Water damage to SonyEriccson K850 - Local shop say its screwed?

Wife dropped her phone down the toilet (nice one!). She then tried to
turn it on (not good idea) and it lit up but was vibrating. We then
let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days and then tried it
again but its now totally dead.

Local phone shop have had a look and said they cant fix it. I've got
feeling all they've done is taken it apart and dried it with some
solution or other (alcohol?).

Just wondered if any of the other people I see on the internet do
anything different or may have a better chance at success?

If so, anyone recommend one?

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[email protected] wrote:
> Wife dropped her phone down the toilet (nice one!). She then tried to
> turn it on (not good idea) and it lit up but was vibrating. We then
> let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days and then tried it
> again but its now totally dead.

Sorry, it's almost screwed...

Have a google, there are companies like the following

<http://www.modifications.co.uk/liquid_damage_repairs.html>

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Adrian C

[email protected] wrote:
> Wife dropped her phone down the toilet (nice one!). She then tried to
> turn it on (not good idea)

Indeed not. She destroyed it by doing that.

> and it lit up but was vibrating. We then
> let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days and then tried it
> again but its now totally dead.

No surprise there.

> Local phone shop have had a look and said they cant fix it. I've got
> feeling all they've done is taken it apart and dried it with some
> solution or other (alcohol?).

I'm amazed they bothered to do even that. It's ruined.

> Just wondered if any of the other people I see on the internet do
> anything different or may have a better chance at success?

This is what you should do:

1. Take the sim card, memory card and battery out of the phone.

2. Take your wallet out of your pocket.

3. Buy a new phone.

Just in case anyone is still reading this far, here's some advice:

If you let your phone get wet, DO NOT turn it on. Not even for a second.
Remove the battery immediately. Ideally, take the phone to a repairer,
but failing that, put it is a warm dry place for TWO WEEKS before
refitting the battery.

Iain wrote:

>
> Just in case anyone is still reading this far, here's some advice:
>
> If you let your phone get wet, DO NOT turn it on. Not even for a second.
> Remove the battery immediately.

That advice is worth repeating - *remove the battery immediately*.

If you're interested, the damage is usually caused by dendritic
crystal growth, typically under the surface mount components.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Idge.gif

If the water it fell into wasn't completely pure (I can't think when
it would be):

Place the phone in a container of distilled water and give it a good
rinse out, then replace the distilled water and repeat.

> put it is a warm dry place for TWO WEEKS before
> refitting the battery.

regards, Ian

On Jul 9, 2:59*pm, Iain <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Wife dropped her phone down the toilet (nice one!). She then tried to
> > turn it on (not good idea)
>
> Indeed not. She destroyed it by doing that.
>

I was afraid of that. Of course, the automatic thing is to panic and
see if it works....

But anyone got any recommendations for any of these companies or had
any success in similar situation?

"Iain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Wife dropped her phone down the toilet (nice one!). She then tried to
>> turn it on (not good idea)
>
> Indeed not. She destroyed it by doing that.
>
>> and it lit up but was vibrating. We then
>> let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days and then tried it
>> again but its now totally dead.
>
> No surprise there.
>
>> Local phone shop have had a look and said they cant fix it. I've got
>> feeling all they've done is taken it apart and dried it with some
>> solution or other (alcohol?).
>
> I'm amazed they bothered to do even that. It's ruined.
>
>> Just wondered if any of the other people I see on the internet do
>> anything different or may have a better chance at success?
>
> This is what you should do:
> 1. Take the sim card, memory card and battery out of the phone.
> 2. Take your wallet out of your pocket.
> 3. Buy a new phone.
>
>
Then buy a Nokia 5410i
http://www.nokia5140i.co.uk/store/in...d&productId=26

Steve Terry