Thanks for the great responses - impresive array of expertise out there! My phone is always "on" so when it got wet the damage was probably instantaneous. Plus, I did attempt to fire it up soon thereafter.
In hindsight, I probably should have left it outside to bake in the hot DC sun for several hours, then marinated it in rice for a couple days to see if that reversed the outage. They want the old phone (LG Optimus) back ($500 if I didn't have the insurance). The deductible is $150 but the phone will be delivered overnight. Life is great without a cellphone, btw. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Tim Crone <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > My LG Optimus android phone accompanied me into the pool on Saturday and > > hasn't worked since. I left it in a sealed bag of (uncooked) rice for > the > > > > I have had several water stories with phones: > - My wife left her purse next to an ice pack, or something like that. > Enough water condensed into her purse (one of the little ones) that there > was nearly an inch sloshing around when I recovered her original Evo 4G. I > dried it out and it worked, until she dropped it out of an SUV a few weeks > later. The insurance replacement one still works several years later, > though they are killing WiMax so that won't be true much longer. > - My Sony Xperia TL fell into the bath while I was helping my daughter > out. This one did not have a removable battery, but it still works - I use > it as a "permanent" install for Torque in the van. > - My HTC Touch Pro stopped working after I used it while sweating in the > garden. Permanently destroyed the touchscreen, Sprint would not replace it > without the deductible (which was well more than the value of the phone). > That was the last time I carried insurance on my phone, and almost the > last time I was a Sprint customer. > > Back when I used to repair phones for not-actually-a-profit, I found that > installing the battery upside-down on a Touch Pro would fry the motherboard > instantly. No smoke, just no more function. > > better part of 3 days, to no avail. It still won't come on, although when > > plugged into the wall charger the red light illuminates for awhile, then > > goes out. What else should I attempt or should i throw in the towel? > > > > If you have shorted something on the mainboard it won't be worth repairing, > and if something is wacky (like a gyroscope, or compass, or NFC, or...) you > might not know for a while. For a phone I use daily I would hunt a > replacement on Craigslist, or suck up the insurance deductible if I had it. > > Since you seem to have gone the insurance route, if they let you keep the > phone you should take it apart and see if you can stick in some other > battery. If you can make it boot, I'm sure you can find a use for a spare > computer around the house. (Torque is handy in my dash.) > > Best, > Tim > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
