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ur phone must be drunk
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Posted: 2002-09-03 14:05:00
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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 (
Hope this helps.
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Posted: 2002-09-03 17:35:00
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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
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Posted: 2002-09-04 00:23:00
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You have to remove the battery, instead of switching it off !
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Posted: 2002-09-04 11:05:00
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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: 2002-09-04 12:05:00
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