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Touch HD In water, hints?

HI all, i've a really disappointing problem. My touch HD was in my pocket when I took some rain on my motorcycle . Arrived at home the phone was off. I opened it following the service manual. I've putted it behind the power supply of the pc, where the warm air comes out, dismantled, for a few days.
Then I assembled all, and now it turns on, but, it randomly restart. Do you think my mobo is broken? some contact?
I was thinking I can sell the various parts of my phone all the items works, sim, sd reader, camera (back and front) except the mobo ofcourse.
thanks in advance for your help

Hi.I have heard of one way of fixed water damaged devices and that is by putting them in a container covered by UNCOOKED rice. I think the rice is meant to draw the water out. Leave it for a day I think. Never tried it myself but heard it works
Phil G

Hi, thanks for your answer, the phone was behind the psu of the pc for a week totally dismantled, so I think is pretty dry
thanks again for you interest

I actually dropped me BS in a bucket of water. Dried it out in a heat cabinet at work (50 deg C) for a day and it works perfectly still

Hi la3bna, i'm trying to do as you suggested, was your bs powered when it fall in the water?
thanks for your answer

You should use the salt that is used to lower humidity (e.g. from Bison).
Put the bag of salt on the bottom of a plastic box.
On top of the bag a plate so your device has no fysical contact
with the salt. On the plate you lay down your device without
the backside. Seal the box airtight and leave it there for 7 days.
I did this with the Ipod of my son which had been washed for over
an hour on 60 degrees celsius. The Ipod was dead, but after the
procedure as described it was fully functional!

Thanks a lot, I'll try this!!

Yes mine was on, actually someone called my when it fell

I dropped mine in deep snow... I was holding it in my hand and slipped and also fell
It was very wet so I got scared it won't work but when I got home I turned it off,removed the battery,cards and just put it in some blanket to dry off
After an hour turned it back on and everything worked just like before
Also the other day I accidentally spilled some hand cream on my blackstone and it got inside but nothing happened again so I'm lucky...

thanks for your advices, trying the rice thing

lol, you guys are fecking useless
There is no way I would put myself in that situation, then again I have dropped it a few times so probably only lucky there wasnt water about

Well, I also dropped my Blackstone into water and, after drying it for some 2-3 hrs in the sun it works, except the memory card reader - the problem with the water and mobile phones is the fact that the water is oxidizing the circuitry - so, if it still malfunctions after a week of drying, then probably the phone is doomed.
Sorry for your loss!

for oxid, i've "bathed" the phone in Svitol, but nothing appens... i'm going to sell it as spare.
thanks all for your answer

open the device and dry it out..

already tried, using the service manual to open it, and dried for a week, but nothing appens.
thanks anyway

keep pressing the on/off button - eg, press button on off on off on off (while charging)
and tell me what happens, eg, a vibration??

hi, ti vibrate, then starts, show the smart mobility screen, load the SO, and all works for about 10 minutes. Then the phone restarts and get stuck to smart mobility screen. After that the only way is to press reset or remove the battery. After that if you press the power button the phone get always stuck on smart mobility, sometimes start to load the SO and then it restart before finishing to load.
Nicola

Solved
Hi, problem solved, just left the phone in its box for a month then acidentally tried to start it and from that day works great... guess that just needed to dry out.
Thread can be closed.
Thanks for all your advice.
Nicola

The end?
Dropped my Blackstone in the toilet last night (don't know how, I was drunk at the time). I believe it had been fully submerged for 2-3 minutes. It was turned on at the time. When I recovered it (thank God nothing had been done in the toilet at the time), it was off. I removed the cover and there was water behind the battery, in the SD card reader and SIM. Not a lot, but it was wet. Stupidly (drunk) and panicking , I dried off the back panel with a hand towel (possible static charge damage? - not yet known ). I left it on top of a t-shirt which is on top of the radiator. I don't yet want to turn it on fo fear of wrecking it (if it's not already wrecked).
What methods to people recommend I should take from above? Or maybe there are some new techniques? Would I be better taking it to a mobile service repair shop to see if they can fix it from the beginning, before I do any more damage?

