pslewis

Been away for a few days .........

Whilst sunning myself on my boat, I fell overboard ..... NO!! No-one pushed me!!

Anyway, I had my mobile round my neck (under my T shirt) ...... the water wasn't deep at that point, about 4 foot ...... so, within about 10 seconds I was stood up and took my mobile off.

It couldn't have got very wet at all ...... merely a little damp ...... anyway, the bloody thing won't work!!

I played a hair dryer over it within a few hours ........... its thoroughly dried out but refuses to turn on .........

Anyone any ideas as to what I can do to get it working again??

Pete

ps. It's an LG C1100 ............................ all it does is light up it's RED LED

imlach

If 100% dried out, then probably duff....had a Nokia once on which a power amp failed due to moisture damage (hadn't been in water at all!), and given it was surface mount, only thing they offered to do was replace the whole pca. SMT repair beyond them. Replacement of pca was same price as new phone.

FASTER MIKE!!

nop its fooked i'm afraid you'll have to put your hand in your pocket and get a new one tight ****.it was obviously not a brick phone as you live to tell the tail

mike

GC8

A scientist of your experience will surely realise; that it was f*cked a fraction of a second after it got wet. You may be able to rescue it with a PCB cleaner but I wouldnt hold out much hope.

Simon

M444GY

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oh dear!

pslewis

Oh BOLLOX!!!!!

It's only about 13 months old!!!

I have a 15 year old mobile (I use the term loosely! ) which still goes on and on and on and on .... sadly its the size of a housebrick!

Pissed off!!

Pete

pslewis

It was OFF and it was merely damp!!

Surely to god they make them damp-proof????

Pete

GC8

I had a Motorola 8800 it was f*cking brilliant. I also had (and still have) an International 3200 which was the GSM version and it has the best reception of any GSM phone Ive used.

Simon

angrynorth

Run some distilled water through it then let it dry naturally for about 3-5 days if it doesn't work after that it never will.

GC8

A PCB cleaner might bring it back to life. I understand that the boards can be short circuited by mineral deposits after immersion. Being turned off doesnt really help though as a phone isnt really off and even if it were immersion would short the contacts.

Simon

J4CKO

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I jumped in the pool (see I can get a flash reference in as well) with my old Nokia in my pocket, made some strange noises but I left it dismantled on a tea towel for a week and it powered up good as gold to live another couple of months until I smashed it to bits having a row with the missus.

jods

My 3510 nokia got a full 40 degree wash cycle when the housekeeper neglected to notice the bulge in my pants.

Amazing to say, but after a couple of weeks of drying out it actually got back to working perfectly, sadly a day after I bought a Moto Razr V3.

Life is harsh sometimes - I'll sell you my clean nokia if you like - £75 to you

M444GY

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airing cupboard or radiator ?

pslewis

Thanks all ............. pcb cleaner is possible - I assume I'll have to try and dismantle it first??

What a pain in the botty!!

Pete

mart360

f*ck me psl full of bulls*it

bottled out of leaving then!!

haha we new youd be back... go no cred now pissy..

he,s another chaos, all mouth no action..


baaaaaah




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vindaloo

Also remove the SIM for a while as it's an interface that won't like water or dampness...

AndiThompson

*sniggers*

warrenm2

jeez this guy is like herpes - you can never get rid of it

OzzyWRX

all depends on whether you fell into salt water or freshwater.

I imersed my Nokia in fresh water, stripped it and run it under a tap then left it to dry for a few days. It's still going strong 3 years later.

ajm

I agree.

My phone took a plunge into the sea and the phone was completely beyond repair. The salt water was electrolysed and the circuit board turned into a frothy mess in a matter of seconds!

I have seen phones recover from a dunking in freshwater though, so long as you remove the battery immediately and leave to dry for a couple of days.

p.s. thought you were leaving you clumsy old fool!

Funkii Munkii

PMSL

I dropped one in the khazi before and as above dismantled let it dry naturally and it worked perfectly and went on to live a long and happy life before dying of natural causes rather than being murdered as above

Leslie

If you fell into salt water it will have multiple short circuits. If you switched it on while damp it will most likely have fizzed a few chips. You could try the distilled water trick as mentioned or pcb cleaner but if it wont work after that-sling it. Mobile phones are incredibly susceptible to the wet.

Les

Silver Scooby Sport

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Classic

little'un

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mad_dr

I hope you had flushed BEFORE it fell in!

Wurzel

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I can't believe nobody has asked him how he fell over board in the first place????

ajm

That's easy.... his centre of gravity is further forward than the tips of his toes!

SJ_Skyline

I suspect Pete is the wrinkly ninja's stunt double in the latest Orange Mobile ad

Wurzel

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Stupid

Call me Stupid, but didn't pslewis say he wasn't going to post here anymore?