Taryn comes in to save us from ourselves... during our most glorious moments.
Late into a night of too many cocktails, we find ourselves—and our gadgets—making less than brilliant decisions. It's that contagious liquid courage that makes our BlackBerry decide it's alright to go scuba diving in the fish tank (or toilet!) tonight.
If you're like us, you too probably find yourself the next morning taking apart your phone piece by piece on and spreading it across a dry towel on the kitchen counter.
Good news: The Golden Shellback splashproof coating is a waterproof polymer that covers your gadgets inside and out. Bad news: You might be in for a few more late-night toilet dives because it's not yet available.
Yes, this would be very useful... A few years ago on a road trip I dropped my cell in a rest-stop toilet, completely killing it.
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For now, take the phone apart (battery etc) and let it dry out for 2 days, turning it over from time to time to ensure all the water has run out. After 2 or more days go by, locate two white stickers. One is likely where the battery attaches to the phone and the other is usually located where the battery rests in the phone. They may be discolored at this point. Remove the stickers and affix pieces of address labels to those spots. Add the battery back in and Voila! The phone should work again.
Really really important to do this when the phone is completely dry, otherwise you will short it out.
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