[midiman52]

Hi
I foolishly left my phone on the garden table overnight and it rained.
The N73 will turn on and the welcome jingle and sign come on Ok however the keypad will not function. Is there away I can remove the keypad to dry out the inside of the phone.
I removed the back and no water was in the battery.
Any advice would be most welcome.
TIA
Roger

[mumu]

As long as the water was clean then you wont get any shorts with debri that may have got onto the boards.

DO NOT TURN THE PHONE ON

As long as it didnt short out and blow the chip it is recoverable

If you want, after several hours of leaving the phone on the shelf you could drip the phone into alcohol (with a high percentage 90%) because this process will remove all the water inside the casing.

Take as much of it apart as you can, and leave it for at least 3 days to dry on its own, a high shelf in a dry room (no the airing cupboard)

Put it back together and cross your fingers ... turn it on if it has problems at this point, sorry its a gonner

If at that moment it doesn`t work you should wait a couple of days.

Good luck.

[psychomania]

Remove the battery and place the phone somewhere warm to dry it out. The keypad may work again when it's dry.

If it doesn't work you can take your phone to a nokia care point but they may be able to tell that it's water damage and charge you for repair.

[patc]

Some people suggest taking the phone apart and using a brush to remove any corrosion you can find.