@FoxKat : I followed your advice and the phone is now in the bag of rice, completely surrounded by rice. Swinging the phone around above my head wasn't as easy as it sounded ;-P, lucky I didn't beat up my back too bad, lol. A few observations: when the phone was in the sock bottom end of the phone at the toe, there were damp spots in the toe when done swinging, when the top end of the phone was in the toe there were no damp spots in the toe after swinging. Also the water damage strip in the SIM card slot is perfect, as if no water damage. So is that, combined with it sounding the alarm clock and various other notification sounds a cause to be optimistic, or way too early to tell? Also, are there other water damage indicator strips in the phone? I ask because I'm wondering if I'd be able to warranty/insurance the device, or use my Moto Maker refresh if it doesn't ever power back up, or in that case am I gonna be out of luck and stuck eating the price of a new phone all the while not yet having paid off this one?
All this is great news but nothing is a guarantee.
The fact that the sock was wet is evidence and proof that there was still water in phone, and that the centrifugal force using the sock was an effective way of getting it out. So to all you naysayers out there, read and believe. By the way, this was a technique that I developed myself and did not read or find on a Google search anywhere on the web. Maybe I should trademark it!
I could call it "FoxKatting"!
I'm not surprised that there wasn't water coming from the top of the phone. Especially if you did the spinning with the bottom toward the sock toe first, most, if not all the water would have gotten out through the bottom openings. Then flipping the phone over to the top there may have been no water left to exit the phone. That's actually good news, because again it verifies that all the water was removed. Still, there will be moisture inside which is the reason for the rice.
Yes, there are other water identification strips inside the phone, and since the SIM card slot is at the top of the phone it also makes sense that it's not wet considering no water came from the top of the phone when you spun it upside down. Unfortunately it is possible that some of the lower water identification strips may have gotten wet.
The fact that it's making noises and notifications is evidence that it is functioning to some extent. Hopefully whatever parts of the circuit board may have been shorting by water weren't permanently damaged and once the phone comes out of the bag of rice it may in fact power up and operate normally.
The real problem, is that now with these phones they put Integrated Circuits on top of other Integrated Circuits, and there's also therefore very very tight areas that water can remain under the top IC and short the connections on the IC below it. This is why it's imperative that you get all of the water out as soon as possible.
It's a shame that these phones don't have removable batteries because in fact the damage is done as a result of the power still running through the board and short-circuiting components, feeding voltages at higher levels than the components can handle and in some cases therefore ultimately burning those components out. This is why I told you not to plug it in or try to power the screen up.
Believe me, we are all pulling for you. Best of luck and keep us informed.
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