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[Q] red led + water vapor after water splash

Hi to everyone. Well, the other day I was in my friends pool, and I left the phone on a table near the pool. The usb and headset connector were closed (double checked).
Ok, In some moment, my friend jumps to the pool, and some water goes to the phone. Because I've sent the phone to RMA when the earpiece got broken, I was thinking the waterproof was ****ed up (also, the a** holes that repaired it, rounded the screws ); and I was right. I've found some water vapor in the top of the screen, and if I press it, some water came out from the earpiece.
Instantainly, I've removed the battery and let the vapor dissapear (I've left the phone inside the house, in room temperature).
After the vapor goes away, I've tested it.
Although its still working, the system doesnt started anymore (boot loop on the cyanogen), also the Red led of the notification RGB led stayed on.
Now, I've flashed the stock Froyo sbf, so tomorrow I can call the RMA (although Personal of Argentina, doesn't pickup any call for tech. service anymore, ) and try to send it.
Because Im a little bit not-optimistic, I just want to ask if someone knows how to turn off the led (I was thinking on "echo 0 /sys/class/leds/red ... etc"), but maybe other solutions may work.
EDIT: Looks like if you charge the phone to 100%, the red led turns off (at least, it didn't turn on again)
EDIT2: The led turned on AGAIN. Im really starting to get angry. My idea to do "echo 0 /sys/class/leds..." failed, because the led its off (at least, that thinks the kernel).
Thanks in advice!

Funny u type the "F" word but ain't type the 2nd part off "ass****".
I wouldn't worry about the red light I sent mine in with it. They sent me a whole new replacement also with red light! U should be fine in my opinion. ¿ good luck!
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Hi. Well, I've charged it till 100% and the red light dissapeared. Kinda of strange, because the battery indicator says "60%". However, its likely impossible to contact the RMA of my carrier. Theyre always busy.
EDIT: The led turned on again..
Thanks

did you manage to fix it? i am experiencing the same problems now

mitzumr said:
did you manage to fix it? i am experiencing the same problems now
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sorry, i didn't fixed it. also, some part in the LCD is blurred.
now i'm trial with the carrier for that

It's a good idea; I just received (last week) my phone back, they changed the whole "mainpiece". I had a camera "issue" (there were something in the lens).
Just don't tell for your carriers service the whole story and it'll be fine.

Actually, the whole story its true. I never opened the phone, neither modified anything related to the hardware.
Anyway, good luck with that!

I see, but in my carriers warranty the "swimming with phone" is denied; it's only spill-resistant as they wrote. (The phone could resist more of course, but they won't replace that.)

Uyuarasy said:
I see, but in my carriers warranty the "swimming with phone" is denied; it's only spill-resistant as they wrote. (The phone could resist more of course, but they won't replace that.)
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But it was a spill, he didn´t dive with it.
Anyways, i got the same problem, but my luck was a bit worse. Besides the red Led problem, the water screwed my LCD screen.
The technician charged me R$330 (or $175) to fix the phone. So I decided to do it myself and bought a new LCD on ebay ($33 with shipping), will replace it in a week or so.
Did anyone solved the red led problem?
Do i have to replace some hardware part that to fix the LED?

I dropped mine in a muddy puddle over a year ago ( everything was sealed), and the red lights been on ever since then, after that happened there was a tiny bit of vapur visable just to the left of the LED, but apart form the constant red LED which comes on as soon as the battery is inserted regardless of weather the phone is on or off everything seems OK.
The only downside is that i dont think it would survive another drop/spash as the bezel is now cracked ( top plastic part roughly above main earpeice to the headphone port ) does anyone know where i can obtain a Defy outer shell ( chasis) complete with gorilla glass/digitiser ec?

