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Dropped cell in water

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skijunkiedtm
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i was at treman a natural swim place at likw 9:00 wit my uncle and family and trying to show off and stuff dumnass me my cell flew out of my pocket ANS INTO THE RIVER IT feel down a short water fall and was open and light in the water lucky for me it was shallow like a foot deap i jumped in and got any ideas on how to bring it back?
Jul 14 2006 9:16PM
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seemeski
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Well with my cell phone it can only be replaced if its lost. It this is the same with yours, got to the nearest cliff and throw it off.
Jul 14 2006 9:19PM
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Von
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NS SPELLCHECKER

Jul 14 2006 9:19PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
my warenty i think covers water but i still gota pay 50
Jul 14 2006 9:20PM
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4frntSkier
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that sucks
Jul 14 2006 9:29PM
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MitchPee
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Don't turn it on. Leave it off for a few days, it should dry out and be fine if you haven't turned it on already.
Jul 14 2006 9:29PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
i have tryed to put the battery in by acident like i didnt mean to but the things tuched and it light up all bluea all screens
Jul 14 2006 9:30PM
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marsland
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try taking it apart, letting it out to dry for a few days, then using it again.  if you cant wait, i think a hairdryer would probably work too
Jul 14 2006 9:39PM
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skijunkiedtm
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a yea im not gonna void my warenty by taken it apart and i already did all the otha shit u said
Jul 14 2006 9:42PM
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skijunkiedtm
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my rudeness was derected to marsland or what ever
Jul 14 2006 9:48PM
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R-Bertsch
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well if you had been there at 8:45 then you could have revived it but you were too late.
Jul 14 2006 10:13PM
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marsland
Posts: 3150 - Karma: 421
its never happened to me, but i didnt mean to take it apart like totally, i should have said what stowebum said and just take out the battery, cause that is what i meant. 
Jul 14 2006 10:15PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
ok
Jul 14 2006 10:23PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
what?
Jul 14 2006 10:25PM
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SkiCrzy
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put it in the oven at like 300 degrees F for like a couple mins. something like that, it will get the water out
Jul 14 2006 10:44PM
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creighton
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let it sit for 2 days then try it.. dont try it before then
Jul 14 2006 10:53PM
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creighton
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i dropped mine in a sick full of water and mine still works
Jul 14 2006 10:54PM
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invader7
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ya me and my friend were tubbing and he got his phone soaked he had to get a new one i dont think u can fix it
Jul 14 2006 11:02PM
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awsomecoolguy
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iv'e seen so maney people have there phones work after being droped in water the key is to just get every once of water out before you try to turn them on if you turn it on your fucked
Jul 14 2006 11:06PM
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dat_ski_dude
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working as a sales person for verizon i see stuff like that 2 or 3 times a day. and i hate to break it to ya but 98% of the time the phone is shot. sorry bro cell phones and water just dont mix
Jul 15 2006 9:59AM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
damnit but i think i still have all my contacts and shit on the sim card i took that out and it looks fine
Jul 15 2006 10:22AM
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ski_cartel
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if all else fail you can get it ultrasound cleaned, i had to get it done when i droped my cellphone into a lake. If it doesnt work then make it "dissapear" and say it was lost then you ger a new one
Jul 15 2006 11:59AM
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Andy-Fair
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my cell phone went through the wash and it ruined it. i tried to dry it out for like a week and took out the battery and everything and it wouldnt do anything. it did start randomly vibrating for awhile though.
Jul 15 2006 12:08PM
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eLevate
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dude, plug it in for a week. thats what i did when the same thing happened to me, and it worked five days later. and mine was totally submerged (like 15 feet). something about the current running though the circuts dries it out. DONT TURN IT ON.
Jul 15 2006 12:18PM
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Public_Enemy0255
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yeah one time mine went through the wash and i just left it alone and took it apart so it could dry and it came back. oh yeah and another time when i was drunk i dropped my friends phone in a cup of beer....hers however...didnt turn back on.
Jul 15 2006 5:41PM
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Dan.
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make it "dissappear" with a sledge man. oh, and my phones been in the sink twice, and a toilet full of cleaning detergents and all those chemical things, and it still works perfectly, except that the battery only lasts a day now, and the camera doesnt work, but i think thats from back when i dropped it off the ski lift, not because of water. and the first time it was in water i tryed turning it on right away, and it just went blank, but then when i dried it out it was fine.
Jul 15 2006 9:03PM
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hendrik.
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my brother did that a lot when he had a hot tub...all you have to do is take it apart as much you can, stick it on a glass plate ontop of a toaster, and turn on the toaster.
Jul 15 2006 9:20PM
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Dan.
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oh and the guy at cell repair place told me that if you dropped it in water that contains any kind of solvents or any dirt, rinse it in distilled water, then dry it.
Jul 15 2006 9:27PM
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chapz
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yeah my friend dropped his cell in the lake and let it rest for a day and it ended up working
Jul 15 2006 10:28PM
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Love_Wins.
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Totally right, I dropped mine in water so many times before I totally broke the shit out of it, let it dry out for 3-4 days, with the battery off, then put the battery back on and plug the charger into it and it should turn on, let it charge for a day or so and then try turning it on...it's always worked for me.
Jul 15 2006 11:57PM
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ARMADA-SKI-NZ
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i dont have a phone
(audience) Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
Jul 16 2006 12:03AM
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kingarthurs
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yeah mine went throught the wash. take the battery out and let it air dry for a couple days. it worked for me
Jul 16 2006 12:05AM
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Elijah.
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Jul 16 2006 12:15AM
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720laxskier
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put it in the oven
Jul 16 2006 12:45AM
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reggyboy
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ye rip that sucker apart and hairdry it for a good half hour, it worked for me when i dropped mine in a spa
Jul 16 2006 12:45AM
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CJHski
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ive droped like 2 phones in the lake
Jul 16 2006 12:47AM
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ryankachel
Posts: 219 - Karma: 20
if u drop ur phone in water, try putting it in a bag of uncooked rice for about 24+ hours and then it has such a good chance of working:)
Aug 23 2006 6:01PM
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-benedetto
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damn verizon haha
Aug 23 2006 6:19PM
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TheWallaby
Posts: 297 - Karma: 16
find someone whose phone is just about ready for replacement and steal the little white sticker that tells you whether or not your phone's been submerged in water. peel that off of their phone with an exacto knife and superglue that shit onto your phone where your sticker would go. then warrantee that shit.

