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HD soaked with water

Hi guys unfortunately my HD was in a drawer during night and in the morning i found it soaked with water under the battery and both cards. I was in hospital so probably the infusion hose is the reason. I tried standart drying and isopropyl but it behaves like the "volume down" button is permanently pressed and my screen flashes touchFlo/volume. When i try to power it on by pressing power button it gets in bootloader. I must press both volume and power buttons together for a while to turn it on. Everything except the button is fine. I am stuck with that and warranty doesn´t repair water damage. I don´t want to disassemble it because it´s new only few weeks. Any idea please? Thanks

That realy sucks dude!
I've had experience with a Touch Cruise that got dropped in a bucket filled with water. After drying it for three days it actually worked (even till this day).
Don't think there is much hope for your device since it was covered with a fluid for a longer time. This also means that there is quite a big chance that the battery caused some short circuit in the device.
My advice is to remove the battery and let the device dry for a few days.

Also, never use a damaged battery, get a new one.

Try the submerging it in dry rice trick, the rice should help to absorb the moisture inside the device. @ this juncture it can't hurt to try.
Leave it for a couple of days before turning it on.

|WET G1

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.

Wet Legend

Hey everyone,
I am an avid runner and I use RunKeeper on my phone to track my runs. Last night I was running in a gym, and got really hot... My armband was soaked in sweat, and my volume buttons started malfunctioning.
When I restarted the phone, it went straight into bootloader mode as if the volume down key was pressed.
Anyway, as I read in these forums, I placed the phone in a bowl of raw rice, and it stayed there all night so it can absorb the moisture.
This morning I can boot into Android, but my volume keys still don't work. Whether I press Vol + or Vol - it works as if I'm pressing Vol -. So my Legend immediately goes to silent mode.
Anyone had problems with a wet Legend? Should I leave it in the bowl for a longer period? (I guess I'm too impatient since I'm using my old crappy phone right now) Do you think it's permanently damaged?

sveon said:
Do you think it's permanently damaged?
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Chances are it's already too late to fix. You can try taking the battery/sim/sdcard out and chucking the phone in a bowl of rice for a couple of days or so, but at this point I don't think it's possible to repair.
I hope your Legend is still under warranty. |:

The problem is probably not the humidity itself, but the salts in the water from the sweat. Salt water often leads to short-circuits in electronics. The salt stays in the phone, even after the water has evaporated.
If you don't get it running again, you could try turning off the phone, removing the battery and washing it in sterilized water (full submerging for an extended time and move it around or leaving it under running tap-water for some minutes while you rotate it.
You should then open all lids and let the phone dry out in a warm and dry place for some days before trying it again.
I did this for my phone. At first the speaker, buttons and vibrator didn't work, but they came around after a few days. Good luck!

@jawil, that sounds very extreme... My phone is working except the volume up/down buttons. They are kinda malfuctioning, but I installed a widget to control volume settings.. I was also thinking about the salts.
It's still under warranty, and I was wondering if they will accept it. My service center told me a repair might take a couple of weeks, and I really can't go without my Legend now, so I thought I'd wait a while.

DON'T WASH IT IN TAP WATER!!! Even if it worked for a while the minerals in the tap water would eventually build up on the circuit board a make the phone malfunction you could take it apart and clean it with pure alcohol.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

[Q] Nexus 4 wont start, but charges.

Hi.
My Nexus 4 got wet a couple of weeks ago and received the red light of death. I assumed it was the battery that was the issue and ordered a new one. When I replaced the battery the red light of death was gone and the display showed me the charging icon when I plugged it in to the wall.
When the battery was fully charged I pushed the start button, but the phone wont start!
I have taken apart the phone completely and dried all the parts in rice. The main board and everything looks fine, but as I said, it wont start.
Does anyone have a suggestion what the issue can be and what tricks I can try?
I miss my nexus...

Try volume down + power to get into the bootloader. Anything?

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Chromium_ said:
Try volume down + power to get into the bootloader. Anything?
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No, that didnt do it either. But I found a cheap used Nexus 4 with a smashed screen today. Bought it and took the motherboard from that one, and voilá! Now it works again.
So the problem was the motherboard.

Water Damage on S5

Hello guys I am having a problem about this water damage on the Galaxy S5 (2nd hand) the backlight buttons are always blinking when pressed both back button and notification panel blinks and power button is not working when pressed as well like its disabled and I was able to make the phone boot by charging and removing the battery which kinda works any help on removing water inside the Galaxy S5 I heard that shaking helps removing water a bit.

KidKnowsTech said:
Hello guys I am having a problem about this water damage on the Galaxy S5 (2nd hand) the backlight buttons are always blinking when pressed both back button and notification panel blinks and power button is not working when pressed as well like its disabled and I was able to make the phone boot by charging and removing the battery which kinda works any help on removing water inside the Galaxy S5 I heard that shaking helps removing water a bit.
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Tried a bag of rice?
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using XDA Labs

First thing first. If you got water inside the hardware, you need to power off the phone a.s.a.p. Otherwise, you may, permanently damage your phone.
Second, take the battery, and back plate off, then place your cell phone in a bowl of rice or a bag (as stated above this post) of rice.
Leave it inside the rice for a full day, to make sure your phone has all the water and or moisture out of it.
This works because rice absorbs water very easy and very good. Why do you think when rice is cooked, it gets fluffy? haha

Rakuu said:
Tried a bag of rice?
Sent from my Galaxy S5 using XDA Labs
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Well trying it for a bit also I can turn it on by just trying to go to download mode and press volume down and also what is the maximum of days will be the phone in a bag of rice? And also I removed the battery and the sd card just incase

K news, its been a day that the phone is on the bag of uncooked rice and still power button is broken due to water damage but the backlight button isn't flickering lights anymore but its still glitching like opens the app panel or sometimes app goes back to menu by itself. Is it permanently broken? Should I go to the repair shop just to get it fixed?

If your not up to the task which l think you not, yes take the device into a repair centre. It may be a number of things why the power button doesn't function as it should and was this phone bought in this condition? Go onto YouTube and look for how to replace the lcd screen of S5. If after watching you feel up to the task go ahead. And the you can take the phone apart and clean up the contacts and phone. Worth a shot..

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If your not up to the task which l think you not, yes take the device into a repair centre. It may be a number of things why the power button doesn't function as it should and was this phone bought in this condition? Go onto YouTube and look for how to replace the lcd screen of S5. If after watching you feel up to the task go ahead. And the you can take the phone apart and clean up the contacts and phone. Worth a shot..
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The phone was bought 2nd hand and the power button was working perfectly after bought before water damage also I do not know anything about fixing phone so Ill just bring it to the local repair store and Ill just do an excuse that the moisture from the phone has damaged the power button and the touch buttons. And also LCD Screen is not the problem just the touch buttons and power button.

Another update : Power button is working properly with a bit of delay same with the touch buttons after leaving it with me while I am sleeping

Try some of those little silicon packets that come in shoe boxes when you buy new shoes. Should be able to source some on Google. If you've got water in you phone though, you need to power it off immediately, remove the battery and stop using it until it's completely dry. You're just risking more damage running electricity through a wet device.

bartleby999 said:
Try some of those little silicon packets that come in shoe boxes when you buy new shoes. Should be able to source some on Google. If you've got water in you phone though, you need to power it off immediately, remove the battery and stop using it until it's completely dry. You're just risking more damage running electricity through a wet device.
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Don't have those also my phone is working a bit properly now just delays when pressing power button and sometimes you need to hard press the power button just to open it up