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[Q] dropped vibrant into the toilet...

i was at a bar i didn't even want to be at in a small town in colorado.
at first i just stared at it for 10 seconds thinking "at this point i should just leave it there because the damage is done"
then all of a sudden it started goign crazy with lights and "samsung vibrant" flashing everywhere on the screen, so i decided to dive in and save it. then i violently washed it with hotwater under the sink and only after washing my hands did i finally open it and take out the battery (at this point, the screen shown brightly with "samsung vibrant).
3 hours later, hoping it had dried completely, i put the battery in and again it came to life with the samsung vibrant text. i quickly took the battery out.
i jsut tried it again and it wont turn on at all. is it over?

maeglutz said:
3 hours later, hoping it had dried completely, i put the battery in and again it came to life with the samsung vibrant text. i quickly took the battery out.
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You shouldn't have done that, the phone was still wet. When you did that you fried your phone. If you would have put your phone in a bag of rice or let it dry out for a few days then it might have been ok. Hope you have insurance.

Yeah, I always heard that half the time, if you power it off and let it dry, and make sure it's dry before trying to power it on again, you can luck out.

omg omg omg!!
when you responded, my heart dropped and then i ran over to see if it would start again one more time (i plugged it into the charger) and i pressed the on button and it showed it was charging. i'm goign to leave it alone now in a bag of rice like you said. but i dont know if i can wait 3 days.... i never learn my lesson

Hahaha I dropped a phone in the toilet once. Good luck

i know i'm getting ahead of myself, but just SAY that if i finally do get it to power on, but nothing shows up except a "samsung vibrant" screen, is there a way to reinstall the OS?

My son left his ipod nano in his pants pocket. It got washed. I dried it and did the rice thing for 2-3 days (can't remember how many). Charged it up. Just like new.
The moral of the story? If you can't wait 3 days to see if it has been salvaged, you don't deserve a new phone...

Droidicus said:
My son left his ipod nano in his pants pocket. It got washed. I dried it and did the rice thing for 2-3 days (can't remember how many). Charged it up. Just like new.
The moral of the story? If you can't wait 3 days to see if it has been salvaged, you don't deserve a new phone...
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ugh. fine. i'll wait. but i dont know what i'l do with myself in the meantime.

maeglutz said:
i know i'm getting ahead of myself, but just SAY that if i finally do get it to power on, but nothing shows up except a "samsung vibrant" screen, is there a way to reinstall the OS?
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Uh, dude, it would not be a software problem... If it doesn't boot up its a hardware problem.

Just make sure its sitting nicely covered in the dry rice....wait...you did use dry rice right? Not cooked rice??? lol kidding...

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Uh, dude, it would not be a software problem... If it doesn't boot up its a hardware problem.
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if you read my question, i asked what i could do if it DID power up but only with a generic screen

I wouldn't even bother trying... It's fried man...

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I wouldn't even bother trying... It's fried man...
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we'll see. the green charging light gives me hope. i will definitely not pay full price for a new one. this was $99 through costco-- which is what a phone should cost.

Don't over cook the rice. Stir-fry it with some egg, carrots, scallions, peas, and barbecued pork. Everything should be okay.

maeglutz said:
we'll see. the green charging light gives me hope. i will definitely not pay full price for a new one. this was $99 through costco-- which is what a phone should cost.
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This is why the data is so expensive in America. The companies need to get back the money they lost on the phone.
The phone might be fried since you didn't wait to turn it off. I've read the bag of rice will work. Next time wait until you phone is dry and just reroute you calls with Google Voice. I'd still try the rice too.
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Did you say after you took it out the the toilet you then washed it under hot water? Seriously? You thought "oh, its wet, I shall now soak it some more?"
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Arghh..kill this nasty thread...lol
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To clarify a little... when you drop the phone in water, the FIRST thing you do is take out the battery and sim card. Then you let it dry COMPLETLY, this takes days, not hours. Like said above, rice does good, you put it in a zip lock, take out the air and seal it.. leave for AT LEAST 3 days so the rice can absorb the moisture, THEN you try to turn it on for the first time. If you try turning it on when there is moisture you will fry the phone, water conducts electricity and brings power where there is not supposed to be and burns circuits, so by putting the battery and attempt to turn it on prematurely, you are killing it causing short circuits internally.
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make sure you throw the rice away after you're done or better yet, feed it to some iphone fanboy

