Hello I was recording underwater at sea with my motorola defy..i recorded 4 days and nothing happened but in the 5th day when i was recording under water (about 30-40 cm deep) the screen started to flash ..the phone drank some water i think..well after 2 days it worked again..only the low volume button was kinda bugged...but after a week my phone crashed..i mean It doesn't want to boot anymore when i connect it to the charger the white led flashes continiously ... I tried to hold volume up and power button but nothing happens..any ideea what can I do ?
As soon as the phone messed up you should've took battery out and dried it, you may have fried it, I drowned my desire z in the toilet and it worked but then fried. Try putting it somewhere warm (like an airing cupboard) in a bowl of rice for a few days, or disassemble the device and dry all parts and clean with alcohol wipes. Either way once its dry if it doesn't work you fried it I'm afraid :/
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As soon as the phone messed up you should've took battery out and dried it, you may have fried it, I drowned my desire z in the toilet and it worked but then fried. Try putting it somewhere warm (like an airing cupboard) in a bowl of rice for a few days, or disassemble the device and dry all parts and clean with alcohol wipes. Either way once its dry if it doesn't work you fried it I'm afraid :/
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but the white led blips when the phone is connected to the charger
UB91 said:
but the white led blips when the phone is connected to the charger
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Yes but elsewhere could be clogged with water, or worse short circuited due to it. When my desire z failed the power button or the charger just turned my led flash on, do not presume that light means you don't need to dry it.
the salt can be heavy... you could try washing it with ordinary water, dissasemble it and try to put parts for few days into bowl of rice. good luck
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I was installing a full body shield on my phone today ( the kind where you have to wet the phone) and I think maybe I got some water into the phone, probably the charging port.
I left the battery out of the device for about an hour and put it back in and every thing was good. But then I connected it to the comp via usb and the comp recognized it, then didnt recognize it, endless cycle. I thought woah. Took out the battery, blow dried the charging port, left the battery out for a while. I connected again back to the computer and it seems fine.
Now I try to charge it.. weird stuff happening. I connect and let it charge for a while its fine.. then I disconnect and it still thinks its charging. After playing with the phone for a bit in battery settings it realizes its not charging fine. After a while I connect it to the charger, shows not charging, after a while shows charging via USB. Now again its not reconizing the charger.
I'm scared as **** and just took out the battery.. what do I do?
godisanatheist said:
I was installing a full body shield on my phone today ( the kind where you have to wet the phone) and I think maybe I got some water into the phone, probably the charging port.
I left the battery out of the device for about an hour and put it back in and every thing was good. But then I connected it to the comp via usb and the comp recognized it, then didnt recognize it, endless cycle. I thought woah. Took out the battery, blow dried the charging port, left the battery out for a while. I connected again back to the computer and it seems fine.
Now I try to charge it.. weird stuff happening. I connect and let it charge for a while its fine.. then I disconnect and it still thinks its charging. After playing with the phone for a bit in battery settings it realizes its not charging fine. After a while I connect it to the charger, shows not charging, after a while shows charging via USB. Now again its not reconizing the charger.
I'm scared as **** and just took out the battery.. what do I do?
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Have you tried the rice trick?
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some people say put battery in rice for 48 hrs to take away all water. Plus there is like a small litmus paper on battery, it usually is pink w stripes and changes color when it comes in contact w water. If the color hasnt changed you can still get the phone exchanged, but try the rice trick.
this phone doesnt have the liquid stickers.
here's the thing, it was such small amounts of water being used I don;t think rice would work. Like rice just waits for the water to come out and dries it so the phone is fine before you use it.
I'm pretty sure the water is already out, I'm stuck with a problem.
Can I Flash to stock, lock the bootloader and send for warranty.. or will they know there was water involved?
The (insert charger) popup keeps coming up as well. Repeatedly
Odds are, you ruined it the minute you put the battery back in and turned it on. You can try taking the battery out and putting it in rice, but odds are that the damage has already been done.
I'm pretty sure that all of the instructions for the wet application protectors tell you to leave the battery out for at least 12 hrs, preferably a full day, before putting it back in and turning it on, and that is pretty much the reason why. If water gets anywhere it's not supposed to be, it can cause damage to the components. Live and learn I guess.
