I just dropped my mobile in the toilet

i guess the question was, where you talking to someone when you dropped the phone into the can?

I mistakenly walked into the sea with my phone in my pocket. Now all the buttons do strange things and it sometimes turns itself off.

Is there any chance it could get better? I'm guessing the salt crystals forming as we speak on the circuit boards aren't helping. Would putting it in normal water help in any way?

put it in the freezer

Remove the battery and dry it out.

SALT WATER TIP: If exposure was salt water; you may need to clean the salt water with water. (salt water is far more dangerous). This may actually mean washing the circuit board very briefly under filtered water, in order to save its life from salt water (ocean water) before immediately drying it out. This is a last resort, but NECESSARY if your electronic device was immersed in salt water (unless you have access to special electronics cleaning fluid solutions that can get rid of salt water on short notice. Sometimes filtered water is the only thing you have access to, for cleaning salt water ASAP) (part of a longer post here: http://www.phoneforums.org/phones/594-dropping-your-cell-phone-water.html )

cool thanks

i think if you can, you're supposed to take it apart and clean all the bits with isopropyl (sp?) wipes (like the kind pedantic junkies swab their veins with). i saw a guy do this once, and it seemed to work.

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"I just dropped my mobile in the toilet"

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pedantic junkies

band name alert

Haha yeah.

I actually had a Sportswalkman. Coolest thing ever.

ROFL @ Calder

"I Mistakenly Walked Into The Sea" by the Pedantic Junkies sounds like a hit to me.

well it's still not working properly, it got better than it was but now it just turns itself off randomly

"I Mistakenly Walked Into The Sea" by the Pedantic Junkies sounds like a hit to me.

Is "'I mistakenly walked into the sea' by the pedantic junkies sounds like a hit to me" not a belle and sebastian lyric?

21st century tyrone slothrop

my nokia dumbphone fell into a cup of water

hm...the things people subconsciously do in order to upgrade to an iphone

yes, it sounds a bit like when recently insured people fall off a cliff and then their fiance gets charged with murder.

not really

(xpost)

i don't want an iphone :/
if it doesn't dry out though i guess i can just switch my service back to my old phone

i just tried putting the battery back in to see what would happen and the camera flash did like a strobe light and the phone vibrated

maybe it thinks you've entered it in a wet t-shirt contest.

rip

i haven't yet heard of anyone dropping their iphone in a toilet. are they just more careful with them?

I have personally dealt with 2 diff. friends who have 'dumped' their iPhones in the toilet. I think most people are just too embarrassed to own up to doing it.

21st century tyrone slothrop

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:54 AM (2 years ago)

i think it works now :)

Estela, I heart you so much.