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[gazzawazza]

Help! I've just put my Sony Ericsson mobile through programme number 5 in the washing machine!!! Has anyone done this and managed to save their phone? I've took the battery, sim and memory card out and right now it's on a radiator but any tips/suggestions would be gratefully received.

[Naomicorlett]

You are doing best thing . My mobile worked after a few days in airing cupboard!!

[daffy654]

If you have house contents insurance you may have to phone the company and ask to put in a claim for accidental damage.............I doubt the mobile will work again :(

[redcrx]

the sim should be ok, i once dropped mine down a portaloo.

ive dropped a couple of mobiles into water before now and they been fine once dried.

all you can do is hope

[gazzawazza]

Blimey! Thanks for the quick answers, all my fingers are crossed!

[JonnyBoy12]

Well, I have heard of cleaning up foul language, but this is ridiculous!

[dot.hawkes]

if it is a phone you can take the front and back off, do that aswell to make sure it dries out better

[dot.hawkes]

oh and here is a good tip, if you go rummaging in your wifes shoe boxes, see if you can find any silica gel sachets, if you do, put them on the phone's soft part where the battery goes to absorb the moisture that may be in the paper covering where it gives you the numbers of the phone etc.

[mccfluff]

sorry last time i dropped mine in the loo it died and i had to have a new one sent out...... (sim was ok though) and my mate did exactly the same sat night and hers is dead too

[daffy654]

The fact that the phone did a whole washing machine cycle (not just dropped in the loo etc) means it was immersed for quite a long time,possibly also exposed to heated water,and of course whatever detergent you used.Sony Ericsson don't exactly make robust phones either...I know that from experience and from sitting here looking at the one I have that is just used for texting and storing numbers since it was dropped a few weeks ago ; ;
I hope you manage to get yours working again.