cell phone batteries

I would hope any CR4 menber who inadvertently dropped their phone into water would.

a) Fish it out quickly.

2) Remove the battery and any other removeable parts.

3) Leave it overnight somewhere warm and dry (on top of the gas boiler works fine).

They would probably be rewarded with a fully functioal phonein the morning on re-assembly.

Del I dont think you need to drop these phones in water to make the disc turn red. I'm wondering if even humidity can cause these discs to change from white to red.
Seems like a lot of times when we have cell phone problems the tech pulls off the back cover and indicates that the battery got "wet". As far as I we know the phone hasnt even been exposed to rain. I was wondering if others experienced this with their phones.

I dunno...I hate telecoms...work of the devil...only us my mobile to organise golf.

Watch it might rain while playing golf and you will get your phone wet.

It isn't phones that the devil got his hands into it's answering machines.

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No such luck. These little bastards are so susceptible to moisture that they already got your number!!!

On a hot summer day, I'm ashamed to admit that I've sweat so much that I damped the inside of the phone with highly conductive liquid! The only recourse was to go with a Bluetooth device - a lot cheaper than replacing the phone at full cost!!!

Does this mean they don't work underwater? Great - now where's that bucket?

Only if it was distilled water, anything else and you would probably find that it corroded quickly, especially if salt water.....

A wash in distilled water, followed with the covers off MIGHT allow it to work after being fully dried out for at least 24 hours!!!

Oh no it didn't.....

I talk from experience where possible.

I try to confine my idiotic guess work to a minimum.

My daughter's phone survived a trip to the bottom of the loo

Luckeeee.......

It just depends on what nasty things are in (or not in) your (loo) water......some waters are more "active" than others!!!

....or how watertight the phone was made in the first place....maybe none managed to get in through the cracks in the time it was submerged.....

First I'm a liar ... now I'm a lucky liar !

Did I press #2 by accident, sorry.

It was done quite unintentionally......

Gotta tell you this one Del...

My daughter did more than just get her cell phone wet... She left it in her coat pocket when she ran her coat through the laundry. I took it apart, cleaned it as I could, dried it out, and got it to the point that she can make (and receive) calls, but the display is shot. This means no pictures... no text messaging... no whatever. So she decided to swap phones with Mom. As you can imagine, that went over like a lead balloon.

I am afraid the young lady is stuck with what she has until SHE has the funds to replace it. Maybe she might learn from this.

Bill

Nice..it's going to be hard to beat that one....unless your phone's been swallowed by a whale!

I wonder if ever a mobile has been "mislaid" after (mis)usage as a vibrator......?

Or

was she having a "whale" (wail?) of a time!!!

First, the "whale" bit has really extreme sexual connotations in Japanese culture. Second, in these days, why do you assume it's a "she?" Third, you really should have pulled the "off-topic" trigger on yourself with this comment... Mr. Naughty Andy!!!

It seems that you still enjoyed my stupid banter.....which is exactly as it should be!

I concur.

The little red disk is just a hygroscopic chemical reactive dohickey (technical term, that) that means nothing at all. Sweat, humidity or even proximity to a hot cuppa coffee can cause it to blush, Locker room at the health club? You bet! Use your own damn voltmeter to check vdc, and remember that you probably know more about the thing (you're an engineer, remember) than the spotty faced kid behind the counter who wants to sell you a new battery, because that's all he knows.

ktel60 I must admit I am a salesman not an engineer. I think the discs are B.S. and feel the battery is not the problem, but still have a problem with phone.