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How long to leave in rice ?

I was in the shower texting, and my phone just froze and started vibrating, but I was still able to turn it off through the power button, then I just finished showering. and tried to turn it on, and it wouldn't turn on. So then I put it in the charger and stuff to try. So it still doesn't work. So I tried powering it up like 5 times. So is it possible I short circuited it ? And how long should I leave it in raw rice ?

In the shower texting. I think you may have a bigger problem than just a fried phone.
As for the phone.... you can try rice, but since you kept messing with it instead of putting it directly into the rice its probably fried. Anyway, about 5-7 days. Without taking it out to mess with it.
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The water indicators are completely white though.. Any chances?

lilazngoku8 said:
I was in the shower texting, and my phone just froze and started vibrating, but I was still able to turn it off through the power button, then I just finished showering. and tried to turn it on, and it wouldn't turn on. So then I put it in the charger and stuff to try. So it still doesn't work. So I tried powering it up like 5 times. So is it possible I short circuited it ? And how long should I leave it in raw rice ?
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Did you atleast have it in a plastic bag or something? If not why would you text in the shower? But basically yea 5-7 days. I accidentally went swimming with my MT3G and left it for about 2-3 days and it came back on but the digitizer was dead.
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Texting in the shower? Really... facepalm
So yeah, dont do that again.. and if you do, then like the above poster said... anytime your phone gets wet and shuts off DO NOT attempt to power it back on... that's where everything gets fried
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I certainly hope you are not serious...

IDK why, but my phone now works, just one day in rice LOL

Glacier FTW!!! lol
But seriously, Texting in the shower? It better had been with a girl. haha
Im glad your phones works now! Enjoy =)

lilazngoku8 said:
IDK why, but my phone now works, just one day in rice LOL
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Let's see...you took your phone in the shower...then you failed to heed any advice about the length of time to keep your phone in rice.
And then you got lucky.
Your phone WILL be screwed one day soon. Guaranteed!

JonSolo said:
Let's see...you took your phone in the shower...then you failed to heed any advice about the length of time to keep your phone in rice.
And then you got lucky.
Your phone WILL be screwed one day soon. Guaranteed!
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Well it really wasn't that wet, I guess the water creeped through the volume buttons... and your mean

lilazngoku8 said:
Well it really wasn't that wet, I guess the water creeped through the volume buttons... and your mean
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Lol
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I use to text with my Nokia N82 in the shower. That thing was tough as a dinosaur. Lol
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Yeah, phones with a physical keyboard, last longer . Damn old phones were so good! Drop it a million times, it still works. Get it a wet dry a little, still works fine!

My Vibrant is waterproof!

So I took my ambian like I always do and decided I was going to take a bath cause of a lower back ache. I was surfing the web and I guess the ambian kicked in and knocked my ass out! Well got out of the tub cause the water was getting cold, got out and turned on the light. I was looking all over the place for my phone and panicked when I saw it under water in the TUB!!! I picked it up and it came on, shook it off and have had zero problems out of it, charge port was open and I have no idea how it still works, it was under water for a lonnnnnnng time!

hmmmmm tell us how well it works tommorrow

Been three days now so Im calling it good!

i find this very hard to believe haha miracles do happen sir

can you try it again?
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Lol! My wife takes 20-40 mg of Ambien every night (as prescribed), in addition to other stuff for insomnia (and even all THAT doesn't always knock her out) so I know what you mean with that.
Waterproof, though, is lucky. Be very happy you lucked out.

You should have probably immediately taken the battery out and rinsed it with distilled water.
It will probably start corroding inside soon and die on you.
Also when you take Ambien you should be ALREADY in bed, not walking around or taking baths.
Interesting story though.

I have seen it before. It will corrode over time. Then it will drain battery really fast. But everything will work.

I have been worried about corrosion too but i did pull the battery out and clean everything really well. The thing that turn pink when wet is still white so somehow the water didn't get in there. Not going to try it again.
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SamsungVibrant said:
Also when you take Ambien you should be ALREADY in bed, not walking around or taking baths.
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Really i had no idea, thanks for the heads up
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Toilet phone

Just thought I'd share how lucky I am.
Last night I dropped my phone into a toilet whilst it was on. I immediately got it out took the cover, battery, SD card and SIM out, put it in a food container with rice and left it on a radiator. The phone seems to be working perfectly now!

