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myTouch Doubles as a Sex Toy

I've had my myTouch for about a month now and have been lurking around the forums for about the same amount of time. With adequate research, I've been able to successfully root, install and run my phone with Maxismo's HERO rom. Successfully meaning have done all that can be with a 4GB class 2 SDHC.
Now to the title. Yesterday morning after a quick McDonalds run, a friend and I decided to post and enjoy our 600 calorie breakfast in the car while I had Pandora running on my Magic through the car audio jack. To no surprise, friend decides that it is a good idea to slide my phone off the armrest, onto the cupholder where a half-filled cup of McD's orange juice parked itself with no cover.. I blame the lady at the drive-thru for not giving us straws. It was in there for a good 5 seconds.
A **** load of used Kleenex's later, I examined the phone and found that the water-damage indicator was still solid white. Aside from the apparent stickier feel, everything seemed fine.. Until I got home. A couple hours later, I reached for my phone to find that it was vibrating. No call, no vmail, not even a text from homegirl to see how my phone was doing. I had tried all the "phone-drying" methods, from Dust-Off to submerging your phone into a bowl of uncooked rice and I still sit here writing this, with my month-old myTouch dancing around my desk like it was happy to see me.
My first question is, has anybody encountered such a problem? If so, has anyone devised a way to remedy this? Second, I have PHP through T-Mobile (phone insurance for those overseas).. Should I just un-root, suck it up and pay the $130 deductible?
I met up with homegirl later on that night and yes, she was happily myTouched.
I shall await replies if any. Thanks for reading.

does the phone still work besides that. cuz if you are going to pay the deductible, i say just report it stolen and pay the fee to get a new one and use the water damaged one as a back up to flash test roms. the only reason you would unroot it and return it is if you are going through warranty, but it would fail, because though the indicator is still white, they open it up and check for water damage there, so you would still have to pay an out of warranty fee, which is like 400 when I had to return my mytouch for warranty purposes.

Just out of curiosity, where is the water indicator?
Also you should leave the phone submerged (cover off and battery off) in rice or packs of silica if you kept those from packaging of electronics for about 2 days. The longer the better. Then see if the phone still works.

Taknarosh said:
Just out of curiosity, where is the water indicator?
Also you should leave the phone submerged (cover off and battery off) in rice or packs of silica if you kept those from packaging of electronics for about 2 days. The longer the better. Then see if the phone still works.
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Water level indicator is on the lower right hand corner of the battery compartment. It's a round white sticker.
Phone was left (battery and cover off) in a bowl of rice as I mentioned in my post. I think it's the dried up sugar stuck on the board that's causing the phone to act up.. Gives a whole new meaning to "sweet phone".

tazz9690 said:
does the phone still work besides that. cuz if you are going to pay the deductible, i say just report it stolen and pay the fee to get a new one and use the water damaged one as a back up to flash test roms. the only reason you would unroot it and return it is if you are going through warranty, but it would fail, because though the indicator is still white, they open it up and check for water damage there, so you would still have to pay an out of warranty fee, which is like 400 when I had to return my mytouch for warranty purposes.
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Phone is still running fine aside from being stuck on vibrate.. The volume button seems to be the only other that's acting up but it's sporadic. If I do end up keeping the phone I'll open it up and have a look-see. I imagine it isn't gonna be a walk in the park like my N95.
Good point on the warranty, my friend who works for T-Mobile said I could return it at her store though.. Will they crack it open later on and possibly bill me?
Thanks for the input.

mausheezy said:
Phone is still running fine aside from being stuck on vibrate.. The volume button seems to be the only other that's acting up but it's sporadic. If I do end up keeping the phone I'll open it up and have a look-see. I imagine it isn't gonna be a walk in the park like my N95.
Good point on the warranty, my friend who works for T-Mobile said I could return it at her store though.. Will they crack it open later on and possibly bill me?
Thanks for the input.
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they send it to their return center and there they open it up. it happened to me on my sidekick. My trackball on it wasn't working so i returned it to warranty. They billed me 3 months later because they said it was an out of warranty product because they found water damage on the inside of the phone and the water damage indicator was still white. I didn't even know that it had water damage when I returned it. It must have gotten water in it when my hands were wet or when I had it in the rain.
Have you tried to turn off the vibrate feature from the settings to see if that turned off the vibrations?

