Help Uh oh! Desire is breaking!??

[Rozzerdinho]

Hi there!

First Post!...and not a very good one

I have an HTC Desire and its an awesome phone and had no problems with it until today. It was in my pocket and i got completely soaked by the rain so naturally my Desire got soaked too.

So i look at it, and there seems to be a pair of headphones in the notification bar and it says "safe mode" down at the bottom left. It also wont stop vibrating and every time i press the power button it turns itself off.

What to do guys!? How do I turn off safe mode?? Ive tried the obvious such as battery out etc.

Thanks

Rozzer

 

[350Rocket]

The first thing i would do is remove the battery, sim, sd card. Leave the battery cover off and immerse the phone in a bag of rice. It will absorbe the moisture. Leave it there for several days to a week. Then try it. Might have to try a factory reset if its still messed up. I had an old samsung flip phone that went through the laundry and it was ok after drying for over a week and i didnt know the rice trick back then. good luck.

 

[Rozzerdinho]

Got it working again! I held the volume button and the power button and it came up a menu...something like reboot, safety and 2 others. I pressed reboot and waited a while and the safe mode was gone and phone working perfectly!

Thanks for the reply rocket!

 

[350Rocket]

Glad to hear it was okay. Take a ziplock bag with you to stick it in in case it rains from now on. That's what i did the other day on a long hike through the snow. The touchscreen still worked fine even in the bag lol.

 

[avenuePad]

Glad to hear it was okay. Take a ziplock bag with you to stick it in in case it rains from now on. That's what i did the other day on a long hike through the snow. The touchscreen still worked fine even in the bag lol.

haha. I'm going to try that! Good tip!