11-11-2010, 02:32 PM | #1 |
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#$%@
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Dropped phone in the toilet. I thought stuff like this only happened to kids. I have about a zillion numbers and pictures in it, and hundreds of dollars of medical software. It's sitting in front of a little space heater on low. I'm praying for the best. What a PIA. FastDoc is a moron.
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11-11-2010, 03:53 PM | #2 |
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I read on the net once that if you get the battery out right away and put it in a bowl of dry rice you can save them sometimes... Fingers crossed for you, I hope it dries out and works ok.
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11-11-2010, 06:44 PM | #3 |
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Its working but damaged. The external 'hard' buttons on the sides that control the volume and camera are inoperative. At least I have my data, best I can tell. Looks like I'll be out a couple hundred for a phone though. Could be worse.
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11-11-2010, 07:53 PM | #4 |
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True Story:
My Uncle used to work for the Railroad as an accident claims inspector. As part of his job he carried a cellular phone everywhere. One day he was visiting the john for a #2. On completion he couldn't find his phone. Take a guess where it was. There are worse things than getting your phone 'wet'. Since the phone wasn't his, and this was early in the cellular phone era so they were very pricey; throwing it out wasn't an option. It 'survived' but let's just say he avoided long conversations via cell.
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11-11-2010, 08:02 PM | #5 |
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FWIW, I dropped it before any other event occured.
Replacement cost will be $300 Maybe I'll get lucky over next few days.
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11-11-2010, 10:49 PM | #7 | |
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11-11-2010, 10:55 PM | #9 |
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It would have been more convienent if I'd simply flushed 3 $100 bills instead.
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11-12-2010, 02:33 AM | #10 |
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X2 on the rice trick, but I'd put it in a Ziploc bag.
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11-12-2010, 04:20 AM | #11 |
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Bummer man. I've never done that before, but been close.
I'd keep trying to dry it out at different resting angles over the next few days too.. it might come back. Not sure how it works with your plan operators down there, but up here, if you're into a certain period on your contract and wish to extend, they'll give you new hardware for extending your contract. |
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11-12-2010, 10:41 AM | #12 |
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That's a bummer Doc but it really could have been worse.
When I was working at a heating and air company, one of my new employees went to use the 'blue room' on a job site. He was just 'fresh, north of the border, greencarded' and didn't speak much english. 100' summer day, flies, blue room probably hadn't been serviced in a week, you get the idea. BLOOP! In went his big Nextel. :x He rolled up his sleeve, fished it out, washed it off and brought it in to my office. He dropped it on my desk and in horrible broken english, explained what happened. 8O I made him toss it over the fence and sanitize my desk with Clorox wipes.
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11-13-2010, 12:00 PM | #15 |
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Yup.
Almost everyone I've told this tale to has had something similar happen, or knows of someone. I have insurance on my new phone.
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