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<blockquote data-quote="aizadaddean" data-source="post: 15734" data-attributes="member: 3087"><p>I crashed my DJI spark into water at the beach recently (my mistake too) and do not have DJI Care Refresh in my country. It was dunked for about 5 seconds before I could save it. I took the battery off immediately and I quickly dunked the entire thing in tap water (the only thing I had access to at the time) and then placed it in a huge pile of sealed uncooked rice for the next 2 days. I dunked it in the tap water just with hope that the effects of salt water wouldn't kill my drone (I know distilled water would have been better but I was on a tiny Island in Indonesia). </p><p></p><p>After 2 days, managed to turn the device on with a spare battery (the battery that got dunked was trashed- the lights kept on blinking non-stop without me pressing the button). The drone kept on making a slow beeping sound as it rebooted and eventually after (5-10 minutes or so) it powered up like normal. It made the DJI jingle and my remote could connect to the spark, but the sad part is that I now get an Air Encoder Error 0x800000 warning when the drone is connected. The gimbal works and compensates movement, but no image on my phone. Compass & IMU Calibration works well.The front-facing collision sensors unfortunately don't work anymore. So now i basically have a drone that can fly and all, just no camera/video recording. Its been a month since the event and it's still flying around well.</p><p></p><p>I tried getting it fixed with my local DJI (Malaysia), asking them to just fix the camera issue, but they refused saying that it's DJI's policy not to repair water damaged drones. The guy just told me to get a new drone since eventually water damaged drones will all end up trashed. I am now looking into buying parts from China to see if I can fix the drone myself (i'm a noob with no experience) but the prices for Spark parts are a bit crazy. I am contemplating whether to attempt fixing it part by part using some of the online videos of the tear-downs. I hope to find the source of the Air Encoder Error 0x800000. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, I bought myself another Spark in the meantime and if this dunked one can't be fixed, I'll probably keep it for spare parts. All the best to all those who were crazy enough to fly their drones near salt water!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aizadaddean, post: 15734, member: 3087"] I crashed my DJI spark into water at the beach recently (my mistake too) and do not have DJI Care Refresh in my country. It was dunked for about 5 seconds before I could save it. I took the battery off immediately and I quickly dunked the entire thing in tap water (the only thing I had access to at the time) and then placed it in a huge pile of sealed uncooked rice for the next 2 days. I dunked it in the tap water just with hope that the effects of salt water wouldn't kill my drone (I know distilled water would have been better but I was on a tiny Island in Indonesia). After 2 days, managed to turn the device on with a spare battery (the battery that got dunked was trashed- the lights kept on blinking non-stop without me pressing the button). The drone kept on making a slow beeping sound as it rebooted and eventually after (5-10 minutes or so) it powered up like normal. It made the DJI jingle and my remote could connect to the spark, but the sad part is that I now get an Air Encoder Error 0x800000 warning when the drone is connected. The gimbal works and compensates movement, but no image on my phone. Compass & IMU Calibration works well.The front-facing collision sensors unfortunately don't work anymore. So now i basically have a drone that can fly and all, just no camera/video recording. Its been a month since the event and it's still flying around well. I tried getting it fixed with my local DJI (Malaysia), asking them to just fix the camera issue, but they refused saying that it's DJI's policy not to repair water damaged drones. The guy just told me to get a new drone since eventually water damaged drones will all end up trashed. I am now looking into buying parts from China to see if I can fix the drone myself (i'm a noob with no experience) but the prices for Spark parts are a bit crazy. I am contemplating whether to attempt fixing it part by part using some of the online videos of the tear-downs. I hope to find the source of the Air Encoder Error 0x800000. Anyways, I bought myself another Spark in the meantime and if this dunked one can't be fixed, I'll probably keep it for spare parts. All the best to all those who were crazy enough to fly their drones near salt water! [/QUOTE]
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