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[Q] Water Damage HTC G2

What's up guys, I recently dropped my G2 in a puddle of water,
I was wondering if it was a good idea to get it fixed by HTC or if you guys have any other recommendations of G2 repair companies?

You should have taken the battery out ASAP and then just leave it out and unplugged overnight. It will be fine.

I did take the battery out, but the LCD has a greenish hue, the wifi is unresponsive, and the haptic feedback is off. Does this mean I need to get all of these components in order for it to work?

Take the battery out and put it in a tub of rice.
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If it was already submerged completely and the tub of rice doesn't work, one more last ditch thing you can try is to submerge and rinse it out in a bucket of CLEAN (ideally distilled, at a minimum filtered) water.
If there were minerals (or other contaminants) in the water/liquid it was submerged in they could still be on the circuit board, the clean water might just clean it off.
Of course after you try this you need to let it dry for at least 24 hours then submerge it in rice for another 24 hours.
(The rice will absorb the water)
My boss once dropped his blackberry in a toilet and used this method, he did not use rice though, tried it after a day of drying and it didn't work, tried it again 24 hours later and it still didn't work but on the 3rd day the device came back to life so he called it the "JesusBerry" for the next ~year until he upgraded.
BTW you are probably screwed, so don't get your hopes up.

Yeah, ideally you should let that thing dry out for more than 3 days. I know we all "need" our phones, but if you want it to work properly, you're just going to have to wait. I dropped my BB in the toilet, took the battery out, rinsed it, and let it sit. I was impatient and tried to use it the next day - it was all messed up. Three days later, it started to function, but there were a lot of glitches - and I mean a lot. Not until a couple of weeks was it functioning as it should. If you are under warrantee from HTC or have phone insurance, I suggest you just send it in.

You should have left the bb in the toilet where it belongs.
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Utorrent76 said:
You should have left the bb in the toilet where it belongs.
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Hey now, that was a low blow =P Former Berry Addict myself turned Android Addict =D
Like others have said, patience is key. The last thing you want to do with a wet device is try to run power through it. Take the battery out, let it sit in a warm, dry place for a day or two, then transfer into some rice and see what happens on day 3 or 4. You may still be out of luck, but worth a try.
I had an old Sony Ericcson dumb-phone years ago that I took on a long bike ride on a hot summer day in my rear jersey pocket. After 4 hours of riding and soaking in my sweat it was toast. Used that method and in 3 days it was alive and kicking again =D
Good luck! Maybe you'll end up with a Jesus-Z =P

Me too.
gbarayah said:
Hey now, that was a low blow =P Former Berry Addict myself turned Android Addict =D
Like others have said, patience is key. The last thing you want to do with a wet device is try to run power through it. Take the battery out, let it sit in a warm, dry place for a day or two, then transfer into some rice and see what happens on day 3 or 4. You may still be out of luck, but worth a try.
I had an old Sony Ericcson dumb-phone years ago that I took on a long bike ride on a hot summer day in my rear jersey pocket. After 4 hours of riding and soaking in my sweat it was toast. Used that method and in 3 days it was alive and kicking again =D
Good luck! Maybe you'll end up with a Jesus-Z =P
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I'm also coming from a bb phone. That thing was a pain in my balls. Constantly freezing up,not enough memory,took centuries for the thing to boot up & the list goes on & on. Not that I'm bitter about it or anything,just saying.It had it's problems. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Everyone can hate on blackberries but one thing is for sure: they have kick ass battery life.
And that's the only reason why I would get a blackberry. Especially for those camping trips without electricity..
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raitchison said:
If it was already submerged completely and the tub of rice doesn't work, one more last ditch thing you can try is to submerge and rinse it out in a bucket of CLEAN (ideally distilled, at a minimum filtered) water.
If there were minerals (or other contaminants) in the water/liquid it was submerged in they could still be on the circuit board, the clean water might just clean it off.
Of course after you try this you need to let it dry for at least 24 hours then submerge it in rice for another 24 hours.
(The rice will absorb the water)
My boss once dropped his blackberry in a toilet and used this method, he did not use rice though, tried it after a day of drying and it didn't work, tried it again 24 hours later and it still didn't work but on the 3rd day the device came back to life so he called it the "JesusBerry" for the next ~year until he upgraded.
BTW you are probably screwed, so don't get your hopes up.
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Yeah I do see myself paying money (smh) in the near future to get this phone fixed, I guess my best bet is to find a bricked G2 and use it for its parts.

Yeah the methods worked but I am still having problems with the wifi and the screen is ugly. The LCD is green but as a phone it works, I might have to buy a bricked G2. Anybody knows who have a bricked G2?
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Utorrent76 said:
You should have left the bb in the toilet where it belongs.
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Well this was ~10 years ago and at the time a BlackBerry (957) was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

this is a horrible day for g2 users....R.I.P lmao

Yeah, the BB was a pain in my ass too, but whoever said the battery life was awesome is right. I didnt have a data plan with it, so I never used it to its capacity. Also, If you'd like your personal info synced to your computer only and not Google, then the BB is where it's at. But anyways, did this guy ever ay what he did with the phone?

