Any phone geeks on here? Samsung moisture warning

[ClichéGuevara]

Firstly, sorry of this is the wrong spot mods, I did look and couldn't see anywhere more relevant, so please feel free to transport me to another place if you feel it fist better there.

I like my phone, it's a Galaxy a 52S, but it's getting close to the point where i'm going to change it, all because of the annoying habit it has of telling me it's wet itself several times a day, when it clearly hasn't. This then makes it refuse to be charged...Well excuse me Mr Box of wires...I'm in charge here. (okay I'm not, but it made me feel masterful as a I wrote that)

I've looked at all the usual suggestions that are mainly aimed at clearing the message, but none stop it happening again, and each mean I spend more time clearing the pointless message than I do using the actual phone, plus the bloody thing pops up on a night, which means it has a periodic sob, that sounds just like a message alert right through the night.

Any geeks out there know how I can change the internal gubbins to make it realise that it's knockers are dry all the time?

 

[Broadside]

My iPhone does this with some cheap aftermarket charger cables. Have you tried using a different charger cable?

 

[fossyant]

Have you got any water in either the charger cable or the phone socket. Mine complained after the phone was too close to frozen lunch in my panniers on the way to work. Had to dry the socket out under the hand dryer.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

My iPhone does this with some cheap aftermarket charger cables. Have you tried using a different charger cable?

Aye it doesn't seem to make any difference. It tends to pop up a fair few hours after the charge too.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Have you got any water in either the charger cable or the phone socket. Mine complained after the phone was too close to frozen lunch in my panniers on the way to work. Had to dry the socket out under the hand dryer.

Nope. It's done it when it's been sat in the same warm dry spot for hours, sometimes over a day, and then just randomly bleats.

I do a bit more sometimes, but generally I give it a stroke with a soft dry cloth or similar, bounce about 10 - 15 times, and it seems to snuggle down again. It then goes to a warm, dry spot, but not long after the whimpering starts.

I'm starting to think it just gets lonely.

 

[fossyant]

Any dirt/fluff in the connections ? Worth cleaning them out !

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Any dirt/fluff in the connections ? Worth cleaning them out !

I've done that with the approved cleaners, and blow air, both cold as well as hot to dry it.

It will often clear just with a reboot, which given it hasn't moved means it's unlikely to be dirt or moisture in my opinion.

 

[MichaelW2]

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

I will answer just on the off chance you were being serious, but yes. It's about 50:50 whether doing that alone clears it.

 

[newts]

If you've used different cables/charger & it still happens, sounds like the charging port in the phone is damaged & intermittendly shorting out?

 

[Cycleops]

Apparently the fix is to press the power and volume down button simultaneously until the phone powers up. This bypasses the feature.
I’ve also read you can disable this in battery settings.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Apparently the fix is to press the power and volume down button simultaneously until the phone powers up. This bypasses the feature.
I’ve also read you can disable this in battery settings.

Only works temporarily, and even then not every time.

I'm looking for a way to permanently isolate it.

 

[midlife]

On a different tack, does it have wireless charging?

 

[ClichéGuevara]

If you've used different cables/charger & it still happens, sounds like the charging port in the phone is damaged & intermittendly shorting out?

That is a possibility.

There's an independent computer/phone shop not too far away, I'll nip in and ask him to have a look.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

On a different tack, does it have wireless charging?

I've read the options for doing that, but they only work as a temporary solution the same as the others, and it still resorts to its attention seeking whimper soon enough.