If I ever drop THAT in my coffee...I'm done.
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Coffee is good. Cell phones are good.
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If I ever drop THAT in my coffee...I'm done.
IndyBeerman
Was a real life Beerman.....
Years ago Mrs. IBM ran a load of laundry with out checking the pockets
, get where I'm going with this.
Well she had evidently put her old Samsung flip phone in the pocket of a fleece jacket and neglected to check the pockets before putting the clothing into the washer.
Fast forward 10 minutes later and I'm heading towards the garage refrigerator to grab some cold Cole Zero's and out the corner of my right eye I see a flash, so I stop and look into the laundry room. Then I see another flash and WTF thoughts is going through my head. I walk in and all of a sudden I see the flash come out of the clear door of the washer. I quickly stop the laundry, start pulling out wet clothes and throwing them into the laundt sink all while yelling at Mrs. IBM to come here.
As she comes around the door way I'm pulling her phone out, camera flash on, screen all white. I immediatly throw it in a shamee and run to the office to get a can of compressed air and the micro screw driver set.
15 minutes later I have a disassembled phone on the desk and I'm blowing as much of the water off and out of it as possible. I then lay it on a fine mesh screen and turn up the furnace and leave it there for 2 hours while opening some windows to keep from burning up.
After the 2 hours I turn the furnace back down but turn the fan on high and leave it there for all night.
But during that 2 hours I made Mrs. IBM go through living H E double L because this was the 3rd cell phone in 4 months that she had decided to take it through her own personal Good Housekeeping seal of approval test.
The first two died violent deaths, one the result of the extended drop of death, she decided to catch a pic of me while leaning over the railing @ Embassy Suites in downtown Indy while standing outside the room we had for our honeymoon, the would be room 1119, yep, 11 floor drop. There was a moment of silence for it.
The second was dropped into a chipper/shredder when she decided to see what time it was. I guess it was kill your phone time.
As everyone knows, replacing a phone with no insurance is pricey, so all I could think of while this one was drying out was here we go again, another expensive replacement.
Well, after 2 days on the vent I decide to put it all back together, insert battery and hit the power button and wait for the moment of truth.
10 seconds later I have a fully functional phone in my hands. It still sits in her desk as a the second backup phone. I do not let get rid of her old phone, it is to remain in the house as a backup incase she trashes another one.
Lessons will be learned, unfortunately sometimes it cost ya money.
JetGirl, glad you have a backup phone, and hope the rice brings it back to life.
, get where I'm going with this.Well she had evidently put her old Samsung flip phone in the pocket of a fleece jacket and neglected to check the pockets before putting the clothing into the washer.
Fast forward 10 minutes later and I'm heading towards the garage refrigerator to grab some cold Cole Zero's and out the corner of my right eye I see a flash, so I stop and look into the laundry room. Then I see another flash and WTF thoughts is going through my head. I walk in and all of a sudden I see the flash come out of the clear door of the washer. I quickly stop the laundry, start pulling out wet clothes and throwing them into the laundt sink all while yelling at Mrs. IBM to come here.
As she comes around the door way I'm pulling her phone out, camera flash on, screen all white. I immediatly throw it in a shamee and run to the office to get a can of compressed air and the micro screw driver set.
15 minutes later I have a disassembled phone on the desk and I'm blowing as much of the water off and out of it as possible. I then lay it on a fine mesh screen and turn up the furnace and leave it there for 2 hours while opening some windows to keep from burning up.
After the 2 hours I turn the furnace back down but turn the fan on high and leave it there for all night.
But during that 2 hours I made Mrs. IBM go through living H E double L because this was the 3rd cell phone in 4 months that she had decided to take it through her own personal Good Housekeeping seal of approval test.
The first two died violent deaths, one the result of the extended drop of death, she decided to catch a pic of me while leaning over the railing @ Embassy Suites in downtown Indy while standing outside the room we had for our honeymoon, the would be room 1119, yep, 11 floor drop. There was a moment of silence for it.
