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    Wet phone, help needed

    Cheapish Nokia - got it soaked reccying the Skyline on Saturday.

    Have done this before - so took it apart, stuck it on the radiator for few hours and airing cupboard overnight.

    All the condensation etc had disappeared from behind the screen, so I tried switching it on - start-up tone, all seemed right, but no display. Incoming messages alerts, all keypad sounds fine, etc etc - but the screen is totally blank.

    Any ideas? Does it need drying out some more? Or can I assume it is totally knackered?

    Ta.

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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Quote Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo View Post
    Cheapish Nokia - got it soaked reccying the Skyline on Saturday.

    Have done this before - so took it apart, stuck it on the radiator for few hours and airing cupboard overnight.

    All the condensation etc had disappeared from behind the screen, so I tried switching it on - start-up tone, all seemed right, but no display. Incoming messages alerts, all keypad sounds fine, etc etc - but the screen is totally blank.

    Any ideas? Does it need drying out some more? Or can I assume it is totally knackered?

    Ta.
    Back in the airing cupboard and buy a small dry bag before the next recce
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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    I would say it is fubared :closed:
    Might recover eventually. My fella dropped his phone in the canal once (with himself attached!) and the screen took longer to dry out than the rest of the phone, so you neever know

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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Back in the airing cupboard and buy a small dry bag before the next recce

    hehe, yeah I have been recommended an ortlieb phone case.

    What a div, honestly, I go through phones like bloody hankies.

    You think a bit more drying might bring the screen back? I was thinking I might have blown it by turning it back on too soon ...?

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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Those old school Nokias are seriously robust. Give it chance; it'll be right :closed:
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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Give it half an hour with a hairdryer.
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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Had one of these for over a year now (free on contract with Vodafone)

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/samsung-soli...54782&t=module

    Absolutely bombproof... has survived being ridden over on a mountain bike, soaked through in rucksack, being buried in the garden by the dog and dropped into many pints of beer and then rung as a party trick.

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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Stick it in a bag of rice for a while, that will dry it out... just be patient, mine went through the digestive tract of a horse and worked, been dropped in the bath and worked and been dropped in the loo and worked... They just take longer to dry out than you have pateince for... as you are keen to know if it still works.
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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
    Give it half an hour with a hairdryer.
    yeah tried that last night - more like 90 minutes - no joy

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    Re: Wet phone, help needed

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanneke View Post
    Stick it in a bag of rice for a while, that will dry it out... just be patient, mine went through the digestive tract of a horse and worked, been dropped in the bath and worked and been dropped in the loo and worked... They just take longer to dry out than you have pateince for... as you are keen to know if it still works.
    haha, thanks for both tips Hann

    I will await its revival with zenlike composure

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