1 dismantle the device into pieces. (if your not sure how i can give you a step by step guide)
2 now dry each of the parts of the device with cotton wool buds (the things used to clean your ears)
3 the put the device back together.
4 done.
....some people say to leave the device in rice etc because it draws the water from the device, IMO this does not work properly and there is nothing better that opening the device and actually cleaning it and removing the water yourself, and this should only take a few mins. it is also not recomended to send it to a service repair shop for something you can do yourself. just be carefull when dismantling the device. do not break any ribbons - used to connect the lcd amungst other things to motherboard.
might be possible you will need a new battery ^

Wet Legend

Hey everyone,
I am an avid runner and I use RunKeeper on my phone to track my runs. Last night I was running in a gym, and got really hot... My armband was soaked in sweat, and my volume buttons started malfunctioning.
When I restarted the phone, it went straight into bootloader mode as if the volume down key was pressed.
Anyway, as I read in these forums, I placed the phone in a bowl of raw rice, and it stayed there all night so it can absorb the moisture.
This morning I can boot into Android, but my volume keys still don't work. Whether I press Vol + or Vol - it works as if I'm pressing Vol -. So my Legend immediately goes to silent mode.
Anyone had problems with a wet Legend? Should I leave it in the bowl for a longer period? (I guess I'm too impatient since I'm using my old crappy phone right now) Do you think it's permanently damaged?

sveon said:
Do you think it's permanently damaged?
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Chances are it's already too late to fix. You can try taking the battery/sim/sdcard out and chucking the phone in a bowl of rice for a couple of days or so, but at this point I don't think it's possible to repair.
I hope your Legend is still under warranty. |:

The problem is probably not the humidity itself, but the salts in the water from the sweat. Salt water often leads to short-circuits in electronics. The salt stays in the phone, even after the water has evaporated.
If you don't get it running again, you could try turning off the phone, removing the battery and washing it in sterilized water (full submerging for an extended time and move it around or leaving it under running tap-water for some minutes while you rotate it.
You should then open all lids and let the phone dry out in a warm and dry place for some days before trying it again.
I did this for my phone. At first the speaker, buttons and vibrator didn't work, but they came around after a few days. Good luck!

@jawil, that sounds very extreme... My phone is working except the volume up/down buttons. They are kinda malfuctioning, but I installed a widget to control volume settings.. I was also thinking about the salts.
It's still under warranty, and I was wondering if they will accept it. My service center told me a repair might take a couple of weeks, and I really can't go without my Legend now, so I thought I'd wait a while.

DON'T WASH IT IN TAP WATER!!! Even if it worked for a while the minerals in the tap water would eventually build up on the circuit board a make the phone malfunction you could take it apart and clean it with pure alcohol.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

[Q] Power button does not work/water damage

My nexus 7 suffered some water damage. Ever since then the power button has not worked. The battery ran out and I wasn't able to charge it in time so now I can't turn it on anymore.
Everything else worked fine, speakers, video, volume buttons. Is there any way to fix it? I tried taking it apart, but didn't know where to look for the problem.
Thanks in advanced for any help.

Don't switch it on. Put it in a bag of uncooked rice to suck out its moisture from device for 2 days.

It's possible that the board could have been shorted out, or the upper part of the board. The bag of rice trick does seem to work. Make sure its completely dry before you plug it in to charge. Even a little bit of moisture in the device could cause a short if it is plugged into the charger.

Advice for water damaged note 3

I recently got my note 3 wet (clean-ish lake water) and immediately got the battery out and the phone dissasembled and into a bag of rice.
after a few days I reassembled it and booted it up and I can hear the startup sounds, feel the vibrations from power up, reboot & charge and I also can hear all of my notifications including ringing calls.
The problem is I cannot get the screen to turn on*.
What happens is the back button and menu button led's light up at the bottom and the screen sometimes flickers. I have got the screen to turn on though really rarely (playing with it and removing/readding the battery, rebooting etc..) and when I DO get it to turn on all functions work perfectly as if the phone was never damaged.
My question is, what components can I take a closer look at that would cause this behaviour? I would say that the screen is kaput but when it turns on everything works....
I am asking here as my google fu has not dredged up anyone with this specific problem before.
I have cleaned what appears to be corrosion or water spots on the larger copper traces on the mainboard with 99% iso and dried then reassembled but no change in behaviour (it did turn on once after I did this and work).
I tried a new OEM battery, no change.
Any and all advice is appreciated and yes I will order a waterproof quality case if I can get it working again

aridhol said:
I recently got my note 3 wet (clean-ish lake water) and immediately got the battery out and the phone dissasembled and into a bag of rice.
after a few days I reassembled it and booted it up and I can hear the startup sounds, feel the vibrations from power up, reboot & charge and I also can hear all of my notifications including ringing calls.
The problem is I cannot get the screen to turn on*.
What happens is the back button and menu button led's light up at the bottom and the screen sometimes flickers. I have got the screen to turn on though really rarely (playing with it and removing/readding the battery, rebooting etc..) and when I DO get it to turn on all functions work perfectly as if the phone was never damaged.
My question is, what components can I take a closer look at that would cause this behaviour? I would say that the screen is kaput but when it turns on everything works....
I am asking here as my google fu has not dredged up anyone with this specific problem before.
I have cleaned what appears to be corrosion or water spots on the larger copper traces on the mainboard with 99% iso and dried then reassembled but no change in behaviour (it did turn on once after I did this and work).
I tried a new OEM battery, no change.
Any and all advice is appreciated and yes I will order a waterproof quality case if I can get it working again
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You acted perfectly after getting the phone wet, so congratulations. But unfortunately, screen failures are fairly common in phone-wetting scenarios.
What you can do is try keeping the phone a couple of days more in silica gel bags/rice to see if there still is moisture in the screen assembly. If nothing changes, all you can do is replace the whole screen assembly.

