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now the status indicator flashes quick amber then green over and over when attempted to power on..
any thoughts? i've only had it a few days..> AUGH
You should do that rice stuff everyone has been discussing lately. You know, put the phone in rice and let it dry or something. I don't know the specific instructions, but I think you should do it, don't know if it would help or not at this point though.
http://lifehacker.com/5435480/testimonial-rice-resurrects-even-the-most-soaked-of-gadgets
http://lifehacker.com/269427/dry-out-your-soaked-gadgets-in-rice
Testimonial: Rice Resurrects Even the Most Soaked of Gadgets
Nobody wants to lose their favorite new electronic gadget to a dunk in the drink. One Lifehacker reader saved his phone after an astounding 30 minute soak by sending it to the dry-rice spa.
Two years ago we shared a handy trick for saving your gadgets after an unfortunate run-in with water—using rice to soak up the moisture. Lifehacker reader Dietrich recently put that tip to use with impressive results:
For the last 2 days it has been a monsoon in my city. Today, during a rushed last minute shopping spree, I dropped my phone in a puddle. I didn't realize I had dropped it until I got back to my car 30 minutes later.
I remembered articles on Lifehacker about what to do so I immediately popped the battery out and dried the phone. When I got home I put my Palm Pre in a bag of rice for 10 hours. Adding insult to injury, I forgot to take the phone battery out of my pocket and put it through the washing machine. 10 hours later I'm typing this on my Pre. Good job Palm on making an excellent phone.
Revival after 30 minutes is a really impressive feat. Our own Lisa Hoover saved her son's phone from a water-logged fate after it took a dunk in a swimming pool by using a container of rice, but it definitely wasn't at the bottom of the pool for a half hour. Check out the original article for the how-to on using rice to dry out your electronics and if you've used the trick yourself, successful or not, let's hear about it in the comments.
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ok, she's sitting in a bag of rice, and my g1 is back out in action...
ugh, hope i'm not buying another n1 soon...
well, i checked the water indicators on both the battery and the battery compartment on the phone, both are still WHITE!
i'm hoping it's just maybe a little moisture on the power button causing issues..
it's sitting in a bag of rice, i'll let it sit there until tomorrow then blow the dust off with canned air.
Aw, well sorry if it doesn't work for you. I've never dropped a phone in water before ~.~ I'd imagine this would be irritating..
IT LIVES! bag of dry rice overnight, and the N1 is back to 100% order, screen is clear, everything works!
WOOHOO!!
Wow it really did work, lucky you!
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IT LIVES! bag of dry rice overnight, and the N1 is back to 100% order, screen is clear, everything works!
WOOHOO!!
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Grats!
Hope those articles helped, and I'm glad it worked!
good to hear.
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Grats!
Hope those articles helped, and I'm glad it worked!
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Wow that's great man!
thats great to know that it works
GOODJOB!!! ok we need to confirm this bag of rice trick one more time! who wants to volunteer and soak their nexus in a bucket of hot water?
I once had the misfortune of having sea water splashed on my phone. The contacts corroded
You should leave it in rice as much as you can, as there could still be water in there that will screw you over later, but I'll bet you're safe.
Once I spilt beer on my samsung i760, but my idiot friend thought that your supposed to put it in a bag of SALT, not rice, so he convinced me to do it and not only did it still not turn on the next day but the salt grinded when you opened the keyboard.
Fortunately the moister indicator did not trigger and I was able to return under warranty.
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Once I spilt beer on my samsung i760, but my idiot friend thought that your supposed to put it in a bag of SALT, not rice, so he convinced me to do it and not only did it still not turn on the next day but the salt grinded when you opened the keyboard.
Fortunately the moister indicator did not trigger and I was able to return under warranty.
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Would have loved to be the tech that got that phone to open up.
:lol
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IT LIVES! bag of dry rice overnight, and the N1 is back to 100% order, screen is clear, everything works!
WOOHOO!!
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Please tell me that you will dinner this bag of rice today
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Once I spilt beer on my samsung i760, but my idiot friend thought that your supposed to put it in a bag of SALT, not rice, so he convinced me to do it and not only did it still not turn on the next day but the salt grinded when you opened the keyboard.
