LG VX6000 constant Car Kit mode

"CAR KIT" showed on my screeen, no sound, etc. Verizon offered me a rebuilt version of the same model for "only" $50.00 OR a new vesion for $70.00 + $29.00 for a car charger + $29.00 for a second A/C charger!

Soooo, . after persisting with Verizon for about 2 hours on the phone and at a repair station

, I found out "the most likely cause" of the "CAR KIT" problem is corroded pins in the battery port in the phone (if the charger is corroded, the corrision fron the chager gets transferrred to the phone pins.)

NOTE THAT EVEN A SINGLE DROP OF SWEAT COULD START THE CORROSION PROCESS.

Here's the fix: If you have a spray can of " ELECTRICAL CONTACT CLEANER, ZERO RESIDUE" and spray bottle that you use to blow out a computer on hand (AKA - "canned air"), here's the fix:

TAKE THE BATTERY OUT!

UNPLUG THE CHARGER (AC OR CAR CHARGER WILL DO JUST AS WELL)!

Spray a GENEROUS amount of the contact cleaner into the phoone plug end of the chager and a QUICK SPRAY into the phone socket.

Hold the two buttons that keep the charger in the pone and rapidly plug and unplug the charger at least 20 times.

Spray both the charger (phone end) and the phone socket with the "canned air".

Put the battery back in and try to turn the phone on --- the "CAR KIT" should be gone; if not, try it again!

If you don't have any "electrical contact cleaner", try radio shack or an electronics parts store -- it's about $4.50 a can. You can also try vodka, or some other pure alcohol, but you may have to plug and unplug the connector more.

IF YOU DROP YOUR PHONE IN THE TOILET, THE SURF, etc. OR SPILL WINE, ETC. ON IT --

OPEN THE PHONE (BEFORE DRYING IT OFF) AND PULL OUT THE BATTERY, YOU WILL HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF RESCUE.

Then dry it off with a clean cloth and set it out in the sun to dry for a day or so; do not try to use it during that time!

If you are so inclined and want to speed up the process;

REMOVE THE BATTERY!

GENTLY remove the case screws (some are probably in the battery compartment and some may be under those little rubber plugs in the phone you always wondered what they are for. MY LG 8300 has 4 in the battery compartment and two under the little plugs.

Now, GENTLY separate the case using a sharp knife ( a screw driver will mar the case); DO NOT stick the knige in any further than about1/32"! -- be careful to note where any butttons on the side of the phone are located; when I opened my LG the photo button and the cover to the memory card fell out).

Mechanically dry everthing off and use a hair dryer (on LOW) to blow any residual water out.

Spray the inside well with the contact cleaner, let it sit for a while and blow the inside out with the "canned air" (be careful and don't blow any small parts out.

Leave it in the sun for an hour or so and reassemble.

I HAVE RESCUED ABOUT TEN PHONES FOR MY FRIENDS AND TWO FOR ME USING THESE TECHNIQUES.

GOOD LUCK!

Hi, My husband dropped our LG 245 in the f-ing toilet about 6months ago. we dried it out and it worked fine for about 3 or 4 weeks, then suddenly it crapped out. I took it to Telus (Canada) and they said the same damn thing they say at Verizon according to all these posts, you need a new phone. quite innocently, I asked if there was anyway to save the pics stored in the phone, as they were of my nephew from 1 to 2 yrs old. the clerk took pity on me and got a tiny screwdriver and removed the battery, the 6 little screws and pried the plate off to reveal the innards of my phone. THen he took a fancy toothbrush! yes! and some common household rubbing alcohol and gently cleaned the circuit board, ports, etc., Obviously i didn't tell him about the toilet h2O, and played dumb. and said i was coming back in to buy a new phone on pay-day. well, he put the phone back together, and that was 6 months ago or more. ha!ha? well, last night, all of a sudden the damn phone is saying car-kit and we can't get any sound, same as everyone here. so I went to a dollar store, bought a set of teeny-tiny screw drivers for $1.64, grabbed an old (and very fancy!) toothbrush and some common household rubbing alcohol and repeated procedure, a la Telus-guy and VOILA! AU REVOIRS CAR-KIT! Hope this is helpful to some of you out there. just GENTLY clean off the corrosion and /or mould that has grown. this is obviously a huge scam to get us to all buy new phones. they are actually a lot more sturdy than we consumers havebeen l(i)ed to beleive.

Here's another possible solution. I tried all of the other posted solutions: Nothing worked. I tried to use common sense. I had no hair dryer; so I left the phone in my car on a warm So. CA. day (I opened it up and took the battery out). After sitting in 120 deg.+ heat all day.the phone worked and the CARKIT message went away. But; the screen began to fade out and get fuzzy and eventually went back to CARKIT mode. Yes, I did have the pink moisture dot too. I appeared to me that the fogging of the screen may mean that there is more moisture and that the heat did help but wasn't a final solution. It seemed that since the heat was a partial solution: Then it wasn't a corrosion problem: But a moisture problem that had not completeley dissapated. What to do? I carefully cut open a bag of Desiccant (easy to find these things in all sorts of products).and emptied the bag enough (and taped it back up) so it was flat enough to fit behind the battery. After one more heat therapy in the car: When the CARKIT dissapered again.I placed the bag into the phone. This was days ago. The phone is perfect. No fuzzy or cloudy screen; no CARKIT message.

NP

Hi everyone. My name is Ray, from Utica, NY. I will be visiting Poland soon, and I am hoping to meet my Polish relatives. I also hope some people from here may help me in contacting my relatives before my visit. Thanks and looking forward to meeting some great people on here!

I have been having the same problem Verizon fix it once lucked out a service guy accuallly had the same problem with a friends phone vx 8300 said if any moisture gets in and around certian parts can cause the problem. I found that if i cut off the phone and plug it in and cut it back on it zaps it back to regular mode, I do blame lgs design of the 8300 though it is a nice phone it is the first i have owned where you can lose the protective rubber peices that blocks the head phone jack and power plug circuit board allowing dust and moisture in. Some one said it takes a lot for the strip to turn i don't belive that my mother just got a new phone in from verizon and her pink spot is as dark s mine and my phone goes through hades with me hers is but 12 days old, as i have found always get the extended warrenty or insurance because thaey make things now to break before you really want to upgrade them.

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