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albal

Legendary Member
Location
Dorset
Hi ,
Stupid or even careless me drop the BB bold 9700 in the dog water bowl, what a place to put it.<
I put the hairdryer on it first, seemed ok till i try to use the trackpad. NO DEAL. wont do a thing. Sunday read about the rice trick so as of 24 hrs ago it is buried in rice battery out. Am crossing fingers but am not convinced , anyone similar tale ? and if so was it successful? It's a payg so no contract and no phone insurance.
Thanks
 
What is a BB? Bottom Bracket, Broadband...does not compute if it has a trackball & battery. EDIT:sad:Blackberry?)

Whatever it is, the first thing should have to been to turn it off & remove the battery. Running electricity through water tends to short things out inside the device.

I dropped my phone into a pint, quick turn off & remove battery, rinse and then onto a warm window sill for an afternoon before popping it into rice for 48 hours. It survived.

I hope your whatsit does too, but if it happens again - remove the power source quickly to maximise the chance of drying it out successfully.
 

Zoof

New Member
Location
Manchester
There is an article on crack blackberry

telling you the best way to deal with your prob.

Read it first, before putting back Batt


good luck Zoof
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
I've dropped 2 smartphone in the bath... first one, I actually turned on, to see how badly it didn't work... both were sorted out by taking to bits, ie battery out, cover off, and 24+ hrs in the airing cupboard. Both returned to full functionality.
 

Zoof

New Member
Location
Manchester

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