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Titan fell into the pool while cleaning

today i was cleaning the pool, since the leather pouch only clips on and doesnt actually have lashes to put the belt through it got lose and fell into the pool, fully submerged. it took me about 20 seconds to get to it and get it back out.
as soon as i had it out i saw it restart by itself. immediately took out the battery, put it in front of the heater and had it there for about 3 hours.
turned it back on and it works just fine. everything is try.
i guess thats nice to know, lol.....seems to be very water friendly....lol
we will see how it goes the next days, there is always the option Asurion.......

Wow, amazing! Please keep us updated through-out the lifetime of this phone. I am very curious.

I would really recommend taking it apart and letting it sit out for a day or two to completely dry out. There is bound to still be some water in the phone. But it sounds like you got real lucky

distilled water
If this happened to me I would soak it in distilled water then blow out with air compressor, then repeat

bhagwan said:
If this happened to me I would soak it in distilled water then blow out with air compressor, then repeat
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Bad idea. The phone works as is. Clearly the water didn't penetrate very far into the device. If you soak it in water,distilled or otherwise,your going to be worse off. If you had a little water inside,then your best bet is to dissasemble it,and clean the boards with 90% isopropyl alcohol and let it sit in a warm place for a few days. Do not get this on the display however,it will destroy it. (I destroyed a laptop panel once by using to much IPA on a paper towel so I speak from had experience)

the phone still works
just like a charm........everything is tested......all day long.........its amazing.....
i guess this is the first titan that can swim.......anybody got the telephone number for the guinness book??? lol....just kiddin

Good to hear. People usually over-react to dropping electronics in water. Water does not damage electronics just because its there, and that seems to be what people think. The water would have to cover a full surface area of open contacts and create a short which destroy's some component or the whole device.
Its like the peeing on the electric fence thing. You don't get shocked unless you are close enough to create a complete path for electricity to flow.
Anyway, good to hear your phone survived, but its no miracle. Its probably more due to good hardware and EMC design that sealed the components well enough.

Yeah it's usually not the submersion that damages stuff it's either shorting out or damage during the fall. A few winters ago a buddy of mine was bringing some stuff back home for winter break (college) and he forgot to take his computer out of the bed of the pickup truck. It got snowed and rained on all night long. He took it in the house and disassembeled the entire thing to let it dry. Put it back together and it fired right up...

I dropped my old 6700 in a bloody mary once, I did the same thing, took out the battery, and put it in the sun for a day it worked like a charm...the key is pulling the battery ASAP...water is "pretty much" harmless without electricity, it's when those two mix that you're gonna have trouble...

My Nexus survived after water damage !

I fell from jetski in freshwater pond, never happened before thats why i decided to take phone with me this 1 time....
Oh well, it works like new.....at least now it does. Air dried it with hair dryer and put it in air tight rice container overnight. Read that it good to put phone in alcohol right after damage, but i skipped this part.

I like to take my phone swimming.

That's nothing, my N1 is a useful cave diving tool.

Count your blessings one by one... it's an electronic device, no matter how awesome it is (and it is awesome) it still suffers pain like all other devices.

Pah.... that's nothing.
I regularly lend mine to my best friend who is an Angler Fish..
Wish he would bloody well charge it up before handing it back though.

My device survived a dunking in the toilet. Let it dry out for a couple of days and it's as good as new!

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My device survived a dunking in the toilet. Let it dry out for a couple of days and it's as good as new!
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I did that to my old Centro back in the day. I almost died, but, sure enough, a few days later, bring! And I was ecstatic that I could stop using IMs to message people. Not to eager to try it out with my nexus though...`

i use my Nexus One to guide ballistic missiles

I just use mine for pr0n.

