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So my G2 got wet.. Help..

Last night i was in the bathroom, and accidently dropped it in the sink, It wasnt submurged under water or anything, it had a light splash of water near the charger port, the sticker under the battery is slightly pink. The phone works fine. No problems. however when i plug it into my computer, i cant turn on usb storage, but it will charge, also I tried winamp yesterday and it synced my phone and copied all music to the phone.. What should I do? I could swap the phone out but the problem is it's rooted, and if they find water damage they said theyd charge me 200 bucks. What should I do? Could i call HTC? :/

If you don't have insurance then theres nothing you can do except get another phone.
For future reference if you ever drop your phone into any kind of water....immediately take the battery out...leave the phone apart (back case, battery, phone) and then stick them all into a big bowl of uncooked rice and let them sit in there for a couple of days.
The rice will absorb the moisture and usually your phone will still work okay.

G1ForFun said:
If you don't have insurance then theres nothing you can do except get another phone.
For future reference if you ever drop your phone into any kind of water....immediately take the battery out...leave the phone apart (back case, battery, phone) and then stick them all into a big bowl of uncooked rice and let them sit in there for a couple of days.
The rice will absorb the moisture and usually your phone will still work okay.
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I did leave it in rice for a about 6 hours, i noticed the battery seems to have a water damage sticker on the bottom of the battery and it didnt even hit that. the water damage seems to be minimal

G1ForFun said:
If you don't have insurance then theres nothing you can do except get another phone.
For future reference if you ever drop your phone into any kind of water....immediately take the battery out...leave the phone apart (back case, battery, phone) and then stick them all into a big bowl of uncooked rice and let them sit in there for a couple of days.
The rice will absorb the moisture and usually your phone will still work okay.
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I do have insurance just not the 5.99 bundle protection, I have the premium.

xamadeix said:
I do have insurance just not the 5.99 bundle protection, I have the premium.
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Well if you can live with your phone the way it is then just do that. If not then pay the deductible and get yourself a new phone.

I may consider just keeping it, I mean i could just use dropbox to sync. Maybe it will come back to life.
EDIT: WOW. my usb is connected!! wow. dude. wow. sounds like a troll post but it's working again. this is insane. i just blew in it with canned air and it started to work.

You probably blew some water droplets off of where they were shorting a circut perhaps dried it id still be careful
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... deng that sucks bro...
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I'd leave it in the rice with the battery out for as long as possible. It may take a few days for the water to dry out.
I went swimming with my phone once, for a good 5 minutes before I realized what happened. There was a nasty buzzing noise (I though it was an insect).
I dropped it in rice, stuck some packets of dessicant in it (the packets they put in shoe boxes and electronics) and it functioned for a month. It then died completely and I had to toss it. This was the Nokia 5300 from back in the day.

Tips for drying a htc one x?

Hi!
I dropped my phone a bucket of water today. Got it up quite quickly and dryed it with compressed air. It turned it self on and off during a period, but now it seems to work fine. But now I have moist behind the camera lens. Any tips for removing moist there?

Leave the phone (Switched off) in a container full of uncooked rice in a warm area. Should do the trick.

mbergan84 said:
Hi!
I dropped my phone a bucket of water today. Got it up quite quickly and dryed it with compressed air. It turned it self on and off during a period, but now it seems to work fine. But now I have moist behind the camera lens. Any tips for removing moist there?
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Turn the phone off completely from fastboot and put it in a bag of rice, sealed up for 3 days. Do not turn it back on until 3 days have past or you will further damage your phone.

Hello
I have the same problem,but worse. I dropped my OneX in a stream of heavy rain water by the road and its been in the water for about 10 minutes while i was searching for it all over. I was glad I found it and in the haste and panic because its just a couple of weeks old,i pressed the power button,to find it working alright,then the signal reception cut off,i unlocked the screen,turned the airplane mode on. I could do all this and then it went off. I took the Sim out,rushed home, immersed it in a bowl of rice. Would that do? Please help

balaram19 said:
Hello
I have the same problem,but worse. I dropped my OneX in a stream of heavy rain water by the road and its been in the water for about 10 minutes while i was searching for it all over. I was glad I found it and in the haste and panic because its just a couple of weeks old,i pressed the power button,to find it working alright,then the signal reception cut off,i unlocked the screen,turned the airplane mode on. I could do all this and then it went off. I took the Sim out,rushed home, immersed it in a bowl of rice. Would that do? Please help
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The most important thing is to NOT power it on again, not for atleast 3-5 days, i'd let it be off for 5 days, in a bag of rice standing on an element(the heat stuff you have in every room). If you turn on the phone before it's all dryed, you will probably damage the internal hardware, you know electric stuff doesn't like water that much.

