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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markyb:
My wife dropped my galaxy nexus in a bucket of water. So I pulled out the battery and they both sat for about 20 minutes separate, then I powered it back and it gives the usual screen of "I just got dunked!" and isn't working correctly.

Apparently, Verizon never added insurance to my phone when I signed up for it when I got it.

Thoughts on what to do???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mitchmoney:
How long ago did you buy the phone because you still might have time to buy a warrenty.. put your phone in rice for 24 hours.. not sure if it should be cooked or not so Google it... I'm sorry for your lose and everyone here at XDA forums wish you the best of luck.. the galaxy nexus is a fighter!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jedan:
Remove the battery and store the phone in a container with lots of rice for a few days. It is a long shot but I have saved a few devices in this manner. The damage may already be done since you tried to power it on.

Something else to do is rinse the phone thoroughly with distilled water before putting it in the rice. This may get rid of any residue left over from the water in the bucket.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] L60N:
Claim on the house insurance? Ive never made a claim before but thats what its there for. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snylter:
You should put your phone in a convection oven at 50-60 degrees centigrade for like 24 hours.

The battery should NOT be put in there!

One should never try to power it back on after 20 minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zmydust:
This won't help you now, but as others said, after dropping into water DO NOT turn the phone on without letting it sit in a bag of rice for two days MINIMUM>
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ferris2375:
Wow, sorry about that. You did the right thing by pulling the battery. I really don't understand why you powered it up so soon though, did you think it would dry out in 20 minutes?

:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markyb:
Jackpot! Just added total coverage insurance :-) Had 9 days left.

Should I go ahead and make my claim? Or wait a day or two?

And I rooted and unlocked my phone, and since I cannot restore it back to stock, should I report it as lost or will it not matter?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Uncooked rice. For a couple days.. maybe you'll get lucky
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xaronax:
It's not that difficult to get a new one. You can usually find suitable replacements in bars or on dating sites, especially if you've got money. Look for a model that doesn't drop your calls (in water).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Wait a few days.. and probably file a lost claim though you might have to file a police report for that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GinoSylum:
Ok, THAT is funny... and very true, he may need to make that change :D

As far as the unlocked rooted thing, i don't think it matters at this point. If you are getting it replaced anyway, just totally kill it so it doesn't turn on. who's to know. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
Seriously, put the phone in a ziplock bag with UNCOOKED rice for at LEAST 24 hours.

It will absorb all of the moisture out of the phone. Don't be stupid and try to turn it on or plug it in before 24 hours or you risk frying it.

The battery will most likely be fully depleted also. But take it slow. The phone will also still be a little "wonky" even after a few days.

Be careful with the rice too. I usually fill the bag up half way and lay it on a counter... gently placing the phone on top. Last thing you want is rice dust lodged in your buttons (ie Don't shake the bag)

I've done this a few times. Once in the toilet (before use), my kid threw my phone in the tub while I was showering, and my gf dropped her in a puddle.

All were recovered fully.

You have to watch out for water damage with the stickers unless you have full coverage. Theft and loss are two different things. I don't know if you'd need a police report if you just "lost" it. Maybe you were on a Ski Lift and fumbled it into the woods below. Perhaps since we don't have an official 3-Pin Car Holder, the phone slid and fell out the window. I don't think any of those would require a police report.

The window excuse gives you reason to stress test the screen with your car.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fambot:
Rice thing worked for my wife once on her env3...second time she had it in the washing machine and it left lines on the screen...so rice didnt work on that occasion...luckily when youre best friends with a verizon store manager they can make your life much easier.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] David Horn:
You do know that making a claim on your insurance at this point is basically just petty theft?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z06mike:
Another thing to know is to dunk in rubbing alcohol before you let it dry out. The alcohol will actually displace any water still left in the phone (as much as possible) and then you can put it in rice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deekjx:
When you place the phone in rice, I wouldn't seal the container unless you live in swampy super humid environment. Sealing it traps moisture and ensures the only place the water can go is the rice. That's not the objective. The goal is to draw moisture out of the phone. It doesn't matter if it goes into the air or the rice.

The alcohol option makes since as it evaporates more quickly. But I'd only do that immediately after it happened like the poster stated.

Lastly, swap it out at any time. They don't care because ultimately it will end up in a he said she said ordeal. They will just end up insuring it any how. I've actually had a repair facility add insurance to my account so they can work on my device. The key is being in that window that you can purchase it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] k.electron:
i once washed my ipod in the washer. it came out, was still on, i turned it off and kept it in rice for 2 days. then it wouldnt power on. i left it in the toaster oven on 165 for a couple of days. still no go and pc doesnt even detect a usb device. after 2 weeks i thought id turn it on.. and it still doesnt. but before i threw it out, i decided to connect it to the usb, and bam! red charging battery. it works perfectly fine now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markyb:
Well, apparently my insurance didn't go through yet and my claim didn't work. Took advice from a friend who works at verizon and I hope I can still do the claim again.