The second was dropped into a chipper/shredder when she decided to see what time it was. I guess it was kill your phone time.
As everyone knows, replacing a phone with no insurance is pricey, so all I could think of while this one was drying out was here we go again, another expensive replacement.
Well, after 2 days on the vent I decide to put it all back together, insert battery and hit the power button and wait for the moment of truth.
10 seconds later I have a fully functional phone in my hands. It still sits in her desk as a the second backup phone. I do not let get rid of her old phone, it is to remain in the house as a backup incase she trashes another one.
Lessons will be learned, unfortunately sometimes it cost ya money.
JetGirl, glad you have a backup phone, and hope the rice brings it back to life.
Thanks. I'll let ya know.
Bad day thing part #2; Found out my eyesight changed enough to need bifocals. Good grief.
Hoosierdood
Grandmaster
Not gonna even talk about aging and how your eyesight gets worse as you get older, and bifocals are a sign that the end is near, and that you should just start looking now for a good walker. Nope, not even gonna mention that.
I hope you drink your coffee black, if not I hope you rinsed the phone really well in clean water and let it dry some before putting it in the rice. The rice will help to remove the moisture but if there is stuff like sugar or cream residue in there its not going to help. The residue will still foul the circuitry. An example is a little known trick for computer keyboards when stuff gets spilled on them or it they are just old and yuckie is to simply run it through a cycle in the dishwasher with no heat and no detergent. Then let it dry thoroughly and it will be like a brand new keyboard. I swear cross my heart try it...
Hey, don't pick on her! She made an honest booboo! At least she didn't trip over the plastic thingy underneath her computer chair, fall and break her foot! Which is now going recovering it's FIRST surgery and THIRD month of trying to heal!
Besides, the last time I was carrying in the house, I had it in my bathrobe pocket, sat down at the kitchen table to talk to Bill, and the thing promptly fell out of my pocket and onto the floor next to my chair. THANK GOD I always keep the safety on! Could have shot the poor man in HIS foot, then we'd have make a great pair of "unapods" for a while......
JG, if the rice and the convection oven don't work, according to our resident expert (who's death on cell phones) says to try putting in in the freezer for 24 hours, right after you blow dry it on HIGH with your hair dryer.
It seems to work for her from time to time. Dunno, the last time I did something like that to my cell, was many many many years ago. I sat in a puddle of mud outside, came in, stripped off the pants in the laundry room, and stuffed them into the washer and started it running. About 15 minutes later I needed to make a call....couldn't find my cell....she and I looked at each other and went "HOLY CRAP!!!" went fishing in the washer.... There it was, all safely tucked away in the pocket of my pants, soaking wet and completely water logged, dead as a door nail. But at least it was clean!
See guys, she COULD be worse!
Ok, edit time: Thank you IMB, I don't feel so bad now, even tho I no longer let my phone get anywhere near water of any kind. I've never dropped it further than 3 feet onto a carpeted rug, but almost lost it at the Grand Canyon once....
JG, got you beat on the eyesight one, I went from Bifocals, to Trifocals, then back to Bifocals, except that my eyes went from extremely nearsighted, to completely farsighted. Haven't figured that one out yet.
If you need a walker, wheelchair, crutches or potty seat, just let me know, I'll loan you one of mine. About the only thing I don't have is one of those little ridey scooters, which I'm working on, trust me. Bill can't figure out how to put a hitch on the back of his car tho, so I'll probably just use it at home. I use the ones at Walmart all the time, get the newer ones, they won't run out of juice halfway thru shopping. Hmmm, can't think of anything else, I left the Hospital Bed behind in CA, we just got RX'd a new Sleep# bed, the jury's still out on that one. And believe it or not (granted this was in CA...but...) many moons ago when my mom was still alive, she was RX'd a whirlpool hot tub to soak her arthritis in, the Ins Co even paid for THAT one as well. May be going for something like that in the near future, but have no clue where we'd put it. It won't fit in the extra room now that we have the new gun safe. And for some reason, I can't see myself streaking thru the backyard nakked while making a nose dive into the hot tub in the snow...I HATE snow!
