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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ?
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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 ?
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the review says its not original. i'd steer clear personally.
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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.
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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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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
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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.
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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...
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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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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
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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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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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I have or I had a problem,I was at holiday in Egypt and I wanted to take pictures underwater in sea and in pool,so I bought underwater bag for phones.
And then the problem came out,the bag was leaking (very little leak),water from pool entered in phone,maybe a drop of salt water entered too.
Then a problem came out,my phone was shutting down by itself,when I turn it on, it runs all normal but after few minutes i shuts down,it didn't want to charge battery.
When I go to camera app it says that it cannot use flash because of cold weather, and whenever i turn it on again.The date on phone is 6 jan 1980.
But when I came home,there were less problems.And when my battery ran of I turned off phone, and I charged it while its off,now I turned it on and everything works normal as it was.
What is the problem?
And should I give the phone to service to see whats going on?
Sorry for my bad English.
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I have or I had a problem,I was at holiday in Egypt and I wanted to take pictures underwater in sea and in pool,so I bought underwater bag for phones.
And then the problem came out,the bag was leaking (very little leak),water from pool entered in phone,maybe a drop of salt water entered too.
Then a problem came out,my phone was shutting down by itself,when I turn it on, it runs all normal but after few minutes i shuts down,it didn't want to charge battery.
When I go to camera app it says that it cannot use flash because of cold weather, and whenever i turn it on again.The date on phone is 6 jan 1980.
But when I came home,there were less problems.And when my battery ran of I turned off phone, and I charged it while its off,now I turned it on and everything works normal as it was.
What is the problem?
And should I give the phone to service to see whats going on?
Sorry for my bad English.
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So your phone got soaked in water, and you decided to turn it on and use it?
Try another battery.. If not take it mostly apart and leave it in a bowl of rice for a few days.
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So your phone got soaked in water, and you decided to turn it on and use it?
Try another battery.. If not take it mostly apart and leave it in a bowl of rice for a few days.
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Phone is now working properly,maybe the water evaporate?
wizard25 said:
Phone is now working properly,maybe the water evaporate?
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And if it did remember salt doesn't evaporate so now you may have salt on your motherboard... soon to be rust... you should seriously consider getting thoroughly cleaned
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And if it did remember salt doesn't evaporate so now you may have salt on your motherboard... soon to be rust... you should seriously consider getting thoroughly cleaned
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Salt doesn't rust, it corrodes.
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So your phone got soaked in water, and you decided to turn it on and use it?
Try another battery.. If not take it mostly apart and leave it in a bowl of rice for a few days.
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Y use rice? Y not just leave it in air con room?
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Steven How said:
Y use rice? Y not just leave it in air con room?
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Rice absorbs more so than just air (or AC'd room for that matter), it's a pretty common remedy. Though personally I probably would have used all those spare silica packets I receive in various bags and electronics packagings.
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Rice absorbs more so than just air (or AC'd room for that matter), it's a pretty common remedy. Though personally I probably would have used all those spare silica packets I receive in various bags and electronics packagings.
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Lol i use silica in my extra battery pouch (slower oxidation)
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I know that salt doesn't evaporate.
I said maybe salt water entered in phone.The phone was mostly in pool.
But if salt is in my phone,my phone shouldn't be working now? Yes/No
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I know that salt doesn't evaporate.
I said maybe salt water entered in phone.The phone was mostly in pool.
But if salt is in my phone,my phone shouldn't be working now? Yes/No
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Well it varies. If salt is in the phone the damaging effect can occur over time, it may not be immediate as salt by itself isn't always immediately noticeable (i.e.: where as water's conductive properties can cause more immediate damage).
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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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Hi there,
I've been using WFS for over three months and one night I placed it in front of air cooler and slept..
From the next day onwards my touch gone wild.. Only 1/4 of the vertical part in the left of screen reacts to touch and the remaining part is dead.
when the device gets heated due to usage or by placing in sun magically touch worked normally as nothing happened..
I brought this to the notice of technician in service center. He checked the device and stated everything with digitizer is fine..
Could anybody explain me whats happening and provide me a solution...
thanks
Maybe a bit moisture accumulated on your digitizer......try using a hair dryer at medium or low heat
Keep the phone in a rice container for 24 hours. remove battery, memory card and sim.
Lock the container.
Sure about this???
sukhjit321 said:
Keep the phone in a rice container for 24 hours. remove battery, memory card and sim.
Lock the container.
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Have you done this already. Coz I never heard anything like this. If this really work, I would be deeply thankful to you.
phaneendraaa said:
Have you done this already. Coz I never heard anything like this. If this really work, I would be deeply thankful to you.
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Yeah it does work. Google it out.
Rice container can soak the moisture inside the phone (if any). I once lost my phone to water (Not this one, my old nokia phone) and on some googling I found out this.
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Keep the phone in a rice container for 24 hours. remove battery, memory card and sim.