I resently had my phone dropped in water. My screen seemed a bit off in color. I removed the battery and placed the phone on top if my cable box for a day and it was fine after that.
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Ugh, sorry to resurrect this thread, but did that fix it for you? My g2 decided to take a bath in the toilet and the very first thing I did was take the battery out, dry it off with toilet paper as thoroughly as possible (including the sim card, memory and headphone jack slots) prop it with with the keyboard apart and on its side to maximize airflow in front of a fan. I'm going to go to sleep with it like this and hopefully it will turn on tomorrow....

Aha... After my first phone fell in some water, I never ever brought it near anything that could be damaged by water. Lol an advice, don't ever bring your phone when your using the bathroom... leave it on the bed. So yea I paid a lot for my G2 and don't want it f**ked up you know.
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lainvalenajr said:
Aha... After my first phone fell in some water, I never ever brought it near anything that could be damaged by water. Lol an advice, don't ever bring your phone when your using the bathroom... leave it on the bed. So yea I paid a lot for my G2 and don't want it f**ked up you know.
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Geez, that do you do with your time when you're sitting on the toilet?

[Q] Galaxy Nexus - Almost Waterproof?

Droids don't belong in the sink.
Good news, it's ALMOST working. It stayed on, and actually Skype stayed on broadcasting its drop. I panicked, pulled it out, tried to turn it off, pulled battery. Ended up it bootloop.
Flashed a series of images most of the days and finally this process seemed to get me the closest.
1. Flash CWM to boot.
2. Reboot in unlocked fastboot
3. Flash Google stock images
It ACTUALLY booted. I had WiFi, cellular connection and a touch screen.
The touch screen became sluggish, stopped working, my phone restarted itself.
Back to boot loop. Tells me all the hardware is working, just intermittently.
Don't know what else to do.

I'm confused. Is this a story about your phone surviving "water?" Or are you simply looking for help on what to do because your phone is boot looping?
If it's help then it was probably a bad idea to turn the phone back on. Best thing to do is put it in a bag of rice and leave it there for a couple of days for everything to dry. I'm not sure what there is to do now because you already turned it back on and it could of caused permanent damage to your phone. You can put it in a bag of rice and see what happens anyway. You might get lucky.

When you drop any gadget in water, best thing to do is immediately remove the battery and leave it in a bowl of rice for a day or two.
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emuneee said:
When you drop any gadget in water, best thing to do is immediately remove the battery and leave it in a bowl of rice for a day or two.
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Yup. Absolute worst thing you can do is put the battery back in and turn it on.
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all i know is i'll be damned if i ever decide to do a water(or liquid of any kind) test on this phone or any other phone for that matter. phyiscal abuse is a different story....
from my experience, a phone can really take a beating, but when it comes to liquids.. game over!

I should know better. I just wish the person I was Skyping with recorded the demise of my Droid

Just dry it out for a few days, or longer as others have mentioned above, i had a magic that was fully soaked that would boot fine after a few hours of drying but it took almost a week before the touch screen was working stably, i gave it to a friend as i had already replaced it and it went on to be used daily for another couple of years.

I saw somewhere that you can dunk it in rubbing alcohol to displace the water before you put it in rice.

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I saw somewhere that you can dunk it in rubbing alcohol to displace the water before you put it in rice.
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I wouldn't recommend that. I'd recommend opening up the case since warranty shot anyways and pat dry as much as possible, then stick in rice.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.

Dropped my phone in water. What to do?

Okay, so I dropped my phone in a puddle. Did the whole rice thing and whatnot to no avail. The phone isn't COMPLETELY fried, but unusable. It turns on, but only for about 60 seconds at a time before it reboots. The power button is spazzing out and constantly presses so the screen goes off and on. I can use the phone for a minute if i hold the power button and then press the back button when the long press menu comes up.
Enough of that, time for solutions.
I'm not eligible for an upgrade until August in which I was hoping for the GS3 to be released on Sprint by then. I was hoping to maybe buy a bad ESN Galaxy Nexus or even just another Epic off EBay/Craigslist. Would I be able to use my Epic's clean ESN for the Nexus? I'm on a really tight budget so full price is completely out of the question. Any and all help is greatly appreciated guys!

