Hello,
After trying to quickly clean up my Defy's screen under a tap, with all plastic covers tightly on, I had some issues with water infiltration.
At first, the whole screen seemed broken: touchscreen did not work at all. After waiting a while and letting the Defy dry for a day, it now works again; however there are still huge water marks on the display, still not dried up. Those do not seem to go. What should I do?
I plan to send the phone back to Motorola to have it waterproof-checked, and eventually repaired. It's a GreenLense Defy, with Android 2.2. The water sensors in the battery compartment indicate no infiltration.
Take the battery out. Then leave it on the heater vent battery side down. It'll dry up in an hour or 2. Happened n worked fine for me. Good luck
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2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
brotsje said:
2 weeks ago it was raining so much that the whole parking was under water.
I jumped to my car and went home. Halfway I discovered that my phone was missing, so I went back and found it on the parking, laying under water for half an hour, 10 cm deep.
When I picked it up, even it was still under water the lock screen went on.
At home, after disassembly the phone, only under the battery cover where a few drops of water, futher the phone was dry. Even the headphone and micro-usb are no leaking path.
I use it now again for 2 weeks and it still works fine, without any trouble.
Bravo for HTC to make a phone, more than spashproof
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Yes, htc is the shizz! I just brought mine back to life and everything works after dropping it on the deep side of my pool. On cases like mine, taking it apart right away and putting it on a bowl of uncooked rice for a week(just to be sure) and it will dry it completely!
Alas mine wasn't so lucky, fell in a puddle as I got into the car, grabbed it out, turned it off and removed battery, sim and SD, wiped as much water off as I could with tissues.
Left it for 2 days to dry, nada. Might be that the impact with the ground (wasn't that deep a puddle) killed it.
Embarassingly and luckily I'd only taken insurance out on it that lunchtime!
Wow, that's pretty impressive for a phone. Touchscreen phones are usually prone to most types of damage, but it's good to see being fully submerged in water didn't completely disable the phone.
You lucky guy
Hmmmmmm
I'm a little dubious... I spilled a really small amount of water from a glass on the bedside table onto my HD2. Even though I immediately jumped out of bed, cursed and wiped it dry, the water seeped into it. I could see the water in the LCD (it looked like a shadow that spread across the screen slowly over days). Two weeks later, the digitizer stopped responding to my touch even though the LCD itself still seems to work. I've hard reset the handset and that hasn't helped. I also tried heating up the unit a bit (without the battery) to try to have the water evaporate from it, but that hasn't helped either.
I took the phone into O2 who had their people look at it. Ultimately they said it was out of warranty because of water damage and that I could purchase a replacement (since I don't have insurance on it).
I'm considering trying to replace the digitizer, but it sounds like a lot of fuss and ultimately the phone won't be under warranty.
Annoying... I miss my HD2. I'm stuck with a Motorola Razr at the moment.
You can drop the phone in anything... aslong as the water does not have minerals that are conductive or prone to errosion it will be fine
[OP] just happen to have some clean water falling from the sky
I had a Blackberry Storm that once got submergered in baby oil.. It stopped working and I left it alone for A month or so...One day i picked it up and it started working... The LCD was messed up with Oil in it but other then that it worked...I opened it up and there was baby oil everywhere.... Got some distalled water and let it sit for a day or so to get it clean then replaced the LCD and it worked like new.
Distalled Water is H20 with notthing in it... As clean as water can get... Sine it has no conductive minerals you can drop a phone or PSP and it will work just fine.
Really?
I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
raduaz said:
I thought water itself was corrosive to metal? I can't imagine that the rainwater mentioned in the first post would be as clean as distilled water...
Anyway, I was wondering do you guys have have any suggestions? I have this lovely phone that boots up and I can't do anything with.
Should I just wait it out and see if it starts working again.