[Q] Defy Screen Light Fluctuated and now not Turning On

Hi ,
I Have a defy red lens, last night it was working fine but suddenly the screen light started to fluctuate and then it went off but in background the phone was working and i can feel the vibrations when touching the scree, i tried battery removal but to no avail.
i m receiving massage, mail and calls but the screen in always black and i can even unlock the screen( feel the vibrations of unlocking the screen and answer the calls).
also tried removed the screen protector but still the same problem.
i can see some moisture under the screen so i have berried my defy into rice and i ll see if the problem was due to moisture.
I was using Esspy's latest CM9 with Froyo kernel
please see if some one can help me to revive my Defy again..
Thanks in advance

Scotty83 said:
Hi ,
I Have a defy red lens, last night it was working fine but suddenly the screen light started to fluctuate and then it went off but in background the phone was working and i can feel the vibrations when touching the scree, i tried battery removal but to no avail.
i m receiving massage, mail and calls but the screen in always black and i can even unlock the screen( feel the vibrations of unlocking the screen and answer the calls).
also tried removed the screen protector but still the same problem.
i can see some moisture under the screen so i have berried my defy into rice and i ll see if the problem was due to moisture.
I was using Esspy's latest CM9 with Froyo kernel
please see if some one can help me to revive my Defy again..
Thanks in advance
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Can you see anything on the screen when you boot up ? Can you get into recovery and see it ? If yes try wiping cache and dalvik cache . If that doesn't work try reflashing ...

AnkurBedi said:
Did you try just pulling the battery out and booting it up again ?
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more than 10 times but still getting nothing on screen, even not able to see recovery and boot menue

water damage maybe...
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can u see bootloader?

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water damage maybe...
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can u see bootloader?
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yes this is what i think( my warranty was expired last month) and not able to see bootloader, screen just fluctuates and goes off but the led's are working fine so as the physical buttons.

can u see bootloader?

nogoodusername said:
can u see bootloader?
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No

Scotty83 said:
yes this is what i think( my warranty was expired last month) and not able to see bootloader, screen just fluctuates and goes off but the led's are working fine so as the physical buttons.
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So might be u have to try to dismantle your defy and let it dry. There were some posts on it that such 'dead' defy came back to life after a week or so, but much better way was described by Auris (try to find his post) - he took it apart, dried and voila

I have seen on a few occasion that my backlight dies, but it is related to the ambient light sensor. When this happens, I can enable manual brightness from the notification bar, just because I know where it is on the screen. After switching to manual brightness it works again, even when I go back to auto.
Having said all that... you cannot see the bootloader menu where the light sensor is not used, so it's probably not related.

Questions go in the Q&A section

Thank u guys for you help, as i have said that my defy is in rice box now for almost 7-8 hours so i ll go home in another 3-4 hours and see if there is any improvement in its condition.
also want to know if i can see the boot loader would you guys suggest me to flash froyo ?
Thanks

Still no Screen light and i can see moisture in the bottom of screen so i have decided to send the phone to service center and see what they can do with the same.

Screen was burnt from inside so the service center guys changed it, it cost me 2850 INR (arnd $50), and they also changed my battery.. so now i ll gain have a running defy after 2long days.
Thanks everybody for their help

They'll charge 2-3k for anything, I mean they said it'll cost me around 3500 Rs and they have to change screen n motherboard, I had my screen damaged due to water. I went home kept it under light for 3 to 4 hours and it's now wrking fine.
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ManDOT said:
They'll charge 2-3k for anything, I mean they said it'll cost me around 3500 Rs and they have to change screen n motherboard, I had my screen damaged due to water. I went home kept it under light for 3 to 4 hours and it's now wrking fine.
Sent from my MB526 using XDA
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Tried that, it semi-worked before (you could see something on the screen and sometimes the backlight would come on as normal) now it doesn't work at all
(The phone boots, and touchscreen reacts, but the screen is pitch black).
I guess I'll have to get my game on with the Torx 5 screwdriver and dry the phone on the inside.

[Q] Need help with screen

Ok so basically I love the g2, but here is my problem, bare with me on this haha, BTW its completely stock n everything as its my 1st Android phone so didn't want to mess with it. So basically I broke my phone screen in January, bought new screen, followed a YouTube tutorial, replaced LCD+touchscreen, no issues super happy, had the odd issue where if I woke screen, would only be on for a second n then go back to sleep, but then upgraded to KitKat through computer software update, still nothing wrong, upgrade fixed the issue with the knock to wake, and then my worst day, smashed the screen again! On good Friday, ok I thought I'll just replace screen again, so I did, but when I put new screen on and tested it, all was well, until I made a phone call, the instant moment I press green call button, screen goes blank and won't come on no matter what, power button don't bring it back on or end the call, but I can hear the other person and they can hear me, had to turn phone completely n back on to be able to use it again, so I though hmmm dodgey screen, but just to be sure it wasn't the phone I put damaged screen back on, and the issue didn't appear, stayed lit up while in my hand, went off next to my ear, back on whole in hand, so I took it to local phone repair shop because I couldn't be bothered going through the hasstle getting refunds etc, they replaced screen, I went and tested it before paying them, guess what, same problem, so what exactly is going on? Has KitKat made the phone not work with a new screen other than the one I upgraded it with? I'm seriously confused and need some bodies help urgently my model is an unlocked lg g2 d802 16gb now I turned it on last week before I took it to be repaired, and it says I have software updates but I didn't bother installing them, is there a chance these could be related to my issue and possibly fix them? Its driving me nuts tbh
Chris