Guys please stay serious
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My phone, seriously, survived being dunked in the pool. But it dropped like an anchor to the bottom. At least the OP had it in his pocket. Did you at least get back on it before you took the battery out? I would have probably drowned in a panic not remembering to swim and trying to take the battery out while I was in the water. Thats good to hear

philhyde said:
My device survived a dunking in the toilet. Let it dry out for a couple of days and it's as good as new!
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Mine fell in a toilet too. Redtube and Bangbus still works. Excellent build quality!

so is the recommendation to leave it to dry for a couple of days?

milomak said:
so is the recommendation to leave it to dry for a couple of days?
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Nah, I prefer to take phone calls underwater...
Of course you're supposed to let it COMPLETELY DRY. When is it dry? Are you taking it apart completely, every layer, board? I doubt it. Therefore you let it dry until you're sure it's dry, then let it dry longer.

my other cell..a moto droid only lasted 50 seconds
here is the youtube proof
watch?v=QkkdBgemg5U

Nexus One survives freezer.
Fun at work: I performed a cold environmental test on my Nexus One in our environmental test chamber.
Got down to ~15° F and shut itself down.
Continued to cool to 0°F then removed it for 1 hour to warm up in 98° F.
Phone booted up and shows no signs of any problems or the horrible experience I put it through.

khaytsus said:
Nah, I prefer to take phone calls underwater...
Of course you're supposed to let it COMPLETELY DRY. When is it dry? Are you taking it apart completely, every layer, board? I doubt it. Therefore you let it dry until you're sure it's dry, then let it dry longer.
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i didn't articulate well what I meant. Which was is leaving it to air dry considered a sufficiently satisfactory manner of dealing with a phone that has been in water. i know method will always result in a phone working. but what i would like some comfort over is that by going the air drying route i am not doing something that is a bad decision.
edit: it is now currently in a tub of rice for the next 2 days. fingers crossed.

Leviuqse said:
my other cell..a moto droid only lasted 50 seconds
here is the youtube proof
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That's pretty lame, Hulk.

My new thing is to use our industrial heat treating vacuum furnaces to pump down to 12 microns of pressure... water boils off WAY before that. Its like taking it to outer space. Couple devices became iPoods after toilet drops... tear the back off and pull battery, pump em down, fill with nitrogen, and done. Takes like 20 minutes
So, if you can't live without your phone for more than drying time, take it to your local heat treater! haha
Dont know the specifics of amoled displays, but I figure if LCDs dont explode under low pressure... amoled is probably ok

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Fun at work: I performed a cold environmental test on my Nexus One in our environmental test chamber.
Got down to ~15° F and shut itself down.
Continued to cool to 0°F then removed it for 1 hour to warm up in 98° F.
Phone booted up and shows no signs of any problems or the horrible experience I put it through.
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Hahha That is the fun part of living in Canada, On winter I used to test lots of gadgets I had in the extreme cold.
The most extreme I did, and I almost died in the processes was -40C. iPod touch didn't last long, and my Laptop was enjoying the cold by even going faster! though the screen failed after a few minutes, now it has a smudge I can only see on dark screens.

Galaxy, Meet Hot Tub

So I am a funny guy and because I am funny I went swimming in my hot tub fully clothed, forgetting that I usually keep my phone in my left front pocket...
I'll spare you the reasons behind this and the details but I couldn't find anything on these forums about a wet Galaxy. I suppose most of you are simply more cautious than I. Anyways, I figured I will share my story and update everyone on how things work out so perhaps if somebody else succumbs to such a tragedy they will have some info and perhaps some hope.
Nearly the instant I go in the hot tub I realized my phone was in my pocket. I don't think the water had even soaked entirely through my jeans before I jumped up and pulled it out. It was definitely wet though. I through it to my brother who caught it, in a matter of about 2 seconds the screen turned on, got all liney and scrambled and the phone shut off.
I tore the battery out, SIM, and sd and rushed it to a towel to dry it off. I shook it until I couldn't get anymore water to come out of the ports and stuck it into a bowl of rice.
Now I shall wait. I think tomorrow evening I am going to move it from the rice to behind my Xbox and leave it on overnight with the warm air from the fans blowing on it and then back into the rice until Tuesday evening when I might try it.
Does anybody have any ideas? Suggestions? Some encouraging words perhaps? Anything is appreciated.

