Greetings everyone,
As the title of the thread states, I have in my possession a M1A1 that is stuck on a Bootloop.
First of all, let me explain the situation a bit. This phone was accidentally put inside a washing machine, lasting inside there for what may have been a good 20 minutes until it was noticed there and promptly removed.
Upon removal it was still showing some signs of life, such as the LED lights going off. My first decision was to quickly open the phone and remove the battery in order to avoid further possible damage. I then decided to disassemble the phone while at the same time removing the water and letting the components dry up in a lit location. Once they dried up, I proceeded to wash them with alcohol, fully bathing the motherboard while giving a slight rinse to the other components, and used a soft brush to very gently clean the slight corrosion that formed in some places. I repeated this process up to 4 times, each time letting the components dry before giving it another go. It is worth mentioning that i was not able to remove the electromagnetic shielding due to the lack of tools.
Upon seeing no more corrosion, I decided to reassemble the phone and test if it was still alive. To my surprise, it did actually turn on. However, once it got to loading the OS, the loading bar got frozen and the phone restarted, resulting in a bootloop. I argued that maybe, somehow, the OS may have been corrupted, and I decided to try to flash a new ROM. I don't exactly remember whether I first tried via Fastboot or if I went straight to unlocking the phone in order to use TWRP, but long story short, I ended up unlocking the phone and therefore wiping all the data, however allowing me to freely use TWRP to flash new ROMs.
In retrospective, that may have been an extremely foolish decision, as no matter which ROM I tried, the result was the same as it previously was: The phone shows the Mi logo, it then starts loading the OS, the loading animation freezes up, and then restarts. So not only did I end up wiping all the data, but I am still stuck with the same problem.
This is my main issue. I do not know how to identify what is causing this Bootloop. The phone is at least somewhat working, seeing as how I am able to fully use TWRP. Is there maybe some component that may have been fried that is preventing the booting sequence? I would really appreciate some pointers. Thanks.
As the title of the thread states, I have in my possession a M1A1 that is stuck on a Bootloop.
First of all, let me explain the situation a bit. This phone was accidentally put inside a washing machine, lasting inside there for what may have been a good 20 minutes until it was noticed there and promptly removed.
Upon removal it was still showing some signs of life, such as the LED lights going off. My first decision was to quickly open the phone and remove the battery in order to avoid further possible damage. I then decided to disassemble the phone while at the same time removing the water and letting the components dry up in a lit location. Once they dried up, I proceeded to wash them with alcohol, fully bathing the motherboard while giving a slight rinse to the other components, and used a soft brush to very gently clean the slight corrosion that formed in some places. I repeated this process up to 4 times, each time letting the components dry before giving it another go. It is worth mentioning that i was not able to remove the electromagnetic shielding due to the lack of tools.
Upon seeing no more corrosion, I decided to reassemble the phone and test if it was still alive. To my surprise, it did actually turn on. However, once it got to loading the OS, the loading bar got frozen and the phone restarted, resulting in a bootloop. I argued that maybe, somehow, the OS may have been corrupted, and I decided to try to flash a new ROM. I don't exactly remember whether I first tried via Fastboot or if I went straight to unlocking the phone in order to use TWRP, but long story short, I ended up unlocking the phone and therefore wiping all the data, however allowing me to freely use TWRP to flash new ROMs.
In retrospective, that may have been an extremely foolish decision, as no matter which ROM I tried, the result was the same as it previously was: The phone shows the Mi logo, it then starts loading the OS, the loading animation freezes up, and then restarts. So not only did I end up wiping all the data, but I am still stuck with the same problem.
This is my main issue. I do not know how to identify what is causing this Bootloop. The phone is at least somewhat working, seeing as how I am able to fully use TWRP. Is there maybe some component that may have been fried that is preventing the booting sequence? I would really appreciate some pointers. Thanks.
