Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 19:22:23 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: LVC Friday: Camp Fire Heat Damage Cell Phone?
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My HTC Android goes all wonky if I forget and leave it exposed in the
traveling mount I use, up on the dash next to the instrument pod. If I
happen to park somewhere and work all day with the direct sun on the phone.
mounted there, it hates it. Probably gets pretty dang hot, being black
and being mounted on a poop brown dash....
Speaking of that, the reason we now have Smart Phones rather than regular
inexpensive and basic cell phones is that my S.O. was using her old cell on
a bicycle ride and during a roadside visit to one of those nasty portable
outhouses, it fell out of her bike jersey pocket and ......dropped into the
tank....She *says* she wanted a new phone anyhow and so she just left it
down there....I don't know if I'd have gone after it either...luckily I
wasn't along, or I probably would have been asked to ...get it...and then
there would have been trouble ......
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 2:21 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions people.
>
> For the sake of VC.....
>
> If one carries a small jewellers Phillips and flat blade in their bus,
> it's likely they can open up their cell phone and let it dry out. And
> that Phillips/flat blade that comes with your new eyeglasses should
> work in a pinch.
>
> I suspect moisture got in. Took phone apart let it sit overnight, put
> it together/apart several more times. Display not discoloured any more
> though "On" switch has to be pushed "just so" for phone to work. Touch
> screen now works 100%.
>
> Seems a phone in pocket beside the camp fire likely won't harm a cell
> phone ..... unless that pocket is on fire.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:53 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey all.
> >
> > Just did a 1100 mile + trip around WA. Too much fun! But..... my cell
> > phone "died". It turns on, but screen won't react to touch. Top edge
> > of screen is slightly discoloured
> >
> > Theory 1: moisture damage to screen. But I was sure I didn't even
> > spill beer on it!
> >
> > Theory 2: Sometimes I keep my phone in my RH cargo pants side pocket.
> > With a camp fire to my right, maybe phone was close enough that heat
> > damaged the screen?
> >
> > Input welcome. And if Theory 2 is correct, let that be a warning! ;^)
> >
> > Sparky.
> >
> > --
> > Neil n
> >
> > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
> >
> > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
> >
> > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> >
> > Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>
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