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m1ke101
Joined: Sep 29, 2002
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yesterday i was at a foam party and i was stupid and brought along my phone. well it got soaked and when i pulled it out when the dance was over, it was stuck at the welcome screen. well i quickly pulled out the battery and let it sit since this morning. i turned on the phone and it turned on fine, but the screen is a little messed up, but the part that sucks is the fact that none of the buttons seem to work. when the phone is on, i can hear incoming calls but none of the buttons are working, so i can't answer the call. is there anything i can do to fix my phone? i bought it from goodguys and they didn't have a warranty so im SOL right now, i didn't even buy insurance for the phone through cingular. |
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evoke
Joined: Mar 05, 2002
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I'm no expert on water damaged phones but from what i have read here on Esato the best thing you can do is remove the battery and let your phone dry out for at least 3 days. Raditaor is good but not too hot!! The worst thing you can do is use your phobe when still wet inside so let it dry out.
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lmi
Joined: Sep 08, 2002
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From: Portugal
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My S45 some time ago dropped in a glass full of water! (don't ask me how!!  ) well.. I thought it would never work ever again! but... about 2 days drying in the sun light and it works fine till now  |
NokiaKilla
Joined: Sep 01, 2002
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From: Philippines
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I repaired a lot of water damaged phones.
Heres how you can do with that.
If your are brave enough to open your phone. Try to clean it with lighter fluid with an old toothbrush. (this fluid easy to evaporate and clean also your phone)
If your are not brave enough:
Remove the battery and put that on the top of the computer monitor (battery down) while surfing. This may take a long time(but safe) or you can buy a 40w incandecent light and try to dry your phone overnight. Be careful with drying excesive heat may melt your phone.
Hope this one will work (it works for me)
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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I am afraid you need to do more than just dry your phone out. The foam you have been dancing in has gone in to your phone, dryed and has glued every moving part stuck. I'm afraid you are buggered mate, but try taking it to a SP. They might be able to clean it out, change a few parts and maybe get it back to life. I doubt it thoug. Sorry...
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Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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normally servicepoints doesn't fix phones damage water or any other liquid.... it's too much job fixing it, and it's not guaranteed it will work at 100% afterwards.... don't know how servicepoints outside sweden do about these things though... but here in sweden the user will be offered to buy a swap unit...
if you don't dry it out, the phone will look something like this: http://www.pbase.com/cytech/t39m
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evoke
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Doesn't look too bad! 
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salonikat68
Joined: May 02, 2002
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well mine T68 has drunk some coke but there was no problem.it still works fine (i did nothing)
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amlim
Joined: Jan 02, 2002
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cyctech - since you work in a service point, i would appreciate your help. what type of chemical should be used to remove / clean corrosion on a mobile phone's pcb / circuits / components? (Hope you understand my question since i am not a techie). thanks. |
Cytech
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On 2002-09-29 17:18, amlim wrote:
cyctech - since you work in a service point, i would appreciate your help. what type of chemical should be used to remove / clean corrosion on a mobile phone's pcb / circuits / components? (Hope you understand my question since i am not a techie). thanks.
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well... the best thing is to use chemicals ment for cleaning circuitboards... if you will use any other chemical, make sure it doesn't contain any corroding chemicals...
here is one chemical for example you can use....
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amlim
Joined: Jan 02, 2002
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cyctech - thanks. |
johnnie
Joined: Sep 04, 2002
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From: Bangkok
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Thats gr8 man !!!!
Thanx for that Cytech
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Evilsummer
Joined: Jan 16, 2002
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From: Gothenburg Sweden
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On 2002-09-29 07:59, tranquil wrote:
I am afraid you need to do more than just dry your phone out. The foam you have been dancing in has gone in to your phone, dryed and has glued every moving part stuck. I'm afraid you are buggered mate, but try taking it to a SP. They might be able to clean it out, change a few parts and maybe get it back to life. I doubt it thoug. Sorry...
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moving parts??? i can't think of any moving parts (apart from the keys) |
Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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On 2002-09-30 19:47, Evilsummer wrote:
moving parts??? i can't think of any moving parts (apart from the keys)
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... and the vibrator |
m1ke101
Joined: Sep 29, 2002
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okay the phone turns on, and the screen is okay, but i can't hear anything! i can call people but i can't hear them. |
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Posted: 2002-09-29 02:24
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