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2007-09-13 12:50:29 · 5 answers · asked by Helpful2U 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
This happened to me yesterday. I heard clunking in my dryer and was livid when i found my razr vr3 smashed apart and dripping wet in my dryer.
I knew it was a gonner. My son suggested putting in in a low heated oven. I did it, but it got a little too hot, i could smell the plastic. It had baked like a cookie. I put the battery back in to give it a respectable burial and it started to work. Just perfectly! I was so amazed.I wanted to share this with some other desperate soul. It worked for me! After a hot water high agitaion was. Doen't ever give up.
2007-09-13 13:41:59 · update #1
Do not put it in an oven. Or at least if you want to risk it, make sure the oven temperature doesn't go above about 120F.
The basic first aid is to remove the battery, Sim chip (if it has one), and any battery cover. Then shake any water that you can out of the phone.
After doing that, slow down and think about how to speed up the drying process. Read the first link below.
PS
The reason for not putting the wet phone in the oven is that that LCD display screen wasn't designed for high temperatures. If you could be sure that the temperature of the phone would not get higher than about 120F, it would be reasonable safe.
As for speeding up the drying process. Trying to blow water out with one of those compressed air cans would be a good start. Other than that, you try to put the phone in a low humidity environment. One way to do this is to put the phone in a container of uncooked rice overnight. The rice will absorb some of the water. See link for more ideas.
2007-09-13 13:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
***DO NOT USE A HAIRDRYER OR OVEN!!! *** If the keypad lights up and stays lit up for a few seconds, you could take it into a DIRECT store to see if they have a Cellebrite (Contact Transfer Machine, otherwords) to transfer all of your phone numbers out of it and into a new phone (if you're going to buy a new one). There's no other way to get them out of there, and unless you can see the screen to write them down, that's the alternative to doing that. Hope you have luck with it. Try to blow it out with a can of air to see if maybe that will work. If you see any corrosion trying to form, use a spare toothbrush and dip the brush in rubbing alcohol, and brush out the charging port, and the contacts where the battery makes contact with the phone. Make sure you blow that out immediately after. That might help. Hope you have better luck. If not, see if you have insurance on your account to replace the phone. If not, when you buy a new phone, you should have the option to add it. It will save you from having to go through this again... or at least so you are protected. :)
2016-05-18 23:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my kids phone just went through an entire wash cycle 2 weeks ago. he just took the battery out and let it sit for a week. when he put the battery back in the phone worked again. I dont know about an oven, that sounds pretty silly.
2007-09-13 13:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by angryangelx 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Forget it, it is G O N E
Go shopping for another
2007-09-13 12:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by lana s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no....just let it dry by itself.....my cell has taken numerous baths
2007-09-13 12:59:09 · answer #5 · answered by skaterboy4ever14 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