My phone is sitting in rice.. hoping it works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chbennett:
A little late, but I saw an article on life hacker today about a product designed especially for drying wet portable electronics. Fairly reasonable price swell.

Edit:

I lied. Here: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/dropped-your-phone-in-the-toilet-use-bheestie-to-fix-it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markyb:
Since I screwed up by turning it on.. how will I know if it shorted the circuit or not? I assume if it doesn't come on?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] L2_n19h7m4r3:
Beat your wife?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mistawolfe:
The first thing you need to do is replace your wife.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] molinap1:
Must be brown rice. At least 15 pounds. Long grain.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnbibbs:
This....

My wife knows better.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markyb:
I figure when my wife hits 40, I'll trade her in for two 20 year olds. Seems fair? By then I should have a Nexus again :-)

Just kidding. Or am I?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joho5:
Just did a random software update check in the settings and it connected up and is doing a big download right now....could it be?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joho5:
Thy is wasimmediately following a return to stock. I always do a random check when I go back to stock.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tupirujp:
Right after u install it ur phone wont turn on watch jajjajaja
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Att gonna brick your phone...o_O....lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joho5:
Still 2.2.1...it updated to uckh1... from whatever the unbrick to stock is to. The strange thing is it has never done that before...why now?

sorry if I got anyone excited...including myself.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
The unbrick is UCKD3? Don't quote me on that, but I know it's a D just not sure of the number. And sometimes the software update doesn't work the first few times you try so that's most likely all that happened, haha.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
-.-

imma cut you.

:P

-.-
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
This post was not funny at all. This post will get 500+ views. Your right he does need cut.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
I say do not make a new software thread until you got actual proof that it is a new update.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
Ask Broncogr to delete it. I'm sure he'd have no problem with this one since it's irrelevant to anyone's interest after the title.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] joho5:
I'm sorry guys be gentle. I have reverted back to stock probably 15-20 times at least and almost always do a software update check and this is the first time ever it actually said there was one and started downloading. Went through the whole procedure and then it was still froyo. I have no problem whatsoever with a mod taking this thread down.

And once again I apologize. My only intentions were to get the news out as quick ad I could.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
Thanks for the apology. You still had my hopes up so you still need a beaten.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jvanlew:
For what it's worth, it's UCKD5. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Kevinr678:
Aha! I knew I was close, lol. Thanks man :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ltilt2:
Get them torches out and Pitchforks and lynch him!!!!!:mad:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dman3285:
Slice and dice....;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] CheesyNutz:
lol @ all the ethugs
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jesi.james:
My my, I wonder if the cyber police is gonna have to intervene O:

Froggys go ribbet :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
And what the heck were you thinking when you misled us by claiming it was a "big" download.

None of the Froyo updates were of any significant size - 10-20 megs at most. That is NOT big for a firmware update. A modem alone is a few megabytes.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mejori:
yea, before i ROM'ED my phone i got that same update only because i called att and complained about the 2.3 update being posted on the website for our phones.. fine print (may get update") after talking with like 5 reps for like 4 hours the last one new what the heck he was talking about ..(froyo, gb,ics..bla) he suggested i root and rom lol.. he said as of right now there is no gb update for us!!! but as we all know ..no one KNOWS the real answer .. im just waiting for an ATT phone with ics pre-installed (samsung of course)!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alythemonk:
Hello Folks,

I was curious as to what the difference is between the Galaxy S 2 and the Galaxy S 2 X is ? TELUS in Canada is selling the Galaxy S 2 X. Is it possible to root and put a custom rom on this device similar to what I would do with the Samsung Galaxy S2 ?

Thanks !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddpruel:
I'm not 100%. But I'm pretty sure The S2X is the same SGS2 as the one for T-Mobile, whch is the SGH-T989

Here is the XDA forum for that device

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crucio_:
I also think that it is this.

