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Ruined phone?

y phone fell into a pail with water it was in there about 5 to 10 seconds. i pulled the battery out and used a blow dryer and put the battery back in and the flash came on. is that a good sign? dont know what else to do. did i screw things up by trying to turn it on without letting it dry out all night? i had this happen once before but never saw the flash come on as soon as the battery was put back in. im hoping for some good news because im not paying assurion 100 bucks, ill just upgrade but i still love my epic. thanks guys

I would've left the phone off for a day or so. I dropped mine in the sink once and after a day of waiting and blow drying I powered it up and the soft buttons were blinking and not responding but it eventually cleared itself up. It was weird.
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Will if the samsung epic is anything like the samsung moment you should be alright, I dropped that in the toilet twice lol you might have to still wait a few days..
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Confucius say... Phone fall in toilet, dump in bowl of rice.
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Fire n mage said:
Will if the samsung epic is anything like the samsung moment you should be alright, I dropped that in the toilet twice lol you might have to still wait a few days..
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This is why you don't borrow peoples phones.lol...might as well put his turd on your face!
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thanks guys. i woke up this morning and it is still doing the same thing. i can go get a loaner but if ive ttied it a few times have i done alot of damage by putting the battery back in a few times? thats my concern that every time i put the battery in im short circuiting it more and now its toast

You'd be surprised how durable these phones are. I witnessed my friend drop his in a 10 foot swimming pool. It was in there for atleast 15-20 seconds and it works perfect still. We need someone in the community to conduct water testing along with .... "will it blend?"

xjayman said:
This is why you don't borrow peoples phones.lol...might as well put his turd on your face!
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There was nothing in the toilet i swears happened to flush right before it dropped both tiems
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gorelow said:
thanks guys. i woke up this morning and it is still doing the same thing. i can go get a loaner but if ive ttied it a few times have i done alot of damage by putting the battery back in a few times? thats my concern that every time i put the battery in im short circuiting it more and now its toast
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Sorry for the double post, your best bet is to leave it alone n get a loaner, i did the same thing, i left it for a week or two, thought it was toast then randomly pressed the power button and it turned on lol
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Confusious is right.. Remove battery and any protective shell, fill a mayo jar or large McDonalds cup or whatever you have that is larger than your phone with dry rice, then stick your phone in then fill the rest of the way with rice. Let set for like 24 hrs. The rice will absorb ALL the moisture. And then you should be golden.
FYI... You should never turn on an electric devise before it is completely dried out first. And never use hot air on an electronic device. I just assumed those were common sense.
My 1.5 year old stuck my epic in the aquarium it was completely under for at least 1 full min. Before I saw it. And the rice trick worked for mine. Left it in the rice for like 2 days though for good measure.
Hope this helps others in the future.
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Put your phone inside rice leave it there for a couple hours the rice helps to absorb the excess liquid it worked for me couple times good luck with your phone
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I used silica gel cat litter on my daughter's phone after it spent a few seconds in a warm bubble bath.
Three days later, it worked a ok. Silica gel is that dessicant inside little white bags labelled 'DO NOT EAT'.
Same idea as rice. We had some of the silica gel cat litter on hand, unused of course, so it seemed like a good option.
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ok whatever you use dont be an idiot like me and turn on your phone 3 or 4 times to see if its dry yet. my phone died. (funeral thursday). im getting another phone today from assurion. can i have some suggestions about what to put on a brand new phone. i was thinking of odining a el22 tar and leaving it there but thought id see if anyone has a fav rom for the epic that is drama free. whenever i go for the bells and whistles it always seems to give me problems on my epic. maybe it was just the previous phone. thanks for any input

gorelow said:
ok whatever you use dont be an idiot like me and turn on your phone 3 or 4 times to see if its dry yet. my phone died. (funeral thursday). im getting another phone today from assurion. can i have some suggestions about what to put on a brand new phone. i was thinking of odining a el22 tar and leaving it there but thought id see if anyone has a fav rom for the epic that is drama free. whenever i go for the bells and whistles it always seems to give me problems on my epic. maybe it was just the previous phone. thanks for any input
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Mine came with fricking ecalir when Froyo was official and GB was only 2 months or so away haha. So you might get GB El30 pre with it
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Drama free? Well Viper rom is nice, as far as a good touchwiz and im sure marcusants is very good as well, im loving AOKP milestone 4 port with amazing battery life, and theres always cleangb
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Dropped my phone in the shower.

