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HOW TO SAVE YOUR WET MOBILE PHONE
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Did you just drop your cellphone in water? Or maybe you'd like to know what to do if that happens! This week on Upgrade Your Life, Yahoo! News' Becky Worley shows us first aid techniques for rescuing a drowned smartphone.
To test them out, Becky took a BlackBerry, a Droid, and an iPhone, and dropped all three into room temperature water for 60 seconds. Then she went through the following steps:
Step 1: Do NOT turn on the phone
Why do water and smartphones not mix? Because the water shorts out your smartphone's electrical circuits. So whatever you do, don't turn it on to check to see if it still works.
Step 2: Pull out the battery and SIM card
You want to remove anything removeable: Pull out the battery, the SIM card and the memory card, if your phone has one. As long as that battery's in there it's providing power to your phone, and that's what you need to stop immediately.
Some phones, like the iPhone, don't have a removable battery. Unfortunately, you'll just have to skip this step and hope for the best if you dunk one of them.
Step 3: Freshwater rinse
Did you drop your phone in salt water? The salt can corrode your device. So after you pull out the battery and SIM card, immerse your phone in fresh water to rinse out the salt.
Step 4: Dry your phone using compressed air
If you have a compressed air can handy -- the kind that's used to clean computers or keyboards -- run it full-blast all over your phone, with the back cover taken off if you can. A vacuum cleaner also works, even though it's pulling the air in the other direction. As long as it's blowing cool air over those circuits to dry them out, it's all good.
Don't stick your phone in the oven, even on low. The heat can warp your phone's circuits, and melt its internal components. You shouldn't use a blow dryer either, unless it has a heatless setting. A fan might help, but a microwave is out of the question.
Step 5: Cover your phone with uncooked rice
The premise of our experiment was to test if putting a wet phone into a sealed container of rice would actually dry it out, and bring it back form the dead. See, the idea behind the rice is that the dry grains will absorb moisture. So get a sealable plastic container, and fill it with enough rice to cover your smartphone. (A plastic zipper bag will work too, in a pinch.) Then bury your phone in the rice, along with its battery and other parts. You'll want to wait at least 24 hours for the rice to do its job -- Becky waited for 48 hours, in her test.
What would work better than rice? Silica gel, the stuff in those packets that keep new clothes or shoes dry. But most of us don't have a shoebox full of the stuff laying around, so rice will probably have to do. It may get pieces of rice into the crevices and cavities in your smartphone, but this is an emergency, and time is of the essence.
Should you use white or brown rice? It doesn't matter, so long as it's hard and dry and uncooked. You can even use rice from boxed meals like Rice-a-Roni. Just don't add in the seasoning packet, unless you want your phone to smell like mixed vegetables.
Step 6: Turn your phone back on
After you've waited at least 24 hours, it's time for the moment of truth. Reassemble your phone, charge it and try to power it on.
The results of our experiment weren't encouraging: the BlackBerry that Becky tested did restart, with no seeming long-term damage. But the iPhone and the Droid were dead. After two days in the rice and a full battery charge, neither phone came back to life.
One in three may be slim odds. But since water damage isn't covered by most warranties, it can't hurt to try.
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To test them out, Becky took a BlackBerry, a Droid, and an iPhone, and dropped all three into room temperature water for 60 seconds. Then she went through the following steps:
Step 1: Do NOT turn on the phone
Why do water and smartphones not mix? Because the water shorts out your smartphone's electrical circuits. So whatever you do, don't turn it on to check to see if it still works.
Step 2: Pull out the battery and SIM card
You want to remove anything removeable: Pull out the battery, the SIM card and the memory card, if your phone has one. As long as that battery's in there it's providing power to your phone, and that's what you need to stop immediately.
Some phones, like the iPhone, don't have a removable battery. Unfortunately, you'll just have to skip this step and hope for the best if you dunk one of them.
Step 3: Freshwater rinse
Did you drop your phone in salt water? The salt can corrode your device. So after you pull out the battery and SIM card, immerse your phone in fresh water to rinse out the salt.
Step 4: Dry your phone using compressed air
If you have a compressed air can handy -- the kind that's used to clean computers or keyboards -- run it full-blast all over your phone, with the back cover taken off if you can. A vacuum cleaner also works, even though it's pulling the air in the other direction. As long as it's blowing cool air over those circuits to dry them out, it's all good.
Don't stick your phone in the oven, even on low. The heat can warp your phone's circuits, and melt its internal components. You shouldn't use a blow dryer either, unless it has a heatless setting. A fan might help, but a microwave is out of the question.
