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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Well, last night I did laundry. And I was wandering around my apartment looking for my cellphone. Couldn't find the damned thing. After about a half hour of this exercise, I went to the washing machine to throw my stuff in the dryer. After about 25 more minutes, I started wondering what the heck was making so much noise in the dryer.
It was my cellphone.
So not only have I had to spend US$320 on a new cellphone, but my entire phone book that was stored in the device has been lost. I'm holding out faint hope that it can be resurrected some day this week after I dry out the phone and take it in to see if they can somehow fix it, but I'm going under the assumption that it's gone.
So if I'm supposed to have your phone number, would you mind PMing it to me? And your first and last name?
kthxbye
Well, last night I did laundry. And I was wandering around my apartment looking for my cellphone. Couldn't find the damned thing. After about a half hour of this exercise, I went to the washing machine to throw my stuff in the dryer. After about 25 more minutes, I started wondering what the heck was making so much noise in the dryer.
It was my cellphone.
So not only have I had to spend US$320 on a new cellphone, but my entire phone book that was stored in the device has been lost. I'm holding out faint hope that it can be resurrected some day this week after I dry out the phone and take it in to see if they can somehow fix it, but I'm going under the assumption that it's gone.
So if I'm supposed to have your phone number, would you mind PMing it to me? And your first and last name?
kthxbye
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
My friend did this once. He is a Graphic Designer and at the time he was working freelance and had all his contacts on that phone. He spent days freaking out about it until someone reminded him the phone he had allowed him to download all its memory onto his computer. Suddenly a huge smile came on his face as he remembered he had actually done that 6 months earlier. It didn't have all the numbers but it had most of them, so he was saved somewhat.
Its a pain in the Butt when things like that happen. I hope it doesn't take you too long to enter all the data back into your new phone!
My friend did this once. He is a Graphic Designer and at the time he was working freelance and had all his contacts on that phone. He spent days freaking out about it until someone reminded him the phone he had allowed him to download all its memory onto his computer. Suddenly a huge smile came on his face as he remembered he had actually done that 6 months earlier. It didn't have all the numbers but it had most of them, so he was saved somewhat.
Its a pain in the Butt when things like that happen. I hope it doesn't take you too long to enter all the data back into your new phone!
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6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
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6,086 posts
Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Posted:
I once dropped my phone down a toilet (thankfully before I used it!!)
Being the sort of person that I am, naturally, I took it apart, left it on a radiator for a few days to dry out, and it worked ok (ish). After a few months I took it apart again and gave it a clean with a toothbrush and some WD40, since then it has worked for a little over 4 years with no problems at all!! You never know, you might be lucky with it!
I once dropped my phone down a toilet (thankfully before I used it!!)
Being the sort of person that I am, naturally, I took it apart, left it on a radiator for a few days to dry out, and it worked ok (ish). After a few months I took it apart again and gave it a clean with a toothbrush and some WD40, since then it has worked for a little over 4 years with no problems at all!! You never know, you might be lucky with it!
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Lightning... wnat you need to do is make sure the phone is off (it bloody well should be after that ordeal) and let it dry out completely.
and let it dry naturally.
I went out int he rain once and got soaked...well..I was out and it started raining really, but you catch my drift.
I let it dry out and it works again now.
Lightning... wnat you need to do is make sure the phone is off (it bloody well should be after that ordeal) and let it dry out completely.
and let it dry naturally.
I went out int he rain once and got soaked...well..I was out and it started raining really, but you catch my drift.
I let it dry out and it works again now.
activist for HoPper liberation.
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Location: ffidrac
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Location: ffidrac
Posted:
are your phone numbers stored on the memory card or on the phone do you know? because am pretty sure the phone folks would be able to retrieve the data off of that pretty easily, i don't think they can get wiped through washing. but yeah, would be worth waiting to see if it dries out
are your phone numbers stored on the memory card or on the phone do you know? because am pretty sure the phone folks would be able to retrieve the data off of that pretty easily, i don't think they can get wiped through washing. but yeah, would be worth waiting to see if it dries out
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
The phone is good and dry. I left it on top of the dryer today...then placed it about 40 cm from the stove and left the burner on. It's dead. It turns on over and over again when you plug it in. If you unplug it and try to power it on, nothing happens except the little red light blinks. The phone is dead. Good riddance. Never liked it much, anyway.
Which is fine. I replaced it today. And like this phone MUCH better.
But the phone book...
There is no memory card because this isn't one of those civilized cellphone-using countries like they have in Europe where the memory chip is easily removable. The phone book is gone.
The phone is good and dry. I left it on top of the dryer today...then placed it about 40 cm from the stove and left the burner on. It's dead. It turns on over and over again when you plug it in. If you unplug it and try to power it on, nothing happens except the little red light blinks. The phone is dead. Good riddance. Never liked it much, anyway.
Which is fine. I replaced it today. And like this phone MUCH better.
But the phone book...
