My son WASHED his cellphone...

[KitchenWitch]

forgot to take it out of his pants before he threw them in the wash.

At this moment it is dead. I am hoping that once it is dry, it will work. It does not right now.

:grr:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Can you hear me now?

Glug... glug... glug. :D

[Fox Mulder]

2. I did that before.

Thank god it was just a cheap ass tracfone. It never did work after that.

Go figure, eh?

[KitchenWitch]

5. This one was not cheap

He is on a pay as you go plan, and we just recently upgraded to a flip/camera phone, because his old one was so clunky that he would not carry it.

This one is 3 weeks old. :grr:

[JohnKleeb]

7. 3 weeks old?

Damn dude I've had mine since late winter 2003 and the same watch too.

[ZombieNixon]

3. I "washed" my cellphone once...

in a RIVER. I took off the back panel, took the batteries out, let everything dry on a paper towel for the afternoon, wiped the dirt off the connectors and put it back together. Aside from some dirt under the screen, it worked perfectly until I changed my plan and had to get a new phone. :)

[KitchenWitch]

6. I sure hope that is the case with this one

Dry it out, and recharge and it works.....ohhhhmanepadme!

[JohnKleeb]

4. Oopd

Reminds me I need to charge mine tonight.

[Deja Q]

8. I did it to my previous cell phone - TWICE:

Take out the battery ASAP.

Let it dry for 48 hours straight.

If the phone has detachable face plates, detach them before drying.

:hug:

I betcha it'll work fine once dry.

[KitchenWitch]

10. battery is out

no faceplate to remove.

Half tempted to get the little screwdriver out and take it apart. But I will not.

[JohnKleeb]

13. Speaking of battery trouble

My laptop's charge is acting weird.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

27. Hope you got the warranty.

Service is not cheap for laptops. Believe me.
Duckie

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Yikes.....how awful, my dear KitchenWitch!

I hope the suggestions here will do the trick! :hug:

[Ilsa]

11. It'll probably be fine as long as there is no soap clogging

anything or as long as the agitator didn't damage it. Let it dry to see if the circuits will complete again.

[NJ Democrats]

12. 3 weeks!

My phone's battery malfunction after a year, but I got a new phone free cause a was still in the one year warranty.

[auntAgonist]

14. does he have insurance on it?

I had mine replaced this week. It kept getting hot and shutting off. Not to mention the dropping of calls and telling me I had voice mail when I didn't! The lights would flash, and then go really nutz!

It was possessed. Maybe I was being wireless tapped? :yoiks:


:hi:
aA

[renegade000]

15. hey, i've accidentally dropped mine in the toilet...

a brilliant and graceful maneuver on my behalf.

it had issues for a month or two, but now it works fine.

[patsimae]

16. I am so sorry

but my son did one better than yours...contact lens solutions which was in the backpack which his laptop computer was in leaked into the laptop...computer store said it wasn't worth the repair cost.

[KitchenWitch]

18. ay yi yi

Yes, he outdid my son.

Egads.

[Ava]

17. my cell was dropped in our pool

well actually, my brother pushed me in the pool fully clothed and my phone was in my pocket. :grr:

it survived though!

[RevCheesehead]

20. Yeah, but did your brother?

I woulda killed mine if he did that to me.

[Ava]

21. oh, don't worry

i pulled him in with me! :P

[LeftyMom]

19. Did that a few months ago

Did my best to save it, but the board was fried and the phone was toast.

[trof]

22. TV remote went through washer once.

After it dried it worked fine.

[XemaSab]

23. My colleague

Spent the afternoon wading in the creek with her phone.

And no, it never worked again.

[kwassa]

24. But is it clean?

[chaska]

25. Kitch, he did it on purpose. He needed to clean it up....

Somebody should explain the meaning of the term 'phone sex' to him. Not quite getting it yet.

[NV Whino]

26. I dropped a former cell phone in a pond

rescued it, removed everything that could be removed and let it dry out. Worked fine for a couple of years after that until I changed phone companies.

Going through a washing cycle, however, doesn't sound good. Contact the phone company and explain your problem. Since it is only three weeks old, they may give you a new one.

[stellanoir]

28. bummmmmmmmmmmmmmer

but maybe someone tried to talk dirty to him and he of unquestionably superior moral turpitude unwittingly determined that it must be cleansed.

Really sorry for your possible loss and am talking to the cell phone fairies on your behalf right now.