Atrix died a horrible death *water damage*

[jortiz17]

Stupidly, I got in to the hot tub with my Atrix in my shorts. I realized it too late but it was only under water for about 5 seconds. I pulled it out of my pocket and sure enough it was dead and wouldn't turn on. Red water indicators were blown.

I let it sit in some rice for about 36 hours, and shook any excess water out.

Today, I just opened it up and there is no water to be found.


Everytime I put the battery in though, the camera flash LED goes crazy and flashes about 3-4 times before stopping. It turns on and goes to the ATT splash screen, but then restarts.

After it restarts, it sits at the Dual Core screen, then says Modem did not power up (0) - Starting RSD protocol support


I am going to try reflashing the firmware on it to see if it may fix the problem. I hope.


Any ideas on how to maybe save my phone?

Thanks,

 

[marko!]

Stupidly, I got in to the hot tub with my Atrix in my shorts. I realized it too late but it was only under water for about 5 seconds. I pulled it out of my pocket and sure enough it was dead and wouldn't turn on. Red water indicators were blown.

I let it sit in some rice for about 36 hours, and shook any excess water out.

Today, I just opened it up and there is no water to be found.


Everytime I put the battery in though, the camera flash LED goes crazy and flashes about 3-4 times before stopping. It turns on and goes to the ATT splash screen, but then restarts.

After it restarts, it sits at the Dual Core screen, then says Modem did not power up (0) - Starting RSD protocol support


I am going to try reflashing the firmware on it to see if it may fix the problem. I hope.


Any ideas on how to maybe save my phone?

Thanks,

unfortunately I spent quite a long time trying to fix an Atrix with a modem did not power up problem

i have not figured out a software way to fix it... hope you have better luck though

 

[xhazk]

When water contacts the board it connects everything.

You're probably SOL.

Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

 

[joshyy_rey]

Sounds like you're out of luck. But might as well try anything you can think of

Sent from AT&T SGS2

 

[Pixelguy]

sometimes even if you drain all the water out some components frazzle themselves as soon as water hits, sorry to hear, hope you find a fix!

 

[elementaldragon]

When water contacts the board it connects everything.

You're probably SOL.

Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

sometimes even if you drain all the water out some components frazzle themselves as soon as water hits, sorry to hear, hope you find a fix!

Yes, but generally when such a short happens, the phone immediately shuts off. The phone basically isn't on long enough for anything to "frazzle" itself.

Unfortunately, jortiz, You probably made the biggest error you could have ever done with a wet electronic device...

I realized it too late but it was only under water for about 5 seconds. I pulled it out of my pocket and sure enough it was dead and wouldn't turn on.

NEVER....... EVER try to turn on a device if it shut off after being submersed in water. Will do SIGNIFICANTLY more harm than good. I've seen several phones that were soaked... either from the person being shoved into the pool with the phone in their pocket, or it having just been left in the rain. 9 times out of 10, if they're left to dry for a while, they turn on without really any issues. Attempting to turn it on while it was still wet probably eliminated just about any chance of there not being something wrong with the phone.