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« on: February 06, 2010, 01:05:22 PM » |
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Well lost my Reality today out in the snow. No insurance..Guess I will have to buy another or try another phone.....A real pisser
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redstu37
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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 07:21:34 PM » |
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Sorry to hear that...hope you can get another one...
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 07:57:56 PM » |
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ouch, that sucks man :-( ..i'm so tired of snow. good luck with everything!  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 06:25:08 PM » |
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Well i'm going to rent a metal detector and find the thing in the morning. Even if its a brick it will be alot less money to have it exchanged than to buy a new one. I figured I would let it dry out for a couple days before i try and turn it on. I've had 3 people tell me to put it in a bowl of rice that the rice will soak up any water. Has anyone else heard of this or tried it?
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 07:57:31 PM » |
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Rice is found in Salt shakers because it soaks up water like a sponge. 1 reality, 2 cups rice. Where's the Wok.  Should work well, sorry to hear about your phone. Paul |
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2010, 09:56:55 AM » |
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Well i'm going to rent a metal detector and find the thing in the morning. Even if its a brick it will be alot less money to have it exchanged than to buy a new one. I figured I would let it dry out for a couple days before i try and turn it on. I've had 3 people tell me to put it in a bowl of rice that the rice will soak up any water. Has anyone else heard of this or tried it?
yeah, ive been told this as well, in the context of: if you drop your phone in the toilet.... |
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2010, 11:46:11 AM » |
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Motorola phones have a white dot in the battery compartment that turns red when wet. I don't remember a dot when I put my battery in.
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2010, 06:13:33 PM » |
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Good news I think. I found my Reality. I rented a metal detector from the Lowes rental company sunbelt rentals. I would have done this yesterday but the rental Dept. is closed on Sunday. After 2 hours of hunting It was found in a plowed of pile of snow. It was in a body glove pouch and did not look like much snow got to it. At this point I have it in a bowl of rice to from what I was told to soak up any moisture. I will wait a couple hours more for it to warm up and dry out and then I will put it on charge and post here the results. Cost for the detector was only $13.38 with tax so if its not a brick, Money well spent.
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« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2010, 08:34:19 PM » |
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Great news. After finding my phone in a plowed up pile of snow I put it in rice for 4 hours. I then plugged it in and turned it on. Everything is just fine. All my contacts are there. I made a call no problem, Even the music on my sd card is there.. I will have to give the body glove pouch props because thats what it was in. The phone had to have been plowed more than 100 feet by the person that plowed my drive. Theres not a scratch on it and it was in hard packed snow for 2 days. I will have to give samsung props because it was at 32 degress for 2 days. Yes it was down to 5 last night but snow/ice can only get to 32 degrees...
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« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2010, 11:21:02 PM » |
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Congratulations on finding your phone, thats a good bit of luck...btw ice CAN get colder than 32 degrees, where'd you hear that?
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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2010, 08:53:20 AM » |
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Snow does make a good insulator. Congrats!!!
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 09:40:11 AM » |
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Congratulations on finding your phone, thats a good bit of luck...btw ice CAN get colder than 32 degrees, where'd you hear that?
Take a block of Ice a foot thick. Put it in 10 degree weather for 24 hours..Take inside. Drill a hole 6 inches deep...Measure the temp at 6 inches. It will be no colder than 30 degrees. Ice and snow are great insulators. Yes Ice can get colder than 32 degrees but it takes extream conditions. |
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2010, 08:25:16 PM » |
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sweet! thanks for the update. congrats my friend!!
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2010, 12:52:28 PM » |
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Great news. After finding my phone in a plowed up pile of snow I put it in rice for 4 hours. I then plugged it in and turned it on. Everything is just fine. All my contacts are there. I made a call no problem, Even the music on my sd card is there.. I will have to give the body glove pouch props because thats what it was in. The phone had to have been plowed more than 100 feet by the person that plowed my drive. Theres not a scratch on it and it was in hard packed snow for 2 days. I will have to give samsung props because it was at 32 degress for 2 days. Yes it was down to 5 last night but snow/ice can only get to 32 degrees...
I loose my phone in the Car or Apt.. And I am in a panic!! Nice Find!! |
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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2010, 07:47:01 PM » |
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Not to start an argument, but I have to disagree with the statement that ice cannot get below around 30º. I do agree that it is a great insulator and has a very high specific heat(how much energy it takes to raise or lower a unit of something by a unit of temperature). This does not mean it cannot get colder. See this diagram of water phases at different temperatures and pressures:  Conversions:temperature: 32ºF=273 K Pressure: 1 atm(standard pressure at sea level) = 0.101325 MPa So you can see that it is very possible to have ice at lower temperatures given enough thermal energy or lack thereof will cause the heat to be stripped away thus leaving it colder. Hope everyone enjoyed this lesson in Thermodynamics. |
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