I see that the e71 seems to be taking a lot of bashing lately... 😉
What to do if you drop your E71 in a torrent
I've managed to fall into the water with my 6630 in the pocket few years ago. Took few minutes before gyus from the boat pulled me back. I took away battery and let it dry (that was evening). Next day I removed covers and keyboard and let it on the sun. In the evening it was working 100%, but for few next days I had strange shadows on the LCD, but then it was over.
My wife managed to leave her S40 (one of the older types) small nokia in her jeans, which she throw into washing maschine. For full cycle 😉 And you know what? After two days on the sun (all what possible was dissasembled), the phone took off smoothly! Works perfect until today.
On the other hand, bit eralier, she answered the call in the tub (nokia 7110) with completely wet hair. Phone got dead. After recovery procedure started, but 0 key never worked again.
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"This is a bit embarassing, but I have never ever heard of these moisture monitor stickers. 😊
Are they things you add to a phone yourself, or do they come as standard with some devices? I couldn't find one on any of the phones I currently have."
these stickers are put on the phones different parts by the manufacturer (not always visible parts to the final user). the main reason is to identify if the phone was in an environment with too much humidity, which damages the phone and the warranty does not apply to such circumstances. unfortunately the stickers are also identified by service points in cases, when the phone's defect has nothing to do with humidity and in the majority of cases the claims are rejected.
A colleague managed to drop her phone into the toilet for some reason. 🙄
I guess the best thing is prevention. Don't walk around with your phone in your hand. The phone can multitask. YOU CAN NOT! I know this is against popular belief.
You could try washing the phone with demineralized water, but like acolhol it might trigger some chemical reactions and incur more damage.
1) Unscrew as much is possible.
2) Rice is nice, or better yet those nice sillica gel packages you find with your new camera and computer.
3) Stay away from any salt based hygroscopic materials. They could cause shortcircuits.
Good luck.
It's more than likely that the battery will be kaput, but the phone will survive. If it doesn't work, try replacing the battery first!
I am sorry to hear that. When is the funeral for your E71?
I've fixed a number of water damaged Nokia phones so far, all of them mostly 100%.
What I did was disassemble the phone. Normally all you need is a small Torx screwdriver or screwdriver bit, which is not that hard to find at a hardware store.
I normally disassemble the phone up to the point where I have just the PC board with all loose components removed (camera, switches, vibrator, display, etc). I then use 90% rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush to thoroughly clean the board, using lots of rubbing alcohol. The alcohol will displace the water and also evaporate quickly. This may also remove some mineral deposits that may have built up. I also carefully clean the contacts on the display, without submersing it.
This way I have fixed a 6310i, E61 and 6680. Of those, the 6680 was by far the most difficult, as it has a lot of pieces to remove, being a flip phone. Googling for service manuals helped a lot. The candy bar phones are very easy to disassemble. All of the phones were fully submerged (swimming pool, etc). I got to them months afterward and they're all still working fine more than a year after fixing.
Bottom line is - if it's already broken, there's not much to lose to try this 😊.
I work in flood and fire clean up. The biggest killers of electronics are shorting out when a device that is on comes in contact with water and corrosion caused by what is left on the circuitry after the water has dried (ie minerals). We always dismantle the item, wash with deionised water and dry completely in ovens ( with controlled temp and humidity dependant on the specific item).
Sometimes you can get lucky using other methods, but if you have troubles months later then it is usually due to corrosion from minerals or cleaning chemicals left behind.
As a rule we don't worry about trying to recover phones unless there is something that people really need from them.
I was advised to wash the electronic device with distilled water to minimise corrosion and remove impurities, then allow the device to throughly dry such as in an airing cupboard for a minimum of a week.
I had the misfortune of having the same thing happen to my Nokia N82.
I made the mistake of trying to start my phone immediately after, because I was in such a panic. The display flickered and then went completely blank. After that, I used a hair dryer and attempted to dry it as best as I could, but to no avail.
I then took it in to my friendly neighbourhood phone service guy. (whom I trust more than any official service center btw - Nokia service centers in India inspire ZERO confidence!)