Sounds like you did all you can do.did you seal the rice bag and vacuum out all the air
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I only ever lost one phone to water damage. But that was because it got torrentially downpoured on for about 5 minutes.
It still mostly worked, but some keys would sometimes work and sometimes not, and the microphone died.
I was an idiot though and didnt dry it out immediately. I think you might just get out of this one unscathed.

I would wait about 4 days before you put the battery back in... an air conditioner would be better since it will blow really dry air on it.. if not just stick it someplace there is lots of air flow.
I have drop a few things in the water.. once a HTC magic.. LOL it was about 10days before it would work.. but it worked great after.. just some water spots on the inside of the screen but other then that it was good.

Just make sure its really bone dry before you turn it back on. A couple days in the rice should do the trick. After that just hope you dont get corrosion. At least it was fresh water.
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I have been through many phones (cheap dumbphones) in the past and have went swimming with a cellphone 4 times in total, . . . and also lost one in a dumpster. 2ice with one phone. I have been able to recover them successfully every single time except one.
The second time I took one of my phones in the water it was in a hot tub and I was in there for about 5 mins before I realized it. It started vibrating violently in my pocket (i guess the water connected the circuit) so I took out the battery and left it to dry for about 4 days. It worked fine after that, but about a month later the screen stopped working.
I have found that as long as it isn't in the water too long it should work fine as long as you take out the battery right away and give it enough time to dry.
Since you're dealing with an expensive phone here, I would leave it for at least 5 or 5 days to dry just to be sure. Let me know how it goes!
P.S. I just bought a Galaxy S from Bell in Canada and it is my first smartphone. I hope I can keep it out of the water, and the dumpster!
~Gregory

A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case

andrewluecke said:
A good idea would be to buy a waterproof case
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I didn't know those existed :S

gschier said:
I didn't know those existed :S
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Make one with a condom works great at beach for me with sand and a little water

gschier said:
I didn't know those existed :S
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http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/water...armband-for-large-mp3-players-and-phones.html is the one for iPhone, but I'd like to find out if it fits this phone too.
Headphones: http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/waterproof-headphones.html
I've been considering buying them, because I enjoy the flexibility of being able to jog regardless of weather, without worrying if it might rain. You can also buy special double seal plastic bags, but I wouldn't trust those.
They are expensive, but probably the biggest threat to my phone is getting it wet..

If it doesn't come back to life, make sure it is ABSOLUTELY dry inside (leave it on a radiator for a week, or similar) then send it to the Service Desk people.
I had a similar issue with an iPod (got caught in a downpour on my bike), and that was the collective wisdom frm the Internet. They exhanged it for me (apparently the iPod folks don't do repairs, but just look for obvious signs of abuse, like oxidation, water, impacts).
No idea how samsug work - but as long as it's dry and the accident is quite recent, hopefully there won't be any telltale signs inside.
For the next time - DON'T switch it on until the phone is absolutely dry inside. Whipping the battery out asap to avoid shortcircuits as well.
Must say, I'm curious as to the story behind this

Sooooo... how did you say this happened again?
I don't have any more advice then the what the guys already said, but i'm sending you a lot of encouraging words. Hope it works buddy.
Otherwise, just like Paul C said, if it won't work, dry it as much as you can and send it back, maybe it'll work

Same way for a phone http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Laptop-from-Liquid-Damage

Well, my last phone, Samsung Omnia was actually ok with some water. It dropped in someones hottub once. It was dark there (wasnt my hottub lol) and couldnt find it. So after a minute or 5 i figured I'd call to see what would happen.
Screen turned on, and started vibrating so it was easy to find. Turned it off, took it home, opened her up, put it on the radiator and went to bed. Everything was fine the next day. Never had any problems with it after that.