All stickied up is what your volume button is. That is why it is vibrating and why the volume is acting up. The trick would be to get the sticky orange juice out from under your volume rocker. My menu button was sticking so I used a tiny piece of paper to stick in the very tiny gap between button and phone, maybe you will be able to dislodge the sticky stuff. Its a thought.
But insurance wise I think I'd say I lost it at Mcdonalds (snicker).

mausheezy said:
I met up with homegirl later on that night and yes, she was happily myTouched.
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ROFLMAO!
I agree. Keep the phone and report it stolen.

Had the same thing happen with cranberry and vodka. pull the battery. Get the assembly manual off of the forum. Dissasemble and clean any and all boards with 90% isoproyl alcohol and a childs soft bristle tooth brush. Do not blow on the boards to dry them as condensation can occur. Just use a fan at room temperature. Make sure you don't get a bunch of alcohol in places it won't come out of (speakers, Microphones, any type of button, USE COMMON SENSE), and only use as much as absolutely necesary. I did mine about 24 hours after it happened and it is still working 3 months later. Sugar will kill it eventualy if left inside so it needs to come out. I have had not one single issue since iI cleaned mine. BE VERY GENTLE. There are a total of FOUR liquid indicators on the unit. One in the battery compartment, and two you cant see, and yet another behind the tab for holding a lanyard. If you need better instructions shoot me an e-mail. [email protected]

tazz9690 said:
they send it to their return center and there they open it up. it happened to me on my sidekick. My trackball on it wasn't working so i returned it to warranty. They billed me 3 months later because they said it was an out of warranty product because they found water damage on the inside of the phone and the water damage indicator was still white. I didn't even know that it had water damage when I returned it. It must have gotten water in it when my hands were wet or when I had it in the rain.
Have you tried to turn off the vibrate feature from the settings to see if that turned off the vibrations?
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Yeah I did and it still did it. I guess warranty exchange is out of the question then.. Thanks again.

Tech no logy said:
All stickied up is what your volume button is. That is why it is vibrating and why the volume is acting up. The trick would be to get the sticky orange juice out from under your volume rocker. My menu button was sticking so I used a tiny piece of paper to stick in the very tiny gap between button and phone, maybe you will be able to dislodge the sticky stuff. Its a thought.
But insurance wise I think I'd say I lost it at Mcdonalds (snicker).
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Haha. I tried it out with a bunch of post-its and it seems to have alleviated the volume issue slightly. I think I do have to open it up though coz it's still acting up. Thanks for the tips.. Maybe I should blame it on a McDonalds staff member.

softbanksucks said:
ROFLMAO!
I agree. Keep the phone and report it stolen.
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Haha I think I will.

donepate said:
Had the same thing happen with cranberry and vodka. pull the battery. Get the assembly manual off of the forum. Dissasemble and clean any and all boards with 90% isoproyl alcohol and a childs soft bristle tooth brush. Do not blow on the boards to dry them as condensation can occur. Just use a fan at room temperature. Make sure you don't get a bunch of alcohol in places it won't come out of (speakers, Microphones, any type of button, USE COMMON SENSE), and only use as much as absolutely necesary. I did mine about 24 hours after it happened and it is still working 3 months later. Sugar will kill it eventualy if left inside so it needs to come out. I have had not one single issue since iI cleaned mine. BE VERY GENTLE. There are a total of FOUR liquid indicators on the unit. One in the battery compartment, and two you cant see, and yet another behind the tab for holding a lanyard. If you need better instructions shoot me an e-mail. [email protected]
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Thanks. You might expect an email from me pretty soon.

mausheezy said:
Yeah I did and it still did it. I guess warranty exchange is out of the question then.. Thanks again.
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it's a good thing you have insurance then and you told them that you "lost" it or it was "stolen"

dropped my hero in the toilet.

