14 Comments to “Waterproof BlackBerry 8310?”

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   Posted by: Bernd Webster

   September 13, 2009 at 1:08 pm EST

   This depends a little bit if there is salt in the water or not… if for example there is no salt in the water the risk that something happen with the mobile phone is very low… But in a normal lake should be always a little bit salt in the water .

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     Posted by: Ronen Halevy

     September 13, 2009 at 1:17 pm EST

     Seriously? I thought it would get short circuited anyways… I guess the salt acts as a conductor? What about all the impurities?

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   Posted by: DaFD

   September 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm EST

   Pure water does not conduct electricity so depending on where the water came from it’ll last until metals are leeched from the device and container.

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   Posted by: perry valton

   September 13, 2009 at 1:37 pm EST

   Anybody willing to give this a try with they bb.

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     Posted by: Luis Merlos

     September 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm EST

     doubt it, but then again there are some who have devices to spare..

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   Posted by: Amir Saad

   September 13, 2009 at 6:06 pm EST

   Gosh, this is very interesting…never thought I’d be seeing a blackberry working…under water.

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   Posted by: dang

   September 13, 2009 at 11:46 pm EST

   I accidentally pushed my cup of water over the table and all the water plashed directly onto my BB 8900. I dried it with a cotton cloth as quick as I could but the cursor started to jump all over the screen. The keyboard was completely wet. I turned the unit off and let the fan blow at it for about an hour, then blow dried it for about ten minutes. I used golfLogix on the unit the next day and it just worked like nothing happened. Infact I’m using my BB to write this comment.

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   Posted by: Terrence

   September 14, 2009 at 5:42 am EST

   Nice. I dropped my Blackberry 8320 in the swimming pool for over 5 mins before it got its fresh air. well, it died. But after putting it into a container of rice grains for over 5days, it was working again!

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   Posted by: Ronen Halevy

   September 14, 2009 at 7:48 am EST

   These stories are crazy! I guess maybe if it is just water. I once spilled some of my tom collins on the keyboard and borked the whole device. I guess the blackberry is a non-alcoholic

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   Posted by: Anonymous

   September 15, 2009 at 5:36 am EST

   We’ve had somebody drop their BB 8300 in the drink, and while it didn’t work initially, it eventually recovered after getting dry. It’s been working for several months now.

   The first thing to do whenever any electronic device gets wet is to immediately remove the battery (good luck with that to all iPhone owners) to reduce the risk of short circuits (no power, no shorts). It is these short circuits that can cause a lot of initial damage as they blow electrical components. Once that is done, dry the device thoroughly and then try again.

   Now salt water poses an additional problem, as the salt can cause the circuits in your device to corrode and therefore degrade quickly over time after having gotten wet. If possible, try to remove it ASAP. (Use moist, non-electrostatic cloth to clean circuit boards and connectors. You will need water to dissolve the salt, but obviously don’t soak the device in it.)

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   Posted by: Bruce

   September 15, 2009 at 10:47 am EST

   I fell into a lake with my curve in my pocket. BB barely got wet (i was in for less than 10 seconds and it was in a closed cargo pocket..)
   Was working when i got out of the water, turned it off and dried it in rice, but the next day the radio started randomly turning off
   Never got better

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