My wife's cell phone drowned...

[kay1864]

So I popped the SIM card into an older phone we had, and she's using that (we have T-Mobile, and yes we're on a contract). But she misses her flip phone.

My question is, if I buy a flip phone on ebay (similar to her drowned one), can she just put the SIM card into it, and use it? Or does the flip phone I buy have to be a "T-Mobile enabled" one?

[EstimatedProphet]

1. You can just by a phone, yes.

So long as it is one T-Mobile uses. There's some phones that several companies use, like Nokia. Then there's some that are specific to the company.

[hunter]

2. Toilet magnetism.

Cell phones and pagers are always flying off into the toilet.

I once worked in a place where I had to take calls from people who needed emergency replacements for their pagers. Toilets were by far the most common cause of these "drownings."

[kay1864]

3. Her story is slightly weirder...

She had a bottle of water in her purse, and the top

wasn't...

quite...

on...

Tried to dry it out, but no dice.

[purr]

4. I did the same thing a few months ago!

Really sucked.. I'm on Verizon though and very grateful I took out their insurance plan!

[grok]

5. try craigslist

I use an older phone since i am always breaking them in my business. i advertise EXACTLY for what i want,( a nokia 5000 series that uses a sim/cingular) and offer 20 bucks. always have a response with delivery within 12 hours.

grok

[henslee]

6. I dropped my fone in toilet but then quickly dried it off with a blow dry-

er. It works fine. The biggest dangaer is water sitting in the compnents and stuff getting rusty.

[madrchsod]

7. dry it out and it will work fine

i put mine thru the washer and my daughter left her`s outside in the snow, rain, and mud for two days then cleaned it up,dry,and it also worked fine. and yes dry it out as fast as you can

[ContraBass Black]

8. Don't turn it on.

Let it dry first.