mobile phone went through the wash - any ideas?

[DenZel]

well as the title says, left my mobile in my shorts and they got washed.

now do i have any hope?

mob won't turn on.

tried swapping batteries - did nothing.

is my $500 nokia now just bin worthy?

worth trying to get it fixed? or no point..there a chance even to get it up and running without costing much just to get my numbers and things like that off it?

cheers.

[Tocchi]

either put it in tumble dryer or hang out on line

but make sure to iron it if you dont want crease marks :)

[kneedtotinkle]

binable... old Nokias you could remove the rear casing and use hairdryer to dry the board out, but new ones = game over.

[Kye]

Claim insurance on it if you got some with the phone?

Otherwise it is a $500 paper weight

[DRKWRX]

you could try taking battery etc out and putting it in the oven for hours at a really really low heat, see if that works looks like you have nothing to lose.

[evil1]

drive past and peg it at a coon.
or put it in the bin.

[mitchy]

drive past and peg it at a coon.
or put it in the bin.

what a waste... throw it at a coon.

[Spackbace]

replace insides with high explosives, put plastic shell back on

then peg it at a coon, and run!

[blownVL]

its good for the bin mate

[1JZVL]

omg.

u might as well have just thrown it into a fire.

[mr_mike]

there is a place in Bently that fixes phones they are actually who telstra will sometimes send mobiles to when ppl drop them of at telstra for warrenty and shit.

Its just at the lights on Albany hwy next door to the yellow building. Used to be speedworks years and years and years ago.

Anyway peta dropped her phone in water and left it for about 2 mths before finally deciding to get it fixed. The circuit board was all rusted and wouldnt turn on etc, this place stripped it down and ultrasonically cleaned it. Also managed to save all the info on the memory and then loaded the latest software version. From memory it was a $60 inspection fee, then it was fixable so cost another $100 i think. Was a Nokia N95

[schnoods]

there is a place in Bently that fixes phones they are actually who telstra will sometimes send mobiles to when ppl drop them of at telstra for warrenty and shit.

Its just at the lights on Albany hwy next door to the yellow building. Used to be speedworks years and years and years ago.

Anyway peta dropped her phone in water and left it for about 2 mths before finally deciding to get it fixed. The circuit board was all rusted and wouldnt turn on etc, this place stripped it down and ultrasonically cleaned it. Also managed to save all the info on the memory and then loaded the latest software version. From memory it was a $60 inspection fee, then it was fixable so cost another $100 i think. Was a Nokia N95


My brother went there last week, only a small joint.

He was told to go there after the telstra shop said they couldnt be arsed fixing his Broken LCD screen.

they charged him 130 for a new screen and entire face on his phone, which wasa bargain, also replaced the keypad too.

[R3N]

lol... don't try turning it on! dismantle as much of it as you can and leave it to air dry, use a can of compressed air to get rid of any moisture on the boards, then try turning it on when its dry.

not sure if its savable now that you've already tried to turn it on

[ReaperSS]

I walked to penguin island with my phone in shorts pocket. Up to my chest deep all the way there and my phone was chuck in bin material :(.

I pulled it apart on the island and let it dry for hours but it was farked

[DenZel]

haha, thought as much.

did all the above idea's didnt work

might try giving that shop a call

cheers

phone is on a plan, so ill have to check about warranty/insurance.

heard sometime's after being on a plan for a bit they offer you a new deal?

[Niva]

just leave it over night with battery and sim card out,99% of the time it will work again, plug the charger in when u try it. if you have one laying around stick it in a bag of rice.

[DRKWRX]

I walked to penguin island with my phone in shorts pocket. Up to my chest deep all the way there and my phone was chuck in bin material :(.

I pulled it apart on the island and let it dry for hours but it was farked

sea water would fuck shit up even more!

[DenZel]

washing power cant be good either though lol

plugged charger back in, at least it doesnt get hot like it first did haha.

anyone know the shop name? address or number for the above mentioned?

[RICEY]

There was an ad in the sunday times for some place that brought wet phones back to life, got the paper handy?

[dmwill]

Remove all the covering the best you can.

Lightly apply Meth with cotton wool bud (Evaporates fast hence gets rid of moisture.

Drop phone into a bag of rice. Apparently rice has some special property of soaking moisture.


Battery might be rooted though, better a replacement battery than a phone.

[DenZel]

yeh, well tried different battery, didnt work.

gave this boys a call "A1 AAA Mobile Phone Repairs,phone repairing & unlocks Bentley" - Pretty sure this is the shop you guys were talking about?

They said they have some machine that actually cleans/fixes the board until its near perfect. Fingers crossed, have all my numbers on there!

[vrocious]

Remove all the covering the best you can.

Lightly apply Meth with cotton wool bud (Evaporates fast hence gets rid of moisture.

Drop phone into a bag of rice. Apparently rice has some special property of soaking moisture.


Battery might be rooted though, better a replacement battery than a phone.

i've also heard the metho trick but never had to try it
or buy one of those hippo moisture absorber things and bung it in there

[mr_mike]

my dad dropped his old 5110 in a bucket of floor laquer took phone apart and let it dry out. couple days later was sweet as

[miss_petepie]

pretty sure the company I went to was Acme Phone Repairs in Bently.. was right on the corner of bently shops there... just across from the petrol station.. tiny shop too. worked fine once they fixed it :)

[colt75]

thers these asian mobile phone shops around.
i know theres one at whitford city called Haoio? Haio or something along the lines of that.
and im pretty sure they got a few other stores in big shopping centres that fix up phones.

but otherwise as others have said, take it apart as much as u can then hair dryer on it

[dmwill]

my dad dropped his old 5110 in a bucket of floor laquer took phone apart and let it dry out. couple days later was sweet as

But that is a 5110 though - they're nuke proof. I miss Nokias from that era. Had a 2280 CDMA one, that went though hell - never failed on me.

[Mistikal]

yeh, well tried different battery, didnt work.

gave this boys a call "A1 AAA Mobile Phone Repairs,phone repairing & unlocks Bentley" - Pretty sure this is the shop you guys were talking about?

They said they have some machine that actually cleans/fixes the board until its near perfect. Fingers crossed, have all my numbers on there!

The shop in Bentley that I've used is called "Acme Phone Repairs". It's near the lights @ John St and Albany Hwy. Pretty sure they are in the Yellow Pages.

[miss_petepie]

^^ Went past there last night and they are still open. they fixed my nokia with water damage and they replaced the tag inside the phone just incase telstra checked when it had issues :D