Is it rooted? Better odin back to fc09 if it is and bring it to sprint to see if they'll replace it. I had the same issue with the buttons going crazy and not working and they gave me a new one.
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ESNs are tied to each phone, and cannot legally be swapped AFAIK
Could try taking apart and seeing if a cleaning will help, if you are going to write the phone off anyways.
Do you have TEP? Can try to ODIN the latest OTA, and if it fails see if a shop will replace it, but they may find a water detector tripped
IMO, best best is an Epic off Ebay or Craig's list with a clean ESN

Alcohol!!!!! Watch the vid, it'll help out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtyZhwvhqiQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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elite developer adam (sorry forgot the last name or so), talks about how alcohol will absorb the moistur or water rather quickly, but if the board got wet, you have a max of 15 seconds before the board becomes warped. meaning, the phone will be totally non-functional. as far as the esn is concerned, sorry, thats a no go.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569701
this thread might help with taken it apart to clean out

LORDFIRE00 said:
but if the board got wet, you have a max of 15 seconds before the board becomes warped. meaning, the phone will be totally non-functional
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If this was true, then the rice fix would never work, would it?
I have seen several people say they got their phone wet, and use the few days in rice trick to get it back, wouldn't that mean the board was wet for longer than 15 seconds?

DCRocks said:
If this was true, then the rice fix would never work, would it?
I have seen several people say they got their phone wet, and use the few days in rice trick to get it back, wouldn't that mean the board was wet for longer than 15 seconds?
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Really all depends on how long it was in the water and how long it took you to get it into the rice... if you can get it out of the water in 10 secs or less you probably have a little time to get it into the rice... not like the water is just gonna pour in it as soon as it hits the water... if you get it straight out you most likely won't have very much water inside it and be able to still dry it out...

My phone went for a swim with me last summer let it set for about 3 days then turned it on and everything worked just fine so let it set somewhere where its hot so it dries your phone and yeah I was one of those idiots that tried turning my phone on several times during that day I didn't stick in rice or any thing like just let it naturally dry out
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus water soaked

Hi
I dropped my phone in a sink filled with tap water. It was dark and I didn't realize my phone was missing for around 15 minutes.
I removed the battery and did not turn it on. I have left it submerged in a container filled with rice and silica gel packets. I have left the container inside a car parked outside under the hot sun. I did not want to risk it leaving in the conventional oven on low heat as suggested by some forums. Any other solution to this?
Unfortunately, my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket upgraded phone was stolen from my purse within a month of buying it. I purchased the Nexus full price contract free. I cannot buy a new one now and I am desperate for this one to work.
Please can you give more suggestions as to how to get it started? I will not turn it on for another 3-4 days. But any additional help is welcome. How expensive would a professional phone repair take?

just leave it in the rice and silica for a couple days. thats your best chance.

as stated, leave it for several days. a repair could cost any range of price depending on damage. id personally change out the rice every day

It might be too late but immediately take battery out, leave it in zip lock bag in rice as others suggested, in cool area for 1-3 days.
I had similar situation as yours (bought it full price from overseas before Google started selling it, and then it got wet with Shamu in Sea World splashing salt water on it, the phone was gone after it.
I learned the procedure the hard way after that phone was unusable and since then successfully used it on newly bought GN and on son's Vibrant after being drenched in thunderstorms.

If you're technologically inclined, or have a friend or two that are, get them to take the phone apart and let it air dry for about a week. Phones are simple, find the screws, take em out, safely pry the phone apart, carefully separate any ribbon cables from the PCB and tinker with it.

Not making any promises, but these phones are tougher than you think.
Waaaaay back when my hubby left his Droid Eris in his pants it went in the washer...
A full wash cycle later and a weird clunking noise when I turned on the dryer prompted me to check and to my horror there was his brand new phone (maybe 8 weeks old at that point).
Did the same you did, took the battery out and let it soak in rice for a few days. At first it would not turn on with the original battery, but eventually I tried that one again and it worked! There were a few waterspots under the screen, but they went away and it kept working flawlessly for him for almost two years till he retired it.
Wishing you all the best!

If the water had anything besides just water in it you will also want to take apart the phone after it has dried and clean the ports and connections with rubbing alcohol at least 95%, using a qtip this will help to prevent/stop erosion

Thank you
Thank you all for your suggestions. After leaving the phone in rice and silica packets for 2 days I dismantled the phone and let it dry further. I am not confident that I will be able to do the alcohol cleaning required to prevent water erosion/corrosion.
I am going to put the phone together and turn on the phone today. It has been 4 complete days and I hope it is not too early.
Fingers crossed and hoping for a miracle. :fingers-crossed:
Will keep you'll posted with what happens.
Thank you!!

