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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] versd:
rice is a desiccant which most people have access to and thats why it is commonly used. if you have access to silica gel in large quantities, it would be better to use these. I have ceramic shells filled with silica gel beads which I keep in airtight containers with all my DSLR gear (worth protecting 10k+ worth of equipment from mould growth etc).

above posters are correct, the main causes of failure are corrosion to the pcb boards, which are inherently unaffected by water (when off) and even when on, due to the relatively low conductivity of your average water. but depending what is in your solution of water, it can lead to corrosion (e.g. salt water). which is why people like to wash clean with alcohol, to remove any potentially contaminated water from the pcbs as fast as possible before any corrosion can occur, then remove all moisture using a power desiccant.

if you have access to a molecular sieve (doubt you do), use that, it can drop the relative humidity lower than any other desiccant.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
Again, thanks for all the comments and support.

I only have access to rice so that's what I'm using. The wait is really killing me but I'm gonna let it sit in there for at least another day. Will try to wait out the whole weekend but I don't think that will happen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] s1977:
I did get my Mrs' phone back working again just last week from when it was soaking wet. She even connected it to the charger to check if it was working and it flashed like crazy....

Anyways, I used a hairdryer for 20 mins to dry and heat up the phone to aid water removal, then put it in a box with rice and kept that box on a hot radiator for two whole days....That way the entire contents were constantly warm draining any water/moisture trapped in the phone...Guess what, the phone works like new again.... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] randypurcz:
Look at it this way. The phone is not sealed air-tight. The cavities inside the phones housing are filled with air. In order for water to get in, air has to be displaced. In the depth of a toilet bowl, if it truly was only 2 or 3 seconds submersed, I would doubt that enough air could be displaced to create a vacuum and bring in any water. Only the person that peeled off the back cover would have seen if water had flooded the battery cavity.

I see the logic in using alcohol or fast drying solvents to remove the impurities in the tap water that would cause corrosion. It is commonly used to rinse PC boards and electronics. Those aren't the problem in this situation. The effect that may occur to the screen is the issue.

As most people have done that have recovered submersed phones, put the phone in a bowl of rice with a lid. The rice will create a super low humidity environment, and dry any traces of water, probably in a few hours, but a $600 device is worth a 48 hour wait.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I put mine in a ziplock bag with uncooked rice. Usually at least 24 hours before fully useable. Alcohol works best if your cleaning because is pushes water out and dries in seconds. Big thing is under chips and stuff. I dropped my nexus 1 in the Superbowl and it fully recovered.

LTE EX Galaxy Nexus - CM9 AOKP

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] frogskins:
Alcohol is not a recommend method. I know people swear by it but a lot of components now use a chemical glue to hold them together. Any type of alcohol with eat away at that glue, rendering the device useless.

Use a rice, etc and pray.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rijin:
just hurry up go get a insurance from Ensquared:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tooter1:
That's just one of the reasons I close all the lids on my toilets. :D

Hope it comes back to life for you.

If you can find some those Silica Gel packs to throw in with the rice to help with the dryout.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I'm sure the women in your life appreciate that as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tooter1:
Oh, yes they do!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Just make sure you let it completely dry out. Should be OK
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
Just in case anyone wants to stop this from happening to there phone this is the company that does the waterproof coatings.

Also a Side note they are saying the gs3 will have this type of coating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ama47RGdL4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Does it close up the...headjack port? usb port? Does it make the battery door airtight?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lrs421:
Send your phone to Chuck Norris. He'll scare the water away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rubiconjp:
The one read about, they seal all components at the nano level. So all the ports are still open and can even be in use. All the circuits are sealed at the molecular level.

At least that's the claim.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Sounds fairly sensationalist.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwiggington:
Talk about sh**ting bricks lol

Sent from the bridge of the

U.S.S. Enterprise using L.T.Com Worf
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heo_con184:
Let in dry in rice bow for at least 2 or 3 days.

Wish the Force be with your Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] opensourcefan:
EDIT: Didn't read the post above me, doh!

Put in a container with rice, that will suck out any moisture that's in there and don't be impatient and fire it up too early.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Benxter:
oh dear.. yeah i can confirm that rice is working fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmmarck:
Guy Kawasaki did the same:

https://plus.google.com/112374836634096795698/posts/JS5GL5aZ9fw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
rice for the win!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
Well I just tried to fire her up after about 30 hours. Started right up and everything appeared to be fine. Then I realized that the entire right side of the phone is non responsive. Pressing any one of the last row of keys in portrait mode results in nothing happening. I could live with that the big problem is, the power button is also not responding. :(

There's no getting past that, if that stays as is, the phone will be useless.

