General BlackBerry® Functions and Features

[ph-ti]

i accidently knocked a glass of water over and it went straight over my blackberry bold 9780. i panicked and turned it on, and i cant type in my password because when i type in letters it types extra letters with it! ive gone over it with a hairdryer on low heat and put the phone without the battery in a bag of dry rice and left it on top of a radiator, and the rest of the phone pieces (battery, sim card, memory card, back of phone) are sitting on the radiator as well. 

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me something i could do to make it work as well as the things i have said.

Many thanks!

[ph-ti]

i accidently knocked a glass of water over and it went straight over my blackberry bold 9780. i panicked and turned it on, and i cant type in my password because when i type in letters it types extra letters with it! ive gone over it with a hairdryer on low heat and put the phone without the battery in a bag of dry rice and left it on top of a radiator, and the rest of the phone pieces (battery, sim card, memory card, back of phone) are sitting on the radiator as well. 

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me something i could do to make it work as well as the things i have said.

Many thanks!

[JSanders Resident Expert]

ph-ti, at this point, time is your friend, so be patient for 4-5 days and leave it in the rice. Do NOT check it by putting the battery in. There's a great chance you'll be fine.

[Kevdude]

I keep seeing people suggesting using a hair dryer to help save a water damaged phone.....this is a bad idea as it only drives the water deeper into the phone. I suggest using a vaccuum cleaner instead. then put it in silica packs or rice and put it in a fridge. the fridge is a dry environment and will help remove water

[JSanders Resident Expert]

Agreed, the hairdryer can also get too hot.

[sopiejane10]

Hello, my name is sophie and i was just wondering if you know what i can do! i dropped my phone in the bath and now it wont turn on i tried putting it in rice over night and that worked 4 about 2mins then it turned off . When ever i try to put it back on it just goes off in 5 seconds now what should i do ?

[Xandrex]

hello sopiejane10,

over night is not enough. do the rice trick again for several days.