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Wife's Focus - Dropped in water...

My wife dropped her phone.....in the toilet.
I tried turning it on today, and it sits at a screen that has a picture of the phone pointing at a laptop. I tried running the Windows Phone Support Tool, and I get this:
Update device 055ec22b - 332fe4fd - a812e651 - 640069c7 Complete with error code: 801812C0, error message: The update failed because your phone started improperly (in the main OS instead of the SLDR, or system loader).
Is there any way to get the phone reloaded with the default OS, or is her phone toast?

The best way to fix it....... Drop it again in the toilet and buy new phone
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maybe try a factory reset by using volume up+camera+ power button to boot..if not you can always try flashing one of the stock firmware available in these forums..assuming your hardware isn't toast these things will work
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wilcoholic5 said:
maybe try a factory reset by using volume up+camera+ power button to boot..if not you can always try flashing one of the stock firmware available in these forums..assuming your hardware isn't toast these things will work
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Tried a factory reset, as well as trying to flash the stock firmware on the phone. However, I end up at the same spot with the picture of the phone tethered to the laptop. I have a feeling it's a lost cause at this point. Thanks for the advice.

/ignore background noise
Quick questions:
1. Was the phone on when it was dropped?
2. Was the battery removed immediately?
3. How was it dried and for how long?

It could be worse - mine just took a magical trip through the washing machine in my pants pocket. :/ Anyone know of a good parts supplier that stocks the mainboard? That's the one component I can't find for sale, but I want to make sure I CAN get it before I take apart my other Samsung Focus to troubleshoot the broken part(s).

from my experince with a samsung jet,
I dropped it also in water too, i tried t oturn it after few days, strange things happned too me!!! so decided to get a new phone.
I didn't through my jet, and after few months, I charged the phone, and test it found it working without problems
I believe was just a matter of when al lthe electronics inside the phone gets really dry
try it out

I heard pulling out the battery, and putting everything buried underneath dry rice helps. Probably for a couple of days, then see what happens.

Dieabolical said:
I heard pulling out the battery, and putting everything buried underneath dry rice helps. Probably for a couple of days, then see what happens.
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This is a proven method.
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My Focus is VERY sensitive to any dampness at all. If it gets damp in my pocket (sweating, lawn sprinkler, etc.), it will ding constantly with the sound when you connect the USB cable to it. I have to take a hair dryer to the micro-USB port.
A method I heard, but have never tried, is to wrap the phone in a full sized thick bath towel and bind it closed (duct tape, bungee, whatever) and then put it in the clothes dryer on low heat for an hour.

Thanks for all the info. I will be trying it again tomorrow once I get my USB cable back. I know the cable for my Inspire will work on it as well but I forgot that at work today. Thanks again all.

lekhwani said:
This is a proven method.
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no its not... Its a myth. The liquid evaporates unless you took it all apart and the rice actually touched the liquid and absorbed it. Taking the battery out and leaving the door off and placing the unit in front of a fan will do 1000 times more for the process than rice... Moving air is the perfect evaporator. Plus rice dust gunks up ports... Sorry to burst the experts bubble around here but facts are facts...

T-Mo Vibrant dropped in toilet, still boots but....

The phone still boots, infact I can go through set up (I was handed the device after a factory reset), but it reboots out of nowhere and will not fully boot until the battery is pulled
In other words, it can only "cold boot". No warm/hot reboots work.
Phone is 100% stock, 2.3.4 before it took the plunge.
I am experienced in rooting/modding/flashing, this is a friends phone I'm trying to fix. you guys think flashing it might revive this thing from the constant powercycling?
Edit; more info - the phone was left off after being submerged, was left out to dry. I opened up the phone down to the PCB and found no damage, cleaned it up a tad... everything seems ok hardware speaking.

XFreeRollerX said:
The phone still boots, infact I can go through set up (I was handed the device after a factory reset), but it reboots out of nowhere and will not fully boot until the battery is pulled
In other words, it can only "cold boot". No warm/hot reboots work.
Phone is 100% stock, 2.3.4 before it took the plunge.
I am experienced in rooting/modding/flashing, this is a friends phone I'm trying to fix. you guys think flashing it might revive this thing from the constant powercycling?
Edit; more info - the phone was left off after being submerged, was left out to dry. I opened up the phone down to the PCB and found no damage, cleaned it up a tad... everything seems ok hardware speaking.
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2.3.4 is not 100 % stock as we don't have an official Gingerbread build.
Try to ODIN back to stock, see if that works.

