Yesterday, my phone fell into the beach and got wet. Because I was sort of a noob to watered phones, I think I fried it when I should have just taken out the battery and waited for it to dry. Anyways I think it fried because I tried turning it on and the camera flash light was blinking and turning on and off and now when I tried and turn it on it doesn't do anything at all. Last night I washed it with water and alcohol to get the salt out, and let it sit in rice, and then let it sit in the sun so it'd dry this morning, then I tried turning it on again, and nothing happens at all. I'm just letting it dry more, but I assume it's completely done.
I have a galaxy nexus so there is no external SD, only Internal Memory and i'm wondering if there is ANYWAY I can restore the pictures I have on them? Some ideas i've had was unsoldering the Memory Chip and somehow connecting it to the computer? Or putting the memory chip on a Galaxy S2, and using that phone to recover the data? I am not too technical, though I do have soldering skills so I have no ideai f this is even possible. If anyone has ANY suggestions, please let me know! I was also wondering if it's possible to locate which parts were fried on my phone, and clean those parts specifically, or resolder, or rewire, or replace and get it working again?
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My friend dropped her phone into a glass of water. Stupid her just had it off over night with battery removed, but next day decided to just pop battery in and start using it. Calls me later(spare phone) and tells me details.
I go get it disassemble, rubbing alcohol, the works. Let dry for 48 hours. Everything on the phone works other than it wont charge the battery. She has 2 batteries one which is new. Besides getting an external charger for it, is there anything else I could do to fix it? Is there a part I can replace, or something software related that might fix it?
mesajoejoe said:
My friend dropped her phone into a glass of water. Stupid her just had it off over night with battery removed, but next day decided to just pop battery in and start using it. Calls me later(spare phone) and tells me details.
I go get it disassemble, rubbing alcohol, the works. Let dry for 48 hours. Everything on the phone works other than it wont charge the battery. She has 2 batteries one which is new. Besides getting an external charger for it, is there anything else I could do to fix it? Is there a part I can replace, or something software related that might fix it?
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I suspect (hope) only the battery was damaged from your friend's phone. Have her go to TMO and see if they will let her test charge a display Slide battery in her phone. If it starts charging and increases by a few percentage points then perhaps only the battery was damaged. Hope the situation gets worked out.
Just dropped mine in a full sink two weeks ago ... mine hit the edge and knocked the battery out milliseconds before the device hit the water (miracle). Fully submerged. Dried it over a weak heater vent for 2 days. Works just like new. I figured the phone was ok as I snatched it out of the water very quickly. My main concern was the battery ... I thought I might have damaged it. So far everything is just fine.
We have tested it with a new battery. Phone works perfectly fine just wont charge the battery, every feature works. Can even connect to computer with usb.
What im trying to figure out is if there is something I can do i.e. fix it somehow cheaply
Your best bet is probably just using an external charger. I'm using a friends old phone that had a full glass of lemonade spill on it and sit for 5 hours in liquid, turned on. When he woke up the battery was sparking, contact was melted. The battery was partially fried from the short circuit, so I just bought a new battery. The only thing that doesn't work in the phone is the camera. The real downside to that is if any app tries to access the camera the phone completely locks up, takes about 10 seconds just to get out of the black screen.
I'm digressing, anyway, yeah, external charger is probably the best bet, if she has two batteries that should work just fine. Use one while the other is charging.
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ultrasonic cleaning
if you disassemble to the charging circuit board or motherboard and try placing it into an alcohol solution in a u/s cleaner (also used for jewelry), this might clean the contacts and allow charging, might not do anything or damage the board. no guarantees on this method , but will sometimes work.
ps. remember that some circuit board cleaner solutions will dissolve plastic, recommend alcohol.
bill g.
The best solution I have found for a wet phone, or any device for that matter, is to take the device apart as much as possible. Then put it in a ziploc bag of rice. Seal it up good so air doesn't get in. The rice will suck all the water out. I have done this with my old G1 (twice) as well as other phones.
