Short story...this weekend I had my Gnex about 2 feet from a hot tub and was periodically changing songs on it, getting drops of water on the screen and sometimes wiping it off with a towel. Fast forward to an hour after leaving the hot tub (with a fully functioning phone) and my battery dies during a phone call. I plug in the phone (powered off) and a few hours later turn it on to see the screen black/white fuzzy like a tv without reception. I restart but see the same. I pull the battery and shove it in rice for a day... the phone vibrates upon powering up but now nothing at all shows on the screen. I dismantled the phone today and saw the water sensor attached near the charging port is pink. Any thoughts on how I can salvage the phone? My computer recognizes the Gnex but the folder appears completely blank. This phone has been through much worse, I can't believe small droplets on the screen did this. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Hi!
A few days ago, I was on a three-day biking trip where my Galaxy Nexus was in a back pocket, trapped between a sweaty back and a very heavy backpack.
I had it turned off for most of the trip, and never charged it once on the trip.
When I got back, I tried to turn the phone back on, but nothing happened. I thought that it must be the battery sucked out, so I tried charging it, but no response (it didn't even show the charging symbol). Then I kept it plugged in for an hour or two, and it charged again! I thought everything was all right, but it wasn't.
My problem is that it doesn't charge when the phone is turned on, and only partially charges when it's off. When I plug in the charger and it's off, it shows the lightning icon, then the charging animation for a few seconds, but then it's starting again at the lightning icon, then a few seconds animation, repetitively for ever.
I think something's wrong with the phone's micro-USB power plug, as I've tried two batteries (one of them I didn't bring on the trip) and it does the same thing with both.
Is there any way I can try to fix it myself, or will I have to send it in for reparation (and will that work), or do I have to look for a new phone?
Thank you!
Have you tried charging with a different cable directly from USB on computer, or from a car charger (to eliminate your wall charger and cable)? I'd try that before assuming there is a problem with the phone itself.
Did you find any solution for the problem ?
Hi,
Were you able to find the solution for the problem ? I am kind of facing the same problem :crying::crying::crying: . The lightning screen shows up and then charging screen shows up for 2 cycles and then it goes back to lightning screen .
Regards,
Tas
Water damage comes to mind when you said sweaty back.
Beamed from my Grouper.
Mach3.2 said:
Water damage comes to mind when you said sweaty back.
Beamed from my Grouper.
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A bit late, but I always put my phone in a zip lock bag while biking. Thought if it after seeing condensation on the screen after a few hours on the bike. You can still interact with the touch screen without removing. Best of luck getting things up and running.
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Ok, So here's the story. My Fiancee and I had our phones get water damage. Both were soaked on a wet table that had drinks being served on it. My phone was mostly protected as it had a good otterbox on it. hers only had a small silicone case. Mine is ok after a night drying out though on closer inspection of the inside, I'm glad I let it dry for the night. Hers on the other hand wouldn't boot up. I let it dry for another 24-48 hours. Took it apart and there was some major water damage to the board. Ok, no prob. Alcohol swabs to the inside and cleaned all up. Boots up but no screen. Take it apart and clean again. Swap my phone's board with her's and the screen will turn on with my board in there. Ok so its not the screen. Cleaned her board again, and removed the sim and microsd plate, cleaned behind there. But I noticed there were a few, I'm not sure what they are (mabye resistors) they were burn out/crumbled on cleaning. F' me, Right? Anyways, re assemble. Power on, YAY the screen works. Boots up to main screen AWESOME! play with it a min, POWER OFF. WTF!?! Ok no prob just a dead battery. Swap with my phones battery. Powers up... On main Screen BAM, POWER OFF, EFFF. Ok plug it in. Boots up, powers off till I'm Sure battery is dead. Plug it in to a 1A. nothing 2.1A Powers on but dosen't stay on. once off it will not go to Battery Screen. Just power up and then off. I don't mind wiping if it is a Software issue but I would like is the photos off before I wipe. Any thoughts if I can get into it. One thing I did notice is that the computer didn't detect when it was plugged in. So I coulden't get photos off. She/I want the photos off BEFORE we wipe. Any thoughts?
TL;DR Powers on for a min but will not stay on. will not charge. Can boot into recovery mode. Rooted and unlocked, OS 4.0.4 w/ telus.
Adam
I accidentally spilled about a teaspoon or two of water onto the screen of the GS3. I guess water seeped between the screen causing the phone to power off. I took the battery out and let it dry for two days, but it's still not powering on. What happens when I insert the battery and hit the power button is that I get a vibration, the splash screen of the rom comes up and then the phone powers off.
Plugging the phone into a wall outlet or computer without the battery I get a vibration, the red LED light comes on for a second and then powers off. The computer won't recognize the phone. Is this phone toast?
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I accidentally spilled about a teaspoon or two of water onto the screen of the GS3. I guess water seeped between the screen causing the phone to power off. I took the battery out and let it dry for two days, but it's still not powering on. What happens when I insert the battery and hit the power button is that I get a vibration, the splash screen of the rom comes up and then the phone powers off.
