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shysteve:
just what i need right.....please i need urgent response, my wife called me 4 days ago that my son dropped her phone (Samsung galaxy S6 Edge+) inside water and the screen has gone black....i called an engineer friend of mine to check it out and he told me the screen needs changing and was told the screen is 90k( for this recession?)....i visited a samsung store here in Accra and was told 1,030GHC (that is about 100k+ in naira), checked some online stores in yankee and was seeing prices like $200 & $260.

Please is there anything i can do that can bring the phone back to life and not spend up to that 90k?

If it is already water damaged sorry there's nothing u can do about it. Water can damage both the motherboard snd the touchscreen. If its only the touchscreen u have no other choice than change it. The only time rice and silica gel work is when it just happened, that's before the water an damage the screen or motherboard. If the water stayed too long inside the phone then its probably too late.

greenhulk:
Bros, rice still remains the most sensible option for phones with non removable battery. Silicon gel would have been better but not readily available. Not everyone has the techniques to remove the battery of phones with sealed battery. First u have to locate a technician and not every technician can even get to the battery of some phones. Have u tried removing the battery of htc one m7 or galaxy s6? Bros even technicians find it difficult. First u have to heat the front and back glass with heater to melt the gums, the carefully pull the back glass cover, then unscrew some tiny screws before getting to the battery compartment. For htc u have to virtually remove the whole panel before getting to the battery which is cumbersome.

If ur phone gets into water in the evening, u will have to wait till the next day to locate a technician that will help u remove the battery ( and for htc one series ur phone will never be the same again after opening it. Just put it in a bag of rice and u have a better chance of the phoje surviving by morning.

You've got some valid points here, especially the tricky procedures required to dismantle some of these phones. (but real technicians has the skills and tools that makes it easier)


But this rice thing is being over hyped, when it can barely achieve anything for the a phone submerged in water. The only time rice might be of little help is when you're trying to remove moisture and it has to be in an AIR TIGHT CONTAINER.

If a phone is submerged in water and you're able to switch it off, no further serious damage will occur even if it takes 48 hours to get it to a qualified technician.

Let an engineer help you

Decodedp:
You've got some valid points here, especially the tricky procedures required to dismantle some of these phones.


But this rice thing is being over hyped, when it barely achieve anything for the a phone submerged in water. The only time rice might be of little help is when you're trying to remove moisture and it has to be in an AIR TIGHT CONTAINER.

If a phone is submerged in water and you're able to switch it off, no further serious damage will occur even if it takes 48 hours to get it to a qualified technician.

Putting the phone in rice or silica gel for several hours can dry the water inside, there's no guarantee ur phone would be back to life but u have a great chance. And water inside the moderboard can still damage the phone even while it is powered off. Rice woukd still help to dry some if not all of the water before taking it to a technician.

Question: What do you do when your phone with non removable battery falls into water?

Answer: Dip your hand into the water and bring the phone out.

New solution is that when your phone falls into water quickly bring it out hit it on the ground 3 times, pour red oil on it and lick it off with your tongue and look for a burning fire and throw it inside for just 2min , the phone will be alright, you can thank me later

greenhulk:
Bros, rice still remains the most sensible option for phones with non removable battery. Silicon gel would have been better but not readily available. Not everyone has the techniques to remove the battery of phones with sealed battery. First u have to locate a technician and not every technician can even get to the battery of some phones. Have u tried removing the battery of htc one m7 or galaxy s6? Bros even technicians find it difficult. First u have to heat the front and back glass with heater to melt the gums, the carefully pull the back glass cover, then unscrew some tiny screws before getting to the battery compartment. For htc u have to virtually remove the whole panel before getting to the battery which is cumbersome.

If ur phone gets into water in the evening, u will have to wait till the next day to locate a technician that will help u remove the battery ( and for htc one series ur phone will never be the same again after opening it. Just put it in a bag of rice and u have a better chance of the phoje surviving by morning.

Rice my foot! The absorption is not something that could be achieved in 10 mins. This is not theory....its what we see everyday. Disconnect the battery by any means as soon as it happened else you ll fry the board.

great answer.. LOL. Let me add to it. Rush to a qualified engineer asap.

afroLAD:
Question: What do you do when your phone with non removable battery falls into water?

