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[Andy B]

Last week I 'float tested' my mobile phone (Nokia 6300 - it makes phone calls!) down the pan!
It failed & sank!    :-? 
So I whipped the battery out and left it for a couple of days in the cupboard where the boiler lives in the warmth.
I dismantled it, gave the contacts between the boards a clean with switch cleaner, rebuilt it, put the battery back in and gingerly turned it on and  :-/ ..... it sprang into action!!!!! 
It worked fine for a couple of days, and then nothing .....  there was just the 2 lights on either side.
So ...... I dismantled it again, cleaned it it up with more switch cleaner, & thought WTF and blasted the guts of it with afore mention switch cleaner!   :-? amd it worked!!!
I've used it daily since last week and it still appears to work, only today I've lost my signal! 
How can I have lost all bars of my signal when it's been working great all week?
Suggestions on a post card please



Yes! I know... I need a new phone, but it's bugging me the fact it's been working fine for a week, & it still starts up OK but has no signal ...  :-?  :-?  :-?

[tunnie]

you could of fried the Ariel with all that switch cleaner  i dropped a trust HTC SPV 3100 on its head, phone worked fine, but zero signal

[PhilRich]

I think it's trying to tell you something Andy

[TheBoy]

You're unlikely to revive it Andy B.

Go on, trat yourself

[Andy B]

you could of fried the Ariel with all that switch cleaner    .......

But it's worked all week, and I left it to evaporate before I put the battery back in.  :-/

[TheBoy]

You're unlikely to revive it Andy B.

Go on, trat yourself

Trat? What the hel does that mean.  I think i meant treat

[Andy B]

You're unlikely to revive it Andy B.

Go on, trat yourself

I'll see what Father Christmas might bring me if I'm good!!

but why has it lasted all week before f***ing me off?  :-/  :-?

[Andy B]

You're unlikely to revive it Andy B.

Go on, trat yourself

Trat? What the hel does that mean.  I think i meant treat

Is that the Stella speaking? 

[Mr Skrunts]

Nokia 6300, think thats what I have, best not drop it down the pan then....had I.   :-/

[tunnie]

you could of fried the Ariel with all that switch cleaner    .......

But it's worked all week, and I left it to evaporate before I put the battery back in.  :-/

As we know with head gaskets, water is very corrosive, its just taken time i guess.  :-/

[Kevin Wood]

Make sure the contact between the PCB and the antenna is making OK.

Kevin

[Andy B]

.... water is very corrosive .....

It's what else was down there perhaps!  :-?  :-?  :-?

[Andy B]

Make sure the contact between the PCB and the antenna is making OK.

Kevin

That's what I thought this evening when I took it apart again, but ....... wtf is the antenna?  :-/  :-/  :-/
I've 'tightened' all sprung connection that I could see, maybe I need more switch cleaner ......     

[tunnie]

.... water is very corrosive .....

It's what else was down there perhaps!  :-?  :-?  :-?

Dare i ask exactly where it went for swim? 

[Andy B]

.... water is very corrosive .....

It's what else was down there perhaps!  :-?  :-?  :-?

Dare i ask exactly where it went for swim? 

best not go there!!!!!!    :-?  :-?  :-?