Someone forgot to flush before she got in their bathroom and when she leaned down to flush the toilet, her phone slipped out of her front hoodie pocket. The neighbor's fished it out, wiped if off, sprayed it with Lysol, and told her to put it in the refrigerator....(?) What's that supposed to do? It appears to be dry now, but is it safe to charge it and see if it works? I know I won't be touching her phone again....haha. Is there anything else we should do if it doesn't work, before taking it to be checked over?
2006-11-11 10:18:21 · 14 answers · asked by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
water damage kills phones, if it doesn't switch on it most likely unrepairable.
2006-11-11 10:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by kris_chris_uk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take it apart as much as possible. Leave it out for a couple of days. DAYS, not hours. Then, use a hair drying on low, blow it dry again. Leave it two hours, and then try. If it doesn't work, take it apart for a couple more days. This has worked for me (I dropped mine in boiling water and it recovered); son dropped his in toilet, same situation.
Anyway, do not give up on it. I do not know why, and it makes no "engineering" sense, but it takes time for it to work.
The lysol was, perhaps, a bad idea, as it has soap, and therefore while it cleaned the germs, it put gooey stuff in. I would have soaked the hole thing under hot tap water, and then done the above.
2006-11-11 10:24:40 · answer #2 · answered by robert_dod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't put it in the fridge. . . this was posted on Yahoo, you have to dry it as much as possible with a towel and then you put the cellphone in the oven for like an hour at 150 degrees or whatever the lowest setting is. . . afterwards you should get a new battery and it'll start working again, or it should
Oh. . .when it is in the oven, make sure the battery is out
2006-11-11 10:22:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i do not think it would be safe. it was saturated in water/urine whatever it was in the toilet. Hopefully it was urine *shakes* the inside of the phone is wet. wiping it off and freezing it would not make a difference. i think freezing it is just like pouring water on it. freeze/ice and water are the same. go buy another one. besides, why would she wanna still use it after knowing it fell in a toilet with human excrement's? i couldn't use it again, clean dry or not. hehehehee
2006-11-11 10:23:00 · answer #4 · answered by ♣DreamDancer♣ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HA HA...I've done that! It was quite nasty. My phone still worked but the display bbroke. Since the display is not under warranty on most phone I had to buy a new one....really didn't want the toilet phone anyways!
2006-11-11 10:22:30 · answer #5 · answered by Stasia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As attainable as that's to do this, no. I truthfully have dropped it in the sink nevertheless. in basic terms 2 buttons did not artwork after that. on the different hand my roommate had dropped my keys in the rest room as quickly as. I have been given a solid snigger out of that. :o)
2016-10-21 22:25:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should take the battery out and let it sit for a couple of hours to make sure it is totally dry.
2006-11-11 10:21:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
donate the cellphone do you really want your daughter with pee in her ear that could cause an infection or anything like that. If its an expensive cellphone sell it to someone who doesnt know about the pee and buy her a better cellphone.
2006-11-11 10:32:04 · answer #8 · answered by Santiking 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the battery out if you can and if its a flrp phone leave it open so that it can dry better
2006-11-11 10:21:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol weird accedent maybe u should call ur phone company and ask them i think u should not touch that phone if u do use rubber gloves so u wont get electrified (sorry i cant spell) if u have insuarnce on the phone u can get another phone for free i think
2006-11-11 10:23:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
well........ if it was on, youre probably screwed, IF IT WASNT WOOHOO YOURE VERY VERY LUCKY, as long as all the water is evaperated/ left the cell phone its probably fine, if not, take it to the store you got it at, and pray
2006-11-11 10:35:50 · answer #11 · answered by talon_006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