I was performing some maintenance on my pool, with my Curve in my pocket. I took a misstep and fell into the water.

The first thing that I thought about was my BB, that it was ruined. as when I took it out of my socked pocket, I saw the screen flash, a green light on the LED, then blackness.

But I remembered what I had learned from the forums, and immediately removed the battery, and began to shake as much water out as humanly possible.

I just knew it was dead when I saw the moisture inside the screen!!!, but I searched the forums, and the internet. and came upon a page about placing it in rice, but like someone who was willing to go to the extremes to save a true companion, I poured a bowl of rice and placed the phone in it. the next morning most of the moisture was gone, when I put the battery in it started but there were water lines throughout the screen , so back to the rice it went, and thoughts of the successor were going through my mind.

That night I tried again, this time all I got was the dreaded red light, or a completely white screen (It's Dead, 3 months to go on the contract.) but back in the rice it went.

The next morning I put the battery in, it started right up no watermarks, back to its old self.

To sum it up: Soaked blackberry can be saved, just takes some time, and possible some rice.

Ha. yea. I kept mine in the rice for 3 days just so I wouldn't take any chances. It works perfectly fine now, as if it's never touched water in its lifetime.

Wirelessly posted (overwhelmingly stressed)

Op's biggest mistake trying the BB without it being in rice and a warm environment less than 24 hours

Certainly glad the BB is alive and well.

Wirelessly posted (Its All About the U!)

Good success story. I have NOT been as fortunate.

Yeap. After mine fell into the pool, i threw it into rice and its ALIVE!!!

This is my fourth Blackberry Actually.
First one, i got pissed and someone.. I threw, missed and it exploded in the wall.
Second one, i nuked it and whole thing (MO board dead) somehow....
Third one.. I smashed it by accident while having a game of soccer...
Fourth one... Sparking fine till now..

Those poor 'Berrys!! You should start taking better care of them, I mean they take pretty good care of you, don't they?

Yea. *heartbreak*
Cant get a Otterbox though. They dont let me ship to my country. :(

I once washed a 80gb Ipod in the washing machine. I figured it was ruined so I put it in the dryer with the wet clothes and dried it. It came out working fine. It was clean too.

Aren't we supposed to have a beer button?

Quick Post: I left my Cingular branded BlackBerry 8700c (got it about five years ago) in the pocket of a snowboarding shell/jacket I use as a raincoat (I don't snowboard, I ski.).

Not remembering it was in the pocket--which was zipped up with the flap folded over and secured with velcro--I washed the shell in a commercial front loading washing machine, then dried it in a similar machine.

As I was folding the dried laundry, I felt the 8700 in my pocket, took it out, and examined it. Lots of scratches on the front view screen, but other than that, no cracks anywhere. I still thought it was toast, so I put it in a box, and left it there for about six months.

Then, not having anything else better to do that day, I found it again while I was searching for something. I plugged it in to charge it, and it came to life immediately! After being washed *and* dried at my local laundromat! The handset speaker works, the speakerphone speaker works--and loud, too, just as loud as when I bought it, and the system works flawlessly.

The only thing I don't know about is the microphone element. I would suppose it probably works, too, but I have not tried it. I recently got a nice, red 8330m from my local Wal-Mart Sprint dealer, so I'm not using the 8700c anymore.

Just thought I'd share my experience. Our BlackBerrys sure are a tough lot, aren't they? Yes, they are!

Warm Regards,
Firefishe