Hi guys. I recently left my 10.1 in the kitchen and some apple juice got knocked over and it sat in a puddle of it for a few hours. Air drying, hair drying etc. (but I've not been able to prise it open), got it so that when I turn it on it cycles through what looks like a test pattern on screen... entirely bright red for a couple of seconds, then green, then blue, then some black and white patterns, then back to red and so on.
Anyone have any ideas? I love my tab and £200 is a huge amount to me, so I can't replace it.
Thanks so much!
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Hey guys, I just got my 8525 and was wondering is there is a way to tell if the phone has been water damaged? I see that on the battery, there is this little sticker that has red polka dots on a white background. I know usually red means water damaged but this one is polka dotted. Does this mean that the phone has been exposed to water?
no, thats just a warranty type seal.. if that seal is tampered they know you opened the battery.
To check for water damage, remove your battery and sim card. On the circuit board under the simcard you should see a small piece of felt type material. If thats not white then your phone could of been subject to water damage. I forgot if it turns blue or red when that pad gets wet, but it should be white.
Yes, the red polka dot thing under the SIM means it was water damaged; I know because I just dropped mine in a cup of tea. Wish me luck, guys.
cmgarcia said:
Yes, the red polka dot thing under the SIM means it was water damaged; I know because I just dropped mine in a cup of tea. Wish me luck, guys.
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Dropped mine in a mud puddle at work couple of weeks ago. Screen turned white buttons wouldn't work, even to turn it off. I pulled the battery right away and put it in the defrost on my dash for about 90 mins. when I started it up after the defrost treatment everything worked fine and I have had no problems with it.
Dead MDA?
I just dropped mine in a bucket of water.... I turned of took the battery out and let it dried for couple days....when i turn on...nothing...the screen is black.....no light....nothing..... Is there any way to repair this problem..... i hate to throw it away.....just got this phone about 6 months..... bought off from tigerdirect no warranty...... any help would be great appreciate...thanks
I wasn't so lucky with my wet phone please help !
Hello Guys, I am a doctor and the other night I got home really tired and put my phone on top of my drawer as I always do, and took a coupe of aspirins and after a few mins. of tv I fell asleep. I had the glass with some water also on top of the drawer and while asleep I hit the plastic glass and some water dropped (I believe on the surface of my HD2) I say I believe because I was asleep and and I woke up at the noise of the glass falling on the floor.
I noticed the phone screen was wet and cleaned it and went back to bed.
I failed to remove the battery or turn the phone off, next morning, the screen of the phone was flashing on and off repeatedly and it behaved erratically.
I removed the battery, removed the back cover and wait... It has been three days now and if I put in the battery it turns on and works almost fine for a few mins. but the volume screen pops up repeatedly and the volume does not work and at some point it seems the phone goes crazy showing all kind of screens at random like a DEMO MODE (if you know what I mean) but the must frequent is the volume screen.
I bought some humidity absorbing powder and the phone is just there, now surrounded by it. I don't even know if it is wet inside.
Does this behavior sound familiar to any of you ? the thing is that I don't have HTC support service in my country, this phone I imported it from the us and I trully hope this is a wet solutionable problem.
I apologize for my lack of English, I hope no one gets uncomfortable.
Any help guys please ?¿
Well, if it still has water in it, you could try putting it in a bowl with some rice to draw the water out ..... let it sit covered with rice in the bowl for a couple of days might work better or might not than the drying powder you have ...
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Thank you so much for your advise.
I will do that, the phone has been surrounded with thah powder for 24 hours now.
I'll post whatever news I get.
Again thanks a lot
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Hello, do you have any news on your phone? I just got caught in a serious rain storm and my HD got soaked in my pocket :-( LOADS of water behind the screen I can see...How do i get it out, help...
Thanks in advance
Hello, Forum
In a tragic twist of events, my third smartphone went down into a watery grave a few days ago. I dropped it into a bucket of water but fished it out immediately. Since I have quite a bit of an experience with tearing down devices, I immediately set down to disassembling it. I did that put the parts in separate dry rice air-tight bags. 3 days in the bag. I cleaned the rest of the chassis up. In the end, there was some white residue on the logic board and on the chassis. The water damage indicator was red. I reassembled the device and tried to switch it on. No luck. I then plugged it in. The red light of doom flashed in my face.
I've been through a few threads and learned that the battery is the issue. Will replacing the battery rectify the problem, or should I not waste my money on that?
Also, will LG be able to help me out with this? I live in India, so dealing with "water damage" rejections won't be an issue.
I lost both of my previous smartphones with in months - Nexus One with a hardware defect and a stolen iPhone 4 - and I don't want a repeat performance for a third time. I'm also not looking forward to using a Nokia 101 for the next year. Please help me.
TL;DR version: Nexus 4 suffered water damage. Disassembled and put parts in rice bag. Put it back together. Flashing Red Light. Should I try and replace the battery or go to the service center?
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Raptor
This morning, after leaving the phone over night, I noticed that upon connecting to the charger, the light was no longer blinking but a constant red. I read that in some cases, it turns purple. If the colour changes, then this might just be an error indication system. If so, does anyone have a key?
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Raptor
Hey all,
The other day I was out shopping and I accidentally dropped my phone face down on one of the metallic clothing posts that they have at stores. I have a pretty hefty set of protection on my phone, including a spigen case and a screen protector. It did not sustain any damage like cracks or dents thanks to the screen protector, but as a result my protector got completely destroyed and I had to take it off. The things that have popped up, however, are these three of four pixels that are currently stuck. One green, one red, and I think two blue. I have been trying a few of those apps that flash the bright colors on your screen for a couple hours at a time and no luck so far. I am going to try one overnight while my phone charges and I'll follow up with the results. Anything you guys could recommend to help me fix this?
Thanks in advance!
BeatEmLikeLiam said:
Hey all,
The other day I was out shopping and I accidentally dropped my phone face down on one of the metallic clothing posts that they have at stores. I have a pretty hefty set of protection on my phone, including a spigen case and a screen protector. It did not sustain any damage like cracks or dents thanks to the screen protector, but as a result my protector got completely destroyed and I had to take it off. The things that have popped up, however, are these three of four pixels that are currently stuck. One green, one red, and I think two blue. I have been trying a few of those apps that flash the bright colors on your screen for a couple hours at a time and no luck so far. I am going to try one overnight while my phone charges and I'll follow up with the results. Anything you guys could recommend to help me fix this?
Thanks in advance!
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My wife and I both have the T-Mobile Samsung galaxy s7 edge and both have a frozen blue pixel, I was able to fix mine with "dead pixel fixer"in the play store, but it hasn't worked on hers... Phones are only 2 months old, And both phones?? I don't know how to fix hers.. I'm glad it worked on mine but I'm not happy about hers!
, 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.
Pensionaru said:
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 ?
Pensionaru said:
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