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So here I am with a i9100 drowned in wash tub for almost 5 mins. Now trying to dry it up. Don't know what will happen. Will keep you guys posted.
Long Version:
Just came out shower and kept my phone in pants. Went for packing bag as I had to travel today. Wore my jeans and kept that pant away with the phone in it. Left to another room for packing. After coming back the pant had vanished. Enquired about the pant to my mom and she told the she soaked the pant in wash tub. It was like 5 mins. Rushed to the wash tub and removed the phone, removed battery and shook off and removed a lot of water. Now the phone is lying in pieces and kept under 60W bulb. Lets see will dry this thing up for 16 hrs and then insert the battery.
Guys your tips and comments will be really helpful for resurrecting the i9100.
Leave for a week in a container of rice.If that doesnt cure it,claim off of house insurance.......or sue your mother.
Rice is best for drying the phone completely. It just soaks up all the moisture.
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wow, nice to know the rice trick... thanks!
@TS: best wishes for your sgs2..
don't put in anything. Just let it dry the normal way.
Wish I knew this trick few years ago. Had similar situation with my eeepc but it was a diet soda that was poured on it. I waited whole week before turning it back on after cleaning it. Good thing though: no sugar=no stickiness...
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drraptor said:
don't put in anything. Just let it dry the normal way.
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Rice methord actually works and there is no harm from it as far as I know. To OP don't put the battery in till its fully dry
UPDATE 1:
The battery is having a soap like corrosion on the extreme right pin. I think the battery is short circuited. Maybe i will have to check a new battery at a local retailer to just test whether the phone is alive or dead. BTW 20 hours of phone warming (under a 60W bulb) completed. Phone is pretty warm and I dont think insides must be wet now. Also the phone seems to be much shinier than before
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UPDATE 1:
The battery is having a soap like corrosion on the extreme right pin. I think the battery is short circuited. Maybe i will have to check a new battery at a local retailer to just test whether the phone is alive or dead. BTW 20 hours of phone warming (under a 60W bulb) completed. Phone is pretty warm and I dont think insides must be wet now. Also the phone seems to be much shinier than before
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Don't put that battery, you will melt your phone.
Buy a new battery.
Don't try to turn your phone on again, wait atleast 3 days, put it inside a package of rice and just wait. also dont forget to close the bag.
And most inportant of um all....don't forget to tell youre mother that the sgs2 is in the rice bag or else she will start cooking rice....with youre sgs2 maybe at the bottom of the cooking pan:crying:
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And most inportant of um all....don't forget to tell youre mother that the sgs2 is in the rice bag or else she will start cooking rice....with youre sgs2 maybe at the bottom of the cooking pan:crying:
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rofl
Lolzzzzzzz....
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Good naughty reply
+1 for the joke
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UPDATE FINAL:
So put in my battery today and the phone refused to show any sign of life. Ultimately took my phone to service centre. They opened up the phone and inspected it. The inspection revealed that:
1. The mainboard is dead
2. The digitizer connector adapter is damaged. Still further if the phone boots up further damage could be assessed.
The cost for the repairs were claimed as INR 15000 ($285) which is way too costly. Maybe I will have to give my phone. Hmmm I am thinking to buy a Galaxy Nexus now. I cant afford an S2 again now nor a repaired S2. It feels really sad to loose my beloved phone.
Miracle Update:
Was missing my phone today so thought should start up my phone. And miracle happened. The phone booted up after attaching the charger. Awesome stuff. Samsung rocks in terms of hardware. Now only two things are not working blue tooth and the phone is not getting via charger. And some stains are found on inner glass of back camera lens. Rest each and everything rocks! I am really happy with build quality.
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ashzoomerintrack said:
Miracle Update:
Was missing my phone today so thought should start up my phone. And miracle happened. The phone booted up after attaching the charger. Awesome stuff. Samsung rocks in terms of hardware. Now only two things are not working blue tooth and the phone is not getting via charger. And some stains are found on inner glass of back camera lens. Rest each and everything rocks! I am really happy with build quality.
