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Repair, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the OPPO Reno12 F 5G Android smartphone, including model CPH2637. The same model is sold as the OPPO F27 5G or OPPO Reno12 FS 5G in some regions.

The phone is power off

The phone fell into the seawater

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Hi @adelabdelmonam

The impurities in the seawater causes corrosion and provides circuit paths for the electricity which were not in the phone's operating design and could damage the components. The corrosion starts immediately and is ongoing until it is completely cleaned away

First do not try to charge or to turn on your phone and then remove the battery as soon as possible from the phone to minimize any further damage.

Then you need to dis-assemble the rest of the phone and clean all the affected parts using Isopropyl Alcohol 99%+ (available at electronics parts stores) to remove all traces of corrosion and water. If possible do not use "rubbing alcohol" as in some cases this is only 70% IPA or less, can contain additives which may leave conductive residues and is not as effective. If you do have to use it check the label to verify the amount of IPA. The higher the percentage of IPA the better

Here is a link that describes what happens. Electronics Water Damage

As always with electronics, especially surface mounted pcb be gentle when handling and especially when brushing away the corrosion. You do not want to remove any components from the board. Remove the shields that may be covering some components as the water may have got in under there. The ends of any flex cables and their connectors need to be cleaned as well

Hopefully after you have done all this the phone might possibly work correctly again.

Here is teardown video that may help.

If this process seems too daunting, take your phone to a reputable, professional phone repair service, experienced in liquid damage repair and ask for a quote for a repair. If you decide to do this, do it sooner than later.

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Try plugging it on charge for a while if it does not turn get a battery replacement

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3 Comments:

@nelsondzata

Plugging it in to charge is a good way to kill the phone if there's seawater and resultant corrosion inside the phone - see the answer below.

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You never said anything about it being in water

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@nelsondzata

If you read the question at the top of the page, the OP who posted the question said that it fell in seawater

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