Fortunately the moister indicator did not trigger and I was able to return under warranty.
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salt is hygroscopic. it raises humidity, and salt corrodes metal as well.
Hi all, I know this is a rather old thread, but I was wondering where I can find the moisture indicators on the phone and battery? Are they the white tabs near the connections of both the phone and battery? And what color are they supposed to be if they are triggered?
I know its a little out of place but I had know were else to go(I pretty much only chat in this forum) any way
we just got back from camping and Im still stumped.
My wife was shooting pictures over a bridge with her palm pixi. I was setting up camp about 200yds away and hear her scream OH !%^# OH my GOD! MY PHONE OH MY GOD MY PHONE AHGGGGGGG (she was really flipping out), thought one of the kids fell off the bridge. But anyway how is it possible for a phone to sit a foot under dirty water for at least 5 min and function a half hour later? After rescuing it face up from the creek after sitting in the water for at least 5 maybe 6 or 7 min. I walked over to my truck removed what I guess youd call it a cover( its really a rubber back full of holes). It was definetly wet. Pulled the batt put it on the dash for 20 min with heat on high. I told here it was a helpless cause but I had to do somthing for her. I put the batt in pushed the button and it worked.
Any reason why it shouldnt have worked? Or is this phone possessed.
Thanks
Possessed. For sure.
a long time ago when i had a verizon flip phone, i dropped it in the snow, where it stayed, until the snow melted and i could find it. when i finally did, it still functioned fine. i didnt dry it off, whatever water had gotten into it, evaporated naturally and it functioned fine. the battery probly died before the snow melted and water touched it.
i've also had the "should never happen but always seem to happen somehow" scenario of dropping the phone in the toilet (it was clean ), to which i took the battery out, and used a hair dryer on it, then let it air out for about a half hour, and it was also fine.
i think overall as long as you get the battery out quick enough and evaporate any water that is in it before you turn it on again, you should be fine. a lot of the components are buried behind other pieces of the device and never actually get hit by any water if you get to it quick enough, and taking the battery out eliminates the risk of the water shorting something out.. also a lot of circuit boards used in electronics today are non-conductive in relation to water, so as long as the water isnt on them long enough to wear away or erode anything, they can be dried off and used again.
I had an old nokia phone that me and my brother shared back before highschool. He left it in his pocket while we went out on the lake to wakeboard. After falling a few times and getting in/out of the water he realized it. So we took it apart as much as we could without a tool and put it up on the boat dashboard for couple hours. It worked like it had never been in water. I also dropped it in a puddle, toilet, and cup of water
Oh and we launched it off of the end of skateboard and it accidently landed on concrete, went into pieces, put it back together and it worked again.
Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500
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Those older phones could always take a beating and keep going, now days a tiny 1m drop and there goes $200-$500
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I remember...way back when...I had a Sanyo VM4500 (best phone I ever had) Anyways, I would constantly drop it and would be amazed that it would still work.
Too bad the phones now need a bullet-proof, shatter-proof case just to survive a drop onto a pillow
So I am a funny guy and because I am funny I went swimming in my hot tub fully clothed, forgetting that I usually keep my phone in my left front pocket...
I'll spare you the reasons behind this and the details but I couldn't find anything on these forums about a wet Galaxy. I suppose most of you are simply more cautious than I. Anyways, I figured I will share my story and update everyone on how things work out so perhaps if somebody else succumbs to such a tragedy they will have some info and perhaps some hope.
Nearly the instant I go in the hot tub I realized my phone was in my pocket. I don't think the water had even soaked entirely through my jeans before I jumped up and pulled it out. It was definitely wet though. I through it to my brother who caught it, in a matter of about 2 seconds the screen turned on, got all liney and scrambled and the phone shut off.
I tore the battery out, SIM, and sd and rushed it to a towel to dry it off. I shook it until I couldn't get anymore water to come out of the ports and stuck it into a bowl of rice.
Now I shall wait. I think tomorrow evening I am going to move it from the rice to behind my Xbox and leave it on overnight with the warm air from the fans blowing on it and then back into the rice until Tuesday evening when I might try it.
Does anybody have any ideas? Suggestions? Some encouraging words perhaps? Anything is appreciated.