Hey Chris. It seems like your proximity sensor is messed up. I think the new screen you got yourself is worse quality or your damaged the proximity sensor when installing the screen.
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Please go into your phone app (where you call people) and type the following
3845#*802#
Then go into: HW Device Test and then ALC proximity test. Try testing your proximity sensor with your hand. It should change from far to near when your hand is about 2 inches from your phone. The proximity sensor is located next to the camera.
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Ok thank you I will try that, I also thought a damaged sensor but when I put damaged screen back on after having the issue with my new screen it worked just fine, no blank screen when making a call, I retested it before I left it at phone repair shop, still was fine, then picked it up with a new screen and issue came back, I don't get why its been like this, I'm thinking bad quality screen and maybe try scratching the sensor area of the new screen to allow more light in? It may be to dark for it, what exactly do I do if it works fine when using that code, try another screen?
Chris

I doubt it will work when you use that method. It's just to make sure that it's the proximity sensor that's the problem and not some loose connection. And yes, a new screen would be your best bet.
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Ok I won't try that method then lol, what if it doesn't work when I use that code, as I said I didn't have the issue with the damaged screen which I tested after having the issue with the replacement screen I'd purchased, so how do I know its not just the screen not allowing the sensor to see? Is there anyway I can reset the sensor to relearn maybe?
Chris

If you follow my steps, nothing bad will happen. It's just a way of troubleshooting the proximity sensor. I still think you should do it.
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Ok I've spoken to phone repair shop and they agree it worth a try to see if its the screen or not, I'll let you know on Saturday after I've been and tested it
Chris

I just had this exact same issue.Turns out the inside of the screen was just dirty. I opened it up and took a q-tip to the inside of the screen and it worked perfectly after that. Also check the readings of the light sensor, as it is right next to the proximity sensor, if the screen is the problem it will likely have low readings as well.

Great I'm glad somebody else has encountered this issue, its been driving me nuts lol ok so I dial in the code that's been mentioned and what are the labels in the menu for the proximity and light sensors? I'm thinking its just a crap screen as the broken 1 worked fine after I put it back on after testing new screen, and I reckon the screen the repair shop has used is also ****e quality, but I just want to cancel it all out as I don't have the phone to hand to inspect as they still have it lol is there a picture somebody can post up to show what to not cover when replacing the screen and applying adhesive tape etc? Just so I can show them to make sure they have done it all properly.
Chris

Ok so just to update the problem, I went to the phone shop today, did the test, it was showing near all the time, but the light sensor reading was quite high, 166 or something, but I then tried squeezing the screen, index finger on back and thumb on front, gently squeezed it, and proximity sensor started showing far, and near as I moved my hand over it, but after few seconds, went back to showing near constantly, so I think its the screen not been seated, told the shop to take screen off, give it a good clean and reseat it. This sound good to you guys?
Chris

Anyone?

Bump! I'm only wanting a little extra advice so I don't end up paying more money out for another screen when it could possibly be proximity sensor? I think it was just the screen not seated properly, anybody have an idea or something else to either assure my choice or point me in another direction?
Chris

Black Screen But Phone Is Still Working??

Hey guys
Just bought my moto x play. And on the same day it screwed on me. So after i got the phone i updated to Marshmallow, And left it in my room to charge. On my way back I realized my phone was not turning on. I turned it off and turned it back on but nothing happened. I only felt the vibration of the phone and seeing the screen light up black pixels (no idea what the proper term is)?
I can still use the camera with the twist gesture and i can still hear the phone taking photos when i click the volume rocker. But the screen is black and i cannot ue touchscreen to take phtos. I also noticed that the LCD lights up black again if i lift my phone up. Just like moto display would do with notifications. I also hear notifications on my phone but nothing else. I have serached for a fix but nothing anyone else have this porblem?