try this http://dvice.com/archives/2010/08/japanese-cellph.php

Give it a few days... it will dry out and be as new.
My previous phone was a HTC Touch Diamond. I completely submerged it in water for about 5 seconds by accident and it experienced the same issues yours did. (Lines and the like).
The screen was toast (or so I thought), but the phone seemed to work via USB hook up to the computer.
So I went out and I bought a replacement phone after a couple of days. I then proceeded, late at night, to hook up my old phone to extract all information and transfer it over... while I was doing so, I was paying attention to my laptop screen, when I saw a bright light out of the corner of my eye. I looked down and my phone came completely back to life.
Moral of the story was I should have waited longer, but I did sell the newer phone for a $20 profit on kijiji.
Don't rush it like I did (unless there is warranty that covers this somehow)... it will come back.

So basically the story.. My girlfriend and I were bored just wandering around the house thinking of something to do. We went outside and she sat in the hammock which faces away from the hot tub. I thought it would be hilarious for her to turn around and I would just be fully clothed sitting in the hot tub with my slippers and all on.... I suppose it may be funny but before she even turned to see I was rushing to get out and throwing my phone at my brother telling him to get the battery out. Anyways, perhaps it was a bad idea xD and turned out to be not so funny for me. She laughed....
So what I did:
Took out the battery and dried the phone as much as I could with a towel and shaking the water out, I even sucked on the ports a bit in an attempt to get the way out haha.
Then I threw the phone into a container of brown rice which wasn't sealed, after about 3 hours of being in the container I decided to switch it to a sealed ziplock back which I squished all the air out of. For some reason this seemed more logical. I think I should have probably tried to blow dry the phone with a low heat setting first or perhaps used a vacuum to suck the water out. But I didn't.
After about 21 hours in the rice I took it out and blow dried it on the low heat setting (tested on my skin to make sure it wasn't too hot) and did that for about 20 minutes then put it into a home made wind tunnel which basically was done with a blow drier and a fan which forced the warm air into a small space that the phone was in. I left that for about 3 hours and then back into the rice for another night and day (maybe 18 hours or something, too lazy to count).
I haven't plugged it in yet and am just about to so I will stop typing now and test it.
SIM, SD card, Battery all in. Power button pressed.....
Screens on and looks great, sound works great and everything booted up just fine!
It seems as if everything is working fine, good signal to network, wifi works. It might even sound better than before jk haha. All the buttons are working and nothing on the touch screen seems to be off. No bubbles or problems visible underneath the screen. Camera works.
Everything works!!
So I hope this helps somebody out if it happens to them. Rice seems to do the trick. Don't rush it. I am so happy

Did you test your GPS? Sounds like a potential fix.
In all seriousness I'm glad this story had a happy ending, good job taking your time with it too.
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IMO two days is not enough time for a phone to dry out completely. I would at least leave it a week before start using it regularly.

Interesting story with a happy ending.......so far lol
I also think 2 days might have been a bit quick but then that air tunnel idea was clever and i think that will have helped a lot.
As for sending phones back under warranty, i doubt that would work because as far as i know when water dries it leaves a stain. I might be wrong on that though - mines stayed dry so far
Good Luck

Accidentally killed my nexus one last year....

At about 11:00 pm, I had my Nexus one in my back pocket, as my new skinny jeans have no front pocket (yes I'm a girl). We were at a New Year's party, I went to the restroom, dropped my pants and heard a large PLOP. Horrified I turned around in slow motion knowing what I would see. Nice bubbles rising from my beautiful nexus one.
Now it's in a bag of rice, and hoping for the best. Thankfully I do have a squaretrade warranty on it!!
Sniff.

