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katiebell
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Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
I dropped my phone in the sink filled with water and I don't know what to do!!! It was still working when I took it out but the screen started flickering so I took the battery out and dried it the best I could. From reading the internet, it says to put the phone in a container of rice and let it sit, so that's what I am doing now. Does any one have any experience with this? Please help!!
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Posted 11/23/10 10:59 PM  |
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bettybcafe
Big brother in the making
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
Yes, the rice trick works!
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| Posted 11/23/10 11:05 PM |
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katiebell
Hoping, wishing, waiting....
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
How long should I leave it in there for? So far its been about 5 hours or so.
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| Posted 11/23/10 11:06 PM |
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Christine
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
I would leave it for at least a day. I know someone that did this and it took several days to completely dry out - granted it went through the laundry - but it eventually worked.
good luck!
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| Posted 11/23/10 11:08 PM |
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emilylives
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
I left my cell phone out in the pouring rain overnight...and after about a week it started working again.
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| Posted 11/23/10 11:38 PM |
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MrsKS
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
I've done the rice thing... it worked.
Another time I did it and it didn't work.
It all depends on how damaged it is.
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| Posted 11/23/10 11:51 PM |
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LiveAgain
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
DH WASHED his for the full cycle 
It took about 3 days but it ended up working with a little water behind the screen...lol We ended up ordering a new phone anyway.
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| Posted 11/24/10 1:11 AM |
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katiebell
Hoping, wishing, waiting....
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
UPDATE: I put the battery in and turned it on, and it WORKS!! There at two big water spots on the screen so I took out the battery and put it back in the rice, hopefully over time that will go away. I can't believe it!! The phone was an android, samsung intercept.
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| Posted 11/24/10 6:56 AM |
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MrsSpring
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
the rice does work.
but when i did it with my blackberry rice got stuck in it.
ugh i dropped my phone in a cup of manhatten clam chowder  there was no saving that it smelt horrible
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| Posted 11/24/10 7:06 AM |
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PaddysGirl
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
My bf dropped his iphone in the toilet and we threw it in a bag of rice and works perfectly.
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| Posted 11/24/10 8:03 AM |
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janet
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
Posted by katiebell
UPDATE: I put the battery in and turned it on, and it WORKS!! There at two big water spots on the screen so I took out the battery and put it back in the rice, hopefully over time that will go away. I can't believe it!! The phone was an android, samsung intercept.
I did the same thing, It was in the water for all of 10 secs, if that, Left it in the rice for 8 hours and worked perfecrtly. I took it to work the next morning , when i came home i put it back in the rice to get the rest of the water behind the screen and it was gone the next morning. Just make sure you wipe down the battery area before putting back in the battery!
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| Posted 11/24/10 8:14 AM |
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Andrewz00
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
rice works great... and if your a real geek like me, you have been collecting those silica packets from new shoes and bags etc... drop your phone into a sealed Tupperware with a bunch of those. that should work great too!!
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| Posted 11/24/10 8:36 AM |
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MrsA714
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
Try the rice trick. Definitely helps. I had two water mishaps with my phone in the last month. I accidentally flushed it down the toilet (long story lol)...shockingly, it did work after that but barely. It's a touch screen phone so I was not able to use a lot of the functions so I had to replace it. Then I dropped the replacement in the tub while giving my DD a bath the other day  ....but I put in some rice overnight and its working fine.
My new years resolution is to keep my phone as far away from the bathroom as possible!
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| Posted 11/24/10 8:44 AM |
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christinec2010
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Re: Anyone drop their cell phone in water?
A couple of years ago I dropped my phone into a cup of water. I used a blow dryer to dry it out & that worked pretty well.
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| Posted 11/24/10 9:08 AM |
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