Hmmmmm Ok let me re-check what build it was running... but I bought the phone with her a while back and it was supposed to be stock then, and I seriously doubt this girl knows how to root and flash a phone

Just reflash it will clear up.
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mveksler said:
Just reflash it will clear up.
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This is exactly what I was hoping would happen once I flash it. I just need confirmation is all. Thanks
I dont get home from work for another couple hrs... load up Odin and flash it when I get home

It should come back to life after the flash back to stock. My phone has experienced a swim in the toilet and been in the submerged in the washing machine for 5+ minutes, came back both times. It's starting to make me think that this phone is indestructible.
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Ehh ecoli everywhere.
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I really didnt learn much from this thread except i need to look into a large breasted avatar, wheewwww

Sugartibbs said:
I really didnt learn much from this thread except i need to look into a large breasted avatar, wheewwww
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+1 i was about to post the exact same thing haha

Same thing happened to my vibrant about a week ago ,too. I did dried it ...but couldn't turn it on. So i thought it was dead ,and left it on the table. After 2-3 days, my bro took the phone and tried to turn it on again. Woohoo, it booted and worked. I guess i like samsung more than before

One of ours fell in the bathtub. The result was constant boot loops due to moisture. Also it would turn on as soon as the battery was installed without pressing power. I stripped it down to its pcb, swished it around in a bowl of isopropyl alcohol (I used 91% - the higher the better) for about 10-15seconds then let it dry about 3 hours. After I put it back together it was as good as new. No loops, no auto power up, no need to reflash. Simply good as new! I got lucky...
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placidic said:
One of ours fell in the bathtub. The result was constant boot loops due to moisture. Also it would turn on as soon as the battery was installed without pressing power. I stripped it down to its pcb, swished it around in a bowl of isopropyl alcohol (I used 91% - the higher the better) for about 10-15seconds then let it dry about 3 hours. After I put it back together it was as good as new. No loops, no auto power up, no need to reflash. Simply good as new! I got lucky...
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Ill try this again if it still bootloops

placidic said:
One of ours fell in the bathtub. The result was constant boot loops due to moisture. Also it would turn on as soon as the battery was installed without pressing power. I stripped it down to its pcb, swished it around in a bowl of isopropyl alcohol (I used 91% - the higher the better) for about 10-15seconds then let it dry about 3 hours. After I put it back together it was as good as new. No loops, no auto power up, no need to reflash. Simply good as new! I got lucky...
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Wow your lcd survived that???
Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.

So I tried flashing it last night
Something is up w/ the Internal storage, I can't mount it.... I plug the phone in, "mount" something, and don't get access to the Internal SD card
I can't flash anything.
sadface. Ideas?

hmm... it seems like you're in a "****TY" situation, no?

XFreeRollerX said:
So I tried flashing it last night
Something is up w/ the Internal storage, I can't mount it.... I plug the phone in, "mount" something, and don't get access to the Internal SD card
I can't flash anything.
sadface. Ideas?
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Did you use odin? reformat internal storage.
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xriderx66 said:
hmm... it seems like you're in a "****TY" situation, no?
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LOL
mveksler said:
Did you use odin? reformat internal storage.
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I did not use ODIN yet... Odin was supposed to be for flashing the kernel, no? I was trying to copy the ROM over to flash a recovery to it... I'll try ODIN tonight

placidic said:
One of ours fell in the bathtub. The result was constant boot loops due to moisture. Also it would turn on as soon as the battery was installed without pressing power. I stripped it down to its pcb, swished it around in a bowl of isopropyl alcohol (I used 91% - the higher the better) for about 10-15seconds then let it dry about 3 hours. After I put it back together it was as good as new. No loops, no auto power up, no need to reflash. Simply good as new! I got lucky...
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Still trying to sort mine out after a tub dump. It still bootloops occasionally and is doing the turn on as soon as battery inserted thing. I fully disassembled mine and took a can of compressed air to the PCB's.
On to ODIN next to fully restore the stock filesystem. Pray for me!

Remove the back and battery and submerge your phone in a bowl of plain uncooked white rice overnight. Problem solved

XFreeRollerX said:
LOL
I did not use ODIN yet... Odin was supposed to be for flashing the kernel, no? I was trying to copy the ROM over to flash a recovery to it... I'll try ODIN tonight
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Odin should correct any corruptions but if it still bootloops than there is still some moisture. Use rice or what i did take everything out battery memory sim and plave your phone on top of warm electrical device like cable box etc which usualy warm make sure you rotate once.
My phone has been swiming with me in the pool for 30-45 min and still live and kicking
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Battery life

