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Help me save my phone

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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
ya so today my phone went through the washer(yes Im a dumbass). I took out the battery and let it dry and I put the phone in a ziplock bag with rice in it because I googled it and thats what it said to do. anything else you guys know that will help my phone work again? +karma for good answers
Oct 5 2008 7:40PM
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4frnt_or_die
Posts: 780 - Karma: 3
micro wave i so the water gets out.........

















Oct 5 2008 7:41PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
oven at low heat could work
Oct 5 2008 7:42PM
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neon1peace
Posts: 998 - Karma: -1
that might not work^
Oct 5 2008 7:42PM
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eurotune2
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 10
yea i have heard of some people doing this, not sure how safe it is
Oct 5 2008 7:44PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
my friend tried it once...

didnt work.
Oct 5 2008 7:45PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
oven is safer than microwave
the microwave just kills it
Oct 5 2008 7:45PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
dont put it in the microwave.  that's dumb.  don't put it in the oven. thats retarded too.  pop off the battery...unscrew the 4 or 5 screws in the back of your phone and pop it apart.  let it dry for a couple of days and then take a wire brush to any corrosion that forms on the main board...esp near batt contacts, mic, etc.  don't try and put any power thru the thing until its dried for a few days...you can zap the board...
Oct 5 2008 7:48PM
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TerminatorX
Posts: 3087 - Karma: 169
i did that like 6 years ago. i took the battery out and let it dry, but the screen still got fucked up.
Oct 5 2008 7:50PM
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dandougherty
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i just took out the battery and put the phone above a table lamp and waited like 2 days and it worked
Oct 5 2008 7:52PM
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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
ya Im not gonna put it in the oven and definitely not the microwave. I tried to take the screws out but I don have a small enough screwdriver. Im really banking on the rice method working haha.
Oct 5 2008 7:56PM
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zerospinskier
Posts: 4867 - Karma: 350
Dude just let it dry completely. It should be fine. I used to have an LG Venus and wakeboarded all day with it in my pocket once. I just let it dry for a couple days and it was totally fine. Then I left it in my pocket and went in the lake again a couple weeks later. I just let it dry again and it worked fine.
Oct 5 2008 7:59PM
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steezeaholic.
Posts: 894 - Karma: 39
i dropped mine in the toilet haha. the best thing to do is leave it on its side so the water will leak out and leave the battery off for a few days. don't keep trying ot turn it on though..that will mess it up more. you can always blow dry it a little on low. that works too. i hope that one of these helps!
Oct 5 2008 7:59PM
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Parkboy
Posts: 2303 - Karma: 32
if nothing works for you go buy insurance for your cell-phone plan and go get a new one
Oct 5 2008 8:00PM
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T.L.
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Take it apart as much as you're comfortable with and put it in a bowl of rice for a few days.  The rice will help soak up the moisture.
Oct 5 2008 8:02PM
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skithesprings
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if none of these work it is prob the battery, and if it is, there should be a little sticker on the battery that turned red when it got wet. (so the phone company can tell if you dropped it in the water)  take some bleach and dab it on the sticker to make it white then go to the store and ask for a replacement. they will give you a free or discounted battey depending on how long you have had it.

Oct 5 2008 8:05PM
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Sky.
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 287
borrow your moms hair dryer, i have ressuracted 3 phones this way
Oct 5 2008 8:36PM
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Dukeybrains
Posts: 1030 - Karma: 11
Oven at 200F saved my phone after swimming with it once...
Oct 5 2008 8:38PM
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MayorWest
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 160
saw this i field and stream...
put it in a zip lock with ryce, yes the food uncooked and dry, then squeze all the air out and zip it.
the rice acts like a sponge and sucks up all the water and doesnt cause heat damage like an over MICROWAVE or hair dryer will..

this works i droped a walky talky in a birdbath once...
yeah, intence paintball....
Oct 5 2008 8:40PM
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MayorWest
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 160
saw this i field and stream...
put it in a zip lock with ryce, yes the food uncooked and dry, then squeze all the air out and zip it.
the rice acts like a sponge and sucks up all the water and doesnt cause heat damage like an over MICROWAVE or hair dryer will..

this works i droped a walky talky in a birdbath once...
yeah, intence paintball....
Oct 5 2008 8:41PM
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_steezefiend8
Posts: 659 - Karma: 271
rice def. works i did it to mine when i dropped it in coffee.
Oct 5 2008 8:53PM
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JasperGphoto
Posts: 398 - Karma: 995
i also heard that you should put the battery in distilled water to flush out all the contaminated water
and rice works too.
Oct 5 2008 8:57PM
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Blurst
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he has already done that...
read the original post
Oct 5 2008 8:57PM
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MayorWest
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 160
haha i know i missed that i saw that someone had a wet phone problem and i didnt bother reading the rest... my B
Oct 5 2008 9:01PM
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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
ya I already did that but does it really have to be a few days? That seems like a long time for it to dry out.
Oct 5 2008 9:06PM
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MayorWest
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i did it for a day... but can 4 could only help...

less your mom gets hungry and trys to cook it!!!
Oct 5 2008 9:08PM
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Dobies.
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don't try to turn it on for at least 2 days, that way the water wont short circut it.

Oct 5 2008 9:59PM
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idontactuallyski
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that does work
Oct 5 2008 10:20PM
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