fuck--wet phone

[danaeris]

So some water leaked all over my phone.

When I picked it up and figured this out, it seemed to be dripping some water out of the sync holes. I opened up the battery compartment and it was wet. I removed the battery, dried the compartment and battery, and pressed reset.

One time when I pressed reset it made high pitched noises. The other times, it flashes lights but nothing more.

Anyone have experience with water damaged palms or cellphones? Is my phone likely dead?

I may have to get a new cell phone anyway...

Comments

[chiefted]

Let it air dry complete then try again or if you have some "caned air" at the house try blowing the water out, let it dry and try again. I have a feeling it maybe toast but the drying it completely may salvage it.

[emmett-the-sane.livejournal.com]

More than likely, it's dead. I once had a motorola 2-way pager dunked, and once it dried, it came back online... but it was very, very funny-acting.

It's amazing to me that I haven't really seen waterproof (or resistant) celphones on the market. I'm sure there have been a few, but it's such a common problem, you'd think they'd catch on.

[feylike.livejournal.com]

the rules of thumb i've heard about recovering electronics from water damage have been: (1) disassemble and carefully rinse with distilled/de-ionized water if whatever liquid got into it is likely to be corrosive. (2) wait until it is completely dry (this may take a few days) before attempting to turn it on. admittedly, (1) is somewhat risky if there are things that are damaged by merely being wet, as opposed to the more probable situation where the damage is caused by corrosives or by conductive mineral deposits.

high pitched noises

[chrisla.livejournal.com]

The high pitched noises, if they started high in pitch and volume, and then decreased in pitch, and slightly in volume were the sound of capacitors discharging/dieing.

Bad news.

[sunspiral.livejournal.com]

A couple of years ago I dropped my cellphone into the chlorine-loaded skimmer bucket of our pool. I rinsed the phone off as best I could, and allowed it to dry for days. The display's been a bit flaky since, but otherwise it still works. (We use it as the backup phone these days.)