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URGENT! - Nokia 6230i needs to be brought back to life

  • 30-09-2011 8:25pm
    #1
    Hunter21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭


    My cherished phone Nokia 6230i fell into water 5minutes ago, turns on but wont get passed the PIN as the keypad wont work :mad: I badly need the memory/hard drive of this phone retrieved as very important numbers and information are on it.

    Can this be done? and does anyone know anyone that could do it for me? i have another 6230i here at home that I could use as a new one just swap the hard drive...

    Really need your help here on this matter :o


Comments

  • #2
    siobhan.murphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭siobhan.murphy


    put it in a bag of rice leave it 2 days


  • #3
    Hunter21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Hunter21


    siobhan.murphy wrote: »
    put it in a bag of rice leave it 2 days

    Are you serious or after a few drinks? :D


  • #4
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    take out battery and dont try to turn it on at all and then do what siobhan has said. 2 days, not a few hours!! ;) You may though already have done damage by trying to turn it on. Fingers crossed not though


  • #5
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,352 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    As already stated, the best way to dry out a phone is to put it in a ziploc bag full of rice and put it in the hot press for a couple of days. The rice absorbs the moisture in the phone. It's not 100% guaranteed, but I do know people it has worked for.


  • #6
    TheBunk1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 796 ✭✭✭TheBunk1


    +1 on the rice idea. It got an old phone working for me after water damage, although it sounds like you may have done more damage than I did.


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  • #7
    Hunter21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Hunter21


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    take out battery and dont try to turn it on at all and then do what siobhan has said. 2 days, not a few hours!! ;) You may though already have done damage by trying to turn it on. Fingers crossed not though

    Its screwed so. Turned it off as fast as I could then after I was taking the covers off turned it on by accident


  • #8
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    It might not be. Keep the fingers and toes crossed for 2 days. Best of luck!!


  • #9
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,959 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    UNCOOKED RICE!!!!!!


  • #10
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    HAHA lol Laugh of the week for me. Thanks ;)


  • #11
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Still worth trying it for a couple of days drying out. Also some stuff might be on the sim and the memory card. You might get lucky yet. These days people should keep a regular backup of their phone aswell as their computer.


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