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?
coolwei1 said:
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.
TheoXSD said:
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.
coolwei1 said:
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.
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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.
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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Phone was dropped into salt water, picked up while floating, wasn't really sunk all the way.
phone was turned off, dried and turned it on again.
Phone booted into the safe mode,
Touch functions work fine,camera.music. sounds,etc... but the problem is with a power button that is not reacting and keeps the phone in a safe mode,
Volume down button is not reacting while volume up button works.
I managed to boot the phone into recovery with CMD and restored it but no progress
Please advise
just rebooted the phone, and it is out of safe mode
volume is fixed, but still issue with power button
there is app to power off the phone,but i am afraid i wont be able to turn it on again
Salt water is dangerous due the salt.
A fried of mine as soon the phone dropped in the sea, washed it with water and after let it dry for 2 days inside a cup of rice.
The phone survived...
still hoping that power button will be fixed itself once the phone is completely dried
or I should wash it and let it dry,,..
Honestly to be safe I'd always suggest keeping the phone off until it sits in rice for 6-12 hours, the longer you keep it off the better. Any water especially salt water can be corrosive to the circuits.
As for washing I'm not completely sure I've only dealt with unsalted water or pool water.
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Okay, here's the story. My Nexus 7 Gen 2 went into the water for half an instant. However, when I tried to turn it off immediately, it wouldn't turn off. I put it in a container of rice for a couple of days and eventually, it turned off - the battery died, I'm sure. Anyway, now, when I plug in the charger, I get the battery charging symbol, however, it will still not turn on. I've tried some of the button combos mentioned (hold power for 30 seconds, hold power and volume up for 3-5 seconds, hold power and volume down for 15 seconds, even hold power for 2 minutes), yet nothing seems to work. But as soon as I unplug it and plug it back in the charge symbol appears. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Chris
Okay, read some more on here and got it into boot load mode. Pressing the up arrow puts the start arrow at the top of the screen pointing to the power button, the down arrow "restart bootloader", however, pressing the power button does nothing.
Info on screen:
Fastboot mode
Product name - flo
variant - flo 16g
hw version - rev_e
bootloader version - flo-04.06
carrier info - none
serial number - 0af16079
Signing - yes
secure boot - enabled
lock state - locked
tchudson said:
Okay, here's the story. My Nexus 7 Gen 2 went into the water for half an instant. However, when I tried to turn it off immediately, it wouldn't turn off. I put it in a container of rice for a couple of days and eventually, it turned off - the battery died, I'm sure. Anyway, now, when I plug in the charger, I get the battery charging symbol, however, it will still not turn on. I've tried some of the button combos mentioned (hold power for 30 seconds, hold power and volume up for 3-5 seconds, hold power and volume down for 15 seconds, even hold power for 2 minutes), yet nothing seems to work. But as soon as I unplug it and plug it back in the charge symbol appears. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Chris
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If you put the tab in the rice container without removing the back, you don't know if all the moisture that seeped in has been removed. You need to disassemble the thing, dry each and every component inside with a blow dryer ( both sides of the electronic boards) to make sure of that. Thereafter, you can try again. Because even if you succeed in flashing the OS anew, you'll never know when the residual moisture will interfere or affect the components again.
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If you put the tab in the rice container without removing the back, you don't know if all the moisture that seeped in has been removed. You need to disassemble the thing, dry each and every component inside with a blow dryer ( both sides of the electronic boards) to make sure of that. Thereafter, you can try again. Because even if you succeed in flashing the OS anew, you'll never know when the residual moisture will interfere or affect the components again.
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I didn't use a blowdryer, but it sat out on a table with the back off for about 24 hours and I do live in southern Colorado in the high desert, so humidity isn't a huge factor. I may give that a try today, though. Thanks.
tchudson said:
I put it in a container of rice for a couple of days and eventually, it turned off - the battery died,
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I'm afraid some corrosion has set in already and it may not be reliable anymore.
Next time, you should immediately disassemble it and disconnect the battery, then use a hairdrier to remove the moisture ASAP.
k23m said:
I'm afraid some corrosion has set in already and it may not be reliable anymore.
Next time, you should immediately disassemble it and disconnect the battery, then use a hairdrier to remove the moisture ASAP.
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So, given that it will open into the reboot screen and the volumen buttons seem to work but the power button itself doesn't work, could it be possible to replace the power and volume buttons and get it to restart? Just wondering if I can manage to salvage this thing.
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So, given that it will open into the reboot screen and the volumen buttons seem to work but the power button itself doesn't work, could it be possible to replace the power and volume buttons and get it to restart? Just wondering if I can manage to salvage this thing.
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Yes, try to replace or test with multimeter the control buttons assembly first but if it does not help then remove the motherboard and its shields, and check it for any visible signs of corrosion. Scratching off a conductive corrosion layer may fix it.
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So dropped the pixel in pooring rain, picked it up within 5 seconds and the screen was smashed, but the phone still worked for a little bit. Then it entered a boot loop and couldn't get out of it. I took it to a repair shop and they said the thing is toast. I did a little bit of research on line, and the verdict is that it could be the flex cable. The way to test it is to just hold down the volume down and it should go into recovery mode. I told the repair shop and they said they tried it, but no such luck. I'm not sure if they actually tried it or not, but I'm not ready to give up on this thing. I've taken it apart and while charging it, I could feel it vibrate as if it would turn on, and it would repeatedly do this every 20-30 seconds. I removed the power flex cable and examined it. It doesn't seem to be damaged, but while I had it removed, the device also stopped vibrating. Since I can't see the screen I don't know if it's off, or removing the flex cable stopped the boot loop. Any ideas from the brain trust on there's hope for this thing, or should I just trash it?
Also, I just realized that when I pulled the flex cable off and put my finger on the finger print scanner the device vibrates.