Kyle T
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Had an awesome day fitting some bits to the car, but now I'm unable to upload my photo's and make my very own project thread because I chucked my jeans in the wash when I got inside and had left my phone in my pocket 
It's not insured, of course - so I thought I'd give it a few days to dry out, and take out a cheap insurance policy anyway. If the phone is knackered - I can just claim in a week or two I hope to get it replaced 
Can anyone recommend a decent phone policy, that'll cover for water damage?
It's a Galaxy S2 if that means anything 
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LeeM
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i think doyle got completely abused for discussing mobile insurance fraud. interested to see what happens here
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Tomnova16
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Switch it off and put it in a bowl of rice to dry out
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
Switch it off and put it in a bowl of rice to dry out
Aye read that already, so it's sat in Uncle Ben's finest.
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i think doyle got completely abused for discussing mobile insurance fraud. interested to see what happens here
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Jed D
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cheap shitty old sony erricson, job done
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Jake
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what job is that
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Ben G
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accidently lose the phone and let them know in a few weeks.
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AlunJ
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Rice isn't actually that effective, it doesnt absorb water til quite a high temperature. If you have any silica gel packets that would be a better bet.
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Kyle T
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Rice isn't actually that effective, it doesnt absorb water til quite a high temperature. If you have any silica gel packets that would be a better bet.
Just gone through all the shoeboxes under the stairs, nothing going!
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Mattb
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airing cupboard mate - i dropped mine down the bog once when hammered - a few days next to the hot water tank sorted it 
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LeeM
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not heat, that will cause further condensation. needs to be room temp and dry out naturally
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AlunJ
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Extreme heat can melt solder
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harrisp
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Extreme heat can melt solder
I would be worried if anywhere in your house (excluding the oven) was hot enough to melt solder
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Mattb
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i can also firmly NOT reccomend the microwave - a friend of mine microwvaed one of my phones for just 1 sec for a joke at work.... dead forever 
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Kyle T
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i can also firmly NOT reccomend the microwave - a friend of mine microwvaed one of my phones for just 1 sec for a joke at work.... dead forever
 WTF!
Tried switching it on this morning, no go and I can hear a slight sizzling noise when I put the battery in
Looks like she's a gonner.
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Kyle T
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There are a few websites offering repair services, I've emailed one of them for a quote.
I'll pay these guys rather than make a dodgy insurance claim, because I'm honest like that - but I can't imagine the success rate is particularly good on a water damaged phone 
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AlunJ
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I fried my old Motorola v3i in oil at 268C, I managed to get that working again, just couldn't get rid of the grease
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taylorboosh
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id do as you said and "lose"it
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taylorboosh
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quote:
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I fried my old Motorola v3i in oil at 268C, I managed to get that working again, just couldn't get rid of the grease
razer?
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Ian
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Was it on when it was being washed? That can make a difference.
I've dropped mine in the bath a few times and they always come out fine so long as you're patient drying it out.
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AlunJ
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I fried my old Motorola v3i in oil at 268C, I managed to get that working again, just couldn't get rid of the grease
razer?
Yep, aesthetically a gorgeous phone, just the software let it down.
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Kyle T
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Originally posted by Ian
Was it on when it was being washed? That can make a difference.
I've dropped mine in the bath a few times and they always come out fine so long as you're patient drying it out.
Aye it was on, if I knew I was going to wash it I would have switched it off first for sure 
I'm going to keep mine in the rice for a few more days, will try it mid week but I'm not hopeful after hearing it sizzling this morning 
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Gavin
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Drying Machine!!?!
Only
leave it for another few days. I've know a few people who have dropped a phone into water, only for it to start working again after 1-2 weeks once its fully dried out.
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Kyle T
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It lives it Lives!!!
Well, kind of!
Left it plugged in to the wall charger for 10mins, then held the power in for about 10seconds and a picture of a battery just appeared on the screen!
Not quite sure what it means, it won't do anything else... so I'm just going to leave it plugged in and see what happens.
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