Was known as the Samsung Hercules or SGH-T989.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Graham Dougherty:
I keep losing root access after flashing 2.3.3 roms. I have some 2.3.3 roms in recovery that work fine. Is it required to flash a new superuser when I flash a new rom setup? If so what order do i flash? 1 flash formatt all zip 2 flash rom 3 flash kernel 3 flash gapps 4 flash gps fix .zip??? I Originally rooted using unrevoked 3 then ran CM6 snap to CM7 to OMGB Fresh ect. no problem. Now some GB roms CM7.1.0 and numerous Sense roms come up after flash no ROOT access.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
You have to go to the SU app and enable permissions. You're not losing root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
If SU isn't baked into the rom that you flash, you have to get it from market like hip kat said

Sent from my DECK'ed out EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossman1:
need help.. plz

im searching and searching the thread for answers, but i cant seem to find one that fixes my evo's root. i recently had the newest stock rooted rom and everything was working fine even the root.. today i flashed to ics 4.0.3 from deck and i seem to have lost root access.. supposedly my phone is still rooted, and i do believe it is, since superuser works and everything, but when i open titanium back or any other app that needs su persmission, i get access denied.. my head hurts.. and if i miss anything i would appreciate it if anyone can guide me in the right direction.. thanks. ps. i tried installing an older version of su from recover, but that didnt do much difference.. it still doesnt work
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip flash this in recovery dont ask what it is just flash
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossman1:
i know what that is, and i will give it a shot.. ive been trying out different roms, and just now i flashed to another ics rom and for some reason, the su doesnt allow root access.. every other rom seems fine, the problem with my phone is when i have ics rom.. but ill let u know wat happens
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
FFS!!!!!!! I already posted the answer
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossman1:
sorry

i did this and nothing changed.. i thought i did a bad flash, but i re did it and still the same. gonna try flashin su right now see if that helps
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossman1:
nice

thanks. this worked
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
It always does ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] spikeee69:
Hi guys, I've seen that some clever chaps have linux running on rooted primes and this got me thinking whether I could use the prime for web development .

I do this at the moment in a virtual mac on my windows pc but if I could get mysql and php running in a linux but of prime , then surely i could load a wordpress blog onto it and tweak around things before ftping upto my actual site ?

Is this likely to be possible ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Magnesus:
Hm, maybe read about chrooting Ubuntu? That would be probably easier for that kind of work. I myself prefer to keep everything on FTP (even test versions of sites) so I don't have to install anything on my computer / tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Spidey01:
Give or take what is in the market, you need to setup a Debian or Ubuntu chroot and run the usual stuff using an X11/VNC bit. The Android browsers don't have the tools (e.g. anything like Firebug or Dragonfly).

Other wise it works fine for web development.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medufault:
I'm scheduled to receive a test update for my Xoom (WiFi model) from the Motorola Feedback Network sometime soon. Their last email mentions I might want to take this time to re-lock my device.

My question is, do I really need to? I am unlocked and rooted but otherwise completely stock. I was previously under the impression that unlocked/locked would not make a difference with an official update and that worst case scenario would be to lose root.

I'd just like to make sure I'm being safe here. Any advice?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superchilpil:
They probably just want you stock to minimize issues, let is know if its ics!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medufault:
Yeah, they said it was "recommended" so I'll probably just try it as is.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
Make sure you have a solid nandroid backup in case you brick it.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowwar99:
Do you have the link for the signup?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] aviv_nm:
hello,

i cant enter the recovery,i see the /!\ and press volume up+camera and nothing happend.

I tried i tried a lot of Variations (first the volume up and then camera...)

what can i do?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] mzvast:
maybe u should' flash another sbf'(ex:got2.21) to get into recovery.

(couse i know some roms limit the access to recovery)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] aviv_nm:
but I have the same rom on another milestone...
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] jgoose:
I had the same problem, but I managed to get around it by flashing a different version of CWM. Right now I am currently running version 3.1.0.2

For some reason my Droid doesn't like 2.5.0.1
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] panagiotis15:
Mine too!!!
[Galaxy Tab General] Gunnzie:
Could someone tell me if you can watch videos directly from the SD card in the SD Card adaptor for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9? If so does this also work from third party video players such as moboplayer?
[Galaxy Tab General] Gunnzie:
Anyone know?
[Galaxy Tab General] neurocutie:
I dunno about GT 8.9 or SD adapters but I watch videos loaded on my microSD card that is inserted in my GT (7") all the time, with any of several video players, including moboplayer...
[Galaxy Tab General] burhanistan:
Yes, that works on my 10.1. All video players can access files on SD cards as well as USB drives (with adapter).
[Galaxy Tab General] kazuni:
Yes it works.

You may also be able to read from the External Storage Device under:

Galaxy Tab 10.1: /sdcard/usbStorage/sd[a-z]

Galaxy Tab 7.7: /sdcard/extStorage/sd[a-z]

Most media player which supports scanning SDCard Directory will be able to playback the videos on them; Default Video player can do so as well.
[Galaxy Tab General] burhanistan:
Oh, and the USB and SD card adapters will not work on the older 7" tab. I think someone was trying to get those working but not sure if there was any luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] apapousek:
Hello all,

I'm working on porting CWM to our beloved Galaxy Player 5.0 US edition. I'm loosely following the guide here. I cannot promise that I'll be able to port it successfully, but I can promise that I'll brick my device at least once.

tl;dr : This post says some guy is working on CWM. Woot!

