My brother was playing Temple Run and the screen was all fine then, even the night before. However, since 2 days I can see blue dots all over the right side of the screen. This is visible in the boot logo as well. I thought that the screen was gone but yesterday morning the dots seemed to have faded but they returned later on. This morning it has been same. I have found other threads with same problem, but none with a solution. Can anyone please help me out? Thanks.
Do you have a screenshot?
If rooted with custom RON then hold the power button and choose screenshot
Sent from my Motorola Defy (MB525) Red Lens running Quarx's CM9 through XDA Premium.
I took a screenshot but I could not see any marks there. Moreover the dots are visible even during boot. They did become very light though yesterday morning. I don't know whether it helps or not, but right now I am in Shillong, which is one of the rainiest places in the world = lots of humidity, and all the problems started after I arrived here.
abhi.eternal said:
I took a screenshot but I could not see any marks there. Moreover the dots are visible even during boot. They did become very light though yesterday morning. I don't know whether it helps or not, but right now I am in Shillong, which is one of the rainiest places in the world = lots of humidity, and all the problems started after I arrived here.
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I'm not sure, but could it be condensation underneath the screen?
I hope so. I guess I will have to wait till I get back to Bangalore.
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
abhi.eternal said:
I hope so. I guess I will have to wait till I get back to Bangalore.
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Is your phone still under warranty?
pradipsoman said:
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
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If it is humidity, a bag of rice overnight to dry out is probably less likely to cause problems
CM9 ICS Defy MB525
Thanks for the replies guys. I could not check them for the last few days due to some work.
pradipsoman said:
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
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Thanks, will try this out.
samueljohanson said:
Is your phone still under warranty?
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Sadly, no
notes1 said:
If it is humidity, a bag of rice overnight to dry out is probably less likely to cause problems
CM9 ICS Defy MB525
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Thanks, will try this before trying pradipsoman's suggestion. I just hope there is still time to save my phone!
It's fixed! My phone's fixed! The freezer trick worked. I forgot to wrap the phone in a plastic bag though, but still it's fixed now. Thank you so much.
pradipsoman said:
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
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Thanks man, it works like a charm!!! :victory:
pradipsoman said:
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
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Thanks a lot man! Method absolutely works. I had a bunch of dots suddenly appear on the screen after my Defy took a fall, so I looked up here found your solution and thought I'd try it. I wrapped the phone up tight, sealed it with tape, put it in a freezer for about 8 hours. Then I took it out, unwrapped it and put it in a jar of rice for about an hour (to take out the moisture.) Then I put the sim card, sd card battery back in and booted up, and viola, dots gone! Has been 3 days and dots haven't reappeared, so the solution seems permanent, too!
Thanks again!
pradipsoman said:
1) Take the battery, SIM card and the Memory card out
2) After putting the back cover on, wrap the mobile in a plastic bag and then seal it air tight with tape
3) Place it in the freezer for 24 hours
4) Take it out and wait till it comes to room temperature.
5) Open the covering and then put the battery, etc in and turn it on...
Had the same issue when it was carried it on a flight and the above method saved the phone
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I had the same problem and I tried this method. All the brushlike marks went away but the dark blue dots remained. Is there anything more I could do. Appreciate your help.
Try repeating the steps again. I suggest that you do it again tomorrow just to spare the phone from shivering in the extreme cold of your refrigerator for a short while
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I left my phone outside before a rainstorm. It didn't get get direct rainfall on it but got the spray of the water hitting the side of the wall. When I remembered it 15 minutes later it was covered in water drops but not soaked.
Everything seemed to work fine at first but then the touchscreen kept thinking it was touched at random places.
I turned it off, removed the battery, and started to dry it off with a kleenex and a condensed air can to blow the water out of the slider. When I turned it back on, the backlight flickered for about a minute and then went black (the LCD picture was still there but very dark)
Now when I turn it on the backlight is on for a second but then goes off. If I hit the OK, Talk, or other buttons they work 1 out of 10 times. The touchscreen still registers hits by itself.
Any suggestions on what I should do to dry it out? Do I need to take apart the screen?
I'd hate to throw it away...any help will be much appreciated!
