I just washed my cell phone

[Orangepeel]

I forgot it was in the pocket of my jeans. What a dope! :dunce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I dropped mine in the toilet recently. It still works!

Here's hoping you are as lucky. :hi:

[progressoid]

2. Hope you weren't taking to someone when it happened...

[Orangepeel]

4. Thanks! I have the unrealistic hope that it'll dry out and work tomorrow.

:-(

[yellowdogintexas]

3. one of ours went through the laundry and never recovered.

of course another one was stolen by daughter's friend's dog and survived. Go Figure

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. My bro in law was at a college basketball game recently

and was sitting behind a group of rowdy fans who were pretty drunk. They started a shouting match with fans of the other team and one of them was especially rude and obnoxious. She jumped up and yelled at the other fans several times. When the game was over, as my bro in law leaned down to get some things from under his seat, he saw the rude and obnoxious woman in front of him had spilled her beer into her purse and her camera and cell phone were floating in a couple inches of beer.

:toast:

[Doctor_J]

6. Check out this story (slightly off topic)

I was bathing one of my daughters - took off my 8-year-old Seiko Quartz (~$120) and put it in the pocket of my fleece. Wouldn't you know it, it falls out of the pocket, lands on the edge of the tub, breaks open in the back (exposing all the works) and falls in the tub. I hate throwing things out, so I fish all the pieces out and stick them in an un-zipped ziplock bag and toss it into a drawer.

You can probably tell now where this is headed. I went and got a Fossil watch - that lasted about a year. When it gave out, I went to the drawer, pulled ou the Seiko took it to a jeweler and had her reassemble it with a new battery, and damn if it didn't start working again, ran for another 7 years or so.

Don't give up on your phone yet. Modern technology is really good quality.

[question everything]

7. There is some benefit to carrying the old Nokia

Too big to be forgotten in any pocket.

[Sydnie]

8. It's a goner

My daughter did the same thing to hers. No amount of drying out is going to save it. That would be like dipping your computer in the pool and hoping that the circuits will dry out and work as they once did.

Today's technology is not made that way. I hope your carrier is one that will allow you to purchase a new unit without paying through the nose or extending your contract. Even better, I hope you have the insurance that most carriers offer to get a replacement.

Bummer ... no matter how you look at it.

[Orangepeel]

10. yeah, I know.

:-(

[qnr]

9. OT: I once left a Bic lighter in some of my uniform pants, which were

washed and then dried by big, hurky, industrial strength shipboard drying machines (back in the '80's). Amazing how much damage such a small item can do. My shipmates were not amused.

[BikeWriter]

11. I've heard that Bic can go off like a stick of dynamite.

[sbj405]

12. Let it completely dry before you turn it on.

Mine laid in a puddle for a few hours and still worked.

[short bus president]

13. I washed mine 6 months ago - works fine.

I'd pop the battery off and dry the phone out. I put mine in the food dehydrator for a few hours. The battery completely discharged in the water, but once the internals dried out, the phone worked fine. Still does.

[ucmike]

14. take it apart and let it dry. it may work

i dropped mine off a ladder and into 4" of icy water. it survived.

there's a moisture sensitive strip in your phone that tells techs it got wet. its there because so many people wash them then show up and claim the phone is defective. i was standing next to a guy in the verizon store who did just that then backpedaled and blamed his wife for washing it when the tech explained that the phone had been wet and how he knew. after the other customer left the tech explained that it happens all the time and that washing machines are the number one cell phone destroyer.