Hello.
I've bought my 10 in August and it fell into water which caused SIM card to malfunctionction and addition to that I heard something inside the phone itself (holding it firmly and shaking it, sounded like something it's not fixed inside).
I had thought it was caused by water and high temperature while drying it.
Anyhow I used warranty and today, after a 40 days got a brand new one (thank God I know, seems like they didn't detect water) but I still hear something moving inside.
Anyone else?
Overall phone is beast and didn't have problems with neither of them, excluding SIM detection
Something moves inside mine too, but also on my S7 edge. Do these phones have pedometers or something?
Most likely OIS from the camera. Completely normal for phones with OIS
Yes, the sound comes from the OIS components to compensating the movements through the axes.
So that's it... I suspected it's nothing harmful, anyway doesn't hurt to ask
Hi,
The same thing has happened to me but now phone keeps on booting into download mode and shuts down and I cannot control it. Its been looping since last night when I dropped it and stops when the battery runs out. Also I have condensation on my back camera which was removed when I left it in a bag of dry rice throughout the day but it has come back maybe due to the phone heating up while I've been fiddling with it.
Also when you replaced the phone you did not tell that it got any water damage is that correct?
Is this a software issue or a hardware issue? Do you think i am able to get a replacement if I hand it in to the provider?
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I figured I would share my experience, as I was pretty surprised. I fried an epic 4g touch by setting it down in a miniscule patch of water on a table a while back, so I didn't really have much faith my s3 would pull through.
Here's what happened, and what I did:
I had the PT waterproof case. Long story short, the earpiece membrane tore, and it was thrown in the pool. Didn't notice until I got out. Phone was still powered on, and water was all up inside of the phone, there was condensation on the inside of the camera lenses, etc.
I turned it off, took the back off, pulled the battery and SD card out, and dried up as much water as I could. Once I got home, I unscrewed and removed the 2 back panels and carefully dried up what I could with qtips and paper towel. I had to remove the rear camera block to dry up water underneath it. I then let it sit out all taken apart overnight for a full 12 hours.
The next day, I put everything back together, popped the battery in and plugged in the charger.
Nice, charging animation.
Let it fully charge then powered it on...
Everything seemed to work just fine. I expected the worst, and was quite surprised. I mean, it wasn't just a splash of water, it was literally everywhere throughout the inside of the phone.
The catch - launching any camera apps causes a FC. I'm pretty certain I plugged the rear camera back in correctly, as and I only detached the little connector rectangle in order to get the water under the block. Luckily rear cameras are 25$ on Amazon, and fronts are about 6$. I have one of each on the way so well see how it goes.
I've been using the phone for almost a week since then and everything seems to be working as it should. Speakers, microphones, light sensor, buttons, gyro, touchscreen, SD mount etc. are all fine.
Am I mistakenly under the impression that water logged phones don't usually pull through, or something? I didn't even power it off until at least an hour after the water got in it. It was even rebooted once while filled with water, before I noticed it.
Funny side note - my uncles flip (yes, flip. You can still get flip phones through sprint. He was recently forced by sprint to upgrade from his old brick phone, because they were literally discontinuing support for it on the network. I believe the brick was technically a nextel. It had an *extendable antenna* and no text capabilities. Sprint left him a message and said he had so many days to get a new phone because on X date, his would no longer work lol) phone got thrown into a lake. Apparently it rang when it was called for a full day while it sat on the bottom of the lake, until the battery finally died.
Update: installed new cameras and now it says it cannot connect to them. Before it would just crash.
In case someone out there, at some point in time, for some reason cares: I bought an s3 with a cracked screen off ebay for the motherboard. Swapped the boards and lo, the cameras work perfectly! I moved over the nv data from my board to the new one. I currently have 2 phones which are technically the same phone. Mine isn't getting 3g/4g, only network and wifi. Trying to sort it out but other than that my phone is back to normal, and double the internal storage (cracked s3 was a 32gb, got it for 120$). Total spent - 150$. Actual labor and repair was a breeze, and the replacements cameras were dirt cheap. I have insurance but this way i didn't have to file a claim and the actual repair was pretty fun (to me at least).
So the lesson is: no matter how bad you want to impress your 5 year old nephew, don't let him throw your waterproof phone in the pool.