Hello,
I accidentally jumped into the water with my desire in my pocket.. I realized it soon so it was underwater just for a few seconds.. It turned itself off straight away.. I quickly took out battery, sim and sd card and let it dry up for about 40 hours. Now I tried to put it together and turn it on but nothing has happened, it seemed dead.. Then I tried to charge the phone, and it managed to turn on right after I plugged it in. Fortunately everything seems to work so far but one thing.. As soon as I unplug it from the charger, it turns off.. The battery is almost fully charged so I suspect I'll need a new one.. Is there something that can be done to save this battery?
btw, it was a normal lake outside, not see or thermal water..
Thanks for every answer in advance,
Adeon
HTC Desire with water
Mate
First thing you should not do, would be to charge your HTC,
as it was full of water inside and therefore you can damage
main board, the heart of your phone.
Now, follow the article included, dismantle your HTC as in
the article, dry everything with a hairdryer and be carefull
with flat cables or with board components.
In both boards carefully remove the small metal covers,
as it can retain water inside, you also use a tooth brush
to clean those areas, but again carefull with components.
Leave digitizer in place and remove display, with hair dryer
try to dry as much water as you can, otherwise, later you
will see spots when display is working.
Try it out and then let me know results.
Regards
John
My S3 took one of those unfortunate, unexpected dips in a porcelain pool. It was buzzing and crackling before I could get the battery out. Let it dry out and everything was working except for the external speaker. No ringtones, speakerphone, music, etc. So I ordered a replacement for the external speaker module, dissected my phone and cleaned the couple spots that showed traces of water, and put it back together... and the speaker still doesn't work. So assuming there is nothing wrong with the replacement, there is probably nothing wrong with the original... and now I have no clue what to do.
I'm not generally real adventurous with my phone. It's not modded; still running the original OS that came on it from Sprint, but it's not under any kind of warranty or service agreement (and the indicator is now purple anyway.)
The internal speaker works and it vibrates. Microphone and camera are okay. Any suggestions? Please?? "I didn't answer my phone because I didn't hear it ring" is already getting to cause me problems.
There's a good chance that when your device took a swim something else may have been damaged. Did you make sure to check that all the connections were carefully placed, before connecting the new speaker ? Also you said that there were signs of water still in the device when you opened it. How did you dry the device ? Did you use Rice ? Or descant ? Most times just air drying the device does not do the job.
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There's a good chance that when your device took a swim something else may have been damaged. Did you make sure to check that all the connections were carefully placed, before connecting the new speaker ? Also you said that there were signs of water still in the device when you opened it. How did you dry the device ? Did you use Rice ? Or descant ? Most times just air drying the device does not do the job.
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I did just air dry it. When I opened it up there was no actual water remaining, but there was a white residue around what I am guessing is the internal speaker. I used rubbing alcohol on that to remove it. All the ribbon cables are securely in place and while I'm not adept at circuit boards I don't see anything on the motherboard that would appear to be loose or damaged. I can put it in rice if you think it would make any difference at this point.
Yes. I would still suggest putting it in rice for a few days. Even at this point. Electronics and water don't mix well. Especially smartphones. I've seen devices still have some moisture trapped in them, even after three days of Air Drying. Although the rice may not solve the issue. It's worth a try. If that doesn't resolve anything. ODIN the Stock Tar. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, well then it's time to take it in, and have a repair center look at it.
First off, I'd like to apologize for my first post to the forums being a stupid situation such as this one, but you know, it's noob friendly :laugh: Secondly, I'm in a pretty bad spot right now. Of course me being the idiot I am took my phone to the bathroom with me, I went to grab my shorts and little did I know, I left my phone sitting on them. When I pulled the shorts out the phone fell straight into the toilet (guess you could say my situation is pretty "crappy"). It was in the water for no longer than 10 seconds and I removed the battery and SIM card from the phone in no longer than a minute. The phone was not completely submerged, but it did fall top first. After my phone had been in the rice for an hour, my curiosity got the best of me. I wanted to see what would happen if I put the battery back in my device. When I tried to, I head a sizzling noise. Does this mean my phone or battery is "fried?" The red LED was still on the front of my phone so I'm led to believe that the phone is still working, but I'm not sure. Any tips will help. Thanks in advance!
