Support NeoGAF

[blame space]

Well guys it finally happened. Finally washed my damn phone in the washing machine. Put a load of laundry in the washing machine and my brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge was in my jeans pocket. Feeling pretty bummed guys. Wouldn't even be that bad but the guy at Verizon Wireless talked me into trading in my Samsung Galaxy Note II when I got the new one so I don't have any damn cell phone at all now. I feel like a real bonehead.

It was fully submerged in the washing machine for at least a couple of minutes before I realized what had happened, so it didn't go through a full cycle or anything. It was off when I fished it out, and I've kept it off since then. I shaked it around and used a hair dryer and vacuumed it and now it's sitting in a plastic bag full of cat litter.

Just give it to me straight, guys. What are my odds here? Is there anything else i can do? 😦

 

[lem0n]

What is it with you and things with screens

 

[air jordans for dogs]

 

[madmook]

Put it in rice for 48 hours and pray.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

 

[MattyG]

At least it wasn't your TV.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

5/27/15

Never forget.

 

[oldmario]

isn't it waterproof or did samsung remove that as well?

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Is cat litter some kind of new trick that works better than rice?

Other than that all you can do is hope, the next 24 hours mean everything. As long as you didn't try to turn it back on I doubt any serious damage may have happened.

The battery MAY be fucked though but I dunno.

 

[ConsumerSquare]

isn't it waterproof or did samsung remove that as well?

Damn.

 

[Sami+]

good night sweet prince

 

[fanboi]

Cat litter?

You should use human remains...

 

[Anoregon]

Man something about that bag being appropriately labeled is fucking hilarious to me.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Member with a nice chair, nice beard, nice wall hooks, a broken TV and now a washed phone

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

You're a bonehead!

 

[Hanmik]

You have a thing with electronics.. Lol

I have disassembled lots of phones because me kids left them in their pockets or they got wet outside. Fixed most of them.. But this os a brand new phone.. Ouch.

 

[AlexBasch]

What is it with you and things with screens

kyahah

 

[Talon]

Who you gonna blame?

 

[Kurt Angle]

just in time for the apple conference

it's fate, embrace the 6S, embrace Tim Cook

 

[blame space]

Not feeling good about this at all, thanks for the emotional support guys. I mean it would be one thing if this was an old phone, but this is a brand new flagship phone.

 

[Eos]

Can't u trade it in?
Or I mean your carrier replace it

 

[sono]

If the phone was off you may get away with it best of luck with that, however:

I was with up up to cat litter ?

That stuff looks fine grained and may get into hard to get out places in the phone ?

 

[SmackDaddy]

the (flag)ship has sailed

 

[AlexMogil]

I guess you're doing the right thing - cat litter or rice. Do you have any accidental damage warranty on the phone? Maybe? I feel bad for you because that's some real bank.

 

[BakedPigeon]

It's one thing to drop it in water.... But an entire laundry cycle with soap? Godspeed.

Can you say someone stole it and have it replaced under insurance?

 

[Trouble]

That's our blame space.

Spoiler

Member with a clean, clean,
clean, clean, clean, clean,
clean, clean, clean, clean,
clean, clean, clean, phone.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Is the screen ok though?

 

[The Albatross]

Might be alright if it was just a few minutes in there... Might not be enough time for the whole thing to be submerged..

... maybe?

 

[Deleted member 10571]

I think you'll be fine blame space. Positivity!

 

[Damaniel]

When I was still on Verizon, I put my 3-day old phone (an HTC Rezound, so hardly flagship, but still expensive) through the wash, and I wasn't able to save it even with the rice technique since the phone had been turned on at the time.

I had to pay full price for a new phone, and this was in the day before a wide variety of <$250 unlocked phones were available - ignoring the fact that such options don't really exist for Verizon. An expensive lesson learned - I now double and triple check that my phone is nowhere near the wash before I start a load.

 

[MIMIC]

omg xD

 

[DarkKyo]

You'll live. Your phone is super dead, though.

 

[TheOMan]

Did you take the battery out? A friend of mine did something similar, we removed the battery, got it some rice for 72 hours. Shazam, good as new.

 

[Dennis]

My heart goes out to your flagship android phone.

 

[HUELEN10]

blame space
Member with a nice chair,
nice beard, nice wall hooks,
a soggy flagship smartphone,
and a broken TV

Just wait OP, it's all you can do.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Send it back to Samsung and tell them it's not working.

Take no responsibility.

Get a replacement phone.

 

[Social]

Doesnt the cat litter scratch it all up?

 

[Rayis]

Might be useful to check your pockets before you take your pants off from now on.

 

[MultiCore]

Even if it survives, you've lost your warranty protection.

I'd actually sell it and buy another one, if you get it working again.


I dropped an S3 in water. Immediately pulled the battery, left it in rice for a day.

It still works. My boy uses it.

isn't it waterproof or did samsung remove that as well?

That was only the S5 as far as I know.

A lot of people didn't like the flap for the port.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Just give it to me straight, guys. What are my odds here? Is there anything else i can do? &#128550;

It's going to be exceedingly difficult for us to Photoshop that image into something funny this time.

 

[HUELEN10]

Send it back to Samsung and tell them it's not working.

Take no responsibility.

Get a replacement phone.

That's thievery, and only ruins it for everyone else policy-wise.

 

[MultiCore]

It's going to be exceedingly difficult for us to Photoshop that image into something funny this time.

Seems like it's already funny enough, isn't it?

 

[>:)]

Girlfriend does that all the time with her phones/ipod, to the point where I buy a mandatory 5 pound bag of rice with every electronic purchase. Rice, hot ass sun, and 5 days. Guaranteed cure.

The water stains, however, are with you for life.

 

[kinggroin]

Not feeling good about this at all, thanks for the emotional support guys. I mean it would be one thing if this was an old phone, but this is a brand new flagship phone.

do you think your flagship android phone made by Samsung will be ok?

 

[Trouble]

Send it back to Samsung and tell them it's not working.

Take no responsibility.

Get a replacement phone.

Check the water detector first.

If that is red, they aren't going to replace it.

 

[Acidote]

Don't worry. Everything will be alright.

But your phone. That shit is dead.

 

[blame space]

I guess you're doing the right thing - cat litter or rice. Do you have any accidental damage warranty on the phone? Maybe? I feel bad for you because that's some real bank.

I never get insurance I told the guy it was a ripoff.

 

[Dega]

Could be fine.



I will pray for your phone.

 

[HUELEN10]

I never get insurance I told the guy it was a ripoff.

No offense, but your phone is now in a ziploc bag full of overpriced dirt, some of it that will never come off due to its caking properties.

I don't see how you sure told him.

 

[GrapeApes]

The CEO of Levi's doesnt was his jeans. Should have followed in his footsteps, bro.