SJMES
11th February 2008, 10:01 PM
My buddy's Hermes wouldn't power on or respond at all to being charged, including any LED lights turning on, after getting wet. After carefully taking the phone apart, soaking the motherboard in distilled water, letting it fully dry, and then reassembling it, IT WORKED! Thank you Alylea for the advice on how to do that! However, 12 hours later the RED LIGHT OF DEATH appeared. I tried everything on the forum. It wouldn't enter boot loader mode, playing with the battery or chargers and new fully charged batteries wouldn't effect it either. Finally, After a night in the freezer, it worked. Six hours later, back to the Red Light of Death again. Any Ideas? Could this be some kind of software issue that makes the phone shut down if it thinks its getting too hot? Any Help would be great! I am thinking of reinstalling the rom, radio, bootloader, and resetting the doc or what-not but I am afraid to start doing that if the phone would shut off half-way through. Again, Please, any insights would be great.