DOH! washing machine incident

mrbios · 19 Apr 2006 at 12:29

my (well my mums but i use it) phone just took a trip around the washing machine, is there any hope that the phone will still work after ive dried it off?

im trying to take it apart to dry it out inside but its got some stupid screws i cant undo, even if the phone doesnt work again is there any way to get the pictures off it?

anyone ever had this happen and the phone worked after (i think the phone was on when it took its washing trip)

Tesla · 19 Apr 2006 at 12:47

Have you tried to switch it on at all?

(Dont btw)

mrbios · 19 Apr 2006 at 12:53

nope, just took it out the washing machine, took battery and sim card out, just leaving it for a while (might stick it in the airing cupboard for a while) to let it dry out

csmager · 19 Apr 2006 at 13:54

Good plan. Don't try it till it's dried fully (day or so).

I dropped my Nokia 6230 in a pint of water (no idea why). Tried it immediately - nothing.

After I'd let it dry out properly, it did actually work pretty well. It bust the loudspeaker (so I couldn't hear it ring), but apart from that it worked.