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Interests => Around the House & In the Garage => Topic started by: whiffleball on February 06, 2013, 06:19:12 AM

Title: Did your cell phone get wet?
Post by: whiffleball on February 06, 2013, 06:19:12 AM

I've done this twice.  Once the thing was in a front pocket as I leaned over the dog's water dish and in it went.  Last night I forget the damn thing was in a jeans pocket.  I threw the jeans in the washer and didn't discover I'd done so until the wash cycle had completed.  When I fished it out of the washer the thing was vibrating like crazy.

The phone is ruined and I have a backup, but was worried about the SIM card.  I was told to take it out and let it sit, completely covered, in a cup of dry rice over night to remove the moisture.  I was afraid it'd been fried by the battery, but it's working beautifully in my backup phone.

Everybody here probably already knows this, but it was welcome news to me.

Title: Re: Did your cell phone get wet?
Post by: thundley4 on February 06, 2013, 09:24:35 AM

I have dropped a phone in the dog's water dish the same way. 

Always remove the battery immediately, then use a low heat source for drying everything out.  I've used a hair dryer set on low and also the defroster in the car.