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The most important thing is to NOT power it on again, not for atleast 3-5 days, i'd let it be off for 5 days, in a bag of rice standing on an element(the heat stuff you have in every room). If you turn on the phone before it's all dryed, you will probably damage the internal hardware, you know electric stuff doesn't like water that much.
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Yes i got that. But i was thinking if going up to the HTC service center would help. Wouldnt they disemble and dry it up? I dont mind being charged but i just want it to work

balaram19 said:
But i was thinking if going up to the HTC service center would help.
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They won't want to touch it with a barge pole.

BenPope said:
They won't want to touch it with a barge pole.
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Well Ive called up the HTC support and they asked me to go to the center where they will diagnose it and tell me whats what.
All i can hope now is that they dont reject for service on my face

The problem esp. with the HOX is that since the battery is sealed in the unit, its not easy to disconnect when needed. So by the time one realises that its been under water, damage might have already been done as the circuits still get a charge from the battery. So like others said, its better to leave it alone in a bowl of rice for a day or so and pray.
Lets hope HTC do the needful and fix your phone...

s1977 said:
The problem esp. with the HOX is that since the battery is sealed in the unit, its not easy to disconnect when needed. So by the time one realises that its been under water, damage might have already been done as the circuits still get a charge from the battery. So like others said, its better to leave it alone in a bowl of rice for a day or so and pray.
Lets hope HTC do the needful and fix your phone...
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Exactly. The thing i admired when i bought is what turned to be a disadvantage. The concealed nature of the phone left me worried sick.
Its been in rice for 16 hrs now and Im praying every minute. Hope HTC does whats needed. Il keep you posted. Thanks for all the help!

Hello! I went to the HTC service center after having the OneX in rice for 36hrs. The guy said they cant open it here and so it has to go to the headquarters of India for service and said he'll get back to me in a week or so. Upon asking he told me that a smiliar water damage issue came up to them and when they sent it to the Headquarters,the Head sent a new phone altogether to the guy. Now I have a bit of hope. Do you think i can?

They might send you a new phone. You will probably need to pay for it.
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ste1164 said:
They might send you a new phone. You will probably need to pay for it.
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You were right. HTC called up and told me that the repair cost would be about 400$ and i bought it for 630$.Theyve told me that the battery,touch screen,the motherboard are all gone. Guess its just hard luck :crying:.
Thanks for the help everyone.

balaram19 said:
You were right. HTC called up and told me that the repair cost would be about 400$ and i bought it for 630$.Theyve told me that the battery,touch screen,the motherboard are all gone. Guess its just hard luck :crying:.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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One last thing. HTC said that the battery,main board, the lcd,the touchscreen are all gone so all will be replace but at the cost i mentioned before. Do you think its worth going for? Considering it will became as good as a new one..?

400 is steep you might be better selling it as damaged and buying a new one
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Thats unfortunate. I remember having a nokia (when color screen was pretty new) go in the washing machine. When is started it up afterward only 1/3 of the screen were visible. In due time function by function returned when the phone dried out and after ~3 days it was back to perfect state

whynot66 said:
400 is steep you might be better selling it as damaged and buying a new one
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Yes sir,i thought so too,and i contacted HTC and told them im a student who wouldn't be able to afford such a pricey repair and they have actually took it into consideration and the lady told me to wait a couple of days to confirm with her head/country manager for a 50% off on the repair. If that happens,will it be worth it?

