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Plan9Senior · 04-01-2004, 11:00 AM

Just hoping that somebody will recognize this error on my cell phone and hopefully know what to do.

First off let me explain what happened. Last night when I was getting ready to go out, I was putting things away and in a hurry when my cell phone rang. I picked it up to answer it and while walking I tried to flip the phone open with one hand and proceeded to drop it. With my luck it fell onto the table.... into a freaking glass of water!!*

^&!

I took the phone out quick and it didn't get too wet. It was still working but I left it at home. When I came back, it will turn on but it says "Boot Loader" across the LCD. Then it says ready to program. Am I totally screwed or has this happened to anybody?

JStrider · 04-01-2004, 02:32 PM

call up your cell phone company... sounds like it needs to have some kind of OS reinstalled... and they can prolly do it...

Plan9Senior · 04-01-2004, 05:05 PM

NM, I fixed it with my amazing hair dryer

. Too funny!

Fenton-J-Cool · 04-01-2004, 06:01 PM

Freaky. Maybe the water was short circuiting it in a way that it was in diagnostic mode or something...

Best thing to do when electronics become immersed in water is to turn them off right away and dry 'em out, just like you did

goddfather40 · 04-01-2004, 08:16 PM

Yeah, you probably shorted a couple pins on the microcontroller that control programming. You're lucky, sometimes after electronics dry out, a conductive, salt-like residue can still exist and cause problems.

Bossnass · 04-04-2004, 05:08 PM

I spend my summers close to a lake, on a dock, or in a boat. I've dropped my work phone, an old motorolla startac (or been in the water with the phone on me) about a dozen times. I even keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol handy.

A bit of a ritual: pull the battery off, rinse it in alcohol, let it dry for a couple hours, and its good to go. But I've had some crazy things happen, like having the numbers in my phone book shift one posistion so they no longer match the names, etc. I don't have the heart to get a new phone that might not be as 'waterproof'.

04-01-2004, 11:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	Cell Phone problem ARGH! Just hoping that somebody will recognize this error on my cell phone and hopefully know what to do. First off let me explain what happened. Last night when I was getting ready to go out, I was putting things away and in a hurry when my cell phone rang. I picked it up to answer it and while walking I tried to flip the phone open with one hand and proceeded to drop it. With my luck it fell onto the table.... into a freaking glass of water!!*^&! I took the phone out quick and it didn't get too wet. It was still working but I left it at home. When I came back, it will turn on but it says "Boot Loader" across the LCD. Then it says ready to program. Am I totally screwed or has this happened to anybody?

04-01-2004, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	call up your cell phone company... sounds like it needs to have some kind of OS reinstalled... and they can prolly do it... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

04-01-2004, 06:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Fenton-J-Cool Insane Location: Toronto	Freaky. Maybe the water was short circuiting it in a way that it was in diagnostic mode or something... Best thing to do when electronics become immersed in water is to turn them off right away and dry 'em out, just like you did __________________ wra

04-01-2004, 08:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
goddfather40 Llama Location: Cali-for-nye-a	Yeah, you probably shorted a couple pins on the microcontroller that control programming. You're lucky, sometimes after electronics dry out, a conductive, salt-like residue can still exist and cause problems. __________________ My name is goddfather40 and I approved this message. I got ho's and I got bitches, In C++ I branch with switches -MC Plus+

04-01-2004, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Plan9Senior Banned Location: Orange County, California	NM, I fixed it with my amazing hair dryer . Too funny!

04-04-2004, 05:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	I spend my summers close to a lake, on a dock, or in a boat. I've dropped my work phone, an old motorolla startac (or been in the water with the phone on me) about a dozen times. I even keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol handy. A bit of a ritual: pull the battery off, rinse it in alcohol, let it dry for a couple hours, and its good to go. But I've had some crazy things happen, like having the numbers in my phone book shift one posistion so they no longer match the names, etc. I don't have the heart to get a new phone that might not be as 'waterproof'.