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Repair and disassembly information for Samsung's Galaxy A13 Android smartphone, released in March of 2022.

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Dropped phone in water, speakers work for a couple seconds

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I dried my phone out as best I could with the rice method, which I now know isn’t great…

Everything works fine except that the sound is on headphones. The ringer works fine, playing music as the ringtone.

I installed a change audio output app, and this made the speakers work for a couple of seconds, then it switches back to headphones.

Any ideas please? Thank you!

Jo

Edit… I’ve just noticed water droplets on inside of middle camera lens 😬

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SORRY, by putting it in rice you wasted time in opening the phone up. Open it again, remove the boards and clean them with ipa and a toothbrush. On the rest of the phone use a hairdryer to get rid of the condensation.

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Hi,

The impurities in the water causes corrosion and provides circuit paths for the electricity which were not in the phone's operating design and could damage the components. The corrosion starts immediately and is ongoing until it is completely cleaned away.

First do not try to charge or to turn on your phone and then remove the battery as soon as possible from the phone to minimize any further damage.

Then you need to dis-assemble the rest of the phone and clean all the affected parts using Isopropyl Alcohol 99%+ (available at electronics parts stores) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. If possible do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is only 70% IPA or less, can contain additives which may leave conductive residues and is not as effective. If you do have to use it check the label to verify the amount of IPA. The higher the percentage of IPA the better

Here is a link that describes the process. Electronics Water Damage

As always with electronics, especially surface mounted pcb be gentle when handling and especially when brushing away the corrosion. You do not want to remove any components from the board. Remove the shields that may be covering some components as the water may have got in under there. The ends of any flex cables and their connectors need to be cleaned as well

Hopefully after you have done all this the phone might possibly work correctly again.

Here is a link to a teardown video that may help.

If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional phone repair service, experienced in liquid damage repair and ask for a quote for a repair. If you decide to do this, do it sooner than later.

As you have found out Rice is for dinner, not repair

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