Thankfully it was a quick dip. Took it out and blow dried it. After some Initial problems everything seems to be working. Was doing some weird things at first. Think I can expect any issues down the road?

How long did you wait before you put the battery in? It may seem dry, but there may have been moisture on the inside..

Honestly I didn't wait too long because I was expecting a really important call and there was no moisture under the screen. I think the case helped protect it a bit. I'm replying to this thread with my phone so sofar so good. *fingers crossed*

Was there piss and poo in the toilet? That will corrode it. However, I do plan on throwing my Hero in the toilet as soon as the Nexus One comes out for Sprint

mbell75 said:
Was there piss and poo in the toilet? That will corrode it. However, I do plan on throwing my Hero in the toilet as soon as the Nexus One comes out for Sprint
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Ill buy it for $50 or under..

Jus10o said:
Ill buy it for $50 or under..
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Before or after its been thrown in the toilet?

No pee or poo. I have insurance, but it seems to be fine.

You probably need to wipe it or else it'll have really sh1tty performance.

my girl was "helping" by doing the laundry and my hero made it thru the washer and half way thru the dryer i dryed it out for a few days got stuck on the boot screen ,wiped and flashed a new rom to it and it works perfect this was last month and still no problems .... knock on wood

I did the EXACT same thing. Dropped in in the toilet, snapped it out really quickly and yanked the battery out and let it dry for about 24 hours. Plugged it in and turned it on and it worked perfectly.... for about 2 weeks. After a couple weeks, it wouldn't power on. All that it would do is the orange indicator light would come on when I plugged it in. The water indicator strip on the battery and the one underneath the battery weren't even red but when I took it to a sprint store that had a tech, they showed me that there was corrosion on part of the board when they took it apart and the indicator on the board was solid red. If you can, I would recommend taking it apart further and trying to dry it out even deeper. That's what caused the ultimate demise of mine.

cmccracken said:
You probably need to wipe it or else it'll have really sh1tty performance.
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Quote of the day.

Ok, well the update is everything works except 5he phone no longer charges. What do I do? I'm rooted and the indicator shows water. The one on the battery doesn't because I was using an aftermarket battery at the time.

boredmug said:
Ok, well the update is everything works except 5he phone no longer charges. What do I do? I'm rooted and the indicator shows water. The one on the battery doesn't because I was using an aftermarket battery at the time.
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suck it up and pay the $100 to the insurance to get a refurb.

Yea, that's kinda what I was figuring, but do I need to put the dang thing back to stock?

cmccracken said:
You probably need to wipe it or else it'll have really sh1tty performance.
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Oh I see what ya did there

boredmug said:
Yea, that's kinda what I was figuring, but do I need to put the dang thing back to stock?
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yes put it back stock before shipping.

Dude, I can't ship this thing off. It's my only phone and I have to have a phone. Can't I just take it to a corporate store?

oh shiit.. I would be pissed off..
diffinately do a anti bacteria wipe .. it will be on your face and near your mouth!!!

Rules for wet phone:
Pull Battery, don't even try turning it on (will fry components)
Put in bowl with dry rice for 24-48 hours
Take phone out and try the power
Cook/Eat rice
I really thought this was common knowledge by now...

tstack77 said:
Rules for wet phone:
Pull Battery, don't even try turning it on (will fry components)
Put in bowl with dry rice for 24-48 hours
Take phone out and try the power
Cook/Eat rice
I really thought this was common knowledge by now...
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I would do this after completely dissasembling every layer of the phone and carefully drying it all out with a blow dryer.
All it takes is 1 drop of moisture, in one of the many layers of these complicated devices, to cause a short and cripple the phone.

