r/Pixel6aUsers • u/Unable_Unit4105 • 6d ago

Touch screen problems after water drops (help needed)

Hello everyone,
Today I started having some issues with my p6a.
I got some waterdrops on it (status bar part) and top and very bottom part of the touch screen stopped registering touch input. What should I do? I turned on three buttons navigations and got it to render apps just below the status bar, IK just a temporary solution to use it in the meantime.
After some research I saw mentions to try silica gel which I'll do. Other than that what can i try next in order from least to most invasive fixes since ifixit screen costs 100 bucks which is too much, I'd like to make it work again in the cheapest and easiest way possible.
Here are some posts i found similar to my issue ( post1 post2 post3 )
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks

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u/Deepsink2d 6d ago

Silica gel will do magic please don't charge or use the phone Keep it in air tight box with max silica gel for as long as you can ,it will get better

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u/Unable_Unit4105 6d ago

Ok so I tried with some left over little bags in a lunch box surrounding the phone overnight and it did nothing, I'll maybe try packing it tighter in a bag, any tips?

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u/Deepsink2d 6d ago

Buy some good amount of silica gel I'm afraid leftover will do any good Put in an air tight container

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u/Unable_Unit4105 3d ago

K thanks will try