LG rocks

I don't if there's such a sensor, but my wife dropped her LG in the footbath at her nail salon. Worked just fine after a few days drying out ;-)

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 I love to cook with wine     Sometimes I even put it in the food

On a sunny day (Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:24:33 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :

Old Umatic video recorders had moisture sensors. Was in Italy one day, recorder from a cold truck, needed to record .. Used an electric heater to dry the moisture. Just in time.

Do they make these for cell phones? I doubt the phone would get any signal though.

Bob

In Africa my pal dropped his rental cellphone--our link to civilization--in the Indian Ocean. It started to smoke.

"Quick, take out the battery!," I said. He did.

A bit of corrosion near the battery terminals. Hmmm. Rinsed it thoroughly in the cleanest fresh water we could find, dried it out (took a couple days).

Good as new.

Cheers, James Arthur

Salt water being the worst possible dunking. General recipe is as you said - take the battery out and wash with water. Ideally distilled. Then, if you have the luxury, dunk it in denatured alcohol and then dry.

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Alcohol would've made it dry faster, which would've been nice.

As it was I was glad just to find clean rinse water, and fresh to boot!

The worst damage by far was electrolytic corrosion driven by the battery. Salt water is surprisingly conductive. Surprised me, anyhow.

Cheers, James Arthur

You blew it; that idea was good for a patent that could have been used to squeeze a lot of money out of cell phone makers...

Alcohol absorbs moisturer and leaves things wet. After alcohol treatment it must remain warm enough and should first be blowed out. My Weller hot air pistol works well.

greg

I usually put the phone under a 100 watt lamp 1 foot away. I then cycle it to make it breath. One phone was very difficult. I took it apart several times. After a week or two it was OK. I had to clean every little part. I also prefer ending in a lubricant VCI like Bullfrog.

greg

must remain warm enough

Maybe wash it out with Vodka?

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On a sunny day (Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:29:23 +0000) it happened Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote in :

must remain warm enough

Considering the price of a bottle here,

better buy a new phone. Just got a new one, 3 bands, email, internet, radio, mp3 player, bluetooth, infrared, voice recognition, camera, some more cannot remember, 4 hours talk time, + charger for the price of

2 bottles ?

must remain warm enough

Holy Crap!

At the local grocery store, I can get 1.75L of "Prestige" vodka for US$8.99 + sales tax (about 8-9%).

But it's _still_ way too expensive (not to mention, too precious as a beverage fortifier) to use for cleaning stuff.

I did once use a few drops for first aid on a skinned elbow, however. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

it must remain warm enough

In Africa one uses solar power, which is green, renewable, and was all we had. I recommend creation of a giant new UN agency in charge of teaching Africans how to dry their cell phones out in the sun.

Green jobs for everyone!

Cheers, James Arthur