So my son leaves his Zune in his pocket....

[FarkusSWR]

....and it goes through the washing machine. Thankfully my wife finds it before it hits the dryer. In desperation I turn to Google and find out that, in similar situations with similar devices, people have put their water-logged items in a bowl of dry, un-cooked rice and set it on a sunny windowsill for a couple days.
Well..............it worked. Hooked it back up to the PC tonight and it fired right up. Unbelievable.
He was p.o.'d at himself because it was his birthday present but now he's like

[Joe Gress]

Hell yeah! Zune invincibility.

[Sandvich Hero]

Nice.

So I assume the rice is there to absorb humidity ? Any idea if it can "resets" the small label inside the units that tells if it's been immersed ???

[McHaven]

Originally Posted by Sandvich Hero

Nice.

So I assume the rice is there to absorb humidity ? Any idea if it can "resets" the small label inside the units that tells if it's been immersed ???

Nope. Once that sticker is wet, it stays wet and discolored. Rice always works pretty well to remove water damage. Your best bet with wet electronics is:
1. Do not turn it on again! Do not try and turn it on!
2. Take out the battery.Put device in rice, leave in sunny spot
3. Wait about 3 days (in my experience)
4. Put battery back in, and see if it works

[pacojas]

ZUNE = Zero, Users, No, Exaggeration

[Stanley Design]

Or if you have it handy, dunk it in pure rubbing alcohol as soon as it's wet (such as in the laundry room). Alcohol evaporates 1000x quicker than water and will displace the water that has hit it.

[Simo98]

You should have put it through the dryer.

Ive done it before with mobile phones and they normally work straight away afterwards :P


Very few electric deviced will be damaged by water as long as they are off, its the batteries that you have to worry about.

[Bob Clayton]

Originally Posted by Simo98

Very few electric devices will be damaged by water as long as they are off, its the batteries that you have to worry about.

this is true. you could take the battery out of your laptop or cellphone, and put the whole thing in a sink full of water. put it in rice for a few days, but the battery back in and it will work.

the water isn't was kills devices. it's the electricity running through it with the water that fries the insides.

[GeneralElectric]

Originally Posted by pacojas

ZUNE = Zero, Users, No, Exaggeration

I know more people with Zunes than iPods these days (I don't own anything) The main reason for the switch is that the Zunes are more durable and won't die after 2 years. I don't know anyone that had a broken Zune yet.

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by GeneralElectric

I know more people with Zunes than iPods these days (I don't own anything) The main reason for the switch is that the Zunes are more durable and won't die after 2 years. I don't know anyone that had a broken Zune yet.

I don't know a single person with a zune. Not an exaggeration. Maybe I don't know enough people...

[karrot-x]

Originally Posted by coreyfyfe

I don't know a single person with a zune. Not an exaggeration. Maybe I don't know enough people...

I haven't seen one in a few years.

[baba]

My buddy did the rice trick with his iphone that jumped in the toilet and it worked like a charm.

[karrot-x]

Originally Posted by baba

My buddy did the rice trick with his iphone that jumped in the toilet and it worked like a charm.

I'm deathly afraid of that happening.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by karrot-x

I'm deathly afraid of that happening.

My friend bought himself and his girlfriend iphones when they were brand new, at like $400 a piece (or was it $600?)

Well, they were at a concert and his gf managed to drop hers in the port-a-potty. He went and bought her a new one. She dropped that one in a differnt toilet.

Not sure if they broke up over that or the fact they didnt have sex for the last 6 months of their time 'together'. She ended up being pregnant 2 weeks after they split, 2 months pregnant.

[Lurker79]

Originally Posted by coreyfyfe

I don't know a single person with a zune. Not an exaggeration. Maybe I don't know enough people...

Me too. Then again my guitar player works at apple. And to that last post, dayyumm, that's nasty. Why in the F do so many females drop their phones in port o potties? There has to be some statistics to back it up.

[tycobb73]

My 4 year old got something sticky on his Leap Frog that my mom just got him. So he put it in the sink under running water. I put it up in the closet for a week or so. It worked perfect.

[L-A]

My drummer has a Zune. He had to return three of them within a week, but the fourth one is going strong since then.

[hover]

Originally Posted by Lurker79

Why in the F do so many females drop their phones in port o potties? There has to be some statistics to back it up.

Simple. They put their phones in their ass pocket. Then when they have to go, they do the "squat and hover" as to not touch their derrieres to the seat when they tinkle...and the ass pockets aren't deep enough to contain the phone, they pull up their britches, and VOILA! out pops the cellie. Ploop!

[Gopherbassist]

Originally Posted by baba

My buddy did the rice trick with his iphone that jumped in the toilet and it worked like a charm.

He subsequently threw away that rice, right?

[baba]

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

He subsequently threw away that rice, right?

That would be wasteful and irresponsible. It was perfectly fit for his kids' consumption.