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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo
.........as I did the other day (forgot it was in my swim shorts' pocket when I hopped in the pool  - I HATE it when that happens!), here's the fix:
- Drain, shake, whatever the excess water from the drowned phone. Don't forget to pop caps/covers off of any ports or jack connections, too.
- Towel dry exterior.
- Pop back of the case off and remove battery, SIM card, etc. - anything that's intended for the user to be able to remove.
- Fill a small ziploc bag nearly full with dry, uncooked rice.
- Insert said gurgling phone into the ziploc bag, seal it up........then wait for a day or two or three.
A friend suggested I do this as it resolved his wife's similar phone issue. I thought, "There's no way in the world this is going to work". I was in the pool floating around for more than just a few minutes when I realized my lapse in memory/stupidity. The displays were messed up from water getting inside them, I couldn't get the phone to come on, etc. But the logic made sense - that's why you'll sometimes see a few grains of rice in some restaurant salt shakers......the rice absorbs moisture very well. Sandy felt it was worth a try so we bought some rice to give it a shot. I figured the phone had to be toast, though!
"Au contraire, mon frere"! Two days of the phone in the "rice bag"......and it's back to normal!! Unbelievable! I would've lost money on the bet.
So if it ever happens to you, give the rice-and-the-ziploc-bag thing a try!
Bill  |
Bill:
A good tip. I have worked in electronics almost all of my life and I never heard of this one. Back then, nothing was small enough to fit into a ziploc bag.
If the rice is not edible after using it this way, can we subsitute popcorn?
