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Ted Rogers - 12 Jan 2004 14:53 GMT

My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast
pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as
quickly as possible (what's the point - once its wet its wet) removed the
battery, padded the inside dry and left it near (not on) a warm radiator.

Needless to say my pride and joy is dead - it is no more - it is a dead
T610.

Is there any hope of a transplant? Which component would be most likely to
have been destroyed?

Help!

Ted

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~ Q ~ - 12 Jan 2004 18:08 GMT

Ted Rogers - typed:

> My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast
> pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out
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>
> Ted

I dropped a T28w in the loo whilst being careful not to drop my Mini
Disk recorder in! My hand has never entered a toilet bowl that fast
before or since! I took out the battery, rinsed both & left it near a
radiator for 2 days before turning it back on. It took a couple of
charges to restore the internal backup cell but it worked eventually. It
failed completely a week before the warranty expired & got a reconned
T28i - didn't want a new T29 thanks very much. YMMV. Many insurance
policies won't cover this sort of damage or even theft in a public
place!

If yours remains dead, I'd guess that the battery is OK (but check with
another T610!) & the rest is probably scrap apart from the case parts.
Trapped water or just moisture often causes corrosion to PCB solder
joints sometime after the emersion. Look on the bright side, the charger
should still work. The main problem with a device like a phone is that
liquid can enter in so many places & sit there unless completely
dismantled then dried with compressed air. I know that some phones are
vaguely water resistant but don't have IP (Ingress Protection) ratings
IIRC.

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Carl. - 13 Jan 2004 00:48 GMT

> My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast
> pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as
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> Is there any hope of a transplant? Which component would be most likely to
> have been destroyed?

Water death depends on the water. Most electronic devices can take a quick
splash and have more than a 50% survival rate if it is completely clean
water. Salt and sugar seems to be instant death. Not sure about soap, but
if you were in the tub it probably had oils and salt in it. Actually, even
if you were not in the tub yet there was probably leftover yuck. Odds are
it's more than one thing ruined.

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Jayzero - 14 Jan 2004 11:01 GMT

> > My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast
> > pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as
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> if you were not in the tub yet there was probably leftover yuck. Odds are
> it's more than one thing ruined.

As I discovered to my cost a couple of years ago, beer is also instant death
to a phone! And it didn't do a lot for the beer either. (It was a great
source of merriment for my mates however.) I now have an insurance plan
which includes water damage cover.

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Ted Rogers - 14 Jan 2004 12:44 GMT

> As I discovered to my cost a couple of years ago, beer is also instant death
> to a phone! And it didn't do a lot for the beer either. (It was a great
> source of merriment for my mates however.) I now have an insurance plan
> which includes water damage cover.

Further to my last, and in the depths of my despair, I took apart the T610
as far as I dare, used clear nail varnish remover to wipe all the internal
parts, dried it carefully with cotton buds and brushed the contacts with a
pencil and re-assembled. The bloody thing still didn't work so I gave it to
my 18 month year old daughter to play with. She threw it around the lounge,
bit it, whacked her teddy bear with it and pressed all the buttons at an
alarming rate.

I then went out and bought a new Z600 - ?230.

When I got home I thought I'd try one more time to get the T610 to work if
only to get some pictures. I retrieved it from the toy box, wiped off most
of her lunch off it and to my joy/astonishment/dismay/anger it now works -
perfectly.

The moral of this tale? God knows, but I'm ?230 down and now have two
phones.....

Ted

PS I like the Z600 though!

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Tarik Kurtovic - 14 Jan 2004 16:11 GMT

So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into the
bath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon as
it gets
a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-)
Great advice, I must try it once :-)

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Ted Rogers - 14 Jan 2004 16:46 GMT

> So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into the
> bath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon as
> it gets
> a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-)
> Great advice, I must try it once :-)

I wouldn't recommend it but it worked!

Ted

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Steve Dulieu - 14 Jan 2004 19:11 GMT

> > So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into
> the
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>
> Ted

There are 2 standard answers to avoiding water damage, in both cases you
should switch the phone off and remove the battery the *instant* the phone
is removed from the water...
1. Send it to a repair shop that has an ultrasonic bath. This will cost but
has the best chance of success.
2. Dismantle the phone as much as possible and leave in the airing cupboard
for *at least* a week. It would appear that we should add "Give it to a
toddler" to the above list:-)
Seriously though, I would suggest that you give you T610 the ultrasonic bath
treatment, it is quite common for phones that start working after drying out
(which is what it sounds like your one has done) to conk out later due to
minute traces of salts, minerals and other sh*t deposited by the water
causing a short. Ask on uk.telecom.mobile for people with an ultrasonic
bath.

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Carve2 - 14 Jan 2004 21:42 GMT

| > So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into
| the
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| Ted

A sign of a future career for the young lady?

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Carl. - 15 Jan 2004 04:46 GMT

> Further to my last, and in the depths of my despair, I took apart the T610
> as far as I dare, used clear nail varnish remover to wipe all the internal
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> The moral of this tale? God knows, but I'm ?230 down and now have two
> phones.....

The moral is . . . not only do electronic devices indeed have a conscious
mind, but they also hate us.

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