wet i900

[Guest djsolidsnake86]

happened yesterday that a little of water (no salt water) took my i900 omnia :lol:

the phone was on when happened, and now i have some problems: the phone remain always on (i must take the battery from omnia for make it off) and the pc connection doesn't work (the charging battery, phone, sms and all other things seems work correctly fortunatly)

there is some chance that in the next days the phone will return work perfectly or not? what can i do? the phone is out of garancy :)

Edited September 18, 2010 by djsolidsnake86

[Guest chopperthedog]

Any device exposed to water should have the battery IMMEDIATELY pulled. Device should next be disassembled. The hard part is not to power on device for 3 days.

Two methods I've seen.

Put pieces in a bowl of uncooked rice and also covered with rice with lid on. For 3 days rice will draw moisture out.

Or place disassembled device in small room with space heater (don't put device in front of it) with thermostat set to maintain a very dry 78-80 degrees to allow adequate drying time 3 days again. This worked with an old moto razr that fell out of pocket into a puddle.

All it takes is one little speck of moisture to cross 2 legs of an integrated circuit (which are about 4 times the size of a human hair) under power to cause unrepairable damage.

good luck

Edit: Obviously use of a space heater would require you to follow guidelines of operation manual including all safety recommendations.

good day.

Edited September 19, 2010 by chopperthedog

[Guest djsolidsnake86]

i tried with a hair dryer 2 days ago. for 10-15 minutes and no changing

i wait some others days for see if will work correctly!

for now the things that don't work are: usb connection, off button that don't close the phone (remain with a black screen with a little of backlight) so i must take the battery, when i put the battery in to the phone it start automatically, and if i set the backlight to minimum there is a little problem that remain on in some occasions

[Guest djsolidsnake86]

news: the connection to pc seem that now work correctly!

the omnia was under the morning sun, and is now under it!

[Guest fashion_m]

How did you wet your phone? If it turns on when you put the battery then maybe the power button is wet and is always short.