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Good to hear that. :thumbup:
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Just list it on eBay as a "nice clean phone".
Keep the phone in rice for a few more days. Absorbs moisture.
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Keep the phone in rice for a few more days. Absorbs moisture.
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Hmmm. Will be doing that. :thumbup:
theunderling said:
Just list it on eBay as a "nice clean phone".
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LOL
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I am extremely astonished by the way people here support each other, anyway kudos to you all, xda rock's.
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Like the stupid idiot I am, I took my phone for a swim while it quietly rested in my pocket. It's been in my pocket for about 5 minutes until I had noticed. I quickly jumped out, tried to turn it on, but it didn't want to. I took it to my house and took out the battery, the sd card, and the sim card for it to dry as well. However, I heard that if you put in your charger, it messed up everything? If it does, I'm so done for. My warranty doesn't cover water damages. Other than letting the phone and battery dry out in the sun, is there any more advice I should follow? It won't turn on at all. When I take out the back cover, I do see some water drops INSIDE the phone, and I can't get that to dry at all.
Put it in rice?
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Put it in rice?
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I was told that method doesn't work and it's risky
EDIT: I guess I'll give it a try.
5 minutes is way too long for it to work. I lost a phone least year in less than 30 seconds in the pool. Sorry but i truly think you need to figure out how to get a new phone.
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I'd say it may work but it may take a while. A couple years ago I accidentally took my phone swimming with me. It was in a while, too. Probably 10-15 minutes. It wouldn't work. Dried. It wouldn't work. For some random reason, months later I tried firing it up. It worked. It's now been donated to the kids to play around with. When it decided to start working again, I'm not positive, but it's still working 2 years later.
For those wondering, it was... I believe.. a Motorolla Krazr. Not exactly a smart phone, though. Best of luck.
khanam said:
5 minutes is way too long for it to work. I lost a phone least year in less than 30 seconds in the pool. Sorry but i truly think you need to figure out how to get a new phone.
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Yeah when phone is on/ battery in it and water hits it for more the 20sec ur screwed. I dropped my tbolt in sink immediately pulled battery and stuck in rice after a couple hrs It worked.
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Took mine swimming 3 weeks after i got it and didn't have insurance. For whatever reason it didn't carry over from my dinc. After a few days in the sun and a few days in rice I was able to boot it up just long enough to unroot.
Went *****in at vzw store that my insurance should have been on my account. They treated it as a manufacture warranty, I forked over the 90 bucks like it was an insurance claim and walked out the store with a brand new bolt.
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Just toss the phone and claim it lost.
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Just toss the phone and claim it lost.
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Lol +1
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I think my warranty covers only hardware or software problems.
If I send it in and lie that it's either one of those, aren't I done for? I'm continuing you dry it, however, it's rooted. If they manage to get it on, aren't I screwed?
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I think my warranty covers only hardware or software problems.
If I send it in and lie that it's either one of those, aren't I done for? I'm continuing you dry it, however, it's rooted. If they manage to get it on, aren't I screwed?
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Just to double check, you aren't paying for insurance are you?
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Whatever you do don't plug it in. Let it thoroughly dry out for at least a couple days, possibly using the rice method or placing it near a household item used to remove moisture from the air (sodium hydroxide if you have it). After a good few days try powering it on with just the battery.
It could also help to put a fan by it.
This worked with my friends iphone.
Note: anything you do is at your own risk.
Let it dry. My son went swimming with his nexus one and didn't notice until an hour later. We pulled the battery, used a vacuum to suck out any water and let it sit in a bowl of rice for 3 days. After turning it on it would not hold a charge. Replaced the battery and bingo good as new.
Your phone will mosf likely short circuit and kill power immediately when water hits it. This why you should not try to turn it on until you are certain it is dry.
