Washable Phone
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Washable Phone
Okay, so I'm not much of a cell phone user. I work from home most of the time, so I'm easy to get in touch with most of the time. Anyway, I have an older Nokia 6030 that I like cuz it's small and unobtrusive and a couple months ago..... well... I washed it. I couldn't find it anywhere... and it finally turned up in my dryer in a pocket of my jeans. Soaked.
Soo.... I let it dry a couple days. Plugged it in. No joy. Waited a few more days. Still no. Gave up on the thing. I was just about to walk out the door to go look at cell phones since my g/f keeps hounding me to get a new one so she can text me from work... and I thought... ONE more try. BAM! It lit up and started charging as soon as I plugged it in. Apparently the Smart chip is still bad, but I can get that replaced at the store easily. It just needed 3 months to dry, apparently. lol
Sooooo... if you too would like a washable phone, consider Nokia.
Soo.... I let it dry a couple days. Plugged it in. No joy. Waited a few more days. Still no. Gave up on the thing. I was just about to walk out the door to go look at cell phones since my g/f keeps hounding me to get a new one so she can text me from work... and I thought... ONE more try. BAM! It lit up and started charging as soon as I plugged it in. Apparently the Smart chip is still bad, but I can get that replaced at the store easily. It just needed 3 months to dry, apparently. lol
Sooooo... if you too would like a washable phone, consider Nokia.
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Re: Washable Phone
My wife has a Sanyo that she washed not too long ago.
After it came out, we took it apart and put all of the pieces in a can filled with kitty litter.
Let it sit for a couple of days and all was well.
After it came out, we took it apart and put all of the pieces in a can filled with kitty litter.
Let it sit for a couple of days and all was well.
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Re: Washable Phone
Those little bags of dessicant you get with various electronic goodies (silica gel packs)... collect them and keep them in a zip locked bag for just such occasions. About 10 small ones or 5 medium ones should do. (1 small one is about a teaspoon worth of pellets)
If they get to the point where they don't seem to work... cut them open, spread the pellets on a cookie sheet and let them bake at about 100 degrees in a regular oven for about a half hour. Then pull them out and put them back in the zip locked bag.
If you ever get a piece of electronic equipment that gets 'soaked'... immediately remove the battery, dry it out as best you can with simple paper towels and then put it in your little bag with the silica gel pellets for a day or so. Smaller devices that are more tightly packed may take as long as a week (PSP, DS, Cell phones, etc.)
After removal, replace the battery and charge it up... all should be fine.
Hope that helps!!!
If they get to the point where they don't seem to work... cut them open, spread the pellets on a cookie sheet and let them bake at about 100 degrees in a regular oven for about a half hour. Then pull them out and put them back in the zip locked bag.
If you ever get a piece of electronic equipment that gets 'soaked'... immediately remove the battery, dry it out as best you can with simple paper towels and then put it in your little bag with the silica gel pellets for a day or so. Smaller devices that are more tightly packed may take as long as a week (PSP, DS, Cell phones, etc.)
After removal, replace the battery and charge it up... all should be fine.
Hope that helps!!!
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Re: Washable Phone
Originally Posted by MMZ_TimeLord
Those little bags of dessicant you get with various electronic goodies (silica gel packs)... collect them and keep them in a zip locked bag for just such occasions. About 10 small ones or 5 medium ones should do. (1 small one is about a teaspoon worth of pellets)
If they get to the point where they don't seem to work... cut them open, spread the pellets on a cookie sheet and let them bake at about 100 degrees in a regular oven for about a half hour. Then pull them out and put them back in the zip locked bag.
If you ever get a piece of electronic equipment that gets 'soaked'... immediately remove the battery, dry it out as best you can with simple paper towels and then put it in your little bag with the silica gel pellets for a day or so. Smaller devices that are more tightly packed may take as long as a week (PSP, DS, Cell phones, etc.)
After removal, replace the battery and charge it up... all should be fine.
Hope that helps!!!
If they get to the point where they don't seem to work... cut them open, spread the pellets on a cookie sheet and let them bake at about 100 degrees in a regular oven for about a half hour. Then pull them out and put them back in the zip locked bag.
If you ever get a piece of electronic equipment that gets 'soaked'... immediately remove the battery, dry it out as best you can with simple paper towels and then put it in your little bag with the silica gel pellets for a day or so. Smaller devices that are more tightly packed may take as long as a week (PSP, DS, Cell phones, etc.)
After removal, replace the battery and charge it up... all should be fine.
Hope that helps!!!
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