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this phone doesnt have the liquid stickers.
here's the thing, it was such small amounts of water being used I don;t think rice would work. Like rice just waits for the water to come out and dries it so the phone is fine before you use it.
I'm pretty sure the water is already out, I'm stuck with a problem.
Can I Flash to stock, lock the bootloader and send for warranty.. or will they know there was water involved?
The (insert charger) popup keeps coming up as well. Repeatedly
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This phone has 4 liquid stickers. I just found all of them. They all work.
One ON the battery, one above the battery by the gold power contacts and two under the plastic cover.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513201
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This phone has 4 liquid stickers. I just found all of them. They all work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513201
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Nice I hope it works out for you.. did you take a pic of where the liquid stickers are?
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Nice I hope it works out for you.. did you take a pic of where the liquid stickers are?
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I just updated my post above because I realized it could be helpful ^
Good luck to you as well!
...and now it's being laggy. I'm guessing this is due to the device always seeing anf not seeing a usb input.
I;m going to replace the charging jack tmrw from a technician I know.. hopefully that would fix the problem.
I gave it to one of my tech's. He's gonna open it up and try to clean any water damage and see if the stickers are good.
I have 3 ways to proceed:
Send it to my carrier, they'll give me a new/refurb phone. Cons: 35$ fee, may get a refurb phone, need to unroot phone, if water damage found, im stuck with a bill for a new phone.
Send it to Samsung, they'll repair it. Cons: I'll have no phone for a while it takes them a week or two to repair it. Need to unroot. If water damage found, they'll send it back unrepaired.
Get my tech to repair it by changing the chargin jack flex cable. Cons: Gotta pay him a fee probably $50-60. If something else goes wrong with the water damage later on, I'm screwed.
Not sure what to do right now.
Phone was dropped into salt water, picked up while floating, wasn't really sunk all the way.
phone was turned off, dried and turned it on again.
Phone booted into the safe mode,
Touch functions work fine,camera.music. sounds,etc... but the problem is with a power button that is not reacting and keeps the phone in a safe mode,
Volume down button is not reacting while volume up button works.
I managed to boot the phone into recovery with CMD and restored it but no progress
Please advise
just rebooted the phone, and it is out of safe mode
volume is fixed, but still issue with power button
there is app to power off the phone,but i am afraid i wont be able to turn it on again
Salt water is dangerous due the salt.
A fried of mine as soon the phone dropped in the sea, washed it with water and after let it dry for 2 days inside a cup of rice.
The phone survived...
still hoping that power button will be fixed itself once the phone is completely dried
or I should wash it and let it dry,,..
Honestly to be safe I'd always suggest keeping the phone off until it sits in rice for 6-12 hours, the longer you keep it off the better. Any water especially salt water can be corrosive to the circuits.
As for washing I'm not completely sure I've only dealt with unsalted water or pool water.
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Hi,
My z1f suddenly died 5 to 10 mins or so after I washed it (100% sure that the flaps are sealed tight). The phone is charging but then it vibrates 3 times non stop every 4-5 seconds while charging and when I removed the charging cable the phone cannot be turned on. I tried pressing simultaneuosly power and up volue button when charging but still nothing happens but the annoying non stop 3 vibrations. Please help!
My phone is not yet rooted nor flashed. My phone is z1f (docomo japan version)
I see a moist in the back camera. I don't know how water went inside. Because the usb,memory and sim card slots are all dry. :crying:
batmanr10 said:
I see a moist in the back camera. I don't know how water went inside. Because the usb,memory and sim card slots are all dry. :crying:
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Open the flaps and leave it somewhere warm, not hot.
It may take a day or so for the water to evaporate. Try letting the battery run out completely before re charging it.
Call Sony support as it should still be covered by warranty and being waterproof is a part of the phones function, so you should try sending it back.
For getting the best dry result, open the flaps, remove sim and SD, and put the phone into a bowl with dry rice.
With best regards, maris
My 4yo son helpfully dropped my phone down the toilet after he decided to borrow it to watch youtube. it blanked out and was totally dead. i left it in rice for 5 days (pre ordered the Mate 20 Pro)
Amazingly when i plug it into a charger it will now power on!!! but it wont charge and soon as i disconnect the power cable it dies, also the captive buttons at the bottom and microphone don't work... so i ordered new captive buttons, new charging port and the circuit board that contains the microphone etc that was at the bottom of the phone and will try to take the screen off without breaking it and fit them tonight... does anyone know will this fix the charging issue? do i need to replace the battery? or anything else? or am i wasting my money trying to fix my beloved OP3?
all advice gratefully received.