Hum ill try to say this in english. This solution worked for some friends of mine when their phones got wet. disassemble all the tytn parts, take pff the battery, sim card, memory card, everything u can, take it out. Then with a hairdryer point it to the PDA about an hour. Pay attention not burn it up, only heat it a little so that the water or humidy left in the PDA can evaporate. Then leave it on shelf all opened for about a night. Next day join all the parts and try to connect your device. If it doesnt work, u can always take it to warranty. Sry 4 my english I hope u can understand ^^
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Hum ill try to say this in english. This solution worked for some friends of mine when their phones got wet. disassemble all the tytn parts, take pff the battery, sim card, memory card, everything u can, take it out. Then with a hairdryer point it to the PDA about an hour. Pay attention not burn it up, only heat it a little so that the water or humidy left in the PDA can evaporate. Then leave it on shelf all opened for about a night. Next day join all the parts and try to connect your device. If it doesnt work, u can always take it to warranty. Sry 4 my english I hope u can understand ^^
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Hey don't worry about your English - you speak it better than most others. I'll try this suggestion but I will definitely have to be careful not to burn up anything. Thanks
After the experience tell me how it went
Forget warranty though, there is a water activated sticker inside the hermes to tell the service department if its been soaked. Its white if no water has got in but turns pink if water touches it.
Cheers...
Heres the link to the service manual to be able to dissassemble safely - http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
You need a small flatbade, a small philips head screwdriver and a no. 6 torque key.
Good luck....
The warranty's already gone so I am willing to take drastic measures to fix this thing. I will let it sit overnight and if that doesn't work, I'll be taking it apart tomorrow. I found a youtube video that shows precisely how to do it. I'll update tomorrow
Would grab the manual as well as it can't hurt to have all bases covered. The manual takes you through step by step.
Cheers...
Thanks for your help, guys!
Seems I was freaking out over nothing. I did like Zero said and took a hair dryer to it (maybe 3mins on low -- 1min on high....did have the patience to do it for an hour) and then let it sit overnight. The phone was completely messed up around 10pm last night even after blow drying but this morning I powered it on and it did just fine. It did reset a couple of settings in advanced config but nothing else was touched. As a matter of fact, I believe the phone runs faster than it did before the incident! I do notice that the CPU memory is idling at 45% instead of 55+%...weird....
So I guess they do make em like they used to
Im glad my solution worked out actually i never tested it on PDA's so i guess that it's quite the same. Hair dryer rullez^^
check your wifi
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Thanks for your help, guys!
Seems I was freaking out over nothing. I did like Zero said and took a hair dryer to it (maybe 3mins on low -- 1min on high....did have the patience to do it for an hour) and then let it sit overnight. The phone was completely messed up around 10pm last night even after blow drying but this morning I powered it on and it did just fine. It did reset a couple of settings in advanced config but nothing else was touched. As a matter of fact, I believe the phone runs faster than it did before the incident! I do notice that the CPU memory is idling at 45% instead of 55+%...weird....
So I guess they do make em like they used to
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I had an MDA before my Wing, dropped in the toilet twice after a couple of days worked fine the second time the wifi went out.
PS My wing doesnt go in the bathroom with me anymore
When you phone gets wet
I don't know if anyone has heard of the Kim Commando Show, she is syndicated over the Radio. Anyways, she's a techie and gives advice on different situations relating to different devices and new stuff coming out. Anyways, she advices when a phone get wets to NOT turn on the phone right away (obviously), take the battery out and put the phone in a bag of rice. The rice will pull out the moisture. The phone has to be in the rice for 24 hours. It works 95% of the time. The trick is to not turn on the phone until you are sure the phone is completly dry inside and out. As you all know, electricity and water will just fry your phone. A new battery is suggested.
water damage SGS2 also..
Got my Galaxy s2 in my pocket when it was raining , i hade about 10% of battery.
Took it up and it was dead, so when i came home i put the charger in it but nothing happend.
I have put it into a bag of rise now and will se if it starts tomorrow. I also have bought a new battery.
if that not works ive also bought a new Charger oem cabel from ebay.
to bad for me did the warrenty went out for about 3 weeks ago.
I hope it will turn on again when i read that people that have droped directly into water and have them fixed by rise or other ways.
If this not works, is there any other ways?
thankfull for any help!
My friend took his G1 in the hot tub......
Dried it up then turned it on. Once it turned on a hazard triangle came up with a phone image then shut off. The phone is totally dry now but will not power on in any way?
Any ideas??
bonesy said:
My friend took his G1 in the hot tub......
Dried it up then turned it on. Once it turned on a hazard triangle came up with a phone image then shut off. The phone is totally dry now but will not power on in any way?
Any ideas??
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buy a new one...that one is done for..
Lol thanks! No hope for it at all then?
put in bowl of rice for 2 days with batt out and no back cover if their is any residual water left in it ,it will dry it out...good luck
bonesy said:
My friend took his G1 in the hot tub......
Dried it up then turned it on. Once it turned on a hazard triangle came up with a phone image then shut off. The phone is totally dry now but will not power on in any way?
Any ideas??
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Try the procedure I discuss here.
Also, the triangle screen is recovery screen. Press Alt+L to see the text. If you can boot it up into the recovery it's probably not completely fried.
i did something similar but i think your problem is that you turned it on... maybe should just wait a few more days because mine took over a week to dry out fully.
and that screen you see might not necessarily mean its done.
