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>I have managed to put my LG F2250 phone through a wash cycle (dont ask!)
>Amazingly, after drying out the phone still works but the display is
>ruined. Is it possible to economically fix/replace this or is it scrap?

>
> Pjmac35 wrote in message
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>>I have managed to put my LG F2250 phone through a wash cycle (dont ask!)
>>Amazingly, after drying out the phone still works but the display is
>>ruined. Is it possible to economically fix/replace this or is it scrap?
>
> You can replace the screen but, almost certainly, the water damage will
> lead to corrosion and sooner or later (probably sooner) the phone will be
> scrap.
>
> One of my old 7110s survived a washing machine - or so I thought - until
> it died about 6 weeks later. The corrosion on the inside was clearly
> visible.
>
> Gareth.
>

>
> Gareth wrote in message
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>>
>> Pjmac35 wrote in message
>> news:BgBhi.5455$vA3.5358@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>>>I have managed to put my LG F2250 phone through a wash cycle (dont ask!)
>>>Amazingly, after drying out the phone still works but the display is
>>>ruined. Is it possible to economically fix/replace this or is it scrap?
>>
>> You can replace the screen but, almost certainly, the water damage will
>> lead to corrosion and sooner or later (probably sooner) the phone will be
>> scrap.
>>
>> One of my old 7110s survived a washing machine - or so I thought - until
>> it died about 6 weeks later. The corrosion on the inside was clearly
>> visible.
>>
>> Gareth.
>>
> What you should do when you put phones or radios in water is take the
> battery out and throw the phone or radio in a jar of meths. Leave it for
> a few minutes then remove and dry out on kitchen roll.
> Use a hair dryer if you must!
> The meths displaces the water and evaporates with the heat, so it really
> helps preventing corrosion later on.
> Ive used that many times on Kenwood radios and they have all survived
> muddy puddles!
>
>

>
> Pjmac35 wrote in message
> news:BgBhi.5455$vA3.5358@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>>I have managed to put my LG F2250 phone through a wash cycle (dont ask!)
>>Amazingly, after drying out the phone still works but the display is
>>ruined. Is it possible to economically fix/replace this or is it scrap?
>
> You can replace the screen but, almost certainly, the water damage will
> lead to corrosion and sooner or later (probably sooner) the phone will be
> scrap.
>
> One of my old 7110s survived a washing machine - or so I thought - until
> it died about 6 weeks later. The corrosion on the inside was clearly
> visible.
>

> Actually, dismantling the phone, washing the bits in distilled water,
> letting it dry and then putting it back together again ought to be OK.
> --
> Dave