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My wife, god bless her, managed to leave her new phone (Samsung Galaxy) lying in a pool of water in the kitchen. I dried it carefully by hand then left it overnight in a bag of oven-dried rice.

Everything works, except as a phone. If I call it, it rings perfectly (it didn't before) but if you answer it, all you can hear is static/white noise. So, not much use as a phone....

What are my options? Junk it? Send it to Samsung for repair? Claim for a new one against my house insurance?

Cheers

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[quote user="Chancer"]

Everything works, except as a phone.

 

Just about sums up my view of my new soi disant "smart"phone [:(]

 

Never made nor recieved a call or a texto on:with it in 3 months, my proper mobile phone still warrants its monopoly for that [:P]

[/quote]

Not if you chuck it in water it won't [:D]

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There is hope!

After another few hours in the rice, I could almost make a successful - MUCH less static/white noise.

So, I've re-dried the rice, and buried the phone again, this time overnight.

Fingers crossed

(Chancer, I only started with smartphones, because my son insisted on giving me his old one. Now, I find them essential sometimes. Patience, it'll grow on you)

Cheers

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May be borked beyond any home remedies.

https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s7-not-quite-waterproof-torture-tests-reveal/

Ironically manufacturers seem promote waterproofing and immersibility (is that a word ?) as a top feature however research amongst customers doesn't place it in the top 10 of desirable or must have features.

I suppose that's what happens when a technology matures and killer features are hard to come by.

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[quote user="AnOther"]May be borked beyond any home remedies.

https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s7-not-quite-waterproof-torture-tests-reveal/

Ironically manufacturers seem promote waterproofing and immersibility (is that a word ?) as a top feature however research amongst customers doesn't place it in the top 10 of desirable or must have features.

I suppose that's what happens when a technology matures and killer features are hard to come by.

[/quote]People do not always know whats best for them but I bet the insurers breath a sigh of relief as liquid damage isn't always covered.

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Bingo, oh ye of little faith

Despite all you doomsayers, the rice treatment worked. (Probably because it was arborio.) SWMBO's phone is now working, as well as it did before.

Maybe I should wrap it now in a plastic bag?

Cheers, all

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To be fair to the dear lady, she was actually in hospital at the time, not feeling her best, and the water was a spill on her bedside table. (I only said kitchen to make things simple).

And hanging from a cord round her neck is not an option - if she won't do that for her glasses, she'll NEVER do it for her phone. Maybe one of the rugged-ised, SAS-type phones is the answer after all. Mind, she'd probably see it as a challenge...

On second thoughts, no.

Cheers

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