[PLUG-TALK] Almost Frozen Cell Phone

[wes]

Short answer: Not really.

Longer answer:

There is no way to tell for certain. Anything "could" happen at any time. It
depends on a very wide variety of factors, some of which may be
unmeasurable. Things like how much moisture got into the phone, how
resilient the phone's components are to the moisture or temperature changes,
the current state of wear on the phone, etc. In my experience, some phones
have been nearly indestructible, while others fall apart if I look at them
funny. Some of these have even been the same model.

Either way, this may be a good excuse to make backups (*gasp* not the B
word!) of the contacts and such. Just use it til it dies, and don't worry
about why.

-wes

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net>wrote:

> Short Story:
>
> Is there anything I need to be concerned about with a powered on cell
> phone that spent about an hour in a freezer?
>
> Longer Story:
>
> A couple of years ago we canceled our 2 land lines in favor of the two
> cell phones we also have. I don't mind carrying my phone on my belt but
> my wife didn't like the idea of having to tote hers around the house
> with her all day. I found a device that let us use the old land line
> phones with the cell phone.
> (For details, see:
> http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/Cell-Home-Phone/index.html )
>
> Recently my wife has been experiencing missed and dropped calls, but
> only at home. She thinks it might be related to the X-Link device (see
> web page, above). To test that she pulled the power from the X-Link and
> has been toting her cell phone around with her. This morning she went
> down to the basement to get something out of the chest freezer. Her cell
> phone was in her blouse pocket. After lunch she couldn't find her phone.
> So, doing the standard thing, I called her from my phone. We couldn't
> hear anything. Then I went down to the basement and called again, after
> lifting the lid of the freezer. Sure enough, there it was, right on top.
>
> So, other than wiping off the condensation that appears over the next
> little while, is there anything I need to be concerned about regarding a
> partly frozen cell phone?
>
> BTW, the test seems to be proving that the X-Link is somehow interfering
> with the cell phone. That doesn't make sense to me, since it's designed
> for the purpose. The test has only been going on for a few days, so
> we'll let it run a couple of weeks before drawing a conclusion.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
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