Shidoshi
15-08-2002, 04:48 PM
I received a water-damaged 3330 today.
The d0oD tells me it was damaged in the water, i thought it was the typical story of dropping it in the loo, but then he tells me that he put his pants in the washing machine but didn't take the phone out... so his phone gets an intense 1 hour wash, c'mon i know some neat freaks out there but this is obsurd.
Anyway, he told me that after it came out of the was he dried the phone (how i don't know) and he turned it on, aparently it worked for a whole day then it wouldn't turn on/charge at all.
The next day, today, he gives me the phone, i place another battery in it, turn it on and it works, i find out it's a v4.50 with a pack C, i downloaded the full flash from the phone and saved it, the phone afterwards turns back off... won't turn on anymore...
I open up the phone and see rust or whatever that is all over, i gently clean what i can with a cotton swap and a little bit of alcohol, i place another fully charged battery in it turn it on and it seems to work again. 10 minutes later the fully charged battery is out of charge. I place yet another battery in it, this time it won't even turn on at all, or charge...
... bla bla bla... bla bla bla...
The phone will turn on sometimes, sometimes it will accept charge, sometimes it won't, it will discharge batteries in a flash (i'm all out of fully charged batteries now), what can i do to salvage the phone? Everything works fine, antena indicator at max all the time, battery indicator 'seems' ok, it will receive calls when i can turn it on, sms and all that works ok.
If anybody could help I would be greately appreciated.
-Dave
The d0oD tells me it was damaged in the water, i thought it was the typical story of dropping it in the loo, but then he tells me that he put his pants in the washing machine but didn't take the phone out... so his phone gets an intense 1 hour wash, c'mon i know some neat freaks out there but this is obsurd.
Anyway, he told me that after it came out of the was he dried the phone (how i don't know) and he turned it on, aparently it worked for a whole day then it wouldn't turn on/charge at all.
The next day, today, he gives me the phone, i place another battery in it, turn it on and it works, i find out it's a v4.50 with a pack C, i downloaded the full flash from the phone and saved it, the phone afterwards turns back off... won't turn on anymore...
I open up the phone and see rust or whatever that is all over, i gently clean what i can with a cotton swap and a little bit of alcohol, i place another fully charged battery in it turn it on and it seems to work again. 10 minutes later the fully charged battery is out of charge. I place yet another battery in it, this time it won't even turn on at all, or charge...
... bla bla bla... bla bla bla...
The phone will turn on sometimes, sometimes it will accept charge, sometimes it won't, it will discharge batteries in a flash (i'm all out of fully charged batteries now), what can i do to salvage the phone? Everything works fine, antena indicator at max all the time, battery indicator 'seems' ok, it will receive calls when i can turn it on, sms and all that works ok.
If anybody could help I would be greately appreciated.
-Dave