Phone wet by seawater/cleaned with 50% alc/fanned 15 hrs/has wet marks
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, I went to the ocean yesterday and forgot to remove my Xiaomi phone from my pant pocket, when I got hit by a huge wave. Half of my phone was wet but I thought it was no big deal as my phone could still take pictures. However, five minutes later, my phone shut down by itself completely and I tried to power it back on twice (a mistake, as I later learned this could short the phone). The first time, it powered back on but shut down almost immediately and the second time it shut down on the loading screen.
Two hours later, after I got home, with some advice from a friend, I put my phone in rice, but later found that this was a terrible idea, as I researched forums and rice cannot reverse the corrosion done by saltwater and the phone needed to be put in 90%+ ethanol for cleaning. I took the phone out after 30 min in rice and while I did not have 90%+ ethanol and it was late out, I had half a bottle left of 50% rubbing alcohol. I then took out my battery and SIM card, dry cleaned both with a tissue, and submerged the remainder of my phone in the 50% rubbing alcohol for 20 min. Then, I left my phone (without battery) to wind dry for the next 15 hours.
Today, I put my battery back in and tried opening my phone. While it could open up without shutting down (improvement from the beach) and I could even text and connect to wifi, I noticed window mist like water marks right beneath my phone screen. Also, after using my phone for 5 min, it started to heat up a bit, and that’s when I got scared and shut it off. I just disassembled my phone again and put it next to the fan for more drying. I’m wondering if this means there is still some water/moisture in my phone and I can give my phone a partial/complete recovery if I dry it enough or will my phone be gone for good if I use it too much. I don’t see any signs of major saltwater corrosion in the phone, whatsoever. Thanks!
Phone wet by seawater/cleaned with 50% alc/fanned 15 hrs/has wet marks
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, I went to the ocean yesterday and forgot to remove my Xiaomi phone from my pant pocket, when I got hit by a huge wave. Half of my phone was wet but I thought it was no big deal as my phone could still take pictures. However, five minutes later, my phone shut down by itself completely and I tried to power it back on twice (a mistake, as I later learned this could short the phone). The first time, it powered back on but shut down almost immediately and the second time it shut down on the loading screen.
Two hours later, after I got home, with some advice from a friend, I put my phone in rice, but later found that this was a terrible idea, as I researched forums and rice cannot reverse the corrosion done by saltwater and the phone needed to be put in 90%+ ethanol for cleaning. I took the phone out after 30 min in rice and while I did not have 90%+ ethanol and it was late out, I had half a bottle left of 50% rubbing alcohol. I then took out my battery and SIM card, dry cleaned both with a tissue, and submerged the remainder of my phone in the 50% rubbing alcohol for 20 min. Then, I left my phone (without battery) to wind dry for the next 15 hours.
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Today, I put my battery back in and tried opening my phone. While it could open up without shutting down (improvement from the beach) and I could even text and connect to wifi, I noticed window mist like water marks right beneath my phone screen. Also, after using my phone for 5 min, it started to heat up a bit, and that’s when I got scared and shut it off. I just disassembled my phone again and put it next to the fan for more drying. I’m wondering if this means there is still some water/moisture in my phone and I can give my phone a partial/complete recovery if I dry it enough or will my phone be gone for good if I use it too much. Thanks!
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Today, I put my battery back in and tried opening my phone. While it could open up without shutting down (improvement from the beach) and I could even text and connect to wifi, I noticed window mist like water marks right beneath my phone screen. Also, after using my phone for 5 min, it started to heat up a bit, and that’s when I got scared and shut it off. I just disassembled my phone again and put it next to the fan for more drying. I’m wondering if this means there is still some water/moisture in my phone and I can give my phone a partial/complete recovery if I dry it enough or will my phone be gone for good if I use it too much. I don’t see any signs of major saltwater corrosion in the phone, whatsoever. Thanks!
Phone wet by seawater/cleaned with 50% alc/fanned 15 hrs/has wet marks
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi, I went to the ocean yesterday and forgot to remove my Xiaomi phone from my pant pocket, when I got hit by a huge wave. Half of my phone was wet but I thought it was no big deal as my phone could still take pictures. However, five minutes later, my phone shut down by itself completely and I tried to power it back on twice (a mistake, as I later learned this could short the phone). The first time, it powered back on but shut down almost immediately and the second time it shut down on the loading screen.
Two hours later, after I got home, with some advice from a friend, I put my phone in rice, but later found that this was a terrible idea, as I researched forums and rice cannot reverse the corrosion done by saltwater and the phone needed to be put in 90%+ ethanol for cleaning. I took the phone out after 30 min in rice and while I did not have 90%+ ethanol and it was late out, I had half a bottle left of 50% rubbing alcohol. I then took out my battery and SIM card, dry cleaned both with a tissue, and submerged the remainder of my phone in the 50% rubbing alcohol for 20 min. Then, I left my phone (without battery) to wind dry for the next 15 hours.
Today, I put my battery back in and tried opening my phone. While it could open up without shutting down (improvement from the beach) and I could even text and connect to wifi, I noticed window mist like water marks right beneath my phone screen. Also, after using my phone for 5 min, it started to heat up a bit, and that’s when I got scared and shut it off. I just disassembled my phone again and put it next to the fan for more drying. I’m wondering if this means there is still some water/moisture in my phone and I can give my phone a partial/complete recovery if I dry it enough or will my phone be gone for good if I use it too much. Thanks!