Another "Moisture detected in charging port" on Galaxy S8

[AC Question]

Hello guys,

I got my S8 two weeks ago and I'm very happy with the phone so far. Not issues, no red tint or broken glass (yet).

I read a lot of the other threads but I can assure you that mine is unique. Please don't laugh, lessons learned.

I used to charge my phone very close to the bin. One day I ate beans and had the trash in a bag outside ready to dump it in the bin. I disconnected the charger cable and dropped it on the ground, it accidently got into the beans can! I cleaned it, left it in rice for some time and decided to try to charge my phone (how stupid was I). I started charging no issues but after 1h after I disconnected it I got the dreaded message about moisture. Well, it wasn't a moisture but beans sauce. I don't know what was I thinking and should have binned the cable immediately. I used another cable and got the same message. This made me think that some beans sauce has stuck on the USB charging port. I cleaned it gently with tweezers and cloth and it got better. For two days, I haven't seen the message but I'm afraid of it coming back or whether this might cause corrosion in a long term.

Bought a new fast charge cable, a good one. I've noticed that if I connect it one way it says slow charging, if I swap the cable (yes, I know it is USB C) it says fast charging. Now my worry is whether the beans caused this issue and there is still contamination on the USB port OR it is because of the cable.

If it is something it is on the USB charging port itself, not inside the phone. I'm tempted to use alcohol swab or any other way to clean the USB port.

Your help and suggestions are much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Cheers

 

[underway99]

If it's been a few days with no issues, then you may have cleared this one. I'd find another place to charge my phone though.

You could first look at the port (and the cable end) with good light and a magnifier to see if there is any obvious contamination. The alcohol swab would be a good idea if you see a lot of contamination. Remember that there are a lot of individual contacts on those connectors. I would gently clean each one in turn with something as small as the end of a pin.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Keep in mind it is rated for IP68, so a quick rinse in water won't hurt it. A blast or two of canned air into the charging port won't hurt either. Same goes for the cable, as long it's not plugged in.

 

[MireBiH]

Go to settings then go to application and in the upper corner you have 3 dots click them and choose system aplication and then choose usb settings and in the usb settings go to clear cache then restart the phone and thats it.My problem is solved

 

[Yoan11485]

Go to settings then go to application and in the upper corner you have 3 dots click them and choose system aplication and then choose usb settings and in the usb settings go to clear cache then restart the phone and thats it.My problem is solved

You shouldnt have any issues with your phone by getting it wet. when i go swimming(pool only) i take my phone with me. i play with it in the water. i take picture videos play games at the pool you name it. i have never had a single issue. im more worried about dropping it and cracking the screen than damaging it by getting it wet. no sir.dont worry. this is a good phone. water wont do anything to it unless you take it to the ocean which is not recommended.