Help - need phone apps AGAIN.

[bacon]

Washed my phone and it did not come back to life. New phone lost all contacts and apps. Here's the ones I remember:

ringdroid
skyvie
advanced task killer
net something or other anti virus I cannot remember

What have you been using and what is good. This is fucking intense.

 

[Cami]

You had me download NQ Mobile for anti virus.

 

[bacon]

yes NQ ty

 

[FairWarning]

android or iphone?

 

[Cami]

its a galaxy s lll

 

[bacon]

android

 

[FreeFall]

get the phone apart fromt he battery and other components and leave it in a bowl of rice in the fridge for two days. DO THIS NOW!

 

[bacon]

we should have tried 2 days, we left it in there for awhile, ty FF I'll keep u posted.

 

[Saulty]

Steve you need to get the app that warns you when you put your phone in the washer. Like a stupid message pops on your laptop saying:"Dumbass you put me under water!"

 

[Matty]

4 out of 5 Gamelive posters recommend against machine-washing your phone.

 

[bacon]

fu both

 

[FreeFall]

we should have tried 2 days, we left it in there for awhile, ty FF I'll keep u posted.

the rice absorbs the water but the process is slowed down because of the cooler environment of your fridge. This is a good thing to prevent the water from moving anywhere new and just being slowly absorbed by the rice.

BOL. I've seen the rice trick perform miracles, but it doesn't always win.

 

[bacon]

I appreciate it FF. It turns on but the screen stays gray and looks all fucked up, no display.

 

[Saulty]

I used the rice treatment on a dumb phone (like the ones pre iphone era) and it worked but I have yet to see it work on a smart phone. I think once the water gets into the touch screen it's history.

 

[MrX]

My evo has been dunked 3 times, including one where I had to climb way down a tree before retrieving it from the stream. No worse for the wear.

I've seen a few other smartphones survive solid dunkings, too, and I've never actually seen anyone's croak from water damage. But, it's a small sample and doesn't include any washing-machine-type shenanigans.

 

[Saulty]

My evo has been dunked 3 times, including one where I had to climb way down a tree before retrieving it from the stream. No worse for the wear.

I've seen a few other smartphones survive solid dunkings, too, and I've never actually seen anyone's croak from water damage. But, it's a small sample and doesn't include any washing-machine-type shenanigans.

I heard stories of people dropping their smartphones in the toilet and surviving if pulled out quickly.

 

[Cami]

Well it sat in the washer for a good 10 minutes before I realized it. I quickly took it apart, dried it, and put it in rice. Though I noticed a few hours later he took it back out and tried to turn it on, so chances are he short circuited it. There is water in the touch screen, I really don't think it's going to survive this time.

 

[bacon]

I used the rice treatment on a dumb phone (like the ones pre iphone era) and it worked but I have yet to see it work on a smart phone. I think once the water gets into the touch screen it's history.

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