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psymon

Blacberry curve's are not water proof.

in addition the gadget shows idea of placing under a lamp for a day doesnt work either.

so thats £150 im not going to see again. thank god i didnt plump for an iphone!

Kitty

fail/10

psymon

i was going to put it on the kitchen surface, clipped the edge, phone falls into perfectly place mop bucket of minging floor water and bleach.

couldnt have done it more perfectly on purpose.

i had to fish it out from elbow deep too!

Kitty

See being naturally clumsy I leave my phone in the living room when I go in the kitchen.

Anonymous

Leave it to dry out for a few days.
If you've recently bought some shoes, or anything else that had those little silica gel packs in the box, surround the phone in as many of them as you can lay your grubby mits on.
After a few days, it should be golden again.

psymon

dont say that!!!!

just ordered a sony of tinter web!

did i mention this happened friday. i did the lamp thing. there is power and a blue screen, but you can see water in the screen its-self. and its been sat in bits since.

Andy

LOL

psymon

usually i wouldnt be bothered as its just a phone, no big deal. not like losing my ipod.

but ive applied to hundreds of jobs with that number so i need a phone ASAP.

the sim will be okay wont it?

Anonymous

psymon wrote:

dont say that!!!!

just ordered a sony of tinter web!

did i mention this happened friday. i did the lamp thing. there is power and a blue screen, but you can see water in the screen its-self. and its been sat in bits since.

Well, if you can see water in the screen, then it obviously hasn't finished drying out.
The trouble is, you will have lots of narrow gaps and channels in the phone, which will pull water in through capillary action. It needs to be left long enough so that the water has all evaporated.

Yes, the sim should be fine.

psymon

yeehaa you are some kind of electronics guru arent you?

a welsh digital jesus on a marin.

Anonymous

Not really an electronics guru. I did Industiral electrical engineering, and wasn't allowed to touch anything under 120V - union rules.
However, as part of my engineering training, I did have to cover electronics, it dind't interest me greatly, but I have repaired tons of things over the years, including phones, and synths that have got wet.
Bottom line is, it's highly unlikely that there's any voltage high enough to cause permament damage inside a drowning phone, and since most things are solid state, there is very little that could be damaged irreperably.

Of course, there are exceptions, some circuits are just so small and close together that it will cause a short, but drying something out sufficiently should fix it in almost every single case.
It can take time though.

psymon

i wont bin it yet then.

might take it to CEX if it works and sell it.

Anonymous

Damned right. Replace it for the immediate future, and if, the blaccurant doesn't work after a month or so of drying, bin it.
Otherwise, sell it like you say. Should be able to make a pretty penny on it.

(oh, and don;t spill red wine on ANYTHING, that is electronics nemesis!)

psymon

thats my nemesis too.


as well as corona, guinness, single malt and cloudy cider

Anonymous

One of the guys we use for console repairs told us about a £1M+ recording console he'd helped install in a studio. They had a big launch party to celebrate the facility's upgrade, where someone evidently managed to knock a bottle of red wine over it.
He was called back not long afterwards, and the wine had actually eaten away the circuitboards in the console! :shock:

addivllangirb

psymon

I might emphasis on the might be able to get you some industrial (10cm*5cm*2.5cm) sized packs of silica gel once i'm at work on Tuesday if that would help - does depend on the shipping container tho.....