So...

[Lauren Hynde]

Let's say I accidentally dropped my cell phone in clean toilet water, where it was submerged for about 2 seconds before I realised what was happening. What is the standard operating procedure, other than getting down on my knees and praying to whatever supreme being that regulates the well-being of personal-communication devices?

 

[English Lady]

take out the battery, dry off what you can then leave it someplace for a while to totally dry out then put it back together and pray.


That's what I'd do anyway

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Let's say I accidentally dropped my cell phone in clean toilet water, where it was submerged for about 2 seconds before I realised what was happening. What is the standard operating procedure, other than getting down on my knees and praying to whatever supreme being that regulates the well-being of personal-communication devices?

Depends...

Do you use those little blue toilet discs?

ANd for future reference, remove the phone from your shirt pocket before kneeling down for a drink.

Q_C

 

[neonlyte]

take out the battery, dry off what you can then leave it someplace for a while to totally dry out then put it back together and pray.


That's what I'd do anyway

It worked with mine Lauren And yes... I had flushed.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Do you use those little blue toilet discs?

I do, but due to an unfortunate health condition, I have been using the facilities so often recently that the effect wears off faster than I can buy them. So, let's say the water was perfectly clear to the naked eye.

Thanks, EL and Neon. This is, of course, a purely hypothetical question. I would never do something as silly as dropping my cell phone in the toilet. But in any case, I followed your advices.

 

[Alessia Brio]

ANd for future reference, remove the phone from your shirt pocket before kneeling down for a drink.

Q_C

Or to puke.









Not that I'd know.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Or to puke.









Not that I'd know.

Just for reference, in this hypothetical situation I simply had the phone on a belt-clip - a new cheap-ass Chinese-made belt-clip that unlike the old one, apparently doesn't clip that well to the belt. But thanks for the thought.

 

[S-Des]

I just did this a few weeks ago. I was doing a show with my band at a frat party outside in the sun. It was so hot that as soon as the set ended, I dropped my bass and ran off the stage, then dove into the pool. It was a big hit with the kids, they thought it was really cool. Then one of them pointed out that my cell phone was still on my hip . . . oops!

I took the battery out immediately and didn't turn it on for over 24 hours. When I tried, it didn't totally work (I thought it was toast). Then I took it completely apart and set it in front of a fan running at high speed for an hour. After that it was perfect. Don't try to turn it on while it's still drying or you might fry it. If you run it in front of a fan (or hair dryer) for a long time, it might not even take a day.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

So there is hope. Thank you.

 

[neonlyte]

I do, but due to an unfortunate health condition, I have been using the facilities so often recently that the effect wears off faster than I can buy them. So, let's say the water was perfectly clear to the naked eye.

Thanks, EL and Neon. This is, of course, a purely hypothetical question. I would never do something as silly as dropping my cell phone in the toilet. But in any case, I followed your advices.

Having solved that, we could really use this thread to sort ought which of those blue disc things is really best, mine last barely a week! In the old days you could guarantee they'd strip the glaze off the porcelain. I'm so totally arsed at being ripped off by shoddy toilet products. And toothpaste... have you ever stopped to think how expensive toothpaste is?

Hope you feel better soon Lauren

 

[672]

Damn phone got what was coming to it. Sinister things they are.

Communication. Pft. Who communicates anymore?

I'll never live in Communism.

 

[RogueLurker]

Let's say I accidentally dropped my cell phone in clean toilet water, where it was submerged for about 2 seconds before I realised what was happening. What is the standard operating procedure, other than getting down on my knees and praying to whatever supreme being that regulates the well-being of personal-communication devices?

Gabriel, the Archangel is the patron saint of telecommunications. http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php?letter=T

Good luck.

BTW ... I've hypothetically lost two pagers off a faulty belt clip (being on duty 7x24 sucked). Neither one hypothetically made it. *sigh* A plausible explanation, if you bring it back to a store (or worse the corporate secretary), is that you had put it on the back of the tank, then someone called ... causing it to vibrate and jump to its unfortunate demise. Very much like a lemming.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Having solved that, we could really use this thread to sort ought which of those blue disc things is really best, mine last barely a week! In the old days you could guarantee they'd strip the glaze off the porcelain. I'm so totally arsed at being ripped off by shoddy toilet products. And toothpaste... have you ever stopped to think how expensive toothpaste is?

You are so right! I need to start keeping track of the different brands and keep an updated chart.

And I just started on a special prescription toothpaste because my dentist says I apparently have some sort of fluoride insufficiency (not enough tap water?), so I have stopped to think how expensive it is. Sheesh!

Hope you feel better soon Lauren

Thanks, Neon. I've been hoping for that for 7 months now, and still not quite there yet. Been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, which isn't all that fun, but with time and copious amounts of cortisone, I'll get well. For now, I feel pretty good most of the day, but there's always 2-3 hours a day when the thought of seppuku seems almost appealing.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

To dry it out stick it in the microwave for three minutes - JUST KIDDING!
Best wishes . . .

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Gabriel, the Archangel is the patron saint of telecommunications. http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php?letter=T

Good luck.

Thanks!

BTW ... I've hypothetically lost two pagers off a faulty belt clip (being on duty 7x24 sucked). Neither one hypothetically made it. *sigh* A plausible explanation, if you bring it back to a store (or worse the corporate secretary), is that you had put it on the back of the tank, then someone called ... causing it to vibrate and jump to its unfortunate demise. Very much like a lemming.

I think the back-of-the-tank excuse only works for people who can face the tank while peeing.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

To dry it out stick it in the microwave for three minutes - JUST KIDDING!
Best wishes . . .

 

[RogueLurker]

I think the back-of-the-tank excuse only works for people who can face the tank while peeing.

If you could face the tank while peeing, you wouldn't be loose it in the first place

After the first one took at tumble, I got in the habit of taking the pager off my belt and putting it on the shelf, vanity or tank. It didn't help.

 

[Liar]

I do, but due to an unfortunate health condition, I have been using the facilities so often recently that the effect wears off faster than I can buy them. So, let's say the water was perfectly clear to the naked eye.

To play it safe, dunk it in water that you know is 100% clean and ruinse it off before you dry it. (But remove the battery first.) I mean, it's already soaked, so there is not much harm in re-soaking it once to rinse off anything that would be stuck after drying it. Like soap and dirt.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Just be glad it wasn't 6 Dairy Queen Dilly Bars that were in a bag you forgot you'd tossed your phone into, because your hands were full, and you forgot to put the ice cream in the freezer... didn't remember you'd done that until the next morning.... Sticky Cell Phone isn't good, and you can't eat the ice cream either.

 

[Guest]

Let's say I accidentally dropped my cell phone in clean toilet water, where it was submerged for about 2 seconds before I realised what was happening. What is the standard operating procedure, other than getting down on my knees and praying to whatever supreme being that regulates the well-being of personal-communication devices?

Oh, whoops, eh?

 

[neonlyte]

If you could face the tank while peeing, you wouldn't be loose it in the first place

Depends how far you have to lean forward to see where you're aiming

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Oh, whoops, eh?

PORTUGAL!

 

[Guest]

PORTUGAL!

*wanders off, muttering something obscene about Ronaldo... mutter... mumble... dirty...*

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I'm happy to report that the cell phone has survived the hypothetical submersion and is working perfectly, with no recollection of the incident.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

Congratulations!!!!