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Phone dropped in a lake

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Stadtski
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i dropped my phone in a lake and i took out the battery to dry it, rice hasnt worked so far, do you guys have any suggestions of anything else to try?
Sep 22 2013 8:18PM
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Stadtski
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no but seriously its a galaxy 4 and i dont want to buy a new one
Sep 22 2013 8:23PM
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Jeebus.
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Buy an iphone 5s then, iphones are better anyways..
Sep 22 2013 8:27PM
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Stadtski
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well i dont have enough money for a new phone at all
Sep 22 2013 8:29PM
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alex=
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sell your body then
Sep 22 2013 8:30PM
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Stadtski
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maybe i will
Sep 22 2013 8:33PM
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2dope2cope
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try the packets that come in beef jerky. ps ill buy ur body
Sep 22 2013 8:40PM
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the_armidilo
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Get a Asian to fix it for you in exchange for driving lessons.
Sep 22 2013 8:43PM
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DIPED_IN_SAUCE
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What's the meaning behind your user name? Are you to cool to be able to see reason and logic? Are you so cool you constantly have mental breakdowns?
Sep 22 2013 8:44PM
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Stadtski
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brilliant.
Sep 22 2013 8:48PM
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2dope2cope
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im just so dope that i cant cope and if i think about it i die.
Sep 22 2013 8:50PM
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Stadtski
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get out of here
Sep 22 2013 8:52PM
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KrazyistKarl
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Soak it in high percentage isopropyl alcohol, should have done it emidiately, but there may still be hope.

Why?


Isopropyl alcohol is electrically non conductive, and will clean any mineral deposits which causes corrosion.


Sources: my fucking self cause I'm an electrician.

And it's also tried and true on several of my water damaged phones
Sep 22 2013 9:12PM
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Threshy
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Get a vacuum. take off all of the parts on your phone that come off. Make a little seal with your hands around the vacuum and your phone and suck the water out. I did that to one of my gopros and it worked.
Sep 22 2013 9:19PM
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DIPED_IN_SAUCE
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Do you wear Full Tilts?
Sep 22 2013 9:20PM
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Phil-X-
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Buy the S4 Active and then drop it in the lake
Sep 22 2013 9:23PM
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robotdna
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Does it have a warranty?

Does it have insurance?

Can you open the phone to inspect it?

Can you get it repaired somewhere?
Sep 22 2013 9:29PM
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JAHpow
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If you can get it back to normal send it in to get waterproofed. I'm spacing what the company is called but they spray your phone and the particles are so small that they work into the phone and entirely coat the phone inside and out.
Sep 22 2013 9:35PM
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first_rodeo
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Sep 22 2013 9:42PM
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ElGayo
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Should have got a lifeproof case
Sep 22 2013 9:45PM
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miroz
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I sat in a hot tub with my phone for about 5 min before I realized it was in my pocket. I riced it for 2 weeks until my new phone came...and the moment I opened up my new phone, the old one started working. It was honestly really weird...but I packed up the new one, sent it back, and used the old one for another 4 years.

Fuck yeah. Dumb phones are the tits.
Sep 22 2013 11:12PM
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a.g
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Take it apart and use a hairdryer
Sep 23 2013 1:30AM
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Laurent.
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That works like shit, friend had that done, he then demonstrated it by dunking it into a beer > bam screen off, phone dead. Then someone with an Xperia Z was laughing the loudest, screaming watch this!

And that guy slammed his Sony so hard in his beer the glass broke and his phone bounced from the bar onto the concrete ground and was completely shattered

Moral of the story: waterproofing doesn't do anyone good.
Sep 23 2013 1:55AM
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Joshua.
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put it in a bag of uncooked rice ASAP

I've saved many phones this way, and a camera.
Sep 23 2013 1:57AM
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KrazyistKarl
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Bump to /thread
Sep 23 2013 2:02AM
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250r
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yea this, its not actually the water that damages electronics assuming theyre turned off, its the deposits it leaves behind
Sep 23 2013 2:24AM
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maximiliaan
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True that, i shattered the back of my Xperia z, which is also not waterproof anymore
Sep 23 2013 2:37AM
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Stadtski
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ill try it.
Sep 23 2013 6:59AM
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Olimar
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you probably didnt leave it in the rice long enough. Thats where most people go wrong when they do this and it doesnt work because teen age girls cant go a couple days without their phone. You should leave it in for like 4 days and submerge everything in rice separately (phone without back on, battery, and sim card if you have one) And if you did do this, then i don tknow what to tell you. Its worked for me twice.
Sep 23 2013 8:47AM
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theBearJew
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Probably suggested but rice. Stick it in rice.
Sep 23 2013 1:51PM
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MuckMaestro
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Happened to me this summer

Use rice for like 4-5 days. Another thing to try is to heat your oven to 200F, turn it off and leave your phone inside (Withouot battery, sim, microsd etc) while it cools down. Learned that one from the people at my marina. Mine was still fucked for like a week after but now it works perfectly besides the battery life which is now shit.

It was an old blackberry curve btw
Sep 23 2013 3:26PM
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Miomo
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You forgot to cook the rice
Sep 23 2013 4:38PM
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Bateman
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ns is now r/shittyadvice
Sep 23 2013 5:04PM
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TechnoPotamus
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replies in this thread are gold. A+ all around


OP use a time machine and go back in time before you dropped the phone in the lake to warn yourself
Sep 23 2013 5:07PM
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Bateman
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*to make sure he orders a new phone well ahead of the loss of it.
Sep 23 2013 5:10PM
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TechnoPotamus
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but of course
Sep 23 2013 5:26PM
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Bateman
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drop your mums iphone into the same lake.

the samsung phone is repellant to apple tech and cause your phone tol fly out of the water. then use a hammer to break open the screen to check for water damage. if water damaged get new phone, if not, get new screen.
Sep 23 2013 5:30PM
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Ski_Alot
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clearly you need to get full tilts
Sep 23 2013 5:36PM
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oil.
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ns has always been /r/shittyadvice
Sep 23 2013 5:39PM
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KrazyistKarl
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I tried to reply to your pm but shitty Internet and mobile doesn't work well. But you can get isopropyl alcohol at any drug store or walmart, it's rubbing alcohol (you might even have some under the sink) get at least 93 percent, the higher the better
Sep 23 2013 9:50PM
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DIPED_IN_SAUCE
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Is one intended to consume said isopropyl alcohol or?
Sep 23 2013 10:37PM
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KrazyistKarl
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No, you dip the phone in it.
Sep 23 2013 10:43PM
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ILLinoisance
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Sep 23 2013 10:54PM
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Wallisch_pl
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Try to turn it off then turn it back on??
Sep 23 2013 10:56PM
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250r
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my god did they not teach you kids in school how to clean a bong properly...what is this world coming to
Sep 24 2013 1:12AM
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eheath
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oh my
Sep 24 2013 4:17AM
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Spiri7o
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Keep trying rice, if that doesn't work you will have to buy a new phone. Been through this so many times
Sep 24 2013 10:25AM
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Stadtski
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ahahahah holy shit. GENIUS
Sep 24 2013 12:23PM
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