Xperia L Damaged in rain | Speakers not working properly

I was enjoying riding my Access in this rain when the mortal enemy of mobile phones entered my Xperia L. The touch, display and storage is fine but the speakers are not working properly. They have lost their volume and are not playing some sounds of music tracks at all.

Upon advice from many people over the internet, I have placed it in an airtight container with rice. Any further advice on what to do now and if I could get it repaired would be appreciated.

PS: OT: Not sure whether to be sad or happy. I was enjoying the rain. But the phone isn't working. It's sad and happy at the same time. :S

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Just remove the battery first and the rice bowl will be fine. You could even put it in front of a dry fan for some days.
Check this video out:- *www.youtube.com/watch?v=tASvbnODtq4

I am unable to watch the video right now due to some error. I would watch it later. Thanks.

I have already placed it in an airtight container with rice. I hope it will get fine.

Remove battery, sd card (if any), sim and back cover (

) and keep it in "dry/uncooked" rice for like 3 days.

pratyush997 said:
Remove battery, sd card (if any), sim and back cover ( ) and keep it in "dry/uncooked" rice for like 3 days.

Uncooked?? I placed them in cooked rice with rajma!! D: /s

I was unable to remove the SD card, so I placed it in uncooked rice without removing it, but removed SIM and battery.

You : Mom, whats for dinner ?
Mom : Rice, rajma and Xperia

If you do take it to service center, dont tell them it got wet in rain..

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@OP: dont worry, if you can dry out the water fully, there are chances that it will resume its normal working...

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Cooked rice wtf xD Don't eat it xD

How long to keep it in rice?
And what to say to service reps when they say water has entered into the phone? Would they not know it's water infected?

Keep it for a couple of days... It will in all probability resume it's normal functioning after that... You can also try purchasing some silica gel which is a much better desiccant than rice!!!

Thanks. Where can I procure silica gel from? Hardware shops?

Nipun said:
Thanks. Where can I procure silica gel from? Hardware shops?

generally most electronic equipment store walas have it .
i use it with my camera as moisture can be deadly for it.

Okay, thanks!
I will try to get it soon.

Nipun said:
Okay, thanks!
I will try to get it soon.

The sooner, the better...

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You can also try to take it apart if you are comfortable and manually clean the entire PCB(Printed Circuit Board). If you are not comfortable, take it to a local trusted mobile repair shop and tell him/her to take it apart and wash the PCB using IsoPropyl alcohol and clean it. All the best.

I took it out of rice after about 50 hours, and the speaker quality and volume have improved. But after about a minute of music I felt that the volume is falling again and quality getting back to worse so I have placed it back in the air tight container of rice. Am I doing it right?

Nipun said:
I took it out of rice after about 50 hours, and the speaker quality and volume have improved. But after about a minute of music I felt that the volume is falling again and quality getting back to worse so I have placed it back in the air tight container of rice. Am I doing it right?

Yeah...
Keep it for the whole week at least...
Buy the silica gel... It is a hell lot more effective...

Whole week?

I thought 2-3 days are enough! :/

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Take it apart and get the PCB cleaned off all the moisture.

itsakjt said:
Take it apart and get the PCB cleaned off all the moisture.

I cannot do it myself and the repair shops locally are too stupid.

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One word, silica gel

kalam_gohab said:
One word, silica gel

That's two.

Nipun said:
That's two.

Really!!! You don't have better things to do like save your mobile???

powerhoney said:
Really!!! You don't have better things to do like save your mobile???

What can I do? It's in the rice bowl, demoisturizing itself(Wouldn't skin creams help in this?

). All I can do is to morally motivate it.

"Yes Xperia, you can overcome this attack!".

I am late in posting but still... What To Do When You Drop Your Phone Into Water? - A Mine of Information - Quora

^^^ Most of that has already been suggested on this thread by us...
Btw, [MENTION=112980]Nipun[/MENTION], about the silica gel???

I was unable to get silica gel. Will try to get it today.

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Nipun said:
Whole week?

I thought 2-3 days are enough! :/

thing is we have alot of moisture by default in the air so more time to dry it fully

I needed to use phone today, so I took it out of the rice container today in the evening and it's working perfectly fine. The speakers I think still lack something, but I think that might me there since the purchase. It's working well now.

Thank you everyone for your help.

Nipun said:
I needed to use phone today, so I took it out of the rice container today in the evening and it's working perfectly fine. The speakers I think still lack something, but I think that might me there since the purchase. It's working well now.

Thank you everyone for your help.

Cheers... The speakers should return to their normal state in a week or two once the last bits of moisture dries up... Do procure the silica gel if you can... Keep the phone in a box with the silica gel while charging/overnight for complete peace of mind...

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Nipun said:
I was enjoying riding my Access in this rain when the mortal enemy of mobile phones entered my Xperia L. The touch, display and storage is fine but the speakers are not working properly. They have lost their volume and are not playing some sounds of music tracks at all.

Upon advice from many people over the internet, I have placed it in an airtight container with rice. Any further advice on what to do now and if I could get it repaired would be appreciated.

PS: OT: Not sure whether to be sad or happy. I was enjoying the rain. But the phone isn't working. It's sad and happy at the same time. :S

Well, you have and your device have enjoyed the rain and now your device has exposed to the cold tell you what the chances of getting your device working back to normal is very you can say chances are only 20%. As you said you have removed the battery and put your device inside airtight box with rice inside for the soaking, I am sure that is the best one can do you are doing perfectly fine, this is advised when your device gets wet if you are lucky enough your device may came back alive, keep it inside the rice for i guess a day or two for better results i.e make sure that every single drop of water gets evaporated before you put the battery back in place as in this way you will be getting good chances , do one more thing after you complete the rice soaking process put it inside a bag of silica get for a day ! I am sure if you have recently purchased an electronics items you can get a bag of silica gel inside it otherwise you can walk to the nearest electronics shop and ask for the silica gel I am sure they will give you ! Why I am telling this is just because silica gel can soak water more fast and efficiently rather than the rice. Try doing it then put the battery back in place to see if your device starts working back fine.

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Nipun said:
I needed to use phone today, so I took it out of the rice container today in the evening and it's working perfectly fine. The speakers I think still lack something, but I think that might me there since the purchase. It's working well now.

Thank you everyone for your help.

HeeHaw!

Enjoy.