If it got wet inside, you'll be lucky only for some time.
It's pretty sure that the phone will corrode.

celeronix said:
If it got wet inside, you'll be lucky only for some time.
It's pretty sure that the phone will corrode.
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If he had it in rice, all the moisture will be sucked out. of course it all depends on how quickly he put it in rice

this make for a good laugh
no offence by the way

****ty phone.

I've heard of that working before. Glad to hear it fixed your phone!

It has happened to me in the past and the rice trick worked and the phone kept chugging along for at least 2 years. Then I switched to SGS. Just dont eat the rice when your done.

Good advice on not eating the Rice!

Too late. ^^
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I hope the toilet was... er... unused.

I think phones are more durable these days.
My n1 was sitting in a puddle of water in a bag for I don't know how long and it was still on!!! Screen was white and phone was hot so I pulled battery and shook it dry. Did as op did and next day switched it on. All working as new even speaker.
Still no probs 2 months later.
If it is water and you can power down quickly should be no issues when dry.
Good luck with your phone mate.
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Well, the minerals might still be deposited on the ICs which can corrode after some time...hope that doesnt happen to you man.

Wow, I guess I should try to remember if my phone ever tries to commit a suicide in my toilet.
The other solution is to never use your phone right above the toilet...
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DarkMaster3960 said:
Wow, I guess I should try to remember if my phone ever tries to commit a suicide in my toilet.
The other solution is to never use your phone right above the toilet...
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I can't get my mind on how you would use a phone, standing up, while using the toilet...
And I can't help but remember that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLw6FemRavs

Well, I was replying to a text and when putting the phone back in my pocket, I missed!

Lol, Congrats on your phone surviving.
I tend to check my Twitter/email/facebook when on the loo so I can see how this could easily be accomplished.
It all comes down to one thing...
Real geeks don't read newspapers.
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muzicfreako said:
Well, the minerals might still be deposited on the ICs which can corrode after some time...hope that doesnt happen to you man.
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Therefore you should wash the phone in demineralized water to get the minerals of.

Understand it's logical, but man, washing your phone of, the pain a man must feel washing his precious phone.

Ahh that sucks

My wife did the same thing a long time ago with a blackberry storm and i put her phone in a bowl of rice next to the heater and her phone worked perfect for like a year later until she upgraded.

Need reassurance!!!!

So I just dropped my beloved vibrant ok the toilet and need reassurance, anyone whos done it before, will it live? So far its working ok, random color spasms and headphone port sounded distorted for a second but stopped when I paused music. It hasnt happened in about 15 minutes and the phone fell about an hour ago and dryed for about 30 minutes. I ran it over with a bike before on accident and it still worked and I love this phone so hopefully it will survive. Anyway worst damage to happen to your phone and it still worked?
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Turn off your phone, take out the battery and put it in a bag of rice. Good as new in about 2 hours.
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Before you put it in rice, might want to clean the ports and anything that you can access with distilled water. This will hopefully prevent corrosion from rusty, particle ridden toilet water.

I was at an Ace Hardware where they were selling, for five or ten bucks, a plastic bag with some dessicant for wet-phone rescue. Rice or any dessicant should work fine. I would make sure no rice dust gets into phone.
If you have any kind of blower or compressed air, blowing it out gently on no heat first might be a good idea. Also, I would first take phone somewhat apart, remove battery, sim, sdcard. Dry loose parts by hand, then blow out phone, especially all ports and contacts.
Some kind of tuner-cleaner might be an option if needed.

