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[Nexus 5 General] Teeeeeemu:
Ill just paste (and some edits) my post from another forum after not receiving help there...

So a week ago (its been a month or 2 now) on saturday I woke up hangover and noticed my N5 was off and didnt respond in any way. Didnt wake, didnt sleep, didnt boot, no matter how long I held the power button. (Now thinking I guess it could have been just super empy battery...) Confirming this, if the battery is completely empty the phone wont do anything for a while, then start flashing the red light, then the screen will show the battery icon

So the next thing I did was take off the back cover and removed the battery and put it back in (2nd time opening due to slight water damage on the top part of the phone (Okay explanation here. Maybe a month before all this happened, I rode a bike in the rain with the phone in my pocket and it got wet. I got home, opened the phone for the first time, dried everything up and it worked fine. There were these "clouds" under the screen but they disappeared in 48hrs. After this accident I used the phone fine, everything worked)

Next I put the back cover back on the phone started up fine.

At the time of this I was home with wifi so I didnt notice it right away but since then I havent had mobile signal, no 2g, 3g or 4g. (My plan is unlimited 3g so Ive never seen 4g though)

I was on 4.4.4, now 5.1.1. I had and still have my IMEI in tact + an EFS backup (made this week)

Ive tried all the easy/software things:

-Airplane mode on/off

-Sim card out / in / blowing / put a known working sim in my phone and it still didnt work / put my sim in another N5 and it worked

-Enabling/disabling mobile data

-Switching between force 2g / force 3g / wcdma preferred with gravitybox settings, phone settings and from the ##4636## settings

-Factory reset

Also tried some fastboot stuff:

-Flashing factory 5.1.1

-Flashing different radios

-Flashing Cataclysm 5.1.1

As a last change I tried some hardware changes (I have 2x 32gb red N5)

-Swapped the speaker module (which has some antennas at least) from the working N5 and saw no difference. Mine still didnt work and the other one still worked

-Swapped the black and white signal cables that go from the mobo to the speaker module from the working N5 and it still didnt work

Is there anything I could try? Im out of ideas.

TL;DR

1. Got the phone wet in the rain opened it, dried it, some water "clouds" under the screen but they disappeared. Everything working, mobile data. calls etc.

2. Wake up, phone was charging all night, power putton doesnt do anything no matter how long you hold it. Open the phone again, disconnect and reconnect battery and either the phone woke up right away OR I had to charge it, cant remember. After reassembly, no more mobile signal. A couple times Ive seen 2g signal with an exclamation mark but it always disappears when I try to switch to 3g.
[Nexus 5 General] SekouCheikh:
Well, in my case. My phone actually boots up very well as normal, Android boot animation shows up very well too (So I guess, nothing wrong with the screen), till the lockscreen where the screen actually goes black and from there can't turn it on even though the phone is still on. I can receive phone calls or let's say hear the phone ringing but impossible to get the screen on.

Guys what do you think about that? Given I've already cleaned the phone, and even flashed a marshmallow factory image.

Thanks in advance.

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I have the exact same problem too. And it seems really rare!!

So just wanna know how you finally did??

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 General] Molehill_Mike:
So I was out on Friday night, stayed over in a hotel. Somehow I dropped my phone in the sink when I got back to the room, worse for wear.

The LED notification flashes, It can charge through wireless charger. The screen reacts to my fingers (I can answr a call and hear the other person) but I have no audible notification and the screen itself will not turn on.

Now, after dropping the phone a few months back I had my old digitizer still so connected it into that and it did the same thing. So i know it is not the screen.

I have ordered the bottom PCB from eBay, so I 'm hoping that will allow me to dock to the PC and pull off my files, maybe even fix the screen issue. If not, I have the 99% alcohol to try and clean the board.

As I say, I can unlock the screen (even tho it is black) as I know my pattern. I can answer the phone (when I call using my Wifes phone and I answer with a drag across the screen).

The volume buttons work as I can hold it down and the phone vibrates (to say it is in silent mode).

Is there anything anyone else can suggest. The phone is currently apart in the airing cupboard, hoping that will help dry it out.

