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sachusethi
26-09-2003, 03:02 PM
Hi,
I have a Nokia 6610 which was damaged by water. I was pushed into the pool with my Nokia 6610 phone. When I got out of water the phone was turned off and i didn't try to turn it on that time. After 20 hours when the phone dried out I tried to turn it on but couldn't. Please try to help me on this. How can I turn my phone on and make it normal.

Nanda
26-09-2003, 03:39 PM
Your question has been moved to the appropriate section of our DCT4 Forum. The Nokia 6610 is a DCT4 phone and your thread was in a DCT3 section.

Thanks,

Thanh
30-09-2003, 02:57 PM
Hi there :)

Umm you left the phone 20 hours to dry... did you open it? You might not know how long water stays in electronic circuitry.........

There is a very good guide to water damage in the FAQ section of this forum, it was written by Chunkhead. You need to disassemble the phone, which requires a t6 screwdriver (or t5, not too sure). Follow that method from Chunkhead and most likely your phone will be up again :)

If it falls in water (or you WITH the phone) first thing, IMMEDIATELY take out the battery. Good chance that it won't get damaged then..... and disasemble it as soon as possible, let each part dry out 100% and clean all contacts such as keypad etc with something alcohol (perfume, nail-polis-remover or similar) before you re-assemble the phone.

I hope i could help you......

Kind regards
Thanh

fixmup
12-10-2003, 04:17 PM
Hi,
I have a Nokia 6610 which was damaged by water. I was pushed into the pool with my Nokia 6610 phone. When I got out of water the phone was turned off and i didn't try to turn it on that time. After 20 hours when the phone dried out I tried to turn it on but couldn't. Please try to help me on this. How can I turn my phone on and make it normal.
Mate do NOT clean unit with perfume or nail polish remover!! Use isopropyl alcohol or drop unit into an ultrasonis cleaner with a non ammonia deterrgent.A jeweller will be able to help ya with this prob. Let the unit dry thoruoghly for at least 24hours.I specialise in fluid damaged units and fix lots of 'em,so trust me on this one.You can still get a conductive track left by the residue of water after you clean it by hand and this can kill a phone on power up. As too with solvents and perfumes.The person who wrote this in a public forum should have his bloody fingers broken!!

Thanh
13-10-2003, 05:41 AM
@fixmup

Hi there.
So you want to break my bloody fingers, what? Go right ahead, darling. But first explain that guy with the damaged 6610 where to get isopropyl alcohol or how to convince a jeweller or optometrist to take a PCB for cleaning, and for free!

I don't write BS in a public forum. True i did not yet have a water damaged phone, but plenty of other electronics, specially watches and CB radio units, mostly microprocessor ones, too, and even a palm and one of those LCD pocket television sets.
I never had access to either isopropyl alcohol nor ultrasonic cleaners. But i got ALL, again, no BS here, of the damaged units back working with cheap perfume or nail polish remover. You can as well use spray-oil like WD-40 or even break disc cleaner (i'm mechanic, lots of experience with THAT kind of stuff, too) because the only thing you need to achieve is to get thoroughly rid of the water. But i would not recommend the latter two methods for a phone - imagine it being oily or smelling like a motorbike engine!

Yet, perfume or nail polish remover is just fine, available at little or no cost (girlfriend or mom should have some) and works ALWAYS. Besides..... what is nail polish remover? It's some sort of isopropyl alcohol or am i dead wrong? At least that's what's written on that little bottle of that stuff which i hold in my bloody fingers right now.

Regards (not so kind this time)
Thanh (with bloody fingers!)

fixmup
13-10-2003, 03:24 PM
@fixmup

Hi there.
So you want to break my bloody fingers, what? Go right ahead, darling. But first explain that guy with the damaged 6610 where to get isopropyl alcohol or how to convince a jeweller or optometrist to take a PCB for cleaning, and for free!

