tried using dry rice to absorb the moisture. Left the phone with the rice around it for 5 hours and the condensation was gone but still the screen was messed up.

So, the phone is working now but the screen is kind of messed and looks like sound does not work. Going to leave it in the rice for some more time and hopefully the water would come out...sobbing

I would leave to dry for 1-2 days
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You turned it on too soon I'd say...

put it in rice...the rice take out all humity
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[Q] Back button not working

Hi Guys, I went thru heavy rain, forgotting that the SGW inside the pocket. When I take a look on it, there is water all inside. I blow it out with hair dryer and it seem works... But then, I noticed the back button is not working anymore. I have done factory reset but It doesnt works. Is it HW or SW faulty? Need help on this.
P/s: I run on stock ROM....

wildviolent said:
Hi Guys, I went thru heavy rain, forgotting that the SGW inside the pocket. When I take a look on it, there is water all inside. I blow it out with hair dryer and it seem works... But then, I noticed the back button is not working anymore. I have done factory reset but It doesnt works. Is it HW or SW faulty? Need help on this.
P/s: I run on stock ROM....
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I think that's HW problem. Because your phone is wet. And there is a chance that the water is still on your phone. That's why it the back button didn't work
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No choice, went off to spare part shop and have the screen changed. Done with no issues. I think that is the only solution....

wildviolent said:
No choice, went off to spare part shop and have the screen changed. Done with no issues. I think that is the only solution....
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Glad you have your phone functional again.
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Need help retrieving files

My mom dropped her Note 3 in water a couple days ago. I've dried it, soaked it in 91% alcohol and dried it again, but the screen won't work(Doesn't respond to touch input or show an image). I can connect it to my laptop, but it won't be able to load all the files. It will show a couple files before it stops loading, the phone vibrates, and it attempts to reconnect with my laptop.
Seeing as it's almost impossible to retrieve the photos the "normal way," is there any alternative to accessing the memory?

Wow. What kind of water did she drop it in? Did you let it soak in the alcohol for at least 30 min.? I hope you didn't try to power it back up whole components were still damp.
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kcohen67 said:
Wow. What kind of water did she drop it in? Did you let it soak in the alcohol for at least 30 min.? I hope you didn't try to power it back up whole components were still damp.
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No, I let it dry over night, soaked it for a couple minutes(I didn't have the time to watch it for 30 mins cause I had to leave for work) and then let it dry overnight again. I mean, I can hear the bootup song, the volume keys work, and she still gets notifications from her wechat or w/e. Maybe I'll soak it for 30 mins .-. Unless you advise against using excessive alcohol. .-.
Aside from soaking it for 30 minutes again, do you have any other suggestions as for my next course of action?

Did you completely disassemble the phone to ensure all areas dry out?
Did you try installing a custom recovery such as TWRP and then booting into TWRP and mounting the data partition?

audit13 said:
Did you completely disassemble the phone to ensure all areas dry out?
Did you try installing a custom recovery such as TWRP and then booting into TWRP and mounting the data partition?
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It has a custom recovery. I just don't know exactly how to navigate to that option because the screen isn't functioning >.<
Aaand I didn't completely disassemble the phone. I got as deep at the motherboard(Which isn't very deep) because I didn't want to deal with the adhesive in the device.
PS- is it safe to re-soak the device in the alcohol a second time? Is it too late to fix it?

It's possible that there is still moisture inside the phone and is causing a short when powered on. Have a look at some teardown websites for the phone. Don't remove parts that have been attached with adhesive.
Once disassembled, place all of the items in a plastic bag with uncooked rice or desiccant and seal it for a couple of days. I would not soak the phone anymore.

audit13 said:
It's possible that there is still moisture inside the phone and is causing a short when powered on. Have a look at some teardown websites for the phone. Don't remove parts that have been attached with adhesive.
Once disassembled, place all of the items in a plastic bag with uncooked rice or desiccant and seal it for a couple of days. I would not soak the phone anymore.
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Thanks! Just out of curiosity, what is the danger in submerging the parts in alcohol a second time?

Alcohol that is less than 100 percent will have a distilled water component so soaking the phone again may not help.

Help with salt water damage!!