Back into the rice she goes for another day, but I don't think it's going to help any... we'll see.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flyerwire:
Sounds that way but works as advertised
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] troubleshot:
HAHA! Did you yell CRAP! When it happened? Lame jokes aside, rice is the only thing that has worked in the past for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
Thanks for the advice.

After my last post I figured, well, if all is lost at least let me experiment. I put the phone back into the rice and put it into the over on very low. After 30 mins the right side of the screen is now completely back to normal. It's now just the power button that isn't working. Which leaves me very hopeful. It's been in the rice since then and if tomorrow the power button isn't working, back into the oven it goes again lol. Even if it doesn't come back, while terribly inconvenient... I will make due with it like this. The rom I'm on has options to change other buttons to act like your power button. So while it won't be ideal, it's a whole lot more than I originally expected. So I'll be some what content. Besides, it's way, WAY better than having to live with my SG1. I really love this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dco717:
thge rice thing really works it has saved my old thunderbolt
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ElectronicYank:
in case this happens again protect your self by going here
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MilkPudding:
The last time I dropped my phone in the toilet was way back in middle school with my Nokia feature phone.

I had to fish it out from my pee and it was the most traumatizing experience that I've had with phone. LMAO
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] opensourcefan:
Only if you leave it in long enough.....hint hint....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zolah:
The rice trick really works.

My wife dropped her galaxy s down the toilet and i took it apart and burried it in a bowl of rice for a couple of days and it worked good as new
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
Hehehe... it's now 100% working!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I hope nobody is eating the rice and putting it in compost.

Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flyerwire:
As a note, the rice trick unfortunately doesn't work on a phone that took a full cycle in the washing machine
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lilirose:
Yeah, I can also confirm that the rice trick won't work with a phone that is immersed in dirty dishwater for two hours before you find it. Seeing soapsuds under my screen glass literally made me weep.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NuclearEMP:
Dropping the phone in the toilet is a real pain in the butt, like really. You probably got a ****ty feeling in your stomach as it was falling. I would have been pissed. Hopefully it won't be a crappy phone from now on.

sorry I really just had to get it out of my system
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
Hi guys I got a big problem, hope u can help.

I have this phone for a couple month already, when I was still running stock I discovered my cell phone would tell me I got no signal. Turning on air plane mode and then turning it off didn't help to get back signal. So I had to turn off the phone and turn it back on to get back my signal. Problem is I never know when it happens until my wife asks me y my cell phone is switched off. So I went ahead rooting it and I flashed a rom on it. But problem isn't gone. I still lose signal but on this rom it shows me full bars, only cannot make phone calls,SMS,and gprs. Tells me no network or no sim card is inserted. I always have to turn off and turn it back on. Now that it is rooted with whatever firmware I can't bring it to Samsung store to fix

please any suggestions?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ephraim:
Maybe you could try another sim card. Just a thought :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burimii:
Happened to me just like u describe it , i flashed many Basebands and i found that XXKI4 modem solved my problem maybe you should try too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
Sounds more like a carrier problem. I'd ring them. Check your APN settings too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nematers:
Hi,

I have similar issues. Doesn't matter where I am and how good the network coverage is on all other phones around, my SGS2 keeps changing the coverage icon, from 1 to 4 "sticks" of indicator, or to no coverage state (crossed circle icon).

Sometimes the wireless is not working also, or juts gets very weak signal, though the signal is good on other devices near by.

When I try to turn data network (by pressing the power button and selecting data network activated from the pop up) sometimes it's not even showing the data network icon in the system bar (top of the screen), it's like being disabled data network or something.

I can answer a call and stay on conversation for no longer than a minute, then the signal goes dead and the phone just freezes, when I try to tap red button to end the call - no reaction, I have to turn the phone off.

When I try to make a call it just says "dialling" for ages with no result and eventually the phone freezes, so I have to turn it off and back on again.

Sometimes it turns off itself though the battery was showing almost full icon.

I went to O2 store, they gave me new SIM card, but it didn't help, so it's not a SIM issue.

I did a full (hard) reset - no help.

The guy from the O2 store told me, that I can root my phone, and I will not loose the warranty (I purchased the phone only one month ago), only thing I need to do is to revert it back to original state before bringing it (in case of hardware replacement).

