Help Dropped my phone in the toilet!!!

[jilo40]

I dropped my phone in the toilet! I took it out right away, dried with a blow dryer on cool, then put in rice overnight. It powers up, but says I have no service. There is an icon on top, I don't recognize, with a red mark next to it!!! HELP!! Its a Samsung 1897 I think...

 

[El Presidente]

Turn it off and stick it in the box of rice again. If completely submerged, it needs at the very least 48 hours to make sure it's completely dry.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

Turn it off and stick it in the box of rice again. If completely submerged, it needs at the very least 48 hours to make sure it's completely dry.

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[EarlyMon]

Always sorry to hear when this happens.

Water usually damages a phone only if trying to power up before completely dry, that can cause a short somewhere. Also, it's possible that salts left behind from the evaporation will cause shorts. But - because electronics are bathed in pure water during various manufacturing steps, it's possible that once completely dry, the phone will work as good as new.

I've had phones drop in sinks that have gone both ways, so best luck on this.

I just wanted to chime in that for others or next time (hope it doesn't happen, but stuff happens), it's best to not use a hair dryer. That tends to force water deeper in where it may not have gotten to if quickly retrieved from a dunking.

Hope this helps, hope your phone got sorted out!

Spoiler

Unhelpful comment deleted, not all that funny, ok.

 

[jslanger]

Concur with everyone above. My iPhone 3GS was completely submerged in a jacuzzi for about 30 seconds and after about 48 hours (maybe a little more) in a bag of rice, it came back to life completely.

Take out the battery, and leave it out.

Let the thing dry longer than you think it needs, and RESIST the urge to check to see if it works! And NEVER use a hair dryer...it can push the water further in. Just let the rice do its job of passively absorbing moisture from the air, and it will dry out. If needed you could dry orifices with a Q-tip, but its not necessary.

Good luck.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

Always sorry to hear when this happens.

Water usually damages a phone only if trying to power up before completely dry, that can cause a short somewhere. Also, it's possible that salts left behind from the evaporation will cause shorts. But - because electronics are bathed in pure water during various manufacturing steps, it's possible that once completely dry, the phone will work as good as new.

I've had phones drop in sinks that have gone both ways, so best luck on this.

I just wanted to chime in that for others or next time (hope it doesn't happen, but stuff happens), it's best to not use a hair dryer. That tends to force water deeper in where it may not have gotten to if quickly retrieved from a dunking.

Hope this helps, hope your phone got sorted out!

Spoiler

Unhelpful comment deleted, not all that funny, ok.

Ive seen a friends phone wrarp a little, enough to cause more probs dur to th hot air from the hair dryer...so, ditto 1+

 

[Bennieboiy]

That must suck hope it comes back to life fully

 

[leo9891]

That's what happens when you take your kids to the pool while looking up obscene photos/videos of women. LOL. Sorry to hear about that though.

I know how panicked you must feel cause I once had my phone in a hip case and I got on a water ride and forgot about my phone and when I got off the ride, it was soaked! It kept powering on and off by itself. But after a few hours of letting it dry, it was working fine. Still got it as a backup phone since I just got my Galaxy S2.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

That's what happens when you take your kids to the pool while looking up obscene photos/videos of women. LOL. Sorry to hear about that though.

I know how panicked you must feel cause I once had my phone in a hip case and I got on a water ride and forgot about my phone and when I got off the ride, it was soaked! It kept powering on and off by itself. But after a few hours of letting it dry, it was working fine. Still got it as a backup phone since I just got my Galaxy S2.

Hi leo, welcome to the forum.. Hey if you like to pay an added tribute to your old phone that took the drink, click and leave a memory note at: Android Forums Cell Phone SIMetery