So i had this issue about a month ago. My phone got submerged in water. I shut it off, took batttery out, blow dried it, and let it sit over night. Next day fired right up with no issues. About 2 weeks later, battery life goes in the toilet. Goes dead in 4 hours with no use. So i bought a new battery thinking that would fix it, but no, it did not. I can understand the phone having issues after getting totally soaked while turned on, but in the past, display used most of the battery, now im getting android os as the culprit. Its strange, what would change from display to android os just by getting wet?. Ive tried multiple roms, its always the same. Any suggestions? Fyi, it dropped in the toilet, nothing worse than seeing your phone screen on while shining up thru the water!
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You should just be happy it still works at all
...but sorry I can't be of any assistance in this matter. I would probably just try and start from scratch by flashing a stock 2.2 RUU and then rerooting and installing a custom ROM.
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donnyp1 said:
So i had this issue about a month ago. My phone got submerged in water. I shut it off, took batttery out, blow dried it, and let it sit over night. Next day fired right up with no issues. About 2 weeks later, battery life goes in the toilet. Goes dead in 4 hours with no use. So i bought a new battery thinking that would fix it, but no, it did not. I can understand the phone having issues after getting totally soaked while turned on, but in the past, display used most of the battery, now im getting android os as the culprit. Its strange, what would change from display to android os just by getting wet?. Ive tried multiple roms, its always the same. Any suggestions? Fyi, it dropped in the toilet, nothing worse than seeing your phone screen on while shining up thru the water!
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Is everything working such as the sensors, compas, wifi, bluetooth, gps? If one of their chips got fried the os may be constantly trying to load or access something that is not working, therfore killing the battery. FYI the perfered method for drying a soaked phone is to put it in a bag of rice for a couple days. Blow drying just pushes the watter in deeper, and if you do it to much the heat can mess up the circuit board.

Everything works just fine. Im stumped.
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RamAir02 said:
You should just be happy it still works at all
...but sorry I can't be of any assistance in this matter. I would probably just try and start from scratch by flashing a stock 2.2 RUU and then rerooting and installing a custom ROM.
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I guess if I was in your situation, I would try this first to see how that works. If it fixes it then awesome! If not, you know something else is wrong:-(
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donnyp1 said:
So i had this issue about a month ago. My phone got submerged in water. I shut it off, took batttery out, blow dried it, and let it sit over night. Next day fired right up with no issues. About 2 weeks later, battery life goes in the toilet. Goes dead in 4 hours with no use. So i bought a new battery thinking that would fix it, but no, it did not. I can understand the phone having issues after getting totally soaked while turned on, but in the past, display used most of the battery, now im getting android os as the culprit. Its strange, what would change from display to android os just by getting wet?. Ive tried multiple roms, its always the same. Any suggestions? Fyi, it dropped in the toilet, nothing worse than seeing your phone screen on while shining up thru the water!
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are you sure all the water is gone? also the minerals in water will stick around long after the water is gone i bet there is something in there that is shorting it out but on a small scale.
i would suggest to take the phone apart and make sure you dont see any white or milky deposits on the MB or any where else. if you see some you can use 91% or higher isopropyl, (rubbing alcohol) i would use 98% but its harder to get, you can find it at a medical supply store though. Clean up the board and let it air dry before putting it all back together.
taking the phone apart is fairly simple you just need to be patient. i used this video when i needed to swap screens.

synisterwolf said:
are you sure all the water is gone? also the minerals in water will stick around long after the water is gone i bet there is something in there that is shorting it out but on a small scale.
i would suggest to take the phone apart and make sure you dont see any white or milky deposits on the MB or any where else. if you see some you can use 91% or higher isopropyl, (rubbing alcohol) i would use 98% but its harder to get, you can find it at a medical supply store though. Clean up the board and let it air dry before putting it all back together.
taking the phone apart is fairly simple you just need to be patient. i used this video when i needed to swap screens.
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Ill give that a try when i get home, thanks!
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Took it apart a few days ago, no residue at all, then bam, today phone dead in 3 hours. Put it on xharger, got it fully charged, removed from xharger 5 hours ago, and im at 70% battery! I have no clue, i changed nothing , it just started holding a charge again.
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Screen flickering problem

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Hey, I've owned my phone for
about 6 months. It has been fine till about a week ago when I flashed a miui rom (Mintberry). At first, it was just occasional flickering, everyday or two for a few seconds, but now it's turned into a fair bit more.
If I don't use my phone heavily for about 3 hours, and go back to the phone, the screen has turned completely grey. When this happens, no matter what state my phone is in the screen flickers. It generally begins flickering very fast then after 5 seconds the screen is completely grey (even once rebooted).
I have dropped my phone a few times like everyone does, nothing severe or even close though. I didn't drop it then have it instantly happen.
I have since tried a few things...
Changed pixel density in rom toolbox (works once rebooted, but only till I stop using)
Changed from miui to ICS (no difference, but took an hour for it to start)
Am I looking at buying a new screen?
Edit: tried another battery, no success (didn't expect much)
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I had similar issue with my phone. I do not think it has anything to do with software.. but yours is far worse thn mine.. I only had minor flickering which could only be seen sometimes and you really need to notice it with black or white background.. I tired diffrent roms it was on all of them.. I switched back to original rom.. and then got my screen replaced underwarranty... working fine since then..

