I was drinking a glass of Lynchburg Lemonade last night, didn’t finish it and went to bed. When I awoke my cell phone vibrated itself off the UPS I had it on into the glass. It had to have been in it for at least 6 hours. My model is a Nokia 3390
try opening it up and drying it. see if that helps. in any case, your warranty doesn’t cover water damage, so you might as well open it up and try to mess around.
leave the parts out to dry for a few hours. avoid direct sunlight. put it back together and see if it powers on normally.
Xash, well I can’t find a screwdriver that fits the screws to get to the guts so I decided to find out how much another phone is. They told me if I renew my contract for one year (would have expired in Oct) they would send me a free phone. I found out the SIM card was not damaged (it works in my fathers phone) so I’ll be phoneness for a few days
I’d try this, but it probably won’t work:
Take the battery out.
Let it soak overnight in distilled water (the idea is to re-dissolve the suger and whatever other crap may have dried across on the circuitry). Then rinse it, or shake it, or try to induce the water to flow over the circuitry (to try and get the various re-dissolved crap out of the phone).
Then let it dry out again. Then put the battery back in, and try again.
Like I say, it probably won’t work, but whaddaya gotta lose?
yojimboguy’s method worked for my co-worker when he dropped his cell phone in sea water. The theory is solid, so why not try it?
Peace,
mangeorge
ypjimboguy agrees with the help provided at www.repairfaq.org (see also the adjacent sections).
The FAQ assumes disassembly, would help a lot if you know how to.