Sounds like you did all you can do.did you seal the rice bag and vacuum out all the air
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I only ever lost one phone to water damage. But that was because it got torrentially downpoured on for about 5 minutes.
It still mostly worked, but some keys would sometimes work and sometimes not, and the microphone died.
I was an idiot though and didnt dry it out immediately. I think you might just get out of this one unscathed.
I would wait about 4 days before you put the battery back in... an air conditioner would be better since it will blow really dry air on it.. if not just stick it someplace there is lots of air flow.
I have drop a few things in the water.. once a HTC magic.. LOL it was about 10days before it would work.. but it worked great after.. just some water spots on the inside of the screen but other then that it was good.
Just make sure its really bone dry before you turn it back on. A couple days in the rice should do the trick. After that just hope you dont get corrosion. At least it was fresh water.
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I have been through many phones (cheap dumbphones) in the past and have went swimming with a cellphone 4 times in total, . . . and also lost one in a dumpster. 2ice with one phone. I have been able to recover them successfully every single time except one.
The second time I took one of my phones in the water it was in a hot tub and I was in there for about 5 mins before I realized it. It started vibrating violently in my pocket (i guess the water connected the circuit) so I took out the battery and left it to dry for about 4 days. It worked fine after that, but about a month later the screen stopped working.
I have found that as long as it isn't in the water too long it should work fine as long as you take out the battery right away and give it enough time to dry.
Since you're dealing with an expensive phone here, I would leave it for at least 5 or 5 days to dry just to be sure. Let me know how it goes!
P.S. I just bought a Galaxy S from Bell in Canada and it is my first smartphone. I hope I can keep it out of the water, and the dumpster!
~Gregory
A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case
andrewluecke said:
A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case
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I didn't know those existed :S
gschier said:
I didn't know those existed :S
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Make one with a condom works great at beach for me with sand and a little water
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I didn't know those existed :S
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http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/water...armband-for-large-mp3-players-and-phones.html is the one for iPhone, but I'd like to find out if it fits this phone too.
Headphones: http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/waterproof-headphones.html
I've been considering buying them, because I enjoy the flexibility of being able to jog regardless of weather, without worrying if it might rain. You can also buy special double seal plastic bags, but I wouldn't trust those.
They are expensive, but probably the biggest threat to my phone is getting it wet..
If it doesn't come back to life, make sure it is ABSOLUTELY dry inside (leave it on a radiator for a week, or similar) then send it to the Service Desk people.
I had a similar issue with an iPod (got caught in a downpour on my bike), and that was the collective wisdom frm the Internet. They exhanged it for me (apparently the iPod folks don't do repairs, but just look for obvious signs of abuse, like oxidation, water, impacts).
No idea how samsug work - but as long as it's dry and the accident is quite recent, hopefully there won't be any telltale signs inside.
For the next time - DON'T switch it on until the phone is absolutely dry inside. Whipping the battery out asap to avoid shortcircuits as well.
Must say, I'm curious as to the story behind this
Sooooo... how did you say this happened again?
I don't have any more advice then the what the guys already said, but i'm sending you a lot of encouraging words. Hope it works buddy.
Otherwise, just like Paul C said, if it won't work, dry it as much as you can and send it back, maybe it'll work
Same way for a phone http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Laptop-from-Liquid-Damage
Well, my last phone, Samsung Omnia was actually ok with some water. It dropped in someones hottub once. It was dark there (wasnt my hottub lol) and couldnt find it. So after a minute or 5 i figured I'd call to see what would happen.
Screen turned on, and started vibrating so it was easy to find. Turned it off, took it home, opened her up, put it on the radiator and went to bed. Everything was fine the next day. Never had any problems with it after that.
try this http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/japanese-cellph.php
Give it a few days... it will dry out and be as new.
My previous phone was a HTC Touch Diamond. I completely submerged it in water for about 5 seconds by accident and it experienced the same issues yours did. (Lines and the like).
The screen was toast (or so I thought), but the phone seemed to work via USB hook up to the computer.
So I went out and I bought a replacement phone after a couple of days. I then proceeded, late at night, to hook up my old phone to extract all information and transfer it over... while I was doing so, I was paying attention to my laptop screen, when I saw a bright light out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and my phone came completely back to life.
