Ah. Now I understand.

By the way, the phrase “I went in after it” made me reach for a few antibacterial wipes of my own.

Welcome to the club.  Kelly did that with her phone recently.  Take the battery cover off, remove the battery and put all the parts in a large, ziplock bag of rice for 5 days.  That should do the trick.  If not, let me know and if we’re on the same carrier, I have a spare you can have.

Beth

Disassemble it, put the battery and the rest of the phone in the oven on very low heat for awhile.  Or leave it (battery removed and there with it) on the dashboard of your car on a hot day.  That usually does the trick with any moisture-related problem.

I was in Chicago O’Hare’s ladies room.  I had just put my cell phone in my outer backpack pocket.  I laid the backpack on the sink beside me as I washed my hands.  No sooner had I turned around to grab a paper towel when said backpack fell over and landed in the sink- triggering the motion-sensored faucets to turn out, gushing a rapid waterfall, and thus my cell phone was soaked.

When I took it into the Verizon Wireless store in Michigan, the sales lady listened to my little story with a very unamused, rather emotionless face, and as soon as I’d finished, she said,

“You dropped it in the toilet, didn’t you?”

Seems you’re not the only one. 
Must happen quite a bit.

I have actually done that before. I just layed it out on an air vent for like two days and it dryed out and now it works fine.

Hope you get it fixed!

Oh my goodness. You’re all tinkle talkers! 

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That is totally and utterly gross.  This is way worse than digging through a dumpster of trash after you throw away your retainer in the school cafeteria.

My daughter and I stood in line 12 hours in Memphis in June for our iPhones the first day they went on sale. I dropped mine in the toilet 3 weeks later.

The feeling of watching those lovely icons as it went in face up was indescribable.

The gracious folks at the Apple store took pity on me and replaced it. Thank goodness, because I had no budget for another one.

Ahh the joys of having too much money involved in tiny electronics that fallintotheterlet.  Hooray for you Shaun - at least it was a cheapie. I don’t take my phone into the privacy chambers - but I do wear a pedometer constantly so I have some mild concerns about plunking it in the porcelain graveyard.  BUT - I am not so daring as to “go in after it” - nope - naw - I’ll deliver livestock with my arm clear up a yahoodis (technical term we farm folks use) but nope - no terlet diving.  Thanks for this post - I’ve desperately needed a chuckle today.

I’m sorry, did you say you went in after it?

That’s an instance where it’s okay to flush and run…

I mean, just think about when it dries, if it works, you’ll be holding in next to your face. It’ll be rubbing up on your ear and hair. Is it really worth it?

Texas in Africa, that oven plan sounds a little fishy....I’m not sure you should try that, Shaun.

Shaun, did you pay for insurance on the phone?  Don’t fix your phone!  Get a BRAND new one for FREE!!  Woo hoo!  Free phone!

Yeah, the “I went in after it...” part is a tad bit disturbing.  Maybe for a $300 iphone but for a $19 phone - no way!

FYI - I just had to type in “hell12” as the verification on this comment.  What kind of blog are you running here?

Make sure you check with The Cacchinator before you call to check on a new phone.

Reminds me of a Dave Barry column I once read where he described what it was like to hear/see a guy use a hands-free cell phone device and a urinal at the same time.  I won’t elaborate, but the commentary was quite funny.

hahahaha. This is great.

so… i assume you have at least a few friends that probably don’t read this blog… and someday one of those friends will have occasion to ask to borrow this phone (if any of those dryout methods up there actually pan out)… and they’ll never even know.  i wish i could be hanging out with you that day.

One word: icky.

Oh please.  Talking on the phone in the bathroom is a huge pet peeve.  It can always wait.

These things happen.  I think the one thing I hate about cell phones is that they make me TOO reachable.  Plus I have always found it extremely creepy when I have heard half the conversation someone is having from the next stall over.  I don’t want to hear it, but I am a sort of captive audience.

HA! That happened to me over a year ago now.  It made me sick because I had a TREO - which = quite pricey.

Sucks.

OH, that is sad. 

Are you sure that you didn’t attend U of A, too?  Sorry, my husband got his master’s there, and I enjoy picking on him for it.  Really, I’m kidding.  Good folks there in Arkansas.  Really good.

Ha ha. You should be in one of those commercials were a guy appears in front of himself, speaking on behalf of his cell phone and explaining why the guy not answering the phone is a total idiot. (Are they for AT&T? I never remember who the actual advertiser is; I just remember that the commercials are funny. I’m not sure if that means their advertising is really effective, or really ineffective. Then again, beer commercials are often some of the funniest ads ever… and I never buy or drink beer.)