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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
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Originally Posted by
ZootHornRollo
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 :cool:
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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 :D
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Originally Posted by
Derby Tup
Back in the airing cupboard and buy a small dry bag before the next recce :cool:
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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Those old school Nokias are seriously robust. Give it chance; it'll be right :closed:
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Give it half an hour with a hairdryer.
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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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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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Wheeze
Give it half an hour with a hairdryer.
yeah tried that last night - more like 90 minutes - no joy
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Originally Posted by
Hanneke
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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Zenlike composure is where it is at! :)
Nikalas, I now regret having gone for a sim only contract renewal with T-mobile... as my old phone's buttons are wearing out and respond erratically to my pressing them... I like the looks of that sturdy thing you have got! But it is £80 to buy... hmmmm... wonder if they are cheaper in the States? Going to New York in a couple of weeks...
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Hanneke
mine went through the digestive tract of a horse and worked, .
Oh Dear, you young lady never cease to amaze me!
There is no answer or question about that
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Originally Posted by
Hanneke
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.
Did you ring the phone to find out it's progress??
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Hanneke
Zenlike composure is where it is at! :)
Nikalas, I now regret having gone for a sim only contract renewal with T-mobile... as my old phone's buttons are wearing out and respond erratically to my pressing them... I like the looks of that sturdy thing you have got! But it is £80 to buy... hmmmm... wonder if they are cheaper in the States? Going to New York in a couple of weeks...
£72-44p on Amazon :D
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-B210...7083549&sr=8-1
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Alf, that is still £72... I could have had it free with a contract renewal :(
I did ring it to see where it was... Had left it on the stable ledge while grooming the horse... I thought it had fallen into the deep straw... Didn't hear it ring. The whole disappearance was a mystery until one of the stable girls told me a couple of days later she found it while mucking out!!! Sticking out of a heap of poop :w00t::w00t:
Miraculously, it just worked!
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Derby Tup
buy a small dry bag before the next recce :cool:
I find those small ziplock freezer bags do the trick.
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Originally Posted by
Feet in the Cowclaps
I find those small ziplock freezer bags do the trick.
That's exactly what it was in. But the zip unzipped.
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Derby Tup
How's the phone Zed?
Nestling in a bag of basmati.
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Amex
Oh Dear, you young lady never cease to amaze me!
There is no answer or question about that
I love you too Amex xxx
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Feet in the Cowclaps
I find those small ziplock freezer bags do the trick.
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ZootHornRollo
That's exactly what it was in. But the zip unzipped.
Ah yes, but what I meant was phone inside small ziplock freezer bag inside one of these handy water-resistant toolboxes. You might look a prat, but your phone will never get wet, believe you me.
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