Ever drop your cell phone in water?

i had experience like that, but my phone was not useful right then, ahmm it wasn't that expensive but it was my first gift from my brother... and very important to me.

No, I hope I never will. But I did manage to spill water into my TV remote control and my laptop previous and all I did was to dissemble them to wipe it dry. But then there are still some areas that are unreachable, and thus, I left in lying on my living room till the next day then I used it. And yes, it wasn't damaged. I didn't know about the uncooked rice method and it's pretty amazing that it works well. Definitely don't look forward to a day that I will have to use this but thanks for sharing!

I never had the experience of dropping my cellular phone in the water. I guess your friend was lucky considering that it was not damage. A friend of mine drop his mobile phone in the tub and it was no longer useful after that. Sad to note that it was such an expensive phone. Well, I guess your friend did the right thing. Perhaps the battery was remove right away and prevented further damage. The rice perhaps absorb the moisture.

Hi saigonwarrior, No, i have never dropped my phone in water, plus i can't do that to my touchscreen phone! It would lead to some of the worst consequences it being a huge touch screen phone. Yes, you heard that right, the best thing is to remove the battery immediately and dry it and then re-assemble later. My friend has dropped his two phones in the water the the screens got damaged but the phone was in working and responding condition. Bag of rice, i never thought about that. If i had dropped my phone i would have removed the battery and would have separated each parts of the phone for drying. Silicon balls would help too!

I did drop my very first cell phone .That was ten years ago already . I was doing laundry and at the same time communicating thru text messaging to some friends about our oath taking ceremony. While waiting for replies, i put the cell phone it the chest pocket of my overalls and continue doing laundry. I bend over the washing machine to untangle the towels that's washing. Just as i hit the rotation power of the washing machine the phone slipped from the pocket and drop into the washing machine, water, detergent towels and all. I turn off power right away and have to find the cell phone under all the towels that i was washing. I immediately removed the battery and place the wet phone and battery at the window of my bedroom where it can air dry and sun dry at the same time , because the sun would hit my window during noon time. After about 2 days of leaving it there,it worked again perfectly as if nothing happened.

i droped my cell phone in the toilet doe that count lol i was washing my hands and then i whent to dry my hands and i hit my phone not on perpis and it flue in the toilet it freaked me out i dont know how my phone whent that far i dident even hit it that hard

Wow I think she was lucky. I have neve had that happen to me. It did happen to one of my jitchen aids tho, she dropped it in the toilet.

hell yeah, i've dropped it once at the toilet.lol and didn't use it after that! hahaha

Yes, I ever dropped my cell phone in the water.. It was accidentally happened. I was in hurry, and the phone slided down from my jeans' pocket when I wanted to put on my jeans after from the toilet. It slided down inside the toilet. It stopped. I dried it with the hand dryer at the public toilet. It couldn't work for a few days. Then I brought it to the nearest phone service stall. Fortunately there was nothing serious happened. At least, I still can go online, accept phone calls and text messages. My camera was broken because of it. Actually it worked. I still think that the technician took it. Forgive me for the bad thought. Because it worked at first, then he asked me to bring it back to him, because my mini memory card slot was broken and he wanted to fix it. Before I took it home, he checked everything in front of me, and my camera still working at that time. The next day, he just told me that the camera was broken. When I told him that it was working on the previous day, he told me that he wanted to give me the new one. But then when I came there, he told me the camera hadn't come. Fortunately, I don't really like to take picture of myself. I felt trap. And I don't like that kind of feeling.

Yeah I've dropped it in the toilet a couple of times luckily before I did my business LOL and I was able to take it out and have it dried. It was working after a few days. I also dropped it in sea water when I was out on the beach in Turkey but unfortunately that was the last day I used it. I loved that phone as well :( I'd only had it a few months :P

yes I have but luckily I was able to take it out of the water quickly so nothing happened to it =]

I have never dropped my phone in any liquid before but my mom has dropped her phone in some coffee and in a hot tub. We didnt know what to do so all we did was took the battery out and tried to dry it off. Both times it didnt work.

I too drop my phone into the toilet bowl before. Immediately removed the battery and later used the hair dryer to dry it. The graphic seems distorted at first but a few days later, it seems to work. However, some functions and key press become less sensitive. Just a word of advice, do not bring your phone into the toilet or bathroom if possible. You'll never know what might happen next. :D

sure did drop mines in a fish tank omg nooooooooooooooooooooo

That sounds like a catastrophe! I really like the sound of the rice technique though, I shall bear that in mind should I ever suffer the misfortune of dropping my mobile phone into a bowl of dishwater! Thankfully I have never experienced this but I'm thinking that they should start making mobile phones water proof now just in case of this eventuality! I know that they are making some phones shock resistant now and that can only be a good thing. No, the worst thing that is happening to my mobile is the fact that it tends to pick accumulate dust easily! Andrew

It happened only once. And maybe it was switched off when it dropped but when I restarted it i saw something unusual as I noticed it is being auto formatted and all my contacts, sms, notes gone. The phone was absolutely fine but the data were lost. I still regret for not being alert as I was on water and i had cell phone with me. Thank God I had a cheap cell phone then else it could be damaged more than that cheap one.

No it never happened to me, but yes to my friend in a swimming pool. He just dismantle it and let it dry in two days with matching hair blower.

Yeah, I deed experienced dropping a cell phone in the water, the unit was too wet and I haven't have it in its normal condition anymore. The submersion from the water may have caused and incurred something bad, so i decided to buy a new one.

Yes...many times, i dropped my cell phone in water. and thank God because it is still, working, texting, calling, and ringing. jejeje!!! I just removed the battery, and opened it. then i took the blower and dried it.

Yep lots of times just kills ya expecally when its an Iphone 4 ps any one wanna buy a water damaged i phone 4 lol