Phone got wet, boots into factory mode

[Stefan]

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Dropped Fairphone in the toilet - now WiFi doesn't work

Additionally to disassembling, another advice: if you want to speed up the drying process, do not use rice. Instead, try to desiccating silica gel. A lot. Put it in an air-tight container, and put your phone in (or the parts, if you disassembled it). Direct contact is not necessary, but the closer, the better. Two pro tips: a) If you have a university near you, and know someone working in a life sciences lab there, ask them if you could borrow some hundred grams. The stuff is rather inexpens…

PS: You should not have tried to turn on your phone in the first place, as it’s possible that you shortened the circuits.