<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/21 John Sullivan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@wjsullivan.net">john@wjsullivan.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
So, my N900 got a few raindrops on it on Friday (really only a few, and<br>
I'm not actually sure this was the cause of the problem to follow). When<br>
I got home out of the rain, I put the phone on my table. It was still<br>
on, and functional. Then a few minutes later when I came back to look at<br>
it, it had turned itself off. Not thinking about water, I tried to turn<br>
it back on. It gets to the white and blue NOKIA screen, but then shuts<br>
off.<br>
<br>
Then it occurred to me that maybe it had gotten wet, so I left it sit<br>
out overnight with the battery out and the case open. Next morning it<br>
still did the same thing, so I took it apart and left it in a bag of<br>
rice (desperation). Same thing.<br>
<br>
So I tried charging it -- i goes to the gray screen, with the green<br>
light solid, and buzzes once every minute or couple. But won't turn on,<br>
either while connected to AC or after being disconnected.<br>
<br>
I reflashed it. It went into USB mode and seemed to accept the<br>
reflashing just fine, but still won't turn on.<br>
<br>
Any other magic tricks I can try before concluding something is wrong in<br>
hardware?<br>
<br>
--<br>
-John Sullivan<br>
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-GPG Key: AE8600B6<br></blockquote></div><br>It seems that only thing there could be wrong is the hardware.... If you have the guts, open the device and see if there is oxidations or similars in the board/components.<br>
<br>For the future: if you even suspect that water/moisture has entered the internals of electronic device, remove battery asap and wait at least 24 hours letting it dry. Keeping device on is a mistake I've made too many times but last time I learned from my mistake and my N900 didn't die even when it got caught in horizontal summer rain.<br>
<br>Ossipena / Timo P<br>