The Destruction Of My First Evo - Whats Your Story

So,
Just for fun I thought I would share my story, of how I broke my first evo. I set my evo on the bumper of my car. Rearranged something in the the bed, and forgot my evo on the bumper. 20 minuets later I'm driving and looking for my phone. Well to make a long story short, the evo stayed on my bumper until I hit a speed bump in the parking lot of my apt. I drive all the way back home, and see it right next to the speed bump face down, screen shattered. The good news I have a tough case, and even though it was run over by a car, it still works! I would love to hear any other stories about evo destruction!

Dang. That's crazy that it still works even after being ran over, ha-ha.
I've only just dropped like crazy onto concrete, floors, etc, and it only has one tiny little crack by the search button and some dings.

jkinnison90 said:
Dang. That's crazy that it still works even after being ran over, ha-ha.
I've only just dropped like crazy onto concrete, floors, etc, and it only has one tiny little crack by the search button and some dings.
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Personally I'm pretty impressed with the durability of the phone. Extreme damage no phone can withstand, but I dropped it before out of the case and it holds up well to some of the older phones that I have dropped.

I dropped it by accident face first straight flat fall ON the face on my hardwood floor and not one single thing was damaged.
Edit: it was about a 4 foot drop.
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I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?

xp3nd4bl3 said:
I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?
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They are so strict on that, they wont do it, why sell you one for 200 when they can get 500 from you. I'm surprised they didn't tell you about insurance, it's a huge money maker for them. They want you to have insurance. It sucks losing a phone

xp3nd4bl3 said:
I lost mine over the weekend while I was out of town. I didn't even know Sprint offered insurance.
Anyone know if they'll let me buy a replacement at the subsidized cost?
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Mobile defense (when re-released) and lookout are your new friends..

Evo 1 had burning in screen.
Evo 2 shattered screen
Evo 3 stolen
Evo 4 dead pixels
Waiting on evo 5
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xcodesterox said:
Evo 1 had burning in screen.
Evo 2 shattered screen
Evo 3 stolen
Evo 4 dead pixels
Waiting on evo 5
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Im assuming you only use the new phone for 1 day, because the wait times to receive a new phone is crazy. I waited a week and a half for my 2nd evo...and now this one has a crack on the back camera lens.

Your car has a bed!

Mine has held up really well. 5 months with no case or screen protector. My G1 did go through the laundry once, it still worked for a few days after too.
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garyfunk said:
Your car has a bed!
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The Bed Of My Truck! But I suppose I could put a bed in it.

First one lasted five weeks, then went to sprint store. Second one lasted a month or so.. Next one took a week, and was stolen before I got home.. Damn fedex.. And a week later this evo, my eta from asurion is monday for lucky number five lol.
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I'm on number 2. First one had the speaker stop working and the kickstand spring broke so the kick stand would flip in and it would fall over all of the time. I wasn't about to be responsible for it falling over and flying off the table so it was replaced.
This second one has been like two weeks and the kickstand spring is on the way to dying again. The kickstand squeaks - it slowly gets worse till the spring gives out. I'm sure the speaker will stop working on this one too.
With the luck I had with the first Touch Pro (12 of them in 10 months) I'm sure I'll be seeing the same crap here. I'm gentle to them, they just all fail terribly. I'm beginning to wonder why I bought another HTC phone after the Touch Pro and TP2 were so bad.

Asurion said 5-7 days for my replacement, and I got an email today saying it's been shipped and I'll have it tomorrow. Amazing...... What can I expect, a refurb piece of crap?

EVO #2 here, First one was fine except it had a cracked camera lens, Then i put it in my back pocket, almost sat down in the car and realized it was there. Pulled it out LCD was broken , Glass intact.
Second EVO - Perfect except for crack on power button. Not replacing it for that. And hopefully its my last one.