Can use silica gel dry up?
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My missus dropped her iPhone in a bucket of bleach, so it was found 3 hrs later, had to rinse it with water, strip it down, get a tub of rice and put the parts stripped down into tub, the rice draws all the moisture out of the parts. Put it back together after 48 hours and after 1 week everything on screen was A okay, good as new. Always worth doing this yourself to save Money, and insurance claim rise.
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balaram19 said:
Yes sir,i thought so too,and i contacted HTC and told them im a student who wouldn't be able to afford such a pricey repair and they have actually took it into consideration and the lady told me to wait a couple of days to confirm with her head/country manager for a 50% off on the repair. If that happens,will it be worth it?
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Yer I guess keep us informed
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Dropped my phone on water and now its always "Charging"

Hi!
Ealier Today I dropped my phone in water, it didn't submerged I say only about an inch of the phone made contact the bottom part. Now, 12 hours later, I removed my phone from rice and it looks dry and all ( I remove the housing as well) the phone works and all but now the charging icon is always on and its losing power really quick. It sometimes goes back to normal and sometimes thinks its charging. Any ideas whats going on?

Try cleaning the usb port.
I dropped mine in the pool about 2 months ago and it started doing the same thing. A good cleaning of the charging port took care of the issue.
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jzun223 said:
Try cleaning the usb port.
I dropped mine in the pool about 2 months ago and it started doing the same thing. A good cleaning of the charging port took care of the issue.
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What did you use to clean it?
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jzun223 said:
Try cleaning the usb port.
I dropped mine in the pool about 2 months ago and it started doing the same thing. A good cleaning of the charging port took care of the issue.
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Yeah, I read this in a different forum so I cleaned it and it seems to be working now

stacio88 said:
What did you use to clean it?
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I used to work for a cell phone repair shop and we used 99.9% isopropyl alcohol to repair liquid damaged devices. Dissemble the device, clean the damaged area, and completely dry before reassembling the phone.
You're going to need to two things: a clean brush and the cleaning solution.
Chances of repair liquid damaged electronics is 50/50. Good luck!

TrueYears said:
Hi!
Ealier Today I dropped my phone in water, it didn't submerged I say only about an inch of the phone made contact the bottom part. Now, 12 hours later, I removed my phone from rice and it looks dry and all ( I remove the housing as well) the phone works and all but now the charging icon is always on and its losing power really quick. It sometimes goes back to normal and sometimes thinks its charging. Any ideas whats going on?
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Having it charging all the time is a GREAT thing
because the battery NEVER dies

TrueYears said:
Yeah, I read this in a different forum so I cleaned it and it seems to be working now
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Glad to hear its working now.
When it first happen to me I was getting ready to buy the USB assembly and doing the surgery myself...
I was quite happy I didn't need to do that!
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Once my co-worker went gallivanting around in the rain with his blackberry in his pocket and it stopped working. I took out the battery and let the phone soak in distilled water for about 10 minutes. After that I placed it in a vacuum desiccator for an hour. The main danger with getting your phone wet is the ions and dissolved solids present in the water. Many of these can cause short circuits. Soaking in distilled water should dissolve away any precipitates that may have formed when the phone was dried following its initial soaking.

matthewr87 said:
Once my co-worker went gallivanting around in the rain with his blackberry in his pocket and it stopped working. I took out the battery and let the phone soak in distilled water for about 10 minutes. After that I placed it in a vacuum desiccator for an hour. The main danger with getting your phone wet is the ions and dissolved solids present in the water. Many of these can cause short circuits. Soaking in distilled water should dissolve away any precipitates that may have formed when the phone was dried following its initial soaking.
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Whoa wouldn't this be risking itand never mind guys. It still think its charging
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ya we use pure de-ionized water to wash circuit boards at work and then blow dry with nitrogen.

Darunion said:
ya we use pure de-ionized water to wash circuit boards at work and then blow dry with nitrogen.
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I think ive seen you troll around here before

[Q] One X screen problem

So yesterday me and my friends went near a lake and had a little bit of alcohol,so i fell into the water with the phone in my pocket turned of.
But later when the phone dried,i turned it on and it was all working but the screen brightnes is not adjustable,now can anibody advise me what to do

First of all that's funny! Silly things happen when we are drunk.
I suggest you fully dry your phone out put it in a sack of rice for a few days then see what happens.
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nikzDHD said:
First of all that's funny! Silly things happen when we are drunk.
I suggest you fully dry your phone out put it in a sack of rice for a few days then see what happens.
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he sa
I already opened up the phone and dried it,but still the same problem

teonagode said:
he sa
I already opened up the phone and dried it,but still the same problem
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It's highly unlikely you managed to get it completely dry in 1 day.

