LG L41C - Fried by Lightning - Can it Be Fixed?

[beachwizard]

LG L41C - Fried by Lightning - Can it Be Fixed

So, today I'm hiking at 7,000 ft and a lightning storm rolls in. My phone is in a waterproof pocket. When I get back to the car I take out my phone to take a picture of the hail and the trail which has become a stream. My phone is vibrating and warm. I can't anything on the screen. Back home a couple of hours later my home screen has partially come back. I can't turn the screen off. The phone is now very warm. And, get this, if I look at the screen from a low angle I can see what appears to be a graph of the electrical discharges. The spikes range from 1/4 inch high to almost two inches. How close was the lightning? There was no pause between the flash and the thunder. Pretty close. Is my phone fried? Or, will it come back to life?

 

[Gregory Reese]

Re: LG L41C - Fried by Lightning - Can it Be Fixed

It's FUBAR.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: LG L41C - Fried by Lightning - Can it Be Fixed

Welcome to Android Central! I wonder if nearby lightning could really do that kind of damage (i.e., if it didn't actually strike the phone)? I'd wonder more about the phone having gotten wet. If it got wet, then trying to operate it might have worsened the damage. Review this guide and see if the suggestions help: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...ow-s/477140-guide-oh-no-my-phone-got-wet.html

 

[beachwizard]

Re: LG L41C - Fried by Lightning - Can it Be Fixed

Thanks for replying. The phone was in a waterproof pocket. It's totally dead now. But for a few days when it looked like it might recover I could see recorded on the dark screen what looked like a bar graph of the electrical discharges. There were a series of spikes, some small, several over an inch in length.