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Just want to let gtab owner know that i had dropped my galaxy tab in a bucket of water and picked it up within 3 seconds and the thing still works! sturdy little thing survived the plunge!!!
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Congratulations! I was afraid this was an invite to a funeral for the Tab.
Hopefully it will still be working in a few days... It can take that long for electronic components to corrode.
Perhaps you could keep us informed?
post a video of you doing it again?
I have been told that putting a drowned device in a ziplock bag with a cup of rice for a day is about the best way of drying it out totally.
Also, if you feel comfortable opening the tab up, one might spray a light coat of mineral oil on the interior components (exposed circuts, chip mounts) to increase water protection significantly.
I dropped it in the toilet a couple of weeks ago. Water poring from botum holes and when i blew into the holes water was bubbling out between screeb and case at the top corners.Didn.t start up wny more. Bottom lights on en off. It treid starting up. Screens flashing. Made me crazy. Used the wifes hairblower for about two hours. Started up nice and pefectly. No problem since. That is build quality!!!!!!
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In future the best way to go about it is to:
1) Get a microwaveable container that can be sealed airtight (ie has a lid)
2) Fill the container rice
3) Microwave for 10-15 mins
4) Bury device in the rice in the container
5) Seal shut
6) Leave for 12-24 hours
It works by Osmosis which is essentially diffusion - water moves from wet to dry places. By microwaving the rice you get all of the water out of it - this means the rice will absorb as much water from your device as it can.
Thanks for the tip(not planning of using it ;-)
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joeearl13 said:
In future the best way to go about it is to:
1) Get a microwaveable container that can be sealed airtight (ie has a lid)
2) Fill the container rice
3) Microwave for 10-15 mins
4) Bury device in the rice in the container
5) Seal shut
6) Leave for 12-24 hours
It works by Osmosis which is essentially diffusion - water moves from wet to dry places. By microwaving the rice you get all of the water out of it - this means the rice will absorb as much water from your device as it can.
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I blame it being 2am ... but I had to read your instructions 3 times before I realized that the tab was actually not going into the microwave with the rice ...
Snert196 said:
I blame it being 2am ... but I had to read your instructions 3 times before I realized that the tab was actually not going into the microwave with the rice ...
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Don't even want to think about that mate My tab just let out a scream
joeearl13 said:
In future the best way to go about it is to:
1) Get a microwaveable container that can be sealed airtight (ie has a lid)
2) Fill the container rice
3) Microwave for 10-15 mins
4) Bury device in the rice in the container
5) Seal shut
6) Leave for 12-24 hours
It works by Osmosis which is essentially diffusion - water moves from wet to dry places. By microwaving the rice you get all of the water out of it - this means the rice will absorb as much water from your device as it can.
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Add some chicken and you can have dinner afterwards lmao
Snert196 said:
I blame it being 2am ... but I had to read your instructions 3 times before I realized that the tab was actually not going into the microwave with the rice ...
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Me too!
Warm rice is better, as the heat will liberate more water.
If you do not forget to remove the tab, you could reheat the rice, when it cools off.
I used the warm rice trick on a $7500 watch about a year ago. I had not screwed down the crown tight enough and went swimming.
It dried it out enough that my watchmaker was able to save it...
And, YES... dont put the item your trying to dry IN the microwave. Just warm the rice!
So I may have accidentally left a spare battery in my pocket and ran it through the washer...
The battery was discharged to the point where the phone wouldnt start (not that that means there was no residual charge).
My question is as to if it is safe to try to put the thing in my phone and charge it or should I just chuck it.
Thanks.
Let it dry out and you should be good to go. If you have some rice around (uncooked) throw the battery in a zip lock bag with some rice in it to absorb some of the moisture or if you have any of those silica gel bags that come with things like new shoes.
BTW, the battery I got from you kicks ass
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Let it dry out and you should be good to go. If you have some rice around (uncooked) throw the battery in a zip lock bag with some rice in it to absorb some of the moisture or if you have any of those silica gel bags that come with things like new shoes.
BTW, the battery I got from you kicks ass
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Haha thanks.
I'm good with programming and the android system.
Circuits... not so much. I just don't want an expensive (yet incredible) paperweight.
Glad the battery's working for you.
+1 on that rice trick. I salvaged a phone doing that and it worked for a year after that too.
Your call, but when it comes to things that could catch fire and vent noxious chemicals, I gravitate towards the "better safe than sorry" school of thought.