Bought a Motorola G 4G from Amazon as a spare till I can fix this.
[Nexus 5 General] humzaahmed155:
In a LOT of cases some water damaged phones burn their backlight coil that's on the motherboard somewhere, try shining a light on the screen when you know its on. If not, its definitely that bottom connector that the screen connects to, a corroded connector is usually enough to the LCD from working at all.
[Nexus 5 General] Molehill_Mike:
Cheers. When I got home last night the screen came on. I've put everything back into my not broken screen and it seems OK. Everything works.. but it is charging VERY slowly. The screen also flickers a bit.

I've ordered a new battery and will swap the new PCB in when it arrives to see fi that will cure it.

Appreciate your info above, thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] yvgamer94:
Dropped phone into a bathroom sink of water for less than a second.

Was only submerged for a second max. Took it out of the water asap and dried the outside with a towel and then powered it down as quick as I could while the screen was still on (noticed I had no signal). Dropped it into a bag if rice and hoped for the best for the next day since it was late a night. Checked the bag of rice and looked up a tear down guide. Opened it up and noticed my water sensors were pink but only only partially. The one under the sim tray was very pink all over. Noticed some white creamish corrosion on the metallic shield side of the sim tray. I could not get into the sim tray to clean (not sure if corroded inside). There only seemed to be only water damage to the left side/corner of the phone from the back of the phone. There was not any corrosion I could see on any of the logic board. Antenna connectors, camera etc connectors all seemed fine and so I put it all back together.

Powered it on and it booted up in normal time. Sounds, touch, wifi, bluetooth, vibration and screen all worked fine. There was some water that seeped behind the screen and made it look bad. But as I was afraid of the night before, I had no signal as well as SIM detection. Re-slotting the SIM in, it detected it and I could review the SIM contacts and export/import them but no signal at all. Going into the cellular networks settings, I got the error "error while searching for networks". I thought something must be wrong with the antenna. First I wanted to see if I could fix my screen and also to remove any minuscule amount moisture left. I loaded up a 3D game with no timeout while being plugged in (since using the nexus 5 gets very warm in the hand) and left it to heat up. After letting it sit for 4 hours with a max temp of 75 deg. C. (my normal intensive use temperature) the water stains disappeared!

I popped the sim back in to see if burning in the phone fixed anything. Nope, still no signal or network detection. The sim worked fine in my old ZTE phone. Rebooted and got the no SIM detected. Re-slotted it in and It detected it but no signal. Now I am stuck and I don't know what to do. It is a good as a tiny android tablet now.

I'm not sure what is wrong with it. The MIMO antenna, lower board and speaker board (with small white antenna veins), the black and white antenna cables and SIM tray area are all under my suspicion. It can't be software problem but I have yet to rule it out. Any help is appreciated.
[Nexus 5 General] Squall_Viorel:
My experience: my phone stayed in the water for about 20 seconds, of course it was off. I don’t know why I tried to turn it on, it did not start, obviously. I dried with some tissues and then proceed to opened it up. (I do not care about the warranty as I opened it before to remove its cameras). I dried the components (without removing the battery) with a blow dryer (not to close as the high temperature could loosen some components) and then put it in a zip bag with rice. In the meantime, I ordered a replacement battery in hope that this was the only thing damaged. After 48 hours, when the battery arrived, I replaced it and my phone revived from the dead :)
[Nexus 5 General] tedrogers61:
What experience do you have of this technique to revive a dead water damaged mobo? I have a few in various phones, so I'll probably give it a go anyway.

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Why not use alcohol when cleaning corrosion?

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I have this exactly. Did you ever fix it?
[Nexus 5 General] snoopac19:
Hi all.

Nice to find this thread.

Summary:

Dropped phone in water, everything works but it won't charge. Should I try to replace battery, or??

Details:

So, about 36 hours ago, dropped in water. Submerged for 1-2 seconds. Took it out, turned it off ASAP, took off back and disconnected battery ASAP after that. Couple minutes say.

Took it apart as much as possible, not much water inside, but let it dry for 24 hours. Paper towels, put it in front of some fans, etc. Put it back together after 24 hours, everything was fine (tested as much as I could think of).

