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Old 07-29-2011, 05:59 AM   #1
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my husband went in the hot tub last night with his cell phone in his pocket.

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my husband went in the hot tub last night with his cell phone in his pocket.

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Hope he took out the battery and dried it out. Don't use it or put the battery back until it's really, really dry. Don't dry it with a hair dryer. Shake it and let it dry totally before trying it again.

Battery is the main problem. Poor chance of it working again if it's been drenched. Fifty/fifty maybe.
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Thanks Lara...he took the sim? thing out, dried it off and put it into another cell phone...it works. But his favorite phone, the one that took a hot bath, still has visible water in the "window"...it is unaccesable? and I bet it never works again. ok, no hair dryer...warm oven??
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I've heard that putting the wet phone (without the battery) into a baggie filled with dry rice helps. I guess it absorbs the liquid quickly. Might not work but doesn't sound like it could do anymore damage beyond the water.

Found this article: ://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/4269047
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kitty I have heard of the the same with the rice..good luck alffe!
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ok..thanks all. Phone in baggie with rice.
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article & a few more tips-
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
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I'd try a lot of those other tips you've been given before putting it in an oven. lol

Then again I put my wheat heat pack in an oven once as I didn't use microwaves. Bad idea!

Sunlight might help if you have some. e.g. on an inside window ledge by the glass where the heat can radiate.
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still snuggled in the rice...haven't looked at it yet. lol on the micro.
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I hope it makes a full recovery, Alffe!
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