My cellphone is now freshly washed............

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Bad enough my cell phone died on me2 months ago and I've been using an old one to limp thru the end of my contract at the end of November. But now I do some wash to help the wife whose working late today and go to move the wash to dryer and then it dawns on me.........where's my cellphone....... yep, it's in the pocket of my cargo shorts that I am inthe process of moving to the dryer..........aarrrrgghh. Now I'm charging the wifes old razor phone to see if I can limp thru another couple months of this stinkin contract before going to the straight talk service. Her's is a PINK Motorola. 

[Westernbiker]

LMAO!!! I'm sorry........but it is funny!

[Hef]

Since you washed it you might as well go ahead and dry it. Maybe cleaning it up will do it good.
Sorry.....but believe me you are not the first. I never did laundry in my life and since the wife died I have washed my phone, my wallet, and other things that should not go into the washer. The mind is a terrible thing to waste but hey I'm getting old (LOL).

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Since you washed it you might as well go ahead and dry it. Maybe cleaning it up will do it good.
Sorry.....but believe me you are not the first. I never did laundry in my life and since the wife died I have washed my phone, my wallet, and other things that should not go into the washer. The mind is a terrible thing to waste but hey I'm getting old (LOL).

I knew it was killed and actually considered pulling the sim card and letting it go thru the drying process out of curiosity, but then wondered how hot a gas dryer gets and what damage I might cause in addition to what has been done. Decided to leave well enough alone. 

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

LMAO!!! I'm sorry........but it is funny!

No apology needed, I laughed immediately. 

[POPS 57]

Real men wear pink. Or so i'm told.  

[R J]

LMAO!!! I'm sorry........but it is funny!

Ditto.

ROFLMAO.

I remember way back a few years, when I got a call a child had fell into their pool.''

Rolled into the driveway, the mother met me and said she is back her.   The little kid was trying to keep her head above water.     Not thinking I dove in, and handed the little girl to her mom.     Crawled out of the pool, yup, you guessed it, my mobile radio was still stuck on my shoulder strap, my weapon was still in the holster, my billfold with everything in it under the sun was still in my hind pocket.

I called in, that everything was under control but I needed to take a break.  Thank God I was only like 20 miles from home.    I was surprised the radio survived.

Mother's excuse for not getting the child out of the pool, was she couldn't swim.   I laughed as the child was in the shallow end.    I wrote up my report, turned it in and for 3 years I was called the water boy for the swim team.

[fudgie]

Straight Talk. 

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Straight Talk. 

So how's the coverage out on the road Fudgie?? Here they say it will be ATT towers. Hoipe it has the same or better reception when on the road.

[Fudd]

If it hasn't been turned you can pack it in rice and put it away for 2 days and it may still work.  Using a hair drier on it is a bad idea, it just blows the water around in it.  Don't ask how I know this.

[BamaDrifter64]

Be sure you don't wash that pink phone with your white clothes...

Dave

[Traveler-MI]

Put it in a bag of rice overnight and it may com back.  Did the same to a Nokia a few years ago.  Came back fine but smelled Spring Time Fresh for months.

[fudgie]

Straight Talk. 

So how's the coverage out on the road Fudgie?? Here they say it will be ATT towers. Hoipe it has the same or better reception when on the road.

Well Kit never lost signal all the way to Sturgis with hers. I had att and wanted to see how they compared this year. I lost sig a few miles over in SD. Spotty in Sturgis. Soon as I came home I went to the wal mart and got one. Becareful on which phone you get. The blue map uses att and the red map uses Verizon towers. You will see the map on the box of the phone. Above the display will be 2 coverage maps. They have funky letters like GSMF and GTR. This will tell you what towers it will run off of. The letters I typed are not the actual ones you will see but similar. My AT T phone did great in all my travels since 1995 when I got my 1sr phone. Since we travel west every year I decided I needed a phone for that travel. I will not give Verizon my money directly. This is a round about way but makes me feel better. For $45 a month, you cant go wrong.

[fudgie]

Another thing to. They can switch your old phone number over to the new phone. Do not cancel your current service if you want the same phone number. When your contract is up and you get a ST phone, they will do your number for you. After a hour or so your old phone service will automaticly be disconnected and then you can start using your new ST phone. FYI, if you have pix on your own phone that you want on your new one, make sure you send them somewhere to retrieve them. Or take new ones. 

[YoungPUP]

++! one the Rice!  You got lucky catching it before the dryer, it would've been toast then. 2-3 days in a bag of rice should do the trick. If you want a water proof phone go with the Verizon GZone. Think the current one is called the boulder(?) Watched a guy about die when he spilled his beer on mine then I took it into the bathroom and washed it off soap water and all.   Priceless!  So's answering the phone and when the caller asks what you're doing you let them know you're in the shower!!!

