Fixing a Water Damaged Phone.

Stop. Don't just throw away that "dead" phone that you dropped in water. You can make it live again! In most of these cases, the damage is just temporary. Here is what you need to do. Find the right screwdriver. If you don't find it, you can buy the cell phone opening kit at Home Depot for $12. Then, get a hair dryer. Now, open the phone and blow some hot air. If it's just water, it will evaporate and give your phone it's life back. If you see any green stuff, which is the "rust" equivalent that happens to copper in the phone circuits, then drying alone won't help. You need a bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol in this case. Take a cotton bud or thin brush, dip it in the alcohol and clean the places where you see the green stuff. Then let it dry. Now, your phone should come back to life.

80 to 90% of water damages phones come back to life doing this. In some cases the circuit gets short and cannot be repaired this way. In those cases you need to replace the damaged part.

Hope this helps.

Hajuria

WAP Settings For GSM Phones

In most cases your phone comes with all the necessary settings to access the internet. That's when you buy the phone from your carrier. But, if you have bought the phone overseas or locally from another carrier and got it unlocked, you have to set your phone up manually to be able to access the internet. Most people don't care about this because they use their phone only as a phone, they don' t use it to browse the internet. There are two reasons - cost is use high and ease of use is low. But as the technology is evolving, this will change. For those, who can't wait for this evolution to happen, for people like me, here are the settings for major Canadian GSM service providers -

Rogers Wireless:

Primary IP: 208.200.067.150
Primary Port: 9203
Secondary IP: 208.200.067.151
Secondary Port: 9201
APN: goam.com
Username: wapuser1
Password: wap
HomePage: http://mymobilehomepage.rogers.com/

FIDO:

Primary IP: 205.151.011.011
Primary Port: 9201
APN: wap.fido.ca
Username: fido
Password: fido
HomePage: http://wap.fido.ca

Some phones have their WAP settings "locked". That means, you cannot re-program it to use it on your choice of carrier. Even though your phone is "unlocked". In most cases when you get a phone unlocked, it's only the "phone" part that is unlocked. The WAP portion sometimes stays locked. Either the person who unlocked the phone didn't bother to unlock the WAP or he didn't know how to do it. If you have such a phone don't worry, there are places that can do it. One of them is E Wireless (http://www.e-wireless.ca/). They are located in Brampton.

Hajuria

Unlocking FAQ

What does unlocking mean?

When you buy a phone, your service provider gives you many discounts on the price of the phone. They don't want you to switch service to some other company after buying the phone. They lose money this way. So, they lock the phone, so that it cannot be used with any other provider.

Why should you unlock?

The reasons can be any one (or more) of -

• You are moving to another city/province/country where your current provider cannot provide service.
• You are selling your phone and the interested buyer is hooked up with a different provider.
• You are traveling abroad and don't want to pay high roaming fees to your home service provider. With unlocked phone you can use the local service provider of the country you are visiting.

What is IMEI number?

IMEI is short for International Mobile Equipment Identity, a unique number given to every single mobile phone, typically found behind the battery. (source Webopedia)

Another way of finding the IMEI is by pressing *#06# on your keypad.

Is unlocking safe?

Yes and No. It is safe it you do it right. If not, you can kill your phone. If you have such a phone, don't worry, it can live again. There are some places like E Wireless (www.e-wireless.ca) that can help.