dq13 said:
To clarify a little... when you drop the phone in water, the FIRST thing you do is take out the battery and sim card. Then you let it dry COMPLETLY, this takes days, not hours. Like said above, rice does good, you put it in a zip lock, take out the air and seal it.. leave for AT LEAST 3 days so the rice can absorb the moisture, THEN you try to turn it on for the first time. If you try turning it on when there is moisture you will fry the phone, water conducts electricity and brings power where there is not supposed to be and burns circuits, so by putting the battery and attempt to turn it on prematurely, you are killing it causing short circuits internally.
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+1 and ty , I just read through this post and wondered when someone would point out the OP already turned it on to "check" it after being in the water.
Time to order a replacement, even if it does for some magical reason power on that phone is going to be issue city.

RIP - Drowned Galaxy S

Went to fix the boiler yesterday, thought best take my Galaxy S out my shirt pocket in case it falls in the toilet.
You guessed it. As taking it out dropped it in the bloody toilet!
Its resting in rice at the moment but as it was turned on I am not holding out much hope.
3 months into a 24 monther!
Oh well looks like one of those Palm Pixies that O2 are knocking out cheap is on the cards.
Best dam phone I ever owned!
SS

I posted a HOWTO further down as I tackled a similar problem succesfully yesterday;-)
May the force be with you
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simonsteele said:
Went to fix the boiler yesterday, thought best take my Galaxy S out my shirt pocket in case it falls in the toilet.
You guessed it. As taking it out dropped it in the bloody toilet!
Its resting in rice at the moment but as it was turned on I am not holding out much hope.
3 months into a 24 monther!
Oh well looks like one of those Palm Pixies that O2 are knocking out cheap is on the cards.
Best dam phone I ever owned!
SS
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Easy! This phone might not be dead (only in comma).
This same thing happened to my wife last week with an Omnia2 and it looked dead, but she proptly removed the battery and after drying it... It's alive and well again.
Just pray... and wait
You may want to wait a full day before you turn it on again. Please let us know

let it dry thoroughly
and you may want to try another battery
10 years ago i dropped a motorola startac in the loo as I was cleaning it
it still works on the charger!!!
just be patient and let it dry well (two days)

oh man that sucks, update us if it's still alive..

Went fishing last week and after a full day on the boat I realized my dad had put my bag (with ipod) in the live well instead of the dry area. The thing was DEAD for about 3 days and sitting in the rice jar for 48 hrs AMAZINGLY brought it back to life.
Ow and since I´m in Brazil an iPod here costs ARM+LEG so I´m a very happy camper now.
Wait and be happy!

Latest news after a few days drying.
Turns on but screen is grey. It used to show very faint lines. Like the screen matrix lines.
Now it turns on and screen is just grey.
Occasionally get flashes of the Samsung splash screen and I did try the 3 button recovery mode and once I saw a flash of green and the little robot.
Maybe all is not lost. Its back in the rice at the moment! Not sure what we are having with our sweet n sour tomorrow night though!

simonsteele said:
Latest news after a few days drying.
Turns on but screen is grey. It used to show very faint lines. Like the screen matrix lines.
Now it turns on and screen is just grey.
Occasionally get flashes of the Samsung splash screen and I did try the 3 button recovery mode and once I saw a flash of green and the little robot.
Maybe all is not lost. Its back in the rice at the moment! Not sure what we are having with our sweet n sour tomorrow night though!
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i thought it got wet yesterday?
let it dry for a few days DO NOT use it before that
take the battery out!!!