He was the guy who pointed out the moisture monitor sticker (litmus paper) under the battery that does turn a bright red when exposed to water, and also told me that Nokia will refuse to service any phone once the litmus paper has turned red.
Amazingly, he got my phone working and I was able to sell it off the very next day (to someone who had thankfully not heard of bright red moisture monitor stickers!) - Noel
One catch with the E71 is that it is so slim you can forget it is in your pocket, as I did when I took my son into the swimming pool. Two laps later I had the horrifying realisation of where my week-old E71 was. Did the full drill of pulling all the parts out and let it dry in the sun, but no luck. Now I just use it as a spare parts carcass for my wife's E71 ... best of luck for yours.
How did you get on Rafe? Did you manage to get your E71 back to life?
Ahhhhhhhhhh..... nightmare ...... I too have just dropped my BRAND NEW e71 down the loo......
Original guy that posted this thread..... is your phone now working??? I fished it out right away, but my screen is a mess- even after it sitting on the radiator, and my camera flash is just constantly swiched on 😞 ...... Im gutted ... only got the phone 3 days ago and dont have insurance......
My phone is working fine, though its a bit dented and the camera seems to have suffered a bit.
yesterday i accidentally subjected my e71 to a hot water bath !! - i was zapped - immeadetely took it out, opened it up and instinctively just did all the right things ---- after five hr infront of a blower - i put back the battery - and thank god - it works !!!
i thought i would just see on the net - what could / should have been done - n i m surprised to find a whole club of such people !!!
hows your e71 now?
i dropped mine down the toilet 😞
It still turned on OK, but the voice activation and camera automatically turns on.. it's so annoying as every now and then, the interactive voice says 'no match found'.
i blew dried it n it got pretty hot n smelt funny like as if the circuit blew.
I've taken the battery and sim out now and it's just sitting there, i hope it works OK..
Feeling totally bummed out.
I dropped mine in a disgusting public toilet two days ago, was submerged for about 5 seconds before i freaked out and ripped the battery out haha. didn't even try to turn it on and just let it dry, left it in the sun for an hour this morning. then i tried turning it on, it worked! the screen and everything! i am so so amazed. i reckon it'll be fine, you just gotta let it dry out and put it in rice/silica gel sachets to absorb all the moisture out of the inner mechanisms and you'll be sweet 😊
similar situation happened to me. If the phone was off you may have a chance. Take the phone apart as much as you can. Soak the phone in Distilled water. Replace the water a few times. Take th phone out and shake it. Put it in a warm dry place for a few days. Try it. Maybe.
yeah some thing simmilar happen to me. on last saturday it was raining havily and i dont know why i put my E71 under my seat of the Car.. suddenly water level raised on the road and i got stuck in it.. after a few minnuts i found my E71 floating in the water ... 😞.. i quickly remove it from the water and remove the batery and SIM and Memory Card.. and today after 4 days i tried to turn it on .. but it did not turned on.. i think its damaged .. and i dont know wat to do..
Hi guys..
My new E71 (got it jus a couple of months back) got soaked when i dropped it in a wash basin.. The most gruesome mistake I did after tht is probably tried to start it. It started but then went out.
Took it to nearby service center and they cleaned and dried it. All functions started except that the display. It works but the images are zigzag.
Took it to nokia care to change display. But just now got a call from them saying tht the prob is not with display but with mother board. They said they can try and repair it but there's only 50% chance of it gtng repaired. Dunno wt to do. Any comments?
As I was strolling with my significant other, he decided it would be fun to carry me pretending he was going to drop me in. The tide came higher than he expected and I got loose and ran from it. A small "PLOP" noise was hear. I looked back, and in the water you could see my e71 fully lit in the immersed in salt water. I disassembled it of course, but no hope so far.
on a hot day i came home early my mom was washing some of my cloth so i put down my pants and took a bath when i realized my pants were missing , i heard a strange sound coming out of the machine stopped it for a wile to check when i suddenly realized that my E66 took a swim W.T.F
i removed the battery and left it in dry place i hope my phone would recover soon