Flyweaver 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2007 Went fishing yesterday,cell phone decided it wanted to go swimming. Clip on case slipped, phone went into creek, quickley pulled it out. It was making all kinds of musical sounds. Put it in my pocket and kept fishing. Caught 5 lost 5 with many more hits. Got home put phone in a bowl and coverd it with rice after removing bat. Put bat. back in this AM and the darn thing works. We will see how long ot lasts but so far so good. flyweaver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sulfernut 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2007 That's amazing!! A dunking like that is almost ALWAYS universally fatal,to 1. Cell Phones,and 2. Digital Cameras (one reason I am scared to DEATH to take my camera fishing!!) Keep a close eye on it though...I have heard of these things drying out,and coming back to life as you have described,only to give up the ghost permanently within another couple of days!! Glad to hear you were out getting wet tho' !!! Sulphernut Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green Acres 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2007 Yeah, um next time get the battery out ASAP, as they tend to discharge themselves when shorted by the water and overheat of the 6 I have dropped into the lake all but two, including my current motorola have survived the last time it was in my pocket when I flippe dthe canoe without thinking I reached in hte pocket and grabbed it, it was out of the water before my head was up the battery was out as soon as the boat was righted, it's been almost a year and it's working fine, the other thing I feel I shoudl tell you, as I am sort of the voice of experience here, is that you probably cannot make a waranty claim on the phone anymore, like I did the first couple take hte battery out and look for a little red dot felt dot, if you see it, you can't make a waranty calim, that dot was white when you bought it and they turn red when they get wet, talk abotu conditioning the manufactures Good Luck Pauly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twofingerz 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2007 so maybe i should put a little clear nail polish over that dot now before i drop it in the water...LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inconnu 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2007 Mine has survived 2 trips in the washing machine and once in the lake.....whew! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaUP 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 i was thrown in a lake with mine in my pocket a couple days later it worked only to be run over by a lawnmower in the end :hyst: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beaverfsu 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 Too funny Daup a light dunking caused a slow death for my last phone...the mic finally just quit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 good points about taking the batt off ASAP. I've been an electronics technician for a lot of years and I've had all kinds of stuff handed to me to "fix" after a dunking... multimeters, cameras, phones (regular telephones with cords too... don't ask) but the best was a PDA a guy dropped in the TOILET :hyst: A quick rinse in distilled water after taking the batt out, pop all the covers off and slowly gently let it heat up and dry out propped up on the back of a computer monitor which was on 24/7 for several days.... good thing he had all his stuff saved on an SD card, and what do you know, it worked just fine after putting it back together. Like someone already said, the damage happens when someone tries to turn it on when it's full of dirty water- only a tiny bit of contamination in the water is enough to let current flow places it shouldn't and then it's toast. Soggy toast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green Acres 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 I should have thought of the distilled water thing, :boat: after all H2O dosen't conduct electicity (go ahead somebody, challenge me on that one :flex: ) next time I will do that, the nail polish is a great Idea, I think maybe make sure it's not water based though thanks Pauly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyweaver 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 When I got up on Wed. morn. I put the bat. back into the phone, nothing, then a minute later it came to life and at present is working ok. Putting it in rice over night removed the moisture and the screen fogging. flyweaver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 rice as a dessicant- GREAT idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
day5 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 Correct water doesn't conduct electricity dissolved solids do! But he fastest way to dry any electrical component is WD40. I serviced car wash equipment tor 10 year trust me on that one!!! Ridderbos had his phone get wet last year We did not know it was wet for a long time. When we found it I had him pull the batt. it dried out and worked a few days later. But here is the deal It probably will not last to much longer. Most Phones run on very low voltage. any corrosion will cause that voltage to be restricted. Be ready to replace it if it starts to get goofy after a while! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2007 WHY would you carry a cell phone anyhow???? you'r to old to work one... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites