Please help - dropped my galaxy s4 in water

[stoopidnation]

I dont have any rice so what should i do?

 

[VDub2174]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Honestly, go out and get some rice if you can. It's your best bet for saving your phone.

 

[Joe_Perone]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Honestly, go out and get some rice if you can. It's your best bet for saving your phone.

Time is of the essence; do it now. If you wait, you risk your phone dying.

 

[stoopidnation]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

I found some rice and bury my phone in it so what now?

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i found rice like 30mins after taking the phone out of water
is it too late?

 

[Joe_Perone]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Leave it submerged, forget about it for a while. You should be fine.

 

[SirGeorgeKillian]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Usually for the best results you need to pull the battery as soon as possible then get it in the rice as soon as possible. You did at least take the battery out immediately right? Electronics without power on them tend to favor better when wet than they do with power...

 

[VDub2174]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

I found some rice and bury my phone in it so what now?

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i found rice like 30mins after taking the phone out of water
is it too late?

Just let it sit for the day.

Sent from my HOX+ loaded with Elegancia ROM v5.2.0

 

[vasekvi]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Just let it sit for the day.

Sent from my HOX+ loaded with Elegancia ROM v5.2.0

I'd even say 3 days just to be sure. Did you take out everything removable? Battery and microsd and sim? Good luck. Lot of good reports about revival after being submerged I hope you have the same luck!

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk II

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Leave it submerged, forget about it for a while. You should be fine.

Make sure you took out the battery, Sim Card, and Micro SD Card

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Leave in rice for at least three days, then bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes and serve with fish. ( actually, you are probably SOL ). Do what everyone else recommended. Take the battery out immediately, it's probably fried. Take out the sim and micro sd. Leave in rice for 3 days. Hope you have insurance.

 

[tytlyf]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

I'm thinking of trying this stuff.

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Buy REALLY thick rubber gloves!!!!!!

 

[Mr.Willie]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

I really hope that you are able to salvage your phone, but if not, it gives you a reason to get a One...

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

But then, if just the battery is fried, you can slap another battery in the S4 and go!!!!!

 

[just1nsanity]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't the S4 survive being in water for like 2 minutes or so? I watched a CNET video comparing the S4 to the iPhone 5 and the S4 made it to like 2:20 or something. Why wouldn't it be able to survive a fall into water and be pulled out before the 2 minute mark?

 

[nickgalaxys4]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Got get rice!!!

 

[Cigar-Junkie]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Phone wet, pull battery fast, towel dry, shake out excess, place in sealed container of rice for min 24 hours. The most important step not mentioned above is do not turn phone on to see if it is fried.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

 

[stoopidnation]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Its been like 24hours now the phone is able to turn on but the notification bar at the top when u pull it down, its not working for me do you guys think the phone might still be wet on the inside? or its just dont work becuz of the water?
The screen is very unresponsive

 

[planoman]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

I really hope that you are able to salvage your phone, but if not, it gives you a reason to get a One...

The s4 active would be a better choice in this case.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

 

[veggie59]

Re: Please help drop galaxy s4 in water

Its been like 24hours now the phone is able to turn on but the notification bar at the top when u pull it down, its not working for me do you guys think the phone might still be wet on the inside? or its just dont work becuz of the water?

You should have left it in the rice for 2-3 days. If you have already turned it on...who knows what is going to happen. You are trying to salvage an expensive phone. You shouldn't have rushed the process. Good luck.......