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Yesterday I was taking a shower and I had my phone laying on my towel awaiting a vibrating noise "since my sound doesn't work" to which was a important phone call. I heard it go off and I unfortunately was in the middle of washing my hair with shampoo rushing down my head to violently rape my eyes, I instantly shriek and wave my arms violently. Thus the nexus flies in the air making a horrible smack onto the tub spilling out the battery. Now I'm battling the shampoo sting and anger towards myself for this stupidity of an act. (It took on major amounts water) I dry off both parts and rush it to the living room/kitchen. The rice thing didn't come to my head yet so I initially try to boot it up and low and behold it does.. But it had issues.
The boot up took almost 2 minutes on the Google Logo. Afterwards it booted but with a wonky screen. Touch didn't work and the screen was flickering. (It started making machinery noises, clicking etc.) I deboot it and then try to boot it back up. Nothing came up. It was dead. No sign of life was in my Nexus eyes. So eventually I remember the rice trick and set it up to till I woke up and did some things. It brought my nexus from the dead however not without some issues. It brought back my sound which has been gone for almost 6 months. However I think my camera is dead. I tried launching various camera apps and none of them will let the camera boot. It always says reboot the phone.
I haven't noticed anything else major as of now but I'm still hoping its only the camera. So the question in asking is could a spill of this magnitude cause damage to the camera rendering it useless?
Thanks in advance and I hope you enjoyed to story
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First of all.... booting it right after being soaked with water was the dumbest thing you could have ever done. You put it in rice and wait about a week or so to let all the moisture dry out. Turning it on while it's wet causes shortages along the circuit board. You're lucky it still even works. I don't think your camera is dead, rather a malfunction with the main board. I doubt replacing the camera will solve the issue.
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First of all.... booting it right after being soaked with water was the dumbest thing you could have ever done. You put it in rice and wait about a week or so to let all the moisture dry out. Turning it on while it's wet causes shortages along the circuit board. You're lucky it still even works. I don't think your camera is dead, rather a malfunction with the main board. I doubt replacing the camera will solve the issue.
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I understand that but filled with adrenaline, anger and to mention I had a panic attack in the shower earlier. I just wasn't thinking.
Thanks for the camera answer though!
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I actually have another question if someone might know the answer.
While my sound came back I never thought of testing media and instead tested call. So my ringer etc. Works but none of the media sound. I did turn on media. I switched it from low to high to low, checked mute etc. And nothing. Is there a reason to this or am I simply missing a sound option muting my media?
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My S3 took one of those unfortunate, unexpected dips in a porcelain pool. It was buzzing and crackling before I could get the battery out. Let it dry out and everything was working except for the external speaker. No ringtones, speakerphone, music, etc. So I ordered a replacement for the external speaker module, dissected my phone and cleaned the couple spots that showed traces of water, and put it back together... and the speaker still doesn't work. So assuming there is nothing wrong with the replacement, there is probably nothing wrong with the original... and now I have no clue what to do.
I'm not generally real adventurous with my phone. It's not modded; still running the original OS that came on it from Sprint, but it's not under any kind of warranty or service agreement (and the indicator is now purple anyway.)
The internal speaker works and it vibrates. Microphone and camera are okay. Any suggestions? Please?? "I didn't answer my phone because I didn't hear it ring" is already getting to cause me problems.
There's a good chance that when your device took a swim something else may have been damaged. Did you make sure to check that all the connections were carefully placed, before connecting the new speaker ? Also you said that there were signs of water still in the device when you opened it. How did you dry the device ? Did you use Rice ? Or descant ? Most times just air drying the device does not do the job.
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There's a good chance that when your device took a swim something else may have been damaged. Did you make sure to check that all the connections were carefully placed, before connecting the new speaker ? Also you said that there were signs of water still in the device when you opened it. How did you dry the device ? Did you use Rice ? Or descant ? Most times just air drying the device does not do the job.
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I did just air dry it. When I opened it up there was no actual water remaining, but there was a white residue around what I am guessing is the internal speaker. I used rubbing alcohol on that to remove it. All the ribbon cables are securely in place and while I'm not adept at circuit boards I don't see anything on the motherboard that would appear to be loose or damaged. I can put it in rice if you think it would make any difference at this point.
Yes. I would still suggest putting it in rice for a few days. Even at this point. Electronics and water don't mix well. Especially smartphones. I've seen devices still have some moisture trapped in them, even after three days of Air Drying. Although the rice may not solve the issue. It's worth a try. If that doesn't resolve anything. ODIN the Stock Tar. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, well then it's time to take it in, and have a repair center look at it.
Hi Team,
I love my phone and am not looking to change it,I was in a meeting with my client and my phone dropped in water while doing so, but I had immediately pulled it out and cleaned and switched it off without any further damage.