At end of day (maybe ~36h after it got water), it's power is way down. Try to charge it, it seems not to take a charge. I may have charged it earlier and it might have worked (between 24-36 hours...can't remember). But anyway, it's not working now.

Seems kinda weird. Battery is/was working, since the phone was working all day without being plugged in. It seemed to discharge at normal rate. Just won't take a new charge. Also I think I saw the notification light blink red while trying to charge or reboot or something, but I'm not seeing it any more.

Also, currently when plugged in, the phone boots and 'appears' to be charging. The lightning icon shows up over the battery. It just says at 0%.

So some questions.

1. If its not taking charge, is that for sure the battery that's the problem.

-could it be something else (connector, main board, etc).

2. Any way I could fix this problem without replacing anything? Cleaning some part (I don't think you can clean battery with alcohol etc?). In general I'm not seeing any noticeable corrosion or anything else. And like I said, everything else seems to work as before.

3. Should I try to buy this and replace: https://www.amazon.ca/ePartSolution...461646667&sr=1-2&keywords=nexus+5+battery+oem

-is it really OEM because they say it is? :)

4. Any other suggestions?

Thanks

EDIT

While writing this post, I had phone open and on fan and connecting/disconnecting battery from board, etc.

Anyway, after much of that, it appears phone is now able to charge again. Yay?!? So for now disregard my post...but if it starts to give me trouble again, I might need to undisregard :).
[Nexus 5 General] TheDanch:
My Nexus 5 took on some saltwater yesterday... I've got the back off now, and am letting it dry, etc... If it's not turning on, is it more likely to be the motherboard or the battery? I have an old Nexus 5 with a cracked screen that I could do a battery swap with - is that likely to do the trick?
[Nexus 5 General] humzaahmed155:
Most likely to be the motherboard. Try cleaning the motherboard with 99% isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab / toothbrush to ensure all minerals are gone.
[Nexus 5 General] briandresstoyota:
Hey bud, not sure if you fixed this but we have the same symptoms and I need to fix it. My 5x is bricked and my other 5 has a bad power button
[Nexus 5 General] sledbc:
I dropped mine in quickly and took the back off. Everything works except the touch screen. I put it in a sealed box of silica gel crystals. Is there hope for this device or is it done?
[Nexus 5 General] :
You can try replacing digitizer and see if it works, otherwise top assembly and see. But its kind of a waste dishing money into a $300 phone. You may be best off trying to get $150-200 on eBay and move on.

Sent from Omni Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] sledbc:
After I posted this I sick the phone with back removed in a Tupperware container of silica gel cat litter crystals. 8 Hours later and it is as good as new. Way better than rice!
[Nexus 5 General] mrelie007:
thats a great guide for water damage .. will bookmark it thanks a lot !
[Nexus 5 General] V1k70r:
Back in December I dropped my Nexus in the toilet. Taking it out of the water took about 3 seconds and after that the screen wouldn't turn on, so obviously I couldn't turn the phone off (something which is necessary in order to save the battery). I put the phone in a bowl of rice for 3 days and after that time I took it out and tried to turn it on, but it wouldn't. I decided to try if it worked when plugged in the charger and guess what, it did! The screen back light however was broken. Brightness was minimal and couldn't be changed, and every now and then the screen would flicker. I didn't know the back light was completely broken at that time (thought it might be a cable), so I just ordered a new battery. I took the whole phone apart using this guide and this video and cleaned all parts with destillated water (if you do this, be sure to completely dry every part before putting it back in). After closing the phone, it worked again without being plugged in the charger constantly. Then I tried fixing the screen by fiddling with the screen ribbon cable (yes, I opened up the phone again), this however didn't work and I broke the screen completely. I now knew the screen back light was definitely broken since my computer still recognized the device. I ordered a new screen module (this one), transferred the motherboard of the phone and now my Nexus works perfectly again. This whole adventure did set me back €150 however.
[Nexus 5 General] abced123:
Nexus 5 got little wet

After doing all neccessary tasks, the phone works normally except apps sometimes sporadically open, close and switch among themselves. Do you think the digitizer is somehow damaged?
[Nexus 5 General] s4z0r:
Anyone knows where I can buy a Nexus 5 motherboard?
[Nexus 5 General] Khant:
Anyone know why a lot of water damaged Nexus 5 show a red blinking notification when trying to charge it? Some kind of hardware error code?

