Steve, one thing you could try, absent the proprietary screwdriver, is to use your hair dryer on low setting to gently heat the phone and drive the water out. Ok, maybe you should use Suzane's hair dryer.
Or, you could put the phone in a bag of (uncooked) rice for three days, which will draw the water out. --Doug On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a nexus one you can borrow. Used to be registered on T-Mobile. > > Perfect... somehow I thought you might have a stash of those things! I'd > call you tomorrow to rendezvous but all my phone numbers got wet! Oh > wait! Right there in your signature line! > > Tx > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I dropped my iPhone in my pond while cleaning the pump filter... fished >> it out within 10 secs, it was still on, running fine, no obvious intrusion >> of water... but just to be safe I powered it off... driving into town >> minutes later, I noticed it had powered back up... so I powered it down >> (again)... and it immediately powered/booted itself *again*! Water >> shorting the power button? I went ahead and tried it's phone function and >> the speaker was not working... but bluetooth did... then I sent a text... >> then I powered it off again... and within seconds, it was booting itself >> back up! Half an hour later it shut itself down and hasn't been back up >> since. I put it in a bag of rice overnight (conventional wisdom for drying >> things without an official dessicant)... still dead. >> >> Now I need a 5-lobe screwdriver to defeat Apple's insistence that I not >> open the case without their lawyers present... I suppose they would rather >> I sent it to them so they can say "!not under warranty, water alert!" keep >> it for weeks and charge me an arm and a leg to clean any fouled contacts, >> maybe replace the battery, and then maybe decide I need a new logic board. >> >> So anyone have a 5 lobe (tiny, tiny, miniscule, tiny) screwdriver for >> this purpose that they can loan me? >> >> How about a GSM android phone to borrow while I order up a screwdriver >> and battery and a bucket of luck? Or advice on what (used) model to pick >> up on Craigslist? Anyone have any experience with the "Cocoa"? It is >> apparently a "dual SIM"... >> >> Are GSM Androids unlocked by default (seems reasonable.. but... ?)... >> is it an easy unlock? >> >> I knew I needed an OtterBox! >> >> - Steve >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > --- -. . ..-. .. ... .... - .-- --- ..-. .. ... .... > [email protected] <[email protected]> > office: 505.995.0206 mobile: 505.577.5828 > > redfish.com | simtable.com | sfcomplex.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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