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Originally Posted by Pturner (Post 360152)

:popcorn:

:clap2: Good one!

Bill :wave:

Years ago, before I had a cell phone, I had a pager and fell in the pool with it. I called the pager company and they told me to just pull the battery out and put it in the refrigerator for a day or two and it would be fine. I did and it was. I don't know if that will work with a cell phone, but it might speed up the process with the rice if you don't seal up the bag. The refrigerator is supposed to suck out the moisture also. I hope I never have to try either of these remedies.

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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 360035)

.........as I did the other day (forgot it was in my swim shorts' pocket when I hopped in the pool :doh: - 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. :smiley:

If the rice is not edible after using it this way, can we subsitute popcorn? :popcorn: :wave:

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Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 360298)

........If the rice is not edible after using it this way, can we subsitute popcorn? :popcorn: :wave:

HA!!! memason wants to try the leftover rice so that's already spoken for. The popcorn's all yours!! :1rotfl:

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As an update for all: My phone continues working as though nothing ever happened. Probably have been on it for at least an hour or more today - calls both coming in and out with no issues.

Bill :)

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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 360300)

Bill:

Love your humor. Glad to hear your phone is in working condition and you didn't have to spend big bucks to replace it. :wave:

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Originally Posted by JimJoe (Post 360039)

I am wondering how long the "cure" will last.
JJ

Drowned mine two years ago in February and it still work perfectly.