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Fell in the lake tonight, phone submerged for ~ 20 seconds. Took apart, dried w/ hair dryer, turns on but have no network and it says 'Insert SIM'. I have, several times.
SIM is probably bad or a little wet. but wait and let everything dry out and see if it works. Mine was soaked and the next morning worked fine. at least you probably won't have to buy a new phone.
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Ben, Could you try dry it first? Do not turn on.
As you said that your card is not read by iphone, i can see that you already turn it on after it submerged in greasy water. I hope it doesn't short circuit yet. Use hair dryer, dry your iphone through the usb connection hole, leave for awhile, make sure it dry, then try again. Hope this will help. For future, if phone dropped in water, first thing to do is take off battery, or turn of completely then dry it before checking it still work or not.Thanks for reading.
Now, there is no need to panic if your mobile phone gets dropped in water or you get stuck up in a bad rain and your clothes as well as your mobile phone gets wet. All you need to do is follow the following three tips that will fix your phone with water damage:-
(A) Act Quickly :straight away get into action and remove every cover and detachable part you possibly can like memory card, the SIM card, battery and back cover, etc. Now use a toilet paper or a thin cloth to blot away any excess water you can see inside of the phone and be sure to get as much as you can. Otherwise, all this water will start evaporating and collecting in hard to reach various places in your phone.
Your phone may work now if it was only submerged for a short period of time.
B) Quick Drying : Grab a hairdryer and start drying your phone paying extra attention to the battery housing as this normally has small holes which allow air (and ironically enough water) into the phone.
warning: Don’t hold the hair dryer too close to the phone. Keep it at a distance whereby if you put your hand in front of the hair dryer it would not burn you. Bringing it closer could damage your phone’s electrical components. If i am sounding serious, try putting a hair dryer up against a sheet of paper for a few seconds. It turns it brown – would you want that happening to the inside of your phone?
If 20-30 minutes of this doesn’t work – go to plan C.
C) Long Term Drying : By putting it in a warm dry place you allow the water to slowly evaporate and escape through the holes in the phone (remove the covers and battery when doing this).
first thing is get the battery out then use a hair dryer no heat or low heat at a distance air blowing over it should remove all water wait a day or so to put battery in. droped mine in lake while putting boat in and did the same thing and still works today.
you can take the battery and the back off the device and place in completely submerged in a bag of white rice and leave it in there for 1 to 2 days this will help absorb the moisture, this should fix it if the water did not damage the circut boards if the water damaged the circut boards then the device is fried
its too late to do anything youh should have took it apart and dried it out with a hair dryer let it sit over night than turned it on in the morning thats what i did when mine fell in mop water and it worked after the next day
I got my i870 from my sister a week ago, i got it for boost mobile but the ear speaker doesnt work either, i took it apart and i ordered the flip part of the phone which comes with the whole top section. It should work after i put the new part. it was only $26 off of ebay. the parts were only held up five screws. really easy but you have to be careful and gentle.
Isopropal alcahol will clean the electronics, but watchout for two things. Drugstor Isopropal contains a lot of water. The purer the better, but test it on the plastic, a touch in the corner of the screen to be shur it does not fog the display. Besure to remove the batteries first. I would dry it with compressed air rather than the hair dryer. A can of DUST OFF can be found at most computer shops,Radio Shack and Art supply houses.
If all else fails, put it back in the oil(without battery), bring the oil gradually up to about 92 degrees, simmer for about 3 days. then add a few of your favorite spices and a couple of tablespoons of sugar since fried electronics tend to be a bit bitter. If you do not like it then send it to the recycling center
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