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I'm on number 2. First one had the speaker stop working and the kickstand spring broke so the kick stand would flip in and it would fall over all of the time. I wasn't about to be responsible for it falling over and flying off the table so it was replaced.
This second one has been like two weeks and the kickstand spring is on the way to dying again. The kickstand squeaks - it slowly gets worse till the spring gives out. I'm sure the speaker will stop working on this one too.
With the luck I had with the first Touch Pro (12 of them in 10 months) I'm sure I'll be seeing the same crap here. I'm gentle to them, they just all fail terribly. I'm beginning to wonder why I bought another HTC phone after the Touch Pro and TP2 were so bad.
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12 in 10 months, I would think sprint would just cancel you. I replaced my diamond once and never had a problem with the refurbished one I got. Getting them to replace it took a couple trips to the sprint store though, 2nd trip they ordered my new one. They must know you by name there, probably keep a phone for you in a drawer.
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bharris25 said:
They must know you by name there, probably keep a phone for you in a drawer.k
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LOLLOL
On my second one, it should arrive today. The assurion backorder thing is a joke. They said it would take 3-5 days, that was yesterday when i sent them the info. And fedex overnight is so damn fast. They must have a driver dedicated just to me.
In all honesty, the first one i got a big scratch on the glass, so i decided to buff it out with a whole bunch of different grits of sand paper and polish. Well i did a good job (i have done auto paint multiple times, it isn't much different) but the scratch was so deep i would have had to remove way too much glass to make it go away. So i bought a new digitizer off of ebay. Put it on, was very happy about everything and that very day I didn't have my jelly case on it because I had it off to put the new digitizer on and i dropped the SoB on the floor at work and the LCD went out. Digitizer didn't crack or anything though.
I told assurion I lost it in the trash compactor at work so that I could sell the digitizer and other parts to recoup some of the cost of the deductible and new digitizer though.
I will never remove my baby from it's case again.

My 1st evo the headphone port broke.
My 2nd evo was accidentally hit with a baseball bat.
3rd Evo is great.

DeMiNe0 said:
My 1st evo the headphone port broke.
My 2nd evo was accidentally hit with a baseball bat.
3rd Evo is great.
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So uh, did the 2nd one get hit with a baseball bat while in your pocket or something? Mouthing off to the wrong people?

Water damaged phone.. Help :(

UPDATE: The phone is magically fixed!
Hey guys!
So i was at a party 2 nights ago, and I lost my S2. I finally found it in the morning, it had been outside all night, and then I realised that it had been raining heavily.
I took the battery, sim card and micro sd card out and placed the phone somewhere warm and let it dry for about a day and a half. I plugged it in earlier, and it started charging fine, and then I turned the phone on.
It booted up. The hardware buttons are working fine, and the touch buttons below the screen also work, but the screen is completely unresponsive
EDIT: Just as I posted this, i got signal, so only problem i can see is the touch-screen
Is there anything I can do, or is this phone screwed?
I cant remember if I have Vodafone's insurance or not, I'm praying to god I do :/

Put it in a bag of rice and let it dry out even more

Look this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128594
You'll find some tips that might be useful

danstah said:
Put it in a bag of rice and let it dry out even more
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I was gonna say.... put it in rice. Should dry up faster

Had good result with silicate packets (the little bags in shoeboxes and many electrical goods) and rice. But let everything dry for days and don't reassemble - left my old PMP for 5 days after a toilet swim, still working. Smells great too. Honest.

Thanks for the replies guys. I've now put the phone in a bag of rice so I guess I just have to wait and see.

Lol keep us updated!

The problem could by the fact that the digitizer on capacitive screens are very sensitive, it sounds as if that may have been damaged.l I would think that the only thing you can do is to replace the touch screen, because it is gorilla glass and the fact the entire phone would need dismantling, If it isn't insured I would expect it wouldn't be cheap to get replaced. But you should be thankful that you entire phone didn't die, I mean you were quite lucky there. I broke my old hero by leaving it out side for 5-10 min whilst it was raining.

Bad news guys, its still not working.
Cant believe I let this happen, I need some trousers with tighter pockets for this damn phone! (and perhaps not carry it with me when I'm drinking haha)
Luckily its covered under my home insurance.
Do I get a new one or get it repaired?
Edit: Its also bloody ironic that I had just put a pattern unlock screen on my phone, so now I cant back up the contents because its locked! Is there any way to get round this? Or external ways to control the phone so I can get into it?
Cheers

There's insurance that covers phone water damage?