If the battery had come out of its adventure with a similar charge state as how it went in, I'd be a lot less concerned. But the fact that it was fully depleted means that it was shorting out at some point. If it was shorting out, we don't really know what damage was or was not done to it.
Using the rice trick to salvage expensive electronics is one thing. Trying to salvage an affordable battery that could potentially wreck your expensive device is another.
But like I said, that's just the "better safe than sorry" approach.
It is not a good idea to use that battery, even if you manage to get it completely dried out again. If moisture did get into it at all, even once removed the water may have allowed some of the dielectric materials inside to migrate from one plate to another. This can cause shorting between the cells which at best will keep the battery from effectively powering your phone. At the worst it will heat up, melt a bit then probably explode.
Batteries are cheap, certainly cheaper than a face transplant
hi!
my note fall in toilet in friday morning before i went to work, i blow air from an hairdryer but it still acting like crazy. then i put it in a bag with rice, it become better. the only problem is that the screen is blincking like +- screen brightness, now i have it in a bag with 2 silica gel bags that come in example shoe package , is this good ? do you think my phone will be like before:-(
Should have put in rice immediately and left for at least 24 hours
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Rice for 24 for sure, then up close to a light bulb for several hours to get some heat in it.
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I feel your pain
Most importantly, turn it off and don't turn it on until you are sure it's completely dry
Silica gel is good. I've used alcohol to save an android phone in the past (HTC Magic) after it fell into a toilet (with the added bonus of sterilizing it!) but YMMV with the Note. I filled a quarter of a ziplock bag with 99% alcohol, dropped in my phone and shook it up. In theory, the fluid alcohol should replace the water molecules along the circuit board, but will evaporate at a much faster rate. After a few minutes, I removed the phone, gave it a good wiping and let it air dry for about 12 hours, then to be safe put it in a bag of rice (same effect as silica gel) for another day and a half. The phone still works.
But I'd recommend this as a last resort - try the silica gel/rice treatment first.
DO NOT PUT IT IN RICE!!! THATS A WIVES TALE! THE DUST FROM THE RICE WILL CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS... I own a mobile device repair shop... turn it off first and foremost. Most electronics turn themselves off when they get wet... they don't get fried until you turn them back on. Take it apart as far as you can and sit it under a source of dry air (aka A/C) and leave it for ATLEAST 2 days (preferably a week). You need to take the back plate off. You can find tutorials on how to do it online.
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baaj said:
I feel your pain
Most importantly, turn it off and don't turn it on until you are sure it's completely dry
Silica gel is good. I've used alcohol to save an android phone in the past (HTC Magic) after it fell into a toilet (with the added bonus of sterilizing it!) but YMMV with the Note. I filled a quarter of a ziplock bag with 99% alcohol, dropped in my phone and shook it up. In theory, the fluid alcohol should replace the water molecules along the circuit board, but will evaporate at a much faster rate. After a few minutes, I removed the phone, gave it a good wiping and let it air dry for about 12 hours, then to be safe put it in a bag of rice (same effect as silica gel) for another day and a half. The phone still works.
But I'd recommend this as a last resort - try the silica gel/rice treatment first.
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Everything else here is dead on... just omit the rice.
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falluja said:
hi!
my note fall in toilet in friday morning before i went to work, i blow air from an hairdryer but it still acting like crazy. then i put it in a bag with rice, it become better. the only problem is that the screen is blincking like +- screen brightness, now i have it in a bag with 2 silica gel bags that come in example shoe package , is this good ? do you think my phone will be like before:-(
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Stop watchingporn on the toilet.... jk
yup rice for 24 hours or bust
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DO NOT PUT IT IN RICE!!! THATS A WIVES TALE! THE DUST FROM THE RICE WILL CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS... I own a mobile device repair shop... turn it off first and foremost. Most electronics turn themselves off when they get wet... they don't get fried until you turn them back on. Take it apart as far as you can and sit it under a source of dry air (aka A/C) and leave it for ATLEAST 2 days (preferably a week). You need to take the back plate off. You can find tutorials on how to do it online.
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Wives tail? I RESPECTFULLY disagree. Worked for me and my wife and countless others
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i hope the silica gel will help. the phone was normal a while after the rice but then it started blinking then
What is the logic of using rice?
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What is the logic of using rice?