There is no memory card because this isn't one of those civilized cellphone-using countries like they have in Europe where the memory chip is easily removable. The phone book is gone.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
veteran
1,325 posts
Location: San Diego, California, USA
1,325 posts
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Posted:
I wish I could conviniently do that to my cell phone... I have managed to crash my phone while it's shutting down.
I wish I could conviniently do that to my cell phone... I have managed to crash my phone while it's shutting down.
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Former Raver Invader... Not sure what i am now...
284 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
Former Raver Invader... Not sure what i am now...
284 posts
Location: Southern California, USA
Posted:
i've gone through a few cell phones...
cell phone #1: At a party there was:
me + intoxication + jacuzzi
...you can imagine how that went
cell phone #2: a similar situation to yours.... it went through the washer AND dryer and was in several pieces when i recovered it from a pocket in the dryer after hearing loud banging sounds coming from it
cell phone #3: set it on the handrail of the balcony at a friend's apartment, forgot about it, went inside, found it the next morning on the ground below... works like sh*t now but i don't plan on buying a new one. It's rockin that whole randomly shuts off about three times a day but i'm living with it...
i've gone through a few cell phones...
cell phone #1: At a party there was:
me + intoxication + jacuzzi
...you can imagine how that went
cell phone #2: a similar situation to yours.... it went through the washer AND dryer and was in several pieces when i recovered it from a pocket in the dryer after hearing loud banging sounds coming from it
cell phone #3: set it on the handrail of the balcony at a friend's apartment, forgot about it, went inside, found it the next morning on the ground below... works like sh*t now but i don't plan on buying a new one. It's rockin that whole randomly shuts off about three times a day but i'm living with it...
Clean for 6 months and counting... ah yeah, that's nice.
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old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
I thought I'd be all flash and get a tiny little one that I got only because it looked like a Star Trek communicator (original series).
I lost it for a few weeks down the lining of my jacket then glued the screen shut with gum.
Ew.
I thought I'd be all flash and get a tiny little one that I got only because it looked like a Star Trek communicator (original series).
I lost it for a few weeks down the lining of my jacket then glued the screen shut with gum.
Ew.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
funny you should that actually, my mum retrived my sister phone was the washing machine this morning, cept hers is ok. Its one of them brick nokias which you can lob underneath a steam roller and it would till be ok.
funny you should that actually, my mum retrived my sister phone was the washing machine this morning, cept hers is ok. Its one of them brick nokias which you can lob underneath a steam roller and it would till be ok.
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
*sees is she can Mike laugh*
True story (not the c@ntus kind of true, either)
When I read the title I thought it said "cellophane". And I was reading your little adventure with a washing machine and your "cellophane" and I was thinking " what is he on about!?"
It wasn't until you mentioned that you have to spend $320 buying a new "cellophane" that I realised you were talking about your mobile phone
*takes bow*
*sees is she can Mike laugh*
True story (not the c@ntus kind of true, either)
When I read the title I thought it said "cellophane". And I was reading your little adventure with a washing machine and your "cellophane" and I was thinking " what is he on about!?"
It wasn't until you mentioned that you have to spend $320 buying a new "cellophane" that I realised you were talking about your mobile phone
*takes bow*
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Lightnning, do you not have a sim card?
surely that cant just be a UK thing.
Lightnning, do you not have a sim card?
surely that cant just be a UK thing.
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veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
i found my phone submerged in a puddle in my tent at a festival this summer. we experienced the tail-end of a hurricane on the last day and my tent leaked left right and centre.
i took the phone home and set the hairdryer on it for about half an hour.
the phone's working fine again, all except the volume, which is non-existant. the phone lights up when i've an incoming call, and sometimes vibrates. it vibrates when i get a text, and it also lights up, and sometimes makes a teeny weenie little peeping sound, like it's trying it's best to communicate with me.
i now miss most of my calls, but i've got used to having a silent phone, i like it this way
i found my phone submerged in a puddle in my tent at a festival this summer. we experienced the tail-end of a hurricane on the last day and my tent leaked left right and centre.
i took the phone home and set the hairdryer on it for about half an hour.
the phone's working fine again, all except the volume, which is non-existant. the phone lights up when i've an incoming call, and sometimes vibrates. it vibrates when i get a text, and it also lights up, and sometimes makes a teeny weenie little peeping sound, like it's trying it's best to communicate with me.
i now miss most of my calls, but i've got used to having a silent phone, i like it this way
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
I sympathise as this has happened to me too. I gave up and stopped getting new ones. You don't need em anyway. Freedom is, not having a cell phone!
I sympathise as this has happened to me too. I gave up and stopped getting new ones. You don't need em anyway. Freedom is, not having a cell phone!
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
Pooh-Bah
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol
Posted:
i was at a folk festival on my way to dance with some people and my brother suggested it would be a good idea to put an (open) carton of orange juice in my bag to save money on buying drinks....
very VERY bad idea.
i was at a folk festival on my way to dance with some people and my brother suggested it would be a good idea to put an (open) carton of orange juice in my bag to save money on buying drinks....
very VERY bad idea.