Moral of the story was I should have waited longer, but I did sell the newer phone for a $20 profit on kijiji.
Don't rush it like I did (unless there is warranty that covers this somehow)... it will come back.
So basically the story.. My girlfriend and I were bored just wandering around the house thinking of something to do. We went outside and she sat in the hammock which faces away from the hot tub. I thought it would be hilarious for her to turn around and I would just be fully clothed sitting in the hot tub with my slippers and all on.... I suppose it may be funny but before she even turned to see I was rushing to get out and throwing my phone at my brother telling him to get the battery out. Anyways, perhaps it was a bad idea xD and turned out to be not so funny for me. She laughed....
So what I did:
Took out the battery and dried the phone as much as I could with a towel and shaking the water out, I even sucked on the ports a bit in an attempt to get the way out haha.
Then I threw the phone into a container of brown rice which wasn't sealed, after about 3 hours of being in the container I decided to switch it to a sealed ziplock back which I squished all the air out of. For some reason this seemed more logical. I think I should have probably tried to blow dry the phone with a low heat setting first or perhaps used a vacuum to suck the water out. But I didn't.
After about 21 hours in the rice I took it out and blow dried it on the low heat setting (tested on my skin to make sure it wasn't too hot) and did that for about 20 minutes then put it into a home made wind tunnel which basically was done with a blow drier and a fan which forced the warm air into a small space that the phone was in. I left that for about 3 hours and then back into the rice for another night and day (maybe 18 hours or something, too lazy to count).
I haven't plugged it in yet and am just about to so I will stop typing now and test it.
SIM, SD card, Battery all in. Power button pressed.....
Screens on and looks great, sound works great and everything booted up just fine!
It seems as if everything is working fine, good signal to network, wifi works. It might even sound better than before jk haha. All the buttons are working and nothing on the touch screen seems to be off. No bubbles or problems visible underneath the screen. Camera works.
Everything works!!
So I hope this helps somebody out if it happens to them. Rice seems to do the trick. Don't rush it. I am so happy
Did you test your GPS? Sounds like a potential fix.
In all seriousness I'm glad this story had a happy ending, good job taking your time with it too.
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IMO two days is not enough time for a phone to dry out completely. I would at least leave it a week before start using it regularly.
Interesting story with a happy ending.......so far lol
I also think 2 days might have been a bit quick but then that air tunnel idea was clever and i think that will have helped a lot.
As for sending phones back under warranty, i doubt that would work because as far as i know when water dries it leaves a stain. I might be wrong on that though - mines stayed dry so far
Good Luck
It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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You can always try this:
http://www.amazon.com/Dry-All-Wet-C...1420638127&sr=8-1&keywords=phone+water+repair
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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tap and rain water are 1 thing but salt water.....
Lol jeez, that's some torture testing.
It never ceases to amaze me how careless people are with a $650 item.
Some people believe in YOLO while others are more practical and sensible. There's pros and cons to both lifestyle obviously.
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Yup. Saltwater is how you kill electronics
I've seen corrosion from tap water / rain water first hand. I cannot even imagine what salt water would cause. The screen is probably shorted out along with pretty much every other component succumbing to corrosion.
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It seems 3rd times a charm. Or not rather. Twice ive dropped my nexus in water, both times less than an inch of fresh water( 1 rain puddle, 1 kitchen sink) both times i wiped the screen off and continued normal function and use. This time an old hammock broke that i was laying in over a dock in the ocean. I slammed on the corner of the dock and took my nexus for a swim in the warm waters of florida bay. The screen didnt turn on anymore, the green notification light stayed lit and the ir led was overvolting and shining red and my phone was doing its best attempt at being a hand warmer until the battery finally died. Its been drying for days and when i plug it in it only gets warm. I dont know if saltwater was a factor or the depth and time under was. I was only under for less than 5 seconds. The other fresh water dips were about 1 second each.
There are videos of nexus 6 water tests ive seen and the phone survives under water, i just figured i would inform all of you this is not always the case.
