So I dropped it into the water.
Took the battery out, I've put in rice for a couple of days, and it won't turn on.. So I plug in the charger and it boots to "starting charging". After a few seconds, it reboots into the same message and that goes on forever.
I can try to go into recovery with power + vol down but it will just boot into that message no matter what.
I teared it apart, but the motherboard in alcohol, cleaned any corrosion I could find (not too bad), the water indicator didn't even change color.
The screen looks like there's some water is stuck behind it but it's been a few day and I've used an hair dryer for like 15 minutes on it.
I tried plugging it into the computer but then it doesn't even boot.
What should I do?
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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.
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.
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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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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.
deusofhearts said:
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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So, the other day I accidentally dropped my Zenfone. When I picked it up, it had been shut down. I couldn't boot it up anymore after the drop. After like maybe 1 hour I opened the phone up and reattached the battery wire. Then I got it working. But then the problem was that the phone got really hot, even when I wasn't using it.
I waited until the battery was completely dead and then tried to recharge. And now the problem is that the phone won't charge at all. It still gets really hot. When I plug the charging cable in, it just vibrates, shows that it is charging, but then just after 20seconds it stops.
And now I'm asking, what should I do? I also tried to disassemble everything and then assemble everything back again, but with no luck.
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So, the other day I accidentally dropped my Zenfone. When I picked it up, it had been shut down. I couldn't boot it up anymore after the drop. After like maybe 1 hour I opened the phone up and reattached the battery wire. Then I got it working. But then the problem was that the phone got really hot, even when I wasn't using it.
I waited until the battery was completely dead and then tried to recharge. And now the problem is that the phone won't charge at all. It still gets really hot. When I plug the charging cable in, it just vibrates, shows that it is charging, but then just after 20seconds it stops.
And now I'm asking, what should I do? I also tried to disassemble everything and then assemble everything back again, but with no luck.
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inspect motherboard for physical damage with a magnifying glass. go for reflow if no physical damage.
I just drop my whole phone into water.
This is the first time so I a bit shocked and dont know what to do.
By the time I take my phone up, its about 10 seconds drowning in water.
The first thing I do is power it off.
Then I wipe the water away with a cloth.
Water is already inside and maybe short circuit happened? Causing the phone to boot itself and stuck in bootloop.
I cannot turn it off by pressing power button, so I connect my phone to computer and press power button and volume down button going to fastboot mode.
But the fastboot mode just lasts a while and then it goes back to bootloop.
So, I have no choice but to open up the phone for first time.
I found that a lot of water comes in through the charge port and there are many water on the board near charge port.
After drying it for few seconds, my phone exit bootloop and boot successfully.
Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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I just drop my whole phone into water.
This is the first time so I a bit shocked and dont know what to do.
By the time I take my phone up, its about 10 seconds drowning in water.
The first thing I do is power it off.
Then I wipe the water away with a cloth.
Water is already inside and maybe short circuit happened? Causing the phone to boot itself and stuck in bootloop.
I cannot turn it off by pressing power button, so I connect my phone to computer and press power button and volume down button going to fastboot mode.
But the fastboot mode just lasts a while and then it goes back to bootloop.
So, I have no choice but to open up the phone for first time.
I found that a lot of water comes in through the charge port and there are many water on the board near charge port.
After drying it for few seconds, my phone exit bootloop and boot successfully.
Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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Corrosion shorting out contacts, sending commands to the cpu.
Clean the board with isopropyl alcohol, the best concentration you can find, no less than 70%. The best method would be ultrasonic, but if you don't have such device, every switch and button should be submerged in alcohol and pressed/depressed a few time and then let it dry. The board should be cleaned with a q-tip. If you don't do that now, right after the water damage already started, corrosion will kill SMD chips in the future. At least now, you can save it long-term.
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Corrosion shorting out contacts, sending commands to the cpu.
Clean the board with isopropyl alcohol, the best concentration you can find, no less than 70%. The best method would be ultrasonic, but if you don't have such device, every switch and button should be submerged in alcohol and pressed/depressed a few time and then let it dry. The board should be cleaned with a q-tip. If you don't do that now, right after the water damage already started, corrosion will kill SMD chips in the future. At least now, you can save it long-term.
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I see, if you didn't tell me I'll just move on and though my phone is invincible.
Thank you for your advice, I'll do it soon.
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Anyone know the actual reason the phone boot itself and stuck in bootloop?
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When you plug into USB the phone turns on. If the water shorts out some pins on the USB connector, it probably seems to the phone like it should turn on.
I have no idea why it bootlooped.