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How to recover information off a water damaged phone

  1. #21
    Put it in calcium chloride.
  2. #22
    Originally posted by mmQ A myth is a related to the time relatively compared to drying a phone naturally and the rice technique being more "helpful."

    STUPID!!

    Desiccants are objectively better than air drying. That's why they're called desiccants. Rice has LONG been used as one. Do you need studies?

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14992027.2016.1253877?journalCode=iija20

    esults: All desiccants and the white rice were effective in removing moisture from hearing aids, with Hal Hen Super Dri Aid showing the largest mean reduction in relative humidity. Based on analysis of covariance results, white rice was statistically similar to several of the commercial desiccants.

    http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2014/Malaysia/RESEN/RESEN-32.pdf

    https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21423

    There is a big movement of people replacing silicon dioxide with processed rice husk. Because it fucking works.

    If you insult rice one more time I'm going to rape your sister.
  3. #23
    benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    Originally posted by 杀死所有的白魔鬼 Don't think you know how crypto works.

    how much does your xrp worth nowadays ???
  4. #24
    Ask me in July. March is an annual down period. I said this back in January.
  5. #25
    benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    Originally posted by 杀死所有的白魔鬼 Ask me in July. March is an annual down period. I said this back in January.

    remind me again in july.
  6. #26
    Is your SD card removable? How long has it been?

    If it's been a few weeks, have you tried charging it?

    Do you have insurance on it, or will you be able to trade it in for a discount on another one?

    If it's totally trash and won't turn on or charge or show up as a drive on the computer, I'd smash it to see if there's an internal SD card, then see if that works in a CPU or another phone
  7. #27
    Nil African Astronaut [the overexcited four-footed chanar]
    Dip it in %99 iso alcohol.
  8. #28
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by aldra I'd recommend opening it and flushing it with distilled water first
  9. #29
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    The "put it in rice" thing is an internet myth. If you want to further destroy your phone, throw it in rice.

    The only PROPER way to handle this is to CEASE FROM ATTEMPTING TO USE THE PHONE.

    You'll need to disassemble the phone to remove the motherboard, remove any heat shields that cover the various ICs, and then soak the board in 91% or higher isopropyl alcohol overnight.

    The next day, gently scrub the board with an acid brush or old toothbrush, being sure not to brush so hard you knock off components.

    Use a qtip to clean the ribbon cable connectors with more 91% iso, allow the fully dry, then reassemble.

    It would be better if you had an ultrasonic cleaner with auto frequency scanning capability like a repair shop would (like I have), but you can follow what I said as a pretty straight forward way of trying to get data back.

    Also, replace the battery. It's gotten wet, so go ahead and assume it's finished. Power on ONLY AFTER doing everything I said and with a new battery.

    Have it connected to a PC and be ready to transfer data ASAP because you never know HOW LONG the phone will work for. Don't wanna spend precious time dicking around with it.

    EDIT: https://youtu.be/oUCbbzNNirQ

    You can use that video to disassemble your phone and reassemble.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  10. #30
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Probably short circuited and blew something as soon as it was switched on wet.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  11. #31
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    Originally posted by 杀死所有的白魔鬼 Desiccants are objectively better than air drying. That's why they're called desiccants. Rice has LONG been used as one. Do you need studies?

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14992027.2016.1253877?journalCode=iija20



    http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2014/Malaysia/RESEN/RESEN-32.pdf

    https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21423

    There is a big movement of people replacing silicon dioxide with processed rice husk. Because it fucking works.

    If you insult rice one more time I'm going to rape your sister.

    Here is a first hand account from the very best in Mobile handset repair

    http://mendonipadrehab.com/entries/general/rice-rant


    Anyone in this industry knows that the "rice trick" is bogus, just like "freeze your hard drive" or any of those other retarded YouTube miracle fixes.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  12. #32
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    Originally posted by -SpectraL Probably short circuited and blew something as soon as it was switched on wet.

    This. Hopefully it was for something unnecessary like WiFi or camera
  13. #33
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Everything becomes "retarded" as soon as a more advanced method is discovered. That doesn't mean the less advanced method was wrong, or bullshit or a myth, it just means there is now a better way of doing the thing.
  14. #34
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    Don't argue semantics with me, old man. I'll fight you
  15. #35
    Grimace motherfucker [my enumerable hindi guideword]
    Thanks magic rice for healing my water damaged phone! Yaaaay!

  16. #36
    Yeah the rice nonsense is a myth. Most important thing is to flush it with distilled water or isopropyl alcohol as quickly as possible to prevent corrosion and remove ionic substances that may form conductive pathways. Let it dry completely in open air before attempting to turn it on. §m£ÂgØL being a retard probably already fried it though.
  17. #37
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    We can't negate the fact that rice does, in fact, have moisture absorption capabilities. We wish we could just discard the notion, like the baby with the bathwater, but we can't. Now, whether that absorption capability would assist in the recovery of the phone's functions in any way, shape or form, and to what degree, is another question entirely. Nobody knows. It will remain a mystery, lost to the annuls of time.
  18. #38
    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    Originally posted by Grimace Here is a first hand account from the very best in Mobile handset repair

    http://mendonipadrehab.com/entries/general/rice-rant


    Anyone in this industry knows that the "rice trick" is bogus, just like "freeze your hard drive" or any of those other retarded YouTube miracle fixes.

    Whats up §m£ÂgØL??

    THATS WHAT I THOUGHT YEEN PUNK ASS BYAAAATCH!!
  19. #39
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    https://www.tekdry.com/
  20. #40
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Grimace Here is a first hand account from the very best in Mobile handset repair

    http://mendonipadrehab.com/entries/general/rice-rant


    Anyone in this industry knows that the "rice trick" is bogus, just like "freeze your hard drive" or any of those other retarded YouTube miracle fixes.

    Freezing IDE HDDs did often work.
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