Help! my sony Erickson mobile has been through the washing machine & has water damage, can this be fixed?
This happended accidentally & i've not had it long, its not covered under the warranty & i do not have insurance!
Answers:
HAVE YOU TRIED TO TURN IT ON!!!
if not then don't! your gonna have to leave if for a while in the sun or somewhere warm and give it a good few days 7-10! you may recover it matey but be patient and don't turn it on! get a spare and use that for a couple of weeks. if any moisture still in it when you turn it on your goosed. but if u wait long enough you may get away with it.. good luck
I'm, sorry, No, most things on mobile phones can be fixed or replaced,even screen, but to make phones smaller and more compact they don't have protection form liquids.
So very sorry, it happened to me a while ago.
yes just let it dry out and it'll be just fine that happend to my bro just wait a day or 2
I don't know, but I bet its ring tone has changed to the theme for Waterworld.
Or how about "raindrops are falling on my head" or "carwash" or the posiedon adventure.
Or the soundtrack to a Daz or Persil advert?
NO
let it dry out thats what i did with mine its a little damaged but i dropped mine in the ocean :D I had to buy a battery for my phone
same thing happened to me.i gave it a funeral and bought me a motorala v3x..and i love it
i dont think you will have much luck with it but the important thing is to remove the battery asap and leave the back cover off and let it dry out for a few days before re fitting the battery and trying it out . This worked with my nokia when i got it wet in the sea a while back. Hope this helps, good luck.
Open the back, remove the battery, place the phone on a radiator or in a warm environment, leave it there for at least 24 hours, replace the battery and hopefully all will be OK . I just hope you have not attempted to switch it on while wet
Good Luck
Let it dry out & then give it a try. Then kiss it goodbye & get yourself a new one.
Once electric components get wet they become very unstable so to answer your question, it's goosed!
You could try it but the chances are it'll probably crash or fail to start, either that or the LCD will become distorded.
What you can do is save the sim chip to use in another mobile/cell, at least that way you won't loose your numbers.
i left mine outside in the rain it still work
Ive washde a mobile, take it apart as much as you can remembering where eveything goes and put it somewhere to dry for at least a week. (not anywhere too hot - ie, not on a radiator or by a heater!) Mine worked ok after this.
Apparently:
But it could cost as much or even more than you paid for it.?
Check your High Street for Service/Repair centres,or your yellow pages.But you have to know that most are out to make a fast buck.
Shop around before making a decision.
No there is nothing you can do and I won't think the warranty will cover washing machine damage
u will need a new mobile sorry
What to do?
I'm not sure if any of these will work, but give them a try.. sometimes works for some equipment, other times not!..
Turn off if still showing signs of Functioning!
ASAP Remove ALL batteries from device!
Remoove SIM card and wipe with dry cloth (this is probably knackered anyhow!)
Remove any Memory cards your phone may have, and dry with a clean cloth, put safe!
You can now either leave the device in a warm, but not Hot, place, turning it in different positions over a period of several hours (12+ is better!)
Or.. If you have appropriate tools (usually mini-Torx type driver or similat) then you may want to open the phone up and use an hairdryer on 'no heat' to dry some surface water away. Takes a while, but some times works well!
If you are lucky you may get a partially function phone back!.. SIM are more problematic, but if it no longer works try a new one from same Network and it may work better!
Any memory cards should be OK providing they have not been in soak for weeks, or the power on your phone has not been on for hours during the wash cycle!. Is this what they call FLASH MEMORY? He! He!
Seriously, don't give up hope!. Follow the above, and you at leat have a fighting chance of salvaging your phone!
Hope this helps!. Please Email if you need, but I'm not very active on this one, so expect delay in reply maybe!
Good Luck!
The answer is probably not. I regularly wash electronic equipment to remove contamination. The equipment can withstand this if the unit if finally rinsed in de-ionised water and then dried out by heated to 50 deg c for 5 hours. However this is not possible if the unit remains powered up. I assume that battery was installed which means that electric currents will have flowed whilst the unit was wet this will cause ion migration. An electroplating process will take place and metal components and circuit traces become eroded and plated into other areas. When this has happened you will see a white and green powder residue on the the circuit card. The unit may be washed again (with battery removed ) to remove this residue and it may then work after the drying process. However the unit should then be considered as "walking wounded" with no guarantee of a reliable future.
sorry, but ur phone is shot now
i dropped my samsung in a bowl of water,i took it apart,(battery,sim,back)wrappe. it in a towel,put it on radiators,for 3 days,to dry out,mine worked fine.
but with you putting it in the washer may be different,or why not get some insurance on it,then a week later phone them & say theres a fault with it
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Answers:
HAVE YOU TRIED TO TURN IT ON!!!
if not then don't! your gonna have to leave if for a while in the sun or somewhere warm and give it a good few days 7-10! you may recover it matey but be patient and don't turn it on! get a spare and use that for a couple of weeks. if any moisture still in it when you turn it on your goosed. but if u wait long enough you may get away with it.. good luck
I'm, sorry, No, most things on mobile phones can be fixed or replaced,even screen, but to make phones smaller and more compact they don't have protection form liquids.
