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sbnumara

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I was wiping the back of my phone with alcohol. Then I grabbed it as I was scrolling .. bottom right of the screen i saw a little darkening of the black was seizing screen slowly. I was surprised , I turned off the screen and heated it insanely with the hair dryer. I unlocked the phone it was there and bigger [sm \u003d s20.gif]. What should I do ? Do you think the LCD's gone? Or if I dry up for a day? Please help.
 

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maxjohnson2

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The older iPhones are easier to repair, if you feel you can handle it I would just order a new battery and LCD from fixez.com, they’re cheap too. If you can’t, well tough luck aside from paying Apple or someone else to do the repair.
 
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BugeyeSTI

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Take the screen protector off. It looks like liquid is trapped between the screen and the protector. Alcohol evaporates very quickly and is even used to clean parts during repairs. I don't see how it could of caused any harm unless you submerged it in a container of alcohol...
 

Lekro

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The alcohol screwed up the backlight layer of the screen. The LCD part is fine, just needs new backlight. Probably easier to replace the whole screen for an SE.
 
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sbnumara

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Thanks to all.

Afterall mic , speaker , screen working fully.? It has been wanting a maintanence. Battery health has already reduced to 73%. As i write to forum i went and put the phone in a box of rice and i'll wait for 2-4 days.

PPL on other forums told me that Apple puts a gasket between the phone and the outside layer. might it be the gasket that caused the leak ? ?
 

Lekro

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Mar 23, 2019
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Thanks to all.

Afterall mic , speaker , screen working fully.? It has been wanting a maintanence. Battery health has already reduced to 73%. As i write to forum i went and put the phone in a box of rice and i'll wait for 2-4 days.

PPL on other forums told me that Apple puts a gasket between the phone and the outside layer. might it be the gasket that caused the leak ? ?
No gasket will prevent alcohol entering the phone. The SE has no adhesive around the screen.
 

sbnumara

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Dec 11, 2019
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No gasket will prevent alcohol entering the phone. The SE has no adhesive around the screen.

this is pretty silly to be honest. Technically my iphone's lcd can broke down with a single drop rain on the right place
 

Lekro

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It’s not really silly if you consider that alcohol is a strong solvent and the iPhone’s water resistance comes from utilising adhesives.
 
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