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Dear friends,
I'm in need of a help. My girlfriend's handheld just fell into water. The LCD immediately dimmed and the phone turned off. I have pulled the battery out.
Please tell me what to do, is there anything that can be done to help it?
Thanks,
Emil :confused:
Don't put the battery back in and get a bag of uncooked rice. Place it in a baggie with the rice for around two days and the rice will work its magic. Just don't try eating the rice afterwards! ;) lol
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Should i cover the whole thing with the rice, or i just place the handheld ON the rice facing upward?
Put a layer of rice in a bowl, then the phone, then cover the phone in another layer. Let sit for 24 to 48 hours and should be all set. Cross your fingers.
Good luck, man!!
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Mt friend had this issue a long time ago and used the rice trick, so it should work for you! ;)
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Crossing my fingers.... will update in 3 days... :(
I have washed my BB twice and the rice trick has worked for me both times.
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I had a similar problem with my 8100 after I first got it. It fell in a gutter during a storm and I wasn't able to fish it out until about 45 minutes later. I left it sitting out for about 4 days, put everything back together, and luckily it has worked ever since. I'd never even thought about using rice to absorb all the water. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
As an aside, my 8100 has been dropped in water once or twice and dropped in general MANY times. I <3 the Blackberry's for being such rugged, dependable phones.
Any cosmetical damage left??
Sorry to hear, hope the berry survives
Good Luck to you. Thanks to this forum, I learned the rice trick. Dropped mine while getting a pedicure, put it in rice for 3 days and it's fine. My battery didn't have water damage but the phone did and it works perfectly.
Hope it works for you!
Nope... it was in my pocket so it didn't get scratched or anything.
yeah ive heard this trick works. is it true if you put the battery early you might get long term damage to the phone. thats what some people say.
@ Brollic, yes it is true! It's basically like pouring water on a live/turned on electronic. It'll fry the internals of the product.
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Updating the condition of the 8900,
After burrying the handheld & battery in a container filled with uncooked rice for 3 days (i added 1 more day just to make sure).... The phone came back to life! All the softwares are working, responsive keypads, working trackball, speaker, microphone, camera, flash, etc.
The rice worked like a charm, thank you guys for the help.
Emil
I'm glad it worked for you.