Phone in washing machine

[jonno_c]

My gf's phone is currently in the washing machine ; (

Best way of drying out is sit it in a box of rice in the airing cupboard??

Any other suggestions or is that the best way forward?!

 

[DannyR]

That is the best way and have seen it work before!

 

[Matt W]

Is it a Nokia 3310? If so I'd be worried more about the washing machine.

 

[brisa4984]

at least its clean

 

[Darius]

Put it in rice for 7 days and don't turn the fucker on

 

[Dink]

i'd probably rinse in some de-ionised water first to give it half a chance

 

[bloke]

rice does not work, it's a myth, you might as well put it under your pillow and wait to the tooth fairy to come and dry it out for you!!!

 

[AdDaMan]

rice does not work, it's a myth, you might as well put it under your pillow and wait to the tooth fairy to come and dry it out for you!!!

Arent they too busy with teeth? Or are they expending because of recession?

 

[jonno_c]

Is the rice edible after use? ? ; )

 

[bloke]

Arent they too busy with teeth? Or are they expending because of recession?

sorry to have to brake it to you but they don't exist, tooth farys that is, not teeth.

 

[imprezaworks]

Sorry but lol at phone in the washing machine. I can just imagine you or anyone just sitiing there watching it go round and round and being pissed that you cant do anyhting about it. Hope you sort it though

 

[Darius]

Rice does f**king work cause it's happened to me

 

[Rob]

Turn off, rinse with deionised water, put in airing cupboard for at least three days before turning on, ideally 5

 

[Mark_P]

The impatient option is to put it in the oven for a few hours at 70C. Although this can horribly backfire if someone decides to use the oven to cook their dinner

 

[Padso]

Dry it out in the microwave

 

[Munson]

Rice does f**king work cause it's happened to me

It would have worked without the rice. Things dry out. Water evaporates. With or without rice.

OP, as already said, rinse thoroughly and leave somewhere warm and dry for at least a few days. Don't waste your rice. You may find that the detergent will cause serious problems on the PCB, so don't skimp on the rinsing stage. Flush that bad boy through with lots of water. Preferably deionised, as previously mentioned.

Oh and who the f**k manages to not notice they're putting a phone in the washing machine? A pound coin perhaps, but a PHONE? :headno:

 

[jonno_c]

f**k off with the oven or microwave? ?! Still drying out. Will turn attempt to turn it on tomorrow and see.
Munson - s**t happens. We all make mistakes, such as this or worse, and we get on with it.

 

[guysy]

Leave it 48 hours at least, it will take a lot of time for the moisture to dry out, even if it does turn on tomorrow if its still got moisture in it might short out.

 

[jonno_c]

It happened Sunday morning? ? Could hold out longer I guess.

 

[Mark_P]

f**k off with the oven or microwave? ?!

I work with a lot of electronics for defence, stuff goes in the oven all the time as part of various processes and tests. Ideally, you'd use a vacuum oven but most houses dont seem to come equipped with those strangely.

Last thing like this I did was to put my SLR plus lens in the oven to dry out after it getting absolutely soaked at Knockhill (standard really). An short while later and it was good to go.

 

[jonno_c]

Well I never! ; )

 

[sbridgey]

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Turn off, rinse with deionised water, put in airing cupboard for at least three days before turning on, ideally 5

This is bang on.

The deionised water is a very important step (take battery out first if it's not a iphone). DO NOT attempt to turn the phone of for about 5 days, and do not use a hair drier on it

 

[Eliganza]

This time it's a phone, next time it could be a child or elderly person...

 

[Clart]

I did this with an iphone 3. Took it apart, left in the sun for 2 days and it worked.

 

[GiT]

Galaxy Tab 2 - Dropped in the bath. It went mental.

Opened it up - disconnected the battery, placed the unit in rice in the bottom of a .5 heat gas oven for 1 hour.

Left it in the rice for 3 days... Sorted.

 

[@Spoonie]

So the phone was in the washing machine and OP thinks the first thing to do is post on CS. How about cancelling the wash cycle and removing it??

 

[jonno_c]

So the phone was in the washing machine and OP thinks the first thing to do is post on CS. How about cancelling the wash cycle and removing it??

It has been in for 20 mins and by the time we realised it was pretty wet already mate. What does OP stand for? ?

 

[George182]

OP - opening post/poster

 

[Al_G]

It has been in for 20 mins and by the time we realised it was pretty wet already mate. What does OP stand for? ?

So you left the wash to finish?

 

[jonno_c]

So you left the wash to finish?

Yep.

 

[Al_G]

Yep.

FLOL.

 

[imprezaworks]

If nothing else it's clean