Thanks guys I took the whole phone apart yesterday and air dryed/ blew air in to dry it out and its working great. Only issue is the volume down rocker doesnt work 100% I have to press it a couple times to make it work. Any way to fix that?
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your phone has been through hell haha!
unfortunately there isnt much anyone here can tell you. there are certain things you can do to get as much water out as possible like the rice trick, swabbing all ports, etc. but in the long run, theres really no way of telling if any water got in deep enough to go unnoticed/uncleanable, and actually reached a point where it could cause damage <--- and if thats the case, like Woodrube said, you may experience issues somewhere down the road, even long enough to the point when youve totally forgotten about dropping it in the toilet, and youll say "how come this started happening all of a sudden?"
sucks man, gotta be careful...i went to the bathroom one night to relieve myself, after 1 or 2 drinks , and for some reason i thought that holding my phone in the same hand that was aiming wasnt the worst idea ever......yup, i ended up pissing on my blackberry

sneakysnake16 said:
Thanks guys I took the whole phone apart yesterday and air dryed/ blew air in to dry it out and its working great. Only issue is the volume down rocker doesnt work 100% I have to press it a couple times to make it work. Any way to fix that?
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If it was my phone, I'd get some tuner-cleaner and shoot it into the switch and hope.

TopShelf10 said:
i went to the bathroom one night to relieve myself, after 1 or 2 drinks , and for some reason i thought that holding my phone in the same hand that was aiming wasnt the worst idea ever......yup, i ended up pissing on my blackberry
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Lol. No really I laughed out loud and these ladies sitting next to me turned and looked. Brings new life to the phrase "piss on blackberry".

Woodrube said:
Lol. No really I laughed out loud and these ladies sitting next to me turned and looked. Brings new life to the phrase "piss on blackberry".
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100% true story...not my highest point haha, although it did ultimately lead to me getting my vibrant, so i guess it can be considered a win of sorts

the evo is waterproof!

My girlfriend became so frustrated at here evos problems that she gave a swim in the toilet and flushed it a few times. Took the SD card and battery out for quite a long time and well...imposting from it right now! It had water under the screen and was stuck vibrating.
The biggest issue this phone had was it was failing to write to the SD card properly so you couldn't take pictures. It would say it saved but then kick the SD card onto read only.
She has an Evo 3d. I have one too since my lcd broke....hboot 1.4 on mine but hers is 1.5
Anyone else have miraculous stories?

Are you a rancid fan?
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Wow she got really lucky on that evos are not meant to go swimming...it has killed many! but If you rice it out before you get any power into it there is a chance that it can be saved such as this one did!

scottspa74 said:
Are you a rancid fan?
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Haha Maxwell Murder. Nice.

Yep big rancid fan. And she just let it sit out. No rice or anything lmfao
The screen was on toi and sshe said it eventually shut tthe screen off but was stuck vibrating. Dunno how long it was swimming but it got water under the glass so it had to have been a while
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It can be easy to spot those people who paid for their phones and those who didn't.
~ I'm a fungi

I was talking to my wife and we were both on our Evos. All of a sudden I could barely hear anything but weird faint sounds. She dropped hers in the dog water bowl.
Rescued it, removed batter and riced it.
Zero problems. Maybe some oxidation in the usb port that eventually went away.
My friend and I were snowboarding at Breck. He lost his phone in the woods. Two weeks later his mom called him. Someone had found his phone after a few warm days, turned it in to lost and found and Breck was able to power it up and get his mom's phone number. The phone had gone through temps of -2 F and 35 F for 14 days, buried in snow.
This is why I will buy another HTC.

Nice to see some rancid love here,...oh, and some HTC love
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IrideAgro said:
I was talking to my wife and we were both on our Evos. All of a sudden I could barely hear anything but weird faint sounds. She dropped hers in the dog water bowl.
Rescued it, removed batter and riced it.
Zero problems. Maybe some oxidation in the usb port that eventually went away.
My friend and I were snowboarding at Breck. He lost his phone in the woods. Two weeks later his mom called him. Someone had found his phone after a few warm days, turned it in to lost and found and Breck was able to power it up and get his mom's phone number. The phone had gone through temps of -2 F and 35 F for 14 days, buried in snow.
This is why I will buy another HTC.
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Wow, people are really honest on the mountain, my friend lost his expensive android phone while there and it was returned to lost and found, and his mom was called also.
This was a week or so ago.

a senile fungus said:
It can be easy to spot those people who paid for their phones and those who didn't.
~ I'm a fungi
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Lmao has nothing to do with paying for it. Mine broke as an honest accident but hers was having so many issues I was close to smashing it myself. The USB port was garbage then the issue with the SD card was just the final straw for me. She just happened to kill it before I claimed it as lost to give her an evo3d. I would have given her another evo but for 100 I felt like I would've been ripping myself off when I can get the 3d
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