NamZee said:
Thank you all for your suggestions. After leaving the phone in rice and silica packets for 2 days I dismantled the phone and let it dry further. I am not confident that I will be able to do the alcohol cleaning required to prevent water erosion/corrosion.
I am going to put the phone together and turn on the phone today. It has been 4 complete days and I hope it is not too early.
Fingers crossed and hoping for a miracle. :fingers-crossed:
Will keep you'll posted with what happens.
Thank you!!
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You've already done what I would have done. The best thing to do now is to be patient and do not try to put the battery back in too soon. Don't rush the drying by heating the phone. It's probably better to throw the battery out, I wouldn't trust any battery that has been submerged for so long. That said, 15 minutes is quite a long time. You could get lucky, but I would prepare myself for some bad news.

Phone Working
Thank you immensely for all you suggestions!! My phone works...There were a couple of things not working initially. Like the volume button display was not moving when I reduced the volume or increased it. The volume was changing but not the volume status bar.
Anyway, now, after 2 days, that is working too. Everything is working fine. Thank you all for your patience and consolation. Appreciate all your help. :victory:

After 15 minutes in water that is seriously impressive! Any screen damage?

Put in front of fan or can also pour/soak in at least 99% isopropyl alcohol that find in electronics section. Will evaporate the water. Its what is used to clean motherboards and stuff.
*This Jedi master be a Ninj-ESS*

NamZee said:
Thank you immensely for all you suggestions!! My phone works...There were a couple of things not working initially. Like the volume button display was not moving when I reduced the volume or increased it. The volume was changing but not the volume status bar.
Anyway, now, after 2 days, that is working too. Everything is working fine. Thank you all for your patience and consolation. Appreciate all your help. :victory:
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Good for you. You are really lucky.
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Glad everything worked out!

Samsung galaxy nexus contact cleaning
shreddintyres said:
If the water had anything besides just water in it you will also want to take apart the phone after it has dried and clean the ports and connections with rubbing alcohol at least 95%, using a qtip this will help to prevent/stop erosion
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Where are all the contacts? - do you mean where the ribbons connect? I dropped minebriefly (10sec) in an outdoor swimming pool - probably some chlorine in water. I don't know where all the contacts are...
Thanks!

Water on my GNex - Argggghh! - FIXED :)

I just got a tiny amount of water on my GNex and it's acting like it's fried. It indicated that it was charging while not connected. I rebooted and it went in to a bootloop. !?!?!?!?!? This is so frustrating!
Any ideas on a US carrier/phone that's great right now?
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UPDATED: I looked on ifixit and figured out how to totally disassemble the phone. I then got my wife's hair drier, set it to the cold setting and dried it for ~20 minutes. Afterwards it booted up fine, and seems to be fully functional. The camera got some water in it, and looks foggy, but hopefully that will clear up with time.
Thanks for your help everyone!
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Your Phone is Bricked
I will use ODIN.
Download stock firmware for ur phone...and dumping it use odin.
Root.
Start from the begining.......its need many works...trying n try...new rom....ur phone bricked n start from the begining..... again..
Happen to me mny times.....
send from xperia neo v ics...trying to install edt2kernel.1400.oc.zip without custom rom n bootloop in again....
HEY....DON FORGET DO nandroid backup...so u can restore ur stock firmware n skip to install custom rom....much easier.
let me know if i give wrong statement here..i still noob...and not samsung user...

i had this too but without a water accident.
it always switched the "charging" state. maybe your micro usb connector got damaged like in my case.
but maybe you have other damages too because of your bootloop. try flashing the stock android over odin and if the problem(s) persist you'll need to send it to repair or repair it by yourself. usb connectors are cheap in ebay.

When this happens the best thing to do is immediately remove the door, battery, sim, etc and place them all in dry rice for 24 hours.

I'm pretty sure you don't want to use ODIN as this isn't an official Samsung device or something and other, have seen nothing but broken hearts after an ODIN flash.
I had this issue, mine was from getting spray bottle happy when putting on a screen protector. I removed the battery and put the phone in a Ziploc bag full of Rice for 24 hours, has worked perfectly fine ever since.

can someone change the threa title, it should be "announces" and not "releases" -.-

WiredPirate said:
When this happens the best thing to do is immediately remove the door, battery, sim, etc and place them all in dry rice for 24 hours.
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This method works great and saved both my wife's and my brother's phone. My brother dropped the phone into a lake while fishing, it took us about 30 minutes to find it (about 12 feet deep) and by then it was thoroughly soaked. Not really thinking it would work we left it in rice for a week (you could see water sloshing around beneath the screen) . To our surprise it worked perfectly without any problems when we booted it up and it kept working.
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Jolle_1 said:
This method works great and saved both my wife's and my brother's phone. My brother dropped the phone into a lake while fishing, it took us about 30 minutes to find it (about 12 feet deep) and by then it was thoroughly soaked. Not really thinking it would work we left it in rice for a week (you could see water sloshing around beneath the screen) . To our surprise it worked perfectly without any problems when we booted it up and it kept working.
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Wow, that is really cool. I knew dry rice works well for some water exposure but coming back after being fully submerged for half an hour is next level.:good: