water damaged mobiles, merged threads

drahcir_2

Jimble wrote:

....while bathing the kids it rang, slipped out of my hands and into the bathwater. I have tried to dry it out but when start up the screen goes on and off intermittently - its a Sony Ericcson W800.
What should i do, is it dead?

its still shorting out inside - really needs stripping and cleaning properly

drahcir_2

goodybags wrote:

Beieve it or not whilst reading this section of the forum,
I knocked accidently my Motorola V3 into a glass of water,
Hve only had it two weeks,lost the last one got replacement on Orange contract, have switched off removed sim battery, will see in a few days what has happened,

ive had loads of these that have been liquid damaged and i must say they dont like water at all - they have one of the lowest success rates of fully working again

chaos5678

My OH has dropped his phone in a bucket of water, it switched back on briefly but won't now.
Is there any hope for it, it's been left to dry for a few days and the sim card is ok
Mot sure if this is a techie question

viru.doshi

I dropped my old nokia in the toilet (i was a little drunk ), I left it on a radiator for like a week and it worked.

Take it apart as much as you can, take battery out, leave any removable covers off and leave it on the radiator for a few days.

Was it insured? Perhaps it comes under house insurance? If its still in warranty you could fib and say it just stopped working out the blue.

hurrah

At this time of the year the airing cupboard might be a better bet.:D

rsykes2000

Sadly if you immerse a mobile, and then switch it on again immediately, it normally does as you say and dies after a short period - there will be shorting of the circuitboard inside due to water. The trick is not to switch it on until it is completely dry (eg leaving on radiator / airing cupboard for several days). The SIM card normally won't be affected by water.
Don't fib, the insurance company *will* check the phone and they can very easily detect if it has been immersed and invalidate your claim, you could also be accused of fraud.

padwap

If all else fails, sell the phone on eBay. Make sure you describe it as faulty. I have found that even faulty phones seem to sell well.

Hope this helps.

turbodiesel

rsykes2000's post above is pretty accurate.
The first thing to do with any handset that has been submerged in water is to remove the battery.
Its not the actual water that does the damage, but the combination of water and power supplied by the battery.
Also - yes the insurance company will open the phone and check for signs of liquid damage (which are quite evident to the trained eye)
It is possible that it can be "brought back to life" but unfortunately there is only appx a 30% chance of liquid damaged fones being repaired successfully.

Melissa22_Mum

It's fine now, a few battle scars on the screen but other than that it's ok! I left it to dry for a day it did play up but got back to normal, still has a little trouble switching on and the battery only lasts a day but apparently V3 battery's don't last that long anyway!

morganb

My wife's mobile got dropped in a paddling pool earlier this afternoon. :eek:

Has anyone any tips on how to dry it out?

What do you think the chances are that it will still work?

If it is broken, where is the cheapest place to get a handset - we are on the 3 network and have 6 more months to run on the contract.

Many thanks