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Time to get a new phone.
Did both of the things you told me not to do: tired to turn it on when it was wet and put it in the charger when it was SLIGHTLY wet, it was before i put it in rice.
Still gonna keep it in the rice and pray tho.
yeah, you did about everything you shouldn't do with wet electronics.
My wife washed my phone a few years ago in the washing machine. Pulled the battery, put everything in a bag of rice for a week. Charged it up and it came back to life. Screen was a little off for a while, but over time it came back to normal.
I've read you can also put it in the oven on warm for a couple of hours.
I put my old Motorola Q in the oven after my mom made a Turkey and it was cooling down... worked like a charm after
Edit: I wouldn't recommend it unless your careful
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My wife dropped her Samsung i730 in her glass of ice tea. It was only in there for a few seconds, but it was long enough. I dried it out the best I could, and put it in a bag of rice for 3 days. After the 3 days, it fired right up! I had to take a toothbrush and a little water to un-stick the buttons, but we used it for another year.
I was separating all of my old cell phones a few weeks ago to donate, and I came across my i730. I plugged it in, and it still works!
Give it time, you may be surprised that it will be ok.
Rob
On another note,
I fried my TB a month after I got it. Swimming as well. Tried drying it fast, vacuum and heat. Let sit for few hours and my patience ran out. Turned it on, and a sizzling sound came from the phone. Yup, bad news. I had insurance though so I shelled out the $100 for a replacement and chalked it up as a lesson learned.
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Missing out on RC4.. I guess it's a lesson learned for me as well
I may have done my phone in this time... it fell into a tub of water for no more than three seconds while on. I think this may do what all my tinkering/Odin-ing/Heimdall-ing never managed to do. I grabbed it an took the battery out and I am currently in the process of taking it apart using the little blue tool that I got along with the new ffc camera that I have yet to install.
Has anyone dropped this phone in water while on and it not be negatively affected?
There are special items for this, but most people suggest sealing it up in rice... air tight.
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There are special items for this, but most people suggest sealing it up in rice... air tight.
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+1
have saved many a phone from davy jones' locker with this method.
My friend's Vibrant fell on a bucket of water and it still worked.
And my Vibrant has washed it's face with me in the mornings and eaten ice cream (I think it wanted to try the next update, but the wrong way)
I think it will survive.
Just don't turn it on or anything until you are completely sure it's try.
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have saved many a phone from davy jones' locker with this method.
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The phone is currently completely taken apart and in a bed of brown rice inside a tightly sealed tupperware container. I shall post results of the procedure later... although I don't know how much longer I should wait. I'll give it at least a day, but I'm open to suggestions. I guess I should say that when I opened the phone I didn't notice that water had made it anywhere onto the motherboard, but it's possible that I missed it.
Mine took a dive into the toilet and didnt have any issues. The seal is pretty tight and the air inside the case doesnt escape through the USB/Headphone jack easily. If there was no water in the battery compartment you are probably safe but 24 hours in rice was still done just in case. Been about a month now.
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The phone is currently completely taken apart and in a bed of brown rice inside a tightly sealed tupperware container. I shall post results of the procedure later... although I don't know how much longer I should wait. I'll give it at least a day, but I'm open to suggestions. I guess I should say that when I opened the phone I didn't notice that water had made it anywhere onto the motherboard, but it's possible that I missed it.
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I would give it a couple of days anyhow did you pulll the sd card and sim card?
Vibrant + water = super unrecoverable hard brick -.-'
I accidentally jumped in the pool with my vibrant in my pocket over the holiday weekend. Waded around for a bit... yeah it was toast
Insurance ftw
Sd card and sim were fine though
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Mine survived a quick dip in the pool.....I feel rice saved it....3 days in a ziplock bag of rice completely disassembled......works fine,no issues whatsoever
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I accidentally jumped in the pool with my vibrant in my pocket over the holiday weekend. Waded around for a bit... yeah it was toast
Insurance ftw
Sd card and sim were fine though
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lolcopter indeed.
