mobile phone help needed!!

[aks]

hey guys,

my friend gave me a mobile phone today (yes, for free)

but there's a catch, it doesn't work. you see, he went surfing with it (forgot to take it out of his pockets. very smart, i know!)

it doesn't start up at all, i replaced the battery but nothing.

i've opened it up and gave it a bit of a clean, it's now sitting drying off after being put in a methylated spirits bath and then washed with hot water.

pls advise on wat to do, cos it's a pretty cool phone (nokia 8310)

thanks

[Ghostbat]

Saltwater pretty much kills a phone so don't get your hopes up too high.

[aks]

Saltwater pretty much kills a phone so don't get your hopes up too high.

damn, but any tips on wat to try?

[itsthepham]

So basically his phone is pretty much dead. figures why he gave it to you for free. :D

[Mr.T]

I don't think you have much chance of getting it working. :wink: Here is some advice from a mobile repair site:

Damage from corrosion and short circuiting commences almost immediately after a phone has been wet. Particularly when salt water is involved.

Here are a few tips to increase the probability of your phone surviving a swim.

1) Take the battery out of the handset immediately. Electricity increases the rate of corrosion.

2) Get the handset to us as soon as possible. Time is of the essence with wet phones. The longer the delay, the lower the chances of a successful repair.

3) Drying the phone out yourself. Often people will try drying out the phone themselves. They remove the cover and dry it out near a heater, with a hair dryer or in the sun. I've even had one guy try to dry it out in a microwave (Idiot. Needless to say the phone never went again). While this shouldn't damage the phone, and it may even appear to fix the problem, corrosion usually claims it after a while.

The only way to successfully repair a wet phone is to completely disassemble the unit, completely dry it out, remove any corrosion and use a corrosion inhibiting fluid to prevent the formation of more corrosion.

[itsthepham]

I believe its too late to save the phone now. Mr. T. but i like the write up. I'll use it in case of future accidents. :D

[cooperluke]

There is a liquid used to clean electric parts, that is called Kontact 40. There are other similar products.
Go to an electric parts shop, and buy one of theese. They come in spray cans, with a little tube to go on the nozzle.

Get there, get the covers off the phone and spray it with that abundantly. Lei it dry a bit,then clean it with beer (YES, BEER).

Probably this will do!

:)

[dingo]

^ What a waste fo good beer.