Topic: I had an accident (Read 1291 times)

ne jones · « **on:** January 17, 2007, 21:24:47 »

Enjoying a nice night in with a couple of cans of Tennants Super consumed and a pint of cider in the glass, sweet.

Laptop on and mobile phone on the settee arm I have no need to leave my seat.

Suddenly things aint so good as i've knocked the mobile phone from the comfort of the settee arm into my glass of cider. PANIC,PANIC,PANIC.

Cant get the phone out as i've got big muckshovellers and I dont want to waste my cider so the phone is really soaked to the point of not working.

I've put it ontop of the radiator to dry out but the outcome probably wont be good will it?

Gonna eat a pizza now to take my mind of things :lol:

Rich_P · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2007, 21:26:25 »

The old Nokias were very robust and could survive the odd dunking quite easily...

But I suspect you have one of these fancy "Beam me up scotty" style phones haven't you? :lol:

ne jones · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2007, 21:38:28 »

Years ago i dropped a phone in a bucket of water a few minutes assisted drying out and it worked fine. Doubt if thats gonna happen this time.

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2007, 21:56:26 »

Don't panic, you might be lucky. If I were you I'd take the battery off, give it a good rinse under cold water, and then put it in the airing cupboard for a few days. Don't reconnect the battery until you're sure it's dry. More often than not they seem to survive.

Littledan · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:02:35 »

so i been told if u put it back in your phone drain it right so its dead charge it and put in freeze over nite it makes like brand new

dan

Guardian. · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:47:03 »

FINC YOU READ ONE TOO MANY COMICS

rollazuki · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2007, 22:52:45 »

Agreed, remove battery and towel dry
thoroughly rinse phone in clean water
dry in airing cupboard or similar.

Worked fine for my handheld CB after 'Frickley' mud contamination

Cant say the same for the rest of me truck tho.....

Sooty · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2007, 23:00:46 »

Quote from: "rollazuki"

Agreed, remove battery and towel dry
thoroughly rinse phone in clean water
dry in airing cupboard or similar.
Worked fine for my handheld CB after 'Frickley' mud contamination
Cant say the same for the rest of me truck tho.....

How the hell do you get your truck in the airing cupboard :lol: :lol:

Drift · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2007, 23:09:11 »

SWMBO dropped her motarola flip phome thingy in the dogs bowl of water :roll: :lol: :lol: how we laughed.
Anyway took it to bits two days in the airing cuboard and it worked :D

but cider can be a bit sticky :?
Ste

Lee_D · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2007, 23:12:41 »

Dropped mine down the bog :oops:

Number 2's kept sticking :roll: when I was trying to text... then when I bought a new phone it went fine :twisted:

Skibum346 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2007, 23:13:33 »

Quote from: "Drift"

but cider can be a bit sticky :?

Especially the morning after the night before... when you put your foot on the carpet... well... you all know the picture I'm painting I'm sure... involving diced carrots... :shock: :-&

tomarse · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2007, 23:37:06 »

my mates phone fell into a pint of snakebite and black and it never worked properly again so im not sure i fancy your chances! :lol:

If you havent already, take the battery out and leave the whole thing in the airing cupboard for a week or so and see if you get lucky. I have seen ones that have gone in plain water brought back to life this way, but alcholic drinks have always killed em!

Mudlark · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2007, 00:12:11 »

look on the bright side, if it had been real scrumpy there wouldn't be anything left of your phone by now :lol: :lol: :lol:

AbyssDJ · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2007, 01:13:23 »

Quote from: "tomarse"

my mates phone fell into a pint of snakebite and black and it never worked properly again so im not sure i fancy your chances! :lol:

did that to a mates phone... was one of those horrible nokia 23491894861340...10's. the rubber ones basically. that was dropped in snakebite (without the black :P) and worked fine.

Cyberprog · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2007, 02:20:09 »

It could be worse, you could have knocked the cider onto the laptop.
Oh and if it was water i'd say you had a decent chance, but cider, well good luck :)

Evilgoat · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2007, 08:49:35 »

Go get some de-iojnised water, take the battery out and give it another dammn good dunking and you may be ok.

De-Ionised water is pure, tap water isnt and contains corrosive chemicals that will eventually nail the phone. These things are ussually washed in de-ionised water before assembly.

NeilWilson · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:04:20 »

I managed to take my phone swimming with me once. I noticed that my leg was starting to get hot, took the phone out of my trunk pocket, it was getting a bit warm & making nice hissing & spitting noises. However a good shake to get the water out & night on the radiator saw it fine again.

Neil

Bunnie · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:56:25 »

Quote from: "abyssdj"

Quote from: "tomarse"
my mates phone fell into a pint of snakebite and black and it never worked properly again so im not sure i fancy your chances! :lol:

did that to a mates phone... was one of those horrible nokia 23491894861340...10's. the rubber ones basically. that was dropped in snakebite (without the black :P) and worked fine.

the rubber cased ones are designed to survive beiing dropped in water that kinda thing

lostdreamer · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2007, 13:10:15 »

Hopefully, it will be fine.

Take it apart, clean all the suggary gunk off the inside of the keyboard, any electrical conectors you can find, etc; stick it on top of the boiler in bits for a day or two and hope.

If you have a pretty basic phone, odds are good it will be fine. Otherwise, moan at your phone supplyer for another phone.

bigfatsi · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2007, 18:17:02 »

I used to own a chippy and managed to drop my Nokia 8210 in the pan. 30 litres of vegetable oil at 350F yet when I got it out it still worked. The front plastic had warped and the mic was muffled but it worked.

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2007, 18:38:16 »

Never mind the phone, must have hurt like hell when you stuck your hand in to pull it out.

Xtremeteam · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2007, 18:59:49 »

one o the mechanics at work today decided to clean his phone with brakecleaner which is of a high solvent content,needless to say its a bit melted n the buttons fell off :lol: :lol:

dave_2A_2.25Turbo · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2007, 19:15:19 »

Quote from: "Dr_D"

down the bog ........Number 2's kept sticking

Must be my childish side coming out but ......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......

redneck · « **Reply #23 on:** January 19, 2007, 19:26:33 »

Quote from: "bigfatsi"

I used to own a chippy and managed to drop my Nokia 8210 in the pan. 30 litres of vegetable oil at 350F yet when I got it out it still worked. The front plastic had warped and the mic was muffled but it worked.

Battered mobile phone...........in scotland they'd have eaten that :lol:

Skibum346 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 19, 2007, 19:45:11 »

Quote from: "redneck"

Quote from: "bigfatsi"
I used to own a chippy and managed to drop my Nokia 8210 in the pan. 30 litres of vegetable oil at 350F yet when I got it out it still worked. The front plastic had warped and the mic was muffled but it worked.

Battered mobile phone...........in scotland they'd have eaten that :lol:

Oi! :P

Only time I've seen a deep fried Mars bar was in Southam... Warwickshire! :lol:

Pizza's on the other hand... every Friday night in Glasgow city centre!

:lol:

bezzabsa · « **Reply #25 on:** January 20, 2007, 14:42:18 »

chippy over the road from me does battered mars bars, and snickers...never tried one tho'....

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