Plugging the phone into a wall outlet or computer without the battery I get a vibration, the red LED light comes on for a second and then powers off. The computer won't recognize the phone. Is this phone toast?
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Should have disassembled it and put the parts in a bowl/bag of rice.
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I accidentally spilled about a teaspoon or two of water onto the screen of the GS3. I guess water seeped between the screen causing the phone to power off. I took the battery out and let it dry for two days, but it's still not powering on. What happens when I insert the battery and hit the power button is that I get a vibration, the splash screen of the rom comes up and then the phone powers off.
Plugging the phone into a wall outlet or computer without the battery I get a vibration, the red LED light comes on for a second and then powers off. The computer won't recognize the phone. Is this phone toast?
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Stop trying to power it on (it only makes things worse) and do what Aerowinder said, take it apart and let it sit in rice. After two days put it back together and see if there's any improvement. If the phone does the same thing after sitting in rice, you may want to try a different battery if you have one or can get a hold of one.
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First of all, please forgive the "urgent" wording in the title, but I'm really desperate.
I'm on vacation in another country, flight back is in less than 3 hours.
Earlier, I stowed my phone in my pocket while going on a water slide. I admit it's not the brightest of ideas, but I figured what's the point of owing a waterproof phone if I can't even take it to the water park for on demand shoots, right? Anyway, my phone slipped out of my pockets at the end of the slide, and it sunk to the bottom, submerged for about 7 minutes before I realized it was gone and retrieved it.
Nightmare ensues. First it won't turn on, then after a few attempts at powering on (including vol up + pwr), it vibrated once as if it was going to turn on, but then got stuck at the Sony logo, shortly after it simply died. Nothing could wake it. I did a quick inspection of all the flaps, no visible water damage.
I'm actually okay with it being a brick. But the real problem began about a few hours later. It started vibrating, non-stop. Powered off, no screen. No response to anything. I even tried the hard power off using the OFF button in the SIM slot, doesn't stop vibrating.
So right now, with only a few hours left until a 4 hour flight, I desperately need a way to somehow STOP the vibrating. I have to carry the phone on board since it's got a lithium battery built in, can't stow it in my luggage. The vibrating is really loud and annoying, and I know it's going to drive the entire cabin crazy. My initial hope was that the continuous vibrating will drain the battery and die on its own, but after at least 8 hours straight it's still going strong - I don't even know if I should be mad or glad.
I'm not looking for a fix to the bricked phone right now, my only priority is to get it to stop vibrating ASAP. Please, by all the powers of XDA, help!!!
Hey.
A bit late... I hope everything went okay on your flight.
But there was really not much you could do. Except smash it on the ground or remove the back panel and cut the battery (not easily doable though).
Did it stop? Its amazing it vibrated for so long without dying. But I guess its just another proof that the screen is the biggest battery drainer
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Ok, here's the follow up.
While waiting at the airport, I decided to try turning on the phone one last time, and amazingly it turned on. Unfortunately, that didn't stop the vibration, so I tried shutting it down properly. Still no luck. Suggests it's likely a hardware issue causing the malfunction.
The good news is that the battery was down to 7% at that point, so the most sensible thing to do was to exhaust the remaining juice. I turned the phone back on, set screen brightness to max, switched off ALS, disabled low battery mode, and ran the most taxing game I had. It took about 10 minutes to hit 1%, but I did not expect it to last an additional 20 minutes after hitting the 1% mark. I was playing intensive 3D game on max brightness all that time. It simply refuses to run out of battery!
About half an hour before departure, the system finally automatically forced shut down. You'd think the vibrating would also finally come to an end, but alas, it kept vibrating afterwards. Pretty amazing how much battery life is available. At one point I figured I might have discovered perpetual unlimited power. It was still going strong after boarding, so I put the phone in my laptop bag and stowed it in the overhead compartment, hoping that would suppress any sound. Thankfully, along with the ambient noise of the plane, the vibration sound wasn't audible.
Unfortunately, my dreams of winning a Nobel prize for the discovery of limitless power was shot down after landing. Tomorrow it's off to the service center. Or maybe a new Z3 compact.
So, my Galaxy A32 decided to go for a swim a couple days ago, and it has been showing some problems after that.
I dropped it on my sink, just clear water, quickly retrieved it and turned off, waited 24 hours to try and turn it on.
When I turn it on, some time after I unlock it for the first time, it says the temperature is too high and it must turn off to cool down, but it usually happens 2 minutes after the unlock and the phone isn't hot.
I've used CPU-Z to check the temperature too, and the battery temperature is stuck at 90 Celsius, and on the Thermal tab it says it can't retrieve data. Might be a damaged temperature sensor?
Does someone know a fix for this? a way to deactivate this auto turn off feature, as it's not overheating, or something?
Thanks a lot for the help
Take off the rear cover and disconnect the battery. Inspect for any signs of water or corrosion on pcb power buses, connector pins, etc.
Put in a warm 80-120F, dry room with a fan on it for 24-72 hours. It must be completely dry.
Then see what you got...
Do Not use anhydrous isopropyl alcohol as a drying agent as it will likely poison the display.