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Water damage life one x2

My life one x2 fell in water and i took it apart and it turns on just so i can see how much it charged but not turn on to the point where i can actually use it. I put it in rice for 2 days. Help me my email

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@aziz6alharbi if you want to at least try to recover your phone you will have to take it out of the rice. IT DOES NOT WORK This is a myth that really has to disappear. Skip the rice. It is absolutely useless.''' It will not help you fix your phone. All it does is that it provides a false sense of security. It will not clean your phone, it will not prevent corrosion.

Second, stop continuing to try to charge, sync or otherwise use your phone. This potentially can make a bad situation worse.

The very first step I would take is to disassemble your phone. Use something like this video. since Blu is a bit of an off-brand it might be tough to find a proper teardown. So you'll be experimenting a bit to remove the board. Once you have to board removed, take a careful and close look at all components and connectors. Truly assess the damage. Look for major corrosion, evaluate the pins in the connectors etc,. Take a look at all connectors as well as cable ends. You will have to remove all the EMI shields off your board. Once you got the gross contamination cleaned, use 90%+ isopropyl alcohol and clean your parts some more. For a proper cleaning, use this guide. It was written for an Apple iPhone 3G but it is still pertinent to your phone as well. I can not stress the importance of a good cleaning enough, so do it over and over while replacing the alcohol after each cleaning. Do not use compressed air for the cleaning since that can drive liquid as well as corrosion particles into areas that will cause trouble later on. Do not use drinking water, if you need to use water, use sterile water. Also, you do not need to leave it to dry for a day. Isopropyl alcohol in the higher concentration will evaporate quickly and dissipate the water. The importance here is the cleaning. If you can get it professionally cleaned, than do so. this is not an easy task and you may need to consider professional help. Check with users like @refectio who have specialized in that type of repair, see what he thinks. Do not forget to replace the battery. This is a must and not an option. It will fail if you do not take care of it now. Keep in mind that water damage is the hardest to troubleshoot and to repair. Only once you have all of this properly cleaned can you do a proper troubleshooting. Right now everything will only be a guess.

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