Lock the container.
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Such a great solution. It saved my iPod once)
sukhjit321 said:
Yeah it does work. Google it out.
Rice container can soak the moisture inside the phone (if any). I once lost my phone to water (Not this one, my old nokia phone) and on some googling I found out this.
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I did like what you said but nothing happened. Its acting like it is having some kind of switch. As soon as the temperature fell below some level 3/4 of the left vertical part of the touch screen stops working... I don't understand the reason. Technician said there's nothing wrong with my digitizer. Any more help...
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I did like what you said but nothing happened. Its acting like it is having some kind of switch. As soon as the temperature fell below some level 3/4 of the left vertical part of the touch screen stops working... I don't understand the reason. Technician said there's nothing wrong with my digitizer. Any more help...
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Why not just give it in to the service center? Show them your problem. Anyways its in warranty. And I'm hoping you haven't rooted or anything.
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phaneendraaa said:
I did like what you said but nothing happened. Its acting like it is having some kind of switch. As soon as the temperature fell below some level 3/4 of the left vertical part of the touch screen stops working... I don't understand the reason. Technician said there's nothing wrong with my digitizer. Any more help...
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That'd work if there was some moisture in the phone. It'd drain out moisture but your problem may be caused coz of something else. Better give it to service center.
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Why not just give it in to the service center? Show them your problem. Anyways its in warranty. And I'm hoping you haven't rooted or anything.
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Thing is I'm out of warranty...
okay so i was playing football and suddenly it started to rain heavily (very) but i managed to get into shade (small) which was also dripping with water so the phone was not 100% safe there either. anyways i wrapped the phone with my hands and put the phone in plastic bag. when i got home and removed the back cover of the phone it was filled with water(somewhat) . anwyays, i put the phone in a bag of rice after that for past 24 hours. should i turn it on now?
should i try to dissamble the phone to dry it. ?
my touchscreen is a bit off the case. .. its not fixed. there are some opening on sides. so as long as mother board is dry? can i still turn on the phone (just to see if the phones working)
you better take it to a service ,that's my advice
From my experience you should not charge it, turn it on try to dry it with hairdryer or something of that kind, put it in uncooked rice for a few hours and pray...
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alright so ill now keep it in rice for 2 days. should i try to turn on then? or is there still some risk?
2 days? Wow mate that's alot of time haha, I think you can
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it seems that my brother tried to turn on the phone before i put it in rice. i went to repair the phone the phone only to hear that the motherboard is shot-ed . he said he "could" make it work. so is there any possible way he could repair it . can we repair the short circuited motherboard?
I doubt motherboard can be repaired most of the time they simply change it, Even if they repair it it would cost you too much, better sell it off(if possible) n buy another one
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alrighty, i gave it to a local phone repairer and he apparently repaired the mobo. he said he changed power ic mic and network related thing and now the phone is working just fine. it costed me like 1800 rs (30 $) . i still havent paid him (hes a known person and i said ill pay him tomorrow) .
but theres something bugging me, what if the phone's motherboard wasnt damaged at all in the first place? i mean, after the rain incidient i didnt try to switch on the phone (98% sure... maybe my bro tried,...dunno. but anyways, the phones battery was dead). i immediately kept in rice for like 1 and half days. and even when giving him the phone i didnt try to turn on the phone (foolish of me) . so the question is, can he really replace (repair) those parts i mentioned? can the motherboard be really repaired after being shotted by water? or am i just being fooled ?
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alrighty, i gave it to a local phone repairer and he apparently repaired the mobo. he said he changed power ic mic and network related thing and now the phone is working just fine. it costed me like 1800 rs (30 $) . i still havent paid him (hes a known person and i said ill pay him tomorrow) .
but theres something bugging me, what if the phone's motherboard wasnt damaged at all in the first place? i mean, after the rain incidient i didnt try to switch on the phone (98% sure... maybe my bro tried,...dunno. but anyways, the phones battery was dead). i immediately kept in rice for like 1 and half days. and even when giving him the phone i didnt try to turn on the phone (foolish of me) . so the question is, can he really replace (repair) those parts i mentioned? can the motherboard be really repaired after being shotted by water? or am i just being fooled ?
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Well my opinion : repairing a mobo.....he could have asked hell of a lot more then 30,- ! Its not that much to fall over about. If he replaced it or not.
I fell over in a muddy puddle whilst camping, and my wife checked my shorts pockets before washing them under a field tap. Sadly she checked the same pocket twice, so didn't find my brand new One X
After letting the water drip out (!) I took the mini sim out, then left in it the warm, in rice, and with a couple of gel moisture absorber packets. I'd heard not to use a hairdryer as this might force water deeper in. After 4 days it turned on when I tried, but very black screen. This cleared almost completely over a few weeks, months to almost go, and now a year later down to a small brown streak
So I think that if you are sure it's completely dried out, it is ok to turn on, not if it might still be wet