Water damage indicators

[Simon_y7]

What exactly are they supposed to look like when there was damage? On Rezound, there appear to be two: one on connections side of the battery, and another, a bit smaller, on the side opposite of the SIM card. In my case, on both there is a pattern of fine white and red short horizontal lines. It's not what is meant when said that these indicators turn red? God, I hope.

 

[yodatom10]

What exactly are they supposed to look like when there was damage? On Rezound, there appear to be two: one on connections side of the battery, and another, a bit smaller, on the side opposite of the SIM card. In my case, on both there is a pattern of fine white and red short horizontal lines. It's not what is meant when said that these indicators turn red? God, I hope.

Oh oh did it get wet ?

Sent from my Jelly bean powered Galaxy Nexus

 

[Skunkape60]

Taking the phone into a steamy bathroom too may times will show up as water damage....

 

[Simon_y7]

It slipped off my belt on a soggy, swampy field, in the dark, and I discovered it missing about 15 min later. The back part of the Defender was on and it was in a leather horizontal pouch, but the charging port was exposed. I saw somewhere else that the white/red X pattern was normal, but I got it apart and the battery out, and am reluctant to put it together and turn on.

 

[yodatom10]

It slipped off my belt on a soggy, swampy field, in the dark, and I discovered it missing about 15 min later. The back part of the Defender was on and it was in a leather horizontal pouch, but the charging port was exposed. I saw somewhere else that the white/red X pattern was normal, but I got it apart and the battery out, and am reluctant to put it together and turn on.

Put in rice for 24hrs just to be safe.

Sent from my Jelly bean powered Galaxy Nexus

 

[mikeytg1024]

Mine have a fine red crosshatch pattern on a white background. My phone has never been wet, I don't even take pictures of water. They look similar on my old Droid X, I think the red lines mean they are OK.

 

[Kerafyrm]

The indicators are supposed to turn pure red if it was exposed to water damage; supposedly, there's also one inside the phone that you can't access easily.

The red crosshatch pattern is there to prevent people from using white-out to paint over the indicators. Anyone doing this would then have to redraw the red crosshatch patch onto the white-out.

 

[blackbyrd]

Those red hatch marks bleed into a solid pink when it comes in contact with water. You're fine.

 

[Simon_y7]

It's been working. Thanks to everyone who responded. Now is the music player's turn which my wife put yesterday through a washing machine. What a day it was!

 

[yodatom10]

It's been working. Thanks to everyone who responded. Now is the music player's turn which my wife put yesterday through a washing machine. What a day it was!

I think your going to need a bigger bowl of rice. Good luck

Sent from my Jelly bean powered Galaxy Nexus

 

[WaterDamageIdahoFalls]

The biggest problem is the power up test after the electronics got wet... that is what fries the componentry. I dropped my smartphone in the ocean one time... immediately pulled the battery out, never turned it on and stored it for a few days in a bag of rice (sucked it dry before any corrosion could happen). I hope you found a way to resolve it. Water damage only impacts your phone when electricity flows through the water causing short circuits unless you allows the corrosion to permanently short them.