[Q] Dropped captivate in toilet

[randomafk]

Yeah, another one of those threads. Definitely not my best moment..

But uh. Dropped my phone in the toilet. It turned off instantly and I tried to dry it off for a while. After 20 minutes or so, it seemed okay so I oh-so-brilliantly tried to turn it back on.

Screen was okay for the first 5 seconds and then it went haywire -- probably shorted somewhere? Just displayed gray lines and some random colors.

So now my phone is just off without any battery in it and I'm waiting for it to dry more.


Any advice on how I'd go about getting data off my phone and if I'm really lucky, fixing it? i.e. taking it apart and drying each part or replacing the screen, etc.

thanks!

 

[robm1911]

There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.

 

[randomafk]

There's the putting the phone in a bag of rice trick. The rice is supposed draw the moisture out.

on vacation right now so anything like that is going to be difficult
Thanks for the heads up though.

Mostly interested in damage control at this point. So the first task is data retrieval.

Any programs/software I can use to transfer all the data off my phone? Control it remotely?

i.e. how can I just dump the memory, including flash memory, onto my computer remotely?

Using anything like tibu is going to be hard since the screen is botched.

 

[robm1911]

I'm not sure of any apps like that and if there is it would prolly need to be on the device before it took the plunge (sorry I had to throw that one out). Now if after the phone dries out some if you can get power and rember which kernel you had you might be able to have someone post the button sequence to mount USB storage in recovery. I helped a friend do this when his screen broke but could still get into recovery. Vol- three times then power ect.

Best of luck

 

[Thnikk]

I'd say you should leave it off until you can do what (I think) Adam Outler said and soak it in 99% rubbing alcohol and dry it with a blowdryer. You're data's probably screwed as long as your phone is out of commission.

 

[leezrd]

Adb dump should work i think

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