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i kinda want to know this too. i might need a new board
[Nexus 5 General] iKlutz:
I dropped my phone in the bath and quickly pulled it out and dried it with a towel and left it on the radiator for20 minutes and there's nothing wrong with it lol
[Nexus 5 General] Khant:
is dipping the phone is alcohol safe? i've seen on youtube they just dunk the whole phone in alcohol for hours to clean erosion and minerals left from water. like the whole phone, including screen and battery.

also does anyone know if the phone blinks red when there is no battery inserted. I have a feeling that my phone is not detecting the battery as there might be a bad connection between battery when it got wet.
[Nexus 5 General] atishey23:
The screen assembly u r talking about, is original screen from LG ? Coz its so d@mn expensive
[Nexus 5 General] jaymzb0nd:
Hey guys. I followed the instructions and have gotten my phone to power. Problem is when it goes from the power up screen that say "Google" to the colored balls, the balls freeze and it goes back to "Google" and freezing there. Any ideas on what I can do to get it to boot?

I just need it to boot long enough to retrieve my pictures and this hot chick's number I got right before the phone was dropped in the pool. Thanks.

edit: When I hold Volume Down/Power, I can get it to the bootloader. Anything I can do from here to salvage my stuff? I'm not familiar with bootloader options. Plugged into my computer, I can hear my PC make the noise as though it's connected which typically then leads to the phone's drive being accessible on the computer however it then immediately makes the noise of the phone being disconnected.
[Nexus 5 General] atishey23:
Best Of luck dude... fixing your phone. Btw if by any luck u fix your phone.. Plz pm me that hot chick's number;) lol ?
[Nexus 5 General] gamer.11:
Driver installed properly? If it sounds twice successfully then check your driver, cable connection and your phone port. Mostly a driver problem.
[Nexus 5 General] joannn:
water damage

Even I dropped my newly bought Nexus 5 on a wet floor. Even after quick drying the device with a dry cloth still the touch screen is not working 100% fine. I was thinking of selling it of..:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] jaymzb0nd:
I got the computer to recognize the phone long enough to where I was able to run a diagnostics to where the PC says it couldn't fix the problem because "Android doesn't have a driver."
[Nexus 5 General] gajkax:
Put it in a bag of rice for 72 hours.

After 72 hours disassemble it if you can and gently remove all visible corossion.

Put it on a charger and see if it charges.

After 30 minutes on a charger,disconnect it from the charger and try to power it on.

If this doesn't help,you'll need a new phone.

Don't use alcohol while cleaning corrosion.
[Nexus 5 General] V1k70r:
Yes, it is an original screen module.
[Nexus 5 General] srh_n5:
nexus 5 dropped in water

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[Nexus 5 General] :
I dropped mine and now it is covered in Charmin Ultra™
[Nexus 5 General] Gsam101:
Hi everyone,

After dropping my girlfriend's nexus 5 in the water, putting it in a bag of rice for like 4 days and openning it to remove all the visible damage, I'm still getting a scrambled screen. The phone does boot, I can connect to it via ADB / Fastboot.

Any idea on what the issue can be ? I'm guessing it might work again if I change the screen but I'm not that sure.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I've heard it explained that rice won't help because it won't pull moisture out of the air. Makes sense to me since if rice did pull moisture out of the air then bags of rice would need to have an air tight seal on them, which they do not. Otherwise the rice you bought would be slowly absorbing air moisture, gaining weight and softening before you even bought it.

What you need is those packets that come with certain packaging which will pull moisture from of the air.
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
How can we know what all is damaged inside the phone?? :eek: It's best you get professional advice from a person who will open up you device and test it. If I were you, I would get it checked locally at the nearest LG service center and see what they have to say about it.
[Nexus 5 General] suhas_sm:
A friend of mine has dropped her phone in water. It boots in Fast boot mode but not in recovery mode. I tried flashing ROM from fastboot, flashes fine. But the issue persists. As of now the only I can do is connect to computer and start it in Fast Boot mode. I was also succesful in unlocking the boot loader.

