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| Thread ID: 93321 | 2008-09-11 22:50:00 | Cellphone wet - need advice asap | annie (6010) | PC World Chat |
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| 704550 | 2008-09-12 01:06:00 | Hey Annie, all the above advice is good. Also be very patient, - I helped with one that got dropped into salt water and it appeared to be stuffed for about three days and then suddenly started working again, you may also be just as lucky | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 704551 | 2008-09-12 01:57:00 | Hope you got all the spinach out, or it might start singing 'I'm Popeye the mobile phone, I'm Popeye the mobile phone, my calls are all finished 'cos I ate my spinach, I'm Popeye the mobile phone.' :) | Richard (739) | ||
| 704552 | 2008-09-12 02:38:00 | I've stuck the phone in a bookcase to dry out for 2-3 days. It was turned on at the time of the disaster, but I didn't press any buttons between it getting wet and removing the battery. I recomend you let is dry for more than a week. if you can I would put it in a warm place in a closed jar packed with uncooked rice, the rice will absorb any water. you phone should survive if it is dried properly. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 704553 | 2008-09-12 03:24:00 | Hope you got all the spinach out, or it might start singing 'I'm Popeye the mobile phone, I'm Popeye the mobile phone, my calls are all finished 'cos I ate my spinach, I'm Popeye the mobile phone.' :) Oh, very good. Very good. Robsonde: thanks for that, it's a good idea. Done. |
annie (6010) | ||
| 704554 | 2008-09-12 03:36:00 | One day last year I accidentally left mine in my jeans pocket when they went into the washing machine! It didn't get a full cycle, but as soon as the drum started turning I opened the machine to investigate the strange banging noise... I rang the Telecom shop who were no help at all (advice like, "there's nothing you can do, you'll have to get a new one"). I remember trying Google for help - in the end the advice I took was to remove the battery (already had done that) and leave it in the hot water cupboard for a week. That worked. (What the Telecom shop also said was that "even if it works, the damage to the contacts etc will have already been done and it'll fail in the days/weeks/months ahead". Makes sense I guess, but the phone's still going so I suppose I was lucky. PS My washing machine's a front loading one, so there was actually not all that much water. |
colmack (2939) | ||
| 704555 | 2008-09-12 03:38:00 | (What the Telecom shop also said was that "even if it works, the damage to the contacts etc will have already been done and it'll fail in the days/weeks/months ahead". Makes sense I guess, but the phone's still going so I suppose I was lucky. Sounds like Telescum wanted you to buy a new phone, more likely :D |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704556 | 2008-09-12 06:06:00 | or alternatively, they were trying to avoid saying "yeah the phone will be just fine, they love washing machines" and then getting yelled it when it eventually does die?" | kersonan (13264) | ||
| 704557 | 2008-09-12 06:27:00 | Get a bowl and put some rice in it and leave the phone in the bowl for a while. The rice will pull out any moisture that's still left. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 704558 | 2008-09-12 06:58:00 | Hair driers are good. But make sure it is on cold, and don't discharge static onto the electronics. | GoodHour (12218) | ||
| 704559 | 2008-09-12 07:00:00 | Oh, very good. Very good. Robsonde: thanks for that, it's a good idea. Done. Just don't give it any power for a week, and dry it as much as you can and you should be fine. Putting it in a bowl of rice is a good idea too. Giving it power is what will kill it as well as corrosion. You could also put it into a stocking and spin it fast every few hours, which should stop water settling on the boards to prevent corrosion. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
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