Once I silly took my iPhone to the bathroom and drowned it. It took three days in rice for it to completely recover. So, don't lose you hope. We all support you
*If completely dead, I am ready to have a virtual beer for it to rest in peace*

chiffa_ua said:
Once I silly took my iPhone to the bathroom and drowned it. It took three days in rice for it to completely recover. So, don't lose you hope. We all support you
*If completely dead, I am ready to have a virtual beer for it to rest in peace*
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Should we be drinking beer together so close to the Ashes and the Rugby? lol

allotrios said:
i thought it got wet yesterday?
let it dry for a few days DO NOT use it before that
take the battery out!!!
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No sorry was Saturday.
I keep the hope but have always fancied a play with a Palm WebOS.
Still I am missing the Galaxy S. I want it back! Live damn you live!!!

You never know, my son poured a glass of sticky fruit juice on my laptop. Came out of every hole. Turned it off quick. Stripped it down as much as possible, got to unlock all the ribbon connectors, water sits right in there. Soaked it in Isopropyl alcohol. Binds to the water and draws it out. Let it dry for a few days and it fired right up. Also had to strip my SGS, screen was messing about, found the main screen connector hanging off. Anyway comes apart quite easily, just a few small screws and some gently pulling on the bezel edge.

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Should we be drinking beer together so close to the Ashes and the Rugby? lol
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So what? We all are under the same Queen!

Still just the grey screen but it flashes the Galaxy S splash screen for a second now.
Been quoted £64 to fix it by a place in London

simonsteele said:
Still just the grey screen but it flashes the Galaxy S splash screen for a second now.
Been quoted £64 to fix it by a place in London
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take it and get it fixed LOL
64 quid is better that whats its worth for the whole two year contract lol

Last time I drowned a phone i managed to rescue it by sticking it infront of a dehumidifier and max for a day. Also dont forget if u drown a phone take the battery out ASAP so not cause any further damage.

As soon as I saw the title of this thread, my heart sank. Hope it works but if not its definitely worth the Money to fix it

Put it on a hot place(not to hot)
That help it to dry.
You can also use a hairdryer over the backside. Do it gently and don't make the phone to hot.
When foe put it in the rise jar again for a day or two.
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Well guys it is at a Samsung service centre being looked at.
They give cause for hope and think up to £60 to fix it.
Should know if it is viable to fix by tomorrow afternoon.
Keep your fingers crossed!

Good luck with the repairs. Hopefully you get it working 100% without costing you too much.
One warning I have for people with regards to the alcohol bath. I spilled beer all over my old BlackBerry Storm and after I dried it out the buttons were all sticking but at least the phone worked. People kept suggesting to bath the phone in 99% alcohol. I decided to try it. Well it definitely cleaned out all the sticky beer but it also leeched in between the layers of the touchscreen and left some permanent clouds and wet spots under the screen. The phone worked fine but the display looked a bit messed up. I'm not sure if the Galaxy S could suffer from the same effects but I thought I would share this experience in case someone is thinking about trying it.

The Atrix is Waterproof!

I was at the bar on Monday night and dropped my phone into a pint of beer!
Bar tender very quickly gave me a bowl of rice to dry the phone out with. 2 days later and the phone still seems to be working fine.

so when I dump mine in water and it isn't waterproof are you going to pay me back?

Awesome!
My sister's iPhone 4 went for a drive and it most certainly isn't waterproof. It makes a sturdy paper weight now (not that it wasn't one before )

lasersocks said:
I was at the bar on Monday night and dropped my phone into a pint of beer!
Bar tender very quickly gave me a bowl of rice to dry the phone out with. 2 days later and the phone still seems to be working fine.
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That is not waterproof -_-;;; The submerge your phone in rice is simply a trick to dry the phone.

The beer did not penetrate because the barley and hops were repelled by the locked bootloader.

I really hope so!
I dropped mine in the toliet last night and have had it sitting in a bag of rice all night. Fingers crossed!