Just to let you know that I had a back cover for this also which would have protected it to a good shot, however i am more concerned about the front panel and bottom side of charging port speaker, mic and headphone jack.
I could not open it from back else i would have done that and just put that in the rice bag for about 36 hours or more. then i put it under the morning sunlight for about 20 minutes.
Due to the sun I believe that the back panel now near o the bottom side appears to be pulled out a bit.
I have not swtiched it on yet even once, however, I have again put it back in the rice bag.
Any helps here, what should I do and when do i need to turn it on to see any damages.
I do want to go to service center for experts to get it cleaned it inside. However due to lock down i can't do it.
Can anybody guide me what and how to do from here.
I am really not in a mood to get a new phone. There are a lot of stuff saved on the phone that I even don't even have the backup for.
Please help me with this ASAP!
Definitely something shorted in your phone, unfortunately we can't just guessing which part is shorted, usually some diodes, but it can also be an IC.
arif_kholid said:
Definitely something shorted in your phone, unfortunately we can't just guessing which part is shorted, usually some diodes, but it can also be an IC.
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Hi arif, I have just tried working on my phone yesterday and seems like it is working fine for now. It's juts that it s lagging a bit.
everything is functional. I guess I'll have to wait until something strange starts to happen.
Hopefully then lockdown is over and we can get it fixed permanently.
My 6S Pro has been kicking into reboot cycles a couple times a day and it looks like "Nubia Country Code" is usually the culprit. I have a case open with Nubia and they've said I'll need to send it in even though it's not hardware:
"Kindly let you know that there is a high probability that it is not a hardware problem, but that you cannot complete some software maintenance by yourself, and require professional tools."
So what "software" can be fixed with their "professional tools"? Perhaps just a clean boot.img? I've done more than a few full wipes and tried the last few roms, but eventually it starts rebooting again, more than a couple times when connecting to a new bluetooth device, but otherwise fairly random.
Got tired of waiting for Nubia so took a chance and disabled cn.nubia.countrycode and phone seems to work fine now. No idea what it was used for, but I don't notice any change other than the phone works now without going into rebooting fits a couple times a day.
I see a few other cn.nubia apps which I don't really trust now so I've asked Nubia support what they're used for and if they're safe to disable to see what they say.
Just an update that it turned out it wasn't that app. I think it was just the most sensitive as now it's rebooting again. I'm noticing that when it starts rebooting, it feels quite hot so I think I'm seeing what others were reporting in the thread about the release of the 3.18 rom. Something kicks in, starts draining the battery and heating up, but in my case, I think I do have bad hardware that starts rebooting as a result.
I've confirmed by running CPU stress testers and the phone will reboot as soon as it gets fairly hot. I'll be sending it in to Nubia, but I think there still is the issue of some broken process(es) that start running wild and heat up the phone every once in a while. Restarts don't stop whatever is draining the battery so that's why I'd get multiple reboots, likely until the process finally finished and the phone could cool down.
I've tried every ROM including 4.20 but I still see that effect sometimes once in the day, but other times it'll kick in multiple times. I suspect it may be widespread with the 6S Pro, but I only notice it more since the heat causes my phone to reboot.
Anyone else still noticing CPU use spiking randomly?
Yes am having the same exact problem but with redmagic 6 pro and says Nubia country code
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Yes am having the same exact problem but with redmagic 6 pro and says Nubia country code
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I did finally resolve the issue which I described in my other post, Heatsink/cooling system failure.
It is very likely a heat buildup issue. It took me a while to focus on heat since the issues didn't always correspond to the temp sensor readings. However, adding that copper shim onto the main chip with Arctic thermal paste fixed it and it's been running solid since.
The spot where I put the shim can be seen at 3:10 of this teardown video,
As you see in the video, the chip is just covered by a big blob of pink paste which is held in there with copper foil. I scooped out all that paste, cleaned with alcohol, and put in a 1.5mm copper shim with silver thermal paste on both sides.
The other side of the mainboard had a similar blob covered with foil which I also cleaned and replaced, but there I just used a generic, non-conductive, adhesive thermal pad since there were a number of traces exposed there. I did that side first, but it made only minimal difference. Once I put in the copper shim on the other side, I haven't had one reboot.
I should have made a video, but I honestly thought the phone was finished and I was more just experimenting for fun.
In case you're thinking of trying the same thing, here is the shim kit I purchaed https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07XW9FBDN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The 15mm by 15mm by 1.5 mm thick one only needed a couple notches filed away to make it fit perfectly within the metal housing around the chip. That housing keeps the shim in place so once the mainboard is screwed back down, the shim can't move anywhere.