Blackberry, meet the bog.

[Lefty Two Drams]

Doh.

Dropped my 'berry down the khazi yesterday. Luckily it was pre-ste.

Dried it out, stripped it down and left all the bits in the airing cupboard.

Today I have some progress in that it will switch on (although it takes a full minute to boot up) and will receive emails, texts, BBIM's and calls but none of the keys or buttons work.

Have spoken to o2 and claimed a replacement on my insurance thingy.

Once the new handset comes I'm going to take the old one to bits completely and see if I can fix it. Any suggestions?

I'm hoping a few more days in the airing cuopboard might see it right and, if so, I'll buy a new fascia for it and pop it on ebay as used/refurbished (no guarantees)...

[VEA]

Last time I did this I think I left it a full week, once it was back together it worked absolutely fine!

I think I read somewhere that you should simply leave it for as long as possible for it to dry out completely. If you turn it on you are sending charge through the bits that are still wet and that's when the damage happens.

I could well be wrong with the above though.

[Munter]

Ah yes. The old "plink plink fizz" problem. A bag of uncooked rice is apparently good at drawing the water out in a better way than an airing cupboard.

[Lastinclass]

Did you order another Blackberry? just curious, I'm looking at a Nokia E71...

[Lefty Two Drams]

Thanks for the suggestions chaps. I'll try a bag of rice!

Yes, I've orderede another 8900, I really like it. Actually, I had no choice, insurance company would only replace like-for-like since the 8900 is still available.

[Eggle]

IIR, the insurance co will ask the provider to bar the old phone to stop it being used / sold on after a claim.

[Lefty Two Drams]

Eggle said:

IIR, the insurance co will ask the provider to bar the old phone to stop it being used / sold on after a claim.

How do they do that? Is it something one of the backstreet unlockers could bypass?

[Lord Pikey]

Id put it back on the heat. Does your oven go down to 50 deg c?

If it does id leave it in there overnight or on a radiator or aircupboard for a week.

[marshalla]

Lefty Two Drams said:

Eggle said:

IIR, the insurance co will ask the provider to bar the old phone to stop it being used / sold on after a claim.

How do they do that? Is it something one of the backstreet unlockers could bypass?

No - they bar the IMEI at the network level.

[Lefty Two Drams]

marshalla said:

Lefty Two Drams said:

Eggle said:

IIR, the insurance co will ask the provider to bar the old phone to stop it being used / sold on after a claim.

How do they do that? Is it something one of the backstreet unlockers could bypass?

No - they bar the IMEI at the network level.

Ahhh, SOB