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
UCOF, SIM cards are just starting to be put in phones here. The brand-new phone I bought yesterday doesn't have one, either.
Like I said, this is not a civilized country like the UK.
UCOF, SIM cards are just starting to be put in phones here. The brand-new phone I bought yesterday doesn't have one, either.
Like I said, this is not a civilized country like the UK.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I think that had it just been the washing machine, I might be able to resurrect the phone. I think it's the half hour it spent in the dryer on high heat that did it in.
I think that had it just been the washing machine, I might be able to resurrect the phone. I think it's the half hour it spent in the dryer on high heat that did it in.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
oh well.... things could have been worse.... you could have accidently lost it when performing surgery on a patient....
oh well.... things could have been worse.... you could have accidently lost it when performing surgery on a patient....
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Reminds me of a great get-well card I once saw.
"Great news! The doctors say your operation went well!"
(and on in the inside)
"Oh, and don't worry. That missing pager will show up somewhere."
Reminds me of a great get-well card I once saw.
"Great news! The doctors say your operation went well!"
(and on in the inside)
"Oh, and don't worry. That missing pager will show up somewhere."
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
well i hope some of the above work as my oldest son went through the brook with his phone in his poket.... as of yet we can not get it working but i may just take it apart and see whats going on with it
well i hope some of the above work as my oldest son went through the brook with his phone in his poket.... as of yet we can not get it working but i may just take it apart and see whats going on with it
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
not a stranger
558 posts
Location: wales
558 posts
Location: wales
Posted:
My kid, whoes phone is his whole life, fell in the river and wrecked one. We tried drying it and everything but it was no good.
Another time he dropped it in his beer, he thought he'd done it again, but it was ok that time.
Personally I won't have one, I hate phones, they scare me.
My kid, whoes phone is his whole life, fell in the river and wrecked one. We tried drying it and everything but it was no good.
Another time he dropped it in his beer, he thought he'd done it again, but it was ok that time.
Personally I won't have one, I hate phones, they scare me.
Eat when you're hungry
Sleep where it's dry
No one is ever what they seem
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lovable smart-ass
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
Posted:
yes we have sim cards in austria, germany and russia as well
i lost my last phone by being drunk and on a paddleboat, u imagine the rest....
yes we have sim cards in austria, germany and russia as well
i lost my last phone by being drunk and on a paddleboat, u imagine the rest....
"is optimism in austria just a lack of information?"
-Alfred Dorfer
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
But Konsti, I thought your phone was a waterproof brick?
OH WHY DONT THEWY MAKE PHONES THAT FLOAT???
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
But Konsti, I thought your phone was a waterproof brick?
OH WHY DONT THEWY MAKE PHONES THAT FLOAT???
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
Pooh-Bah
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
2,354 posts
Location: Away from home
Posted:
they would be burnt as witches UCoF
that is why
*nods sagely*
they would be burnt as witches UCoF
that is why
*nods sagely*
not just a juggler...
101 posts
Location: edinburgh
101 posts
Location: edinburgh
Posted:
i dropped my phone in a glass of water, dried it out and it gradually started working again...
only now, it plays all the ringtones double speed and ever so slightly out of tune...
i dropped my phone in a glass of water, dried it out and it gradually started working again...
only now, it plays all the ringtones double speed and ever so slightly out of tune...
"look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man and work like a dog"
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
it does make you wonder what's in the water doesn't it
Written by: Lillie Frog
My kid, whoes phone is his whole life, fell in the river and wrecked one. We tried drying it and everything but it was no good.
Another time he dropped it in his beer, he thought he'd done it again, but it was ok that time.
Personally I won't have one, I hate phones, they scare me.
it does make you wonder what's in the water doesn't it
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
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grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
grumpy poorly froggy
3,999 posts
Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom
Posted:
i think they are going to, have you seen the new phones develpoed especially for mountain bikers.... very cool, water proof so call smash proof etc sounds like a damn good idea although i love my SPV
Written by: Unsaturated Carpets Of Freedom
But Konsti, I thought your phone was a waterproof brick?
OH WHY DONT THEWY MAKE PHONES THAT FLOAT???
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
i think they are going to, have you seen the new phones develpoed especially for mountain bikers.... very cool, water proof so call smash proof etc sounds like a damn good idea although i love my SPV
Life's too short to worry about where you put your marshmallows
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
hmm... i think some phones are pretty sturdy already... i saw some kids playing... well.... basketball... with their phones, as much as that's possible (they don't bounce incredibly well) but there were no bits and pieces flying off, and i can only presume that they continued working
hmm... i think some phones are pretty sturdy already... i saw some kids playing... well.... basketball... with their phones, as much as that's possible (they don't bounce incredibly well) but there were no bits and pieces flying off, and i can only presume that they continued working
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