Fix a Wet Phone with Rice
How to Fix a Wet Phone with Rice.
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The Ringer on my Blackberry BOLD (9000) stopped working - I discovered this because I use it as my alarm.. and it 'didn't go off' in the morning. My phone would show someone calling, but NO SOUND. Turns out this is a common issue, but it was 13 months after I purchased.. warranty is only 12 months (Rogers Wireless offered to sell me a new phone with a 3yr package for 9 - YA RIGHT ) What you need Blackberry Bold, scissors, Tim Horton card, Push Pin, 2 mins. Worked for me, hope you have the same luck.
how long do i leave it in the rice ?
I’m not sure a hair dryer is a good idea…It could force the water further into the phone but if you must use a hair dryer, use the cool setting, not the heat.
@Tyaw95 It still works, I dropped my phone in the garden and then 3 days later I found, and it had been raining for two days.
The rice worked amazingly well, it totally saved my phone!!
@overcastgabriel Actually Hair Dryers Don’t Damage Phones . One Time My Cousin Dropped My Phone In A Glass Of Soda-Pop && My Aunt Fixed It With ONLY A Hair Dryer .
DO EVERY THING THIS SAY BESIDE THE HAIR DRYER IT will damage you phone but the rice really helps uncooked
@1211mbg 10 minutes? Hahaha
why rice ?
i laughed really hard when you dropped it in so fast
lmao. he dropped it in der face
IT WORKSSSS I SPILLED SOME H PUNCH ON MY PHONE, DRIED IT,PUT IT BY A FAN, PUT IT IN A RICE BAG FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, GOOD AS NEW.
a piece of rice got stuck in a part of my phone and it broke D:
I don’t think this will work for me. I dropped my iPod in my cereal, lol. The milk probably already dried too. It went too soon.
@7wars way to match me. It came on this morning but it’s terribly glitchy, approaching FUBAR.
@arcadianskies77 i did the exact same thing
ha, you turned me on!!
So. I was at the pool and I wanted to get one last dive in (okay maybe two) before I left. I went out to my car to put my shit up, came back, did my dives, and left. When I sat down I realized my phone was in my back pocket. Took me about 20 minutes to get into town, and another 10 before I was home and putting the phone in the rice. I do believe I’m fucked. Haha.
can this work two weeks after the damage has been done haa?
@xopenheartx lol i agree he is like a ninja
i had my phone in my pocket and fell in a pool for like 2 mins and my phone was perfectly fine….nothing happened…my phone must be WATER PROOF! YAY!….or maybe i was just reaaaallllyyy lucky…
This vid is kinda creepy
that quick put and quit manouver do not harm any phone…come on!!!
Rice trick….
Dude no joke this does work. I was in the pool with my phone in my pocket for like 2 minutes and i thought it was hopeless, but i put it in a bag of rice for like 30 hours and boom my phone works like nothing happened.
HEYY DIZ REALY DOEZ WORKK DUMAZZAEZ–
went to the WARP TOUR…soaked in rain…whipped phone out…*turn off turn on*…take off batteries… got home…wake up…remembered wat happen….PISSED OFF!!!
going to to try this…gonna try this bro, RICE UP!!!
worked great!!! solved my problems!
actually worked! thanks a lot man!
Wow…this works. Thanks!
Thanks a bunch! this worked….
Thank you so much for making this video. I thought the speaker was blown. I followed the instructions you gave and now my phone works like new.
wow its amazing bro, im from el salvador and my blackberry sound low, but thax you its sound strong again!!!!!
sorry for my english but my native languaje is spanish but thax
Thanks a lot.. i am very happy now
I can’t belive it, it works perfectly, thanks very much!!!
In my BB the pad was black, anyway just pushing it a little bit made the sounds return.
haha. thanks. bought a 2nd hand bb Bold,same model, form rogers (sux). use your method, and it works! saves me tonnes of money, plus i got this phone at a very low price considering it was puchased last december.
dude you rock. yours is the only reasonable fix I’ve seen so far. thanks dude.
omg thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You sir are a true gentleman.
Thanks a lot for the video.
Amazing! My Blackberry has been losing it’s sound off and on and I could never figure out how/why – but hey! This really helped!!! THANKS!
YEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!! LOOOOOVE YOU MATE YOUR THE BEST
Worked like a charm thanks!!
BRILLIANT FIX!!! You saved my day. Thanks a ton.
i always just press the back down and it works but the sounds goes again but this really fix my prob. thanx alot
this is a perfect solution…. Thanks Joe love ur work!!!
Excelente Fix, gracias por este ilustrativo video, como otros usuarios del Bold 9000 había agotado todas las instancias (servicio técnico operadora telefónica, forums, web, etc.) para encontrar una posible solución a este terrible error de manufactura de la serie 9000, gracias a este fix ya podré usar nuevamente mi Bold como mi alarma/despertador.
Saludos desde El Salvador
holy shiet…thanks alot!!!
i dont know how u came up with this. but somehow it WORKED! thankssss!
MAN – thanks a lot! i tried several other do-it-yourself fixes, but most failed and some fixed the problem but the cover would not be in its natural position and would come off. Your fix is just PERFECT! THANKS!
By the way: although they dont read this! Love Blackberry, but this small problems really such! RIM should take care of this probs in the future!
I’ve received and given out many tip’s about repairing stuff in my time but this video really beats the lot. My bold 9000 hasn’t ringtoned for over a year and upto now Blackberry Customer Services + the blackberry 9000 forums were not much help either, but finding this vid has got my 9000 fully working again, Cheers Joe.
NB: Just goes to show how a repair so trivial and simple such using a toothpick can bring back to life what was an expensive blackerry phone at the time of it’s purchase.
THANKS MEN
My hero for today! Many thanks!