I don't write BS in a public forum. True i did not yet have a water damaged phone, but plenty of other electronics, specially watches and CB radio units, mostly microprocessor ones, too, and even a palm and one of those LCD pocket television sets.
I never had access to either isopropyl alcohol nor ultrasonic cleaners. But i got ALL, again, no BS here, of the damaged units back working with cheap perfume or nail polish remover. You can as well use spray-oil like WD-40 or even break disc cleaner (i'm mechanic, lots of experience with THAT kind of stuff, too) because the only thing you need to achieve is to get thoroughly rid of the water. But i would not recommend the latter two methods for a phone - imagine it being oily or smelling like a motorbike engine!

Yet, perfume or nail polish remover is just fine, available at little or no cost (girlfriend or mom should have some) and works ALWAYS. Besides..... what is nail polish remover? It's some sort of isopropyl alcohol or am i dead wrong? At least that's what's written on that little bottle of that stuff which i hold in my bloody fingers right now.

Regards (not so kind this time)
Thanh (with bloody fingers!)
Tranh-you have a classic sense of humour mate-we would have a great time working together!! In Oz you can buy isopropyl at the chemist in the form of plain old cleaning alcohol in a bottle and is relatively cheap,and leaves no residue which can stuff up contact points.On a different note,the irc.zirc site that you mention,I can't seem to access it properly and only seem to get on a Dutch site,which has no english at all,and I can't get onto the nokia discussion forum to save meself.I also asked Chunkhead,but still had no luck.Maybe with bloodied fingers ,you can lead me down the chosen path to enlightenment!Stay cool-+ fixxy

Thanh
13-10-2003, 03:51 PM
Hi there again :)

Well, i am of a humorous kind all the time........ i take things easy, and never be serious about something for too long :)
Ok Chemist - beats me, i never been at a chemist here...... and pharmacies don't have that sort of stuff, at least not the two i been yet :) But i would try my method if i were to have to fix such a water damaged phone........ will have to wait to get one, yet i won't drop my phone in some liquid just to test that :)

About that IRC thingy, it is NOT a website! You need a IRC software, such as mIRC (not freeware!) or pIRCh 98 (freeware), i personally recommend Santo's Scoop Script 2003 which i use here. It is for free at www.scoopsite.cjb.net if i am not wrong (a little googling can help). After two weeks it pops up a "please register" window each time you start it up, just click "close" and that window disappears, the rest stays open. Shareware stuff........
When you got that running, just type in the bottom line this command:

/server irc.zirc.org

and it connects to that server. Then type

/join #NokiaFREE

and you're in and can talk to me and Donlup..... sadly not much people come there, so it's most of the time only me and him in there.
Well, now my fingers are bloody again because i am behind 8 hurs of office work, and now i'll go home, be with my boyfriend and relax. Gotta get up again tomorrow at 6.30 because he starts working early............

Have a nice evening :)
Kind regards....
your Thanh

eira_04
05-04-2004, 11:06 AM
hi, can u help me with my 6610
pls email me at [email protected]







Hi there again :)

Well, i am of a humorous kind all the time........ i take things easy, and never be serious about something for too long :)
Ok Chemist - beats me, i never been at a chemist here...... and pharmacies don't have that sort of stuff, at least not the two i been yet :) But i would try my method if i were to have to fix such a water damaged phone........ will have to wait to get one, yet i won't drop my phone in some liquid just to test that :)

About that IRC thingy, it is NOT a website! You need a IRC software, such as mIRC (not freeware!) or pIRCh 98 (freeware), i personally recommend Santo's Scoop Script 2003 which i use here. It is for free at www.scoopsite.cjb.net if i am not wrong (a little googling can help). After two weeks it pops up a "please register" window each time you start it up, just click "close" and that window disappears, the rest stays open. Shareware stuff........
When you got that running, just type in the bottom line this command:

/server irc.zirc.org

and it connects to that server. Then type

/join #NokiaFREE

and you're in and can talk to me and Donlup..... sadly not much people come there, so it's most of the time only me and him in there.
Well, now my fingers are bloody again because i am behind 8 hurs of office work, and now i'll go home, be with my boyfriend and relax. Gotta get up again tomorrow at 6.30 because he starts working early............

Have a nice evening :)
Kind regards....
your Thanh