Phone was fully submerged in water for about a second. Quickly pulled battery and dried it off. surprisingly the water damage sticker is still white. Turned it back on after about 10 minutes. i was experiencing issues with the speakers while talking and playing music from the phone. rebooted a few times and hopped in my car to try the phone out on the Bluetooth and everything was fine. i even plugged the auxiliary cord into the phone and music playing normally. its been about 5 hours and everything seems to be working again. has anyone ever experienced something similar to this??
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Do you mean bath? I don't know why you'd shower with your phone..
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why were you in the shower with your phone?

i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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mikeyubuee said:
i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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that is a seriously stupid idea, just pointing that out. it was inevitable that you dropped it.
secondly your speakers and mic need to dry out properly, out it in a bowl of white rice and leave it for a few days.
if you don't let the speakers dry out it can tear the membrane that is made out of a paper fibre material.

mikeyubuee said:
i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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LOL.
Don't you think it would've been a little safer if you just did all that before the mini bath/shower?

mikeyubuee said:
i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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mikeyubuee said:
Phone was fully submerged in water for about a second. Quickly pulled battery and dried it off. surprisingly the water damage sticker is still white. Turned it back on after about 10 minutes. i was experiencing issues with the speakers while talking and playing music from the phone. rebooted a few times and hopped in my car to try the phone out on the Bluetooth and everything was fine. i even plugged the auxiliary cord into the phone and music playing normally. its been about 5 hours and everything seems to be working again. has anyone ever experienced something similar to this??
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Cool story bro.
Maybe you should have bought the Samsung Rugby Smart instead of this phone.
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You should always wait a good long time before powering up after the phone takes a swim
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-Mr. X- said:
secondly your speakers and mic need to dry out properly, out it in a bowl of white rice and leave it for a few days.
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This is the best advice for any device dropped in water. I tell this to people at work that get their personal phones wet and I always get a befuddled reaction. The truth is that it absolutely works 99% of the time. The dry rice sucks the moisture right out.

Justananomaly said:
This is the best advice for any device dropped in water. I tell this to people at work that get their personal phones wet and I always get a befuddled reaction. The truth is that it absolutely works 99% of the time. The dry rice sucks the moisture right out.
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it works great, the trick is to leave it alone for 3-5 days. most people cannot.

mikeyubuee said:
i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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Sounds like a rediculous waste of water to me
I'm resisting a "do you know how i know your gay" joke btw.
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Dude that is Hilarious! Thank you I had a real crappy day and this just cracked me up! ROTFLMAO!
I would have said I dropped my phone in the toilet before I said I dropped it in my mini bath checking my tweets LMAO!
Thanks again TOOOO Much
Whats even more funny is Mr. X isn't even effected by this calm cool and collective still spitting out solid helpful information. Thanks X!

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mikeyubuee said:
Phone was fully submerged in water for about a second. Quickly pulled battery and dried it off. surprisingly the water damage sticker is still white. Turned it back on after about 10 minutes. i was experiencing issues with the speakers while talking and playing music from the phone. rebooted a few times and hopped in my car to try the phone out on the Bluetooth and everything was fine. i even plugged the auxiliary cord into the phone and music playing normally. its been about 5 hours and everything seems to be working again. has anyone ever experienced something similar to this??
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put your phone under your rice box or basin, need to stay at least an hour or await the day..rice is type of desiccant..it can help to suck moisture.

Spray isopropyl alcohol, to push the water out since it displaces water...throw in [email protected] 175* for 45 min....profit! Worked for me!
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Locksmith81 said:
Spray isopropyl alcohol, to push the water out since it displaces water...throw in [email protected] 175* for 45 min....profit! Worked for me!
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Did you also drop it in your mini bath? checking your tweets?

mikeyubuee said:
i take a 10minute mini bath before i shower to read emails, tweets, etc then i switch it up to shower. it dropped out of my hands at that point.
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I take a 30 min dump to do all that stuff before I shower,
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elflip88 said:
I take a 30 min dump to do all that stuff before I shower,
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That's exactly my schedule. Wifey always asking...WTF you doing in there LoL!

elflip88 said:
I take a 30 min dump to do all that stuff before I shower,
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That's how men do things. My wife still asks how I poop for so long.
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I gotta ask....wtf is a mini bath? Ive even Googled "mini bath" and came up with nothing. I even asked a gay guy I know and even he looked at me funny and asked "do u mean two guys filling up the tub for a quickie?". Lmao. I'll tell that to my wife next time I go to the bathroom. Not flaming but a mini bath? Lol
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wet epic 4g!!!

my epic 4g got wet to day just a good splash from the pool. i have it in rice. i tried booting and i can tell its booted up i even feel the vibration when i move my finger over where the screen look is but the screen is black with waving lines like an old tv. also the notification light doesnt come on and i dont think it was charging when i plugged in the cord. i see no red or pink in the battery compartment so i dont think the water really got in to much any help would be greatly appreciated.

Your screen is shorted out. AKA, expired, dead, deceased, zombified, or passed on. No coming back from the grave.
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b16flybye said:
Your screen is shorted out. AKA, expired, dead, deceased, zombified, or passed on. No coming back from the grave.
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sorry bro you were wrong its working now just don't have charging capability and a little problem reading the sd card. you really should know what your talking about before you give someone such extreme diagnosis. and for the charging problem i bet leaving it in the rice overnight will clear it right up.

So your screen had wavy lines, but now it works and your sd card slot is having issues along with no charging capability? Between both of those, I would wonder how much longer my phone would last.
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Leave it in a bag of rice with the battery out for another night.
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Does your Galaxy Nexus smell weird?