But if it is not a software issue at all, so what's the point of rooting and having all the hustle, then reverting, etc... Can there be some hardware issues? I don't know: antenna, RAM, CPU, whatever???

I hope I've explained everything clearly enough. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
What firmware are you on have you tried to Upgrade via KIES .

Rooting will void warranty and will also increase the custom rom counter from zero . Yes they can be reset in most cases .

Rooting will not fix anything at all .

Network is first check are you getting problems at all locations .

When in the O2 store did they check the signal ???

Choice return to service centre

Flash a stock Samsung firmware via XDA possible to also try a different modem via XDA .

None of these will fix hardware problem .

Personally i would factory reset the phone and check all the network details are correct on the phone then return to service .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
Gonna give this a shot ty
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rothariger:
when you have this problem check if you have an imei (*#06#) if the response is empty then you have to reflash...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nematers:
Hi all again,

after posting my previous post I phoned my friend during a lunch break at work. We had a quite long conversation and the quality was perfect. Then on my way home I turned on data network and enabled GPS (LOL), then launched navigation app and it took me home without any bugs (I know my way home though I did it only for phone testing).

Now back home, sitting in my room and my SGS2 starts to fool around again: unable to turn on data network, poor wireless signal (but it's good on my PC), the network coverage icon turns into "no signal" state and comes back to normal again all by itself.

I will definitely test my phone again tomorrow on my way to work and in the office. But it seems like there's something wrong with the place that I live. I've moved in recently and must admit, that all my problems with the phone started only then. And I didn't noticed any bugs while at work or anywhere down town.

Meanwhile is there any way to scan/check the area around my flat? Maybe there's something wrong with the in house router, or maybe to many routers in surrounding flats, or some other equipment/hardware things messing up, or just a mysterious house blocking O2 network and hacking the phone LOL??

The only strange thing is that I'm having not just a network/coverage/wireless issues, but the phone freezes, battery full-empty-full-empty status randomly, etc...

BTW, my details:

Model: GT-I9100 (not a I9100G)

PDA: XWKJ1

PHONE: XXKI4

CSC: O2UKJ1

Android version: 2.3.5

Updated via KIES about a month ago, was working good until now. KIES says that at the moment I have the latest firmware.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
Lol I was just about to download modem xxki4 when i found out i was running checkrom(ROM) wish XXKI4 modem(baseband) haha

ya so im running this modem already with the above problems so this isnt a solution :(

any more suggestions pls?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
I did that and got a response so I guess I don't need to reflash thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Its a question of has it the original IMEI .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
Alright I tried ki4 same problem, ki1 and some other I don't remember with the same problem and am rite now on ke7 for a week with no signal lost so far wohoo, and am on checkrom. 4 BTW so switching modems so easy, got its own kitchen application:)

just for info I'm in China using China mobile
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therealnoob:
false enthusiasm....:(

let me list the modems ive tried so far

xxki4, nefk2,xxki3,nekd5,xxki1,xxke7,xxkg3(on this one right now since morning),xxkh3 and xxkl1

6 more modems on the list havent tried, wish me GL
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jajabinx35:
Some games I don't enjoy playing on the touchpad and I think it would be better on the dpad. Is there an app out there that can change the mapping?

Thanks.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
I'm assuming you're referring to EA games, and no there is no app and there likely won't ever be.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GetPatriotized:
They're completely different inputs,so no.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
It could be done though
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jajabinx35:
I need it more for onlive though...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
Posts like these.....

Unless you're an Android dev, you are not qualified to post something like this.

Its nothing against you but this forum seems to have an epidemic of "Someone HAS to be able to do this" , well no its just not that simple.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanBoro:
Less of the disrespect. He has done more for this community than you ever have. I class him as a developer so quit your crap. For all you know he could work for Google and be a developer for Android. You do not know everyone's life.

And as for what he said IT IS POSSIBLE it just wont be easy!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
Cut the attitude pal. You don't know squat about what I've done for anyone, nor do you know anything of what he does as you just said. I don't care about your opinion or how you class him. While I wouldn't classify myself as a dev (for this device) I do post quite a bit here and try to help (except when people continue to push out stupidity). Point being though his contribution or mine has nothing to do with the point of my post.