Ah
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Ohhh, that sucks. Sorry to hear

jettrue said:
At about 11:00 pm, I had my Nexus one in my back pocket, as my new skinny jeans have no front pocket (yes I'm a girl). We were at a New Year's party, I went to the restroom, dropped my pants and heard a large PLOP. Horrified I turned around in slow motion knowing what I would see. Nice bubbles rising from my beautiful nexus one.
Now it's in a bag of rice, and hoping for the best. Thankfully I do have a squaretrade warranty on it!!
Sniff.
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I hope you removed the battery immediately. Put it in a SEALED CONTAINER full of rice in a warm place or under some sunlight and leave it there AT LEAST 2-3 cycles of it accumulating moisture on the lid of the container. Each day or so, change out the rice, wipe down any moisture, fill it with fresh rice and start it over. Once no moisture is on the lid, do it one more time for a day or so. Do not put the battery in or try to power it on until that point.
And keep in mind your battery might be toast regardless. You might get lucky on the phone, however.
BTW, might not want to re-use the rice after, considering where the moisture is coming from

khaytsus said:
I hope you removed the battery immediately. Put it in a SEALED CONTAINER full of rice in a warm place or under some sunlight and leave it there AT LEAST 2-3 cycles of it accumulating moisture on the lid of the container. Each day or so, change out the rice, wipe down any moisture, fill it with fresh rice and start it over. Once no moisture is on the lid, do it one more time for a day or so. Do not put the battery in or try to power it on until that point.
And keep in mind your battery might be toast regardless. You might get lucky on the phone, however.
BTW, might not want to re-use the rice after, considering where the moisture is coming from
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Thanks for the info.
I think I grabbed it really quickly from the toilet, but it felt like slow motion as it seemed like I stalled for 10 seconds, watching in horror the bubbles rising. I can still see it now! haha
I did immediately remove the battery. It's now in a ziplock of rice. It's been in there since 3 am this morning. There's moisture in the corners of the screen. Will wait it out. I am currently using a cheap freebie lg flip phone and it hurts, lol.
My fear is the fact that it was blue water... they had one of those deodorant things in the tank. That can't be good.

batteries are very cheap on ebay, $6.50 shipped

Dang, a girl with a N1 and skinny jeans here on XDA... just saying ;-)
Real bummer of the nexus.. I hope it survives. Would be a real shame if you left the N1 forums :-(
GL with drying the thing.
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Nobody??? C'mon, that was funny regardless of the circumstances.

Rice .... really ...that works ?

Bummer, hope it gets better soon....Rice has N1 healing powers.

Chosen_on184 said:
Rice .... really ...that works ?
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Yes, it's absorbent. We used to put rice in our salt shaker down in humid Louisiana to keep it from clumping.
And yes, the comment about not re-using the rice was very funny. If this thing works, then I have to think about the toilet water tainted phone against my ear.
Tasqa, I've got a nice rack too. Just saying. But I've got a skinny white girl ass.

Haha just kiddin
My mom dropped her phone in her coffee the other day.
Dried for two weeks with no rice. Now it has those coffe lines in the resistant touchscreen 0.o
Anyways I'm off to bed. Makin all those stupid jokes aint good for me (A)

jettrue said:
Yes, it's absorbent. We used to put rice in our salt shaker down in humid Louisiana to keep it from clumping.
And yes, the comment about not re-using the rice was very funny. If this thing works, then I have to think about the toilet water tainted phone against my ear.
Tasqa, I've got a nice rack too. Just saying. But I've got a skinny white girl ass.
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Damn I would absolutely cry if that would've happened to me, for real though a girl with a N1 is sexy as hell.
Hope your N1 survives, keep us updated.
Happy New Year from a fellow N1 user from Brooklyn NY.

