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power issues with alcatel onetouche

The phone falled in to the water but it seemed ok .a few minutes later it started to turn on and off in his own. I removed the battery but now the phone dosent turn on.yesterday by my surprise the phone powerd on and started to ring but the lcd was not showing anything‚ but i could hear the volume control ‚ the screenshot sound and i even managed to activate the camara by randomly touching the phone and apperently the phone was running perfectly for 6 hours .then i removed the battery and know it dosent want to turn on..also the motherboard has corrosion..what should i do?

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Helo i just discovered somthing the phone is actually working perfectly exept that the lcd screen is completely dead‚the phone responds to all my comands ‚so is there any way to fix my screen? The toucscreen apperently works fine also and my pc detects the phone

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Hi,

As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.

Water causes corrosion and provides circuit paths for the electricity which were not in the phone's operating design and could damage the components.

First you need to remove the battery from the phone. The sooner you remove the battery the less damage will be inflicted.

Then you need to dis-assemble the phone and clean all the parts using Isopropyl Alcohol 90%+ to remove all traces of corrosion.

Here is a link that in general, describes the process.

Electronics Water Damage

You will probably have to replace the battery as it is very hard to recover a battery from liquid 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

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Hi, Looks like you were lucky. The problem is you still have to remove the corrosion. Corrosion can still cause problems later on. Also you do not know whether the problem now is the LCD screen itself or the components on the systemboard that control the LCD that is faulty.

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