http://www.legalpracticepro.com/drown-your-cell-phone-heres-how-to-fix-it/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/drown-your-cell-phone-heres-how-to-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 kdt Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:42:57 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1638#comment-2010 The best way I've found -- and I've done this two or three times, including to an iPod Touch that went through a complete wash cycle (not mine, my son's) -- is to put the piece of equipment in a bag of uncooked rice. (Hair dryer, toweling off are fine, but won't get deep into the device's innards). You need to use the old-style, uncooked rice, not the quick-cooking variety. Let it sit there for two or three days. You've seen rice in salt shakers in humid climates? That's because rice naturally absorbs moisture. See here for more: <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/dry-out-your-soaked-gadgets-in-rice-269427.php" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/dry.....</a> The best way I've found — and I've done this two or three times, including to an iPod Touch that went through a complete wash cycle (not mine, my son's) — is to put the piece of equipment in a bag of uncooked rice. (Hair dryer, toweling off are fine, but won't get deep into the device's innards). You need to use the old-style, uncooked rice, not the quick-cooking variety. Let it sit there for two or three days. You've seen rice in salt shakers in humid climates? That's because rice naturally absorbs moisture. See here for more: http://lifehacker.com/software/macgyver-tip/dry…..

]]> http://www.legalpracticepro.com/drown-your-cell-phone-heres-how-to-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 JayFleischman Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:53:57 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1638#comment-2009 No fix is perfect, Andrew. I've done the chlorine trick too, but that was years ago with a BlackBerry. No fix is perfect, Andrew. I've done the chlorine trick too, but that was years ago with a BlackBerry.

]]> http://www.legalpracticepro.com/drown-your-cell-phone-heres-how-to-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Andrew Keir Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:31:46 +0000 http://www.legalpracticepro.com/?p=1638#comment-2008 I always managed to get mine in the pool somehow. There's no coming back once chlorine gets involved. I always managed to get mine in the pool somehow. There's no coming back once chlorine gets involved.

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