I'm on a cruise right now, my phone just fell into the pool and it stop working, then I realized the pool is fill with salt water. Now the phone is not working. I try to blowdry it and put it in a bag of rice. Is been 10 hours the phone is only flashing red led and is not starting up at all. This phone have no warranty because I import it from Europe as I don't think Sony USA will fix it.
Please help! What can I do right now? I'm still on the cruise right now and 2 more days till I get home

Just contact Sony and ask if they will try to repair under warranty. Not to make you scared, but I think they will not fix it onder warranty because of the salt water. But this is the only thing you can try.
The red flashing LED means that the phone is still intact, you can try to plug the phone into your pc when you're at home.

Killastyle said:
Just contact Sony and ask if they will try to repair under warranty. Not to make you scared, but I think they will not fix it onder warranty because of the salt water. But this is the only thing you can try.
The red flashing LED means that the phone is still intact, you can try to plug the phone into your pc when you're at home.
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But will Sony USA fix a phone not from their region? Or should I lie about the water damage is from regular pool??

3vilhomer said:
But will Sony USA fix a phone not from their region? Or should I lie about the water damage is from regular pool??
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I don't know. Sony is Sony.
Read this http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/09/10/sony-changes-stance-on-waterproof-phones-do-not-use-underwater/

Killastyle said:
I don't know. Sony is Sony.
Read this http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/09/10/sony-changes-stance-on-waterproof-phones-do-not-use-underwater/
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According to that, my phone have no hope...

hello if it flashes red is the battery that is completely unload the load test to see !!!

xrenoix said:
hello if it flashes red is the battery that is completely unload the load test to see !!!
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um i dont understand what you mean...

Killastyle said:
Just contact Sony and ask if they will try to repair under warranty. Not to make you scared, but I think they will not fix it onder warranty because of the salt water. But this is the only thing you can try.
The red flashing LED means that the phone is still intact, you can try to plug the phone into your pc when you're at home.
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i charged the phone for 1 hour using original QC charger, still flashing red.
i plug it into the PC and PC doesnt detect the phone at all, leaving it on charging only with flashing red
i hold vol up to plug in PC i get a solid blue LED but still no screen.
what else can i do now?

3vilhomer said:
i charged the phone for 1 hour using original QC charger, still flashing red.
i plug it into the PC and PC doesnt detect the phone at all, leaving it on charging only with flashing red
i hold vol up to plug in PC i get a solid blue LED but still no screen.
what else can i do now?
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I think it is a hardware problem. Guess you really have to contact Sony. Nothing you can do yourself. Just play stupid and say it fell in the water.
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Killastyle said:
I think it is a hardware problem. Guess you really have to contact Sony. Nothing you can do yourself. Just play stupid and say it fell in the water.
Sent from my E6853 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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should i let it sit in the rice for more days to suck more water out??

3vilhomer said:
should i let it sit in the rice for more days to suck more water out??
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you made mistake in the first place, you shouldn´t use blow dryer, you should put in the rice instead. now you probably made some damage in your phone with blow dryer.
also this is warning for everyone, if your phone gets broken after getting touch with water, don´t use blow dryer, put your phone in the rice and leave it at least for 24 hours.

spaha-bih said:
you made mistake in the first place, you shouldn´t use blow dryer, you should put in the rice instead. now you probably made some damage in your phone with blow dryer.
also this is warning for everyone, if your phone gets broken after getting touch with water, don´t use blow dryer, put your phone in the rice and leave it at least for 24 hours.
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o crap!! so basically my phone is doom...

spaha-bih said:
you made mistake in the first place, you shouldn´t use blow dryer, you should put in the rice instead. now you probably made some damage in your phone with blow dryer.
also this is warning for everyone, if your phone gets broken after getting touch with water, don´t use blow dryer, put your phone in the rice and leave it at least for 24 hours.
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https://www.gazelle.com/thehorn/2014/05/06/gazelles-guide-water-damage-truth-rice-galaxy-everything/

after a week the phone is still not charging, is not even able to connect to the PC, i try holding vol up and it doesnt give me any blue LED. everytime i press the power button it only flashes red LED. does this mean my phone is a brick now?

i had contacted SONY and they said i bought this phone from hong kong considering as grey market phone and wont fix it for me in USA. what can i do with the phone now? is there any other local shop can fix SONY phones? i ask a few and most of them dont know how to fix SONY phones, only Samsung and iPhone.

