Friend's Cingular 8125 dropped in toilet..salvagable?

[Syringer]

Anyone ever drop it in water and recover it by going through this?

http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone

 

[Pepsi90919]

spider

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
spider

 

[Syringer]

🙁

 

[drinkmorejava]

Uhhhh, all it says is to take the battery out, dry it, and then see if it still works. I fail to see why other social input is required. Logic would dicate this process will work so long as the phone is not already fubared.

 

[dbk]

Yikes, that's an expensive phone. Just tell him to accept it as an expensive lesson. 😀

 

[Bootprint]

I suggested the low heat in the oven method for a co-worker that had soaked his phone.

Well he put it into a toaster oven on broil, then walked away for 5 minutes. Umm, don't do the broil method. lol.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
I suggested the low heat in the oven method for a co-worker that had soaked his phone.

Well he put it into a toaster oven on broil, then walked away for 5 minutes. Umm, don't do the broil method. lol.

LOL.

 

[Regs]

They are so small now-a-days. Remember when the batteries used to be the size of a cinder block? Those things likely gave off enough radiation to run your house lights.

Now I easily forget to take mine out of my pants (designed with 6 pockets) and wash and dry it. Came out very clean though.

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

I drop my 8125 all the time, but never into a toilet 😕
Now I'm afraid to take it into the bathroom. 🙁

 

[mesthead21]

Was there pee in the toilet?

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: mesthead21
Was there pee in the toilet?

That, buy my bigger concern is, was there poo in the toilet?

 

[BoldAsLove]

i dropped my old phone into pee pee water...luckily it was a crappy old i90c from nextel (b/w fat phone)

 

[JC]

Hmm...would you still want to hold it up to your mouth and ear after that?

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: JC
Hmm...would you still want to hold it up to your mouth and ear after that?

Another case for phone insurance.

 

[thescreensavers]

how could one drop such a thick phone which has plenty of grip,i got one also...well let it dry out for 3+days no battery

 

[SZLiao214]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
how could one drop such a thick phone which has plenty of grip,i got one also...well let it dry out for 3+days no battery

yeah, take out the battey and put it in a dry airy place for a few days.

 

[doze]

I have let other electronics sit on a windowsill in the sun for 1~2 days and they have worked. I own a flash drive that has been through the washing machine at least 3 times.

 

[BoomerD]

As long as you/he lets it dry for several days in a warm spot, it SHOULD work again, but it might sound kind of sh!tty...

 

[Jeff7]

Solution: stop using the phone whilst using the toilet.

 

[txrandom]

I jumped in a pool with mine. I dried it out by sitting in on my roof in the sun..which might of messed up the battery even more. The actual phone worked, but the battery was fubared. I just bought a new one off one of eBay for $11 shipped. Every once in a while it randomly turns off...so it might stll be somewhat messed up.