Stick it in a bag of rice for 24 hours and hope for the best.

Rusty! said:
Stick it in a bag of rice for 24 hours and hope for the best.
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I did that and almost everything working properly,only the screen brightnes is still not working,help please?

teonagode said:
I did that and almost everything working properly,only the screen brightnes is still not working,help please?
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You could try a factory reset, but strange things happen from water damage.
My old Sony Ericsson worked fine, except for the fact (after I dropped it in a pan of gravy) that the gsm aerial only had a weak signal. Everything else was normal..
Could try silica gel, but there could be corrosion (you can't always even see the corrosion) from minerals/deposits in the water, which is causing a short circuit somewhere, causing the problem.
Unfortunately any water damage automatically (to the repair centers at least) means it's BER (beyond economical repair) so if you can't fix it from it drying out (ideally give it at least 3 days or even more in the rice or silica gel) the only option really is to buy a new one, or claim on insurance if you have cover.
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lawrence750 said:
You could try a factory reset, but strange things happen from water damage.
My old Sony Ericsson worked fine, except for the fact (after I dropped it in a pan of gravy) that the gsm aerial only had a weak signal. Everything else was normal..
Could try silica gel, but there could be corrosion (you can't always even see the corrosion) from minerals/deposits in the water, which is causing a short circuit somewhere, causing the problem.
Unfortunately any water damage automatically (to the repair centers at least) means it's BER (beyond economical repair) so if you can't fix it from it drying out (ideally give it at least 3 days or even more in the rice or silica gel) the only option really is to buy a new one, or claim on insurance if you have cover.
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THx for the answer,but unfortunately this phone dosent have a warranty,i think im just gonna buy the screen and then im gonna send it to my nearest reapir center,and yes i can see dried up water under the screen.

i know the feeling! my dhd got wet yesterday in the rain argh! even the battery indicator shows no water damage (to that at least) yet the screen is buggered lol. looks like its been smashed in a way. got it in a tub of rice currently.. hoping it might dry out.
glad it wasnt my hox it happened to anyway

lawrence750 said:
i know the feeling! my dhd got wet yesterday in the rain argh! even the battery indicator shows no water damage (to that at least) yet the screen is buggered lol. looks like its been smashed in a way. got it in a tub of rice currently.. hoping it might dry out.
glad it wasnt my hox it happened to anyway
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Argh sry to hear you about you too,best lucks and hopes that your dhd dries and work fine

teonagode said:
Argh sry to hear you about you too,best lucks and hopes that your dhd dries and work fine
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Is this a original screen that i can replace on my phone http://www.amazon.co.uk/Display-Scr...NMKS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348642366&sr=8-3 ?

teonagode said:
Is this a original screen that i can replace on my phone http://www.amazon.co.uk/Display-Scr...NMKS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348642366&sr=8-3 ?
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the review says its not original. i'd steer clear personally.

[Q] Splash, Phone in toilet

So my kid reached in my pocket and dropped my phone in the toilet. i pulled it out fast, it didn't completely submerge, it's in a bowl of rice atm, how long should I wait to turn it on to see if my $600 just got flushed down the crapper.

To be safe I'd say a day or two. I've never been that patient though. Get some 90% + alcohol dip the phone in it then put it in rice wait a few hours that's always worked for me
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Last time I revived a fully submerged phone it was like three days. I also did the rice and phone bake in the oven. Wouldn't recommend that unless you figure the phone is toast to start with lol but here it is. Glass bowl, submerge phone in rice, bake on lowest setting of oven taking out often to let cool a little, bake time about an hour. Remove battery, sim, and SD card before baking. When done baking pour everything into zip lock bag for two days. You probably think I'm crazy but this worked on my daughters phone after she dove into a pool with it then tried to turn it on while it was still dripping water. This was on a desire z so not sure how our screen will react to that much heat.

