civicEJ1

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so i went swimming with my fone last night and its completely fried and im a big idiot and im pissed...its a telus phone so that means no sim card. I lost all my numbers, and i had just put a 50 dollar phone card on it for the plan and thats just a big waste...i have no numbers and i feel like im not apart of society anymore...what do i do!!!!

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

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I'v washed and dryed my phone a few times.. still works..

just take the battery out, let it dry, and see what happens..

civicEJ1

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lol ok so it JUST turned on after leaving it out to dry last night and charging it this morning...

everything is ****ed though, when i hit messaging it dials number "47" when i hit contacts it goes onto the browser...so im gonna have to hit upa telus fone and threaten to go to rogers if they dont give me a new one...

d16y8

Sounds like its still wet. Put it in the oven at 375 until golden brown.

spike

Your ****ed.

kIeRaN

haha sucker!

TroubEL

Last hope: Disassemble the phone as much as you feel comfortable & bury the pieces spaced slightly apart in a large bowl filled with dry, uncooked rice for several hours.

bengali548

i never knew you had 2 accounts sirux?

spike

wrong

bengali548

lol that was a low blow eh ahaha

SORRY i take it back

Persia

u might still be able to get ur contacts off the phone if u have another phone to transfer it too or a memory stick.

(i work for bell) we have a machine called cellebrite that does it. The phone has to turn on and stay at the main screen.

PS: Why are u on prepaid?!?!? ($50 card?)

Xscorpio

^lol comon now $50 prepaid card = fail

get a data plan for that much haha

Cablerat

Game over man

civicEJ1

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this phone is a soldier, everything works now, it malfunctions a little bit but i love this fone now and ill never take it for granted, and i will cut down my # of times dropping it a day.

Xscorpio

CDMA = fail

bengali548

corrected =)

Xscorpio

i heard if you turn your phone off and then go for swim, even if its in your pocket nothing will happened it will just turn back on and will work perfectly fine. a friend of a friend of a friend told me this. i never tried it so i dont know how true is this.

civicEJ1

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ok no lie, ur firend of a friend of that friend may be right because my fone was about to die and this girl was suppose to call me, so i said let me just turn my fone off and save some battery, and then i went swimming and everything works perfectly fine...

Cynikal.Mindset

turning the phone off will prevent damage or if you get it wet dont turn it back on until its fully dry...turning on a wet electrical item will cause shorts on the PCB among other things


so, if your phone goes for a swim follow these steps for best results

1. get the fock out of the water
2. remove battery
3. take as much of the phone apart as possible
3a. if salt water is the culprit you are gonna really wann get that phone completely apart FAST
4. with phone apart use some rubbing alcohol on the PCB and connectors to promote fast drying.
5. DRY THAT BITCH!!!
5a. uncooked rice, silica gel packs, a nice hot window sill etc will dry out the phone components nicely
6. no until that phone is 100% dry should you attempt to turn it back on/plug it in etc

this is generally a 2 day process and yields the best results.

or just get this **** done
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miss_jess

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i suggest you write down all your numbers and keep them elsewhere other then just your phone... you know, just incase but yay to your phone working again!