Sorry about your phone. I have had luck with my old Nokia and a hair dryer. That was eons ago
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jettrue said:
Thanks for the info.
I think I grabbed it really quickly from the toilet, but it felt like slow motion as it seemed like I stalled for 10 seconds, watching in horror the bubbles rising. I can still see it now! haha
I did immediately remove the battery. It's now in a ziplock of rice. It's been in there since 3 am this morning. There's moisture in the corners of the screen. Will wait it out. I am currently using a cheap freebie lg flip phone and it hurts, lol.
My fear is the fact that it was blue water... they had one of those deodorant things in the tank. That can't be good.
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Yeah, just don't be in a hurry to use it, even if your current phone sucks compared... If you use it too fast you will kill it, right now there might be a chance.. Who knows about the blue sanitizer, but as long as it's not corrosive or conductive and leave nasty bits behind it might not be a problem.
I'd suggest a sealed tight tupperware dish with fresh rice and put it it somewhere warm or with sunlight, and again, keep changing it until it's at least past one cycle WITHOUT any condensation on the tupperware. It could be a week, but personally I'd rather be without the N1 for a week than forever.

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unless you have a giant bag of desiccant in your house somewhere.

i submerged my N1 in teh sink while washing dishes. I had shoulder surgery and was on the phone doing dishes ( was my first mistake). I had my N1 in the sling with headphones on and when i leaned forward, it slid right under the running water. I grabbed it and dried it off best i could, took the battery,sim,sd,batter cover off. I then put it in a tupperware container buried in rice for 24 hours sealed and it works like it never happened

I dropped my N1 into the drain once. Fully submerged in water and I only manage to get it out a minute later.
Lucky it was in the pouch which made the water go in slower.
Put it in a dry cabinet (the ones for camera gear) for a day and happy to report I'm still using it now.
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So, I couldn't resist trying, everything looked very dry. Patience has never been a virtue of mine. Soon as I woke up I stuck the battery in and fired this puppy up. I was worried, it stayed on the boot logo for what seemed like longer than usual, but she's up and running! Speaker seems to work fine, I haven't made a call yet but will in just a bit.
After dropping it in la toilette, I took off the screen protecter as well. This morning I notice when the screen is off, the reflection looks a little funny, kind of a different hue, slightly hazy reflection given off, but I'm not sure if that's just how it looks without a screen protector, or if it's a result of the blue water.
Phone is charging now, and that seems to be working fine too.

Sounds like a bit of luck there.

Vibrant went into the washing machine........

Update 3/2/11. I cleaned the phone with the cleaner posted in this thread. Got all the soap residue off no problem and dried very quickly. Got the spare battery out and tried the phone...nothing. It doesn't even try to turn on. I did get my data off the external SD. I really wish I could get the data off the internal SD as it has most of what I want like a bunch of photos and stuff. Oh well. Thanks for the tips in this thread.
Original post.
What are the odds it will be ok?
What are the odds I'll at least be able to recover data off my external sd card? I have nandroid backups on it if I have to get a new phone.
Whole story.
I got in the shower my pants (with the phone in the pocket) got picked up by my girlfriend who thought she would help out and wash them with some other laundry. The phone went through all but the spin cycle before I got it out.
The phone was on when it went in and off when it came out. I pulled the battery and dissembled the phone. It is now in pieces drying out.
It looks like the underside of the main board (the metal casing holding the parts) has some discoloration, its sorta blackened and maybe has soap residue on it as well.
Anyway....this sucks.
Edit: Got the phone parts in rice. Hoping to at least get it working long enough to get my data/photos off of it.

Back in my Blackberry days there were always stories of people dropping there phones in water and it surviving.
They would take the phone apart and put it in a container of rice for a few days to absorb all the water. Problem is it was always said that pulling the battery immediately after it got wet was key. Since your phone was under for an extended period of time I dunno if this would work for you but its worth a try.

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Since your phone was under for an extended period of time I dunno if this would work for you but its worth a try.
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That's what I'm wondering too. Usually it's dropped in water for a few seconds, hardly time for the water to seep in and the battery can be pulled before the phone even shuts down. Mine was totally soaked.

Yeah... The outlook is kind of bleak but since its such an expensive device and a bag of rice is really cheap give it a shot.. Never know!

yeah, i've had that same thing happen with a phone and my zune (get in shower with phone/zune still in pants pocket...). when my phone went through the wash it was non functional, when my zune went through the wash it dried and has worked just as well for years.

how common is it to take a shower with pants on? Am I the only weirdo that takes showers without pants? Whats going on lol

I think the best way is to put it on the drier.