Step 5: Cover your phone with uncooked rice
The premise of our experiment was to test if putting a wet phone into a sealed container of rice would actually dry it out, and bring it back form the dead. See, the idea behind the rice is that the dry grains will absorb moisture. So get a sealable plastic container, and fill it with enough rice to cover your smartphone. (A plastic zipper bag will work too, in a pinch.) Then bury your phone in the rice, along with its battery and other parts. You'll want to wait at least 24 hours for the rice to do its job -- Becky waited for 48 hours, in her test.
What would work better than rice? Silica gel, the stuff in those packets that keep new clothes or shoes dry. But most of us don't have a shoebox full of the stuff laying around, so rice will probably have to do. It may get pieces of rice into the crevices and cavities in your smartphone, but this is an emergency, and time is of the essence.
Should you use white or brown rice? It doesn't matter, so long as it's hard and dry and uncooked. You can even use rice from boxed meals like Rice-a-Roni. Just don't add in the seasoning packet, unless you want your phone to smell like mixed vegetables.
Step 6: Turn your phone back on
After you've waited at least 24 hours, it's time for the moment of truth. Reassemble your phone, charge it and try to power it on.
The results of our experiment weren't encouraging: the BlackBerry that Becky tested did restart, with no seeming long-term damage. But the iPhone and the Droid were dead. After two days in the rice and a full battery charge, neither phone came back to life.
One in three may be slim odds. But since water damage isn't covered by most warranties, it can't hurt to try.
DONT DYR YOUR MOBILE PHONE WITH BLOW DRYER OR OVEN HEAT
so if you cover your wet mobile phones with uncooked rice for 24hrs. They would start working again.!!!! yesss its true and it works.. but yes dont stwitch on your cell phone before that other wise you gonna damage your cell phone
Friday, May 27, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
PTCL Free On Net Calls on Sunday
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced Unlimited On-Net Calls on Sundays effective from May 01, 2011 for a period of two months.As per the promotion PTCL landline telephones line rent will increase from existing Rs. 174 per month to Rs. 199 per month (excluding tax and this increase will be compensated by free on-net calls to all PTCL landline numbers on Sundays.
PTCL said that monthly landline rent will be reversed back to Rs. 174 per month after the end of promotional offer.
All PTCL landline Customers will now be able to make Unlimited calls on PTCL Network (Landline and Vfone) for 24hrs on Sundays.
This new calling incentive has been introduced to encourage the landline usage among residential customers and to keep them connected to their loved ones without worrying about the charges. With this new initiative.
PTCL intends to address the needs of our valued and budget conscious customers in the most effective and affordable way possible. SEVP Commercial Naveed Saeed Stated that PTCL always provides best service and packages to its customers and this particular incentive of free on-net calls will enable all PTCL Landline customers to make longer duration calls to their loved ones without worrying about the bill on Sundays. He further added that PTCL has always and will always strive to provide its customers with the best and most affordable services.
Aasif Inam EVP Wire-line Business said this step will reinforce PTCL’s image as a customer oriented organization. He further stated that it is our top priority to facilitate our customers to the maximum keeping in mind the needs of our customers by giving Unlimited On-Net Calls on Sundays against a nominal increase in line rent.
Mobilink Jazz Daily Internet Package
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Mobilink Jazz Daily Internet Package.Mobilink Jazz Jazba Internet Packages 2011.
Jazz Jazba now introduces the first ever Such unlimited internet service with no limits on internet usage. It gives you a chance to live your online life with unlimited chatting on Yahoo! and msn, unlimited social networking on facebook, unlimited tweets on twitter, unlimited browsing and unlimited uploads & downloads.
With a pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of providing exciting services for our youth, such jazba gives them unlimited freedom in real time.
Unlimited usage with no time limits.
Subscribers will only be charged Rs. 9.99 on the day they use the Mobile Internet.
Internet charges will be deducted at day end.
This offer is only valid for JAZZ & Jazba customers.
No taxes apply.
Send an SMS to 6006 to activate Mobile Internet.
Mobile Internet will be activated after 24 hours.
No activation required for existing Mobile Internet subscribers.
The activation is free.
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Jazz Jazba now introduces the first ever Such unlimited internet service with no limits on internet usage. It gives you a chance to live your online life with unlimited chatting on Yahoo! and msn, unlimited social networking on facebook, unlimited tweets on twitter, unlimited browsing and unlimited uploads & downloads.
With a pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of providing exciting services for our youth, such jazba gives them unlimited freedom in real time.
Unlimited usage with no time limits.
Subscribers will only be charged Rs. 9.99 on the day they use the Mobile Internet.
Internet charges will be deducted at day end.
This offer is only valid for JAZZ & Jazba customers.
No taxes apply.
Send an SMS to 6006 to activate Mobile Internet.
Mobile Internet will be activated after 24 hours.
No activation required for existing Mobile Internet subscribers.
The activation is free.
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