Xperia Z, the much hyped phone from Sony, which it was boasting for its water and dust resistant ability. Well we have brought something amazing for you today…
Xperia Z C6603 / C6602 are IP57 certified phones i.e. dust and water-resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes as mentioned in manual from Sony, so this makes Xperia Z only a water-resistant phone not a water proof phone. So what to do if in actual your Xperia Z gets in water or got wet in rain, let’s check out.
Are you freaked out with some issues that has come in your Xperia Z as when it got in water, well check out our post below to see what can be the issues and their possible solution.
Xperia Z Getting wet in Rain [ Outcomes ]
To test the water-resistant ability of Xperia Z C6602, I took it with myself to let my phone enjoy in rain 🙂 Well the phone was completely wet in rain, I took some pretty cool pictures and shot video, all was working fine 🙂
- Xperia Z C6602 touch was working smooth in rain also, water was all over the screen.
- Camera works great after getting wet, no effects on photos and videos.
I was amazed to see camera and other things working all fine in rain 🙂
P.S. My Xperia Z C6602 got wet in rain, we didn’t dipped it in water pool 😛
Problems in Xperia Z After getting Wet
Well as all the external ports of Xperia Z C6602 are completely covered by flap, which leaves, external speaker grill, microphone and hearing speaker uncovered, so definitely they gonna develop some issues.
- We got only one issue i.e. low speaker volume on our Xperia Z C6602 after getting wet in rain.
- Microphone working fine.
- Gearing speaker is same as before.
So we were not afraid that our speaker has got damaged or anything else as we were prepared for all this. Let’s see the solution of this issue…
Xperia Z Low Speaker Volume Problem Solution after getting in Water
What to do after your Xperia Z has got in contact with water…
- Clean it with a dry piece of cloth.
- Open all the flaps of ports and let some air get in, in case there is any water it will dry out.
- Blow some air from your mouth on the hearing speaker and other speaker on side to get some water come out.
Genuine Condition to happen…
Now play any song, you will see that speaker’s volume has got very low…You may not able to hear anything on that. Take your Xperia Z close to your ear and listen, if speaker is playing music then it’s working fine, now see what to do.
- Keep your phone aside for 1-4 hours, in the meantime water in speaker will dry out and your phone’s speaker will get back to their normal loud 🙂
- If the loudness don’t get back to normal in that time, do not panic. Some Xperia Z users reported that it came back to normal loudness in 1-2 days automatically depending on amount of water got in.
If in case your Xperia Z speaker volume don’t get back in that time also then what to do ?
- Put your Xperia Z inside a container of dry rice for some hours. Rice will soak out water from your phone if there is any left and your phone’s speaker will get back to normal 🙂
All users of Xperia Z, ZR and Z Ultra should do the same thing in case water has got in their phone.
Well I wrote this post on my experience with my Xperia Z C6602, so in case any issues have come in your Xperia Z due to water, please let us know in comments, we will help you out sure 🙂
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Thanks that totally worked.I can stop freaking out now!
Hi Kumar, thanks a lot! It really works. I washed my Xperia Z from the dirt and I just noticed that afterwards the speaker is getting lower. And I put my phone in the bowl of dry rice for one hour and voila! The speaker started to work normally :) Just need a little patience for this one hour.
I have a problem with my xperia z. I got it wet and volume down button stopped working. Also the power button stopped working for some time. I was only able to turn ON my phone with it but I couldnt turn it off. All ports were closed when it got wet.
What should I do? After some time I'm at least able to charge my phone - I couldt do it for couple hours. Now everything is almost alright except the volume down button stopped working and the phone is in constant emergency mode (small rectangle at the bottom left of the screen with popup message). I cant use any aplications installed. Phone is able to see only preinstalled aps....
Anyone has some xperience with such issues?
Hi Peter,
I have exactly the same pb as you, my phone got wet with all flaps closed. For 30 min, even if i pressed the volume up button, the sound would go down by itself, as if i was constantly pressing the volume down button. Then the volume down button is not responding at all, and my phone re-started in safe mode. It is now impossible for me to start in normal mode.
Did you find a solution to this issue or did you have to bring your phone to a Sony repair center?
Thanks a lot for your help/advice
THANKS ALOT..! 1stly im so panic when their is pr0blem at my speaker. Im using hydrier, blow out and in my speaker using my m0uth. I hit using hand to make water c0mes out fr0m speaker, still same the pr0blem. Lastly I try your solution ab0ut put the device inside the c0ntainer full with dry rice. Im waiting within an h0ur. So n0w my sony Z became n0rmal like n0thing happen. Hehe thanks thanks thanks.. :D Sorry f0r the br0ken english :)
Vacuum cleaner for 15 seconds fixed it!
is the rice cooked or not please reply fast im in serious trouble!
DRY RICE BOWL, UNCOOKED.
i put it in a bowl of rice but no more sound
read my post it will help i think
Spilled a rum and coke on it a week ago and speakers shot. Washed phone and nothing. Was going to seek help at store tomorrow but I tried the rice trick for about 90 minutes. Viola!!!! Sounds brand new. Thanks man.
Thanks so much, dude!!
I was totally fraking out and feeling depressed!
I appreciate this so much! Cheers!
Thks u save me
Me it back after 1h
I too had faced the same problem with speaker when i took videos under water in a swimming pool same issues but waited for some time Sucked out some small amount of water and turned it OFF and ON it worked, But seriously the video clarity under water in a swimming pool is just awesome...
Upload video on dropbox and send us if you can :)
This happens to me everytime my Z gets underwater. Every. Single. Time. To make it worse, it takes longer than 1 day to come back to normal. Is this normal?...