-apapousek
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] azoller1:
Your sending it to the people are you? And good luck, I only wish I knew how to do this
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] cramjammer:
Apapouseck-

Are you a dev? PM me and give me your email address please. I have a question.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] apapousek:
Of course I'm distributing it. Once I get a working copy, it's being thrown on github, or my own server, and given freely, open source, blah blah blah. No proprietary crap, except maybe enough drivers to get it up and running. But sources for those, too.

Well, technically not a dev. I just like taking software, messing around with it, seeing what it can do. My email address is anthony@papousek.org
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] JeffR714:
Can't wait

Sent from my YP-G70 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
That post, as it says, doesn't cover Samsung devices. It turns out that a while back, Koush made a commit to mkvendor.sh that allows it to operate without an example boot.img.

However, the problem is that there's a remaining bug in mkvendor.sh that TMPDIR is not set in the code path that is triggered when you don't specify boot.img

Right now I'm at a state where CWM starts and runs, but somehow it is treating the tilt sensor as volup/voldn input - so the thing scrolls eternally.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rumirand:
Maybe you need the s3c-keypad file to correct this or changing somewhere in the source /dev/input/eventX to another one.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
Looks like I need to figure out how to filter out /dev/input/event1, and only pay attention to event4 and event5 (or just event4)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
I've got something that seems to be working... Needs a lot more testing. Recovery is important, and if it's broken, can really **** up someone's device.

Also, the way I got it working seems to be a massive hackjob, I need to chat with Koush if there's a better way to do things. Either that or a LOT of CWM porters have done source code modifications without publishing them (Which, while not ideal is allowed for CWM since it is Apache-licensed not GPL.)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rumirand:
I'm glad you got a clockworkmod which seems to work. Let us know what koush says and if it'll be official support to CWM on our devices.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
Yup.

Main things you need to consider when building:

1) The recovery.fstab for Samsung devices isn't appropriate for CWM. One appropriate for CWM has just three entries:

mount point, filesystem, device

The filesystem format options (fourth and fifth columns) seen in stock recovery.fstab will screw up CWM

2) /dev/input/event1 MUST be filtered on SGP5 US devices (and probably international too) - the accelerometer spams keystrokes. This is in ev_init() in minui/events.c

3) Recovery.fstab can't be in /etc - but this path is hardcoded in CWM so you must change the path in roots.c - SGSII seems to use /misc instead of /etc - this is in load_volume_table() in roots.c
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] apapousek:
Koush put this up at rootzwiki.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
I've seen it - if you read it, it's just some "best practices" document that says what you should do after you've managed to compile a working CWM recovery binary - however, I have not seen a single kernel that integrated CWM the way he says, even ones coming from very talented developers (like codeworkx)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] apapousek:
Could you post how you achieved this partial state? I'm busy downloading cm, which is just fun
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
I'll try to when I have some time... next few days are going to be busy.

Very quick summary:

Need to fix mkvendor.sh so TMPDIR is set when you don't provide a bootimage argument, otherwise the device tree doesn't get created properly

Need to pull recovery.fstab from the device and make it CWM-compatible (Only three columns: mount point, fstype, mount device) by removing all the Samsung-specific cruft - look at the SGSII recovery.fstab for an example of what it should look like

Put in the partition sizes and such in BoardConfig.mk

Need to do the source edits to CWM I mention a few posts above - both are oneliners. I'll try to post a patch when I have the time

Once you build by "make recoveryzip" you need to manually go and copy the recovery binary and all its symlinks into the initramfs - it's in out/target/product/samsung/yourdevicenamehere/ somewhere
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
dammit...

Something is not working right. Nandroid restores aren't restoring properly... The restores always seem to get corrupted.

****ing RFS... I hate it.

Somehow restored directories are FUBAR:

ls: ./tts: No such file or directory
ls: ./bin: No such file or directory
ls: ./app: No such file or directory
ls: ./xbin: No such file or directory
ls: ./vendor: No such file or directory
ls: ./firmware: No such file or directory
ls: ./usr: No such file or directory
ls: ./fonts: No such file or directory
ls: ./lib: No such file or directory
ls: ./media: No such file or directory
ls: ./modules: No such file or directory
ls: ./vsc: No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2437 Sep 16 21:35 build.prop
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 9 23:24 cameradata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44 Sep 16 21:35 default.prop
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 9 23:24 etc
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 9 23:24 framework
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rumirand:
Can you post the patch with the modifications in the source? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Entropy512:
Attached patch and my current recovery.fstab - remove the .txt extensions

Still not exactly working... RFS formatting seems busted.