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Dropped my lg g5 down the toilet I have dried it out and it seems to work but the touch screen comes on but does not respond when trying to access it but when the phone goes into stand by and you tap the screen it comes on but does not respond to touch is this a fault with the proximity sensor or the screen
Hi, As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix. The minerals in the water (all water except distilled water) cause corrosion and water being a good conductor provides circuit paths for the electricity which were not in the phone’s operating design and could damage the components. The corrosion process starts straight away First do not turn on your phone and then you need to with the phone turned off, remove the battery as soon as possible from the phone to minimize further damage.’’ Then you need to dis-assemble the rest of the phone and clean all the affected parts using Isopropyl Alcohol 90%+ to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use “rubbing alcohol” as in some cases this is only 70% and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount Here is a link that describes the process. Electronics Water Damage You may have to replace the battery as it is very hard to recover a battery from water damage. As always with electronics, especially surface mounted PCBs be gentle when handling and especially when brushing away the corrosion. You do not want to remove any components from the board. Hopefully after you have done all this the phone might possibly work correctly again. Here is a link to the ifixit guide(s) for repairing your phone. LG G5 Repair If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional mobile phone repair service experienced in water damage repair and ask for a quote for a repair. If you decide to do this, do it sooner than later.
Try opening it, and fill it with rice to completely dry it. After 24 hours, take the rice out and look at a teardown to see if your device is wired improperly. Update 2/2/17 Actually not rice just dry it with a hair dryer but DO NOT microwave as that is dumb and stupid. Update 3/2/17 Apperantly rice isnt the way to go, use Isopho whatever alcohol to clean the inside and remove corrosion.