totalnoob34 said:
You acted perfectly after getting the phone wet, so congratulations. But unfortunately, screen failures are fairly common in phone-wetting scenarios.
What you can do is try keeping the phone a couple of days more in silica gel bags/rice to see if there still is moisture in the screen assembly. If nothing changes, all you can do is replace the whole screen assembly.
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Can the screen be submerged in isopropyl 99% to displace any water or will that damage it?

aridhol said:
Can the screen be submerged in isopropyl 99% to displace any water or will that damage it?
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Alcohol should be harmless. Go for it, you have nothing to lose.

I think you should put your phone in sun light for 40 minute without battery. after that let you phone cool. then Try to boot.If not work then open that back part then try again for more 30 minutes. I think it will help you.
in my case it works on samsung galaxy s.
God bless you & your phone.

Water Damage on S5

Hello guys I am having a problem about this water damage on the Galaxy S5 (2nd hand) the backlight buttons are always blinking when pressed both back button and notification panel blinks and power button is not working when pressed as well like its disabled and I was able to make the phone boot by charging and removing the battery which kinda works any help on removing water inside the Galaxy S5 I heard that shaking helps removing water a bit.

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Hello guys I am having a problem about this water damage on the Galaxy S5 (2nd hand) the backlight buttons are always blinking when pressed both back button and notification panel blinks and power button is not working when pressed as well like its disabled and I was able to make the phone boot by charging and removing the battery which kinda works any help on removing water inside the Galaxy S5 I heard that shaking helps removing water a bit.
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Tried a bag of rice?
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using XDA Labs

First thing first. If you got water inside the hardware, you need to power off the phone a.s.a.p. Otherwise, you may, permanently damage your phone.
Second, take the battery, and back plate off, then place your cell phone in a bowl of rice or a bag (as stated above this post) of rice.
Leave it inside the rice for a full day, to make sure your phone has all the water and or moisture out of it.
This works because rice absorbs water very easy and very good. Why do you think when rice is cooked, it gets fluffy? haha

Rakuu said:
Tried a bag of rice?
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using XDA Labs
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Well trying it for a bit also I can turn it on by just trying to go to download mode and press volume down and also what is the maximum of days will be the phone in a bag of rice? And also I removed the battery and the sd card just incase

K news, its been a day that the phone is on the bag of uncooked rice and still power button is broken due to water damage but the backlight button isn't flickering lights anymore but its still glitching like opens the app panel or sometimes app goes back to menu by itself. Is it permanently broken? Should I go to the repair shop just to get it fixed?

If your not up to the task which l think you not, yes take the device into a repair centre. It may be a number of things why the power button doesn't function as it should and was this phone bought in this condition? Go onto YouTube and look for how to replace the lcd screen of S5. If after watching you feel up to the task go ahead. And the you can take the phone apart and clean up the contacts and phone. Worth a shot..

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If your not up to the task which l think you not, yes take the device into a repair centre. It may be a number of things why the power button doesn't function as it should and was this phone bought in this condition? Go onto YouTube and look for how to replace the lcd screen of S5. If after watching you feel up to the task go ahead. And the you can take the phone apart and clean up the contacts and phone. Worth a shot..
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The phone was bought 2nd hand and the power button was working perfectly after bought before water damage also I do not know anything about fixing phone so Ill just bring it to the local repair store and Ill just do an excuse that the moisture from the phone has damaged the power button and the touch buttons. And also LCD Screen is not the problem just the touch buttons and power button.

Another update : Power button is working properly with a bit of delay same with the touch buttons after leaving it with me while I am sleeping

Try some of those little silicon packets that come in shoe boxes when you buy new shoes. Should be able to source some on Google. If you've got water in you phone though, you need to power it off immediately, remove the battery and stop using it until it's completely dry. You're just risking more damage running electricity through a wet device.

bartleby999 said:
Try some of those little silicon packets that come in shoe boxes when you buy new shoes. Should be able to source some on Google. If you've got water in you phone though, you need to power it off immediately, remove the battery and stop using it until it's completely dry. You're just risking more damage running electricity through a wet device.
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Don't have those also my phone is working a bit properly now just delays when pressing power button and sometimes you need to hard press the power button just to open it up