GoodFoot said:
The beer did not penetrate because the barley and hops were repelled by the locked bootloader.
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hahaha that made me lol...kinda sucks no one can hack that **** i want custom kerns

thatoneguy247 said:
Awesome!
My sister's iPhone 4 went for a drive and it most certainly isn't waterproof. It makes a sturdy paper weight now (not that it wasn't one before )
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Why would it be waterproof? It went for a drive... Apparently it can't handle the speed, huh?

Fuuuuck...Just tried to turn the phone on and got stuck at the Motorola Dual Core screen.And a messege saying:
Modem did not power up(1)
Starting RSD protocol support
Am i ****ed?

TinyRK said:
Why would it be waterproof? It went for a drive... Apparently it can't handle the speed, huh?
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If he is driving under water his phone is the last thing he should be worrying about

TinyRK said:
Why would it be waterproof? It went for a drive... Apparently it can't handle the speed, huh?
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I meant to say dive lol. That's what happens when you bounce between xda and autoblog.
It can handle the speed. My Atrix went for a drive after my iPhone and came back with a speeding ticket. Apparently the Atrix is capped on how fast it can go even though it uses the same roads as the iPhone.

lol, my friends berry sat in the lake for 20 minutes, totally submerged, we finally found it, he left it off for 72hours, turned it on and it still works to this day....
so i guess.....

Yea.... Generally there is absolutely no issue with an electronic device that isn't waterproof actually getting wet and still being functional. The key, and probably what Alex2x3 did wrong, is letting it dry long enough. The device getting wet is one thing. Something will initially short and the phone will shut off. If it's not entirely dry though, and you try to turn it on, then you're powering up a damp device, and that's a whole different ballgame. A friend of mine got shoved into the pool with his phone still in his pocket. Let it dry for a while and it still worked.
Unfortunately for Alex, i don't believe letting it dry overnight was quite long enough. Think it'd usually be best to wait 2-3 days before attempting to turn it on.... if not a little longer depending on the size of the device. All it takes is a little bit of water that wasn't able to quite work it's way out, and *poof*.

Water Pouring On My Phone

So in the midst of some distractings, I looked up suddenly and my 21th month year old had my shift in my bathroom sink with water running over it.
I quickly began to dry it off when I noticed it, and used canned air for the next 15min to blow out any water. The phone was still running. Turned it off, took out battery and blew more air.
Anyways to make a long story short, speakers still seem to work, both making calls and listening to music. Havnt tried the headphone jack yet. MY Camera though doesnt work. Goes to a black screen and it's clearly fogged up.
What is the advice at this point? I'm sure the warranty is voided. Should I try to take it apart myself to have a look or take it into sprint and cough up the bucks?
God I'm pissed

U shoulda put it in rice as soon as that happened ..u could still try now and leave it in uncooked rice for awhile. That works
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e240 said:
U shoulda put it in rice as soon as that happened ..u could still try now and leave it in uncooked rice for awhile. That works
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Ya its in rice now...didnt realize until my friend told me. I put it in rice after 30 min from when it happened, so it's not that late... I wonder if camera is fried or what?

