Dropped my Samsung Galaxy S4 in water, camera won't work...

[walesser]

Ok so I dropped it like 11-12 hours before. When I dropped it I IMMEDIATELY pulled it out, it was in like 1 sec or something... When I pulled it out it all worked well, I dried it with a towel and all. Sounds was OK, screen was OK, everything was perfect, as it was before I dropped it. But when I tried to open the camera 1 hour ago, it was very blurry... Both front and back cameras... So I took out the battery, sim and microSD card, and now I'm here.

Now what should I do? What's my best bet? I heard drying with a hoover (because hair dryers push the water inside, while hoovers pull it out), putting it into a white rice for 2-3 days... Are they work for cameras, or is my camera dead? Is it too late?

Can I have it repaired or something? My S4 is %100 original and yes, I do have guarantee. I heard that they were waterproof though...

Please help, any comment is appreciated.

note: I dropped into the toilet if that makes any difference, lol.

 

[Almeuit]

You can try the rice for a few days but you should of done that right away.. The towel only dried the outside.

Any time a phone goes in water it should be shut down, battery and stuff taken out, and then let it sit in rice for 3 days or so.

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[Almeuit]

And only the S4 "Active" is water "resistant". The normal S4 is not water anything.

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[Exze_S4]

I put a bb on rice for a few days and dried very well, if u ask me i think i do the same whit the s4 but try to remove not only the battery try to remove the case for a better drying. Or u can carefuly try to dry the lens whit a swab

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[walesser]

You can try the rice for a few days but you should of done that right away.. The towel only dried the outside.

Any time a phone goes in water it should be shut down, battery and stuff taken out, and then let it sit in rice for 3 days or so.

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Thanks for the reply. You think it's too late now?

And only the S4 "Active" is water "resistant". The normal S4 is not water anything.

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Everything is OK but the camera though...

I put a bb on rice for a few days and dried very well, if u ask me i think i do the same whit the s4 but try to remove not only the battery try to remove the case for a better drying. Or u can carefuly try to dry the lens whit a swab

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Thanks for the reply, but I don't want to mess up my S4 any further man, does it work if I leave it with only the battery, sim and microSD is removed?

 

[Exze_S4]

Well u can try, but i think the plastic around the camera wont let the rice absorve all the remain water or humidity, look for any video on youtube that teaches you how disarm youre phone, i change the usb plate of a s2 that i have and the glass and no s2 was harm..

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[Ava Amurao]

hey i have the same issue right now. were u able to fix it? can u tell me what did u do?,

 

[sipirtz]

i dropped mine into the toilet yesterday with all the' stuff ' in it. took it out rinsed it, towel dried it, the charger didn't work ( message displayed the usb port is connected but it wasn't, my kid suggested the rice method but i had no 48 hrs or so , and i switched my stove on and put my phone above it for 5x 1minutes and voila! its working good again. i have an otterbox for 100 bucks tho

 

[lilmomma843]

I dropped my note 2 in the pool..I immediately snatched it out n took the phone apart..I put the pieces in a bag of rice for a day then put it back together. The screen is still black but the bottom lights work.. Any suggestions?

 

[Jade Hunter]

Hi honey. Same thing happened to mine. I let mine sit in the sun while it being in rice BC my camera did the same and it turned out fine

 

[Deb Gamespage]

Mine fell in a pond yesterday, and the camera was blurry too. I put it in a bag of rice overnight and it cleared it up. Everything works on mine now except the phone, I can't hear anyone, and they can't hear me, altho the speaker is working. I'm hoping another day in rice will help this!!

 

[Inola Olds]

Ok so I dropped it like 11-12 hours before. When I dropped it I IMMEDIATELY pulled it out, it was in like 1 sec or something... When I pulled it out it all worked well, I dried it with a towel and all. Sounds was OK, screen was OK, everything was perfect, as it was before I dropped it. But when I tried to open the camera 1 hour ago, it was very blurry... Both front and back cameras... So I took out the battery, sim and microSD card, and now I'm here.

Now what should I do? What's my best bet? I heard drying with a hoover (because hair dryers push the water inside, while hoovers pull it out), putting it into a white rice for 2-3 days... Are they work for cameras, or is my camera dead? Is it too late?

Can I have it repaired or something? My S4 is %100 original and yes, I do have guarantee. I heard that they were waterproof though...

Please help, any comment is appreciated.

note: I dropped into the toilet if that makes any difference, lol.

 

[Mary Wright3]

Ok so I dropped it like 11-12 hours before. When I dropped it I IMMEDIATELY pulled it out, it was in like 1 sec or something... When I pulled it out it all worked well, I dried it with a towel and all. Sounds was OK, screen was OK, everything was perfect, as it was before I dropped it. But when I tried to open the camera 1 hour ago, it was very blurry... Both front and back cameras... So I took out the battery, sim and microSD card, and now I'm here.

Now what should I do? What's my best bet? I heard drying with a hoover (because hair dryers push the water inside, while hoovers pull it out), putting it into a white rice for 2-3 days... Are they work for cameras, or is my camera dead? Is it too late?

Can I have it repaired or something? My S4 is %100 original and yes, I do have guarantee. I heard that they were waterproof though...

Please help, any comment is appreciated.

note: I dropped into the toilet if that makes any difference, lol.