Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Water Damage: Sleep On It!
My Galaxy S got wet when I was trying to put XtremeGuard screen protector on it. I left Galaxy S off for 8 hours but it seems that that was not enough for it to dry. The power button shorted, resulting in continuous rebooting. The Home button was also unresponsive.
So, I disassembled the phone completely and blew it with the hair dryer. Everything seems dry but the phone still rebooted repeatedly. Upon closer look, it seems that the power switch was still soggy. I pressed hard on the power switch flex until a minuscule drop of water came out. That repaired it.
However, the home button was still unresponsive. I tried in vain but I could not find a way to disassemble the flex cable to reach the home switch without removing the screen. I tried blow drying it but that did not work. I tried so hard until I gave up and planned to take it to the service center later.
For the time being, I installed ButtonRemapper so I can use the power button as the home button. But then, I realized I can’t find a proper power off apps. ButtonRemapper would have been good if the Galaxy S has a dedicated search button, but it didn’t. So, I installed Button Savior to use virtual buttons for the home button. These are not perfect solutions.
Fortunately, when I woke up the next morning, the home button was functioning.
The solution? Sleep on it, literally.
Yeah… I accidentally slept on my phone the whole night. That did it. Wow. Who would have guessed.
UniCynic, I Sleep on it, when I woke up the next morning my phone start zooming. Almost all mobile phone now are on Android, they are having a very similar functions, I don’t know which one to choose from.
UniCynic, are you expecting Nokia will be back with their Symbian OS.