Light Water Damage to Speaker? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

So some small water made it's way through the front of the screen and possibly slid down the bottom somehow. While I haven't give it the raw rice treatment, I have dried it out with a hot air from a PC dust blower I had around. Everything seems to be working fine except for this. I can plug in my headphones to hear music. I can still hear the notifications and phone ringing, but music will not play at all. Anyone have any ideas? Does the phone have to speakers I don't know of?
Edit seems like the head piece isn't working either. Cuts in and out.

I would go ahead and put it in rice for a few days.
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Ngo93 said:
I would go ahead and put it in rice for a few days.
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Few days? I'm not talking about soaking wet here, I'm talking about maybe 3-10 teaspoons of water. But if you think so, then so be it.

neosic said:
Few days? I'm not talking about soaking wet here, I'm talking about maybe 3-10 teaspoons of water. But if you think so, then so be it.
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That's a lot of water, IMO.
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Ok, so the problem fixed itself after a night in a rice bag(8ish hours).

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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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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!
rice
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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Help please

Well I've had my phone 2 weeks and dropped it down the toilet what shall I do
Don't try turning it on and stick it in a bag of rice to try and absorb some of the moisture
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I'm not sure, but don't flush. What else is in there?
2 weeks & you've done this?
*finishes giggling*
Sorry, but No other way than to cover the headphone and charging connector with some wool and place your phone inside a big bag of rice at room temperature. (24hours at least)
..... And hope for the best,
Hopefully you hadn't just had a pee or crap just before either.
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I guess thats what happens when you watch Redtube videos in the bathroom? :laugh::laugh:
craftycarper1 said:
I guess thats what happens when you watch Redtube videos in the bathroom? :laugh::laugh:
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i lolled :laugh:
however, try to take off back cover, it can be done with fingers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZ-nelmWAI
and put it into rice, it will dry better
DON'T USE PHONE

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.

Fell in a lake..along with my note 2

So as silly as it seems earlier yesterday I fell into a little lake with my note 2 in hand. It went under for about 2 seconds but I managed to get it out quickly. Afterwards I noticed my speakers sounded very very muffled! That same night it dried and sounded normal. Do I have anything to worry about as a long term affect?
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probably dried minerals corroding your motherboard. I never tried it but i heard removing the motherboard and cleaning it with 70% isopropyl alcohol will clean off any residue
Bro you dunked it and then didn't take the battery out immediately?
Yeah my advice, cross your fingers.
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Bro you dunked it and then didn't take the battery out immediately?
Yeah my advice, cross your fingers.
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Well i did then put it back in a few minutes later. It's working fine now after 2 days. Im just hoping it wont randomly stop working as my daily driver
truthkillszz said:
probably dried minerals corroding your motherboard. I never tried it but i heard removing the motherboard and cleaning it with 70% isopropyl alcohol will clean off any residue
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It wasnt deep enough to were i got any minerals..that were visible. It was more of falling in the shallow side and water shooting into my speakers lol
Isaiahgreg2 said:
It wasnt deep enough to were i got any minerals..that were visible. It was more of falling in the shallow side and water shooting into my speakers lol
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You wont be able to see them. They are dissolved in the water and deposit after the it evaporates. If the water got in, the stuff in the water is still there.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Coug76 said:
You wont be able to see them. They are dissolved in the water and deposit after the it evaporates. If the water got in, the stuff in the water is still there.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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Damn....It looks like im just gonna have to wait and see -__-
Isaiahgreg2 said:
So as silly as it seems earlier yesterday I fell into a little lake with my note 2 in hand. It went under for about 2 seconds but I managed to get it out quickly. Afterwards I noticed my speakers sounded very very muffled! That same night it dried and sounded normal. Do I have anything to worry about as a long term affect?
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Blahahah, dude if it f's up then youll know
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micxploed said:
Blahahah, dude if it f's up then youll know
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Lol man i guess you could say im at ease now
You should put it in a bag of rice immediately
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hondafreak513 said:
You should put it in a bag of rice immediately
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He wants to fix it not pop it in the microwave and eat it...geezus.
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hondafreak513 said:
You should put it in a bag of rice immediately
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Truth. Its not too late. That tiny little drop of water in there just might break free tomorrow and fry your circuitry...
hondafreak513 said:
You should put it in a bag of rice immediately
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Hmm, that sound interesting, I love rice . Lol
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Just soak in some alcohol for a little bit... Problem solved.
Saw this in FB about the rice LOL...
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Galaxysm said:
Saw this in FB about the rice LOL...
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"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
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That is so wrong. Freaking funny. But so wrong.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
To get the water out, u should open up the phone as much as u can, and put it in the dish warmer of ur oven. Obviously a high enough temp to evaporate the water but low enough not to damage ur phone. Temp wise id say 70°F. Leave it in there for around an hour or two.
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Galaxysm said:
Saw this in FB about the rice LOL...
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"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
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Strong lol
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Saw this in FB about the rice LOL...
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"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
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Blahaha!
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The above poster who suggested the rice has the right idea. Leave it in a ziplock bag with rice for a day or two. The rice will absorb the excess moisture. The speakers, if you're hearing crackling, you might have damaged the voice coil. If that happens, you're SOL. (And if you do the rice trick, of course, remove the battery first.) If it's not the voice coil of the speaker, then moisture could've damaged the diaphragm. (This is most likely the case, becuase is most instances when the voice coil is damaged you won't get any sound at all.)
Either way, try the rice, just because the device feels dry doesn't mean that it is fully. If that doesn't work, then you're probably out of luck. On a lighter note, it's actually kind of interesting that nothing else got damaged except the speaker. That shows pretty decent build quality imho.
I would not put it in the oven. You have more of a chance of warping some of the wafer-thing components in here than you do fixing anything by doing it with that method.

water spray on my nexus 5 screan

My friend was not carefully , so some water was spray on my screan
And do i need to take care something?
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Put it in the microwave for 10 seconds. That should take care of it.
really though, is it acting up at all? Any touch screen issues? If there's an area that's still wet, take a towel to it, don't wipe just soak it up.
bob64722003 said:
My friend was not carefully , so some water was spray on my screan
And do i need to take care something?
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Of course not! Some people using screen protectors that they need wet installation....
Tapatalked with my Nexus5
bob64722003 said:
My friend was not carefully , so some water was spray on my screan
And do i need to take care something?
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I was going to post a snarky response, but I wont. As long as no water got in the speaker ,or slid down the sides of the screen itno the phone or head phone jack/buttons, you are fine.
Water on the screen is not a big deal, as the previous posters have said. Obviously if you're really paranoid make sure the device is powered off and throw it in a bag of rice for a few hours (although this is more like an "I dropped my phone in the toilet" problem). But water on just the screen is nothing to worry about.
+1 microwave idea
Thats like saying it rained last night and my glass windows got wet are they ok?
like previously stated if the water just hit the glass its fine.

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