Pardon this non linux question. You guys/gals are tech savvy. [at
least compared to me...] My daughter just laundered her phone. We
pulled it out of the washing machine just now. Is there any hope on
reviving it, or should I just trundle down to the phone store for a new one?
Bruce
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I've had electronics survive a wash if they're dried reasonably
quickly... open as many openings as possible, and put it somewhere
with dry air - near a low-wattage light bulb, perhaps. If you have
some of those "silica gel - do not eat" packets around, put them in a
toaster oven at minimum temp
On Saturday, Apr 29th 2006 at 13:17 -0400, quoth Drew Van Zandt:
=>I've had electronics survive a wash if they're dried reasonably
=>quickly... open as many openings as possible, and put it somewhere
=>with dry air - near a low-wattage light bulb, perhaps. If you have
=>some of those "silica gel
Likely she's buying a new one, but it doesn't hurt to try, I've saved
phones and pagers that went in various wet places. (Same applies to
gameboys, computers, anything built from printed circuit boards.)
Most important is to remove the battery immediately, even if "off".
With the length of a wa
> My daughter just laundered her phone. We
> pulled it out of the washing machine just now. Is there any hope on
> reviving it,
I often put expensive electronic equipment in a bath of detergent to
clean them. Then, as suggested, rinse them is de-ionized or distilled
water. That is what
That is what they did to the circuit boards before they left
the factory.
What they SHOULD have done, yes ... but our ham-club presentation from
a professional re-work soldering instructor said that's rather more
observed in the breach these days, most boards leave the line "dirty".
The new EU
> > My daughter just laundered her phone. We pulled it out of the
> > washing machine just now. Is there any hope of reviving it,
>
> ...rinse them in de-ionized or distilled water... Open it up as
> much as possible and let it dry out.
This is one of the reasons I'd like a small vacuum
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
>
> > > My daughter just laundered her phone. We pulled it out of the
> > > washing machine just now. Is there any hope of reviving it,
> >
> > ...rinse them in de-ionized or distilled water... Open it up as
> > much as
On Sunday 30 April 2006 06:45 pm, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> > > > My daughter just laundered her phone. We pulled it out of
> > > > the washing machine just now. Is there any hope of reviving
> > > > it,
> > >
> > > ...rinse t
I can't think of any electronic component that will "burst" at
vacuum. After all, it is only 14.7 psi pressure change at most - even
if you pump down below a micron. You get down to 8 psi
I don't know of any specifically, but if Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, one of
the microsat developers (for US
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Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
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> As I remember from trying to pump lasers system clean, water quickly
> freezes if you try to vaporize a droplet in a vacuum. Then you have to
> wait for it to sublime. We had lots of heating tapes on the chambers.
Coul
On Monday 01 May 2006 06:44 am, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
> > As I remember from trying to pump lasers system clean, water
> > quickly freezes if you try to vaporize a droplet in a vacuum. Then
> > you have to wait for it to sublime. We had lots of heating tapes
> >
On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:42 pm, Bill Ricker wrote:
> > I can't think of any electronic component that will "burst" at
> > vacuum. After all, it is only 14.7 psi pressure change at most -
> > even if you pump down below a micron. You get down to 8 psi
>
> I don't know of any specifically, bu
On Mon, May 1, 2006 8:50 am, Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
> But I actually like playing with Linux and computers more now days.
> (See, I brought the discussion back on topic.)
And back to the semi-off-topic original topic: I spilled milk (milk!) on
my notebook's keyboard at work. D'oh! An immediate rin
Jim Kuzdrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 30 April 2006 06:45 pm, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> > > This is one of the reasons I'd like a small vacuum chamber. That
> > > would pull moisture out of the crevices.
> >
"Bill Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is why Steve O recommends rinsing in DISTILLED water
Must it be distilled? Would RO-filtered water be effective?
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Paul Lussier wrote:
> "Bill Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>> This is why Steve O recommends rinsing in DISTILLED water
>
> Must it be distilled? Would RO-filtered water be effective?
Dunno, but the last RO water we got from Whole Foods
was v
Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dunno, but the last RO water we got from Whole Foods
> was very strongly flavoured with chlorine. So I
> guess RO doesn't filter dissolved gasses -- but distillation
> should.
I ask, because we have an RO filter on our tap for drinking water,
On May 2, 2006, at 15:03, Paul Lussier wrote:
I ask, because we have an RO filter on our tap for drinking water, and
was wondering if there's something special about the distillation
process that somehow changes the water, or pertinent fact is the
purity of water, regardless of the means of att
On Apr 29, 2006, at 12:41, Bruce Labitt wrote:
My daughter just laundered her phone. We pulled it out of the washing
machine just now. Is there any hope on reviving it, or should I just
trundle down to the phone store for a new one?
One time I went backcountry camping - I put the phone in
So after taking the phone apart, blowing the water out with compressed
air as much as possible, I put it in a jar filled with a desiccant.
After a few days the water droplets inside the display unit seemed to
dissappear. The moment of truth had arrived. I put the battery in the
phone and att
up and showed a charging symbol. I considered that a good omen.
Yes!
So it was successfully brought
back from the dead. Only minor issue is a blotching in the display - a
reminder of its washing.
Yeah!
I did not rinse out the phone with alcohol or distilled water. Does
anyone think I sh
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