Hazlynch, you really need to keep it much, much longer than one day in the rice.
Trust me, apart from my aforementioned toilet episode, I've also lost phones and PMPs in the snow - all have worked again, but the shortest dessicating time was 3 days.
One day is simply not enough - not saying 100% it'll work after 5 days, but 100% certain it won't after one.
For the record, lost my Cowon S9 (OLED touchscreen) in a snowdrift - 5 days dessicating and worked - still going strong.

Ah right thanks for that info! From what I heard about the digitizer being sensitive I'm not very hopeful, but it wont harm to leave it in the rice longer.

I wasn't with my S9 either, but it surprised me, especially also being a touchscreen device too.
Remember to disassemble as much as you can from the phone - all cards and battery out but also in the box/bag - you need to expose as much surface area as possible of the device to the dessicant.
Try my silicate bag tip posted earlier too!
Let us know wha'ppen?

Ready to give it a try? How's it looking/feeling?

I managed to find some silica packets like you said so I put them in with the rice.
Just turned it on, but still no touchscreen responce

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I managed to find some silica packets like you said so I put them in with the rice.
Just turned it on, but still no touchscreen responce
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Shame - not optimistic.. A couple more days won't hurt if you have the patience!

Yeah, I wont be able to get anything done about the insurance stuff for a few days anyway, so I'll leave it in there for longer. Starting to miss it now! Haha.
Oh and thanks again for everyone's help on this!

My situation has taken an unexpected turn... Went into vodafone a couple of weeks ago and explained that the touchscreen had stopped working.
They tried to factory reset and do other things to fix it to no avail, so they sent it off to their repair centre to fix.
I received it back today, with a letter which stated that it was thoroughly tested and inspected, and that they found that the fault had been caused by water damage. They explained that water damage falls outside of the manufacturers warranty and they could not repair it.
They also sent a picture which helped to show the extent of the corrosion, which looked a bit nasty.
I turned on the phone anyway when i recieved it, and to my great surprise... it is working - apparently flawlessly.
So it is a happy ending - and has proved to me how badass this phone is

hazlynch said:
My situation has taken an unexpected turn... Went into vodafone a couple of weeks ago and explained that the touchscreen had stopped working.
They tried to factory reset and do other things to fix it to no avail, so they sent it off to their repair centre to fix.
I received it back today, with a letter which stated that it was thoroughly tested and inspected, and that they found that the fault had been caused by water damage. They explained that water damage falls outside of the manufacturers warranty and they could not repair it.
They also sent a picture which helped to show the extent of the corrosion, which looked a bit nasty.
I turned on the phone anyway when i recieved it, and to my great surprise... it is working - apparently flawlessly.
So it is a happy ending - and has proved to me how badass this phone is
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This has me worried haha. My SGS2 has recently took a bit of a bath as well. The phone worked perfectly fine after sitting off overnight drying out. However after about 3 days it started random hang up and shut offs. I sent it in to a repair center a week ago and i am just hoping for the best. I dont have high hopes that they will replace it as it was water damage but i suppose its worth a shot for a $600 phone.
If they dont replace/repair it i will be taking it apart and cleaning it in hopes that i can make it work.

Here is my old sgs2 after a dip in the ocean. No insurance either. What you guys think?
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[TOILET AGAIN]Another loser has dropped the SGS right there

Hey, guys. I know there are dozens of threads talking about that, but mine is quite specific. First, the toilet disaster highlights one-to-one:
- phone sitting by the sink, which is close to toilet
- stupid movement and there it was, Skype was on.
- took 3 seconds to ignore all the human dignity I'd had and took the SGS from the water
- removed a crappy silicone cover (this one saved me from a more serious accident) very fast and removed the battery as fast as
- towel, paper-towel, rags
- rice bowl
- youtube video showing disassembly instructions (pretty easy)
- contact cleaner
- rice bowl again
It worked perfectly 24 hours later! Screen on, sound ok... very easy device to open.
Everything was fine until I accidentally hit the voice search and the "sound level meter" didn't move.
Microphone is not working since then. Doesn't work for calls, video with sound, audio note... It works fine with the stock earphone though.
Yes, I restored to factory settings.
Yes, I reflashed and reinstalled the ROM.
When I BLOW (with my mouth) into the mic, nothing happens. But when I SUCK it, the michophone seems to "catch" all the noise. Is this a signal of hope?
I opened it again and sprayed a good contact cleaner, right into the mic. No changes.
ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED!!!

