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phonefax · 30-05-09, 10:54 PM

My daughter has dropped her mobile into a jacuuzi at a school leaving party and nothing works, when plugged into the charger it just shows a red light in the infrared,, any help would be gratefully received

PerryCox · 30-05-09, 11:14 PM

It may be too late, but it's always worth a shot...

Remove the battery immediately (always do this when you drop electronics into water).

Disassemble it as far as you dare.

Do what you can to dry it out (nothing too hot, left near a radiator, on top of your Pace cable box, or my favourite, on a towel on a radiator), and leave it for as long as possible (though I'd say anything more than 3 days was excessive).

Re assemble and test.

Hope this helps.

phonefax · 31-05-09, 12:38 AM

thank you for helping, I will try that,, although I think what my daughter said was that she took out battery straight away and her friends dad put the oven on very low and lefy it in for a couple of hours,, but I will still try drying it out for longer.
cheers

G77 · 31-05-09, 01:08 AM

i know you dont need to know this now but for future ref.....

take battery out immediately as previously posted

go to halfords or some other car place and get distilled/de-ionised water. this is the stuff you top your car battery up with.

3/4 fill a pint pot with this water and dunk the whole thing in it. give it a good swill for a while. if the phone was dropped in coffee or beer, you would see the crap coming out if it but in this case, it would be hard to see chlorinated water coming out of it.

i dont know if it was chlorinated water or some sort of garden jacuzzi but even tap water is quite acidic and florinated.

in this case, if the charger has been plugged into it and voltage applied across the board, it may be goosed but its well worth a try.

you would, as previously posted let this dry out naturally. not in any oven not in sunlight. dehmidifiers are ok thou. as is silica gel.

phonefax · 31-05-09, 12:06 PM

Thanks for those thoughts, it seems a bit bazaar to drop it into water again but I suppose anything is worth a try.I have a friend who has the same model it works perfectly but it wont charge the battery, is there any way of charging a mobile phone battery without it being connected to the phone,, any idea on what sony would charge for repairing a wtaer damaged unit or repairing the none charging fault, I am at my wits end with my daughter so upset about it,,She is disabled and relies so much on her mobile, thank you for your time

Pheonix · 31-05-09, 12:46 PM

it's not the water that damages the phone but rather the impurities in the water.
it is common practice to bathe all sorts of pcb boards in de-ionised water with or without the use of a sonic bathing chamber ( like the ones you use for cleaning contact lenses) to clean them.

as for sony fixing it. they wont, as soon as they realize it's liquid damaged they will cease the repairs. repairing liquid damaged phones is hit and miss at the best of times.

phonefax · 31-05-09, 01:12 PM

thank you so much for that interesting information

Macabre · 31-05-09, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by phonefax

thank you so much for that interesting information

Point of intrest , where is this jacuzzi and are the girls all 6th formers ?????

Pheonix · 31-05-09, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Macabre

Point of intrest , where is this jacuzzi and are the girls all 6th formers ?????

i'm surprised it took so long for some one to get that line in.

Macabre · 31-05-09, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by dude1

i'm surprised it took so long for some one to get that line in.

Was just going to pop along and point out the dangers

30-05-09, 10:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
phonefax Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi My daughter has dropped her mobile into a jacuuzi at a school leaving party and nothing works, when plugged into the charger it just shows a red light in the infrared,, any help would be gratefully received

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PerryCox 28:2e:29:28:2e:29 Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 502 Thanks: 111 Thanked 202 Times in 139 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi It may be too late, but it's always worth a shot... Remove the battery immediately (always do this when you drop electronics into water). Disassemble it as far as you dare. Do what you can to dry it out (nothing too hot, left near a radiator, on top of your Pace cable box, or my favourite, on a towel on a radiator), and leave it for as long as possible (though I'd say anything more than 3 days was excessive). Re assemble and test. Hope this helps.

31-05-09, 12:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
phonefax Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi thank you for helping, I will try that,, although I think what my daughter said was that she took out battery straight away and her friends dad put the oven on very low and lefy it in for a couple of hours,, but I will still try drying it out for longer. cheers

31-05-09, 01:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
G77 Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6,080 Thanks: 695 Thanked 1,248 Times in 1,042 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi i know you dont need to know this now but for future ref..... take battery out immediately as previously posted go to halfords or some other car place and get distilled/de-ionised water. this is the stuff you top your car battery up with. 3/4 fill a pint pot with this water and dunk the whole thing in it. give it a good swill for a while. if the phone was dropped in coffee or beer, you would see the crap coming out if it but in this case, it would be hard to see chlorinated water coming out of it. i dont know if it was chlorinated water or some sort of garden jacuzzi but even tap water is quite acidic and florinated. in this case, if the charger has been plugged into it and voltage applied across the board, it may be goosed but its well worth a try. you would, as previously posted let this dry out naturally. not in any oven not in sunlight. dehmidifiers are ok thou. as is silica gel. __________________ 1M Motorised Dish, 45W-36E, DM800HD. Quad LNB Mesh Mini Dish, 28.2E, DM500, TM500. Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 XXJVU & CF-Root.

31-05-09, 12:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
phonefax Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi Thanks for those thoughts, it seems a bit bazaar to drop it into water again but I suppose anything is worth a try.I have a friend who has the same model it works perfectly but it wont charge the battery, is there any way of charging a mobile phone battery without it being connected to the phone,, any idea on what sony would charge for repairing a wtaer damaged unit or repairing the none charging fault, I am at my wits end with my daughter so upset about it,,She is disabled and relies so much on her mobile, thank you for your time

31-05-09, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pheonix Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 136 Thanks: 14 Thanked 45 Times in 32 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi it's not the water that damages the phone but rather the impurities in the water. it is common practice to bathe all sorts of pcb boards in de-ionised water with or without the use of a sonic bathing chamber ( like the ones you use for cleaning contact lenses) to clean them. as for sony fixing it. they wont, as soon as they realize it's liquid damaged they will cease the repairs. repairing liquid damaged phones is hit and miss at the best of times.

31-05-09, 01:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
phonefax Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: sony k800i dropped into jacuuzi thank you so much for that interesting information