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While fresh water is actually a pretty good insulator, salt water is ionic. That means, of course, that it will conduct an electrical charge. You basically shorted out everything in the whole phone, including the battery. Likely, this resulted in excessive current being dumped through something and killing it, however, it could have survived and it may be possible to revive.
BUT!!!! Drying it out will not be enough.
You're going to have to open that sucker up, because (1) ANY dampness entering it in the future will instantly short everything out again, so the salt all has to be WASHED out, and (2) the battery is probably below its critical minimum charge, preventing it from even initiating the charging process.
So, find a guide to take it all apart, and wash everything clean of all salt. I think there are cleaning fluids that will work that won't damage the board like water can. You'll have to look into that.
As for the battery, what I did once on a Nexus 4 with a battery that got into this state, is I applied +5v *directly* to the battery (must remember to unhook the battery from the mainboard first because it can't take 5 volt) just long enough to build a charge enough for it to start the charging process on its own. I think that it was about a minute I had it hooked up like that for. You're going to have to look up the proper voltage to charge the battery to, I don't remember, and its also a different battery, so could need a different value. You plug the battery to +5v until its voltage is above that minimum threshold, then hook the battery back to the mainboard, and cross your fingers. If you use a low current source for +5v, like an *old* computer's USB port (some new ones can output high current, which I wouldn't recommend), then you can reduce the chance of killing the battery... assuming that its not already toast.
I think the real problem here is OP having butterfingers. 3 times? Really?
I know dropping phones can happen in the most in opt of times and by complete accident. But damn...... I've only dropped a phone twice since my first Nokia Brick in 2000. My OG Droid which took a swim but was able to revive it., and my 2013 Moto X. Which only put a dent on the back corner and a small scratch on screen.
Do I dare ask how many other phones have died by your hands of zero grip?
Poking fun aside. That really sucks. Dropping a phone is never fun. Salt Water btw is just as bad as liquids like Soda. Just like how sugar can cause shortages on chips and boards. Salt does the very thing.
, I fully dropped my phone in a bath with water aprox. of 30 cm just for A SECOND. I instantly turned it off. Shaked it on some paper towels, dried it a bit with a hairdryer.
2. Dissasembled it, just removed back (that took me 30 min. , glue is really strong) no other parts and now it's staying in a bag with some Silica Gel packets.
The phone is staying from 15:00 p.m. (now in my country is 22:01), but tommorow I have to take it to work at 11:00 a.m
^^This thread is just informative, I will let you know if it survives (god please) because I don't want to buy a new phone^^
I have to mention that I had headphones plugged in when dropped and that water damage indicator is FULL red.
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I am very interested in your situation. Did the water get inside the display? Do you have any spots on the display? Like, gray/white spots? Unfortunately I dropped a couple of drops of water near the side buttons and somehow the water got into the display. I got it off by puttin the phone in white rice for a night, but some white lines still remained and are not coming off.
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I am very interested in your situation. Did the water get inside the display? Do you have any spots on the display? Like, gray/white spots? Unfortunately I dropped a couple of drops of water near the side buttons and somehow the water got into the display. I got it off by puttin the phone in white rice for a night, but some white lines still remained and are not coming off.
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Yes, display was full, but checked it this morning,,, and it was ALIVE, with no markings, everything was working. Silica Gel does really absorb water very well
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P.S. (edit) The display is really fragile in terms of water, I had a lot of white lines on the display, but now they're all gone.
P.S.S. Rice does not save electronics that well, how it's advertised, I've dropped a long time ago an Samsung Galaxy S plus in water and tried the method with rice, after 3 days tested it and everything was buggy, dissasembled it and found out that the motherboard and some cabled had a lot of white spots on them(from the rice),but cleaned it and worked as new. Silica Gel is in small bags, so rice fragments don't go to the motherboard and leave white spots.
(edit 2) Now my phone "is washed" and is like new, wash yours too! (--do not TRY, JUST JOKING)
Thanks, I'll take this advice, its a good idea, using silica. Where did you buy it from ?
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Thanks, I'll take this advice, its a good idea, using silica. Where did you buy it from ?
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You can find small bags in shoe boxes, but I found my big packets into some chair compartiments, to not make mold.
But, for international buying, try amazon or ebay