Phone was placed on the sink with "Skype on". Hmmmm

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Phone was placed on the sink with "Skype on". Hmmmm
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Ayup...
Clearly the phone was deeply ashamed of what was going on and jumped into the open toilet to save your dignity.

You sucked on the Mic???
ew.
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Skype, bathroom, sucking and blowing the mic... woah...

Its very nasty
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Lol
I said "loser"...
Guys, rolling on the floor here, but any actual help?
Ahahahahahahahahah

Oh man grodiest i9000 thread ever.

Did you ever think about to replace the mic?? If ya say its easy to open the phone then you wont have problems to replace the mic I actually dont think its too expansive for ya. So actually its funny to read but I fell with ya. But you shouldnt use skype on the toilet my phone is waiting outside of the bath room, when I'm makin the big deal on the toilet xD
good luck dude

24 hours is way to short to remove water stuck between board and smd components. I think you fired it up to soon. Electronics dont repair themselves, once broken you need to replace parts to get things going again.
Only luck or a wallet can save you now im afraid.

Aww dude no way !!!.
I have had my fair share of phones falling into the loo, Luckily not with my SGS, but with my tocco and my spica.
My tocco survived after leaving it dry on the radiator for a day (on low low temperature)
My spica survived but needed a new screen. which was surprisingly cheap (not genuine part)
Just for my own amusement, Was it a number one or a number two you was doing at the time ?
Funny comments, But serious matter. Take their advice and leave it dry out a little more, You could of made it worse by powering it up. But lets not jump to conclusions just yet,
If drying it out for longer dont work. See if you can make a bit of cash by selling it for parts on ebay or similar.
Oh and is it on a contract ? if so do you have insurance ? or are you close to a renewal ?
Good luck, Hope you get a good outcome

azzledazzle said:
If drying it out for longer dont work. See if you can make a bit of cash by selling it for parts on ebay or similar.
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- I'll always look at parts from ebay suspiciously now.

RedBeardThePirate said:
- I'll always look at parts from ebay suspiciously now.
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Obviously you will have to mention the water damage.
But some people do buy broken / water damaged stuff.
Might not get a lot of money but it could be better than throwing it in the bin

My phone got drowned in the bottom of bag with a leaking water bottle, similar thing, phone worked but the mic wasn't 100% and the center button did not work at all. Purchased a replacement 3 button membrane they call it off ebay for $25 from UK. The mic is built onto this membrane. Funnily enough button started to work the day before it arrived but I will still replace the membrane just to know the mic is 100% as sometimes it comes across scratchy on the other end.
Hope all goes well for you.

dwyer125 said:
My phone got drowned in the bottom of bag with a leaking water bottle, similar thing, phone worked but the mic wasn't 100% and the center button did not work at all. Purchased a replacement 3 button membrane they call it off ebay for $25 from UK. The mic is built onto this membrane. Funnily enough button started to work the day before it arrived but I will still replace the membrane just to know the mic is 100% as sometimes it comes across scratchy on the other end.
Hope all goes well for you.
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+1
I bought the flex cable keypad wich comes with the microphone. Just 10$ from HongKong. However, 3 weeks to arrive.

u could try drying ur circuit board in an ultrasonic dryer... should remove all the water from it...
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Last time I flooded a phone (lake, beer, boat, he he), I used a food dehydrator. 24 hours in that gadget and all was well. Just last week my brother jumped into the water with his iPhone in the pocket. Same procedure and 24 hours later his phone lives.