What gives ?? :|
[Nexus 5 General] angrywaterbottle:
I dropped the speaker for the calls in a bit of water by mistake and I can't hear anything during calls unless I put it on speaker phone. I have it under rice right now. Anyone know if drying it out fixes the issue?
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
None of us know the extent of damage the water has done. If it works, it will be a miracle. :angel:
[Nexus 5 General] angrywaterbottle:
Miracle occurred! Left it in rice for all morning than when i came home I tried it again...still couldn't hear anything and noticed water in the cameras and that I couldn't say "Okay Google" for it to work again. Very sad. Had an idea. I'm running Franco Kernel and set it to really high performance settings hoping that the phone will heat up and get rid of any water. Gave my little sister the phone and told her to download and play as many games as she wanted.

She came back a while later saying the phone shutoff. I touched it and sure enough it was burning. I turned the phone back on and bam, everything works good as new!:good:

:laugh:
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
Interesting. Generally having evaporated moisture inside the phone isn't any better and can cause the same short circuit and corrosion issues. Glad it worked out for you though, a miracle indeed.
[Nexus 5 General] briandresstoyota:
Hey guys. I posted a thread about my issue in the Q&A forum. My situation is pretty interesting and frustrating at the same time. The only functionality I have lost with my phone after the water incident is cell service. My GPS works, WIFI works. The Camera works. Touch screen works. There is some definite water damage in the screen causing some discoloration but really its just a little fading, not any color change. My speakers work and my microphone works(tested with google voice search... perfect recognition)

Today I tried to connect the device to my pc via usb and it didnt register, so thats one issue.

Today i was recieving intermittent changes between "No service" and "Emergency Calls Only" At one point i even had full bars but no data.

If anyone can shed light on what may be damaged I would really appreciate it.

Thanks guys!
[Nexus 5 General] ChrisDDD:
Rice will absorb moisture from the air, but there's just not enough air flow through a phone for it to absorb significant amounts of water from inside. Same with the silica packs, they're just meant to keep humidity within a container low, not absorb puddled water.

Your best bet is always to turn the phone off immediately, open it up and make sure there's NO water inside, anywhere. Sticking it in a container of rice for a week just allows the standing water inside to corrode any exposed metal... for a week. A few years back, I dropped an iPhone in a (clean) toilet, and it went right down into the drain. It was easily 10-12 seconds before I managed to fish it out. I turned it off, and spent 1-2 hours taking it all apart, drying it out, and putting it together and it still works fine to this day.

You might get lucky with the rice trick, but your odds are way better taking it apart and drying it manually.
[Nexus 5 General] bblzd:
I think plain old paper would do an infinitely better job than rice in pulling moisture from the air. Seal paper in a bag with anything with a moisture level and within hours the moisture in the air will balance out between the two. Can't say the same for rice though.

Good advice though, letting your wet phone sit around in anything should be a last ditch effort as time is of the essence when dealing with water damage.

Just don't turn the phone on when it's wet. Biggest mistake you can make is "checking to see if it works" while it's still wet.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Exactly!!! It's current that creates the short that fries the phone. Turn it off immediately for sure! Disassemble what you can and do whatever to try and dry it. Leave it a day or two. ?
[Nexus 5 General] xstokerx:
Sorry to hear about your phone op. This just happened to my nexus it had a screen protector and a ballistic 2 piece case on it. was in the tolite for like .5-1 sec like u I turned it off right away and took the back off the indicator strip was red. So i patted it off with paper towel then it went in a ziplock full of rice for 24 hours and after that I took it out and it fired up just fine working great all day today.
[Nexus 5 General] wulsic:
Well then you should also be lucky that the toilet has clean water i hope it for you... So don't text anymore on the toilet xd or keep an distance between the toilet and your phone i mean its your love right?
[Nexus 5 General] :
I regularly dunk my phone in the toilet
[Nexus 5 General] humzaahmed155:
Ballin'.
[Nexus 5 General] xstokerx:
Haha ya it fell off the vanity when I was getting outta the shower wile listen to tunes