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Watered down dinc2. Help please

Hi all, I have a dinc2 and it was dropped in water. It was removed very fast and put In rice. Thought I saved it but it started wigging and only goes to htc screen. I am able to volume down w/ power and get to hboot menu but that's about it. I plug in to comp and it doesn't recognize it. I have the htc sync on my comp. But nothing. Don't have ins. So I would like to get it running. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks, hp
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Unfortunately there is not much else you can do for water. Maybe let it sit on a window seal in the sun with the back off. Just to try to get any remaining water out. More than likely it will not come back.
Are the water marks turned pink?
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homephysician said:
Hi all, I have a dinc2 and it was dropped in water. It was removed very fast and put In rice. Thought I saved it but it started wigging and only goes to htc screen. I am able to volume down w/ power and get to hboot menu but that's about it. I plug in to comp and it doesn't recognize it. I have the htc sync on my comp. But nothing. Don't have ins. So I would like to get it running. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks, hp
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Give it a week...happened to my inc1 and after a week it all worked perfectly.
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homephysician said:
Hi all, I have a dinc2 and it was dropped in water. It was removed very fast and put In rice. Thought I saved it but it started wigging and only goes to htc screen. I am able to volume down w/ power and get to hboot menu but that's about it. I plug in to comp and it doesn't recognize it. I have the htc sync on my comp. But nothing. Don't have ins. So I would like to get it running. Any and all help appreciated. Thanks, hp
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What happens when you get in recovery? Something like a failure to mount certain partitions?
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I have also had a similar experience with my Eris. I left it on a radiator with the back off and battery/ SD card removed for 24hrs and it came up fine even though my water markers were all triggered. Still works today.
Good luck!

Hi thanks for the replies. The water marks are not pink. When at the recovery window the recovery goes to the htc white screen. The crc calculates. Its been more than a week. The only reason I thought there might be some hope is because it does go to the recovery window. I also notice small pin holes in the back cover. Maybe a master reset or some hope. Thanks again for the help. hp
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if the water marks are not turned you can file a warranty claim but that is risky due to not knowing what is inside the phone. The outter marks are harder to turn than inner water marks.
Try just letting it dry out like myself and others have said. You do not want to screw things up more messing with it vs letting it work its self out.
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Thanks man. I don't have insurance on it. But I do appreciate all the responses.
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homephysician said:
Thanks man. I don't have insurance on it. But I do appreciate all the responses.
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Well if the water marks aren't pink...go to Verizon, play dumb and say it won't turn on?
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thanks but...., i and now you all know it has water damage. for me to go in to verizon and play dumb would be deceitful. the phone is expensive but not worth lying about. i have to face an all mighty God some day, and possibly sooner than later. its just not worth the risk to me. but i do thank you all for the suggestions. be blessed and happy new year to all. hp

Not sure if it's been a week, but there could still be water in it. I dropped my old iPhone in the toilet, and by the time got it out, the screen was flickering and it was resting randomly. I took it entirely apart and found lots of spots where water reached. Dried them all out, and it still works fine to this day.
At this point, you have nothing to loose, so I'd sit down at a clean table with some small screwdrivers and start tearing it down. I'm sure there are diagrams on the web showing how it comes apart. In addition to water, because of the time that has elapsed, look for spots of corrosion - light green to white dust or flakes. If you see any, you can try brushing it away with a small paintbrush. If the water has all dried up and it's still not working, there has to be a short (or several) somewhere. You might get lucky, and like I said, you have nothing to loose.

Your honesty is much appreciated! Fraudulent warranty claims affect all of us.
If you still haven't gotten it working I recommend a bath in rubbing alcohol for about 30-40 seconds. The higher the alcohol percentage the better, I prefer the 90% stuff. Then another overnight sit in rice. Do both of these with the back cover and battery both removed.
I know it sounds a bit strange to put it in liquid but the alcohol will dilute the water and make it evaporate much faster. The rice will further accelerate this process. I have done it before with great results and at this point you can't do much more harm to it if it isn't even turning on.
Best of luck!
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cstone1991 said:
Your honesty is much appreciated! Fraudulent warranty claims affect all of us.
If you still haven't gotten it working I recommend a bath in rubbing alcohol for about 30-40 seconds. The higher the alcohol percentage the better, I prefer the 90% stuff. Then another overnight sit in rice. Do both of these with the back cover and battery both removed.
I know it sounds a bit strange to put it in liquid but the alcohol will dilute the water and make it evaporate much faster. The rice will further accelerate this process. I have done it before with great results and at this point you can't do much more harm to it if it isn't even turning on.
Best of luck!
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Take your battery out if you do this.. just sayin...
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faehsemc said:
Take your battery out if you do this.. just sayin...
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VERY IMPORTANT! I probably should have put that in caps in my post. It was in there though.
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My friend spilled milk all over her phone, and it wouldn't turn on. I told her to put it in alcohol, and a month later it still works, if a little funny sometimes. But yes, it is important to remove the battery, and the sd card. And let it sit for a while afterwards.

