have i killed my new phone

[hooliganuk]

a few weeks ago i got a second hand e800 phone which i put down in some beer on new years eve
the next day when i turned it on it would go to a blank white screen so i kept turning it on and off
after doing that for a few hours it started to look like it was gonna work but then it all went black and nothing works at all now even when i plug it on to charge nothing happens
is it worth taking phones to the repair shop or is it a waste of time tryin to fix
iv only had the phone a few weeks but i got used to it and my old phone sucks so missing this all ready
last week i got a data cable (sam e700)for it and used easystudio pimm ? i didnt do anything coz i didnt have a clue even after spending a few hours on here ?
now when i connect it does nothing
have i killed it good n proper

[electrophoretic]

sounds like your phone is dead... hope you had a good new year btw!! you should take it to a repair shop and they will clean it up and hopefully it might start working again... you will be lucky though!!! liquid damage is very unforgiving...

G

[hooliganuk]

yep dead i liked it so much just got another second hand 1 off flea bay for a good price
hope fully ill be able to unlock this 1 myself with a few more hours reading on this forum

thanks for helpin

[hooliganuk]

arghh its alive
i put the battery in today and it turned on
bright white screen and it makes sounds when i slide the top open or closed
but thats about it
im sure i read somewhere about washing it in petrol
any one else heard of this
is it worth a go ?

i tried unlocking my new new phone but i ended up messing it up coz i dont have a clue
took it to a shop and got it unlocked again

[Skater-Chris]

Hi there.
My advice to you would be to stop trying to power the phone up. Leave the battery out of the phone untill you have managed to clean the pcb. I think beer can be as damaging as fizzy drinks such as cola or lemonade which can eat away at the copper inside the layers of the pcb! If you keep powering the phone up you risk killing the phone completely (although i dont know if there is much hope for it anyway).

Your first step would be to have a look on the forums to get an idea of what substance to use to clean the board. alcohol or isopropol ( or sumthing like that) seems to be the most popular and has given the best results. You would aslo need a T6 screwdriver and some idea of how the phone goes together. The biggest problem would be separating the phone between the slide area because if you are too heavy handed you risk damaging the screen ribbon.

If you dont fancy repairing the phone yourself take it to a repair shop and get a quote of how much it will be to repair, if it can be repaired. Im sure there are plenty of people on here who would be willing to have a go at cleaning it for you (including me).

Hope this is of some help. Chris.

[hooliganuk]

whoo hoo its only bloody working 8O
brute force and ignorance works haha
all i kept doing was turning it on and off and on and off the charger for a few hours then all of a sudden i could see all the icons and screens and the phone seems to be fully working again
would u adam and eve it

as u could probably tell i have hours of electrical experiance behind me and my ego is sawing im now looking for any broken things that i can randomly turn on and off I have the power

thanks for all your help
if u ever need anything turning on and off im ya man