Nice guide, I wish I read this before so I could've saved my poor N70!
I didn't follow a thing from #1 alone
(1) IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE BATTERY. VERY VERY IMPORTANT! 60 seconds later and it may be too late.
The battery is usually the source of damage, not just the water alone. Water+Battery = Short Circuits! So REMOVE the battery! And DONT TEST the cellphone after it's been dropped in water!
~I panicked and removed the battery then put it back again
My LG VX8350 just went for a swim in the pool without me. After yanking the battery I put in in the dryer (with a no-tumble rack) for about an hour and let it dry overnite. The next morning I couldn't resist the temptation to power it up. It booted up OK and so I thought I was out of the woods. Unfortunately, 30 min later I saw a bit of condensate under the outer LCD and I was very warm. The inside LCD was completely white.
So I called PPC Tech and brought in in to them. A few hour later they told me it was good to go with all the data intact. They charged me $45 bucks, GREAT job. I was told that even if it had adequate time to dry out, the water calcium from the water would have shorted it out eventually.
Moral: There's no substitute for a good alcohol cleaning after a dunking, No more phone swimming for me!
I've got an LG 9100/Keybo that got wet (to what extent I don't know as I unknowingly bought it from someone). I *think* it's dry by now. The issue is that the power/end key does not work, on BOTH keypads. And the interesting part is that the buttons do work when I pull the battery out for a day. Then they stop functioning after an hour or so. Looks like I'll be pulling it apart and checking for oxidization.
Well, my wife forgot to take her LG EnV2 out of her coat pocket when she washed it and now I am dealing with the same thing you guys have all been through...luckily as soon as she realized what had happened she immediately pulled the battery... She also told me that it was wet but had been mostly protected by the coat because it was still inside one of the larger pockets... At this point, I am thinking that I'll try to take it apart if possible and then use some alcohol on it...
I successfully took apart and cleaned my wife's LG EnV2 however after I powered it back up with a different battery, it doesn't want to connect to the network to make a call... Any ideas? Thanks!
I successfully took apart and cleaned my wife's LG EnV2 however after I powered it back up with a different battery, it doesn't want to connect to the network to make a call... Any ideas? Thanks!
Sorry, I should have come back to update this sooner... I took it apart even further the next time and pulled the metal caps off of the chips, etc... Cleaned that up the same way as everything else and when put back together it worked like a charm! Only issue is the front screen on it is messed up...has a lot of white lines in it and generally blurry...but I did use it successfully for almost 2 weeks! It reminded me of how much I liked the phone when it was mine!
Took apart and cleaned my energy water soaked phone with an alcohol soaked cloth (but had not immediately removed the battery & had tried it several times with battery in). Everything works except I get "No Service" and when I try to dial out, it says "Call Failed".
Shall I take it apart again? What part of it connects it? If I knew, maybe I could clean that again.
Help! I'm job hunting and short of cash and need my phone for employer calls!
How far did you tear it apart? I had a similar thing happen to me. I ended up prying the metal caps/covers off of the chips and cleaned those out with alcohol and then put it back together and it worked...it could be that water got in even further than you did so far...
Former Phones: Nokia 252 (CellularOne), Ericsson T28LX (AT&T), Verizon Phones: Sony Ericsson T61C, LG TM510, LG VX4400, LG VX6100, LG VX8300, LG Venus (VX8800), LG Orange EnV (VX9900), LG EnV2 (VX9100), Palm Centro (Verizon)
I got some electronics cleaner from Radio shack and sprayed down the parts. Then I soaked them in alcohol for about five minutes. Lay them out under a lamp overnight. Assembled this morning and got reception, very excited, but then some quit working and I stopped, took it back apart and am letting it air some more in case not dry. Stupid to push it this morning. It's rainy here so probably not dry yet. I'm afraid to pry the metal covers off. Did they just pop off with a screwdriver? Do they just pop back on then? I'm guessing it would be a bad idea ever to take the plastic cover off the keyboard as there are contacts attached to the plastic?
Thanks for all this feedback. I am have a friend with a dead Razr and am going to try swapping out circuit boards, etc. if there are still problems after it dries further. I'll let you know.
I was afraid to pry the metal covers off at first too...then I realized how much a non-working phone is worth -- $0. So I figured it was worth the risk either way... Good Luck!
Assembled the phone yesterday after drying the parts gently with cold air from the hair dryer and letting them sit most of the day. The phone worked!!! I still cringe everytime I push a key.
Just for the heck of it, I tried cleaning another Razr I had that would do nothing more than turn on and off. Has not improved the performance of that phone to tinker with it. Well, I'm thrilled to have one working and can't thank you all enough. :clapping:
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