Hi there,
In a nut shell what has happened:
-Phone went through washing machine
-Phone placed in rice for 3 days. Recovered and was working fine afterwards. Only issue was reception bars not as good as before. Overall, phone worked fine for 2 weeks until...
-Phone was charged with portable usb charger for 2 hours
-When came back to phone, it was really hot to touch. Switched it on, it forced reboot.
-Left the phone for a few minutes to cool, reboot it again. It was functional for about 30-40 seconds (you can even make a short phone call) - but eventually it locks up and crashes again. This process continued after many trials.
-Flashed via odin official stock 4.1.1 JB - stuck on samsung animation. Also, when in recovery mode, volume buttons are very unresponsive.
Story in full:
My friend's phone has suffered quite a bashing recently. It went through the washing machine a few weeks ago - but survived. We put it in a rice bowl for three days and after a while it was back to normal - all functions working as usual. Reception seemed to be not as strong as before, but it more or lessed worked 95% as it did before the washing machine incident.
Now, the issue:
I plugged it into a portable charger (I've used this charger on my own i9300 before with no issues). I left it to charge in my bag to charge when 2 hours later I went to take it out. The phone was really hot and the phone itself was off. I switched it and it booted - I noticed it was charged to about 70%. But then the phone locked up and it forced reboot.
I assumed it was the heat, so I just pulled the battery out and let it settle down for a while. I put the battery back in and the same problem occurred. I could use the phone for about 30 secs when it just locks up and reboots. I go into my recovery screen (TWRP) and it does the same - crashes and reboots.
The problem persisted all day and so I just gave up - reflashed via odin stock 4.1.1 JB. It flashed fine, or appeared to anyway - but when the phone goes to boot it is stuck on the samsung screen.
What happened? Is my phone broken for good? Did somehow the portable charger fry the insides of the phone? :(
Any suggestions?
In a nut shell what has happened:
-Phone went through washing machine
-Phone placed in rice for 3 days. Recovered and was working fine afterwards. Only issue was reception bars not as good as before. Overall, phone worked fine for 2 weeks until...
-Phone was charged with portable usb charger for 2 hours
-When came back to phone, it was really hot to touch. Switched it on, it forced reboot.
-Left the phone for a few minutes to cool, reboot it again. It was functional for about 30-40 seconds (you can even make a short phone call) - but eventually it locks up and crashes again. This process continued after many trials.
-Flashed via odin official stock 4.1.1 JB - stuck on samsung animation. Also, when in recovery mode, volume buttons are very unresponsive.
Story in full:
My friend's phone has suffered quite a bashing recently. It went through the washing machine a few weeks ago - but survived. We put it in a rice bowl for three days and after a while it was back to normal - all functions working as usual. Reception seemed to be not as strong as before, but it more or lessed worked 95% as it did before the washing machine incident.
Now, the issue:
I plugged it into a portable charger (I've used this charger on my own i9300 before with no issues). I left it to charge in my bag to charge when 2 hours later I went to take it out. The phone was really hot and the phone itself was off. I switched it and it booted - I noticed it was charged to about 70%. But then the phone locked up and it forced reboot.
I assumed it was the heat, so I just pulled the battery out and let it settle down for a while. I put the battery back in and the same problem occurred. I could use the phone for about 30 secs when it just locks up and reboots. I go into my recovery screen (TWRP) and it does the same - crashes and reboots.
The problem persisted all day and so I just gave up - reflashed via odin stock 4.1.1 JB. It flashed fine, or appeared to anyway - but when the phone goes to boot it is stuck on the samsung screen.
What happened? Is my phone broken for good? Did somehow the portable charger fry the insides of the phone? :(
Any suggestions?
