HELP i washed ..my cell phone in the washer

[bambii]

can i save it

what should i do

it is an alltel lg...

just a phone no keyboard ...

.. i just got it june 2nd for my birthday

 

[mckryan]

Take the battery out immediately. Put the battery and the phone in a ziploc baggie of rice and let it just sit in there until Sunday or Monday. Give it plenty of time to absorb all the moisture before you put the battery in and turn it on again. Don't be tempted to try to turn it on until the end of the weekend. You might still be able to save it.

 

[S. C.]

Do not try to turn it on.
Take the battery out and put the phone in a bag of uncooked rice. I think it is for about a week someone correct this if wrong on how long.

 

[S. C.]

Take the battery out immediately. Put the battery and the phone in a ziploc baggie of rice

We were posting at the same time

 

[kirbsam]

take battery out and put it in the oven at 150 degrees for an hour. will dry it out.

 

[SandrA9810]

As long as there's no circuit you should be good on saving it. We've done worse to our phones and they still manage to last till we can get a new one.

But drying it fully out is key. You don't want to short circuit anything on the inside when you turn it in.
I'd be a bit weary of putting it in an oven. most phones use LCD... liquid crystal... liquid expands in heat, and you could burst your screen. Then it's totally gone.

I worked at gamestop and had to dissapoint a lot of moms when I told them that there's nothing you can do when your kid leaves a gameboy in the car and it causes the screen to burst.

 

[MoniqueU]

I never did the rice or oven thing but I can tell you that a razer through the washing machine is fine by the next morning. Try the rice thing I bet it will be fine.

 

[Ohiodislover]

DH has done this twice now A few years ago, we were able to let that one dry out without any problems. Last year he did this w/ a new phone, and no go--let it dry out for about 2 weeks w/ no luck.


Good Luck. It won't be covered by warranty since it's water damage.

 

[Boo'sMom]

actually, the coverage depends on your plan.
Just yesterday I got a new palm treo after I dropped mine into the kitchen sink (full of water). Our plan covers all perils, so check your insurance coverage!
Good luck!

 

[Imzadi]

I saw the burying it in rice tip on the Today Show the other day. They said that rice is absorbant, so it will help to pull out the moisture. They also suggested gently removing the SIM card as well as taking the battery off. They both need to dry separately and at different rates.

 

[Tillybud]

I dropped mine in a lake once and the best advice I can give you is to take it all apart, remove the battery, back cover, sim card etc and leave it for a few days until all the moisture, etc has gone. Before you put it back together clean the contacts with a pencil eraser .. the contacts are the usually metal or gold coloured and are on the battery, the cell phone itself and the sim card, blow any eraser away and then pop it back together and hopefully all will be ok. I used to work for a cell phone (mobile phone company in the UK and that's the advice we offered all our customers before pursuing any replacement) Hope it works for you

 

[lacy1101]

We tried the rice trick when we washed my son's Itouch a couple of weeks ago. We put it in a ziploc bag of dry rice, laid it on a table under a tall lamp, and left it for a week. When we took it out and tried to turn it on, nothing. We just figured it was toast. Then someone suggested that maybe it just needed charging. Duh. We put it on the charger and it came right up!

We are now true believers in dry rice! Good luck!

 

[Tikitoi]

This happened with DS's memory card or whatever it is that goes into his psp thingy. It went through the washer and dryer so we are waiting on that outcome.

 

[mckryan]

We tried the rice trick when we washed my son's Itouch a couple of weeks ago. We put it in a ziploc bag of dry rice, laid it on a table under a tall lamp, and left it for a week. When we took it out and tried to turn it on, nothing. We just figured it was toast. Then someone suggested that maybe it just needed charging. Duh. We put it on the charger and it came right up!

We are now true believers in dry rice! Good luck!

LOL - sounds like something I would do! I didn't even think about that!

 

[SandrA9810]

rice absorbs water... why do you think people put rice in salt shakers?

 

[carone0318]

Ok, so dd's cell phone had an incident with a pool. I thought it was ruined, but teenage girls know a lot!

Take phone apart and blow dry with a hair dryer, then place in freezer overnight. I was told that you should do this immediately after it happens, but I didn't learn about how until the following day.

So, 24 hrs after the "incident" is when I took apart, blew dry and then put it in the freezer overnight. Now I wasn't sure if the battery should also go in the freezer or just phone. I placed just the phone and left the battery in room temp.

The following day, I am happy to report, the phone worked and has been working ever since!

Dd is sooooo lucky!!!!

 

[torinsmom]

Whatever you do, don't plug it into the charger! I dropped my phone in the (clean) toilet few years ago. Grabbed it out real quick and it still seemed to work(Made a call and everything) Stupid me then decided to charge it up and ZAP, bye-bye phone!

Marsha

 

[mckryan]

rice absorbs water... why do you think people put rice in salt shakers?

I meant the charging thing and thinking it was gone because it wouldn't turn on. I was the first one to respond to her original post asking for help and suggested the rice.

 

[disney1990]

I dropped mine in the toilet -- don't ask. DH took it all apart and dried it with the hairdryer. Worked fine!