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My Huawei P9 plus phone dropped into the water and stayed there for probably around a minute, completely submerged. After getting it out and letting it dry for ~two days I tried to recover it and now it is in a weird state. It kinda works but I'm really not sure how much damage was done. I will try to describe anything I noticed and hope that someone knows if there is anything I can do in order to get it into better shape.
-First off, it will only charge when turned off. Because it automatically wants to start up when charging it instantly dies again (sometimes I manages to get it running at 2% but any further actions will cause it to shutdown again). I could get it charged by plugging it in and putting it into recovery mode (hold volume UP when starting). However it only got to 40% when I charged it for about 6 hours for some reason.
-When I have the phone in recovery mode and plug it in, it actually shows me the charging symbol.
-When I charge the phone while it is turned on, the charging symbol will appear for around half a second and then it is gone again. However in the lockscreen it tells me the phone is "charging". But the battery% does not move at all. Apps that monitor battery life tell me that it is plugged in but not charging. (Also if this helps, the app I used (Ampere) tells me that the temperature is always at 0°C for some reason)
-I also can connect it to my computer and have complete access to all the data, no problem.
-When starting to play around with it the battery suddenly dropped to 30% in an instant and later today it dropped to 20% in the same way. Since then it stayed there but I did leave it plugged in at all times.
-Also I have the option enabled to prevent it from going to sleep when charging and that actually works when I have it plugged in and turned on.
-I have not yet performed a factory reset. I'm still backing everything up and will try it after I'm done. But I'm not really sure if it is software-related as I have already tried resetting the cache and starting in safe mode without success.
From what I read on the internet this might be some mainboard issue. But I'm really curious if anyone has experienced something similar or knows what might be the cause. Is it possible at all that it's just the battery% that is showing the wrong numbers and the phone is actually charging? Because it doesn't seem to shutdown when I leave it plugged in.
Thank you very much for your help!
My Huawei P9 plus phone dropped into the water and stayed there for probably around a minute, completely submerged. After getting it out and letting it dry for ~two days I tried to recover it and now it is in a weird state. It kinda works but I'm really not sure how much damage was done. I will try to describe anything I noticed and hope that someone knows if there is anything I can do in order to get it into better shape.
-First off, it will only charge when turned off. Because it automatically wants to start up when charging it instantly dies again (sometimes I manages to get it running at 2% but any further actions will cause it to shutdown again). I could get it charged by plugging it in and putting it into recovery mode (hold volume UP when starting). However it only got to 40% when I charged it for about 6 hours for some reason.
-When I have the phone in recovery mode and plug it in, it actually shows me the charging symbol.
-When I charge the phone while it is turned on, the charging symbol will appear for around half a second and then it is gone again. However in the lockscreen it tells me the phone is "charging". But the battery% does not move at all. Apps that monitor battery life tell me that it is plugged in but not charging. (Also if this helps, the app I used (Ampere) tells me that the temperature is always at 0°C for some reason)
-I also can connect it to my computer and have complete access to all the data, no problem.
-When starting to play around with it the battery suddenly dropped to 30% in an instant and later today it dropped to 20% in the same way. Since then it stayed there but I did leave it plugged in at all times.
-Also I have the option enabled to prevent it from going to sleep when charging and that actually works when I have it plugged in and turned on.
-I have not yet performed a factory reset. I'm still backing everything up and will try it after I'm done. But I'm not really sure if it is software-related as I have already tried resetting the cache and starting in safe mode without success.
From what I read on the internet this might be some mainboard issue. But I'm really curious if anyone has experienced something similar or knows what might be the cause. Is it possible at all that it's just the battery% that is showing the wrong numbers and the phone is actually charging? Because it doesn't seem to shutdown when I leave it plugged in.
Thank you very much for your help!