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if it has clorine in the water then yea... most citys add a small amount of clorine in their water system......
the phone boots but its unresponsive?
we love stories
I dont want to THINK mine under water not to be under water NEVER
My new less than a month old EVO just took a crash into some water. I took the battery out immediately, of course, and have it sitting in some rice. The battery water damage indicator looks to have been activated (the stripes are no longer red/white, can see the red stripes but the entire sticker is now pink). I have looked for an indicator on the phone itself, but don't see one anywhere. Oddly enough, the battery really wasn't wet when I took it out, so it's possible that I was able to save too much water from getting into it by getting it out and drying it out quickly. Do I actually need to take the phone apart to see the indicator? If not, where would one be? Nothing obvious just by looking at the phone.
The problem I have is I plan on sending it back to LetsTalk, as I just don't really care for the phone. It's too big for my liking. One of those Try before you truly buy things.
From the teardown photos it looks like there is on on the main PCB near the USB connector.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC-Evo-4G-Teardown/2979/2
Just because the phone took a bath does not necessarily mean it's done for good.... last time one of my phones took the plunge I immediately removed backing and battery and threw it all in a Snap Ware container of rice. Over a 24 hour period all of the mostuire was pulled out and it worked just fine.
I have also been told that submerging a wet phone into rubbing alcohol (after separating the battery!) Pushed all of the water out and then alcohol evaporates off. I have not tried this but it makes sense
Good luck
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If you have a vacuum sealer you can wrap your phone in paper towels and put it in a bag and vacuum seal it overnight. My dad dropped his phone in a bucket of water and quickly pulled the battery out. After he let it sit over night he put the battery back in and turned it on, it had water trapped under the screen so we sealed it and it even pulled out some dirt from the buttons.
Thanks everyone for the info so far! I guess the big question is, do the online resellers actually take the phone apart to check for water damage if someone is returning their phone within the 30 day period? I'm so mad at myself for allowing it to happen!
If the phone turns on this evening after 24 hours and shows no damage, Going to grab a new battery, and send the bad boy back to them in hopes that they don't actually remove the screws and all to check the inside indicator. There is no visible water damage indicator at all on the phone itself, so by the pictures posted in the ifixit, is under everything.
^^Hey i've been in your shoes before.^^ Not with the evo tho....but look at it like this if you can see the indicator turning pink so can they!!!! Once "they" = sprint see the indicator changed your warranty & eveything is void. I dont think they're gonna take it but hopefully for you they'll overlook it.
Good luck bro!!!
You may be able to buy a water sticker on ebay
I actually very recently dropped my Evo in some water though it was in an Ottorbox Commuter case. Pulled it out quickly, took off the case, pulled apart the phone. Let it sit overnight as was and then put it back together. Nothing wrong with it so far.
So, I have a desire z running mexdroid 3.
The other day I had left it on my take and water from a bottle nearby started leaking and by the time I noticed, my phone was sitting in a pool of water. I got it out as quick as I could wiped it down fully and switched it on(realize now how foolish that was), it was working perfect. But then it randomly kept switching off. I tried the rice thingy and also dried it. sometimes it just shuts off. I don't seem to be able to find something which triggers it. I just leave it resting for 15 minutes and it's off, sometimes I leave it for hours and it's working fine. Do you think I need to replace the battery?
On the inside the water damage indicators on the battery and the phone are pink.
Please help guys.
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I got salt water all over my HTC G2 while kayaking (using it to measure speed and keep track of heading, etc). My LCD screen got some water in it (visible) and the edges started to separate. The visible liquid in my LCD screen vanished slowly. The edges of my LCD still show signs of damage but it doesn't bother me much.
Try heating up your phone a little. Preheat oven, turn it off, open door letting some temp out and stick phone in there, close door. Maybe 50 degrees C or so. That is not enough to ruin solder joints and should not affect the glues in the LCD. The increased temperature will hopefully help expunge any remaining moisture.
Also note, that the phone will likely shutdown if it "overheats" or thinks it is overheating. Humidity will likely have a strong effect on temperature sensors.
See if you can get info from your kernel logs. Is your phone rooted?
