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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Being the idiot I am , I have just dropped my phone into my coffee! I have dried it , its not switching on so have placed it into a cup of rice .

I could actually cry right now

Anybody got any ideas , will it be fixable?

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By *iewMan over a year ago
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Angus & Findhorn

I think you will need to let it fully dry so may be a few days,

I think... good luck, hope it works

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Being the idiot I am , I have just dropped my phone into my coffee! I have dried it , its not switching on so have placed it into a cup of rice .

I could actually cry right now

Anybody got any ideas , will it be fixable?

Leave it in the rice. Do you have an airing cupboard or somewhere warm you can put it?

It may be ok, it may not. I'll cross my fingers for you.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Rise is the best option. Leave it for about 24 hours

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By *otsoSnowWhiteWoman over a year ago

My Ice Castle! South Wales

That's all you can do for now. Wait and see if it dries out. Sometimes it works others times I'm afraid it doesn't

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Being the idiot I am , I have just dropped my phone into my coffee! I have dried it , its not switching on so have placed it into a cup of rice .

I could actually cry right now

Anybody got any ideas , will it be fixable?

Leave it in the rice. Do you have an airing cupboard or somewhere warm you can put it?

It may be ok, it may not. I'll cross my fingers for you."

Yeah , I will try that . Thank you x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Salt crystals absorb moisture. In a cotton bag of course

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Put in a tub of rice overnight in your airing cupboard. Failing that keep crying. Worked for me once but didnt work for an ipod

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"That's all you can do for now. Wait and see if it dries out. Sometimes it works others times I'm afraid it doesn't

I will be a broken woman if it doesn't work again

I feel a drama queen day coming on

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Thanks everybody , will try all suggestions x

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By *inaTitzTV/TS over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Good luck, I hope you don't have anything irreplaceable on there

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Good luck, I hope you don't have anything irreplaceable on there

Lots of pics I wont be able to get back , Tina .

I will be gutted if it dies

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If it's a smartphone you're probably fucked

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

take all the fascia you can off and blowdry it

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Stick it in the tunbledryer hehe

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Did you have your pics on a memory card?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Bag of rice and don't try and switch it on again until it's properly dry. That's how you fry the circuit boards. At least 24 hours in the airing cupboard but 48 would be better. Good luck sweetie, fingers crossed for you. I'd be gutted too. If it's your pics your most concerned about may I also suggest that from now on, should you be able to save them, that you back them up online using an app synced to your phone, an example being Dropbox, (other apps available I'm sure lol), then at least if something ever happens to it that you can't repair, then you won't loose them forever. Hope this helps

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If there's any bits you can take off/ out, batteries, covers, SIM cards etc, do so... Dry em with a tissue and leave all the bits in rice in the airing cupboard...

Good luck.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Did you have your pics on a memory card? "

No , the memory is built into the phone

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Bag of rice and don't try and switch it on again until it's properly dry. That's how you fry the circuit boards. At least 24 hours in the airing cupboard but 48 would be better. Good luck sweetie, fingers crossed for you. I'd be gutted too. If it's your pics your most concerned about may I also suggest that from now on, should you be able to save them, that you back them up online using an app synced to your phone, an example being Dropbox, (other apps available I'm sure lol), then at least if something ever happens to it that you can't repair, then you won't loose them forever. Hope this helps

Thanks , wish I read this before trying to switch it on

Was always to scared to use these apps in fear of anybody else being able to see my pics

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks "

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"If there's any bits you can take off/ out, batteries, covers, SIM cards etc, do so... Dry em with a tissue and leave all the bits in rice in the airing cupboard...

Good luck."

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Mine went through a wash cycle once. ..I let it dry for a week in the airing cupboard and it worked perfectly well. Just be patient.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

Up here it it raining with no sunshine to be seen anywhere . Im abroad remember lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Mine went through a wash cycle once. ..I let it dry for a week in the airing cupboard and it worked perfectly well. Just be patient. "

Jeez , robophone

Patience is not my strong point but I will try waiting a few days

Thanks

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

Up here it it raining with no sunshine to be seen anywhere . Im abroad remember lol "

Just stick it in a bloody tub of rice and DONT switch it on

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

Up here it it raining with no sunshine to be seen anywhere . Im abroad remember lol

Just stick it in a bloody tub of rice and DONT switch it on "

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

Up here it it raining with no sunshine to be seen anywhere . Im abroad remember lol

Just stick it in a bloody tub of rice and DONT switch it on

ITS IN RICE!!!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Fucked and not in a good way! I think my love for coffee has just vanished . Grrr

Will try blow drying it , thanks

Be carful with blow drying it not to melt the inside of it...leave it in a tub of rice

OK , My airing cupboard is not warm because ive not had the heating on . Will sitting it on the radiator help?

Lol don't put the heating on...it's a glorious day out there...that is your heat source

Up here it it raining with no sunshine to be seen anywhere . Im abroad remember lol

Just stick it in a bloody tub of rice and DONT switch it on

ITS IN RICE!!!

Ok lovely lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

hope you took the battery out before you planted it in rice ? leave for 48 hours, if it doesnt work one consolation you can always have some rice pudding....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've dropped 2 phones in water before, 24hours in rice in an airing cupboard and they both worked fine

couldn't tell with my iPhone and just a slight watermark on the screen of the other

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"hope you took the battery out before you planted it in rice ? leave for 48 hours, if it doesnt work one consolation you can always have some rice pudding...."

Yeah I did

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I've dropped 2 phones in water before, 24hours in rice in an airing cupboard and they both worked fine

couldn't tell with my iPhone and just a slight watermark on the screen of the other "

I have my fingers crossed

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