Galaxy Note 10+ stuck in boot loop with FRP lock

Hi everyone,
I tried to find any existing similar issue on the web and here but nothing exactly. I'll start by explaining what happened to my phone:
My phone got water damaged and I quickly removed the back cover (which was cracked and through where the water found its way in) and tried to dry it. I didn't have tools to remove the battery because I was on vacation.
The next day the phone was powering on, but the operating system wasn't booting. It got stuck in the logo and sometimes after a long-time waiting was booting but stuck in "WELCOME" screen and no touchscreen working (the first touch but then it was freezing and rebooting ).
So, I decided to to a factory reset, where everything got messed up. I did FR and it looked like it was going to work though it was taking too long to get to the WELCOME screen. But then it was still freezing.
I tried to install stock firmware with Wondershare DrFone which basically uses Odin (and I did use Odin alone) but it couldn't get through I guess because of the FRP lock.
>>>ATTENTION: I know how to remove the FRP, but the phone never gets to the Google page where you get asked to put the email address and password"<<<
I don't have much experience so first I was afraid to try anything else as I didn't want to brick my phone. I don't know if by installing TWRP I would be able to remove the FRP lock WITHOUT GETTING TO HTE FRP LOCK PAGE?? . By the way, I couldn't find the dedicated TWRP for my model which is SM-N975W on Snapdragon, carrier unlocked in Canada.
It would be appreciated if someone could give some advice on this issue.
Thanks in advance

Try the smarts' tips on Youtube.

ze7zez said:
Try the smarts' tips on Youtube.
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I'm going to edit my post and clarify that I can't make it to the FRP page where you get asked to enter your Google email and password.
Thanks for the reply though.

nrgX said:
I'm going to edit my post and clarify that I can't make it to the FRP page where you get asked to enter your Google email and password.
Thanks for the reply though.
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It does not matter. The trick is something else. As I wrote. Watch smart tips.
I have successfully unlocked FRP on 4 different phone models, just based on youtube hints.

ze7zez said:
It does not matter. The trick is something else. As I wrote. Watch smart tips.
I have successfully unlocked FRP on 4 different phone models, just based on youtube hints.
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Do you understand that my phone CAN NOT do any of these actions? If it gets to the Welcome screen (after the factory reset) it freezes there.

The phone must be completely dry!!!
If not disconnect the battery. This should have been done immediately. The damage may be permanent at this point if still wet.
Anhydrous isopropyl alcohol can be used as a drying agent but use discretion not to get it in between the display and front glass! Flush well then remove as much of the alcohol as possible, quickly as it's hygroscopic. Low pressure air can be used but carefully; don't force the alcohol where you don't want it. It will leave water marks on the glass if it gets there.
Place on side in a warm/hot, dry room with a fan blowing on it for 2-3 or more days.

blackhawk said:
The phone must be completely dry!!!
If not disconnect the battery. This should have been done immediately. The damage may be permanent at this point if still wet.
Anhydrous isopropyl alcohol can be used as a drying agent but use discretion not to get it in between the display and front glass! Flush well then remove as much of the alcohol as possible, quickly as it's hygroscopic. Low pressure air can be used but carefully; don't force the alcohol where you don't want it. It will leave water marks on the glass if it gets there.
Place on side in a warm/hot, dry room with a fan blowing on it for 2-3 or more days.
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Thank you for the advice.
The phone had the water damage 3 weeks ago. and it did get very little water inside, but enough to screw up the system I guess.

nrgX said:
Thank you for the advice.
The phone had the water damage 3 weeks ago. and it did get very little water inside, but enough to screw up the system I guess.
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So R.I.P.

ze7zez said:
So R.I.P.
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You sound so confident. What makes you think it is not repairable?

nrgX said:
Thank you for the advice.
The phone had the water damage 3 weeks ago. and it did get very little water inside, but enough to screw up the system I guess.
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It may not be completely dry.