So very sorry, it happened to me a while ago.
yes just let it dry out and it'll be just fine that happend to my bro just wait a day or 2
I don't know, but I bet its ring tone has changed to the theme for Waterworld.
Or how about "raindrops are falling on my head" or "carwash" or the posiedon adventure.
Or the soundtrack to a Daz or Persil advert?
NO
let it dry out thats what i did with mine its a little damaged but i dropped mine in the ocean :D I had to buy a battery for my phone
same thing happened to me.i gave it a funeral and bought me a motorala v3x..and i love it
i dont think you will have much luck with it but the important thing is to remove the battery asap and leave the back cover off and let it dry out for a few days before re fitting the battery and trying it out . This worked with my nokia when i got it wet in the sea a while back. Hope this helps, good luck.
Open the back, remove the battery, place the phone on a radiator or in a warm environment, leave it there for at least 24 hours, replace the battery and hopefully all will be OK . I just hope you have not attempted to switch it on while wet
Good Luck
Let it dry out & then give it a try. Then kiss it goodbye & get yourself a new one.
Once electric components get wet they become very unstable so to answer your question, it's goosed!
You could try it but the chances are it'll probably crash or fail to start, either that or the LCD will become distorded.
What you can do is save the sim chip to use in another mobile/cell, at least that way you won't loose your numbers.
i left mine outside in the rain it still work
Ive washde a mobile, take it apart as much as you can remembering where eveything goes and put it somewhere to dry for at least a week. (not anywhere too hot - ie, not on a radiator or by a heater!) Mine worked ok after this.
Apparently:
But it could cost as much or even more than you paid for it.?
Check your High Street for Service/Repair centres,or your yellow pages.But you have to know that most are out to make a fast buck.
Shop around before making a decision.
No there is nothing you can do and I won't think the warranty will cover washing machine damage
u will need a new mobile sorry
What to do?
I'm not sure if any of these will work, but give them a try.. sometimes works for some equipment, other times not!..
Turn off if still showing signs of Functioning!
ASAP Remove ALL batteries from device!
Remoove SIM card and wipe with dry cloth (this is probably knackered anyhow!)
Remove any Memory cards your phone may have, and dry with a clean cloth, put safe!
You can now either leave the device in a warm, but not Hot, place, turning it in different positions over a period of several hours (12+ is better!)
Or.. If you have appropriate tools (usually mini-Torx type driver or similat) then you may want to open the phone up and use an hairdryer on 'no heat' to dry some surface water away. Takes a while, but some times works well!
If you are lucky you may get a partially function phone back!.. SIM are more problematic, but if it no longer works try a new one from same Network and it may work better!
Any memory cards should be OK providing they have not been in soak for weeks, or the power on your phone has not been on for hours during the wash cycle!. Is this what they call FLASH MEMORY? He! He!
Seriously, don't give up hope!. Follow the above, and you at leat have a fighting chance of salvaging your phone!
Hope this helps!. Please Email if you need, but I'm not very active on this one, so expect delay in reply maybe!
Good Luck!
The answer is probably not. I regularly wash electronic equipment to remove contamination. The equipment can withstand this if the unit if finally rinsed in de-ionised water and then dried out by heated to 50 deg c for 5 hours. However this is not possible if the unit remains powered up. I assume that battery was installed which means that electric currents will have flowed whilst the unit was wet this will cause ion migration. An electroplating process will take place and metal components and circuit traces become eroded and plated into other areas. When this has happened you will see a white and green powder residue on the the circuit card. The unit may be washed again (with battery removed ) to remove this residue and it may then work after the drying process. However the unit should then be considered as "walking wounded" with no guarantee of a reliable future.
sorry, but ur phone is shot now
i dropped my samsung in a bowl of water,i took it apart,(battery,sim,back)wrappe. it in a towel,put it on radiators,for 3 days,to dry out,mine worked fine.
but with you putting it in the washer may be different,or why not get some insurance on it,then a week later phone them & say theres a fault with it
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