Monday, May 15

Water + Gadgets + Me = ERROR!

I spent most of Sunday trying to repair my phone after I dropped it in the toilet! (Don't ask how, and yes the water was clean!!).
I could have screamed at the time, - I went to put it on the unit in the bathroom and it fell out of my hand. Everything then went into slow motion as it bounced off the unit, hit the toilet seat then plopped into the water. To be honest my hand was in there so quick to rescue it I don't think I'd have even had time to react if the water wasn't clean! (eww!!). As I picked it up the screen faded and went off, leaving me fearing the worst...
I removed all the obvious things like battery, sim and memory card before going at the lot with a hairdrier. Half an hour later I was still no further forward with the phone showing no signs of life at all. I then turned to the Internet and things began to look up. Internet forums are priceless for times like this and I soon discovered a video showing how to remove the various facias from the phone, i.e. they're not actually designed to be removed by Joe Public. Again I went at it with the hairdryer to no avail.
I noticed there were a couple of specialised screws still in place holding the circuit boards together, so I figured I had nothing to lose and removed them too. After a quick blast of the hairdrier...SUCCESS it came back to life!
I managed to get the whole thing back together and so far (touch wood), everything's fine again. Maybe the optional Orange Care insurance wouldn't be such a bad idea after all, given my track record....Remember my digital camera is still dead (and in bits), from when I dropped it in a hot tub earlier this year!!! Note to self: Never borrow any expensive electrical gadgets off anyone!

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