LG Phone has no Service

I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried it
out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no service"
screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish the
service or is it a lost cause?
Thanks

"Boomer" <nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried it
>out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no service"
>screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
> Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish the
> service or is it a lost cause?
> Thanks
>

The phone is toast. Check out ebay for another one...

"Slacker" <slacker@slacknet> wrote in message
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> "Boomer" <nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried it
>>out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no service"
>>screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
>> Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish the
>> service or is it a lost cause?
>> Thanks
>>
>
> The phone is toast. Check out ebay for another one...
>
Yea I think so. I had it sitting in the hot sun all day & still no signal.
It's funny though, everything else seems to work fine. Ring tones, menu's,
directory but no signal.

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Boomer <nospam@aol.com> typed:
> "Slacker" <slacker@slacknet> wrote in message
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>> "Boomer" <nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>> I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried
>>> it out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no
>>> service" screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
>>> Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish the
>>> service or is it a lost cause?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> The phone is toast. Check out ebay for another one...
>>
> Yea I think so. I had it sitting in the hot sun all day & still no signal.
> It's funny though, everything else seems to work fine. Ring tones, menu's,
> directory but no signal.

Is the phone activated with a working phone number? ;-)

"IMHO IIRC" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> Boomer <nospam@aol.com> typed:
>> "Slacker" <slacker@slacknet> wrote in message
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>>> "Boomer" <nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:zLWdnYIHbotb5y7bnZ2dnUVZ_rWtnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>> I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried
>>>> it out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no
>>>> service" screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
>>>> Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish
>>>> the
>>>> service or is it a lost cause?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>> The phone is toast. Check out ebay for another one...
>>>
>> Yea I think so. I had it sitting in the hot sun all day & still no
>> signal.
>> It's funny though, everything else seems to work fine. Ring tones,
>> menu's,
>> directory but no signal.
>
> Is the phone activated with a working phone number? ;-)

What has that got to do with it?
A phone that is not activated will still find signal and even call customer
service or 911....

"Porgy Tirebiter" <biteme@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> It's funny though, everything else seems to work fine. Ring tones,
>>> menu's,
>>> directory but no signal.
>>
>> Is the phone activated with a working phone number? ;-)
>
> What has that got to do with it?
> A phone that is not activated will still find signal and even call
> customer service or 911....
>
>
>
It was a working phone right up to the minute it was dropped in the pool.
It's toast now.

Pure water is supposed to be non-conductive, but any tiny impurities and it
conducts. Thus, I might try soaking and rinsing out the phone with
distilled water. After you have dried it out in the sun again, re-install
the battery and hope.



"Boomer" <nospam@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have a friends LG phone that was dropped in a swimming pool. I dried it
>out with a heat gun & the only thing that's not working is a "no service"
>screen when it's turned on. All other functions seem to be OK.
> Is there any way a signal could be sent to the phone to re-establish the
> service or is it a lost cause?
> Thanks
>