dd dropped her phone in the loo..will it ever work again?

[brimfull]

i have suggested leaving it in the airing cupboard

Put some dried rice in a bag, put the phone in there, leavi it overnight and the rice should've dried the phone out by morning. Tie the bag

mine died after Ds dropped mine in the toilet
do not press any buttons until you think it mmight have dried out

I dropped mine in a deep puddle a few months ago. I put it in the airing cupboard for about 24 hours, kept checking it beforehand and it was dead as a door nail, but eventually it must have dried out and it burst into life. Only problem is it wiped the memory card, so lost all my photos and videos.

littleboyblue-really did that work?

excited

a plastic bag?

Yeah, my mum's a nightmare and always drops her phone in the toilet or the mop bucket

It might work again, but most of the key functions will be lost.

The damage to certain components is instantaneous, and no amount of drying will restore what's been lost.

Tell her not to put her mobile in her back pocket in future

no mine drowned and never worked again sorry

will brown basmati suffice

Ds1 dropped ours in the toilet. I just left it to dry for a long time (days) and it started working again. Don't be tempted to fiddle with it until it's completely dry though. Airing cupboard sounds good.

Dunno. I've always just used normal stuff. Rice is rice though, hey? Might do. You could give it a try

It will work, when it dries out enough, but will gradually lose its faculties. (My children have soaked many phones, in a variety of liquid substances - water is the least harmful - and they all turn their toes up in the end)

If it's a Nokia it'll probably be ok.

I've had a few of these end up in the washing machine
just took them to pieces and left on the
radiators to dry
and they're as good as new

Agree with Wezzle - I washed my dh's phone (a Nokia) last week. He opened it up and left it to dry overnight and it worked perfectly well! Don't try to turn it on before it has dried or it might short out.

DS's Nokia has been through the hot wash twice now! As above, open it up, let it dry out and it'll be fine.

Shame for DS as he really wants a new phone - but he'll have to wait until his birthday.

I did this too, phone didnt work at first but took it apart - battery out, sim card out and let it all dry overnight then I put it back together in the morning and it worked fine

What did you do ggirl? is phone working?