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Draws out all of the moisture
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falluja said:
hi!
my note fall in toilet in friday morning before i went to work, i blow air from an hairdryer but it still acting like crazy. then i put it in a bag with rice, it become better. the only problem is that the screen is blincking like +- screen brightness, now i have it in a bag with 2 silica gel bags that come in example shoe package , is this good ? do you think my phone will be like before:-(
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baaj said:
I feel your pain
Most importantly, turn it off and don't turn it on until you are sure it's completely dry
Silica gel is good. I've used alcohol to save an android phone in the past (HTC Magic) after it fell into a toilet (with the added bonus of sterilizing it!) but YMMV with the Note. I filled a quarter of a ziplock bag with 99% alcohol, dropped in my phone and shook it up. In theory, the fluid alcohol should replace the water molecules along the circuit board, but will evaporate at a much faster rate. After a few minutes, I removed the phone, gave it a good wiping and let it air dry for about 12 hours, then to be safe put it in a bag of rice (same effect as silica gel) for another day and a half. The phone still works.
But I'd recommend this as a last resort - try the silica gel/rice treatment first.
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Good Lord! It's surprising how many people have dropped their phones in the toilet! Needless to say, I am never touching someone else's phone again.
This one time a colleague of mine dropped his iPhone pouch in his pants at the toilet at work. He thought he lost it. All this time it was stuck to his butt crack & he found it the next day! LOL. I have never touched his phone since.
Lesson learnt... Think twice before bringing somebody else's phone to your face.
You should close shop.
I've done the rice thing at least 20 times with friends and family. Worked everytime .
Most important thing Is to be patience. Take battery and leave it alone for a few days.
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DO NOT PUT IT IN RICE!!! THATS A WIVES TALE! THE DUST FROM THE RICE WILL CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS... I own a mobile device repair shop... turn it off first and foremost. Most electronics turn themselves off when they get wet... they don't get fried until you turn them back on. Take it apart as far as you can and sit it under a source of dry air (aka A/C) and leave it for ATLEAST 2 days (preferably a week). You need to take the back plate off. You can find tutorials on how to do it online.
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Bucket of rock salt?
*Roleplaying CSI*
I guess this victim has mixed herself...
... with a ****ty kind of company.
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
There are plenty of desiccants out there that work MUCH better than rice. I think most people preaching the rice route have only done it that way. They don't know if they'd just placed it anywhere with a supply of warm, dry air and waited, it would've worked just as well. If you want to use a REAL desiccant, you can get a product called DampRid at most hardware or grocery stores. It's a plastic tub with anhydrous calcium chloride in the bottom, underneath a perforated plastic plate. Just pop the phone in and snap the lid on.
Personally, I'd just disassemble as far as you feel comfortable and place in a warm dry area for awhile. A rinse with 99% isopropyl alcohol wouldn't hurt, either. But step one is always remove the battery first!
falluja said:
hi!
my note fall in toilet in friday morning before i went to work, i blow air from an hairdryer but it still acting like crazy. then i put it in a bag with rice, it become better. the only problem is that the screen is blincking like +- screen brightness, now i have it in a bag with 2 silica gel bags that come in example shoe package , is this good ? do you think my phone will be like before:-(
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LoL...what were u really doing in toilet with d note???
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Put it in your dryer, on heavy duty. That always does the trick for me!
Yumunum said:
Put it in your dryer, on heavy duty. That always does the trick for me!
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You are kidding right?Won't the heat destroy it?
Remove the battery
I think only one poster implied it... REMOVE THE BATTERY as well as drying it out.
Even if you turn it off there is still current being drawn from the battery - else the power button would never work.
Then follow the excellent advice here - esp the alcohol route - and hope.
Okay so I was shaving with my phone on the sink, as I leaned in my phone fell in the running water . I took it out the water as fast as I could and took the battery out Just to make sure no water got in the phone . I put the battery back in and the screen is now flickering how long should I let it dry and how should I dry it any help would be gladly appreciated. ...........yeah I know I'm a big dummie lol plz don't flame me !
Put it in rice for 24 hr if not longer, your second mistake was to power it on after it getting wet.
I'd immediately put it in a bag of rice and let it sit for at least 24 hours personally.
easyguy said:
Put it in rice for 24 hr if not longer, your second mistake was to power it on after it getting wet.
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So since I put the battery back in and turned the phone back on did I just mess this baby up ???
Good chance. Impatience is not your friend.
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Good chance. Impatience is not your friend.
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well I didn't actually put it back in a second time just that one time ! could I have finished this baby off or do I have a chance of resuscitating this baby ???
Rice rice baby, you know? Or silica packs. With the quickness.
