Yesterday i jumped into the swimingpool to save my 4 year old daughter. She has had a few swimming lessons. As her sister and some friends jumped into the water, she followed them but didnt realize the depth was 1,5m.
I took her out of the water, unharmed 😊 . However my N95 was in my pocket and died. I went home and removed the casing. I used an air pump and hair dryer to dry the phone. The phone didnt work after this treatment. But this morning i tried to switch on the phone...and it works! There is still some water in the display, which give a sort of 3D effect. But most of it has already gone.
You are lucky since it is a swimming pool. If it was in sea water, it won't survive probably as what happened on my first N73....:frown:
I lost my Psion Revo to a puddle in the rain.
I am out on the water quite a lot and bought one of these for my 6630 two years ago, as I have nearly drowned a phone before and just about everyone else I know has drowned one!
http://www.aquapac.net/ukstore/erol.html
(Medium Phone / GPS case, floats too)
N95 with slide out just fits, so I can use the GPS with the thing hung around my neck. You can make calls and use apps with it in the Aqua pac.
Have to take it out to take a photo though
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(Edit. Didn't mean to sound smug. I'm very glad your daughter was ok and would have done the same myself. Its just that this country is so wet - everywhere - that you need something like an aquapac just in case it rains when you are out and about with it! Any better ideas?)
Good man on the fast reactions getting your daughter. The best practice I have learned for wet phones is as follows (this method has recovered 2 so far!)
1. DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS (including power)
2. Immediately remove the battery
3. Remove anything else removable like SIM and memory cards and if practical (and not warranty-voiding) dismantle the outer casing.
4. Put the phone in a warm dry place (airing cupboard is ideal, failing that, on a thick towel on a radiator)
5. Leave it for a long time to dry out, at least a few days, ideally a week but if you are in any doubt that it is completely dry, leave it longer. Impatience here could kill it.
6. Once you are sure it's dry, put it all together and turn it on.