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The larger edition of Samsung's tenth flagship Galaxy phone, released in February 2019. Shipped with Android 9.0 (Pie).

Salvageable from water damage?

Whelp, my son decided to wade into the deep end of the pool on Labor Day, so I had to jump in to save him and didn't empty my pockets. I was in the water for maybe 10-15sec. Even though I have the 1TB version, good thing I saved all media and files to my 1TB SD card or else I'm assuming I'd have lost EVERYTHING. So, SIM card and MicroSD still works in my replacement S10+, no damage to them. All the content on the SD card is just fine, no issues at all. I didn't use the phone for several days afterwards, didn't charge it. It had shut itself off after a couple minutes after I got out of the pool. I took out SIM tray and laid it in front of my Dewalt cordless fan for a few days. I get no response now when I plug it into the wall charger, no response when I plug into my laptop (....strangely, my laptop running Win10 makes the "device connected" beeping sound when I plug the phone in but Explorer doesn't see the phone). I have unplugged the battery cable. It's just a dead phone now. Is ANYTHING from this salvageable? The upper right on phone internals look smoked. I don't know what those are.

Is there a way for me to diagnose the issue? I'm no electrician or small parts engineer. Is there a trusted company that can inspect/diagnose/repair? Would hate to just lose the entire value here. Everything worked perfectly with zero damage before the pool. Shouldn't the ROM still be good? Or the LCD screen? Is there parts value?

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I took out the motherboard today just to scrub some of the corrosion down a bit on it. The connection point between the motherboard and display cable was corroded so I tried to clean it a bit with isopropyl and toothbrush. When I plugged the phone back into wall charger, the phone vibrated but doesn't turn on.

Any thoughts folks? Is this ENTIRE phone worthless now? There's not even salvageable value?!?

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You might try the computer again; if it vibrated then the processor is coming up, but it's even money your screen may be fried; that's usually one of the first things to go with exposure to water. If you can see it on the computer, the next step would be to replace the screen. It might save you a little money to pay a shop to plug in one of their screens to see if it turns on or not.

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Thanks for replying. Even if the screen was no good, wouldn't Explorer still find it? Especially since it vibrates at plug-in and the laptop makes the connection chime sound.

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Hi @gxj27kgfhzffai0

Here's the service manual that will help.

Go to p.40 (of 136 pdf) and follow the Power On troubleshooting flowchart and check how far you get through it and the following flowcharts.

Use the search function in your browser to find the location of the components mentioned in the flowchart on the board layout diagrams in the manual. You will have to zoom in a lot to see them ~ 500%+ zoom.

If you find faulty parts there's a parts list as well. Search online for Samsung (insert wanted part number) to find suppliers that suit you best.

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I appreciate that. That is definitely going to be way over my head. I don't have any tools nor skills to be testing voltage or amps or magnifying glasses or anything of the like. Total bummer. 10-15secs in the pool for a phone that has IP68 rating is pretty lame. I guess I should start looking at these rugged Doogee/Ulefone brands going forward. Thank goodness I had nearly everything saved to my MicroSD here.

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