> My SanDisk flash drive has survived three washing/drying cycles in the
> pocket of my shirt.
> I am amazed every time.
>
> --Bob A
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Jake Anderson <
@spam@jakeKILLspam
vapourforge.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Cedric Chang <
KILLspamccKILLspam
nope9.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I ran my cell phone through the laundry** and immediately pulled
>>>> the
>>>> battery and sloshed the phone around in distilled water. I am
>>>> still
>>>> using the cell phone months later albeit with a different battery.
>>>> The first battery was DUI. ( Dead Upon Immersion )
>>>> cc
>>>> ** not on purpose
>>>>
>>>
>>> Last time my younger brother has a Samsung cell phone going
>>> through a Samsung washing machine. Just like your experience,
>>> the first battery was dead. The phone could not be used either but
>>> I helped him to keep the phone for 6 months along with the spare
>>> battery. His new phone (another Samsung) was grabbed by my
>>> youngest brother 6 month later. So he was thinking of buying a
>>> new phone. Then I took out the old phone and it actually worked
>>> fine after 6 months of nature drying process. So he saved the
>>> money and continued to use the phone for quite some years.
>>>
>>> Xiaofan
>>>
>> More than once I have "repaired" somebody's MP3 player by pulling it
>> apart, cutting the battery wire and leaving it in the sun for the
>> morning.
>> Solder the battery wire back on and all is well again.