Kind Regards
Mark
ooMoo said:
My 4yo son helpfully dropped my phone down the toilet after he decided to borrow it to watch youtube. it blanked out and was totally dead. i left it in rice for 5 days (pre ordered the Mate 20 Pro)
Amazingly when i plug it into a charger it will now power on!!! but it wont charge and soon as i disconnect the power cable it dies, also the captive buttons at the bottom and microphone don't work... so i ordered new captive buttons, new charging port and the circuit board that contains the microphone etc that was at the bottom of the phone and will try to take the screen off without breaking it and fit them tonight... does anyone know will this fix the charging issue? do i need to replace the battery? or anything else? or am i wasting my money trying to fix my beloved OP3?
all advice gratefully received.
Kind Regards
Mark
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So I have now replaced the charging port and soft keys and it still won't charge, I'm guessing that means something in the main board is dead. So sadly I guess I now have to give up.
ooMoo said:
So I have now replaced the charging port and soft keys and it still won't charge, I'm guessing that means something in the main board is dead. So sadly I guess I now have to give up.
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When you encounter water damage, shut off the phone dry it as much as you can, use a hair dryer and cloth.
And then dump the phone into uncooked rice for a couple of days. That will suck all the moisture out.
Trying to start the device or trying to charge it will send current down the board and the elements, if any of them are covered by water, they're bound to short-circuit and die.
Remember this with any electronic device henceforth.
Sorry about your loss.
I just drop my whole phone into water.
This is the first time so I a bit shocked and dont know what to do.
By the time I take my phone up, its about 10 seconds drowning in water.
The first thing I do is power it off.
Then I wipe the water away with a cloth.
Water is already inside and maybe short circuit happened? Causing the phone to boot itself and stuck in bootloop.
I cannot turn it off by pressing power button, so I connect my phone to computer and press power button and volume down button going to fastboot mode.
But the fastboot mode just lasts a while and then it goes back to bootloop.
So, I have no choice but to open up the phone for first time.
I found that a lot of water comes in through the charge port and there are many water on the board near charge port.
After drying it for few seconds, my phone exit bootloop and boot successfully.
Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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I just drop my whole phone into water.
This is the first time so I a bit shocked and dont know what to do.
By the time I take my phone up, its about 10 seconds drowning in water.
The first thing I do is power it off.
Then I wipe the water away with a cloth.
Water is already inside and maybe short circuit happened? Causing the phone to boot itself and stuck in bootloop.
I cannot turn it off by pressing power button, so I connect my phone to computer and press power button and volume down button going to fastboot mode.
But the fastboot mode just lasts a while and then it goes back to bootloop.
So, I have no choice but to open up the phone for first time.
I found that a lot of water comes in through the charge port and there are many water on the board near charge port.
After drying it for few seconds, my phone exit bootloop and boot successfully.
Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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Corrosion shorting out contacts, sending commands to the cpu.
Clean the board with isopropyl alcohol, the best concentration you can find, no less than 70%. The best method would be ultrasonic, but if you don't have such device, every switch and button should be submerged in alcohol and pressed/depressed a few time and then let it dry. The board should be cleaned with a q-tip. If you don't do that now, right after the water damage already started, corrosion will kill SMD chips in the future. At least now, you can save it long-term.
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Corrosion shorting out contacts, sending commands to the cpu.
Clean the board with isopropyl alcohol, the best concentration you can find, no less than 70%. The best method would be ultrasonic, but if you don't have such device, every switch and button should be submerged in alcohol and pressed/depressed a few time and then let it dry. The board should be cleaned with a q-tip. If you don't do that now, right after the water damage already started, corrosion will kill SMD chips in the future. At least now, you can save it long-term.
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I see, if you didn't tell me I'll just move on and though my phone is invincible.
Thank you for your advice, I'll do it soon.
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Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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When you plug into USB the phone turns on. If the water shorts out some pins on the USB connector, it probably seems to the phone like it should turn on.
I have no idea why it bootlooped.