Good luck, please keep us posted.
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Sorry to hear about the bad luck.You should try putting it in a bowl of uncooked rice.
Can't count how many times that remedy has been posted on INGO and now it really applies! Not gonna even talk about aging and how your eyesight gets worse as you get older, and bifocals are a sign that the end is near, and that you should just start looking now for a good walker. Nope, not even gonna mention that.
I snatched it out and yanked the battery out (which was dry...nothing seeped into that compartment yet...but the phone itself was a different story). I flushed everything out with isopropyl alcohol and zapped it with the hair dryer to evaporate stuff quicker. The people that looked at it seem to think that it'll be ok, so long as I leave it in the rice for at least 24 hours...but better if it stays 48.
Oh...and I put soy creamer in my coffee.
No thanks. I'm borrowing this one for people who make fun of old farts on Hoverounds®;
That's why I repped the first person who posted it.
Neg rep implied!!
I snatched it out and yanked the battery out (which was dry...nothing seeped into that compartment yet...but the phone itself was a different story). I flushed everything out with isopropyl alcohol and zapped it with the hair dryer to evaporate stuff quicker. The people that looked at it seem to think that it'll be ok, so long as I leave it in the rice for at least 24 hours...but better if it stays 48.
Oh...and I put soy creamer in my coffee.
No thanks. I'm borrowing this one for people who make fun of old farts on Hoverounds®;
That's why I repped the first person who posted it.
I heard somewhere that you are a real coffee connoisseur, I cant remember where but wasn't sure how you took it...
I heard somewhere that you are a real coffee connoisseur, I cant remember where but wasn't sure how you took it...
Filtered water. Fresh ground beans. French press/Vacuum pot/(gold screen as last resort). Sometimes black. Most times with a little vanilla (soy) creamer. Infrequent occasions with flavored syrup.
I wasn't picking on her, I've done the same things, that's why it was in purple, gotta admire her for posting this!!!Hey, don't pick on her! She made an honest booboo! At least she didn't trip over the plastic thingy underneath her computer chair, fall and break her foot! Which is now going recovering it's FIRST surgery and THIRD month of trying to heal!
Besides, the last time I was carrying in the house, I had it in my bathrobe pocket, sat down at the kitchen table to talk to Bill, and the thing promptly fell out of my pocket and onto the floor next to my chair. THANK GOD I always keep the safety on! Could have shot the poor man in HIS foot, then we'd have make a great pair of "unapods" for a while......
JG, if the rice and the convection oven don't work, according to our resident expert (who's death on cell phones) says to try putting in in the freezer for 24 hours, right after you blow dry it on HIGH with your hair dryer.
It seems to work for her from time to time. Dunno, the last time I did something like that to my cell, was many many many years ago. I sat in a puddle of mud outside, came in, stripped off the pants in the laundry room, and stuffed them into the washer and started it running. About 15 minutes later I needed to make a call....couldn't find my cell....she and I looked at each other and went "HOLY CRAP!!!" went fishing in the washer.... There it was, all safely tucked away in the pocket of my pants, soaking wet and completely water logged, dead as a door nail. But at least it was clean!
See guys, she COULD be worse!
Ok, edit time: Thank you IMB, I don't feel so bad now, even tho I no longer let my phone get anywhere near water of any kind. I've never dropped it further than 3 feet onto a carpeted rug, but almost lost it at the Grand Canyon once....
JG, got you beat on the eyesight one, I went from Bifocals, to Trifocals, then back to Bifocals, except that my eyes went from extremely nearsighted, to completely farsighted. Haven't figured that one out yet.
