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Put it in a bowl of uncooked rice. The rice is supposed to pull the moisture out. Not sure if it will work or not, but it's worth a try.
Second the rice, it worked for my FSIL! Her phone had been dropped and submerged so many times and it still worked when she used the rice!
Third on the rice! It works every time...not that I would know about dropping my phone into water multiple times....
I dropped my phone in water. Immediately turned it off, took it apart (as much as I could) and put it in front of a hair dryer for about an hour. Then let it sit TURNED OFF for a good day or two. Worked as good as new! I've also heard of the rice trick and that is probably just as good as the hair dryer. The trick is to immediately turn it off so the electric current doesn't mess the phone up. Be sure to let it dry ALL THE WAY before you turn it on. Don't "just check" <------this will be very hard, but don't be tempted. If you wait it out 2-3 days. It should be just fine. I couldn't wait and turned mine back on 24 hours later, but it worked just fine.
If it makese you feel any better....the last phone I had before my droid I dropped in a toilet and FLUSHED IT. It was lost and gone forever. I was standing up and had the phone in my pocket of my work pants and it literally flew out of my pocket, landed in the toilet JUST as it was flushing and landed perfectly in the center of the pot and down the drain. Rice wasnt even an option for me :-( I hope the rice works - Ive heard it does on some phones but I dont know abotu droids!
@hamster: Oh no sorry to hear that!! :( I ruined my first Iphone this way.. but luckily Apple replaced it for free since it was still under warranty. Hopefully the damage isn't too bad!!!
Yes, I washed my phone in the laundry once. I was at a summer camp without access to rice, but here's what I did. Good luck!!
Took everything apart and sat it on a towel. Blow dried the phone completly (for 15-20 minutes). Let it sit for at least a day, all apart. Blow dry it some more (for good measure). Put is back together. Let it sit another day. Then I turned it on. It worked for a good year and a half, until the speaker died. I don't think that had to do with being washed, but since it showed water damage they couldn't do anything for it.
Oh no! It's great that you immediately took it apart and put it in the rice. I've had a friend have her phone submerged in the surf before. She dried it the same way that you did and it did end up working ok for a little while. Unfortunately, b/c of the salt water, it started to eat away at the inside of the phone. She ended up having to get a new one after a few months.
Good luck! I hope it's ok!
Thanks for the suggestions and replies, ladies! I'm really resisting the urge to check the phone to see if it's ok. But it's especially bad because I don't have personal email access at work, so I'm feeling soooo disconnected right now! :) I don't have access to a hairdryer now, but I'll try that when I get home tonight.
@PitBulLover:Wow, flushing the whole phone down the toilet!! I must admit, I'm impressed ;)
You've definitely had some great advice here! I agree with everyone that said don't turn it on to 'check'. My husband did that after dropping his phone in the toilet, and it definitely ruined it. Good luck!
Good luck. I've done this several times, but never had one survive. However, I didn't do the rice or hair dryer thing.
@PitBulLover: That's pretty impressive actually.
I killed my iphone in water - didn't know about the rice thing at the time. I know that hair-dryers are a bad idea because they can blow dust into the phone.
I tried the rice thing on my iPhone when I dropped it in the toilet a few months ago. It is functional, but the screen was so dark you couldn't see anything without holding it up to the light. I just got another one. Sigh.
Make sure everything is absolutely completely 110% dry before you try and turn it back on. Turning it on while it's still wet, even in the slightest bit, will definately kill it if it isn't already.
@camrie: actually I was so stunned by it when it happened and then I just had to laugh because that kind of thing happens to me all the time. I like my Droid way better anyways :-)
Good luck hamster!!
Oh my gosh! That sucks. But oh my gosh I am laughing right now. I can't believe that it was gone... just like that!
Ahh, that sucks! Mr. Tartlet used a hair dryer on his phone when he gallumped into the Pacific Ocean with his phone still in his pocket and it miraculously survived. He even turned it on prematurely to "check," which (as the PPs have said) we wouldn't recommend knowing what we do now. ;) Hope it pulls through!
I second the rice thing, glad you got to it right away!
I dropped my favorite phone in the toilet while I was in college. Being the germaphobe I am...I grabbed it out of the toilet and WASHED IT IN THE SINK *blonde moment*. Then I Purelled it, took it all apart, blow dried it for a bit, set it in rice for 2 days, and then let it sit on the window sill for an extra day to dry out in the sunshine. Worked like a charm for the next 2 years.
I did the rice thing for my Ipod - but I stupidly turned it on too early to see if it would work and it didn't. But I took it to the Apple store and told them it just stopped working on me and they gave me a new one. So maybe if it doesn’t work when it’s all dried out you can try to take it back and get a new one? Some phones have the watermark tag though – so if they see it got wet they won’t exchange it, but it might be worth the try if the rice doesn’t work. I hope it works out for you!
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I dropped my Droid in water today! Oh man. I yanked it out immediately so it was only submerged for a second, but things do not look good. Currently I have the backplate, battery and memory card removed and am drying the phone in a bag of rice.
Anyone else drop their phone in water before? Suggestions? Commiserations? Advice??