cstone1991 said:
VERY IMPORTANT! I probably should have put that in caps in my post. It was in there though.
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Do you know what alcohol does to the LCD screen...
It left a permanent color band pattern on my 6800.
If you are going to put alcohol any where near it I would do it with a Q-Tip with the covers removed.
Find an old tire compressor, the 12V type and modify the intake of the compressor to connect a suction tube to it.
Swab the area around the components with a soggy Q-Tip (avoid running any on the LCD screen) and work it in with an old tooth brush (make sure the toothbrush is very clean, you don't want to smear any fluoride residue on the solder mask of the circuit board).
Then power up the pump and suck up the excess residue.
Wen prepping the unit, you may want to open all of those ribbon cable clamps.
That's the first place corrosion wants to grow.
Just be sure to handle those cables with care.
The copper traces within them is very thin.
If there is any corrosion on the contacts of the cables, lightly use a pencil eraser on them by holding it flat on a surface add rubbing in one direction away from the main part out to the end.
Good luck...

cac2us said:
Do you know what alcohol does to the LCD screen...
It left a permanent color band pattern on my 6800.
If you are going to put alcohol any where near it I would do it with a Q-Tip with the covers removed.
Find an old tire compressor, the 12V type and modify the intake of the compressor to connect a suction tube to it.
Swab the area around the components with a soggy Q-Tip (avoid running any on the LCD screen) and work it in with an old tooth brush (make sure the toothbrush is very clean, you don't want to smear any fluoride residue on the solder mask of the circuit board).
Then power up the pump and suck up the excess residue.
Wen prepping the unit, you may want to open all of those ribbon cable clamps.
That's the first place corrosion wants to grow.
Just be sure to handle those cables with care.
The copper traces within them is very thin.
If there is any corrosion on the contacts of the cables, lightly use a pencil eraser on them by holding it flat on a surface add rubbing in one direction away from the main part out to the end.
Good luck...
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Hmm... I never thought about that but I can definitely see how damage to the screen is possible. I have never seen it happen to phones that I or anyone I know have tried it on but I have never tried it on a touchscreen phone, which could definitely be different.
Thank you for posting a much safer method!
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[REQ] Tmobile Galaxy s2 tear down pics or video

Just wanted to see if there is any pics or video of the tmobile galaxy s2 tear down. Want to see what it looks like on the inside but don't want to do that to my device. Lol
Did a search but didn't have much luck! Can anyone help? Thanks!
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darkside79 said:
Just wanted to see if there is any pics or video of the tmobile galaxy s2 tear down. Want to see what it looks like on the inside but don't want to do that to my device. Lol
Did a search but didn't have much luck! Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Check over at ifixit.com they are beast in teardown repair and rebuild guides.
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Babyj303 said:
Check over at ifixit.com they are beast in teardown repair and rebuild guides.
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With Apple devices.. Not too much else
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Maybe you can purchase something damaged at a reduced price.
- I bet a few repair shops have a FUBAR item in a box somewhere waiting for toxic-cycle.

Do you have any specific questions I tore mine apart and replaced the body. Its similar to the euro sgs2 except there is no screw directly holding the mobo in to.the chassis. If u need any specific pics I'll help u out
PJS
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xspeed9190 said:
Do you have any specific questions I tore mine apart and replaced the body. Its similar to the euro sgs2 except there is no screw directly holding the mobo in to.the chassis. If u need any specific pics I'll help u out
PJS
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where is the vibrator motor?

AznDud333 said:
where is the vibrator motor?
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Where it is in all Galaxy S & SII phones. Next to the microphone in the cable that has the fixed bottom soft buttons, microphone, and wifi antenna connector. It is a complete assembly but you may be able to de-solder the vibrator from the assembly and replace it if you are careful and have one.

ChauncyG said:
Where it is in all Galaxy S & SII phones. Next to the microphone in the cable that has the fixed bottom soft buttons, microphone, and wifi antenna connector. It is a complete assembly but you may be able to de-solder the vibrator from the assembly and replace it if you are careful and have one.
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is it hard to disassemble/reassemble this phone at all? any chance of putting up a full vid of disassembling it?

