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.
godisanatheist said:
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
chjade84 said:
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?
godisanatheist said:
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.
Overnight while my AT&T Galaxy s3 was charging, a near by bag with water leaked and got all over my phone. I got up in the morning and realized what had happened and the phone still worked. Later today my phone said no service because of no sim card. Opened the cover, and noticed a little water on the battery and sim card so I cleaned that up, still did not recognize the sim card. So thought no bid deal I'll get a new sim card, about an hour later the phone shut down and would not boot. Battery now apears to be completely dead, has a red mark on the water indicator. The phone however is still white. I can boot it up pluged into a power source, then when it gets to the colored cirlces falling down it just dies. Whent into recover mode, did a reset to factor and still does the same thing, will boot and then just die right after it displays the circles falling down and then goes into download mode. Is it maybe just the battery, wont boot without a good battery? any ideas would be appreciated
You're supposed to leave the phone to dry for a few days instead of trying to use it.
Take the phone apart. Remove battery, sim, and microsd.
Place parts in bag of rice or silica gel packets.
Leave phone for 4 or so days to dry.
Put back together and turn on.
You used the phone after it was wet. You might have already done permanent damage.
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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
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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
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.
imhaving this wierd issue i put my lg g 3 away for a couple of months it was fine i go to turn it pn nothong when i plug charger in nothing no light blank any ideas thanks
Have you tried taking out the battery and putting it back in, then turning it on? Maybe it's a messed up battery? That's all I can think of now as I am not sure what could cause this issue. Hopefully someone else can elaborate.
possible water damage
Take the back cover off of thre phone and then remove the battery. Stuff the phone in a bag of white rice. Let it sit in the bag for a few days and the rice will suck the water out of the phone and it may run like new. This recently happened to mine and worked like a charm. You may also have a damaged micro usb jack or port.......Good Luck!