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Burgaz
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Ok this week i managed to wake up in the night feelin thirsty. I reached down the side of the bed to grab my glass of water. But in the confusion of darkness i managed to tug on the charger lead of my nokia 3230(which was on charge on my bedside cabinet). The phone, with charger still attached to it, fell straight into my glass of water. Base first, covering the whole of the keypad, but not as far as the display!!! Obviously i got it out of the water as soon as i realised what happened.
The phone had switched it's self off. I took out the battery, mmc and sim and left it on the window sill to dry.
Next morning i gave it a good blow out with a hairdryer left it a few more hours. Finally i plucked up the courage to try and turn it back on. I pressed the power switch and on it came. OK, the first couple of minutes the display was a bit flickery but all seemed fine... Or so i thought. I've now realised that whenever i press the "#" key it registers that i've pressed the "7" key!!?? No more will the shift key work!! Bugger!!
Has anyone ever seen something like this before? Is it worth taking the phone apart and cleaning it or have i blown something inside and i'll be wasting my time?
The phone is insured so i'll probably just make a claim either way so this one will be up for sale shortly, either as water damaged spares or repairs or fully working(but previously water damaged). But any advice is welcomed!
Cheers
Burgaz.
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Please no nokia bashing replies... My nokia has had enough for now...
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govigov
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Yup. Worth taking it apart.
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yeah, take it apart, let it dry.... like for a whole week!!!
that worked for me 
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Burgaz
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Yeah thanks guys. I think i'll have a bit of a play with it tonight in work... I'm still puzzled tho as to why the shift key has suddenly becomce the 7 key??
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k4m!k4ze
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Does your insurance cover "tampering by the user " ?? Be careful what you do cause they might use "tampering" as an excuse for not fulfulling your insurance claim....
of course if you can take it apart without leaving any marks or the insurance guys dont inspect the phone, you're safe
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Burgaz
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I might just tell the insurance company i err... lost it. 
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Wicked.
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On 2005-05-01 18:37:11, Burgaz wrote:
I might just tell the insurance company i err... lost it.
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dont be doing that!!
honest is the best policy! and doing that could land you with some years behind bars!!!
its normally fudged the PCB if its been in water, but take it apart just in case. my best advice is to use a toothbrush and brush the whole of the PCB, and the back of the keypad as you will see that its gotten kinda rusty??
and thn put it all back together and you should be away!
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Burgaz
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Fatreg... lol just cos ya work for orange matey. Nah i know honesty is best but does orange insurance cover water damage? Or will i void it by opening the phone myself?
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fatreg
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well ive never seen a water damaged case be turned down by Orange.
and yes you will void your insurance if you take it to bits!!
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Burgaz
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Yeah i think i'll just go with the honest(well almost) option and ring orange and tell them the keypad has stuffed up...
I'll post what orange say tomorrow...
Cheers for all ya help.
Burgaz!
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whizkidd
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Best of luck bud! 
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when i had a 7610,i spilt a drink on it,some of the buttons stopped working and when i typed in *#06# it came up with ??????????????? as the IMEI!!!
so i took it apart and dried it and left it for about a week. it started acting normally again,and i gave it to a freind who hasnt had any problems with it at all |
Burgaz
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Well i woke up this morning feeling fine... Pick my phone up from beside my bed and went to turn the call diverts off in the normal way... ##002# and it worked!!! The # key has rediscoverd it's self!!!
Looks like i won't be making that orange care claim after all!!(bugger was hoping to have better firmware on my new one  ).
Well i'll keep an eye on it these next couple of weeks and see if any odd starts happening...
Cheers for the help and support guys,
Burgaz
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govigov
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So will you be debranding it?
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