Did you just drop your cell phone into water? According to Yahoo News, all may not be lost! Here are their suggested steps which might enable you to rescue a drowned phone:
Step 1: Do NOT turn on the phone
Step 2: Pull out the battery and SIM card
Step 3: Rinse quickly in freshwater if you dropped your phone in salt water (to rinse out the salt)
Step 4: Dry your phone using compressed air (DO NOT dry it in the oven)
Step 5: Cover your phone with uncooked rice (in a ziplock bag) for at least 24 hours (to absorb moisture)
Step 6: Turn your phone back on and see if it works!
DO steps 1-3, dry with a towel (as lint free as possible), then put the phone in the clothes dryer with a small-medium load to keep it from bouncing too hard. Works everytime for me.
ReplyDeleteNo wasting rice. No running out for the spray can. And less time to be back in business.
If you drop your phone in water:
ReplyDelete1. Stomp on it and claim it on your insurance. See post above.
2. Take the simm card out and swap it with your wifes matching phone.
3. Consider yourself lucky, cell phones are a scorge on the planet
and use a wet-vac to pull the water out. I've done this after seeing it online and my phone started working again.
ReplyDeletelmao @ 955am love it!
ReplyDeleteI've dropped to cell phones in water. completely soaked. took them out figurung they were ruined. dried them off. let them set for about 24 hours. both worked perfectly and i never had any problems. still working after 2 years.
ReplyDeleteI have dropped my phone in water several times and left it on my dash in my car in the sun with the windows closed next day its works .
ReplyDeleteAccidentally ran my rugged phone through the washing machine. It is guaranteed water proof down to 100'. Took it out of the machine, turned it on and it never missed a beat, worked perfectly.
ReplyDeleteOf course they no longer make this particular model but a cheaper imitation.
I can tell you one thing, as long as it is serviceable I will not turn it in for any damn "smart" phone!