As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics Water Damage]]
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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.
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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. You will also have to remove any shields that may be covering some components as the water have got in under them as well
Hopefully after you have done all this the phone ''might'' possibly work correctly again.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
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Here is a link to the ifixit teardown guides for a [[Topic:Huawei P20 Pro]] (couldn’t find one for your model) which may be of some help.
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Here is a link to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQacDQYs93U|video] which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
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Here is a link to the ifixit teardown guides for your phone which may be of some help.
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[[Topic:Huawei P20 Pro]]
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Here is a link to the ifixit teardown guides for a [[Topic:Huawei P20 Pro]] (couldn’t find one for your model) which may be of some help.
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.
Hi,
As you know water and electronics and electricity are not a good mix.
''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.''
'''Rice''' is good to eat but '''does not fix the problems''' caused by corrosion.
[[Don't Put Your Device in Rice. Here's Why...]]
''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%+''' (available from most pharmacies) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. Do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is <70% IPA, can contain scents and is not as effective. If you do check the label to verify the amount of IPA
Here is a link that describes the process.
[[Electronics 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.
You may also have to replace the LCD screen / digitizer if cleaning the phone doesn’t work.
Here is a link to the ifixit teardown guides for your phone which may be of some help.
[[Topic:Huawei P20 Pro]]
If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional 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''.