OK thanks, ill give them a call today.
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Had mine flickering in the same fashion. Out of warranty. Took it to a repair place and apparently it was just the screen connection was loose - thats what they told me anyway - $80 later everything worked again - probably ripped me off but im not a hardware tech so didnt want to screw with it myself

I'll have a look at a disassemble guide today, see if I can fix the cable. Thanks man, generally screen flickering is from a loose cable.
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Well today I found a fix...
I accidently left my phone in the car when it was pretty hot. Seemed fine when i used it for a few minutes so i assumed it was water damage and decided to take the battery out and leave it for a while.
Came back to the phone after i had done the shopping to see if it was still working. Nope... It was noticably colder though as the car was now in the shade.
I ended up getting a heat bag and wrapping it around the phone. The screen almost immediately started working and the screen was perfect.
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Water Water Everywhere!!!

guys last night my device galaxy y s5360 slipped into bucket....
unfortunately, water trapped into screen..... my phone is still off......
when my phone fell,the battery deattached quickly.....i havnt power on it(yet)...
from night it is under the bulb...
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need your attention......

o no bro.a good tip,dont use bulb or something its make corrosive your mainboard.the best is to put it in a jar full of rice.

thanks,,,,,,,buddy i suppose it work!!!!doin it

Bro also place rice jar in sunlight so that water will eveporate and rice would absorb it...
Also remove battery and other accessories.and if possible open the body of phone by removing the screws...

Placing it in a bag of rice wont help much as far as I know just let it dry and after that open the phone and see if there is any corrosion on the board if yes remove that first by a soft brush to remove the corrosion you can also try to dip the main board in alcoholic solution just google it
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A few days ago i had the same problem what i did was removed battery and everything and kept it on the top of fridge.....try it
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Let it dry by any method but do not start it till you are confirmed that there is no single drop of water left!
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phone switched On...
nothing bad...
the steam of water is trapped into screen
while exploring the screen looks foggy
BTW thanks guys

explodeaamir said:
phone switched On...
nothing bad...
the steam of water is trapped into screen
while exploring the screen looks foggy
BTW thanks guys
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glad to hear the hardware is safe from harm,
btw make sure to run tests because most of the time water damages does not appear at first

The classic rice trick has always worked best for me.

Guys, once i also experienced the same problem. My phone feel into a bucket full of water . What i did was, immediately removed the battery and wiped it well, then some shaking.. After 15, 20 minutes, i restarted it but it wasn't. I tried to unscrew it but failed due to lack of proper screw driver.. anyway i left it on my bed and went for duty. Evening icame back. Tried to restart, again failed. then i put it on charging. Nothing was shown on the display as charging. But after a 10 minutes when i tried to switch it on, really, it switched on... There was no problem after that.
Same my brother also experienced this problem. He accidently dropped it in a pond.. He took it to a Samsung care, after checking they told him that its motherboard needs to be changed. And it costs half the price of y. So he took it back to
Home. One of his friend told him to put it under sunlight.! He did so, and after some time when he switched it on, it successfully booted. But there is a big round Mark in his display.
Now he has to change the display.
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maxxinn said:
Guys, once i also experienced the same problem. My phone feel into a bucket full of water . What i did was, immediately removed the battery and wiped it well, then some shaking.. After 15, 20 minutes, i restarted it but it wasn't. I tried to unscrew it but failed due to lack of proper screw driver.. anyway i left it on my bed and went for duty. Evening icame back. Tried to restart, again failed. then i put it on charging. Nothing was shown on the display as charging. But after a 10 minutes when i tried to switch it on, really, it switched on... There was no problem after that.
Same my brother also experienced this problem. He accidently dropped it in a pond.. He took it to a Samsung care, after checking they told him that its motherboard needs to be changed. And it costs half the price of y. So he took it back to
Home. One of his friend told him to put it under sunlight.! He did so, and after some time when he switched it on, it successfully booted. But there is a big round Mark in his display.
Now he has to change the display.
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when situations like that happen:
1. REMOVE BATTERY IMMEDIATELY
2. NEVER PUT THE BATTERY BACK ON
3. DONT PANIC
4. Never put the device to dry under the sun
5. To make sure take 1-2 days before turning the device on again

I heard that you take battery out, shake water out of it then just leave it to dry under a medium powered light bulb
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tom heron said:
I heard that you take battery out, shake water out of it then just leave it to dry under a medium powered light bulb
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just don't sun dry it,
it might fry the LCD

ya my brother's display is not so good now. But u see, what the Samsung people said?
(change the mother board)..
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