I had a ton of errors and problems when i turned mine on too early. Keyboard would spew random numbers and letters and phone would turn off.
check the thread in my sig and you might find something useful
My G1 fall into the water too, I try to quickly pick it up.
After trying to dry it for like 1 hour I turned it on and was working but the backlight of the screen didn't turn on.
At that time couldn’t find replacement LCD when I try to Google it so after I disassemble it I save the pieces for the future.
My question is if the backlight can be fixed or do I have to replace the whole LCD?
Regards,
so you need to let it completely dry out first then when you can get it to power up you need to boot an update to the phone and hopefully itll work...hope this helps just try a standard rc33 update
Gave up on trying to fix it took it to where i bought it, There is a bit on the battery and on the phone when water damaged turns red. HTC wont fix it had to claim on the insurance lol
chupalo said:
My G1 fall into the water too, I try to quickly pick it up.
After trying to dry it for like 1 hour I turned it on and was working but the backlight of the screen didn't turn on.
At that time couldn’t find replacement LCD when I try to Google it so after I disassemble it I save the pieces for the future.
My question is if the backlight can be fixed or do I have to replace the whole LCD?
Regards,
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I fixed this issue for a customer today. I took the phone apart down to the LCD. Completely remove LCD from the phone. Take off the grey tape covering the back to reveal the backlight plug and etc. Unplug the backlight. get a tooth bruch and some alcohol and scrub the hell out of this whole area. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes to dry. reassemle the phone and if she works. Worked for me today so it may work for you.
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 ^
Hello,
I recently dropped my S6 Edge plus in a bucket of water.....I immediately put it in a bag with rice..... after 24 hours I took it out. It was responsive but the colors were not displayed correctly. Back into the rice for another 24 hours...took it out everything worked fine.
2 or 3 days later I shut the phone off, and the next day when I turned it back on, it booted up but the touch screen is unresponsive.
I was able to use ADB and Fastboot once on the phone and restored it to factory settings.....now I cannot even connect to the phone. By doing the restore it reset, so allow debugging or using and unregistered apps is back to stock etc.
The Hard reset volume up+home+power does not go to the rest settings....it just keeps showing the Samsung S6 Edge logo.....screen goes off to black ....and the S6 Edge Plus Logo back again...looping each time.
Ayone have any suggestions I can try?
You could try giving it an alcohol bath, otherwise put it back in rice and hope you didn't short anything out
Alcohol Bath?
How would I do this?
jtcnb said:
Alcohol Bath?
How would I do this?
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I Recommend you take it into aparts... Put the mainboard into a box filled with Alcohol take it out and clean it gently with a toothbrush or something similiar then leave it in the box until alcohol is gone... dont put too much in the box just as this that the board will be completely swim in it...
If that wont work the Amoled has also a flex cable wit some electronic on it clean that also.
And remember no water is 100% clean so just put it in rice is not a lifetime deal always clean with alcohol.
Wow.....I seen some videos of the breakdown of this phone.....seems pretty intense.
I may just put it on Kijiji or Ebay and sell it for parts
Had a person do this for me, and the LCD was damaged,
My Mi A1 fell in water. I thought water didn't go inside at first and wiped the phone dry and started using it. Lit afterward it started rebooting. I switched it off and let it dry . Currently my led is on even while the phone is switched off. I tried to vaccum blow air out of the speaker grill and sim area. The phone was working normal , like WiFi sim everything was working but there is still water on the camera module. I have put my phone in rice to absorb the moisture. Is it safe to turn it on now and check if everything works???
Update: I turned it on. Everything seems to work other than WiFi , it is connecting but the range is very less. And also the led keeps blinking at times
dev.rahul said:
My Mi A1 fell in water. I thought water didn't go inside at first and wiped the phone dry and started using it. Lit afterward it started rebooting. I switched it off and let it dry . Currently my led is on even while the phone is switched off. I tried to vaccum blow air out of the speaker grill and sim area. The phone was working normal , like WiFi sim everything was working but there is still water on the camera module. I have put my phone in rice to absorb the moisture. Is it safe to turn it on now and check if everything works???
Update: I turned it on. Everything seems to work other than WiFi , it is connecting but the range is very less. And also the led keeps blinking at times
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Rice doesn't really work. It's more of a myth than anything.
The real way to do it would be to open it up, clean it, and dry it.
Can't post outside links, search "electronics rice ifixit”.
bootkiller said:
Rice doesn't really work. It's more of a myth than anything.
The real way to do it would be to open it up, clean it, and dry it.
Can't post outside links, search "electronics rice ifixit”.
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Actually rice works, because it performs a function similar to silica gel. But obviously rice is not miraculous, it's always better to teardown the cell phone and dry it.