chugger93 said:
Ya its in rice now...didnt realize until my friend told me. I put it in rice after 30 min from when it happened, so it's not that late... I wonder if camera is fried or what?
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If you let it chill over night I'm sure it'll be fine in the morning bro
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Rice can definitely work. Worked on my Blackberry that went swimming and my girls phone, that oddly enough she spilled soy sauce all over.
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chugger93 said:
So in the midst of some distractings, I looked up suddenly and my 21th month year old had my shift in my bathroom sink with water running over it.
I quickly began to dry it off when I noticed it, and used canned air for the next 15min to blow out any water. The phone was still running. Turned it off, took out battery and blew more air.
Anyways to make a long story short, speakers still seem to work, both making calls and listening to music. Havnt tried the headphone jack yet. MY Camera though doesnt work. Goes to a black screen and it's clearly fogged up.
What is the advice at this point? I'm sure the warranty is voided. Should I try to take it apart myself to have a look or take it into sprint and cough up the bucks?
God I'm pissed
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If the HTC EVO Shift 4G was left where your 21 month year old child was able to reach, please reach out to someone to come over to your house and flog the living crap of you on your bare back with a whip of 3 feet of rusty wires until well bloody and then have the person pour molten wax on you and have to bath in a tub of rubbing alcohol for your lack of protection to the HTC EVO Shift 4G. Your poor device probably screamed as it was drowning thinking it was get the CIA water board treatment.
Now with that having been said, the rice immersion method described may or may not work and even if your HTC EVO Shift 4G does manage to come back to life, just know liquid damage is like A.I.D.S/HSV II. Sprint corporate S&R retail stores will not be able to assist you repairing or replacing it as they will be able to tell the device was liquid damaged and just refer you over to TEP if you're not eligible for any equipment discounts or do not wish to fork out $349.99 full SRP for another one.

if it doesn't work and you have insurance just call sprint and tell them you lost it or it got stolen. will have to pay 100 deductible but its better then having to pay full price for a new one or buying a used one. Then you can sell the old phone as an esn locked phone and I'm sure someone else can use it for parts or something. The screen would still be fine I'm sure and people break those all the time.

Something simular happened to me with my g1 and there was a lot of things messed up on it until It completely dried after about 2 days or so. Then everything started working fine again. Just a tip
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jhunterb18 said:
if it doesn't work and you have insurance just call sprint and tell them you lost it or it got stolen. will have to pay 100 deductible but its better then having to pay full price for a new one or buying a used one. Then you can sell the old phone as an esn locked phone and I'm sure someone else can use it for parts or something. The screen would still be fine I'm sure and people break those all the time.
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So commit fraud to pay for your mistake.....lol

Thanks guys. I know its my fault...life gets in the way, and I was bathing my dog not realizing my phone was on the counter while he was playing with the sink water. Whateve, it happens.
I'll try it today (soon) see what happens, mabe take it apart. I don't have insurance, so full retail price for me...or ebay. Or go without camera if it never comes back to life.
So sprint won't try to repair it even if I pay a repair cost? (no insurance)

chugger93 said:
Thanks guys. I know its my fault...life gets in the way, and I was bathing my dog not realizing my phone was on the counter while he was playing with the sink water. Whateve, it happens.
I'll try it today (soon) see what happens, mabe take it apart. I don't have insurance, so full retail price for me...or ebay. Or go without camera if it never comes back to life.
So sprint won't try to repair it even if I pay a repair cost? (no insurance)
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Having worked in a Sprint corporate S&R retail store, I can assure you the technicians don't have a means nor way to service and repair liquid damaged devices as liquid damage usually if not always goes down to the component level on the devices' motherboard. Before paying full SRP or heading over to eBay, you may wish to check out Swappa where people buy/sell/trade already rooted Android devices for pretty much all the US wireless carriers. TEP is something you definitely will want to add to your wireless number the next time you purchase a handset. $100 is sure better than $350 or more!

Update: After sitting overnite in rice, shut off...I powered it on after 8 hours. Booted up great, and camera is no longer foggy. Camera works! Everything seems ok... gonna try headphone jack and music, etc one last time.
So relieved....

chugger93 said:
Update: After sitting overnite in rice, shut off...I powered it on after 8 hours. Booted up great, and camera is no longer foggy. Camera works! Everything seems ok... gonna try headphone jack and music, etc one last time.
So relieved....
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That's awesome news! Everyone should definitely be aware of the rice trick, seems like it has saved so many phones from otherwise crippling accidents.

my dad used to turn the oven on for a second to dry the air out then he would turn it off and leave the device in the oven over night.
This worked a few times until my mom washed my ipod shuffle and then put it in the oven. After a while she preheated the oven to make cookies then she opened it to find a white puddle of plastic with a chip in the middle.

wireless.praying.mantis said:
If the HTC EVO Shift 4G was left where your 21 month year old child was able to reach, please reach out to someone to come over to your house and flog the living crap of you on your bare back with a whip of 3 feet of rusty wires until well bloody and then have the person pour molten wax on you and have to bath in a tub of rubbing alcohol.
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Do you know someone, because all the people near me want way more than I am willing to pay?

