I dropped my Nexus 5x into the toilet and quickly dried it off and waited 24 hours but when I tried to turn it on it just vibrated and the screen did not turn on. I think the device is working but the screen might not be?
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kg.tcl_ said:
I dropped my Nexus 5x into the toilet and quickly dried it off and waited 24 hours but when I tried to turn it on it just vibrated and the screen did not turn on. I think the device is working but the screen might not be?
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Update: The screen turns on but it does not respond to me touching it. Help???
digitizer is probably damaged, have you tried taking it apart and making sure no other water damage is present?
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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.
Hello all,
Yesterday my nexus 7 was in a soaked bag of mine for about an hour.
The first 30 minutes it didn't respond to anything, I tried all of the diffrent button combinations.
After that, it suddenly turned itself on (without pressing any buttons) but the screen was flikkering all the time.
30 min after that I had put my nexus 7 (without the backplate) in a bag of rice, and left it during the night.
In the morning it didn't boot, it showed the 5 blinks (of death), I tried to charge it for 5 hours, but still nothing.
Then I decided to take out the battery, to discharge the entire circuit, and put it in 5 min after that.(I don't know if that's long enough) And it came alive!
The only thing left is a white haze in the left bottom section of the screen, anyone knows how to remove that?
So the five blinks of death were resolved for me by:
1. taking out the battery for ~5 min
2. charge it.
3. PROFIT!
Open the device, clean the PCB with alcohol ( isopropanol ), let it dry and try your luck again. Everything else is just a waste of time.:good:
How did you managed to open the nexus 7 to take the battery?
Nachospeicys said:
How did you managed to open the nexus 7 to take the battery?
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Yes, I was wondering the same thing.
Nachospeicys said:
How did you managed to open the nexus 7 to take the battery?
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Use thin guitar pick, like 0.5mm.
The cover can be easily removed with a pick.
Two weeks ago my galaxy just stopped working. it was at a decent battery; just stopped. I tried charging it but the phone would vibrate. phone would come on, then shut off. I tried it multiple times and same result; a few times the phone would make it to the samsung startup animation, sometimes it would just flash the samsung logo, once it compleley got to my screen start before shutting off.
I brought my phone to get fixed. It took a whole week and the guy said my phone was just not fixable. It would work for a few hours then shut off again, according to him. I suspect he didnt work much on it though as hed rather fix phones with easy problems as mine was a tough one.
I've had to replace my phone with an iphone now, but right now, out of curiosity, I completely took my phone apart, and started using tweezers to play the power on button. The camera part just broke off (not the actual camera) but now my phone is actually charging! The red light is on, and click the main button, it shows the battery being charged. This has not happened ever since the phone broke.
Am I bricked? Is there hope for this phone??? Please tell me there is lol.
EDIT: My phone seems to have restarted! Turned it on and it's asking for my simcard what is GOING ON LOL
Summertimes said:
Two weeks ago my galaxy just stopped working. it was at a decent battery; just stopped. I tried charging it but the phone would vibrate. phone would come on, then shut off. I tried it multiple times and same result; a few times the phone would make it to the samsung startup animation, sometimes it would just flash the samsung logo, once it compleley got to my screen start before shutting off.
I brought my phone to get fixed. It took a whole week and the guy said my phone was just not fixable. It would work for a few hours then shut off again, according to him. I suspect he didnt work much on it though as hed rather fix phones with easy problems as mine was a tough one.
I've had to replace my phone with an iphone now, but right now, out of curiosity, I completely took my phone apart, and started using tweezers to play the power on button. The camera part just broke off (not the actual camera) but now my phone is actually charging! The red light is on, and click the main button, it shows the battery being charged. This has not happened ever since the phone broke.
Am I bricked? Is there hope for this phone??? Please tell me there is lol.
EDIT: My phone seems to have restarted! Turned it on and it's asking for my simcard what is GOING ON LOL
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idont know what you did there, but it worked plus you gotta be more specific to how the phone broke and could not boot-up to screen
winosxbuntu said:
idont know what you did there, but it worked plus you gotta be more specific to how the phone broke and could not boot-up to screen
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It just randomly shut off. It was if someone would constantly be turning the phone off as soon as I turned it on. But then I couldn't even charge the phone. No red light, no screen, nothing, just vibration. I would try to turn it on sometimes it would get to the boot up, sometimes not, sometimes nothing, just a vibrate.
