Today I'm going to be trivial and materialistic. OK I'm probably both of those things a lot of the time because my actions rarely match my ideals. You will possibly remember (well you will if you read my Tuesday post) that I dropped my HTC smartphone down the loo. Did you know that that is one of the most common reasons for cellphones being claimed for on insurance? Well that's what I read. Anyway after being in a box of rice for a few days and then in the heat of the sun for a day I took my courage in both hands last night, put the battery and SIM car back in and switched it on. It worked. The information on it was backed up so I wasn't worried about that but it does mean that the £500 replacement cost has been saved.
So today I'm truly thankful for the fact that my cellphone is alive and well.
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Hooray. Very pleased your solution worked. Perhaps it's an Asian phone if it enjoys rice and sun.
ReplyDeleteSo rice and sun is the cure? Good to know - should I ever happen to be in the same situation (rather unlikely, since the only times I have my mobile in a pocket of what I am wearing, it is my padded winter coat... and I usually don't go to the loo wearing that).
ReplyDeleteGood for you! Laughing at CJs comment...
ReplyDeleteGreat. So pleased that you have been saved from another £500 outlay.
ReplyDeleteIt obviously works for cheaper phones (£100)too. As you know, I did the same thing a few weeks ago but after 10 days drying out on a windowledge above a radiator, it too sprang into life when put together. The only difference being that now when it "bing bongs" on the arrival of a text, it makes a distinctly grumpy and growly sound. Sore throat perhaps?!
I like CJ's comment. Glad the rice worked. But that might have been a bit more difficult had the item been a damp vacuum cleaner (no, I didn't drop it down the loo). The hot water cupboard worked for that job.
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