That sucks though.
Mine too decided it was a good day for a dip in the pool on Monday... I simply took the battery, SIM and SD cards out, wrapped it in 8 socks and threw it in the dryer with a load of dry laundry for 15min...
It wouldn't turn on with the power button... so I plugged it into my computer and the charge indicator came one. From then on, everything worked great!
Mine was in my pocket and i got pushed in the pool.. I pulled the battery and waited like 3 days turned it back on and it works but i got lines from top to bottom and it fades in and out.. It works as my test phone..
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Mine too decided it was a good day for a dip in the pool on Monday... I simply took the battery, SIM and SD cards out, wrapped it in 8 socks and threw it in the dryer with a load of dry laundry for 15min...
It wouldn't turn on with the power button... so I plugged it into my computer and the charge indicator came one. From then on, everything worked great!
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That sounds like the worst idea i've ever heard.
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I may have done my phone in this time... it fell into a tub of water for no more than three seconds while on. I think this may do what all my tinkering/Odin-ing/Heimdall-ing never managed to do. I grabbed it an took the battery out and I am currently in the process of taking it apart using the little blue tool that I got along with the new ffc camera that I have yet to install.
Has anyone dropped this phone in water while on and it not be negatively affected?
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I was wondering what the verdit was do you have a phone or a paper weight?
Works perfectly! I put the phone back together finally last night and went ahead and installed the new ffc I bought a while back, and it is back up and running as if nothing happened.
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I dropped my Vibrant into water for 3 seconds, but after drying it out the touchscreen wasn't functional. After the first reboot... stucked at Vibrant logo, not being able to move ahead. Odin finds my phone in downdload mode, I can reflash roms, kernels , but still won't reboot into one. Stucks at bootloader. Is it hardware broken?
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I dropped my Vibrant into water for 3 seconds, but after drying it out the touchscreen wasn't functional. After the first reboot... stucked at Vibrant logo, not being able to move ahead. Odin finds my phone in downdload mode, I can reflash roms, kernels , but still won't reboot into one. Stucks at bootloader. Is it hardware broken?
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Yours is toast. Same thing happened to mine had. Nothing would allow it past the vibrant logo. Used my insurance.
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*cough* Theres this information out there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073929
Its up to you how you use that info
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Yours is toast. Same thing happened to mine had. Nothing would allow it past the vibrant logo. Used my insurance.
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The water indicator didn't turn pink. So even though I have no insurance or waranty, I still hope to have o chance to recover my Vibrant. I took it to a guy who says he'll write the bootloader directly on the CPU, not through the USB cable like I did We'll see what happens, I have no other option.Thanks for your replies
Ok i dropped my GS2 in water the other day aswel but i took it off within few seconds,I kept the battery and phone in uncooked rice overnight.Next morning when i try to switch it on, walla! it started perfectly until it showed low battery. I kept the phone on charge(battery with exclamation mark appeared on screen) then i tried to switch it back On after a while but it just wont start !! HELP
You could try the hair dryer trick..
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Let it rest more. I dropped my laptop into water in the bathtub, not full of water, but the water was on. Waited two weeks and laptop was fine, no rice was used btw.
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The rice trick should have done it, I recommend it often, but I fear you may now have damaged the phone by not leaving it long enough and subsequently putting it on charge.
Also note, most phones have water damage litmus indicators in now so your warranty is screwed too.
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The rice trick should have done it, I recommend it often, but I fear you may now have damaged the phone by not leaving it long enough and subsequently putting it on charge.
Also note, most phones have water damage litmus indicators in now so your warranty is screwed too.
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Depends really, you can insure a phone at most stores these days and they will replace it regardless if you do. If your household insurance is all risk, this will cover your phone as well. (note both options costs extra money a month)
But if he does not have any of that he is indeed screwed.
