Samsung Galaxy S went for a splash

shandy1

Hi. I dropped my phone in a pan of water yesterday. It was in for about 1.5 seconds. I took the battery out and sim card, dried with a towel and hairdryer, then put the bits in a tub of rice and kept it warm over night. I put it back together about an hour ago, turned it on and it came on fine.
Then a blue box popped up saying
''sorry process system is not responding'' Also the touch screen isn't working. The home and 2 bottom buttons work fine.

Has this happened to anyone else? Apart from the clock and date resetting, The home screen looks like it did before it went for a swim, except I cant swipe the screen to unlock......

I tried phoning it as well to see what happens. The blue box pops up again saying the same thing.

All help will be appreciated!!!:o

JJ_Egan

Try a a factory reset and data wipe .

*#*#7780#*#* for factory data reset

jje

shandy1

Hey thanks. I would do but as I said, I'm stuck on the home screen so cant access anything on the phone.

JJ_Egan

Remove battery replace and hold down power on button to see if it will factory reset from that .

That fails can you get to recovery mode or download mode .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series#Recovery_Mode


jje

shandy1

Hi. I managed to reboot it from the link you sent but the screen still doesn't respond when touching it. Could the water have damaged a link in the phone that enables the touch screen to work?

The ''sorry process system is not responding'' box doesn't come up any more so the phone seems fine except I can't get the screen to unlock!:mad:

JJ_Egan

Choice is one Samsung Service centre .

two is to try flashing new firmware in the hope that that will cure the problem .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596

jje

shandy1

Still no luck, will take it to a mobile phone repairers in town tomorrow to see if they can fix it. Thanks for your advice and help though

shandy1

I got my phone back today, 5 days after i took it in to the reapir shop.
The touch screen has been fixed and everything works as it should EXCEPT I barely get any signal at all now.

The repairer said the simcard holder had corroded so much it wont recognise a sim card. Cant make calls or text. So basically he said its like an ipod touch now.
I left the shop, popped in my sim card and lo and behold I have signal although its not even 'G'. Just 1-4 bars with the r above it. I can text and make calls but cannot connect to the internet unless I allow data roaming. I then get a 'G' but no 3G or the H. WiFi works fine.
He also said It's unrepairable.

Anyone have an idea what could be wrong or if it is repairable?
Also, if i allow data roaming, will this cost loads when on the net?

Thanks for reading:D

drbesty

It sounds like you are roaming on another network, are you on Orange or TMobile ?

shandy1

Yes I'm on t mobile and I recently registered to go on both networks. Data roaming is unclicked though on settings.

narika

shandy1 wrote: »

Yes I'm on t mobile and I recently registered to go on both networks. Data roaming is unclicked though on settings.

right now roaming is allowed only on 2G and that too just for calls and texts and not for data.