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Zed
Zed
WA
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Zed Zed
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10 Feb 2010 11:40am
More than just a nutritious cereal grain... I dropped my new Iphone in the toilet (pre-****) and it was submerged for 5+ secs. It died & wouldn't turn on etc. Took out the sim card and water dribbled out. Anyways the good ol Internet told me to put it in a bowl of rice overnight.. lo & behold this morning it worked. woo hoo!
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
10 Feb 2010 12:42pm
Internet is good, when it gets filtered it will be bad.

Rice is good tho never thought of that one, how simple
crusher
crusher
NT
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NT, 104 posts
10 Feb 2010 2:41pm
What were you up to on the dunny with the Iphone?
brucey65
brucey65
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79 posts
10 Feb 2010 1:19pm
crusher said...

What were you up to on the dunny with the Iphone?


Thats a very good question ...
saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
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NSW, 2574 posts
10 Feb 2010 9:27pm
as a plumber, the toilet is my enemy. lost a couple this way.
Squid Lips
Squid Lips
WA
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WA, 708 posts
11 Feb 2010 8:12am
Rice is good when you are hungry and want 100000 of something
Paul Kelf
Paul Kelf
WA
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WA, 678 posts
11 Feb 2010 11:06am
Don't eat the rice
doggie
doggie
WA
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WA, 15849 posts
11 Feb 2010 11:10am
Paul Kelf said...

Don't eat the rice


That is a good tip
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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11 Feb 2010 11:29am
So....... let me get this right before I try it....... drop phone in toilet, fish it out, then stick it in Condoleeza?
doggie
doggie
WA
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WA, 15849 posts
11 Feb 2010 11:50am
I recon any rice would do the trick Mark
DUDE
DUDE
NSW
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11 Feb 2010 2:55pm
mark oz said
So....... let me get this right before I try it....... drop phone in toilet, fish it out, then stick it in Condoleeza?
if you have to stick in some rice wouldn,t you rather stick it in Stephanie Rice ?
maxm
maxm
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11 Feb 2010 3:08pm
^^^^
dude,
Are we talking now about eating rice or parking a phone in rice? I've lost track.
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
WA, 15849 posts
11 Feb 2010 12:14pm
Wet phone in dry rice.
jewelray
jewelray
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22 posts
11 Feb 2010 6:29pm
Is it real? I never thought of that. Nice.
maxm
maxm
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11 Feb 2010 10:09pm
doggie said...

Wet phone in dry rice.


... turns into dry phone in wet rice?
sharkbiscuit
sharkbiscuit
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820 posts
11 Feb 2010 9:14pm
That's an interesting fix

The best was I know of (especially for salt water), is to remove the battery as soon as possible, and drop the device into distilled water. Then strip it down and repeat. The water sensitive bits like speakers and mics do just a quick dunk. Submerge circuit boards for a few minutes. Leave everything to dry at room temperature for a few days (don't try to speed up drying by putting bits under a heat source or drying with a hair dryer). Reassemble.

Ja
Sailhack
Sailhack
VIC
5000 posts
VIC, 5000 posts
12 Feb 2010 11:37am
My brother was a plumber, used to drop his phone all the time in dunnies, trenches filled with water etc. Used to throw them out, as they don't work straight away...found out that if you leave them for a few days as mentioned above, or basically dried out, they work again - not rocket science!
doggie
doggie
WA
15849 posts
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12 Feb 2010 8:38am
maxm said...

doggie said...

Wet phone in dry rice.


... turns into dry phone in wet rice?


Yes
saltiest1
saltiest1
NSW
2574 posts
NSW, 2574 posts
13 Feb 2010 2:17am
get someone to call you and it cooks the rice.
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