Also, when dropping a phone in the water remove the battery and let it dry for at least 1 week. prefered 2 weeks. Do it in dry rice or with those moist absorbing packs you find in shoes and **** these days.
It's very possible only your battery is dead, considering the phone switched on fine and it's only the charging that doesn't work. Buy a cheap battery off ebay and try it out.
I think you might be right, If the phone would have been a goner it wouldn't have started at first.But i just cant find the water damage indicators on battery or phone,just to check if i can get it repaired through warranty
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Depends really, you can insure a phone at most stores these days and they will replace it regardless if you do. If your household insurance is all risk, this will cover your phone as well. (note both options costs extra money a month)
But if he does not have any of that he is indeed screwed.
Also, when dropping a phone in the water remove the battery and let it dry for at least 1 week. prefered 2 weeks. Do it in dry rice or with those moist absorbing packs you find in shoes and **** these days.
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Well i guess ur right.Its not the first time my phone got water damaged.In past my HD2 actually sat in water for much much long time but then i kept the phone near heating for 4-5 days and it worked perfectly well.
(although the damage indicators turned red)
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Ok i dropped my GS2 in water the other day aswel but i took it off within few seconds,I kept the battery and phone in uncooked rice overnight.Next morning when i try to switch it on, walla! it started perfectly until it showed low battery. I kept the phone on charge(battery with exclamation mark appeared on screen) then i tried to switch it back On after a while but it just wont start !! HELP
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Hehehhe you are so dumb man ;-)
tooo sad
Do you know where are the water damage indicators on GS2 ??
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I think you might be right, If the phone would have been a goner it wouldn't have started at first.But i just cant find the water damage indicators on battery or phone,just to check if i can get it repaired through warranty
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I'm just speculating about the indicators on the sgs ii, it's common practice for other manufacturers to use them, often in plain sight. The gs ii, may not have any but if it does they're probably inaccessible inside.
Best bet is to examine some tear down photography. Maybe ifixit has one?
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Uncooked rice is inefficient. Not sure why people use that when they can use either silica gel or desiccant, both of which come when you buy certain dry foodstuff or PC cases/computer parts/cameras (or you can buy it from the camera store). Is it worth saving a few dollars and risk the water being in your phone for that much longer?
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I'm just speculating about the indicators on the sgs ii, it's common practice for other manufacturers to use them, often in plain sight. The gs ii, may not have any but if it does they're probably inaccessible inside.
Best bet is to examine some tear down photography. Maybe ifixit has one?
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http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-2-Teardown/5861/1
Do you see any water damage indicators ?
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Ok i dropped my GS2 in water the other day aswel but i took it off within few seconds,I kept the battery and phone in uncooked rice overnight.Next morning when i try to switch it on, walla! it started perfectly until it showed low battery. I kept the phone on charge(battery with exclamation mark appeared on screen) then i tried to switch it back On after a while but it just wont start !! HELP
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Hello everybody...
I'm almost in the same situation as chelseafan...
GS2 dropped in the water, switched off, tried to dry it with my hairdryer, then successfully switched on. Everything seemed to work just fine, but then it suddenly died and I couldn't turn it on again.
I probably didn't wait enough to let it dry (a couple of hours) and now it's in a box with rice and silica.
I couldn't find any water detector sticker or similar, is there any feedback for this kind of sensors on the GS2? I was just trying to understand if I can get it repaired in warranty or not...
Thanks to everybody!
I couldn't find any water detector sticker or similar, is there any feedback for this kind of sensors on the GS2? I was just trying to understand if I can get it repaired in warranty or not...
Nope water damage is chargeable .Indicator somewhere under the camera area .
jje
JJEgan said:
I couldn't find any water detector sticker or similar, is there any feedback for this kind of sensors on the GS2? I was just trying to understand if I can get it repaired in warranty or not...
