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Sun, 11 Jun 2006
Toddler Slobber
Since all I ever write about is the trials & tribulations with Nate, I
figured I'd offer up something funny from the other day. Christa was
at the store with Becca and let her play with her phone. Now, Becca
can be quite persistent, and if she's not occupied, she wants to go
get into everything in the store. I'm sure Christa locked her keypad
so that Becca couldn't make any calls. But, we learned something
about toddler slobber. Later, when Christa wanted to make a call, her
phone wasn't working. She discovered on the screen that it said "*Car
Kit*". Basically, the phone had detected that it was plugged into a
car installation kit, and using an external speaker & microphone. Of
course, it wasn't really. But it thought it was.
I figured it needed to be reset or something. I searched online, and
the first article I found said "I let my baby play with the phone, and
they drooled all over the phone, and now it says 'Car Kit'". I
laughed and had Christa read it. Hilarious. I guess it's a common
problem with these phones, the LG VX3200.
Turns out the problem was the liquid get's into connector, shorts out
the contacts (makes an electrical connection), and then the phone
thinks it's plugged into the car adapter. There were a range of
solutions from resetting the phone to opening it up and drying it with
a hairdryer (yeah, I guess a bunch of people end up going for a swim
forgetting their phone is in their pocket). Resetting didn't work,
hair dryer didn't work, but opening it up and blasting the connectors
& circuit board with electronics cleaner seemed to do the trick.
Beware the dangers of Toddler Slobber!
- Greg
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