stepheng said:
To be safe I'd say a day or two. I've never been that patient though. Get some 90% + alcohol dip the phone in it then put it in rice wait a few hours that's always worked for me
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I would opt for this method over baking, every oven is different and you run a risk of melting the soldier and causing irreversible damage if it gets too hot. The most important thing about electronic devices getting wet is removing the electrical current ASAP (if possible pull the battery!!!). Other than corrosion, the only problem with water any electronic device has is electrical shorts burning up the circuitry. Once electricity is removed from the equation, alcohol isn't anymore harmful than water, and in fact will evaporate (including the water) much quicker, which in turn reduces the chance of corrosion. That being said, although i am impatient as well i would still give a good day, 24 hours, in a nice rice bath. Just make sure there is no visible liquid before attempting to power on the device, personally i would pull the back cover off and unscrew the back side of the case exposing the main board just to get a better look but not everyone is going to be comfortable with that.

What i did that worked:
Get a ziplock back filled it with rice. Put your phone without Battery, sim, sd card, backplate in the bag with rice. Set the bag with contents on the top of your refrigerator where it is slightly warm, let it sit for 48 hours. Take it out after 48 hrs (it should have all the moisture out of the phone at this point) put the battery, sim, sd, etc back in and fire it up. Cross your fingers at this point

Best bet jar/ bowl of rice,, pull sim sd card put BOTH batt and phone into rice!!! batt has a chip in it, wait for at LEAST 3 days every day shift phone in the rice<<< moves dryer rice closer to phone, after 3 days pull phone out of the rice, THEN grab a can o air, spray air into phone, To see if any water still in phone,, if so 2 more days if not cross fingers put it togather and see if it works,, DO not put in OVEN plastic warps!

Well I'm at work now, it's been over 50 hrs I stuck it in rice, so it'll be like Christmas in October for me when I get home, or not.....
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Please update us, and tell us whether it works or not
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Will do
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Oh **** son! Check the Sig *****. Yeaha!
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I managed go spill tea on mine, not sure if it leaked through the earphone or home button. Within 2 hours I had driving mode turn on/off randomly and the next day it did the same with usb and now it turns off randomly. To my knkwledge, the water damage indicators havent been tripped, should I take a gamble and take it back to rogers?
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Are you asking for advice on whether or not you should attempt to steal from the phone company to make up for your mistake? I mean besides hijacking someone else's thread...

Speaker F***ed, headphone jack not working
so the main interface works great but, i'd rather throw it in the garbage now that it always says the headphones are plugged in, and the speaker is all static crackles an ****ty. so does anyone know where I can find and unroot guide for the Rogers GS3?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...224?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2575cb8978
I cant be certain it fits, but looking at the connectors in the picture it appears to be compatible, and for 9 bucks i would try it personally before i did anything drastic. Not sure how much the shipping would run to Canada but its got to be less than an insurance deductible.
EDIT - Found one here already in Canada - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...656?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item20cc33ab08

Rice works, but something a little more powerful are various "thirst bags" that you can buy anywhere on the internet. They work similarly to the rice option but work with a much higher fix rate. This link is to one thats $9.99 http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/Thirsty-Bag/IF145-163 good luck
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So did you figure out your pumpkin dilemma ?Just wondering..

I keep a bag of about 150 or so Dessicant dryer bags in one of those vacuum seal jars, just in case. They are cheap and easy and work better then rice. I would say getting a bag of 200 of them cost me about $20.00 Keeping them in the vac sealed jar keeps them from sucking the moisture out of the air.
Worked WONDERS on my day care providers iphone.

Well. I frigged around with pluggin headphones in and making the phone heat up. now it works, just like new, except I know it's been spoiled with poop water!

sixty_oz said:
Well. I frigged around with pluggin headphones in and making the phone heat up. now it works, just like new, except I know it's been spoiled with poop water!
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Make sure to mention that when you eventually sell your phone :laugh:.

So it stopped working again but I found an app that overrides the headphones sensor. It's called toggleheadset2. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwalkes.android.toggleheadset2 brilliant!
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