blackhawk said:
It may not be completely dry.
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After 3 weeks??? It stayed in rice few days, blowed warm air after for few hours, left in dry place after that. There's no way this phone is not dry. No way.

nrgX said:
After 3 weeks??? It stayed in rice few days, blowed warm air after for few hours, left in dry place after that. There's no way this phone is not dry. No way.
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Rice does nothing!!!
Pull rear cover, *disconnect the battery* and put a fan on it as described above.
The clock is ticking Mr Wick, don't dilly dally...

nrgX said:
You sound so confident. What makes you think it is not repairable?
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"My phone got water damaged and I quickly removed the back cover (which was cracked and through where the water found its way in) and tried to dry it. I didn't have tools to remove the battery because I was on vacation.
The next day the phone was powering on, but the operating system wasn't booting."
It was a huge mistake of yours to turn on the phone after such a short time after flooding. If there was a short circuit and damage to a component, no amount of drying for a million years can help.

ze7zez said:
"My phone got water damaged and I quickly removed the back cover (which was cracked and through where the water found its way in) and tried to dry it. I didn't have tools to remove the battery because I was on vacation.
The next day the phone was powering on, but the operating system wasn't booting."
It was a huge mistake of yours to turn on the phone after such a short time after flooding. If there was a short circuit and damage to a component, no amount of drying for a million years can help.
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I totally understand and I was aware of the possibility of the short circuit.
But I don't want just to assume that there's been any damage to the electronic components since what we're facing right now is the phone is booting but the FRP lock is not letting us to proceed.
So is there anything that you can help with regards to this?
Thanks

ze7zez said:
"My phone got water damaged and I quickly removed the back cover (which was cracked and through where the water found its way in) and tried to dry it. I didn't have tools to remove the battery because I was on vacation.
The next day the phone was powering on, but the operating system wasn't booting."
It was a huge mistake of yours to turn on the phone after such a short time after flooding. If there was a short circuit and damage to a component, no amount of drying for a million years can help.
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Water is not good... and it doesn't take much.
It may or may not be permanently damage. If it's salt water it's already dead. Fresh water exposure may be salvageable but don't count on it.
The biggest threat is corrosion. The power circuits and V+ busses were are at highest risk as are the ribbon cable contacts. Water will nest in the pins and cause corrosion especially if they have voltage on them.
The BGA chipsets have their contacts underneath them and their undersides must be perfectly dry. That takes heat and time. Heat drives out moisture. Anhydrous Isopropyl alcohol absorbs water to help displace it. Alcohol evaporates faster than water.
Anything up to 120F is permissible.
A vacuum chamber with a lower than atmospheric pressure can also be used to speed drying.

nrgX said:
(...) If it gets to the Welcome screen (after the factory reset) it freezes there.
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This is not the effect of FRP blockage, but, for example, damage to the electronics.

nrgX said:
I totally understand and I was aware of the possibility of the short circuit.
But I don't want just to assume that there's been any damage to the electronic components since what we're facing right now is the phone is booting but the FRP lock is not letting us to proceed.
So is there anything that you can help with regards to this?
Thanks
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FRP unlocking support violates XDA rules. Don't get XDA in trouble! There are resources on the internet or Samsung can do it.
You must first be sure the phone is completely dry or it will be a goner for sure. FRP is the least of your worries.

Even if the phone is fully dry after several weeks, components could be still damaged.

ze7zez said:
This is not the effect of FRP blockage, but, for example, damage to the electronics.
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The rom may have been corrupted or it's still wet or it's dry and blown out.
More than likely it moisture under a BGA chipset or in the ribbon cable contacts.
There's a reason manufacturers won't warranty water damage. Salt water is particularly insidious.
I've successfully salvaged a Buds case that deep sixed into a full cup of coffee, cream and sugar of course. Ripped it apart within 2 minutes, flushed with RO water then anhydrous isopropyl alcohol.
Allowed to dry for a day in the sun. Drank coffee. Over 2.5 years latter it still charges normally.

blackhawk said:
FRP unlocking support violates XDA rules. Don't get XDA in trouble! There are resources on the internet or Samsung can do it.
You must first be sure the phone is completely dry or it will be a goner for sure. FRP is the least of your worries.
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Thanks for clarifying the rules about with regard to FRP.