[Q] Desire + Water = Glitches galore and a couple questions

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So I accidentally put my Desire in about half an inch of water upside down. So my ear speaker, my camera lenses and flash and my head phone jack and my external speaker got submerged. It didn't sit in the water very long, probably about 3 seconds but still long enough to make it start doing some weird things. So my problems are that everything has to load everytime I want to use it. If I'm in my messages and I go to my home screen it goes to the white screen with the green HTC letters and I have to wait for it to load everything every time without fail. It also has to load all my messages when I go into them. Another thing that happens is that my power button message opens randomly and for awhile my power button wasn't working and sometimes it doesn't. So my questions for whoever can answer them is what can I do to fix those problems and where are the moisture detection papers in my phone in case I want to get it fixed under warranty? Thanks a lot.

try putting your device in an air tight container, filled with rice. the rice should absorb most or all of the moisture from your device, leave it for 12-24 hours, then boot it up and try again good luck

Anyone else? I would still like to know where the moisture detection strips are and if anyone else can help me. Thanks.

The moisture detection strips are located on the battery near the connectors and on the phone next to the battery connectors... I went swimming with my HTC desire last summer, it was fully submerged for at least 30 seconds (phone was on).. left it to dry for 5 days in dry rice, and 6 months on it still works, do defenitely try drying it further.

There is a third one too.

Originally Posted by ephumuris

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The third is inside the actual handset located directly next to the usb port. Of which mine is completely pink.

Thought it might be interesting info for anyone else who manages to water/liquid damage their devices.

The OP says that he got the upper part submerged, so there is a chance that none of the stickers got red.

That is excellent news. Thanks everyone.