Smart Phone ............

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:09 am

I've had a Nokia N95 smart phone for just over a year - bought it off a mate when his contract ended.
It's been great - I really liked it.

BUT

I found this "smart phone" is not so smart after all. I took it for a nice little swim in the Mediterranean ..... and it drowned .... stupid phone.

That's what comes of having pockets in your swimming shorts and between swims checking for texts and then accidentally slipping the phone in your swimming shorts pocket rather than your bag ..... Doh !

Guess I'm back to my old phone now then

BikerGran · #2 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:39 pm

It might dry out - open it up, take out the battery and sim card, and leave the lot in the airing cupboard for a week. I did that with a phone onec and it worked!

Mind you, I have no idea what a smart phone is!

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:02 pm

BikerGran wrote:It might dry out - open it up, take out the battery and sim card, and leave the lot in the airing cupboard for a week. I did that with a phone onec and it worked!

Yep - took the battery out as soon as I could after I noticed the problem and have been trying to dry it out ever since. SIM is already in my old phone now.
Next step is to strip the phone down completely to get any salt deposit off the pcbs (due to it being in sea water) and to dry it properly.

My sister-in-law put hers through the washing-machine and it survived and my son dropped his old one in the washing up bowl (not sure how - the concept of washing up seems alien to my kids) and it survived.
Not holding my breath for my one though.

BikerGran wrote: Mind you, I have no idea what a smart phone is!

Well, at present, the phone's not so smart .... due to the phone's owner being equally dim in taking it for a swim.

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:53 pm

Dropped one of mine in a bucket once.....

.... from some scaffolding!
It didn't survive.

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:41 pm

Samray wrote:Dropped one of mine in a bucket once.....

.... from some scaffolding!
It didn't survive.

..... are we talking about your phone or was this your head during the French Revolution

Viking · #6 Post by **Viking** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:17 am

D-Rider wrote:Next step is to strip the phone down completely to get any salt deposit off the pcbs (due to it being in sea water) and to dry it properly.

I think the best thing to do is to wash the circuit boards gently with denatured alcohol and let it air dry for a few days.

You might be lucky, but you can never tell with these things.

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:00 am

new phone then andy - remember that your mate will be giving you first dibs on his iphone soon!

i fear that the phone, even if dried out, will fail shortly anyway - salt water has a habit of doing that as i am sure you are aware....

Olig7475 · #8 Post by **Olig7475** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:29 am

Count yourself lucky Andy, I recently drowned my phone, came home a little worse for wear recently, went for a pee as you do, phone was in the top pocket of my shirt, not being quite as stable on my feet as normal, I leaned over for some extra support and hay-presto I'm pissing all over my phone!!!!!

Surprise, surprise it didn't go on the radiator to dry out!

DOHHHHHHH

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:01 am

A bit late and "after the event" but I should have had one of these:

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product ... _id=104033
Looks as though they come in a range of sizes.

Think I might invest ......

EDIT:

This looks even more useful:

Ideal if you're on holiday, working or relaxing in or around water. The Belt Case is ideal for keys, car immobilisers, cash, credit cards, mobile phones and passports. Can be worn either around the neck with the detachable neckcord or with the belt around the waist.

Details:
Ideal for protecting small essential items in all weather conditions
The UV-stabilized TPU material won't be broken down or discoloured by sunlight
Guaranteed submersible to 15ft/5m and keeps dust and sand out
It will float safely if dropped in water

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product ... _id=104053

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:07 am

..... and the good news ..... after payment of my policy excess, I have a nice new shiny example of my deceased phone (I did enquire about the cost to upgrade it but the value of my arms and legs was not enough to meet their arm and leg costings).

Given that i originally bought the phone off of a colleague when his contract ended, I think I've done all right out of it !
First time I've ever had a brand new phone.

What's more, i've invested in one of those waterproof belt bags too.