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al1307
Joined: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 181
From: Cambridgeshire, England
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HELP! Last night I dropped my phone into a Stella! Everything was fine til this mornin! Phone will only turn on when the charger is in it! The screen stil has beer under it and the battery kinda sticks as does the volume slider. The ringtones and everything all sound different as well. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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brownjs
Joined: May 03, 2002
Posts: 222
From: scotland
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Eva-m00
Joined: Jun 08, 2002
Posts: 364
From: Liverpool, UK
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Bad luck there mate! I put my T68i in the wash a few weeks back, and although it came on sometimes, it wouldnt get a network signal and just went off.. Also screen goes wierd.. Kinda looks holographic.. ;-) its dead as a dodo mate, i got a new one on insurance so turned out okay in the end!
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al1307
Joined: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 181
From: Cambridgeshire, England
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What insurance did u have? Was it phone or house etc...?
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Eva-m00
Joined: Jun 08, 2002
Posts: 364
From: Liverpool, UK
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I had home care insurance through T-Mobile, only covered me mobile and i paid £5 a month.. Had 2 pay £25 excess on phone, but no big deal :-D
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al1307
Joined: Mar 14, 2002
Posts: 181
From: Cambridgeshire, England
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Some one must be able to give me some ideas on how to sort my phone screen and buzzer out without having to buy a new phone!
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Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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On 2002-09-01 14:16, al1307 wrote:
Some one must be able to give me some ideas on how to sort my phone screen and buzzer out without having to buy a new phone!
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well.. since the phone is out of warranty anyway you might as well open the phone and clean it, it might work better after that... how to open it can you see on http://www.totonox.com/guide.html
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BLueblooD*
Joined: Jun 05, 2002
Posts: 49
From: Outer_Space
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Hv u tried hair dryer? Well it helped me when ì spille a coke on my phone last time but it wont makes them like wat used 2b.
But its worth 2 try rather 2 buy a new öne :-D
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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What a lovely way to go... Drown in beer...
Sorry for your loss mate, it could happen to the best of us. Good luck in cleaning it, hope you manage it.
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Shrek_Style
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
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I dropped a Nokia 3310 in a pint of Kronenburg about two years ago and the guy in the phone shop said thats the second worst thing you can do to a phone bar drive over it in your car!
If you haven't got mobile insurance you're knackered cos the water gets inside and causes unrepairable damage instantly, apparantly. |
Wings_Talons
Joined: Mar 21, 2002
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ur phone must be drunk  |
pitviper
Joined: Mar 13, 2002
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As this is exactly what my mate did one Sunday night I can hereby tell you what you need to do to "save" the phone
1) Fish it out of the pint ASAP and take the battery and SIM card out pronto
2) Rinse it thoroughly under a running cold tap, you might even have to soak it for a minute or two
3) Hold under the pub hand dryer for AT LEAST 10 MINUTES
4) Tell drunk friend that no he can't use the phone and dissuade him from trying to pull the badge off a parked Merc outside (optional)
5) Leave on top of a radiator/heater for at least three days to thoroughly dry the phone out. Consider opening it up (if out of warranty) or using a hairdryer to really flush the water droplets out of those hard to reach areas. Please exercise some judgement as to how hot the dryer should be, melted phones are generally as useless as waterlogged ones. If you're hands are uncomfortable holding the phone then the air is too hot!!
6) Only after the fourth day should you even consider reconnecting the battery and SIM and turning the phone on. If it starts doing weird things (hanging menus, turing off randomly etc.) disconnect the battery and put it back on the heater for another day.
This hit list should save a phone where electrical shorting has not yet occured due to water ingress.
Now to debunk a few myths
1) Water alone does not kill phones, corrosion damage and electrical shorting are what finishes them off (e.g. capacitors, batteries etc. short out. High currents on printed circuit boards = fried circuits)
2) Most phones will survive a brief (<1 minute) dunking so long as you TURN IT OFF, DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND THOROUGHLY DRY IT OUT. The number of times I hear the dork tell me he/she dropped the phone down the loo and lo and behold it stopped working after a little while. Did they take steps to prevent damage by disconnecting the battery and not powering the bloody thing up? Did they hell. (Rant Over). Most 'dead' water damaged phones could have been saved simply with a little thought and some patience.
Hope this helps.
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Shrek_Style
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
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Thing is it's quite difficult to open a fone up when your drunk - as is it is to fish the damn thing out of the bog in the first place  |
392MHz
Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 126
From: Hungary
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You have to remove the battery, instead of switching it off !
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Sinatra
Joined: Sep 02, 2002
Posts: 2
From: Madrid, Spain
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Well, guys you're talking about water, beer... but what about a Nokia 3210 plunged in oil? I had my lunch in my bag and the recipient with my salad just opened itself. Dilemma: use a hair dryer? just put the phone on the sun? No way, oil+heat... no good partners for a phone!
The good: I bought a T28s and then my beautiful T68i
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Posted: 2002-09-01 10:53
