*UPDATE* MY cell phone is in the laundry

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

SERIOUSLY... OMG.

Edit: PIC!

I'm leaving it at the windowsill drying right now... I seriously do hope it can at least work.. There's no way I can warranty this because I just flashed my firmware last night...

Now if the screen dies they may never know I flashed anything =P


UPDATE: Drying for a few hrs in the sun then since sun is gone, I put my phone into my comp between my 2 HDs so it gets 120mm fan blowage...

Moisture still left in screen (but a lot is gone), and some in the camera lens. I gambled and I turned it on. Turned on PERFECTLY well.

MP3 mode works and music started blasting.

Camera even works and the flash light turns on.. so phone mode works (Yes I have a K750i flashed to a W800i, so if you know how W800i works, you understand what I mean).

However, LCD backlight is dead.. meaning I can't see a thing, and I had to do all this holding my phone up to a light bulb... =(

What good is a cell w/o backlight?

 

[blustori]

Use your house phone and call it.

 

[brxndxn]

let it go through the entire wash and dry.. just take out the battery asap

mine still worked after I washed and dried it.. even with the battery. It was a Samsung S105

You might have to take it apart to dry it off thoroughly.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: blustori
Use your house phone and call it.

My cell phone and house phone are different area codes... No long distance calling plan... FVCK... 8 minutes left and it's spin drying.... I just spent $10 to flash my firmware last night and I had an awesome modded phone.. today it's dead.

 

[Leper Messiah]

I washed mine, it was pretty much okay. The antenna didn't work, but I was able to save my SIMM card. Whatever you do LET IT DRY OUT BEFORE TURNING IT ON. Take a blow dryer on low and run it over it.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: brxndxn
let it go through the entire wash and dry.. just take out the battery asap

mine still worked after I washed and dried it.. even with the battery. It was a Samsung S105

You might have to take it apart to dry it off thoroughly.

 

[johnnqq]

it could still work. that happened to my friend. the front lcd was all messed up. the phone pretty muchw orked, but the battery started to do some we ird ******. the phone would randomly turn on and off for no reason.

 

[Soapy Bones]

I dont know if I would use a blowdryer or not....

I stepped into a pool with it in my pocket once and was pissed because I had JUST got the thing and spent a ton of $$ on it. Anyways, I took it home and took it apart and set it on a towel next to our dehumidifier. Came back about a day later and put it all back together and its still going strong over a year later. I've had good luck with using the dehumidifier on the phone, but again as it was mentioned dont turn it on and take the battery off asap.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Yup it's officially dead. $380 K750i..

 

[tami]

my friend just lost his phone to the laundry too. don't conclude that it's officially dead after 9 minutes. give it a night to dry out.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Back to my V600.. my parents are gonna kill me.

 

[jonessoda]

I once ran a USB thumbdrive (Memorex Traveldrive) through the wash cycle in my jeans. I remembered halfway through, pulled it out, and yanked the casing off to dry it out. The inside didn't have a drop of water in it.

Still worked, once I taped it back in its casing, until I sold it for cheap and bought one with a higher capacity.

If a traveldrive can make it through the wash, your phone is probably gonna be okay after a night of drying.

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: brxndxn
let it go through the entire wash and dry.. just take out the battery asap

mine still worked after I washed and dried it.. even with the battery. It was a Samsung S105

You might have to take it apart to dry it off thoroughly.

I had this exact thing happen. worked fine

 

[simms]

Totally dead? Maybe you can salvage the casing and the battery, and the memory stick... and the headphones.

 

[imported_Snagle]

dont turn it on until it's been dried sufficiently or youll probably kill it.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

PRoblem is that it was already on before....

Pictar!

 

[lavagirl669]

oh dam...that sucks

 

[vshah]

ouch man....ouch...
nice phone too..

my SE t610i has made it through 2 washes (while on) and is still working 2 years on...

 

[spaceman]

my cousin hannahs cell phone got lost while snowmobiling in january, it was found in the spring behind my fathers house my unlce dried it out and it still worked.:shrug:

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

status updated.

 

[ironcrotch]

Wow thats amazing, good job not freaking out and letting it dry. :thumbsup: I have a friend that dropped his phone into the urinal as he was wee'ing. Washed it and left it to dry for a few days and all is good as new. Cracks me up everytime I see him use is urinal phone tho. Good thing you saved your k750i, where did you get it that you can still get it warrantied?

edit: sorry to hear about the backlight, that sucks and can be a pain, but most warranties should cover that.

 

[zixxer]

I washed my A880 and took it completely apart.... I'm talking COMPLETE wash even spin cycle lol...


let it dry a couple days it works 100% fine

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

It's not 100% dry, but even when I pulled it out, I saw the screen working but without backlight..

I figure even if its 100% dry, the screen is probably dead...

THe only problem is I flashed my phone to a W800i effectively voiding warranty. I could flash it back, but flashing costs me $$$... Iono.. I guess I should've left it as a K750i, and it could probably be warrantied.. I got it somewhere in the Bay Area, but I know the phone itself is from China.

 

[Windogg]

A reliable place to get replacement parts for your phone.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: armatron
I washed my A880 and took it completely apart.... I'm talking COMPLETE wash even spin cycle lol...


let it dry a couple days it works 100% fine

I had spin cycle too.. IT got pretty banged up I guess that's why there's scratches.....

Washer door locks automatically, so I couldnt' do anything. When I got to it, it was 14 min into wash, and 11 min left. I guess I should've just unplugged it but I was a bit scared to do so....