[cjaylol]

Well i recently purchased a blackberry bold for my son a week before christmas, as you can assume he was very excited about it and has been using it all the time since then, unfortunately he was listening to music on it when he went to use the washroom, it fell into the toilet. He didn't know what to do but immediately took it out of the toilet, and did a quick dry with a towel, he then foolishly put the battery back in and attempted to turn the phone on. It turned on but immediately turned off, he tried once more and this time it worked but the phone wasn't working properly so he took the battery out. Then he proceeded to blow dry it on high with my blow dryer and then once again put the battery in the phone, but this time he told me he heard a hissing noise when he connected the phone and it started to burn up so he immediately removed the battery. Now he finally came to me and tells me what happened and i take the sim card out and dry it as well as the battery and the phone carefully and thorough and now have set it to dry in a bowl of rice. I believe the phone has probably short circuited and am wondering if there is anything i can do to hopefully save the phone. Unfortunately i don't have insurance and worst of all the phone was on a 3 year plan and to cancel the plan of the phone will cost me over $1000 and i just don't have that kind of money, is there anything i can do to save the phone? Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me with this situation.

[juwaack68]

If he kept putting the battery in it and heard a hissing noise you may be out of luck.

Give this a read: Got Your BlackBerry Wet? - BlackBerryFAQ

[BallHawk3]

if u can open it up, get some contact cleaner and clean the board of the phone, clean up all the corrosion you see (green and white mold looking stuff on contacts and components on the board) and possibly any rust you might see.

This MIGHT help depending on the damage to the phone. I've gotten phones to work pretty much like normal after doing this. But if you heard hissing thats pretty bad, the phone probably got fried so i'm sure some things will prob never work again.

Always remember, it's power (electricity) and liquid that damges the phone! If you got power to a phone and it gets went, thats how it gets damaged. Normally best thing to do is to pull the battery about ASAP and make sure its dried completely.

[tennlotteryman]

Sounds like your phone maybe fired just follow the attempts to fix it with the rice but if that does not work and I know money is an issue you may be able to get a replacement phone off the sites buy/sell/trade for less.

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[tsac]

I would buy an older BB online and put the SIM in it. I would not give him another new unit. By doing this at least you wonxxx8217;t have to loose the money to a contract.
You could also show him the real world and have him wait for 3 years to get another phone or make him pay for the cost of the replacement. It may give him an incentive to be more careful if he has some investment in its life.

[unbb]

Ok, I had a little mishap this weekend with a pool, me, and my curve. Rather than start a new thread, I will ask here.

When I got it out of the water, it was still on. Seconds later the battery, sim, and memory card were out, it was toweled off. Stickers are not fully stained (maybe the silicone cover helped). 12 hours later, I powered it on, all worked. I took it back apart and another 12 hours later and some time sitting over my cars defrost vent (three hours while driving), I used it. The earpiece is the only bad thing, will it ever come back? The volume is very low. It is now in a ziplock bag with rice over a heat source (not hot...very warm). Will I need to replace the earpiece speaker?

[akosnitzky]

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

There are happy story endings regarding this. I doubt your earpiece situation will improve.

[Artem85]

I drope my Gphone in water. It broken and not working now (

[unbb]

Originally Posted by akosnitzky

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

There are happy story endings regarding this. I doubt your earpiece situation will improve.

Woohoo! Chemical drying agents rock! My curve is saved and fully functional.

[dc/dc]

Originally Posted by Artem85

I drope my Gphone in water. It broken and not working now (

Congratulations.

[lukecage]

I have a good story regarding dropping one in the drink. 10 feet of water to be exact. I disassembled my unit and allowed it to air out. I bought another phone, thinking the first one was toast. Five days later I re-assembled my phone and to my surprise it worked again. I'm not saying that this will work for you, but give it a try.

[Flava dave]

I dropped my blackberry bold in the toliet as well, took it out and disassembled it, and tried drying it up for a few days, but after i put it back together it showed a blank white screen and then went off, and now it wont come on. I tried a few times after that, and still nothing. is this water damage repairable? or is the phone done? someone please help

[Chinookman]

If you heard a hissing sound that is not good..... what you heard was high battery amperage flow to places outside of normal circuit paths and short circuited components.
If a full drying out after a long time actually returns the phone to service please share the good news as other have.......but the hissing sound pretty much sounds like fried components and don't know of any repair facilities or if BB has reasonable prices for such repairs. I would think replacing the ckt. board would be a straight forward job for BB if they do such things........worth a try I think......

Or if you're frisky about it maybe a ebay buy of used phone and swap parts or if it's a good phone unlock it and swap sims maybe good luck.......