Answer: Dip your hand into the water and bring the phone out.

greenhulk:
If it is already water damaged sorry there's nothing u can do about it. Water can damage both the motherboard snd the touchscreen. If its only the touchscreen u have no other choice than change it. The only time rice and silica gel work is when it just happened, that's before the water an damage the screen or motherboard. If the water stayed too long inside the phone then its probably too late.

That means say i don enter one chance be that, please do you think the 90k the guy is charging me for the screen is okay?(wanna know if am not being ripped off since am not around)

femi4:
Rice my foot! The absorption is not something that could be achieved in 10 mins. This is not theory....its what we see everyday. Disconnect the battery by any means as soon as it happened else you ll fry the board.

Oga how do u plan to disconnect the battery of galaxy s6 or htc one m7 or iphone 6? If u dont have the tools and not a pro then u are on ur own. Nobody is talking about 10 mins here, and I dont even see how u can remove the battery of those phones I mentioned in 10 mins, not even by he technicians we have here. Absorption takes hours but it works.

shysteve:
That means say i don enter one chance be that, please do you think the 90k the guy is charging me for the screen is okay?(wanna know if am not being ripped off since am not around)

The price is on the high side. Though I know galaxy s6 tohcscreen cost between 45-55k depending on wherr u go to. I expect s6 edge plus to be more expensive.

greenhulk:
Pitting the phone in rice or silica gel for several hours can dry the water inside, there's no guarantee ur phone would be back to life but u hsve a great chance. And eater insidd the MODER BOARD CAN STILL DAMAGE THE PHONE EVEN WHILE IT IS POWERED OFF . Rice woukd still help to dry some if not all of the water before taking it to a technician.

not within 24 to 48 hours. But the earlier the better.

Dry it up either with sunlight or the rice thing

greenhulk:
Turn off the phone, dry the with soft cloth and put it in a bag or bucket of raw rice or silicon. Leave it there for like 24 hours. Pray it is not already water damaged.

You don't need 24 hours. Bring is out and wait for is to stop misbehaving; rebooting in loop. It will go back to normal after about one hour

Throw the fone away and purchase a new one...Shikena

At that moment, it is finished. Just troway

THOSE OF YOU SAYING BAG OF RICE IS FOR REMOVABLE BATTERIES DON'T KNOW SHIT. Lemme tell you a story. I once used Tecno P9 (tablet). slept in my hostel only to wake up to see my tablet inside a deep bucket of water filled to brim. Those of you that know the tablet would know it's battery is non removable. I didn't know how long it had been in the water but when I brought it out, the two speakers were no longer working. the screen began to flutter. I began to panic. I opened Google to get a solution and that was when I came across the bag of rice. immediately, I opened my roommate's bag of rice and dipped the tablet in. the rice was so much as it was a very big bag of rice. I went for lectures and came back. when I checked the phone, the water around the edges of the screen were gone. both speakers resumed operations except the sound was a little disoriented which was restored permanently to the way it was 6 hours later. It was the biggest miracle I had ever encountered. So, speaking from experience, bag of rice is the best option for a non-water resistant non-removable battery phone. Though, after that event i never bought a phone without water resistance. But it's an experience one can learn from. #peace

Jabioro:
You then buried am shekkinah.

hahahaha

If ur phone fall for water throwaway am

greenhulk:
Turn off the phone, dry the with soft cloth and put it in a bag or bucket of raw rice or silicon. Leave it there for like 24 hours. Pray it is not already water damaged.

how many people get bag of rice for house in this economy

maxwell60:
Abeg tell the Bush man. I no blame am the guy don too use China phones like tecno how e go take differentiate between note 7 and S7 or samsung and tecno

many people are really uninformed that's why,

some people now believe samsung is an 'exploding phone' brand which really bad, especially for sammy

pawesome:
D Egbo version wey u smoke de imported

hahahaha... na so

modsRbastard:
Did I read that right! . Pls, tell me what later happened to that rice.

This is why visiting a woman and being entertained is dangerous, una don make person get phobia for Cucumber; now person go dey fear to drink ordinary water for una house.... Which kind wahala be this ehn!

Lol! Google is your friend boo! I didn't invent that method...

modsRbastard:
Did I read that right! . Pls, tell me what later happened to that rice.