For you guys taking apart your phones... does it have an internal SWAPABLE SD card?
I know my AWS Dell Streak we were able to take it apart and replace the internal SD (micro SD card) with a larger sized one.
What about these phones?
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Vinsane said:
For you guys taking apart your phones... does it have an internal SWAPABLE SD card?
I know my AWS Dell Streak we were able to take it apart and replace the internal SD (micro SD card) with a larger sized one.
What about these phones?
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Bump!
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didnt take mine apart too far(because of the lack of a service manual, i didnt want to take apart things that i cant put back)
but it doesnt seem like that's possible

AznDud333 said:
didnt take mine apart too far(because of the lack of a service manual, i didnt want to take apart things that i cant put back)
but it doesnt seem like that's possible
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Its possible....as soon as I get my hands on the white parts I'll open my phone up

tiguy99 said:
Its possible....as soon as I get my hands on the white parts I'll open my phone up
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Its possible to change the internal sd card?
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xsteven77x said:
Its possible to change the internal sd card?
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Sorry guys...I miss read the post and posted out of context. please disregard my post above. I'm not sure if the internal sd can be replaced yet either but am eager to find out as well

I drop my phone and the side is all dent and scratched up. Is there any update on how to disassemble this phone yet?
Also is there a link on an oem housing replacement for the T989? I can't seem to find a thread in the accessories sub-forum regarding a new housing replacement. Thanks in advance.

I need some help
My bezel cracked. I have never dropped it, so I don't know how it happened. Samsung charges 100 dollars, but the OEM case with bezel is 17 dollars. Is it possible to replace the Bezel and not the whole screen / digitizer / bezel ?

The Samsung deal sounds good, but if it is just scratched... maybe live with it until you actually break it?
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I'll see if I can figure out how to do this...
I left this one on the bumper of my truck and went to the store, thirty minutes later, I found it in a busy road, face down. It was run over by a car as I went to pick it up. Whether two tires or 200, I don't know, but the screen was a total loss, and the bezel was so dented I wouldn't even try to put a new screen in it. The phone rang as I was holding it, so it still works. I replaced the whole screen assembly in five minutes, but it cost $170! Price gouging, I'm sure. Anyway, this housing is basically the real structure of the phone, made of metal and the screens are glued into it.
I don't recall seeing anything that looked like a replaceable internal SD card.
I took the old screen off the bezel, just out of curiosity, and it looks extremely difficult to remove any working part from the bezel without destroying it. The AMOLED and digitizer are very fragile, have connections running all around the edges which could be nicked and cause an open circuit, even using plastic tools. I'd recommend replacing broken digitizers or screens, but not broken bezels. I'm also unsure how a metal bezel breaks without cracking the screen, but that is beside the point. I've replaced a broken digitizer on a HTC EVO 4G, for a friend and it took about two hours, required some specialized industrial two sided tape (no foam!) and I risked damaging the AMOLED in that while doing it. Cost was $12.
I'll now try to post some photos.
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LG Nitro back cover - do not tear off or scratch?

So, what is the sheet I'm not supposed to scratch or remove on the inside back cover of the p930?

queequegscoffin said:
So, what is the sheet I'm not supposed to scratch or remove on the inside back cover of the p930?
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It's the sheet that the words are printed on. As far as I know no one knows what it is for or what will happen if you don't heed the warning. The covers that come with the HC batteries don't have such high a protective sheet and they work just fine but the back isn't as close to the body of the phone so who knows. Anyone brave enough to find out? I'm not!
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I think it maybe acts as an antenna
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there was a thread here a while back about the same topic, OP said he was going to remove the sticker and reply back to the thread, revealing his discovery,,,,,,,,,he never replied back,

When I first bought my Nitro back in December the guy at the AT&T store told me it was for the antenna or was the antenna but I don't remember which one it was but it has something to do with the antenna.

scott0 said:
there was a thread here a while back about the same topic, OP said he was going to remove the sticker and reply back to the thread, revealing his discovery,,,,,,,,,he never replied back,
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He got abducted by LG, they're forcing him to make high quality washing machines.

Usually when you see something with "do not remove or scratch" it's usualy a watermark sticker, indicating if the device has been dunked in water when being repaired, but that's a silly place for a watermark sticker to be so I wouldn't know for sure.

sookster54 said:
Usually when you see something with "do not remove or scratch" it's usualy a watermark sticker, indicating if the device has been dunked in water when being repaired, but that's a silly place for a watermark sticker to be so I wouldn't know for sure.
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On my Xperia, the sticker was labeled "Heat Spreader".

scott0 said:
there was a thread here a while back about the same topic, OP said he was going to remove the sticker and reply back to the thread, revealing his discovery,,,,,,,,,he never replied back,
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I think from that same thread was a best guess that it covers the NFC antenna that some models of the P390 have. The Nitro, unfortunately, isn't one of the models that supports NFC.