Nope water damage is chargeable .Indicator somewhere under the camera area .
jje
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Thanks jje, I'll try to let it dry some days more and then we'll see... Maybe I'm lucky!
Speaking from experience, rice works, but overnight is not enough, should have left it longer, next mistake is powering it on and charging it, water and electricity do not mix, that may be the stick that broke the camels back, but I hope not in your case.....
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Do you see any water damage indicators ?
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As I see it in the pictures there are two Water Indicator stickers in the phone.
1. In de corner of the battery compartment, down to the right
2. In de back housing, not the battery cover, between the small camera window and the speaker opening.
You can see them in the pictures 1 and 2 of Step 4.
Apparently Samsung uses white stickers with blue/purple crosses on it. They are about 3 by 3mm.
I've been lucky! After 3 days turned off and closed in a box with plenty of rice and silica, my GS2 is back and working perfectly! No issue detected so far!
So, a little list of suggestions after my bad experience:
1- GS2 is NOT waterproof
2- the fastest you take it out from water the best chances to have it working again you have
3- take out the battery as fast as you can and don't turn it on
4- silica and rice worked just fine for me, but be patient, you will need at least 3-4 days
5- be perseverant: after one day of treatement I couldn't switch on my GS2, but atter 3 days everything was ok!
Hope this will help others!
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Here is my short story:
I lost my phone in the garden, after 3 days of searching and as the snow melted, i saw it lying on the ground, unfortunately turned off. Dont think this happend because of low battery rather than because of the water.
After i found it, i immediately dissassembled it without turning on and now its drying..i will wait for some days, until i can get some isopropanol(97% alcohol or so).
The water-indicator is lilac, not shure, but this means damaged by water, right?
So now here are my questions..is there even a chance that the isopropanol might help?..because the phone was turned on as i lost it, and i think it stopped working due to the water, not because of low battery..so is it already to late? Does this method only help if the phone is still working?
And which parts should be bathed in isopropanol ? E.g. is it bad for the camera, the microphones, the screen and the speakers, as i have read somewhere?
And if for example the screen would be damaged, would it be bad for the logicboard, too, if i reassemble it again and test it then?
And is there any possibility i can find out which part is defect, if it won´t work at all?
Are there any other options left for me?
hope this doesnt happen to anyone else
greets, electro
I would guess your screwed mate. My girls phone was dropped in water for less than 2 seconds and it killed. You are stuffed as soon as it turns off because something has shorted
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Weird... I've gotten lots of rain onto my phone, and no damage at all... But of course that's not the same as dropping it in the snow...
Sadly there is no 100% solution for water damage. My dad once in a while will give a bath to his phones and the best solution I have found is to put the phone in a plastic bag full of rice and leave it there for as long as you can.
Of 3 phones 2 of them were saved using this method (one of them was saved multiple times).
Good luck.
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Sadly there is no 100% solution for water damage. My dad once in a while will give a bath to his phones and the best solution I have found is to put the phone in a plastic bag full of rice and leave it there for as long as you can.
Of 3 phones 2 of them were saved using this method (one of them was saved multiple times).
Good luck.
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Where these phones still turned on as they got wet and you took them out of the water? Or had they turned off theirselves already?
Which parts of the phone should be bathed?
Thanks guys for your hope
Put it in a bowl of rice for a few days to let it dry out and see what happens.
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Put it in a bowl of rice for a few days to let it dry out and see what happens.
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It's worked for my old N73, but don't know will it work for GS2. but you can still try it
Just the board. If you drop the phone in it, it will damage other components. Then get a tooth brush and gently clean the board while alcohol is on it. Then check the battery for corrosion on the contacts to see if its fried. If so get a new one soon
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Just the board. If you drop the phone in it, it will damage other components. Then get a tooth brush and gently clean the board while alcohol is on it. Then check the battery for corrosion on the contacts to see if its fried. If so get a new one soon
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keep it away from mics. clean gently as above mentioned with a medium toothbrush. clean all the board but also clean the connectors such as the connector of lcd both on logic board and lcd itself. clean also all gold contacts such as antenna contacts, buzzer contacts ands earpiece contacts.
isopropanol should be sold on every pharmacy. and if you can find glass fiber sticks to clean gold plated contacts as i mentioned above only if they are corroded.