My point was dev or not posts like that get taken on a run by this place. its why we have so many threads that won't die about how the PLAY is going to have Native PSP emulation and crap like that.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
THIS IS XDA IT'S ALL ABOUT THESE POSTS SO STFU

technically a Android dev is anyone who has created something for Android well I have created apps for Android although for personal use.

well I never said it was simple, I am creating a programme for windows and I decided I wanted to add a feature so I did. now I need to work out how to make it work. same principal.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
nicely said. love these XDA tiffs ;)

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
sorry to triple post but taptalk don't play nice with quotes for me.

Don't tell deanboro to the cut the attitude when yours is clearly the same.

just go in a corner and rot. k we don't need your kind here.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanBoro:
well said fma!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
Wow,

I will apologize and say my original post was a brash and I should have explained myself better, the second part of my reply to DeanBoro is what I really meant.

My point is the same, I've made android programs too, but have no idea what would go into trying this (I haven't taken a look at the SDK at all).

Posting "it could be done" with out some sort of backup is what I am pointing out. If you're gonna post something like that do some research. You said yourself you don't dev for this phone either so you don't know how. Otherwise as I said the dreamers will have it already working and 30 posts on it in a week. Look around this forum you know I am right.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
not to sure who this was directed at but. I will apologize to. sorry. I dev for this phone although only things I need like a App for my website or something. I didn't say I could or couldn't do it. But I did say it possible cause any one could see it is possible, a App could read and redirect movements however it would require skills and may not work in general use like gaming due to lag many apps already do this do this but not for touchpads. I don't. need to do research cause essentially it is possible.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
I was apologizing to you, and thank you.

I believe anything is possible with the right programming. Feasible on the other hand is a different story, and in this case it could be simple or something that just plain isn't worth the time you'd need to put in.

Just leaving an open ended "but it is possible" from someone such as yourself that has stature in this community can lead to what I said, which just leads to more and more useless posts here (not by you).
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatcyl:
Awww, everyone made up!

Anyways...

It would be possible, just like it would be possible to redirect dpad to touchscreen.

You would need root.

All input/output goes through /dev/input/eventXX

You would make a service which reads from eventXX and when it receives something translate it and put it in eventYY.

The problem is that this is not part of the SDK, so what works for one device, will not work with another.

Or you can make your own IME (input method), that its part of the SDK. No root required.

This its how Change Shoulder Buttons and OnLive Helper work.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rogue Leader:
Mind you as I said before I'm not experienced in programming with this phones SDK, but the "analog" touchpad controls basically mimic "analog" touchscreen inputs (I put analog in quotes because we all know its not really analog), but those controls operate differently than simple key inputs (such as the camera helper) that remaps a specific coordinate event input to a button.

I would think that the IME way would be the only way that this (in theory) could actually work. But that I would assume also depend on how the game in question handles inputs. As we have seen some games are far different than others.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vladuu:
I would also love an app that could do this, i hate hate hate hate hate the touchpads in games!!! I bought my xperia to play games, but i can't play all of them like battlefield, deadspace and other because of the stupid touchpads. Worst thing ever. I would pay no matter the price for an app that could change from touchpads to dpads.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatcyl:
He he, if your want to make an advance payment of $100,000 I'll have it ready by the end if the week!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vladuu:
Wish i had the dollars to give you, then this whole nightmare would finally be over...
[General Questions and Answers] swahjak:
The problem:

I would like to use SMS/Whatsapp like iMessage; one inbox and when sending auto detect method (SMS/Whatsapp)

I have been googling for this subject for quite a while and I can't seem to find the solution and I really don't (want) to believe that this has not been developed yet; Whatsapp is cross platform and therefore would be better than just iPhone to Iphone, BB to BB etc. How could they not have developed this yet @ Whatsapp...

@admin / mod,

Sorry for placing the question in the wrong section. I can't seem to find out how to move topics either (guess my number of posts clearly reflects my noobism). If needed, could you please move this topic to Q&A
[General Questions and Answers] marqueses:
I Think this imposible. Whatsapp it's a third party app. Whatsapp cannot integrate with any brand.

Maybe in the future we use RCS (Rich Communication Suite). It´s a chat system that integrat in any phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Archer:
It's actually perfectly possible. If the whatsapp developers included SMS in their app then it would be what the OP is asking for. It's just a 3rd party SMS app, and there's plenty of them around.

In answer to the OP, get in touch with the whatsapp developers and ask them if they have any plans to integrate SMS. What you're asking does make sense, but it doesn't currently exist, so go suggest it :)