The problem: My cell phone took a little swim in the bottom of my handbag Sunday evening. After doing everything I could think of (taking the battery out, opening all the little input thingamajigs, shaking it madly, drying it with paper towel and then a blow dryer on low heat) it was still not working. It looked dry, and turned on, but the buttons would not work and when I called it did not ring. So, off to google I went.
The solution: Rice. Yup, dry uncooked rice. If you leave a wet cell phone it it, it sucks out the water. I left the phone in a bowl of dry rice all Sunday night. Amazingly, the next morning it worked almost perfectly. I could see some moisure in the display window though, and the back-light never turned off after I closed the phone. So back to the rice it went for the day. When I came home, perfect phone
Who knew?
P.S. I am very lucky I did not ruin the phone permanently because I kept putting the battery in and checking it before I was sure it was dry. If you do this, take out the battery and SIM card immediately, dry the phone with a towel as best you can, than leave it in the rice for a full day before attempting to use it again.
mommiebear2 said,
March 5, 2008 @ 1:52 am
Now how did you ever think of doing that?
Dina said,
March 5, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
wow!! who knew??? So happy to hear you found a solution that works better than having to buy a new phone!!
Kimberly said,
March 7, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Natural home remedies for a cell phone!! I wonder would it work with any other electronic items like a remote? Great advice!!