I have dissassembled my device to the logicboard+camera, there are no mics on it anymore, only problem might be the camera connected to it.
The rest of the phone(display,which is glued to the fronthousing i think, usb-connector, and speakers)is still in the front housing.
I´m on step 6 in ifixit.com teardown, only with camera still connected, if you want to see pics.(sry cant post links)
Everything is covered in rice for 24h now
Would it be okay for the camera to be bathed in alcohol? Because the camera is still connected to the logicboard, and i am not shure whether i should dare disconnecting it..its a very thin connector..??
Did anybody revive his device, which was already turned off because of the water damage? Is this even possible in theory, if the device already shut down itself?
I dont get my hopes up to high
But thanks all for your help mates
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Where these phones still turned on as they got wet and you took them out of the water? Or had they turned off theirselves already?
Which parts of the phone should be bathed?
Thanks guys for your hope
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Usually the water will only freeze the phone and will remain on until you take the battery out or the battery power is depleted.
Just take it apart and put it in the bag of rice and forget abut it for a couple of days (*you should have already done this by now*).
As for the alcohol cleaning I'v never done that. The idea of the alcohol is to prevent rust but the rice will remove all humidity out of the phone.
Ok so after 4 days of drying, it now shows a triangle and a battery symbole.
Better than nothing i suppose, at least the screen seems to be working
Does anybody know what that symbole means? Is just the battery faulty(my hope)?
Battery or USB plug problem.
Try other battery, if that doesn't help, get new usb board thingy from ebay
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Great news! I had the chance to try a battery from a friend, and it worked!!
Already ordered a new one, although I am not sure, maybe the voltage from the old one is just too low and recharging would solve the problem, but dont want to risk anything
Thanks for your responses all
I probably too late but no dont put the camera in alcohol
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Congratz
Nice save!!
Today i went swimming an my kid took off with my phone an it went into the pool. I was told it was water proof an when i pool it out the phone turns gray an powers off.. ive gotten it wet before by accident an it was just fine.. i have it in rice now but im asking is it a goner?
Could be. They are not waterproof, they are splash resistant. Still wish it's only a minor incident
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Its been in rice for 14 hrs should I try plug it in? I don't want to fry it...
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GraphicDemon said:
Its been in rice for 14 hrs should I try plug it in? I don't want to fry it...
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The best way at least that i can think of is to manually disassemble the phone and wipe it to dry by yourself,rise wont make it dry,try to power on the phone in a week or so,when the phone is dry.
chlorine h2o damage
DanielMod said:
The best way at least that i can think of is to manually disassemble the phone and wipe it to dry by yourself,rise wont make it dry,try to power on the phone in a week or so,when the phone is dry.
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Actually rice is a natural absorbent, it can in fact, save your phone as it has with my iPod Touch 32gb, though not a razr, it has all similar mobile device components inside, and I didn't even take it apart, left it in a Tupperware full of rice for a few days, after I used a good hair-dryer to evaporate the large stuff. We're still talking about a non-serviceable internal battery (just like our Droid RAZR).
Even though it didn't properly start-up within a day after leaving it in the rice for a few days, the darn thing started right up as if right out of the box about a week later.
So lesson learned, technology is amazing, unpredictable, and very servicable, no matter what.
Though, the idea of taking it apart is a good one because by having water damage your warranty is voided atm.
Go for it!!! :good:
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Actually rice is a natural absorbent, it can in fact, save your phone as it has with my iPod Touch 32gb, though not a razr, it has all similar mobile device components inside, and I didn't even take it apart, left it in a Tupperware full of rice for a few days, after I used a good hair-dryer to evaporate the large stuff. We're still talking about a non-serviceable internal battery (just like our Droid RAZR).
