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Big Problem! The T68 dropped in the toilet |
sstrunks84
Joined: Dec 22, 2001
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I just dropped my freakin phone (T68) in the toilet and no i wasn't taking a crap, but i grabbed it out of the toilet and looked at it and then the screen turned off but the green light was still on. I tried to turn it off using the NO button but that didn't work so i took out the battery. I'm gonna let it dry for 2 days or sumthing, but does anybody know a way to dry it faster and better? I hope it still works!
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Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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From: New Zealand
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Bugger!! |
decoy7
Joined: Feb 06, 2002
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From: NW London
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hairdryer on cool. |
Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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put it in the microwave oven  ... no just kidding... the best thing should be to open it to get it dried completley... if u just letting it lie on a table drying you will have it running for a couple of weeks (if you are lucky) then you probably have a phone that behaves real strange, or doesn't behave at all since it's completely dead...
another thing you could do is to carefully use a hair-dryer..
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Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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From: New Zealand
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Yeah water's usually pretty harmless, once it's dried out it "should" be ok, here's hoping. |
sstrunks84
Joined: Dec 22, 2001
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k thanx guys, hope the hairdryer method works! |
Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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Yeah you'll be ok, at the worst you can take it back and say it's got a bug |
wapmanse
Joined: Mar 04, 2002
Posts: 249
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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....very important to let "pure" water flush the phone (battery out of course). Danger is short cuts due to water on printed circuit board (while power on) that may kill some of the circuits. Salt water, just some drops would spell dissaster to the phone because then you get the chemical reactions to destroy the printed circuits on the pcb (printed circuit board). If you get salt water in the phone, remove battery, flud with sweet water promptly and let dry for some days. Anyway let the phone dry on its own...give it a week at least and do not worry about sweet water when the battery is out..let it float... ..Since the warranty is out in the case of water damage you may as well try... |
wapmanse
Joined: Mar 04, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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... sorry I think the "It has a bug" thing at the SP would be a problem since those guys are very well up to date on how a phone looks like when it has hit the water (any kind)...:-! But anyway I suppose it is worth a try..the worst you can get from the SP is no i guess...
cheers
and let us all by the new phone holster to the t68 (it is something.13) to keep the phone safe from water.. |
Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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From: New Zealand
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Just a thought, expensive toy, not the kind of thing you'd want to pay for again |
wapmanse
Joined: Mar 04, 2002
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From: Stockholm, Sweden
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Hi Fingers...
I agree, it is worth a try..
Cheers! |
wapmanse
Joined: Mar 04, 2002
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...on the subject...
I think that softdrinks may be more harmful to electroincs than toilets. My son ruined the keyboard to my "Ericsson Home PC Compaq" by letting some Julmust (almost like Coke) get in to the circuit board.
any body with some similar experince???
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Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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From: New Zealand
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Yeah I've heard of similar situations, a friend of mine spilt tea on his keyboard at work, that was it all over needed a new one, but I've known a few that have spilt water and after a bit of drying time, no trouble. Did you ever try the experiment at school of leaving one of your teeth on some Coke for a couple of days, not much of the tooth left. |
bjambean
Joined: Feb 27, 2002
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put the phone in the airing cupboard - warm air for 24 hours of the day should be sorted in no time |
Epedemic
Joined: Dec 28, 2001
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From: Denmark, Copenhagen
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hmm whenever this sort of "shit" (pun intended) happens to people they always claim they WERENT taking a crap at that time....  |
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Posted: 2002-03-11 22:16
