I just dropped my phone in a bucket of coolant.

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  • Jand3rson
    Banned
    • Oct 2003
    • 37587
    #1

    I just dropped my phone in a bucket of coolant.

    No bullshit. That just happened.

    I was going to take a pic of something as a reference for when I go to put things back together, and my G2 slipped out of my hand and fell right into the tub that I used to drain the coolant. I immediately pulled it out, stripped off the case and pulled the battery/sim/SD, dried it off, and buried it in a bowl of rice.

    The water damage sticker is still white, so I don't know if much water even got inside the back panel, but I'm sure it probably got in the speaker grill, the USB, headphone jack, etc. We'll see how it holds up, but I might have just forced myself into a new phone.
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    • Pantless Spency
      It's McRib time!!!
      • Feb 2011
      • 7284
      #2
      i thought water damage stickers were white with red dots?

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        • mtechnik
          R3V OG
          • May 2006
          • 6156
          #3
          Horrendous.



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            • Jand3rson
              Banned
              • Oct 2003
              • 37587
              #4
              Originally posted by Pantless Spency
              i thought water damage stickers were white with red dots?
              Mine is white, turns red if it gets wet. I pulled the battery out so fast though, there wasn't even any water in that area.

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                • matthugie
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 1810
                  #5
                  Damn, that sucks. Good luck.
                  88 325is - S52 powered

                  Originally posted by King Arthur
                  We'll not risk another frontal assault, that rabbit's dynamite!

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                    • VANOS714
                      E30 Enthusiast
                      • Nov 2011
                      • 1195
                      #6
                      Set it on fire

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                        • camip
                          E30 Fanatic
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 1253
                          #7
                          Leave it in rice at least a day and half straight I made the mistake of turning a phone on to soon.

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                            • White325is
                              R3V Elite
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 5947
                              #8
                              Take it all apart and burry it deep in a bucket of dry white rice and let it sit over night or for atleast a full day before turning it on.

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                                • M-technik-3
                                  I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 18946
                                  #9
                                  Have insurance on it? Or better yet buy a refurbished one from your carrier if they sell that particular model still.
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                                    • red_e30
                                      Wrencher
                                      • Dec 2010
                                      • 242
                                      #10
                                      yea leave in the rice and hold back the temptation to turn it on
                                      otherwise you could fu*k it up
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                                        • Raxe
                                          R3V Elite
                                          • Nov 2006
                                          • 5346
                                          #11
                                          I wouldn't recommend eating the rice afterward, though.

                                          >> 1988 3.1 ITB E30 /// 2002 E46 M3 6MT / 2008 335xi 6MT / 1991 S38B36 E30 (sold)

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                                            • LJ851
                                              R3V OG
                                              • Nov 2010
                                              • 7918
                                              #12
                                              Dumb Ass. time for a new phone, obviously.
                                              Lorin


                                              Originally posted by slammin.e28
                                              The M30 is God's engine.

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                                                • Jand3rson
                                                  Banned
                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                  • 37587
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by M-technik-3
                                                  Have insurance on it? Or better yet buy a refurbished one from your carrier if they sell that particular model still.
                                                  I do have handset protection, I think my deductible is like $100 or something.

                                                  Hoping the rice will work, I really don't want to throw out $100-something right now for another phone.

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                                                    • Massimo
                                                      No R3VLimiter
                                                      • Jan 2008
                                                      • 3207
                                                      #14
                                                      Well considering coolant is suposed to be anti corrosive and prevent electrolisis you might be in luck.
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                                                        • Fusion
                                                          No R3VLimiter
                                                          • Nov 2009
                                                          • 3658
                                                          #15
                                                          Can't rival Kershaw, good sir ;)

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