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how common is it to take a shower with pants on? Am I the only weirdo that takes showers without pants? Whats going on lol
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Lol that's exactly what I was thinking.
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one good thing is you can probably( dont know if this is still true) find a vibrant for very cheap.. as people have been dumping them left and right.

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I got in the shower my pants (with the phone in the pocket) got picked up by my girlfriend who thought she would help out and wash them with some other laundry.
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A great example of how important a comma can be
Put it in a jar of rice... this is a must do.

Its days are numbered.
If your phone was submerged in soapy water for a rinse cycle, then this is what will probably happen:
• If you take it apart some and dry it out (heat, bag of rice, etc) completely for a day or two and then put it back together, it will probably work fine at first.
• Over the next few weeks, it will start to break down as circuit traces and contacts corrode
I would highly recommend purchasing a Motorola Defy (waterproof), which should be able to withstand a wash cycle.
Also, find a girlfriend who isn't so absent minded. Anyone who has EVER worn pants and done laundry should think to go through the pockets before they toss them in a washing machine. Hell, I check mine twice..... once before i toss them in the hamper and then again right before I toss them in the machine.

Tarzanman said:
• Over the next few weeks, it will start to break down as circuit traces and contacts corrode
Even this would be ok. My contract with tmobile ends in a month so if I can make it to there.
Also, find a girlfriend who isn't so absent minded. Anyone who has EVER worn pants and done laundry should think to go through the pockets before they toss them in a washing machine.
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To be fair I don't ever check pockets I just don't leave stuff in them. And those jeans were going back on when I was getting out of the shower.

Dropped mine in the toilet. Just let it dry, everything should be fine. At first you'll probably panic and ****'ll look like its ****ed up. But after it's dry everything should be functional. Now for the beating it might've taken... I'm not sure, but my daughter(infant) and I have this vibrant dropping/slamming/throwing fetish and the phone has survived that, so you should be fine .

hazard99 said:
one good thing is you can probably( dont know if this is still true) find a vibrant for very cheap.. as people have been dumping them left and right.
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This is true. I was very happy with mine but thought that since this happened I would maybe at least look at other options, possibly a vibrant 4G.

ferhanmm said:
how common is it to take a shower with pants on? Am I the only weirdo that takes showers without pants? Whats going on lol
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Sorry man, I'd be so pissed if my Vibrant ended up in the washer. However, I can't stop laughing about this comment.

If you have access to chemicals, you can also toss it in concentrated alcohol. That will for sure remove the water and make it dry faster. It would probably help dissolve any soap residue as well. Probably won't be good for the adhesives used on the phone, but those are just used to tack down some things like the button lights and such. The rest are really held down w/ screws.

vnamee said:
If you have access to chemicals, you can also toss it in concentrated alcohol. That will for sure remove the water and make it dry faster. It would probably help dissolve any soap residue as well. Probably won't be good for the adhesives used on the phone, but those are just used to tack down some things like the button lights and such. The rest are really held down w/ screws.
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Huh, interesting idea. Has this been done? Don't really want to be the guinea pig but I'm tempted.

Don't forget to set it on perm press and add the sheets! Lol!
iynfynity said:
I think the best way is to put it on the drier.
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Rockin that Bionix V 1.3 w/ Androdena 5.2

Same thing happened to me just two weeks ago. Went through a full wash rinse cycle. But it never recovered. Power came back, but the screen was stuck in download mode and had heavy banding throughout the screen. My PC couldn't recognize the phone despite it being in download mode.
My mistake was trying to turn it on while it was still wet. I was completely ignorant about how to handle wet phones, and tried desperately to turn it on. Rice after one week did nothing to it... I think the damage was already done.
Hopefully with lots and lots of patience, you'll be able to get your phone back.

insurance ftw
Don't wash your jeans, crisis averted