yup. i've done it once or twice.
Aug 23 2006 6:25PM
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TMswitch06
Posts: 987 - Karma: 11
i jumoed into the lake with mine twice, and she still lived. Even though it was a brick phone, I just took everything apart and put it in front of a fan for the night and it worked fine the next day.
Aug 23 2006 6:44PM
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sexy_skier_babii
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with my expriences, my friend dropped his in a lake, it worked for a while on and off then it worked back to normal after a week or so. then my other friend dropped hers in vodka hers worked after,but within a few days completly died. and my last friend dropped hers in coffee and hers worked except for the camera, and the screen had a blotch on it and it was brown from the coffee. therefor there is a possibilty yours could still work.
Aug 23 2006 6:56PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
the water indicator is usually on the phone. Not the battery.
Aug 23 2006 6:59PM
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SPskier543
Posts: 2413 - Karma: 324
Put it in rice. 5 year bump
Mar 10 2011 11:12PM
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soulskier
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AED.....CLEAR!
Mar 10 2011 11:14PM
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SPskier543
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Are you disgruntled?
Mar 10 2011 11:16PM
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Blake.P
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put it in a bag of rice for a few days to dry it out.
then leave it on the charger for a long time to prevent damage to the battery
Mar 10 2011 11:19PM
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Nurgle
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throw it in the rice. Itll generally suck the moisture out. That or the lil packets you find in new shoes.
Those things are designed to absorb moisture
Mar 10 2011 11:23PM
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gnarshrelpt
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disassemble your phone, like take out the battery and other easily removable parts them throw it all in a bag of rice. The rice sucks up the moisture in your phone

Mar 10 2011 11:25PM
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soulskier
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excuse me?
Mar 10 2011 11:27PM
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Phil-X-
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put in rice. take bat out first

or

soak it in rubbing alch, without battery. the idea behind this is that itll wash out the water and will evaporate 20x faster then water would
Mar 10 2011 11:31PM
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[tk]
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take the battery and other other parts you can apart, then put it in a giant ziploc with a bunch of those tiny packets that come with new shoes. i happen to have a giant one of those, not sure where i got it though. DONT TURN YOUR PHONE ON for at least a couple days in the bag. do that and you should be good, worked for me.
Mar 10 2011 11:34PM
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