Drying Out a KRZR

Is there a way to non-destructively open the LCD / speaker half of a KRZR?
Doing so would speed up the drying time, since my wife sent hers through the
washing machine...

Thanks.

- John

---

› See More: Drying Out a KRZR

Pegleg <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:00:23 -0400, "John Miller"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Is there a way to non-destructively open the LCD / speaker half of
>>a KRZR? Doing so would speed up the drying time, since my wife
>>sent hers through the washing machine...
>
> It Is History!

I have to agree, plan on getting a new phone, that one is toast. You
might also think about adding the protection plan to your next one if
you're going to keep washing them. ;-)

Pegleg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not sure how the various protection plans work but I had a Nextel once
> that took a swim and after drying it out took it in for service and they
> had something in the phone that could detect water and their protection

The little white dot under the battery turns red on exposure to water.

> plan did not cover water damage.

I specifically asked if there were any exclusions at all on the Cingular
plan, and rattled off lost, stolen, run over by a car, dropped in the
toilet, dropped out the window... No exclusions. I would expect other
companies to be similar.

On the support answers page for Cingular:
"QUESTION:
What is Wireless Phone Insurance?

ANSWER:
Wireless Phone Insurance gives you the protection you need for your
wireless phone against theft, loss, accidental physical and liquid damage
and coverage for mechanical and electrical failure after the manufacturer's
warranty period has expired."

--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

"Bishoop" <[email protected]> wrote:

> They must have changed. Two years ago they refused to replace a
> water damaged phone.

I think maybe the provisions of the insurance program must vary from
carrier to carrier and from policy to policy. I guess the only
protection is to read ALL the fine print before buying.

--
XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Bishoop <[email protected]> wrote:

> <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > I specifically asked if there were any exclusions at all on the Cingular
> > plan, and rattled off lost, stolen, run over by a car, dropped in the
> > toilet, dropped out the window... No exclusions. I would expect other
> > companies to be similar.

> They must have changed. Two years ago they refused to replace a water
> damaged phone.

It was two years ago that I bought the plan, they confirmed that verbally.
I don't recall if I actually looked. I probably did, and would have
noticed a water exclusion.

--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

"John Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there a way to non-destructively open the LCD / speaker half of a KRZR?
> Doing so would speed up the drying time, since my wife sent hers through
> the washing machine...
>
> Thanks.
>
> - John
Many thanks to all of you who responded - even though the answers weren't
exactly what I'd hoped for...

- John

The two round dots at the top left and top right of the keypad, the
buttons for Messages and Contacts, those are the water sensors. If
the phone has always been dry, they're white like the rest of the
illuminated keypad. If the phone takes a bath, they turn another
color, pink I think.


--
--------------------------------- --- -- -
Posted with NewsLeecher v3.9 Beta 2
Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet
------------------- ----- ---- -- -