Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Let's play...Dunk the Cellphone!

[Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I had a Sanyo 4700 that went thru a similar experience while we were 
camping. It got left in my chair during a massive downpour, so it wasn't 
actually immersed, but this was one of those 3 inches in a hour type of 
rains. I let it dry out and viola, even the speakerphone still worked.

Rick

Nathan Odle wrote:
> Well, I took the boys swimming yesterday and absent-mindedly clambered 
> into the pool with my Samsung A900 in the pocket of my trunks.  It was a 
> good 20 minutes later that I realized what I'd done and was quite 
> disappointed at my discovery.  Nevertheless I pulled the battery (in the 
> hopes of avoiding some corrosion) and tossed the phone up on the patio 
> with the hope that once we were done swimming it could be revived.  I 
> wasn't too hopeful, seeing as how it was chlorinated pool water I was 
> dealing with of course...
>
> As of last night it still hadn't regained any real function, so this 
> morning I pulled the back of the main housing off and put it up on the 
> dashboard of my truck in the hope that any remaining water would 
> evaporate.  I was surprised at how little water was in there, the A900's 
> metal body is sealed pretty tightly apparently.
>
> This afternoon, I went out and reclaimed the phone, plugged it in, and 
> wouldn't you know it the A900 is back in business.  No screen problems, 
> no keypad issues, the thing works perfectly.  I am extraordinarily 
> impressed with this phone, more so than any other I've had - a 
> significant portion of its case is metal and as a result it's extremely 
> durable.  Lots of geeky features too like Bluetooth and EVDO...
>
> This isn't the first time water has met one of my cellphones; I had an 
> LG PM325 that got dropped into a sink above which there was running 
> watter...no submersion but the water still managed to claim that phone.  
> It eventually came back and would work somewhat but I lost a whole 
> keypad row despite much effort to fix it.  The leads had completely 
> corroded together; shows what a little hard water and electric current 
> can do.
>
> So...has anyone else revived any soaked electronics?
>
> -N

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