Danny_Cai said:
Hey guys
Just bought my moto x play. And on the same day it screwed on me. So after i got the phone i updated to Marshmallow, And left it in my room to charge. On my way back I realized my phone was not turning on. I turned it off and turned it back on but nothing happened. I only felt the vibration of the phone and seeing the screen light up black pixels (no idea what the proper term is)?
I can still use the camera with the twist gesture and i can still hear the phone taking photos when i click the volume rocker. But the screen is black and i cannot ue touchscreen to take phtos. I also noticed that the LCD lights up black again if i lift my phone up. Just like moto display would do with notifications. I also hear notifications on my phone but nothing else. I have serached for a fix but nothing anyone else have this porblem?
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Most likely it's a hardware issue.Are you able boot into bootloader mode with screen working?

boot into recovery and factory wipe it.
black screen solution, check this out. https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97329/p/30,6720,9050

effingbadluck said:
Most likely it's a hardware issue.Are you able boot into bootloader mode with screen working?
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No I cant load anything. The screen turns of and on the same way moto display turns my screen on when i lift my phone up. But i can see the lcd is on but nothing is actually being displayed on my screen.

Danny_Cai said:
No I cant load anything. The screen turns of and on the same way moto display turns my screen on when i lift my phone up. But i can see the lcd is on but nothing is actually being displayed on my screen.
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Most probably hardware issue. Get it checked in care center .
Sent from my XT1562 using Tapatalk

I faced similar issue with my previous droid maxx, phone was on but only the screen's backlight came up. It happened all of the sudden when I was watching youtube. I thought the LCD ribbon connection was loose so I disassembled the whole phone and put it back on but no success. I ended up leaving it on the desk and one day the screen woke up on its own. The battery was at 1%, not sure if that triggered anything that fixed the problem. Maybe you could leave the phone until it drains out the battery and see if it could work for you.
Another way is to get into fastboot or recovery and do a factory reset

Maybe the flex cable is loose or disconnected

Assuming you haven't unlocked the bootloader,ask for replacement.

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Assuming you haven't unlocked the bootloader,ask for replacement.
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Yea I am. I have to wait until Monday for a reply

Hi Danny_Cai. I'm currently experiencing the same issue with my Moto Z play smartphone. So I wanted to ask, did you just replaced the phone in the store? And what was an actual cause of this problem?

Possible solution Motorola X-Play Back light Problem
Hi Danny,
I had a similar problem with my phone. Not under warranty so took the back cover off using a T3 star bit.
Radio Shack probably has it also.
Link:amazon.com/TORX-Driver-Phones-Small-Electronics/dp/B001BIEIA8(can't post active external links on xda yet)
Link:imageshack.com/a/img922/2433/ZC8f0f.jpg
At the bottom of my phone, there are two spring contacts. One was sitting loose and must have been causing some kind of problem. It fell out, and I did not reattach it. Haven't had a problem since.
Link:imageshack.com/a/img924/364/5cOdgc.jpg
It may be something as small as that. Not sure what it was for but haven't noticed any difference in the phone.
Hope you find your solution.
Craig

Guys i also have this issue, did u figured it out what exactly it is?

Random screen presses and back button presses?

Hi,
A while ago my S7 Edge had some strange behaviour. I think I posted a forum when I had the problem, but suddenly the phone was working normal again... Until now. (5 months later)
When I'm watching youtube video's it's like I'm continius pressing the screen to show the pause/play button and title of the video. But I aint touching that screen?!
Also the back button keeps pressing itself. It's so anoying... I disabled the capacitive buttons in the generic.kl file, so they don't work in android. This took me like 20mins to do, because I kept going bck to the home screen...
When I layed in bed, I saw that the back button was slightly lit up. Just a little bit. I freaked out, because I have the backlight of the keys turned off!
Is it possible that there got water inside the phone? The only water this phone has seen is the shower.
Does someone have a clue what this problem is?
Thanks!

