Dick G Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I saw an article today about a rental device called the Redux that can dry out a wet cell phone. They say it works like a microwave oven. It is available at Verizon Wireless stores. For ten dollars they will analyze your wet phone and tell you if it can be salvaged. For a fee ($80-$100 bucks) they can dry it out and recover all functions. Sounds like something a stream fisherman could use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Now I'm thinking I should have put mine in the microwave after dunking it in the Kankakee.....no?Bag of rice NEVER worked for me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I can buy a new tracfone for a lot less money . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick G Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 That price was for an I Phone. It was much less for a less technological phone. I just wish they could salvage cameras. I've dropped 2 of them in rivers. The article was in the Tribune's business section today. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineman Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Dick, Costco sells a Fuji XP waterproof camera for about $140. I used it in Hawaii to take underwater video while snorkeling. Works great. It also has a floating handle attachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Fuji XP waterproof camera for about $140. The preferred camera of the ISA NW region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 The preferred camera of the ISA NW region. Sponsorship to follow ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k olson Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I looked into this option too since I'm on my 5th phone in 2 years. For 30 bucks I got phone drying/recovery service for two years, signed up figured it was a no-brainer with my track record. They have the machine at the verizon store on Weber rd in Removille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Now I'm thinking I should have put mine in the microwave after dunking it in the Kankakee.....no? Bag of rice NEVER worked for me..... Your supposed to use uncooked rice. Not leftover fried rice from Tom's place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Your supposed to use uncooked rice. Not leftover fried rice from Tom's place. HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 First, don't ever put your phone in a microwave. The radiation will wipe out programming and then go on to overheat metal parts and melt plastic parts. But here is something you can do at home, (though getting professional service like Ken talks about sounds better for more expensive equipment). The following is a true story. About a month ago someone in our household left her Samsung "Penny " phone in her sweat pant's pocket and proceeded to wash the pants in our Whirlpool Cabrio, with Tide Fresh HE, regular cycle, warm wash, cool rinse, spin dry. When we found the phone, I removes the decorative case, dried the phone and popped open the battery compartment and wiped off the battery and compartment. Since a lot of moisture was visible inside the display window, I refrained from attempting to turn it on. But I did remember that years ago we dropped a hand calculator in a sink full of water. After a few days drying on the kitchen window sill, it functioned like new. So I thought I would try it. I set the disassembled phone on a towel on the dinning room table hoping that the dry winter indoor air would do the trick. After a day there was still moisture visible in the display windows. I moved the phone to a sunny spot to see if low heat would help. It did, but there was still moisture in the windows two days later. Next I used a heating pad set on low to provide controlled low heat. My indoor thermometer read 100 F on the surface of the heating pad cover. After a day on the pad, there was no moisture visible in the windows. I gave it another day just to be sure. Then I reassembled the phone and battery and turned it on. Nothing happened. I resigned myself to buying a new phone. In a dream that night, a thought came to me. "Maybe the battery is dead." Next day I plugged the charger into the phone and plugged in the charger. The dead phone came to life telling me it was charging. About 6 hours later it played a tune and told me that it was charged. To shorten the story, we tested all the functions and everything was fine. Lists were in tact, photos were still in memory, etc. etc. etc... Faith and patience are important here. Faith, believe that electronic devices can be dried out and used again. Patience, resist the temptation to pass live current through the device until you are really really really sure it is really really really dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dodge Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 ..... and as far as phones go, just don't own one. That's what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 If the phone was not turned on when it went for a swim, the odds on it surviving are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Buric Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have resurrected 2 phones using the rice method. One phone was in the water with me for at least 10 minutes when I dumped in the Mazon river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick G Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Ed, A bit off topic, but I saw today that the Chicago Sun Times reported on your daffodils. Dale Bowman's column. A sure sign of spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Worst episode I ever had was when I dropped my cell in the Kankakee, then got lost in the woods on a death march with Rego. Couldn't call anybody to find my extraction point. Of course, nobody gets a signal in this God-forsaken dead spot anyway....but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Quite a while ago when mobile phones were first becoming popular, my buddy Kevin and I were drift fishing the Dupe in my kayak and my anchor caught some rebar in swift water and sucked the front of the kayak under, which quickly filled with water, dumping Kevin and I (and all our gear). Kevin's Blackberry got soaked and like Mike G., he very carefully dried it out and fully recovered it. I didn't even have a mobile phone at the time! The good old days! I was able to take the shoreline downstream and get ahead of all our gear and recovered all but one wrapped sandwich. We were both soaked and it was a cool mid-October day. We toughed it out the rest of the float and managed 5 nice smallmouth with two 18". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronk Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Eric Probably on a white spinner bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Worst episode I ever had was when I dropped my cell in the Kankakee, then got lost in the woods on a death march with Rego. Couldn't call anybody to find my extraction point. Of course, nobody gets a signal in this God-forsaken dead spot anyway....but still. I wrecked one in the Kank also... lost my balance and the current took me down. Manged to dry it out by just letting it sit for a couple days. I did lose the star key so had to get a new phone despite everything else working. A death march with Rego huh... I've been on several of those. You think I would have learned my lesson after the first couple always a good time and fish are caught so I guess that's why I go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 The preferred camera of the ISA NW region. I have one of those purchase a few years ago. The manual says that you should send it in each year to have the seal replaced. Do the newer models still have that requirement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Cameras can survive after two years under water. http://www.npr.org/2015/03/17/393646844/lost-camera-survives-two-years-submerged-in-wyomings-salt-river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev-mo Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 That's pretty amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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