[Cruzen]

If it hasn't been turned you can pack it in rice and put it away for 2 days and it may still work.  Using a hair drier on it is a bad idea, it just blows the water around in it.  Don't ask how I know this.

I know somebody who actually did this and yes, it did work.  As a side benefit, they were able to call Japan and got better service from their local Honda dealer.

[Tim H]

I did the same thing to my wife's prepaid phone.  I was starting to use it more for work so really it became more my phone.  On the other hand it was pink and the charged lasted a day, so I'm kinda glad it's gone.

[Jess Tolbirt]

go to wall mart and buy an ATT  go phone and put your sim card in it,,,ready to go,,, my go phone cost 14 dollars and works great...
straight talk t mobile and ATT phones all work...

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Straight Talk. 

So how's the coverage out on the road Fudgie?? Here they say it will be ATT towers. Hoipe it has the same or better reception when on the road.

Well Kit never lost signal all the way to Sturgis with hers. I had att and wanted to see how they compared this year. I lost sig a few miles over in SD. Spotty in Sturgis. Soon as I came home I went to the wal mart and got one. Becareful on which phone you get. The blue map uses att and the red map uses Verizon towers. You will see the map on the box of the phone. Above the display will be 2 coverage maps. They have funky letters like GSMF and GTR. This will tell you what towers it will run off of. The letters I typed are not the actual ones you will see but similar. My AT T phone did great in all my travels since 1995 when I got my 1sr phone. Since we travel west every year I decided I needed a phone for that travel. I will not give Verizon my money directly. This is a round about way but makes me feel better. For $45 a month, you cant go wrong.

 

[MNBill]

I had the old version of this phone AFTER I washed several phones. These phone wash well, I think the one I had went through like 3 washes (I am a slow learner). I have the android version now and have not got it wet yet. The mil-spec phones are tough. http://www.casiogzone.com/ravine/   
My Motorola did start working after it dried out the first time, I was told to get the battery out and not to power it up until it dried.

[hotglue #43]

No more dirty phone calls for you.....
My phone got SOAKED last week.  Was able to same the sim card..... now I'm a dummy with a smart phone......   Has way more functions than I will use....  but the phone is nice ta use as a phone!!!!

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Thanks for all the tips for the phone. I did pull the battery and set it on the table opened up to let it dry and may check it in a couple days, but I'm not real worried since I have the wifes for now. Just need it till end of Nov. and I'm comfortable with my masculinity to have a pink phone.    I did crack up about not washing it with any whites. Good one 

[Cliff]

If it hasn't been turned you can pack it in rice and put it away for 2 days and it may still work.  Using a hair drier on it is a bad idea, it just blows the water around in it.  Don't ask how I know this.

Wating for ambient temps to evap the water may allow the water to be in place long enough to do corrosion damage,,, I have had great results with the rice but by placing the device in rice then preheat oven to 175 degrees f and then turn oven off and place container of rice and device in closed oven for a couple of hours and then repeat.  Speeds the water removal and doesn't get hot enough to do any heat damage.

[Stitch_in_La]

Straight talk phones, bottom left of the box should say something like GSM, GSMT, GSMA ATT or T-Mobile towers.  I think the GSMA has the better of the coverage. CDMA Sprint or Verizon.   They have a full droid phone out Motorola Thrive I think CDMA coverage.


Stitch

[Big IV]

I took an impromptu swim with a cellphone in my overalls. It was a fun moment but the phone didn't like it.

But you know how it is, you throw on some overalls and boots and head to a friend's house to swim. You get there, go speak, and want to head inside to change into swim trunks. As you're being sociable you realize there is a woman that won't get in the pool so you go to throw her off the diving board. She clings, so you jump. While she's swimming away over your head, then you realize that the boots are now size 13 buckets of water and that you're on the bottom to stay. So you have to Frankenstien walk it out to the shallow end. Everyone laughs. Later you dry out your wallet, realize your phones toasted, change clothes, grab a few drinks and head out for an evening of fun by the pool.

I'm sure it has happened to all of us. You know how it is.

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

I took an impromptu swim with a cellphone in my overalls. It was a fun moment but the phone didn't like it.

But you know how it is, you throw on some overalls and boots and head to a friend's house to swim. You get there, go speak, and want to head inside to change into swim trunks. As you're being sociable you realize there is a woman that won't get in the pool so you go to throw her off the diving board. She clings, so you jump. While she's swimming away over your head, then you realize that the boots are now size 13 buckets of water and that you're on the bottom to stay. So you have to Frankenstien walk it out to the shallow end. Everyone laughs. Later you dry out your wallet, realize your phones toasted, change clothes, grab a few drinks and head out for an evening of fun by the pool.

I'm sure it has happened to all of us. You know how it is.

That sounded like a much better way to toast a phone 

[Dragonryder2]

You are supposed to be able to take the battery out and use a hair dryer on it on low and it is supposed to dry it out and make it work again.  Don't know if it works or not.  Enjoy the pink phone.