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SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 10:17:00 PM
Of my cell phone working after it's been through the wash? blank stare I'm freaking the hell out here. I can't afford to buy a new phone. bang head

quietlittlegirl
quietlittlegirl Member (9476posts)
11/22/2006 11:02:00 PM
my phone kept working after it fell out of my pocket at a foam party. it was soaked and didn't work for a few days. but after taking the battery out and letting it dry for about a week, it came back to life.
i've also heard that putting it in rice helps to absorb the moisture even faster

what brand of phone is it and which carrier are you with?

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 11:13:00 PM
It's an LG, and I'm with Bell.

I tried turning it on a few minutes ago, they keypad lit up, but the screen stayed black. Then after a couple seconds the phone started to squeal. So I took the battery out again.

sad

rocksteady_
rocksteady_ Member (5626posts)
11/22/2006 11:19:00 PM
you want to let it dry before you turn it on, otherwise it may short out

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 11:21:00 PM
^ Yeah. That's what Anna said 2 seconds after I turned it on blank stare

rocksteady_
rocksteady_ Member (5626posts)
11/22/2006 11:30:00 PM
brilliant

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 11:32:00 PM
Well I didn't know sad

quietlittlegirl
quietlittlegirl Member (9476posts)
11/22/2006 11:36:00 PM

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 11:47:00 PM
Ugh. If worse comes to worse, and the phone is totaly shot. I'll ask my dad to loan me a few hundred blush

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/22/2006 11:50:00 PM
Damnit. And go figure I JUST sold my perfectly good old Bell phone to someone for $75 (Truth be told. It was the best phone i've ever had... But I just had to be cool and get a new one). I paid over $400 for it last October blank stare

quietlittlegirl
quietlittlegirl Member (9476posts)
11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
^that's exactly why i've kept my old phones

rocksteady_
rocksteady_ Member (5626posts)
11/23/2006 12:02:00 AM
water + electricity = bad

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/23/2006 12:03:00 AM
^ Thanks, tips.


cry

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/23/2006 12:13:00 AM
So, you know that little water damage sticker that's on the battery that turns a pretty colour when it becomes wet. Would it be at all suspicious if that were removed when I try to take the phone in and say the screen just stopped working? blank stare haha

Ugh. Today has sucked.

quietlittlegirl
quietlittlegirl Member (9476posts)
11/23/2006 12:16:00 AM
^yes, that would be fraud

SweetestPerfection
SweetestPerfection Member (4270posts)
11/23/2006 12:23:00 AM
I wouldn't even bother trying to lie. They'd know in 2 seconds of opening it up what happened.

Miss_Bliss
Miss_Bliss Member (981posts)
11/23/2006 12:27:00 AM
tell them you licked it because you wanted to know how your phone tasted.

rocksteady_
rocksteady_ Member (5626posts)
11/23/2006 12:34:00 AM
just let it dry out

find a warm lamp and put it under it for a while... not a hot lamp, a warm lamp

DoubleA_
DoubleA_ Member (6754posts)
11/23/2006 1:10:00 AM
I knew someone who let her phone dry for a week but in the end it finally worked normal again. Take it apart somewhat to make it dry faster.

quietlittlegirl
quietlittlegirl Member (9476posts)
11/23/2006 1:22:00 AM
^was that me? haha

DoubleA_
DoubleA_ Member (6754posts)
11/23/2006 1:46:00 AM
nope. We named the phone Jesus tongue

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