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So since I put the battery back in and turned the phone back on did I just mess this baby up ???
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Dunk it in 99% alcohol for a bit then take it out & dry it off... Should be good to go.
http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/...st-way-save-your-water-damaged-phone-0154799/
Silica is best, but cat litter, instant couscous, instant rice, and instant oatmeal all performed better than uncooked white rice—everyone's favorite damn drying agent.
Best you can do is place it in a bag of uncooked rice to try and draw the moisture out. Beings you already tried to powered it on then the damage might already been done. Leave in the bag for a few days but mostly its a lost cause as the connections will most likely rust over time as I seen happened with people in the past.
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You know what? I suggest popping open those 20 screws and air drying it. After 24h use something like Arctic clean 2 or alcohol to clean any contacts you can, including USB c port. You'll get to see more of your phone, display will probaly dry out better and you'll get an idea of components that may need replacing in future if it acts up.if you have it already or know somewhere close by, but some silica and put the disassembled parts in different Ziploc bags.
Hi all,
First post on this thread - I've searched all over for an answer!
So my phone got wet and the screen just stopped working so can't get past the log in screen... I've tried a USB mouse to see if that works,. It nay, tis useless.
I need to get photos off the Phone and thought about using ADB to pull the files - used it on other phones in the past and been fine
The issue is that although the device is listed, when I try to pull any folder I get the following error
-file sync client cpp:473 adb file pull
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Jon
Power it down and pull the battery NOW.
Liberally flush with anhydrous isopropyl alcohol and remove as much of the alcohol as reasonably possible*. Use low pressure, clean dry compressed air if you have it.
Place in a warm (80-100F), dry room with a fan blowing on the open phone. Allow to dry for at least 48 hours, longer be better.
Hook up the battery and see what you got.
*do not allow it to get under the display glass; it will likely leave water marks.
You want to mainly hit the mobo and connectors ends. Use your best judgment or simply skip the alcohol and allow to dry longer.
All moisture must be gone.
Remember, rice is nice
ptuner said:
Remember, rice is nice
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Negative.
You eat rice not gum up electronics with it.
blackhawk said:
Negative.
You eat rice not gum up electronics with it.
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Well, yeah dont put it in rice if u open the battery.... Some people are not confident enough to open the back cover without damaging the phone...
ptuner said:
Well, yeah dont put it in rice if u open the battery.... Some people are not confident enough to open the back cover without damaging the phone...
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The rear cover has to come off or it won't dry*.
The battery needs to be disconnected.
Every minute that goes by the more likely corrosion will form on live current pathways.
Once formed it won't go away and the corrosion process will continue until it eventually fails.
Prompt action can save a device. You don't have days, you have minutes, hours to do this.
A cracked rear cover is better than a dead mobo, if that puts it into prospective...
*if it's a very small amount of water heat (120F) can be used to drive it out still sealed, I don't recommend this though. It may never dry or take days, weeks.
The phone must be powered down and no charging!
Heat drives out moisture, not rice.
blackhawk said:
The rear cover has to come off or it won't dry*.
The battery needs to be disconnected.
Every minute that goes by the more likely corrosion will form on live current pathways.
Once formed it won't go away and the corrosion process will continue until it eventually fails.
Prompt action can save a device. You don't have days, you have minutes, hours to do this.
A cracked rear cover is better than a dead mobo, if that puts it into prospective...
*if it's a very small amount of water heat (120F) can be used to drive it out still sealed, I don't recommend this though. It may never dry or take days, weeks.
The phone must be powered down and no charging!
Heat drives out moisture, not rice.
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How about u put it in rice with the battery cover on, then use hairdryer to heat it up while the rice is ontop, and the water will leave the phone and enter the rice, the heat from the hair dryer will cook the rice, and then you have a fixed phone and cooked rice!
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How about u put it in rice with the battery cover on, then use hairdryer to heat it up while the rice is ontop, and the water will leave the phone and enter the rice, the heat from the hair dryer will cook the rice, and then you have a fixed phone and cooked rice!
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The rice does nothing. Don't you get it?
The hair dryer idea is even worse.
Controlled heat over a very extended period of time.
I've salvaged water contaminated devices... successfully. Last one was a Buds case that went to the bottom of a cup of coffee. 2 years latter it's still charging.
Thanks for the replies.
I'm good with the water damage... I dried it out best I could.
The issue for me is the ADB error. Like I mentioned the device is connected, and shows using ADB devices.
Does any one have advice on the command I can use to pull a folder?