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So my Nexus 6 fell in the water, I was under impression it is water proof, but when the screen started flickering I knew it’s not so water resistance/proof, so I decided to turn it off and put in rice, it was so desperation to check if it’s working or not, but I still left it in rice for 2 days. After 2 days, when I tried to turn it on, it didn’t turn on, so I plug it to power and left for couple of hours for charging, when I came back and tuned it on, it did turn on, but the battery was still showing as 1%. Generally with Motorola turbo charger it should be 100% by now. So I figured it’s not charging and need troubleshooting/repair. I checked Motorola warranty was void with water damage, so decided to do repair myself. First off I tried charging from Qi charger, hoping there should be short circuit in regular charging, but that didn’t work either. So I thought maybe battery is gone, so I ordered a new batter and replaced it successfully, but the new battery is also not charging. When I opened the phone I noticed some water stains on the unit next to USB connector, that would be charging unit. Does anyone know, if replacing the charging unit is possible, what’s the part number. Is there anything else I can do? The phone work perfectly while connected to power, no issues in the screen or anywhere else, I have been using the phone connected to power for few days now. If someone can confirm this phone can’t be repaired, I would love to buy new Nexus or OnePlus 3 :-). Any help or ideas are appreciated.
Sorry but putting any device in rice solves nothing. All it does is causes some but not all of the liquid that is currently still inside of the phone in liquid form to evaporate. Some will still be there and the damage would still be there as there will be corrosion, green marks on shorted areas of the board. What you need to do is disassemble the device to the board and clean the ribbon connectors on the logic board with at least 99% isopropyl alcohol and any other affected areas that you see water damage or green marks. There are even some areas that can be liquid damaged and not be visible by the human eye, which could require a microscope to see it. Best to wait for what others say about this because I’m sure they have better suggestions, recommendations.