I literally took tweezers and lifted the green board out from around the power on button (it's an actual tiny white button on the inside). and then it randomly started working again
Summertimes said:
It just randomly shut off. It was if someone would constantly be turning the phone off as soon as I turned it on. But then I couldn't even charge the phone. No red light, no screen, nothing, just vibration. I would try to turn it on sometimes it would get to the boot up, sometimes not, sometimes nothing, just a vibrate.
I literally took tweezers and lifted the green board out from around the power on button (it's an actual tiny white button on the inside). and then it randomly started working again
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Could be a power button failure. Happens somewhat often.
Could be battery related too, a cheap replacement battery could strike that off.
polobunny said:
Could be a power button failure. Happens somewhat often.
Could be battery related too, a cheap replacement battery could strike that off.
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agree with what he said, it could be a problem with the power button or battery is not working
off topic did you really get 176Mb/s download or is it fake
if its real then was it WIFI or DATA , i have never topped 50Mb/s both wifi and data) but DATA seems to be 10x faster than my wifi
Hi,
I accidently dropped my Lenovo Vibe P1 in water. It was in water for hardly 2 secs, i immediately pulled it out...But from then it was working weird...
I turned it off and then tried the Rice Bag method and left it there for 24 hours.
After 24 hours it does even boot or turn on or nothing...Nothing works at all....There was power up vibration initially now even that is gone...
My phone is totally dead...Please help me what to do!!!!
asifbhushan said:
Hi,
I accidently dropped my Lenovo Vibe P1 in water. It was in water for hardly 2 secs, i immediately pulled it out...But from then it was working weird...
I turned it off and then tried the Rice Bag method and left it there for 24 hours.
After 24 hours it does even boot or turn on or nothing...Nothing works at all....There was power up vibration initially now even that is gone...
My phone is totally dead...Please help me what to do!!!!
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you need to open up your phone and clean it up.
asifbhushan said:
Hi,
I accidently dropped my Lenovo Vibe P1 in water. It was in water for hardly 2 secs, i immediately pulled it out...But from then it was working weird...
I turned it off and then tried the Rice Bag method and left it there for 24 hours.
After 24 hours it does even boot or turn on or nothing...Nothing works at all....There was power up vibration initially now even that is gone...
My phone is totally dead...Please help me what to do!!!!
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From what you are describing, there may be a battery issue due to water seepage.
Does the phone show any weird behavior while connected to charger? You may dismantle the phone & try with another battery to validate the battery issue.
My a50 keeps flickering but not in a way that would make you think that the LCD has a problem.
Last night it poured really hard. My clothes were all wet and my phone was in my pocket too. Worked fine until just an hour ago. It's as if the lock button was being pressed at 20 times a second. Whenever it stops and I get to unlock it, it locks itself after a couple seconds and it just flickers over and over again. rinse and repeat. I took off the case and of course, there's moist mostly at the bottom and some to the sides. (not sure if the moisture was from last night though.)
The only way i could restart it is by holding Vol- and Power buttons. Screen is pretty much fine when displaying the Samsung logo, which makes me think it's not an LCD problem.
ibondoc said:
My a50 keeps flickering but not in a way that would make you think that the LCD has a problem.
Last night it poured really hard. My clothes were all wet and my phone was in my pocket too. Worked fine until just an hour ago. It's as if the lock button was being pressed at 20 times a second. Whenever it stops and I get to unlock it, it locks itself after a couple seconds and it just flickers over and over again. rinse and repeat. I took off the case and of course, there's moist mostly at the bottom and some to the sides. (not sure if the moisture was from last night though.)
The only way i could restart it is by holding Vol- and Power buttons. Screen is pretty much fine when displaying the Samsung logo, which makes me think it's not an LCD problem.
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remove your rear panel, and with the phone shuted off, heat him, and leave at lest a couple hours opened, until it dry totally
darknesstoh said:
remove your rear panel, and with the phone shuted off, heat him, and leave at lest a couple hours opened, until it dry totally
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I just plugged the phone in to charge it and the problem just went away on its own. I'm just going to assume that charging it "un-shorted" it.
ibondoc said:
I just plugged the phone in to charge it and the problem just went away on its own. I'm just going to assume that charging it "un-shorted" it.
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probably with the heat of the result of charging have dried some parts os your smartphone