I recently learned that cellphones were not made to go in the washer. It’s bad for their internal operation, and it’s bad for the LCD screen… but it’s probably MOST bad for the battery, which starts to chemically expand and bind itself into the battery well.
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My cellphone made it surprisingly well through the wash.
I put it on the charger for a couple of days afterwards to help dry it out. Everything works including the camera. There was a bit of vapor inside for a week or two but now everything has cleared up.
I guess they over-engineer those things. I heard a guy at work tell similar story.
I dunno… I get worried when the battery starts _expanding_! But if it works then who’s to say different? Who’s to say that merely looking at the magnetic media of a problematic floppy doesn’t impart some positive chi? Who’s to say that plugging in an un-keyed CPU 90 degrees off [insert arcing, smoking, and melting] will hamper proper operation at all!?
I’ve had a few cell phones go through the wash.. two made it. The blackjack from Samsung actually did really well.
You know you can wash your keyboard in the dish washer too? I got whipped cream all over my keyboard one day, (had one of those fancy whipped cream dispenser things, the ones with nitrous chargers! lol) and it kinda got messy.
Anyways, good luck next time maybe your cell phone will make it!
I have a few tips for washing a cell phone. First pull out the battery ofcourse, then put it in the water, soap it etc. Next take a hair dryer and make it 100% dry! now you have a clean cellphone again! hope u like it.
I got whipped cream all over my keyboard one day, (had one of those fancy whipped cream dispenser things, the ones with nitrous chargers! lol) and it kinda got messy.
Wow, if I had a dollar for as many times that I’ve done this. I’d be mega rich by now lol! But yeh, those internals can get quite nasty if they get wet a girl in my town burned herself.
Unfortunately my friend washed and dried his cell phone. Doesn’t work anymore.
The next phone feature will be a water proof phone !!
Just you wait
I think no one washes their cellphones but actually happens this that their cellphones are dropped in water. This happens very often. If this happens 99 % chances are their that its not gonna work properly again. so if so happens to you then make sure that immediately remove its battery and put that cellphones in a packet containing rice. Rice is great to absorb the moisture & can take away moisture.If you are lucky your cellphone will start working in 80% cases if its a very simple cellphone & 20 % chances that it will work if its complicated set.
Yeah…Only certain phones can make that voyage…and most of mine have been lost at sea…Thanks for sharing, can really relate to the feeling of ‘oh crap, there goes another phone’…
Yeah. Phones don’t wash well I have found, through extensive testing…
Indeed! Wetting your phone is a BIG NO-NO. I think it’s one of the general rules when you own a mobile phone or any gadget.
I’m often amazed at the abuse that our small electronic devices can take. I’ve gone swimming, taken showers, tipped over in a sailboat all with either my cell phone or ipod with me. Seems like your chances of saving the device increase dramatically if you get it taken apart and dry the components FAST. But a full wash, rinse, spin cycle… that’s just asking too much.
Why would you even put your cell through that? Is it even waterproof? I got a waterproof camera and my kids put it through the washer for 20 mins. It still works. It’s like a tank, I tell you.
Yes, I’ve had my cell phone go through the wash twice, but it has still survived. But, it does occassionally ooze some small silvery liquid from the back of the phone. But it still works.
I think no one washes their cellphones but actually happens this that their cellphones are dropped in water. Iām often amazed at the abuse that our small electronic devices can take. Thank you for the idea.