Oh woe is me - T610 plopped
Posts: n/a pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as quickly as possible (what's the point - once its wet its wet) removed the battery, padded the inside dry and left it near (not on) a warm radiator. Needless to say my pride and joy is dead - it is no more - it is a dead T610. Is there any hope of a transplant? Which component would be most likely to have been destroyed? Help! Ted  Responses to "Oh woe is me - T610 plopped"
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Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Ted Rogers" <ted@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1073919187.26324.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast > pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as > quickly as possible (what's the point - once its wet its wet) removed the > battery, padded the inside dry and left it near (not on) a warm radiator. > > Needless to say my pride and joy is dead - it is no more - it is a dead > T610. > > Is there any hope of a transplant? Which component would be most likely to > have been destroyed? Water death depends on the water. Most electronic devices can take a quick splash and have more than a 50% survival rate if it is completely clean water. Salt and sugar seems to be instant death. Not sure about soap, but if you were in the tub it probably had oils and salt in it. Actually, even if you were not in the tub yet there was probably leftover yuck. Odds are it's more than one thing ruined. --- Update your PC at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Carl." <KronkKronk@hotmail.com> wrote in message news  fHMb.9205$RV5.6038@fe2.texas.rr.com...> "Ted Rogers" <ted@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1073919187.26324.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > > My T610 plopped in the bath last night (stupidly I had it in my breast > > pocket). The noise was hideous as it hit the water. I grabbed it out as > > quickly as possible (what's the point - once its wet its wet) removed the > > battery, padded the inside dry and left it near (not on) a warm radiator. > > > > Needless to say my pride and joy is dead - it is no more - it is a dead > > T610. > > > > Is there any hope of a transplant? Which component would be most likely to > > have been destroyed? > > Water death depends on the water. Most electronic devices can take a quick > splash and have more than a 50% survival rate if it is completely clean > water. Salt and sugar seems to be instant death. Not sure about soap, but > if you were in the tub it probably had oils and salt in it. Actually, even > if you were not in the tub yet there was probably leftover yuck. Odds are > it's more than one thing ruined. > As I discovered to my cost a couple of years ago, beer is also instant death to a phone! And it didn't do a lot for the beer either. (It was a great source of merriment for my mates however.) I now have an insurance plan which includes water damage cover. > > --- > Update your PC at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.561 / Virus Database: 353 - Release Date: 13/01/2004
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped >> As I discovered to my cost a couple of years ago, beer is also instant death > to a phone! And it didn't do a lot for the beer either. (It was a great > source of merriment for my mates however.) I now have an insurance plan > which includes water damage cover. > > Further to my last, and in the depths of my despair, I took apart the T610 as far as I dare, used clear nail varnish remover to wipe all the internal parts, dried it carefully with cotton buds and brushed the contacts with a pencil and re-assembled. The bloody thing still didn't work so I gave it to my 18 month year old daughter to play with. She threw it around the lounge, bit it, whacked her teddy bear with it and pressed all the buttons at an alarming rate. I then went out and bought a new Z600 - £230. When I got home I thought I'd try one more time to get the T610 to work if only to get some pictures. I retrieved it from the toy box, wiped off most of her lunch off it and to my joy/astonishment/dismay/anger it now works - perfectly. The moral of this tale? God knows, but I'm £230 down and now have two phones..... Ted PS I like the Z600 though!
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into thebath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon as it gets a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-) Great advice, I must try it once :-)
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Tarik Kurtovic" <e0227061@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message news:40056a18$0$33210$3b214f66@tunews.univie.ac.at ... > So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into the > bath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon as > it gets > a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-) > Great advice, I must try it once :-) > I wouldn't recommend it but it worked! Ted
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Ted Rogers" <ted@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1074098808.34336.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > > "Tarik Kurtovic" <e0227061@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message > news:40056a18$0$33210$3b214f66@tunews.univie.ac.at ... > > So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into > the > > bath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon > as > > it gets > > a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-) > > Great advice, I must try it once :-) > > > I wouldn't recommend it but it worked! > > Ted There are 2 standard answers to avoiding water damage, in both cases you should switch the phone off and remove the battery the *instant* the phone is removed from the water... 1. Send it to a repair shop that has an ultrasonic bath. This will cost but has the best chance of success. 2. Dismantle the phone as much as possible and leave in the airing cupboard for *at least* a week. It would appear that we should add "Give it to a toddler" to the above list:-) Seriously though, I would suggest that you give you T610 the ultrasonic bath treatment, it is quite common for phones that start working after drying out (which is what it sounds like your one has done) to conk out later due to minute traces of salts, minerals and other sh*t deposited by the water causing a short. Ask on uk.telecom.mobile for people with an ultrasonic bath. -- Cheers, Steve. If The Good Lord had meant for us to be fiscally prudent, He would not have given us the platinum credit card... Change colour to PC Plod's lights to reply.
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Ted Rogers" <ted@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1074098808.34336.0@doris.uk.clara.net... | | "Tarik Kurtovic" <e0227061@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message | news:40056a18$0$33210$3b214f66@tunews.univie.ac.at ... | > So the point is, if your phone's dead as an effect of being dropped into | the | > bath, give it to a 18-month-old, and it should be in great shape as soon | as | > it gets | > a thrown around the place a bit, maybe bitten? :-) | > Great advice, I must try it once :-) | > | I wouldn't recommend it but it worked! | | Ted A sign of a future career for the young lady? -- Cheers, Carve2. ______
Posts: n/a Re: Oh woe is me - T610 plopped "Ted Rogers" <ted@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1074084257.10442.0@nnrp-t71-01.news.uk.clara.net... > Further to my last, and in the depths of my despair, I took apart the T610 > as far as I dare, used clear nail varnish remover to wipe all the internal > parts, dried it carefully with cotton buds and brushed the contacts with a > pencil and re-assembled. The bloody thing still didn't work so I gave it to > my 18 month year old daughter to play with. She threw it around the lounge, > bit it, whacked her teddy bear with it and pressed all the buttons at an > alarming rate. > > I then went out and bought a new Z600 - £230. > > When I got home I thought I'd try one more time to get the T610 to work if > only to get some pictures. I retrieved it from the toy box, wiped off most > of her lunch off it and to my joy/astonishment/dismay/anger it now works - > perfectly. > > The moral of this tale? God knows, but I'm £230 down and now have two > phones..... The moral is . . . not only do electronic devices indeed have a conscious mind, but they also hate us. --- Update your PC at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004
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