This is why visiting a woman and being entertained is dangerous, una don make person get phobia for Cucumber; now person go dey fear to drink ordinary water for una house.... Which kind wahala be this ehn!

Lol so funny that you asked cos my husband asked me what we were going to do with all that rice as well and I told him that we will still eat it
But then I figured that it might be a bad idea

Dandsome:
So I've been thinking about it lately and it has been giving me cause to worry.

These days phones are being manufactured with non removable batteries e.g Samsung Galaxy S7, Tecno Camon C9, Huawei Honor 6x (2016), Tecno L8+ et al.

Normally, when your phone hangs and you have a non removable battery, all you can do is wait for some time and then it'll come back to normal. However, what happens in a case where mistakenly, knowingly or unknowingly your phone falls into water and is completely immersed in it?
I've read online about how you should switch it off, remove the battery then place it in a bag or container of raw rice etc.

My neighbour is so much interested in the Phantom6+, reason is he is a heavy user and the 4GB RAM, and battery capacity of 4050Mah will serve him well. He has a hyper active baby boy who is very curious. Last time the boy dipped his wife's phone completely into water. Thankfully it's just an ordinary torchlight phone.

He talked about how he's sacrificing to buy it in this kinda economy and how he'll never allow the baby near his phone, but sometimes mistakes happen and phones mistakenly "swim" inside water. But the BIG question is, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT IS A PHONE WITH A NON REMOVABLE BATTERY?
I've heard a case where after someone switched off his phone when it fell into water, it turned itself back on most likely because it started to short circuit.

What is the "first aid" that can be done to the phone with a non removable battery when it falls into water??

Somebody please help.
Thanks.

Press and hold the power button for 10 seconds the phone go off , some phones comes with an emergency power off button like SONY.

Forget the phone and go and buy another one!

Put in a bag of raw rice.

Simply remove the battery.

Coincidentally I have the experience this morning with my Camon C9. It fell inside the Convenience WC. What I did was to immediately pull it out, switch of, remove the back case and start to shake out water that might have entered. After all done, I then kept the phone in rice and kept in my car.

When I got to office just to shake it and see if water will drop out, I notived I have mistakenly powered it on. What I noticed was that the caliberator stopped responding. Since caliberator isn't responding, there is no way I can switch off because Camon C9 does not force shut down

The next thing I did was to remove the iron covering the battery and disconected the connector and reconnect, tarara, it started to caliberate. So I disconnected it back and kept back in rice and inside the heat in my car for about 3 hours. And now I want to believe its okay as it is the phone that I am using to comment.

henryobinna:
many people are really uninformed that's why,

some people now believe samsung is an 'exploding phone' brand which really bad, especially for sammy

The same way Tecno is still branded bad because some people are uninformed

greenhulk:
Turn off the phone, dry the with soft cloth and put it in a bag or bucket of raw rice or silicon. Leave it there for like 24 hours. Pray it is not already water damaged.

Bag of rice for this recession.

You start praying about getting a new one!

Dandsome:
So I've been thinking about it lately and it has been giving me cause to worry.

These days phones are being manufactured with non removable batteries e.g Samsung Galaxy S7, Tecno Camon C9, Huawei Honor 6x (2016), Tecno L8+ et al.

Normally, when your phone hangs and you have a non removable battery, all you can do is wait for some time and then it'll come back to normal. However, what happens in a case where mistakenly, knowingly or unknowingly your phone falls into water and is completely immersed in it?
I've read online about how you should switch it off, remove the battery then place it in a bag or container of raw rice etc.

My neighbour is so much interested in the Phantom6+, reason is he is a heavy user and the 4GB RAM, and battery capacity of 4050Mah will serve him well. He has a hyper active baby boy who is very curious. Last time the boy dipped his wife's phone completely into water. Thankfully it's just an ordinary torchlight phone.

He talked about how he's sacrificing to buy it in this kinda economy and how he'll never allow the baby near his phone, but sometimes mistakes happen and phones mistakenly "swim" inside water. But the BIG question is, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT IS A PHONE WITH A NON REMOVABLE BATTERY?
I've heard a case where after someone switched off his phone when it fell into water, it turned itself back on most likely because it started to short circuit.

What is the "first aid" that can be done to the phone with a non removable battery when it falls into water??

Somebody please help.
Thanks.