If you need a walker, wheelchair, crutches or potty seat, just let me know, I'll loan you one of mine. About the only thing I don't have is one of those little ridey scooters, which I'm working on, trust me. Bill can't figure out how to put a hitch on the back of his car tho, so I'll probably just use it at home. I use the ones at Walmart all the time, get the newer ones, they won't run out of juice halfway thru shopping. Hmmm, can't think of anything else, I left the Hospital Bed behind in CA, we just got RX'd a new Sleep# bed, the jury's still out on that one. And believe it or not (granted this was in CA...but...) many moons ago when my mom was still alive, she was RX'd a whirlpool hot tub to soak her arthritis in, the Ins Co even paid for THAT one as well. May be going for something like that in the near future, but have no clue where we'd put it. It won't fit in the extra room now that we have the new gun safe. And for some reason, I can't see myself streaking thru the backyard nakked while making a nose dive into the hot tub in the snow...I HATE snow!
Good luck, please keep us posted.
Update;
There's a slight shadow on the interior screen that's moved from being 1/2 the screen to just a sliver on the right. There's a bright streak across the bottom, almost like a camera flash mark, but it's very narrow.
The exterior screen shadow is completely gone, except for a dot about the size of a pencil point.
All functions work, with the exception that the number "4" key intermittently sticks.
Oh, and P.S.
The eyeglass place was supposed to have my glasses today, but they called and said "no such lurve"...gotta wait a few more.
There's a slight shadow on the interior screen that's moved from being 1/2 the screen to just a sliver on the right. There's a bright streak across the bottom, almost like a camera flash mark, but it's very narrow.
The exterior screen shadow is completely gone, except for a dot about the size of a pencil point.
All functions work, with the exception that the number "4" key intermittently sticks.
Oh, and P.S.
The eyeglass place was supposed to have my glasses today, but they called and said "no such lurve"...gotta wait a few more.
If there was a CTRL + button for IRL, I'd sooo be clicking that.
I'm probably going to sound seriously stupid on this suggestion, but please keep in mind that before joining INGO I hadn't been on a computer for oh....say...8 years or so. Being sick will do that to you. So I'm not up on all the gizmo's and dohicky things on it anymore. I'm having to relearn it all over again. At least my typing has come back, as well as my speed so that's a +. Other than that, either Bill or our daughter has to do it for me. She calls me a Technodinosaur, which is pretty correct unfortunately!
I accidentally discovered how to make the print on my computer screen larger or smaller, it was cool! I'm still using my desktop computer, the Laptops are a bit out of my league at the moment. I've got an external mouse on my desktop computer, (not one in the middle of the keyboard) and I discovered that if you hold the Ctrl button down while using the rolley thingy in the middle of the mouse, I can make my print larger or smaller, whichever one I want. I thought that was cool! So now I've got the print set at 16 (instead of 12) and altho I can't load as much on per page, I can definitely see the print on the screen better. Now if I could figure out why it spases out on me every once in a while and flips screens like the vertical hold control is shot (it usually stops after 30 to 45 seconds, but makes me nuts while it's doing it) I'd be a happy camper.
If you're talking about the print size on your phone, there is a way to do that, I just don't remember what it is. I can do it while typing emails from my phone, but that's about it. I would guess that it would work other places to, you'd just have to figure out how to make it do it. It could also just be the make and model of the phone I'm using. Bill's got a new iphone, and his print is downright dinky, our daughters is dinky too, (she's using a Pantech, but a newer model than mine, mine is the Ease) but mine is decent, at least I can read it without squinting. I can change the font on it too, I currently have it set on the "Gothic" mode. If you have AT&T, do what I did and call Tech Support from a regular land line (if you call 611 and listen for a couple of minutes it'll give you the #) call it and ask for Tech Support. If it can be done, they can walk you thru it. They help me out with stuff like that all the time, and it doesn't cost extra.
Just a suggestion, I don't know if it'll work, but it can't hurt to call and find out The worst they can tell you is that it can't be done. And if it can, you've just solved the problem.
Good luck!
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