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deleting numbers off water damaged phone

Hi there-

Don't know if anyone can help but its worth a shot..
my new nokia slide phone has been water damaged and although it seems to charge up ok the buttons don't all work.. (when you press '8', '78' comes up instead).
I have sold damaged cameras on ebay before and heard that you can do the same with phones. I was just wondering in people have any suggestions as to how to get all the numbers off it. They are saved to the phone, not the sim. I would rather not sell it with all the numbers on there.. my friends may be pretty mad!
Anyone done this or have any suggestions?

Thanks!
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Comments

  • fwor
    fwor Posts: 6,910 Forumite
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    How long since it was water damaged? It can take a long time for water to get out of confined places such as a membrane keypad. If you leave it in a warm airing cupboard for a few days, you may find that the keypad will work normally again.
  • samaki
    samaki Posts: 36 Forumite
    its been a few months.. i took it all aprt into bits and left it on the radiator and still no joy. maybe worth trying again though?
    April NSD Challenge 6/15 :rolleyes:
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  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
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    samaki wrote: »
    its been a few months.. i took it all aprt into bits and left it on the radiator and still no joy. maybe worth trying again though?

    worth a go....somewhere warm with a bowl of rice (soaked up all the moisture) worked a treat for me..
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
  • basmic
    basmic Posts: 1,043 Forumite
    A hammer should do the trick.
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