Mobile phone and lager do not mix.

[DHTiling]

Well.. my lager on saturday night was very very cold and the few drips down the glass sides kind of left a puddle on my desk..didn't notice it but my mobile was laid in this puddle and is now poorly..:yikes:

Tried all day yesterday to dry it out and it is now working for calls.. the screen is darkish and cloudy and the memory card is knacked and all my pics gone.. etc..:mad2:

Sooo it might last till my upgrade in February.. was May but orange say i can upgrade early in feb..

 

[user123]

How did you try to dry it, Dave? I know a little bit about this,... so details, please...

 

[DHTiling]

Sim card out and battery and memory card and then on the radiator..:lol:

Not good..

 

[user123]

Oh, nooo!! direct heat!! not good... hmmm.... do you think there is any moisture left inside? what you are SUPPOSED to do is remove all removable parts, like battery etc, as you did, clean all the parts you can reach with alcohol, even alcoholic contact spray works, (feels wrong to do it though, but it works like the alcoholic ear drops for swimmers ear... :lol: ) to disperse the water, and then stick it into a bowl of uncooked rice to absorb any moisture left, over night...

 

[DHTiling]

It works now.. well sort of but the screen deffo has some hangover..

 

[Stewart]

Might be worth paying the 2 months and get an upgrade now.......... you could also claim for a new phone on your house insurance for accidental damage and if you get a new one , sell to Envirophone. Did this with my last iphone after putting it through the washing machine.

 

[user123]

Found this to see about cloudy screens, (hubby keeps knackering his, so seems a good idea to know) not much joy with the cloudy screen in case it happens again...

How to Save a Wet Cell Phone - wikiHow

 

[Olz]

If you need something to see you through a couple of months let me know and ill post one to you, just an old cheapie that i dont use anymore but itll call and text.

 

[DHTiling]

The phone was sat in this puddle all night till it played tunes to it's self and debs noticed it about 5am when she was up..

So it does work now but screen has shady dark clouds on it....

 

[strummerman]

and how many lagers did you av

 

[DHTiling]

and how many lagers did you av

Can't remember.. fell a sleep in my chair.. so must have been a few.. :lol:

 

[Colour Republic]

Similar weekend to me but should read 'Casinos and larger do not mix'

 

[Max@ableskills]

Oh, nooo!! direct heat!! not good... hmmm.... do you think there is any moisture left inside? what you are SUPPOSED to do is remove all removable parts, like battery etc, as you did, clean all the parts you can reach with alcohol, even alcoholic contact spray works, (feels wrong to do it though, but it works like the alcoholic ear drops for swimmers ear... :lol: ) to disperse the water, and then stick it into a bowl of uncooked rice to absorb any moisture left, over night...

I have actually used this method with the rice and it worked. It absorbed all of the stella artois out of my phone when a similar thing that happened to dave happened to me lol

 

[faithhealer]

does the rice trick work when it's been dropped in addy lol

 

[Colour Republic]

Is that what sticky rice is then?