Looking at the back cover closely it has arms that extend over the sim card and sd memory card so maybe an rf shield?
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Swetnes said:
Looking at the back cover closely it has arms that extend over the sim card and sd memory card so maybe an rf shield?
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An antenna??
Maybe a magical antenna lol.
More than likely its an rf shield of some sorts as swetnes suggested.
Its protecting your sim, micro sd, and battery.
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[Q] Water Damage

Hi,
I dropped my S3 in a pool. I left it off for a couple days with the battery removed. After a couple days I decided to open up my phone. I noticed some corrosion in the back of the motherboard and cleaned it off with alcohol. My phone turns on but the screen doesn't. I looked at the motherboard and doesn't look like it fried. Is there a way for me to troubleshoot to figure it out why the screen is not turning on?

How long did it last in the pool? . Those days that it was off did you tried the old rice in a bag trick? Your probably doing more harm than good trying to keep turning it on might be paper weight now.. Or maybe it needs screen replacement. Btw did you turned it on before deciding on opening it to see if it was working?
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Thank you all. I found that the LCD connector was corroded (had to use a magnifying glass). cleaned it heavily with alcohol and the screen was working again!
next problem is that the microphone is not working. How can i troubleshoot or repair this? i cleaned the microphone hole, still didn't resolve the problem. Is the mic something i can replace?

I believe they sell replacement mics on eBay for a few bucks. Not sure how hard the install would be, definitely worth a shot though!
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Do you know the exact part name? I tried doing an ebay search and couldn't find it

The ebay item number is:
400465424494 Put that in the search and it should pop right up.
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Mine went in the pool for less than 10 seconds, and was in a casemate case, and its fine except the speaker, (i may have damaged it blowing into it to dry out the phone; but this is the 2nd dip this phone has had, and both time came out pretty much ok... new speaker assy cost me under $7 on ebay and these phones are SIMPLE to get apart.. going to try to clean connector on existing speaker now that you said it fixed your screen issues...
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Mine got wet and works still too!
***EDIT*****--- alcohol worked, speaker is good now!

tbirdguy said:
Mine went in the pool for less than 10 seconds, and was in a casemate case, and its fine except the speaker, (i may have damaged it blowing into it to dry out the phone; but this is the 2nd dip this phone has had, and both time came out pretty much ok... new speaker assy cost me under $7 on ebay and these phones are SIMPLE to get apart.. going to try to clean connector on existing speaker now that you said it fixed your screen issues...
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Mine got wet and works still too!
***EDIT*****--- alcohol worked, speaker is good now!
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Alcohol does wonders! Glad you got it working.
I just ordered the replacement mic. Let's see how it works.

Hope that fixes the problem for you.
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Attached is a photo of my replacement mic and my phone. Any idea how I'm supposed to install this thing?

samsunguser123 said:
Attached is a photo of my replacement mic and my phone. Any idea how I'm supposed to install this thing?
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Try using the Ifixit app. It may help on properly installing the mic or at least give you a general idea of how to do so. It will also give the names to many of the parts on the motherboard.

LuigiBull23 said:
Try using the Ifixit app. It may help on properly installing the mic or at least give you a general idea of how to do so. It will also give the names to many of the parts on the motherboard.
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Thanks, the app is pretty useful but doesn't have any information about replacing the mic.

Unfortunately stuff like that is often the put it in the way you take it out kinda fix. I'd be surprised if you found any guide on this one.
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Do the rice in the bag trick?
Current rom/kernel: Liquid Smooth 2.5/ktoonsez

thanks for the info in this thread! my S3 went with my shorts in the washing machine 2 weeks ago. same issue, everything is working except the mic... i bought the replacement off ebay today, ill report back with ease of replacement!
thanks again XDA, ya'll rox sox!

[Q] T mobile board in a Verizon frame, Antenna issues?

I put a t mobile board in a Verizon frame, due to cracked digitizer.
I had to cut out part of the frame with my dremel. I got it all to fit in. I used the t mobile back, With the antenna's.
The phone boots and runs good, screen, sound, wi fi.
Everything works, except I get no signal for cell service.
Help, why don't it get cell service?

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I put a t mobile board in a Verizon frame, due to cracked digitizer.
I had to cut out part of the frame with my dremel. I got it all to fit in. I used the t mobile back, With the antenna's.
The phone boots and runs good, screen, sound, wi fi.
Everything works, except I get no signal for cell service.
Help, why don't it get cell service?
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Well for starters, you know that verizon and tmobile runs different networks right? (former is CDMA, the latter is GSM) So right off the bat there may be hardware differences.

There are a number of "pins" or bracket looking type things on your mobo. You may need to bend some upwards a little to ensure proper contact.
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DocHoliday77 said:
There are a number of "pins" or bracket looking type things on your mobo. You may need to bend some upwards a little to ensure proper contact.
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I did that once, but that is all I can think of to cause that. I tore the T mobile lcd out completely to see if there was anything in the frame. There was not.
thank you for your reply.

Actually, on the mid and back housings there are places that connect. Some look like metal tabs, others look like a grey mesh.
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