Sprint covers water dmg, these phoes are pretty much water resistant anyhow, friends phone sat on the porch in the rain drenched. Still was powered on and everything still worked.

[Q] Wet S4... won't turn on...

Riding the motorcycle home tonight I got drenched for about 6 miles... normally not an issue and never has affected my phone in my back pocket before... but for some reason tonight was different...
about a mile from my house my music stopped working and didn't think much of it... but when I pulled into the garage and found my s4 was a bit wetter than normal and would not turn on my concerns grew...
Currently have the entire thing apart.. batter... case... even sim and microSD card out... there was not a lot of visible moisture on the inside... but I did find a few drops on the SD card once removed. Also the phone will not indicate a charge by led or on-screen.
I'm letting it dry out as much and as long as I can... other than just waiting it out... any tips somebody can give me? anything phone specific that I could do to help it turn on? (power+vol up+home something?) and is there a wet indicator on the phone some place? above the SD slot there are 2 brass connectors and a bright pink dot in a hole above them... is that anything unusual?

The phone does have liquid detectors. If you tried to turn on the phone you probably fried it. If you didn't turn on the phone yet leave it in ziploc bag with rice for a few days.

Put it in a jar of dry white rice for 24hrs. It will absorb all the mosture .. one of my friends drop his g3 in tolit and he did that ...booted again...trip..
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ViciousLSD said:
The phone does have liquid detectors. If you tried to turn on the phone you probably fried it. If you didn't turn on the phone yet leave it in ziploc bag with rice for a few days.
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You beat me to it...damn...

If your daring enough you could try opening the phone and use 99% isopropyl alcohol (technicians alcohol) to clean the parts. Alcohol displaces the water so as you use a small brush (we call thrm acid brushes....not sure what the 'normal' world calls them) use a single ply tissue to absorb the water/alcohol.

Does anybody know where those liquid detectors are? are they visible with the back cover and batter out?
Thanks for all the quick responses... I will try the above and see how it goes... this is my primary way to be contacted and after just a few hours I already feel cut off... its also how I make my money (being on call.... work can't call... I can't make money!) so I'm looking at resurrecting old phones... but I was hoping for a quicker solution... but I'd rather take my time and save my phone... I was hoping the battery went dead... was yelling at me earlier... but obviously not the case.

Pilot143 said:
Does anybody know where those liquid detectors are? are they visible with the back cover and batter out?
Thanks for all the quick responses... I will try the above and see how it goes... this is my primary way to be contacted and after just a few hours I already feel cut off... its also how I make my money (being on call.... work can't call... I can't make money!) so I'm looking at resurrecting old phones... but I was hoping for a quicker solution... but I'd rather take my time and save my phone... I was hoping the battery went dead... was yelling at me earlier... but obviously not the case.
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There is no quick solution. Keep it in the bag of rice as suggested, and leave it for at least 24 hours and I would even say try to go well beyond that for as long as you can hold out. Gotta make sure as much moisture as possible gets sucked out before trying to turn her over.
(What kind of bike you ride?)
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I had a coworker do this.
put it in a bag with the moisture absorbers, silica gel, he left like over night in a zip lock and in the morning it started working again.

I would do the bag of rice or moisture absorbers as others mentioned. The worst thing you can do when a phone gets wet is plug it in or try to turn it on. It seems you tried both. Hope for the best. Next time, if ever there is one, if you see your phone is wet, quickly dry it up and take it apart as much as you can. Kill any power going to it (ie. remove the battery immediately). Then place it in a bag with rice or other moisture absorbers. I would leave it a day or two. Make sure it's fully dry. If you are brave, take a torx bit to it and open it up. Make sure everything is dry inside. Put it back together once it's dry and try to power it on. Most cases this will work. I hope it works for you. Sadly it's on the heels of the leaked image of the waterproof S4.

