Need help or advice on water damaged phone.

[clopez162]

I went fishing the other day and forgot my phone was in my pocket and went into the ocean. I then realized i still had my phone and quickly got out and my phone was probably submerged about 30 secs. Afterwards is stayed on for about 3 mins then shut off. When i got home i put in rice for a couple of hours then i removed the back panel and set it in front a fan. The next day when it was dry, i plugged it in and now i get the white light of death. Should i just give up hope? or it stick it out to see if it starts up?

[William_04_x]

Chances are, after being submerged in salt water, its done. You tried putting it in a bag of dry rice to try and absorb any residual moisture, but that won't get rid of the corrosive salt.

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[Snoking]

I dumped my RC airplane in the salt water. After it dried I took an old toothbrush to the ESC circuit card and scrubbed it to get it working again.

[pinoy_92]

probably too late now, but you should have rinsed the phone with mineral water to wash off the salt water.

then put it in a bag of rice.

[clopez162]

i gave up, at least i have insurance.

[cincyd]

Put the phone in rice..!! Helped me before

[FoxKat]

probably too late now, but you should have rinsed the phone with mineral water to wash off the salt water.

then put it in a bag of rice.

I would suggest rather than mineral water (read minerals = deposits), to use distilled water (read distilled = pure H2O), to do the cleaning. Still, the damage may have already been done. Salt water is highly conductive and would also result in corrosion, especially while electrically charged.

[pinoy_92]

I would suggest rather than mineral water (read minerals = deposits), to use distilled water (read distilled = pure H2O), to do the cleaning. Still, the damage may have already been done. Salt water is highly conductive and would also result in corrosion, especially while electrically charged.

i meant distilled water