Posted by MB_AZ on 4/30/06 12:52pm
Msg #116851

Accidently washed my cell phone yesterday.....

anyone else ever done that? It didn't survive.

Reply by MB_AZ on 4/30/06 12:53pm
Msg #116852

In the washing machine n/m

Reply by NotaryGirl71 on 4/30/06 1:01pm
Msg #116853

Re: In the washing machine

No...but I have come close to it falling in the toilet!! YUCK...

Is your sim card able to be saved? FYI - That's the computer chip that holds all of your phone numbers.

Reply by MB_AZ on 4/30/06 1:05pm
Msg #116854

Re: In the washing machine

It doesn't have a sim card. I guess I'm in the market for a new cell phone....off to the Verizon store.

Reply by BrendaTx on 4/30/06 1:35pm
Msg #116861

Re: In the washing machine

Since in AZ - it should have been dried out by now. I have submerged more than one phone...they all dried out the next day. Took it apart and left it open.

Reply by GenB_CA on 4/30/06 3:22pm
Msg #116880

Re: In the washing machine

I've seen this happen twice. My bother's phone dried out and worked fine for a couple more years. More recently, my husband's phone went through the machine and didn't fair so well. It got donated to the toybox.

Reply by LkArrowhd/CA on 4/30/06 2:08pm
Msg #116867

Re: In the washing machine School nurse dropped hers in

the toilet, it didn't survive either, of course one might ask who would want it to?

Reply by Korey Humphreys on 4/30/06 3:43pm
Msg #116881

I spilt coffee on mine two days ago......

and I was devastated! My phone wouldn't go past the Verizon screen and would read something like "Genuine Battery only", and it started to count down from 5 seconds (at which point it automatically shut off).

I went to my parents apartment (second floor from me) and asked them to use their battery. (They have similar phones that use the same exact battery.) Again, same message!

I was devastated because the number I use is registered everywhere! All my clients have it, business associates, etc. Not to mention that my phone has like 100 numbers that I don't remember off the top of my head!

Luckily after using a hair blower and shaking the hell out of it, it turned on later that night. THANK GOD! I've dropped this phone countless times, and yet, to this day, after two years, it works perfectly and is in perfect condition.

Reply by NJ_Notary on 4/30/06 1:29pm
Msg #116860

feel you pain.... flushed the keys down the toilet once how n/m

Reply by Bonnie_CO on 5/1/06 10:24am
Msg #116965

Dropped keys in the outhouse toilet at the lake...

of course it had the truck key, camper key and boat key on it....thought the old man was gonna kill me! LOL!

Reply by NCLisa on 4/30/06 5:22pm
Msg #116896

I did that about 2 years ago. It wouldn't turn on, so I opened it up and blew it dry and it started working again. It had a couple kinks in it for about 2 weeks, then it was as good as new.

Reply by John_NorCal on 4/30/06 9:22pm
Msg #116914

I dropped one into a swimming pool once while I was officiating a swim meet. I had one of the swimmers dive in and retrieve it for me. Once it dried out, it worked fine for a couple of more years.

Reply by MonicaFL on 5/1/06 6:20am
Msg #116924

I pay a little extra each month for insurance - thatway,if anything at all happens to it I can get it replaced for free. Just food for thought.

Reply by SueW/Tn on 5/1/06 7:01am
Msg #116926

My sad tale involves the keys to the car....

Running errands, finishing up paperwork....time to do the laundry. Since my better half ran away I have ceased checking pockets before throwing things in the wash. Put in the load of shorts, tossed them into the dryer and heard this funny noise...suddenly it all became crystal clear....I had WASHED the key to my car! Ya'll know the one with that black triangular do-hickey with the buttons to turn off your alarm, open the trunk, the gas cap AND start the car...holy batman I was in a panic because I only have one key to that car. Got it out of the dryer and sorta looked at it for awhile, guess I thought it was going to talk to me. Because of the visions I had of trying to find a ride to the dealer to get another computerized key I put off "testing" it until the next day.....I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN IT WORKED! Needless to say I never put that key anywhere other than on the key rack when I'm in the house!

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/1/06 11:52am
Msg #116975

Re: My sad tale involves the keys to the car....

If you lock your keys in the car and you have one of those, call your spouse (assuming they have one of those things to your car) and have them push the button while you hold the phone to the car. Don't laugh...it works.

Reply by MB_AZ on 5/1/06 11:21am
Msg #116972

My cell phone came back to life! Thanks for all your stories n/m

Reply by ReneeK_MI on 5/2/06 5:08am
Msg #117104

AUGH! It was slightly more amusing reading this, than experiencing it. I just did the same thing last night. You'd think, after 20-odd years of being Mom to a BOY, you'd check pockets out of sheer habit ...

Reply by BrendaTx on 5/2/06 7:21am
Msg #117108

MB AZ - Cell phone thread put the hoo doo on mine.

Called T-Mobile for a phone. Mine quit taking a charge all of a sudden. With a two-year contract I could get my phone for $39.95 - Around $47 drive out. For $89 / one year contract...for no contract - $169.00.

I said no thanks and ordered it on eBay. Nicer phone $53.00 del'd to my door. We'll see. I don't want to be locked into ancient contracts.

Reply by Restless on 5/2/06 7:46pm
Msg #117310

I once dropped a cell phone in a toilet on a college campus. Needless to say, that phone went bye-bye.

It seems that whether or not the phone survives anything depends on how many times its been dropped. I used to drop my phone all the time. Then, one LCD screen would go out. Or it shut off by itself. Now I have insurance for my phone.