phone in water...

Slade Walker

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I accidentally put my Nokia 1520 in the wash for literally 2 minutes. I pulled it out and got it in a bag of rice. How long should I let it sit? It was in my pants pocket and it had a case on it so I'm hoping not much water got to it
 
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I am so interested in hearing more about the outcome on this. There was also a quick fix to leave it under a light bulb for a few hours...personally I wouldn't as it may discolour the paint and warp the screen. Give 24 hours at least tho. But keep us updated as I would be very interested to know what happened
 

Scienceguy Labs

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Kind of like cooking it out?

Vewy vewy intwesting...
A good tip I'm thinking.

Or like making sun tea... But not really. lol

I've never attempted it with a Lumia, but one of my students dropped her iPod in the toilet recently, and we had it back up and running after a few hours of baked rice a la sun. :) It seemed to really dry the iPod out very quickly.
 

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So I tried turning it on and nothing happened. :( I opened the sim card tray and micro sd card slot and water came out. I should have opened them sooner but I didn't think about it. I ordered a new (used) one. I'm gonna leave it in the rice and check it in a few days. Maybe something will happen, I need to start checking my pants pocket before washing them. I did this same thing to my Zune HD a couple months ago :/
 

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First thing had to be turned off immediately. Then you remove sim and sd card trays (and back-cover/battery if it is possible). Then you put a bag of rice in a bowl, where the phone sits in the middle. You leave it there for at least 48 hours, and 99% of the time it works fine. I hope, even after so many hours, will come back to life, cause it wasn't sea water! Give it one more try, you never know!
Sent from Lumia 930.
 

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