Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

I just tried what happens if you spill your n900 with lots of latte macchiato. The result: The sugar makes everything stick together and once you use the slider the film cable connecting the display sticks together and tears apart:

http://www.harbaum.org/cable.jpeg

The next releases of gpxview, osm2go, maep etc ... will be seriously delayed ...

P.S.: Please add plenty of sugar to your coffee if you try this, just to make sure the cable is basically glued somewhere ...

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

How was the coffee mate?

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

Sorry dude, that really sucks, what you gona do repair or replace?

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

The remaining coffee was all over the kitchen table and i did not put it back into a glass to try if it tastes differently after it went through a telephone.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

I don't know. I only had a minor gpxview release pending, so nothing really urgent. I just put the card back into my old k750i.

I don't think it makes sense to try to get it repaired as there's sure also coffee in the keyboard part. I think i'll just wait some time and see whether i can live without the n900.

Perhaps it makes sense to wait for the meego phone.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

Soak it in rubbing alcohol. Then dry it out in rice. Then get it repaired. Because somewhere deep inside you know you can't live without the n900. The thought of going back to a 'normal' smartphone sickens you. Yes. Use your hatred.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

I've never owned a smartphone before. I actually barely used cell phones before and i am sure i can live without them.

Geting a new n900/the n900 repaired will take time and will cost money. I don't think i am in the mood to spend my spare time _and_ my money writing/supporting n900 apps. Also the n900 would only be for apps testing after the meego devices come out. Just like my n810 is only there to make sure my apps still run on the old devices.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

The rice thing is not beneficial no matter how many times you read about doing that on the internet. The physics of leaving your phone for 48+ hours simply means that the water will evaporate on its own.

The goal is to dry the thing out as fast as you possibly can to prevent corrosion.

Spilled coffee, I'd be inclined to wash the phone under water, assuming you've got enough in there to gum up the works with sugar. Fill up your sink - if you're paranoid you can use distilled water - and dunk away.

Strip it down to parts, towel it off, and then leave it in a warm dry environment, Somewhere between 40 and 60 degrees C. A hair dryer can provide this for you, or the oven. (Avoid the microwave)

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

@MoG: Sorry to hear about the ordeal dude.

@dchky: Shouldn't it be warm water to melt the sugar quicker?

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

Why is the n900 attracted to getting wet and coffee?

same thing happened to me too, thank god there was no sugar or milk in my coffee.....lesson to be learned?dont have your n900 anywhere near any sort of beverage, the n900 is just gonna want to have a dip! if you need your n900 near you whille drinking, make sure its atleast 50 cm away from your beverage, cos chances are it gonna wanna take a dip!

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

wash ur n900 in water?



WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?

I guess you dont have much to lose!

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

That won't fix the broken display cable.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

Note to my self: Do not try to filter coffey with my n900.

How much would a display cable cost? If that is the only thing broken..

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

More than 30 different electronic devices (from remote controls, cellphones, mp3 players, etc) I've put on rice for a couple of days to dry, almost all of them came back working in perfect order (the rest burned down cause of a battery short due to long water exposure).
Also its inexpensive and wont stress the PCB of the device (or plastics, like some ribbons uses) with intense heat that the device isn't designed to suffer.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

30??? You must be very clumsy :P

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

See!!! Another reason not to have sugar in your coffee :D

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

Some were mine (kids love to throws stuff in the kitchen sink) and a lot from friends (dropped in muddy water, rain, etc).

A friend of mine went fishing, was taking a picture of the catch, the fish slipped, hit him, and the cellphone (an old treo 650) went straight to the water. Lucky for him, he caught before it went down, and a week later, it was running without issues.

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

It may be a silly story but I have dropped lots of light tea / water on my computer keyboard and they recovered but it was a little bit of milky cappacino that killed it!

Re: Latte macchiato vs. n900: 1:0
 

not true. rice is a good household desiccant. a cheap short use alternative to silica gel.