water-damaged iphone5s

stefan212

Right so this mate of mine is a spanner had the phone 2 weeks and droped it in a pint of vodka and juice he had insurance and got it replaced so i bought it off him just for the challenge of trying to fix it took it apart gave the logic board a bath (well 4 baths) in isopropil alcohol and put it back together after 15 mins of charge the phone started to beep every 5 seconds but no activity on screen plugged into pc it recognised was able to restore evrything worked as normal tested the homebuton seems to work (the back light is working ) the silent button vibrates on and off and the turn off button makes the noise it makes when the screen closes everything bar the touch functionality and lcd is working a new screen for it is about 150 bob so was hoping someone knows how i can test the mobo jacks to see if its not the connector on the mobo and not the screen any ideas
???

ozmo

Just a warning before you spend much on it - I heard some networks will IMEI block a phone that has insurance written off on it- do you have a way of checking its not or will not be blocked soon? its technically their property now.

naasrd

Are you familiar with commas, full stops and capital letters? I'd love to help but your post is tiresome after the first line or so.

MissyFit

naasrd wrote: »

Are you familiar with commas, full stops and capital letters? I'd love to help but your post is tiresome after the first line or so.

Are you familiar with the word anal ?

deandean

Hopefully you'l get the full-stop button and the upper-case button working soon, it is hard to understand what you're asking.

MissyFit

deandean wrote: »

Hopefully you'l get the full-stop button and the upper-case button working soon, it is hard to understand what you're asking.

Wow , another one . Maybe ye two should hook up . Ye both seem quite anal

The Muppet

deandean wrote: »

Hopefully you'l get the full-stop button and the upper-case button working soon, it is hard to understand what you're asking.

Funny I understood the question perfectly . If I knew the answer I would help but I don't .

Get over yourself with the grammar police rubbish.

stefan212

Now i hate grammar Nazi's and no im not familiar with full stops and comas and i bluntly refuse they exist what i was asking i don't want to spend too much on it i want to test if the screen is gone or its the connections on the logic board oh and i dont get the anal jokes either .

aimee1

stefan212 wrote: »

Right so this mate of mine is a spanner had the phone 2 weeks and droped it in a pint of vodka and juice he had insurance and got it replaced so i bought it off him just for the challenge of trying to fix it took it apart gave the logic board a bath (well 4 baths) in isopropil alcohol and put it back together after 15 mins of charge the phone started to beep every 5 seconds but no activity on screen plugged into pc it recognised was able to restore evrything worked as normal tested the homebuton seems to work (the back light is working ) the silent button vibrates on and off and the turn off button makes the noise it makes when the screen closes everything bar the touch functionality and lcd is working a new screen for it is about 150 bob so was hoping someone knows how i can test the mobo jacks to see if its not the connector on the mobo and not the screen any ideas
???

liquid damage is more likely to damage electronic components on the main board then an interface like a connector

stefan212

aimee1 wrote: »

liquid damage is more likely to damage electronic components on the main board then an interface like a connector

so what do you think buy the screen and fit it to test ??

aimee1

stefan212 wrote: »

so what do you think buy the screen and fit it to test ??

me personally i wouldnt.

1. its more likely to be board damaged
2. IMEI is likely to be blocked

stefan212

If the imei is not blocked the insurance let him keep the phone as it wasn't reported lost/stolen it was water-damaged.
There was minimal corrosion on the board and the phone responds just like normal but the screen is dead.
what im thinking now if i bring it to a phone repair shop would they test the screen for me or test a new screen if it works ??

wil

stefan212 wrote: »

Now i hate grammar Nazi's and no im not familiar with full stops and comas and i bluntly refuse they exist what i was asking i don't want to spend too much on it i want to test if the screen is gone or its the connections on the logic board oh and i dont get the anal jokes either .

The grammar nazi nazis are almost as bad as the aforementioned grammar nazis a term i find ridiculous and the nonsense is you dont tend to find one without the other waiting in the undergrowth so basically they are equally as bad as each other and i appreciate the irony of pointing out the flaws of pointing out the flaws of another but hey they have the right to fight for the right to be absurd but to be honest they do exist much as commas etc and stuff exist and serve more purpose than the aforementioned gns in that they clarify where your brain can take a breath and prevent nausea there are plenty of places offering to replace iphone screens i think i saw some recently doing it for 60 so that seems a lot better than your estimate so that would seem the best bet take it to one of them and as they are used to replacing these screens they will be quick to tell you if it is working or not and if not then they may not charge you anything or just a relatively small amount and just hang on to their new screen so that would be my suggestion some of the chinese ones are pretty good some are not so but depending where you are you might find one recommended near to you and they generally don't charge as much for labour as many phone shops seem to i hope that helps:) and yeah i don't get the anal references either some people seem to have a bit of a fixation