I took my Galaxy S2 for a swim

Last monday we had a 12 hour staff party at the job. Wet and Wild.
The lobster and crab was great and the drinks tasted fine. But something
must have been poisonous or maybe someone spiked my drink. Anyway I
ended up falling overboard as we docked back at the port, carrying two
cell phones, one of which was my three week old Galaxy S2, both of
them on at the time.

I was pulled up quite quickly and took out my batteries right away. The
Galaxy must have fallen out of my pocket as I changed into dry clothes.
So when I came home I did not even have it with me. Next morning, full
of regrets, I went back to the boat and found the Galaxy on the floor, still wet.

I took it home and thinking that it could not get any wetter  than it
already was, I put it in a small bucket with lukewarm tap water to rinse
out any salty residue from the brackish sea water we have here. I also
added a drop of dish water detergent and shook it around for a good
while to clean out other pollutants. Rinsed out and let it simmer in fresh
water for several hours.
Later I bought a litre of destilled water and had the Samsung soak in
that for some 10 hours, before hanging it up to dry out.

For several days I maintained a routine of having the smartphone lie
in the sun inside a window during days, and at nights in an airtight
plastic bucket together with the type of silicone gel desiccants that
often come packed with electronics when you buy them new.

The following weekend I fit a new battery and tried switching the
unit on. Nothing, dead as a Dodo! Sunday evening I gave up all
hope and decided to bite the bullet and ordered a new one. It arrived
wednesday.
Then a girl at the job mentioned that she had had a wet cellphone
spring to life after about two months. So I made another try swithcing
the 'old one' on. And voilá, it came on! It works fine, as far as I can see.
Now I have two.

The older Ericsson plain cell phone is still dead though.

Ymmv.

Lars
Stockholm

LOL.....another great experience along with This.

Thanks for sharing.

Gonna sticky this.

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Sent from my Rooted Galaxy S

Hope you'll report again, after further "Drying" process.

Thanks.

Thanks for the update.

Glad that it survived.

So, Galaxies = 2, toilet = 0, sea = 0, small bowl of water in the sink = 1.

Just to tell you that the previously wet and dead Galaxy S2 is still fine.
I use it as my main phone every since two months now with no problems
at all. If you hear no further from me on this issue it means all is still well.

I have put up the newer Galaxy for sale. Don't think I will need it.

Thanks for share, but I will not try it definitely.

Nice man, sometimes with these new phones I feel like they have no chance when it comes to water or a fall, but somehow they still do.

I dropped my galaxy s2 into the toilet, er,  pre any toilet activity.........I got it out quick but the screen shimmered and went dark, I got the battery out a few seconds later. Once home I dismantled it completely as per the guide on you tube and then left it in a tub of dried rice with a lamp left on to warm it.....after a few days.....I assembled the phone and put in a spare (charged) battery and it wouldnt turn on, nothing what so ever, so I am just waiting for a replacement to be delivered partly paid for by my accidental damage section of my home insurance (£100 excess - ouch)
Meanwhile I am re-aquainting my self with my old Motorola Pebl!

I guess Ill leave it in the rice for a few weeks and see what happens