Yes, it happened. My Sony T630 went in the washing machine while it was on. It was a sorry state when I found it. Water inside the display. Shaking it violently got the water out of the display.
I then left it in my car on the last sunny day we had and that dried it out some. Not in sunlight, just on the center console. I powered it up after this and it works but the display still have moisture in it. The moisture has cleared after 2 days in my pocket and I've been lucky, looks like new again now.
Congrats Sony on a washing machine proof phone.
That's hillarious. Just yesterday I went for a swim and the thought occured to me that water proof cell phones could be a new fad. Imagine people at the beach talking on their cell phones in the water. I wouldn't condone it, but I could see it happening. :)
Posted by: Floyd Marinescu | June 13, 2005 at 10:40 AM
Very fortunate. I recall a former boss's BMW being submerged in a flood, and foolishly the first thing they did was try to turn it on, before it had dried out. Not sure of the details, but that was the end of the car basically...
Posted by: Michael O'Keefe | June 13, 2005 at 05:24 PM
So lucky, Billy. My Nokia 6170 just did not work anymore when came out of water.....
Posted by: Kelvin Cheung | July 05, 2005 at 02:30 AM
Very lucky Billy... my Ericsson didn't make it. After hand drying it, sun drying it, putting it through the dryer... no luck. I tried everything to resuscitate it... but to no avail.
At that moment, I knew why it was helpful to actually "write" peoples phone numbers down... on "paper".
Posted by: Dylan Stamat | July 20, 2005 at 12:55 PM
yes - my t630 has just come out of the washing machine. ooooops. lets hope mine's a lucky one!
Posted by: moi | August 14, 2005 at 05:21 PM
I washed my Samsung last week while it was powered up. Dead as a doornail. If I plug it in, the display comes on, but it says "bad battery". Crossing my fingers and hoping I just have to replace the battery at this point...
Posted by: Foobar | August 15, 2005 at 01:29 PM
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Had I not visited this web site (that I found by googling "cell phone washing machine") I would have never known that my Samsung SCHa650 SURVIVED a trip through my washing machine last weekend!! It took the swim in my jeans pocket, and it was ON at the time. When I found it after the washer turned off, I was horrified to say the least. It would not turn on at all. Just dead. I never even THOUGHT to plug it it, duh. Thanks to you guys, yesterday I plugged it in, and to my great surprise, it powered up and began charging. All day yesterday the screen had a few sort of white "water spots", but as of today, it looks like nothing ever happened to it. Thanks again!!!
Posted by: AKH | August 23, 2005 at 11:39 PM
My Phone Just Went In The Wachine Machine o2 x3
hope It Survives Plz Plz To God Hope It Water Proof My Second Phone To Do Tht My Sagem Phone Got DrenchedN The Mic N Speakers Neva Worked For God Sakk Ppl We Gtta Check Our Washin
Just One Stupid Mistake In Life
Posted by: recovery | October 16, 2005 at 04:17 PM
Daaaang! I just put my Kyocera SoHo through the wash no signs of life yet but only time will tell. :(
Posted by: Dylan K. | January 02, 2006 at 04:20 PM
so glad other people hav dun it2!put my sheets on this mornin and fone musta got in with it!have some hope it may wrk now!its drying at the mo!!
Posted by: ami | January 24, 2006 at 05:26 AM
DUDES...MY LITTLE SISTERS PHONE JUST TOOK A RIDE IN THE WAVES OPF THE WASHER...I "SHOOK IT VIOLENTLY...AND IT STILL WONT COME ON....ITS AN LG: C1500...HELP....WILL IT EVER BECOME ALIVE
Posted by: BECCA | February 16, 2006 at 11:48 PM
I thought I was a medical case for putting my phone through a hot wash. Nice to know there are other nuts out there. It's a Nokia 6210 that I'd been reluctant to change so fate has come to the rescue. Don't care if it works again. In fact it shouldn't so I can finally change it.
Posted by: Charlie | February 23, 2006 at 10:01 AM
This is too funny. I just found my wife's phone for her. In the washer along with the laundry that I generously put through. OOPS!!
Good to see that I'm not the only one to have accomplished this. Now the wait and see happens.
Oh Well!!
Posted by: Sam | March 16, 2006 at 03:10 PM
Just washed my Samsung cell phone. It's so clean now!!! Doesn't work any more though.. wife is pissed....
Posted by: Mike | March 28, 2006 at 09:15 PM
Well, thanks to baby spit up and a flustered morning, my Ericsson just went through the wash. Here's hoping it works... not very hopeful after Kevin's Ericsson didn't make it. I just bought the thing less than a month ago!!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | April 12, 2006 at 12:54 PM
I just washed my LG phone, I hope it can work tomorrow.
Posted by: Ileana | April 12, 2006 at 09:24 PM
oops just washed my new Samsung phone... found this site by typing in "wash mobile phone"... i'm happy i'm not the only one who's made it. and also happy that some of the phones made it.
at the moment just realized what happened, no signs of life. oh god please make it work!!!
Posted by: Ania | April 13, 2006 at 11:32 AM
New Motorola V3 camera phone...through the washer and probably the dryer, buy the looks it went through the dryer too. I found it in my robe the AM. Right where I left it. Dead so far.
Posted by: Jim | April 13, 2006 at 07:53 PM
hi, i just retrieved my (brand new, longed for and coveted for 4 months b4 i finally got it) samsung e700 from a synthetics cycle. sat and cried for 10 mins b4 turning to google. please wish me luck, don't know what i'll do if it doesnt recover. i'm hoping the fact that its easter (as good a time as any for miracle ressurections) bodes well. Good luck to all here! Rachel p.s if anyone has any c.p.r for phones tips they can share you can email me (rachiedodie@hotmail.com) i would be most grateful.. xxx :)
Posted by: rachel | April 15, 2006 at 03:43 PM
Hmm. i too was a victim of the cell phone and washer case.... i tried to turn it on a couple hours after and the red light turned on but no screen. only time will tell. i went out and spent 300 dollars on a new phone and if it turns out that my old phone still works im gunna be pissed!!! :)
Posted by: Blaine | April 16, 2006 at 01:49 AM