2007 zx-10r... wasn't quick enough tonight I suppose... doh!
my other phones I never tossed out are no help... the sim card won't fit... keep looking... keeps me from messing with my phone too much!

Pilot143 said:
2007 zx-10r... wasn't quick enough tonight I suppose... doh!
my other phones I never tossed out are no help... the sim card won't fit... keep looking... keeps me from messing with my phone too much!
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Because the sim is too small? Just line up the gold contacts. I was able to get the microSIM working in my old captivate which takes a standard sized SIM just by carefully lining it up.
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Because the sim is too small? Just line up the gold contacts. I was able to get the microSIM working in my old captivate which takes a standard sized SIM just by carefully lining it up.
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Could also go to a local AT&T store and have them swap you to a full-sized SIM for a few days, if they're willing to work with you. Some reseller stores (non-corporate) may charge a nominal fee for the card. Keep in mind that once they deactivate a SIM card, it's toast.
But as the others have said, electricity to a wet device is typically fatal, so keep the battery and charger out as long as you can. As for the red/pink indicator: your warranty is now void. I've heard of ways to "bleach" the indicator, but I'd imagine that might be against XDA rules to even speak about. Also, check out some of the disassembly vids out there, they may be helpful in getting the water out or finding more indicators. *shrug*

Pilot143 said:
Does anybody know where those liquid detectors are? are they visible with the back cover and batter out?
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See that pink dot? That means the phone got wet... it should be white.
Trust me, I know. I dunked a brand new 32gb S4 into the pool on the day it was released and had to buy a brand new one at full price later the same day. Most expensive upgrade ever.

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Aou said:
I've heard of ways to "bleach" the indicator, but I'd imagine that might be against XDA rules to even speak about.
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I demand this person gets banned for disclosing the bleach-to-indicator trick that hits Samsung hard on the pocket chipping away at the multi-bil dollar profits. What's next? They will demand an apology for little memory? a recall for easily breakable screens? What a nerve.
Kwon Oh Hyun

kreoXDA said:
I demand this person gets banned for disclosing the bleach-to-indicator trick that hits Samsung hard on the pocket chipping away at the multi-bil dollar profits. What's next? They will demand an apology for little memory? a recall for easily breakable screens? What a nerve.
Kwon Oh Hyun
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That "trick" is pretty well known by the manufacturers. It may get by people at the store but the phone sent back to Samsung can be checked with Orthotolidine and show evidence of chlorine from residual sodium hypochlorite it will be billed to the original customer. Since it's obvious fraud further (legal) action may be taken so be warned before trying these "tricks".

according to the tmobile site, there should be a sticker somewhere in the back of the phone, and red/pink means water, white means normal

XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
according to the tmobile site, there should be a sticker somewhere in the back of the phone, and red/pink means water, white means normal
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no offense, but for future reference, keep a ziplock in your jacket. or two.

Slade8525 said:
no offense, but for future reference, keep a ziplock in your jacket. or two.
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LOL
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Slade8525 said:
no offense, but for future reference, keep a ziplock in your jacket. or two.
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
LOL
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Actually, not a LOL at all (well maybe a chuckle), but it is a well known practice to avid motorcyclists to keep a few Ziploc baggies with them for such uses. I use to ride with a regular Garmin GPS mounted on my bars (before Smart phone days) and a Ziploc baggy saved it many times...and still let me use it at the same time. They save wallets, phones, and anything electronic small enough to fit in them.

my Galaxy Note 3
Im super bummed. I dropped mine in the toilet about 6 hours ago. I was half asleep so all I did was put it in rice. I started googling and saw to turn it off an take the battery out. I just tried to turn it on and all it does is pulsate. I have a bad feeling I ruined my phone......and no insurance