Mobile phone in coffee, please help! (merged)

Annie_SW

OH dropped his in the toilet (Don't ask !) after drying out it worked fine at first, but after a couple of weeks the loudspeaker stopped working, so you couldn't hear it ringing. He claimed under his house insurance successfully.

Savvy_Sue

It may be a bit late, but should you do it again, then take the phone apart as far as you possibly can - both sides of the case off etc - and leave it apart for at least 24 hours before you put it back together again. Then fingers crossed you can put it back together again and it will be OK.

In Tips for drowned phone (which I started in similar circumstances) there is loads more info on how to clean it if it was something sticky or sweet you dropped it into.

Mine lived! Although there is an indicator on the battery which shows it was once drowned ...

Jay-Jay_4

zzzLazyDaisy wrote:

The REALLY stupid thing is, when I fished it out it was still ringing... but it was wet and slippery and I dropped it back in. That's when it stopped working. Doh!!

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it IS very funny though

crystal_clear

Daisy if all else fails i do believe some of the better phone shop suppliers that do repairs offer a phone bathing service at a cost but that is supposed to clean the phone of anything that may corrode the boards in them, hence it was faulty but now repaired worth looking into if the insurance fails or the phone does not work properly when fully dried out

ismaillakhi786

try the hairdryer treatment if all else fails. remive the facia of the phone, and hold a hairdryer roughly a foot away from the phone. not too close or else the heat could damage the components! also leaving it under a lamp also helps and speedens the drying process, again, not too close!

hope my first ever post helps

Sofa_Sogood

Mine sailed down a gutter after I dropped it in torrential rain (and too much alcohol )

I didn't think anything about it at the time, like tissues and radiators, let alone hairdryers

No-one managed to text me for a couple of days, but the phone still worked!

And it really was drenched ...

But that was about 7 years ago

zzzLazyDaisy

Thanks to everyone for your advice, much appreciated

The current situation is that it does seem to be drying out, but the screen is a bit mottled (still damp I think) and the keys a bit slow to respond (some only work after a few goes).

I haven't tried to use it yet, so don't know if I can still make calls/send texts

One thing, I cant see how to get the fascia off - but maybe it isn't as easy as some, as it is a Samsung slide front phone?

callansdad

Not sure where to post this but the title says it all really. Its not my day today. I have taken out the battery and the sim card and placed the whole lot on a towel and on the radiator. Would this work or is there anything else i can do?

Edinburghlass_2

Thread now merged with another coffee accident There are also several with cups of tea which I'll merge another day.

drahcir_2

callansdad wrote:

Not sure where to post this but the title says it all really. Its not my day today. I have taken out the battery and the sim card and placed the whole lot on a towel and on the radiator. Would this work or is there anything else i can do?

it may work if your very lucky but i dont think it would last long even if it does.
also the buttons wil probably fail as they will get contamination between the contacts.
best would be to get it stripped and ultrasonic cleaned although there is still no guarentees.