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Help My GS2 went for a swim!

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Elst

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Hi.
My GS2 went for a swim in a river and amazingly still works.. Just a bout. It was a mad dash to the car, strip the batt and blast the haters on full whack for a while and eventually it came back on spitting and spluttering. First time in booted up almost like a factory reset and nothing worked. Couldnt use touch screen or press any menu buttons so I turned it off for a while to let it dry out some more. After stuttering around for a while I seem to have full use of it again and my usual settings restored to how my phone was without me actually doing anything more than drying it out.. The camera was on the blink for 4 days or so but that came back on line today too to my suprise. What an amazing phone! It was totally under water for a good 10second as I scrambled to get it out!

I do have a few issues though.

USB debugging mode
When ticked I cannot untick without removing the battery and when I do it sometime says remove usb cable (when it is already removed)

When I have removed and refitted the battery sometimes it has an overheating warning sign that flashes up rather than booting the phone up. If I remove the batt and try again it re-boots fine. Temp is fine in stats too.

I have everything backed up with Titanium Pro and am wondering if I should wipe my phone and restore everything or if there is anything else I can do to sort these things out. Perhaps there are many more issues but these are the only obvious two have at the moment. I am so relieved.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
 
I spoke too soon. I cant get past a flashing battery warning screen with a temp sensor showing sky high. Cant even turn the phone on. What shall I do?
 
ironass said:
I'm afraid you've already done the worst possible thing... which is to switch a wet or damp phone on.

See my post in "Hints and Tips" here:-

http://androidforums.com/3236011-post169.html
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Yes I read lots 'after' the event but I did dry it out for a while with the heaters. Not in rice or over night though but when I put it togther there was no visible signs of water.

I have worked out that if the usb charger is plugged in it still fires up fine and says battery health good. When I unplug it it says over voltage and shoots up to about 33degrees. Still cant get into usb debugging mode as it thinks usb adapter is plugged in the whole time. Which means I cant use odin or anything argggggh!
 
get yourself a new one. id say its the best option for you as i dont think u can save your "swimmer" now ;)
 
Elst said:
Yes I read lots 'after' the event but I did dry it out for a while with the heaters. Not in rice or over night though but when I put it togther there was no visible signs of water.

I have worked out that if the usb charger is plugged in it still fires up fine and says battery health good. When I unplug it it says over voltage and shoots up to about 33degrees. Still cant get into usb debugging mode as it thinks usb adapter is plugged in the whole time. Which means I cant use odin or anything argggggh!
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It's not the, "visible", water you have to worry about I'm afraid.

Once you switch it on you run the risk of, "shorting", out the electrical circuits once and for all.

I fear that Twinn is right. :(
 
Well strange... I put in in rice overnight (better late than never) and now It allows me to tick usb debigging mode and also over voltage warning has gone when not plugged in to AC mains. Im going to keep my fingesr crossed as that was the only issues I could find with it.. Maybe I should now wipe and re-load everything?
 
I would have left it in there, as per my instructions, for 48-72 hours to ensure all the moisture was gone and that contacts were not liable to corrode.

Good luck though. :D
 
I'm amazed at the phone's resilience.

The last time one of my children dropped a gadget into the (clean) lavatory, I used silica gel desiccant for four days. It still didn't dry it completely but being an iPod, we hadn't been able to remove the battery. Fortunately, because the headphones had been plugged in, my daft son was able to yank it out quickly and no water got on the moisture indicator in the headphone socket.

We took it to our nearest Apple store and said - truthfully - that we were having problems with the screen. They asked no questions but checked the moisture indicator. Having seen that it was still white, they handed over a brand new iPod, no questions asked. I have to say I was impressed.
 
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