[I already spent several days on this with no results so I am about to give up. Maybe some experts here can provide some suggestions.]
I dropped my Nexus 5 into water 5 days ago (into a lake, fresh water). I dried it with towels, some blowdrying and letting it sit on the table for couple days. Right now, when I turn on my phone it shows 'google' text (and vibrates), stays there for while (5 to 25 seconds), then reboots; and just keeps doing the same cycle all over.
I can get to fastboot menu by holding down volume and power buttons, but then when I choose an option from the menu ('Start' or 'Recovery Mode'), it reboots and goes back to the same loop again.
I am trying to recover the pictures from the phone. Getting the pictures is more important getting the phone running so anything that would wipe my data is not an option.
The phone doesn't go past the google logo screen so there is no 'adb' (Nothing happens when I connect the phone to my laptop through usb). I cannot do anything with fastboot because the phone is not rooted and and fastboot commands require rooting, which would wipe my pictures ('fastboot devices' on my laptop lists the phone). I cannot do a factory reset because 1) selecting 'recovery' goes back to reboot loop, and 2) that would wipe out my data. So, is there any hope for me to get the pictures??
At this point, as a last try, I am planning to open up the phone, clean the components with isopropyl alcohol (91% available at drug store), let it dry for couple days, and hope that helps. Otherwise, admit defeat...
I dropped my Nexus 5 into water 5 days ago (into a lake, fresh water). I dried it with towels, some blowdrying and letting it sit on the table for couple days. Right now, when I turn on my phone it shows 'google' text (and vibrates), stays there for while (5 to 25 seconds), then reboots; and just keeps doing the same cycle all over.
I can get to fastboot menu by holding down volume and power buttons, but then when I choose an option from the menu ('Start' or 'Recovery Mode'), it reboots and goes back to the same loop again.
I am trying to recover the pictures from the phone. Getting the pictures is more important getting the phone running so anything that would wipe my data is not an option.
The phone doesn't go past the google logo screen so there is no 'adb' (Nothing happens when I connect the phone to my laptop through usb). I cannot do anything with fastboot because the phone is not rooted and and fastboot commands require rooting, which would wipe my pictures ('fastboot devices' on my laptop lists the phone). I cannot do a factory reset because 1) selecting 'recovery' goes back to reboot loop, and 2) that would wipe out my data. So, is there any hope for me to get the pictures??
At this point, as a last try, I am planning to open up the phone, clean the components with isopropyl alcohol (91% available at drug store), let it dry for couple days, and hope that helps. Otherwise, admit defeat...