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Wet A20S

i always save those silica gel packs that you find in in various product packages that you buy. but a bag of rice from the grocery store should do the trick. like @Madasa said, do not turn it on or plug it in. ziplock the rice, phone and charger and leave it in there for a day.
 
A bath in Isopropyl Alcohol as near 100% proof as you can get to clean off impurities that clog the board.

Thanks to Rukbat on another forum who knows his stuff, ran an electronics and phone store and is a lot older than even I am. His opinion backed up by many others.

(Rubbing Alcohol or better at a pharmacy or hardware store)

You've tried to see it worked, haven't you? o_O

I got lucky with a new Motorola X Pure on holiday dunked in a clean toilet. Tried it after two hours and it was fine.

To re - quote a British comedian advertising new shows on a particular channel, if you don't like them perhaps Television is not for you.

Perhaps technology is not for you, only because you've been unlucky :thinking: :)

I hope it recovers.
 
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Neither, something was spilled on it. I took it to a repair shop and was told the motherboard was corroded and they could not help. At least there was no charge. I ,managed to rescue the sd card, barely, with the second paper clip. How can I open this thing if it`s supposed to be sealed.
 
Rgarner said:
Neither, something was spilled on it. I took it to a repair shop and was told the motherboard was corroded and they could not help. At least there was no charge. I ,managed to rescue the sd card, barely, with the second paper clip. How can I open this thing if it`s supposed to be sealed.
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If the motherboard is corroded, it's basically new phone time, that's it. What Samsung would charge for a replacement motherboard, it's likely as much as a new phone. The repair shop must have opened it up to determine that.
 
Yes, but how did they do that and why would anyone make a nonopening phone! It reminds of a crazy car that was available (though probably not for long) maybe ten years ago, with a ponytail cutout at the top of the seat and a place to put a shopping bag, but apparently no way to check the oil or add antifreeze because the hood did not open. I guess it was pink, marketed to girly girls. You don`t have to be female to get insulted by that. Meanwhile, how do I check the sd card.
 
I guess I`ll have to wait until I can get another phone. There has to be some way to waterproof these things. This is hardly an unusual problem.
 
Rgarner said:
I guess I`ll have to wait until I can get another phone. There has to be some way to waterproof these things. This is hardly an unusual problem.
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It's not, a friend of mine dropped her iPhone X down a toilet last week.

Samsung, Apple, Huawei, etc. do make water-resistant phones, but it's usually only their flagship devices, like Samsung Galaxy S and Note series.

You can get water-resistant cases for some phones as well.
 
Rgarner said:
Yes, but how did they do that and why would anyone make a nonopening phone! It reminds of a crazy car that was available (though probably not for long) maybe ten years ago, with a ponytail cutout at the top of the seat and a place to put a shopping bag, but apparently no way to check the oil or add antifreeze because the hood did not open. I guess it was pink, marketed to girly girls. You don`t have to be female to get insulted by that. Meanwhile, how do I check the sd card.
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Well most phones with sealed batteires are basically glued together. like the Samsung A20S. If you got the right tools and kit(usually a hot air gun and spudgers) they can be opened up and closed again. And I have seen it been done on a Galaxy S7 I had repaired while I waited.
 
What the heck are spudgers! I wonder if that could save a wet phone. By the way, I can`t find the exclamation mark on the hacker keyboard.
 
long press the period (next to the space bar), wait for the pop up, then slide to the exclamation point in Hacker's.

Or summon up the alternative keyboard.
 
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