I have rooted and unlocked my phone many times and I am very familiar with the process. After I updated my phone to 4.1.2 I noticed that if I remove my battery and smell near that area I can smell burnt plastic. Is my phone dying? Does your phone smell like that?
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Soldier 2.0 said:
I have rooted and unlocked my phone many times and I am very familiar with the process. After I updated my phone to 4.1.2 I noticed that if I remove my battery and smell near that area I can smell burnt plastic. Is my phone dying? Does your phone smell like that?
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Unroot and see if the smell persists...
Has your phone been in the sun for an extended period of time? Wikipedia says 105 degrees average in summer where you live, so I imagine a day on a dashboard might cause this...

It is stock and I don't leave my phone on the dashboard. I keep it in my pocket. Temperature is 50-60 F around this time of the year.
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Mine used to smell weird, then I stopped enjoying the vibrate function and it went away...

fredryk said:
Mine used to smell weird, then I stopped enjoying the vibrate function and it went away...
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... what?
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Mine has the same smell since the first day I got it
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Im just wondering how many people actually smelled their phone.
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Mine smells like vanilla and burning electronics when it gets warm idk if its the same thing you smell
Sparx639

So you think it might be hot battery smell?
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I just smelled my phone because of this thread. It does have a smell, like one member mentioned, like faint vanilla and burnt electronics

Do burnt plastic smell is normal?
Edit, so, the smell of burnt plastic is normal then
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I think my phone farted

fredryk said:
Mine used to smell weird, then I stopped enjoying the vibrate function and it went away...
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lmaooo :laugh:
but no idea what might be causing the smell...the best option would be as mentioned above by somebody, to just unroot/flash and see..
hope your able to fix it...do update please

It queefed
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Mine smells like poo.

Its your upper lip
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Mine smelled like this since I first turned it on. It works perfectly fine so I don't mind
Sparx639

I finally decided to Google the smell of my Galaxy Nexus. I was kind of surprised to find this many results
When the back cover is removed, there is a very distinct smell... kind of like vanilla as someone mentioned in this thread. Glad other people's Galaxy Nexuses smell weird as well.

MapleDouglas said:
I finally decided to Google the smell of my Galaxy Nexus. I was kind of surprised to find this many results
When the back cover is removed, there is a very distinct smell... kind of like vanilla as someone mentioned in this thread. Glad other people's Galaxy Nexuses smell weird as well.
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Did you find anything bad or what?
Sparx639

Mine always smelled like battery acid every time I open the back and after I remove the battery I notice watter like marks and some drops

Wow, dropped my og

From this high. Got a snap on tpu case on it. Nothing happened. I just knew the glass was gonna be shattered. There is a phone God. Not a single scratch... whew!
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Is that an upper deck or a chair or a table kinda hard to tell. How high up?

Deck. Bout 12-14 feet.
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Dropped mine right when I got it, I was trying to put a case on it, and on the way down I some how kicked it in an attempt to catch it, landed face down on the concrete....not a scratch. Guerrilla glass for the win.
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Dropped mine in Killington buried it as I rode over it in about 10 inches of powder. Hiked back up, dug it out and it was still running. No cracks, no water damage, still running alpine replay and music never stopped. This phone has the perfect nickname OG ALL DAY
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scottndville said:
Deck. Bout 12-14 feet.
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pretty frign good.
Case or not the phone has to be tough because the case couldn't protect it completely from a fall like that.

watch the drop tests on YouTube. Dude drops it from pretty high, without cases on all sorts of surfaces with no significant damage to the phone whatsoever.
The problem is that some people rave, while others revile. My wife dropped hers and it shattered.

I've been highly impressed with the build quality of this phone. I used to have an Otterbox on it but it made it too bulky and honestly the phone looks so good I want to show it off haha. I've dropped it onto my concrete shop floor multiple times and not a scratch or anything. There is a few places where the chrome paint on the trim has chipped off but very minor. Both my Evo 3D and this phone have held up extremely well.
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Seriously lucky. I drop mine all the time and havent broken it (knocks on wood), My sister on the hand has broken her G twice and best buy keeps replacing it lol

Mine slipped the first day I had it and fell 2 feet onto concrete and shattered the glass. Some people are lucky
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riceatusc said:
Mine slipped the first day I had it and fell 2 feet onto concrete and shattered the glass. Some people are lucky
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He did have it in a case but still that is pretty frign good.
But what I read here goes with my discussion on another site that you can drop 5+ of the same phone and get different results each time.

I just had my friend drop theirs while sitting on the toilet. No higher than 3 feet and the screen cracked across the top. Nothing below the crack responded. Crazy how physics works. They did not have a case on theirs though.
edit: they do have the at&t version though, clearly inferior.

shuwoo said:
I just had my friend drop theirs while sitting on the toilet. No higher than 3 feet and the screen cracked across the top. Nothing below the crack responded. Crazy how physics works. They did not have a case on theirs though.
edit: they do have the at&t version though, clearly inferior.
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LOL

This thread has ran its course...Thank You.