Even though it didn't properly start-up within a day after leaving it in the rice for a few days, the darn thing started right up as if right out of the box about a week later.
So lesson learned, technology is amazing, unpredictable, and very servicable, no matter what.
Though, the idea of taking it apart is a good one because by having water damage your warranty is voided atm.
Go for it!!! :good:
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Taking it apart will not stop the warranty from being voided. There is a water sensor that was activated the moment it got wet and cannot be returned to its original state.
Rice only gets rid of humidity, corrosion will start anyway. It WILL destroy the phone sooner or later.
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Taking it apart will not stop the warranty from being voided. There is a water sensor that was activated the moment it got wet and cannot be returned to its original state.
Rice only gets rid of humidity, corrosion will start anyway. It WILL destroy the phone sooner or later.
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yeah happened to my girlfriend evo 3d wouldnt charge after awhile... im really not good with taking things apart.. lol also i tried pluging it in it went to the charging part when it boots up with charger, but wouldnt power on fully.. an eventually started rebooting over n over so back in rice for couple days i guess hope i didnt fry it...
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yeah happened to my girlfriend evo 3d wouldnt charge after awhile... im really not good with taking things apart.. lol also i tried pluging it in it went to the charging part when it boots up with charger, but wouldnt power on fully.. an eventually started rebooting over n over so back in rice for couple days i guess hope i didnt fry it...
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There is a 'sonic' bath or somethiing like that that you can perform that is supopsed to get rid of corosion, but you would have to find someone with equipment to do that. Assuming of course that connecting it to the charger did not fry it.
Sorry to hear about your badluck.
Disconnect from btty.
Chlorine should dissipate but you could have problems if you tried charging prior to the phone being fully dry, or if the btty was left in for too long. Alcohol is usually used to clean electronics but I forgot what type doesn't leave a residue.
The rice bath for a couple of days should dry the phone (alcohol also helps to dry the phone), but I would be concerned about btty damage. The content of the btty could have leaked.
If you have insurance turn it in!
i remember using rubbing alcohol, aka methanol should work. try taking a look at XDA tv. there was one instance the guy was *****ing about the Razr not having a removable battery and he opened his galaxy nexus and dipped it in methanol
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Taking it apart will not stop the warranty from being voided. There is a water sensor that was activated the moment it got wet and cannot be returned to its original state.
Rice only gets rid of humidity, corrosion will start anyway. It WILL destroy the phone sooner or later.
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newowner said:
Sorry to hear about your badluck.
Disconnect from btty.
Chlorine should dissipate but you could have problems if you tried charging prior to the phone being fully dry, or if the btty was left in for too long. Alcohol is usually used to clean electronics but I forgot what type doesn't leave a residue.
The rice bath for a couple of days should dry the phone (alcohol also helps to dry the phone), but I would be concerned about btty damage. The content of the btty could have leaked.
If you have insurance turn it in!
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So just say the battery failed on me? Ik theyll be able to tell its water damaged but lol yeah.. So just call n say that?
Hell yeah survived lol i love my razr!
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So just say the battery failed on me? Ik theyll be able to tell its water damaged but lol yeah.. So just call n say that?
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Insurance will cover anything.
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if you do take it apart pick up some Denatured Alcohol from a Home Depot type store and use that to clean the inside. It will help prevent corrosion and it is perfectly safe to use on any part of the phone.
My friend had the same thing happen, he took off the back took out only the battery, then grabbed alcohol 99% and distilled water, made a 50/50 solution and put it in a ultrasonic jewelry cleaner for like 30 min, then in a bag of silica gell (those tiny paper bags that say to not eat) Left it there for 2 days, works just fine.
Rice fixed it two days open sd card slot n it working like a charm
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