You probably blew it up by putting the battery in.
You may get lucky if you dismantle the entire phone and let it sit in front of a small fan OVERNIGHT to dry properly.
Reassemble in the morning, good luck.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
You probably blew it up by putting the battery in.
You may get lucky if you dismantle the entire phone and let it sit in front of a small fan OVERNIGHT to dry properly.
Reassemble in the morning, good luck.
Pp.
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I was fearing that PanchoPlanet, I did what you said and just left it in the rice over night. This morning I went to put the battery back in and I no longer heard the sizzling noise, but the device would not power on. The LED on the front would alternate between purple, red, and blue. Not sure if this means anything.
Rice is not the best medium for total dehumidification, having all components out in stream of air is the only way to get rid of moisture.
This is coming from experience, salvaged my wife's phone and my nephews phone this way (Samsung S2 and S4). I may be worth giving it another try. Also make sure battery has a full charge, check it with a test meter.
Pp.
The battery in the phones today are internally fused, so if there is a heavy current demand above the fusing level, the fuse will open and the battery is then worthless. You might have had that happen and if you can, try having a friend or your carrier's store put the battery in a known working device and see if it powers that device up. You might have to get a new battery if it won't, however it does not mean that it was the only failure..... I'd dry the heck out of the phone and only then insert it into the phone. I used to dry devices that water entered like phones, watches, etc by leaving the device over a small wattage lamp, or have the device lifted a little above the bulb so that it won't melt anything and did that for a couple of days before trying to check if the device still worked. (I'm an elex tech) Good Luck! and hope that the electronic gods smile upon you!
Aloha!
I concur with bobolinko.
Pp.
UPDATE
Hey PanchoPlanet, bobolinko., thanks for the recommendations, I left the phone in rice and this morning I plugged it in to give it a last ditch effort, it powered on and is currently charging. I tried to boot it and it stayed on the "Samsung Galaxy S4" so I'm guessing that that has something to do with the battery. Regardless, I'm glad that the device powered on.
long story short one phone has a bad efs partition and the other phone gets stuck at boot loop after water damage.
Any suggestions on what to swap to try to get one working phone? My initial instinct is to swap the motherboard from the phone with the bad efs to the other phone that turns on but won't boot, but i'm not sure if that will also bring the bad efs over since the internal memory is probably mounted somewhere on the motherboard. Any advice?
Simple.
Dip the motherboard of the water damaged phone in surgical BEP/spirit for about 10 seconds, just the motherboard remember.
Dry it out in an airing cupboard for an hour or apply heat to it from a hairdryer or hot air blower for around 30 seconds or so. Use your own judgement to test it's dry.
Problem solved. Bin the EFS one or keep it for parts.
pffcouk said:
Simple.
Dip the motherboard of the water damaged phone in surgical BEP/spirit for about 10 seconds, just the motherboard remember.
Dry it out in an airing cupboard for an hour or apply heat to it from a hairdryer or hot air blower for around 30 seconds or so. Use your own judgement to test it's dry.
Problem solved. Bin the EFS one or keep it for parts.
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what is bep/spirit and why would i throw a phone out that only doesn't have mobile data, by that logic any tablet without data is garbage... phones can have several other uses including media streaming devices, perm car gps/audio HU or assist... etc also i saved a post that says you can rebuild efs for g3 i'm just lazy and haven't tried yet, thanks for the suggestions i guess though better than nothing.
Google is your friend. You can buy it in any chemist. It's essentially 80-90% alcohol so will draw out all the liquid.
I didn't ask for you to tell me what you can use the phone for without data, i simply said bin it or keep it for parts. I'll remember to not try help again.