I dropped my 920 in water!

[nanjin]

I love my Lumia 920. I consider it as the best phone I ever had. Last night the official Nokia gel case arrived and I immediately put it on to see how it feel (it is slippery, I think I like the icipico skin case better). I don't know why I did something that no one with a phone should do, playing it above water. As usual, shxt happens, I dropped it into the water. 1st second, "SHXT"!, 2nd second, there goes my "almost" free phone. 3rd second, picked up the "diviing" 920 and start thinking should I buy another 920 or wait for something new. I picked up the phone, and turn it off immediately, thinking what to do next, blow dry it? leave it off for a few days and hope it will still boot up.

I am an anxious person, can't wait to find out if this phone will work not to mention I beginning to consider buying an international version (mine is AT&T). I turned it on. IT BOOTED UP and continue to function as usual. 12 hours had passed and it still function as usual.

Now, I love the 920 even more, because it is my first phone that can survive a 3 seconds diving experience (most phones are gone after 1 second).

 

[miodrage]

Yeah, it will work, for a month, 2, maybe even more, then, one day, it will just stop working and thats it. What u should have done, is take it into a bag of rice (it can help get the moisture out), then head to some1 who has an ultrasonic tub, dismantle it, put everything in, and vaporise the moisture out of it.
So now, u just enjoy the time u have with ur phone till it dies

 

[nanjin]

Yeah, it will work, for a month, 2, maybe even more, then, one day, it will just stop working and thats it. What u should have done, is take it into a bag of rice (it can help get the moisture out), then head to some1 who has an ultrasonic tub, dismantle it, put everything in, and vaporise the moisture out of it.
So now, u just enjoy the time u have with ur phone till it dies

You SCARING me ! Anyway, it is a good idea to put the phone into the raw rice to obsorb the moisture. However, that's all I can do cuz I don't know anywone who can take the 920 apart.

Hopefully, the phone will continue to function until the next Nokia WP arrives.

 

[Anis108]

ask pro's

My tipp in this case:

Ask professionals how they threat a water accident like this.
If you took it out fast out of the water maybe not a lot of water went in.
the danger in this water stuff is just the shortcut damage. you did the right thing by turning it of imediatly.
And you should wait befor you us it again.

I think somewhere was the advice to drop the phone in to alcohol to get the water out etc. thats just a speculation.

 

[miodrage]

Only Isopropil-alcohol is good, other r killing the phone. Also, u must not drop the phone to alcohol, but take it apart, then wipe it with a soft cloth soaked in isopropil-alcohol, and then leave it for several hours to dry off. And as I mentioned earlier, the best way to evaporate all the water is by ultrasonic tub.
The shortcut danger is immediate, the water is hazardous to ur phone also on a longer term basis. What will happen is that the metalic parts inside will corode, and that will kill ur phone.
Sorry mate, use it as much and as long as possible, and when it dies, buy a new one. It won't happen any time soon, I think u might get around 3-6 months out of it.

 

[Ikkari]

AW: I dropped my 920 in water!

Sell the phone and buy a new 920 ... ?

Just kidding...

Sent from my Windows Phone 8S by HTC using XDA Windows Phone 8 App

 

[HTCalltheway]

you should have a look at the water-damage sticker. take the sim tray out and there's another little metal tray you can pull out with the sim removal tool.

 

[alextheangel]

put it into rice , the rice will absolve the moist, see if that could save your phone.

 

[geddeeee]

Nice one, man... If it works, don't worry about it. If there was going to be a problem, especially with water, it would have shown up by now.
Don't worry about it. The 920 is a great phone!!!

 

[nanjin]

Well, after all this time of perfect function, I ran into a problem. The camera does not save pictures anymore. I don't know if this problem is caused by the "water incident". Nevertheless, I contacted ATT and they will replace the phone for me.

 

[Localhorst86]

Nice one, man... If it works, don't worry about it. If there was going to be a problem, especially with water, it would have shown up by now.
Don't worry about it. The 920 is a great phone!!!

Let me point out the flaw in that argument:

Water can cause multiple damages to your device.

1. It can short electric circuits, blowing up caps and fuses. The worst thing you can do to a phone that you dropped in the water is to turn it on to see if it works.

2. If the phone was not properly dried (i.e. get all the moisture out as quick as possible using, for example, rice) minerals can remain on the circuits causing them to erode/rust faster (this also depends on the quality of the water, of course). In the mid- to long term that can lead to the device simply no longer functioning.

So just because it is working now does not mean the water will not do it's damage in a few months.