Hmm it looks like a screen problem to me.. doubt is the water since i i always use my phone under water...have you tried a factory reset? Are runing a custom rom?

nickxofficial said:
Hi,
A while ago my S7 Edge had some strange behaviour. I think I posted a forum when I had the problem, but suddenly the phone was working normal again... Until now. (5 months later)
When I'm watching youtube video's it's like I'm continius pressing the screen to show the pause/play button and title of the video. But I aint touching that screen?!
Also the back button keeps pressing itself. It's so anoying... I disabled the capacitive buttons in the generic.kl file, so they don't work in android. This took me like 20mins to do, because I kept going bck to the home screen...
When I layed in bed, I saw that the back button was slightly lit up. Just a little bit. I freaked out, because I have the backlight of the keys turned off!
Is it possible that there got water inside the phone? The only water this phone has seen is the shower.
Does someone have a clue what this problem is?
Thanks!
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I have the same problem if I understand correctly. When I download something from Google play then the phone get black screen and the button lights are on. But can't open the screen. It stucks.. don't know why.

raz_il_dio said:
Hmm it looks like a screen problem to me.. doubt is the water since i i always use my phone under water...have you tried a factory reset? Are runing a custom rom?
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Yeah, I'm running the latest version of supermanrom. Factory reset doesn't help at all...

StonebridgeGr said:
I have the same problem if I understand correctly. When I download something from Google play then the phone get black screen and the button lights are on. But can't open the screen. It stucks.. don't know why.
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My screen works perfectly, no black screen. Only the youtube thing that bugging

nickxofficial said:
My screen works perfectly, no black screen. Only the youtube thing that bugging
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Have you tried to back to stock nougat or mm?

StonebridgeGr said:
Have you tried to back to stock nougat or mm?
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It's also present in the recovery (twrp latest), that makes it really hard to flash roms when the back button is pressed continously..
But I didn't try that yet, I switched between a couole roms and the problem is still present.

nickxofficial said:
It's also present in the recovery (twrp latest), that makes it really hard to flash roms when the back button is pressed continously..
But I didn't try that yet, I switched between a couole roms and the problem is still present.
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Then it must be water on the button like the other guy said.. go to YouTube and find a video that help you to open the back side of your phone and do it with a dryer . I don't know the word .. the thing that we do on our hairs after the bath you know ;p

The issue is most certainly because of water damage. Most of the time if water comes into an S7/Edge it starts messing up with the cap keys, had those somptoms one, and also other people, but for me it was just 1 time after a pool bath with my phone, and it went away after maybe 1h. Now I am carefully when making the phone wet and I get it near water just to clean it, but not for fun anymore.

StonebridgeGr said:
Then it must be water on the button like the other guy said.. go to YouTube and find a video that help you to open the back side of your phone and do it with a dryer . I don't know the word .. the thing that we do on our hairs after the bath you know ;p
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With a hair dryer you mean?
Thanks for the advice!

arnes_king said:
The issue is most certainly because of water damage. Most of the time if water comes into an S7/Edge it starts messing up with the cap keys, had those somptoms one, and also other people, but for me it was just 1 time after a pool bath with my phone, and it went away after maybe 1h. Now I am carefully when making the phone wet and I get it near water just to clean it, but not for fun anymore.
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That's just stupid.. Samsung claims it's waterproof, so the shower mustn't be a problem, right..
I just spotted like realy tiny like bubbles or something on the back button, it looks like water indeed... **** me.
I think i'm remove the sim tray and put the phone in a rice bag for a couple days. If the problem doesn't go away, then I'll open up the back (breaking the waterproof seal ) and dry it up. Wish me luck..

arnes_king said:
The issue is most certainly because of water damage. Most of the time if water comes into an S7/Edge it starts messing up with the cap keys, had those somptoms one, and also other people, but for me it was just 1 time after a pool bath with my phone, and it went away after maybe 1h. Now I am carefully when making the phone wet and I get it near water just to clean it, but not for fun anymore.
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I thought it was waterproof

StonebridgeGr said:
I thought it was waterproof
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It is water resistant, which means that it is still possible to get water inside/water damage.

i'm also having a strange issue with the phone after some upgrades. my phone will freeze at times and nothing will restore this unless i use the back button and the phone works. It doesnt happen all the time but only at times. Its like its in pause mode and only back button fixes this.