Phone through washing machine

[momo432]

Help?
I can't put it on top of a radiator to dry out because my parents have decided we're not turning them on this year to save money, and we don't have any old phones I could use and I don't have the money to buy a new one and I won't be able to get the money to buy a new one for a very long time
:'(

[SoMuchMore]

Take the battery out to dry, then put it in a bag of rice for 24 hours to draw out the moisture. In all luck, the battery will not have shorted out the phone and it will be fine once its all dry. You can test the phone after a day by plugging it into the charger and seeing if it turns on without the battery.

If it turns on with the charger but not with the battery, that means you just have to replace the battery.

This method saved my phone after i dropped in a bucket of water a few months ago. Hope it works for you too!

[momo432]

Thanks I'll try it. My mother is going to kill me.

[BridgesAndBalloons]

that sucks, when it happened to me (mom was being "helpful" offering to wash my coat lol) I put mine in the airing cupboard for a few days and it worked fine after that. Although there's a website called prepaymania that's really reasonable for mobile phones. http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/

You can get a phone with £10 credit on for a total of £15 with T Mobile if that's of any help? I hope you can get something sorted.

[momo432]

T Mobile doesn't work here, and I have £5 to last me until November. Thanks for trying to help though :)

[BridgesAndBalloons]

Ah right ok, no worries, I hope the bag of rice method works for you then :)