Help!!!

catsmum

My daughter just rang me devasted she is a mobile hairdresser and her babys juice has gone and leaked into her bag and onto her Mobile phone with all her customers numbers in.........can anyone help plsssss.

JAYMARSH2005

Take the phone to the bare bones if you can, keep it in an airing cupboard or lightly blow a hair dryer over it, if the drink is sugary then thats what eats away at the circuit board, but if not then hair dryer or airing cupboard will do the trick

As browntoa mentioned below if the sim has the numbers on it then put the numbers onto another phone for the time being, slight leaks on phones are usually o.k when dried out

Browntoa

only if she saved it to the sim card and not the phone.....

if the phone dries out you may be lucky to get it running fo a while and copy them off by cable to the PC

catsmum

Oh thanx both for your quick replies, she has already taken sim out and put on hubbys phone but the numbers arent on there, sothey must be on the phone...oh heck , bless her shes taken so long to build up her clients and now this, she is now drying it out with hairdryer any other tips gratefully recieved....again many thanks

HugoSP

A long shot I know but if she could get access to a vacuum oven at 30 or 40 degrees this would do the trick.

In my previous job we used these to dry out circuit boards and other components prior to repairing and testing them. They evacuate the moisture and hence help to dry it out.

A small electrical repair co my be able to help if she's desparate, and the receptionist or engineer wants a free haircut!

JAYMARSH2005

It should be o.k, I've dropped a phone down the toilet and in a pint of stella (dont ask how it just happened) and it worked fine after a day of drying out, if she can take it apart then wipe any bits of moisture off the circuirt board with a tissue and it should work o.k, slight contact with fluid is the easiest to deal with.

catsmum

Hiya when you say a vacum oven i may be thick here lol but could you explain pls, do you mean a normal oven or microwave... thanks for your advice much appreciated.

JAYMARSH2005

A vacuum oven, god and this is testing my knowledge, it doesnt let water molecules line up (basicly settle) it will heat the water molecules up and remove them. Jesus Christ that took me back some years !!

catsmum

Is that a microwave then and if so how long for pls?


Oh and it was a sweet stick juice not plain water

Browntoa

NOT A MICROWAVE

will fry the chips inside the phone

JAYMARSH2005

catsmum wrote: »

Is that a microwave then and if so how long for pls?


Oh and it was a sweet stick juice not plain water

No its not a microwave its a special device to remove moisture determinations, if its a sweet drink that spilled over it then take the phone apart straight awayy and wipe the entire circuit board to remove any traces of it, any drink that contains sugar will damage the phone if left for a period of time. The sooner the better, if its a slight leakage then you should get away with it.