Electronics chips have listed humidity ranges they are guaranteed to work properly in. (FYI: military spec chips are basically the same with greater ranges) If any one chip is outside its range the entire system may fail to function correctly. Hopefully you just have a bit of humidity stuck in there that needs some time or help to get out.
I'm kinda a noob. I'll look up how to check the logs and post it. Thanks so much.
Also , I think this should be mentioned , sometimes when I put my phone down or throw it on the couch it switches off. Could this be a battery malfunction. I did order a new battery. So once that comes I should be able to rule that out.
I put it in rice. I haven't tried the oven method. Will give it a shot. Without the battery right?
Thanks a ton.
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Im a defy owner. my phone was working sweet and i was thinking of flashing the jellybeans android on it soon. but three days ago, my defy got wet in the rain. the water entered my phone (due to missing power button that accidentally popped out). i dried the phone and it was up working fine,but after two days(yesterday) i put the phone on charging for the night. when i woke up(today),the phone wouldnt start. no logo,no light,NOTHING :crying: What could be th possible reason? any solutions? any suck experience ? help!
Without power button there would have been a lot of water in it. The best way to get the water out would be to buy alcohol (I thought methane) without aditifs of more then 95%. Fill a glass. Strip as much from your defy as possible (battery, plastics, screen). Soak it. Shake a bit. When no air comes out or something, take it out and dry it with a hair drier without the heat on.
Leave it a day and reassemble.
Check xda TV. There was a video from Adam With a RAZR doing this.
You can buy it in a hardware store.
It could be a shorted USB so that the battery didn't got charged. Could also be a bit worse.
Edit: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/droid-razr-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-tv/
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Without power button there would have been a lot of water in it. The best way to get the water out would be to buy alcohol (I thought methane) without aditifs of more then 95%. Fill a glass. Strip as much from your defy as possible (battery, plastics, screen). Soak it. Shake a bit. When no air comes out or something, take it out and dry it with a hair drier without the heat on.
Leave it a day and reassemble.
Check xda TV. There was a video from Adam With a RAZR doing this.
You can buy it in a hardware store.
It could be a shorted USB so that the battery didn't got charged. Could also be a bit worse.
Edit: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/droid-razr-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-tv/
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Thank you so much for your help bro. ill try this ASAP.
Hey all,
I dropped my V20 in a puddle on monday. It spent about 5 seconds submersed. I did remove the battery and put it in front of a airconditioner fan. When I got home I put it in a bag of rice. Today the screens backlight is messed up. The only area that lights up is the upper right. The rest is displaying info but no backlight unless I tap the phone hard on a flat surface. Then entire screen lights up for a while then it goes back to the upper right being lit up. I put it back in dry rice tonight. Everything on the phone works 100% but the backlight. What can be done. I dont want to buy another phone and I dont have insurance.
Leave in the rice bowl for another day and then check ✔
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Weren't these phone supposed to be almost waterproof?
phatmanxxl said:
Weren't these phone supposed to be almost waterproof?
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V20 never meant to be waterproof. G6 yes.
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I found success a few years ago by shoving my phone with the battery cover and battery removed into the flexible tubing of a shop-vac (no attachments on the end) and running it for about an hour. I did this immediately after taking it from the toilet it dove in; this sucked the air through it and pulled internal water out, rather than blowing air on it and not bothering the internals much at all. After that I put it in rice for 2 days to try to make sure all the water is out and evaporated. From some of my friends in the electronics field I hear it's the corrosion that hurts more than the water, and turning on the phone before all water is removed is about the worst move you can make. This may be more useful info for next time, but wait until all drying techniques are employed before putting in the battery and turning on the phone/tablet. Good luck.
youll need to open it, and take denatured alcohol and clean all the parts using a tooth brush, each time u put battery in/charge ur ruining the board and circuitry, need to clean off the corrosion before causing more damaged, but sadly to say if its been a few days and been in rice/dried up when you open it i wouldn't be shocked you'll find the cable that connects ur screen is fried at the board side and wont be repairable.
I forgot about that. This phone is easy to take apart. Iirc, it's 16 screws or so.