I would also try the Nokia warranty without mentioning the water incident, just tell them you felt the phonw warm up and smelled something burning, and after investigating the problem, you found out that the camera melted! lol

Good luck man and sorry to hear about this.. hey at least you took it well and you're not freakin out...

A note from my experience.
Due to the high temp your phone suffered there's a chance phone "motherboard" could be hurt. So I strongly advice you to go to the warranty service. Even if they refuse to repair under warranty,you've better ask for expertise to check whether other elements are fine.

As a tip, at the very first moment water comes inside the phone immideatly pull the battery off and leave the phone to dry out.Pulling is essential because there is a possibility of short circut. Other than that there can be corrosion inside.

isnt there water 'sensors' inside phones?

I would try to warranty. If they refuse it, they will tell you how much it will cost to fix.

Not sure where you would find a camera module. I only know of one shop that sells a variety of n900 parts, and they don't have it. Possibly places I don't know about, or you might get lucky ebay. And then you also need a special tool.

Also a chance other parts of the phone are screwed up too. You can replace the camera, turn the phone back on and watch it burn out again right away.

Outside of that, you are able to get the camera and the tool, replacing it would be very easy. But replacing the camera module, and repairing a water damaged phone are 2 different things.

Personally, I would just buy a new n900, then try to get your old one fixed. Then sell it as a working n900, or broken n900 depending on the outcome.

hi have you been able to source parts or get repaired as i have same problem was fishing and caught a fish but n900 dropped into pool .retrived n900 dried out in sunshine but when putting battery back in turned on automatically and with not having back cover on camera switched on ,removed battery straight away and heard n900 sizzling and smell of burning now got all functions back up and working on trusty n900 but camera lens has now got internal marking on right hand side so all pictures are blotched on one side.I would like to get repaired or if possible buy replacement part and attempt soliding onto pcb .Let me know how you have got on cheers fella

hi have you been able to source parts or get repaired as i have same problem was fishing and caught a fish but n900 dropped into pool .retrived n900 dried out in sunshine but when putting battery back in turned on automatically and with not having back cover on camera switched on ,removed battery straight away and heard n900 sizzling and smell of burning now got all functions back up and working on trusty n900 but camera lens has now got internal marking on right hand side so all pictures are blotched on one side.I would like to get repaired or if possible buy replacement part and attempt soliding onto pcb .Let me know how you have got on cheers fella

there are water "stickers" that will show, but it doesnt sound like you got much on it.


under the face of the slider, the components are pretty available to elements...so it could have very well got in there.

if you have ever cracked a phone, then you would know right away if water damaged or not...but maybe you got lucky and a drop or two got to some vital area, causing a short by connecting two or more beads....and *poof*, a short, shorted your camera...


the good news, it still boots, meaning no major short term damage.


for future reference, anytime your phone ever gets close to water where you are splashed or you "think" there is only a drop...remember, just because you see one roach...doesnt mean there is only one.

immediately take the battery out until you can be sure the water is dryed.

you can take your phone, the battery, and backing and one of those dry packing packets you get in dryed food, and then place them in a tub of rice, half buried, the packet on the top of the rice and the tub needs to be topped off and sealed.

leave it there for at least 1 day in a warm area, if not 2 days.

then it should be fine.


more important then the water, is the current...as the water creates bridges between the beads and puts more or less, or the wrong volume of current to components...shorting the.

and, in the end, you will still most likely end up with rust.