<p>I dropped my Blackberry 8100 (Pearl) in water. I took it out immediately and began drying it. It was already on (with the battery inside), but a *few hours * later I was told to take it apart - battery, sim card, and the rest - and let it dry for a few days.</p>
<p>Next day - the keys are weird. It will turn on but the keys aren't functioning - when I press the letter J, A comes up - or they don't show at all.</p>
<p>Is this a problem with the battery? I know I can't get another one from my carrier (Tmobile) b/c it is water damaged (and I don't believe the warranty covers that). I'm planning on waiting it out about five days. I took it apart and put it in a drawer to let it dry. Should I just buy a new battery? Or, should I give up and get another phone (which I don't really want to do...because this isn't the first phone that's fallen into the water :[). </p>
<p>Or, where can I go to get it fixed, how long do you think it'll take, and how much do you think it'll cost. Thanks.</p>
<p>It's probably done. When a phone falls in water youre supposed to immediately take the battery out. Turning it on or using it when it's wet will short circuit it. Then you're supposed to put it in the oven at a low temperature or put it under a hair dryer for a few hours. Since it had been a few hours since you took it apart, I would fear the worst. Call the company and see if they have a replacement option. It's not the battery alone that's causing the problems.</p>
<p>I have t-mobile and, honestly, I wouyld take the phone and smash it on the ground and say it fell out of my pocket while I was riding my bike. They would have no clue it fell in the water :).</p>
<p>Don't buy expensive phone.
I, in some way or another, lost seven phones.
Two were stolen.
Four were thrown into a washing machine and died a heroic death.
One was thrown out of the car door and got under a moving tire.</p>
<p>Yeah, don't like 'em goddamn phones that's what I tell ah.</p>
<p>Optimization, I did kinda. AT our homecoming game it started POURING! My phone got major water damage, so i dried it out to see if it worked and it did like yours. I never really tried breaking it, but idk how they could figure it out if you demolish it.</p>
<p>Let it sit out any dry for a few more days, battery separated from the phone, perhaps wrapped in a towel. There still may be moisture in the phone.</p>
<p>Turning the phone on only the next day might not have been the best idea. Like jumpman said, it could short circuit </p>
<p>When the phone is dry, go to a dealership and see if they have used batteries, or even if there is a nice salesman that will let you try one of their spare batteries in your phone. If that doesn't work, you're out of luck.</p>
<p>Do you have a warranty or service plan? You may be able to get another phone just for cheap if you send in the broken one. Don't know how T-Mobile handles those types of things.</p>
<p>This is not a problem with the battery. The batter simply serves as a power supply. You probably short it which caused the circuit board to be a bit messed up, therefore; not functioning the right way. Are you sure its 100% dry? Try to blow dry it again. good luck!</p>
<p>I was told that, too. But, then I saw this, </p>
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Rice is put in salt shakers at restaraunts not to absorb water, but to keep the salt from clumping. Think of it like a ball bearing in a can of spray paint.</p>
<p>The rice myth is easily disproved. Soak the rice in water overnight, and see how the texture changes...it doesn't. This is useful, as we go thru 50 lbs of rice a month in our house, so a rice cooker with a timer to kick it off very early in the morning is quite handy to have fresh rice to wake up to every morning. We couldn't do that if it absorbed water...it would be mush by the time the cooking started.
<p>ohhh … dropped my blackberry in some coffee and i took my battery out like 20 seconds later then blow dried it for a bit . then i put the phone back together and switched it on but the lights on the keys came on and nothing else , i put it on the radiator now , do u reckon its broken ??</p>
<p>But there’s actually this little strip inside most phones that immediately turns blue when it’s in contact with water. This way, companies can tell how the phone was broken and won’t be duped by people claiming they “smashed it with their bikes”. </p>
<p>So yes, they can tell when it’s been dropped in water. :P</p>
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