[ShootingStars]

My mom was washing my clothes (didn't even notify me) while I left the X1061 in my pocket... next thing I know she is telling me the player will not turn on because she put it in the washer by accident! Holy s***... man I thought I was owned.

Before doing anything I consulted the internet. Hmm... people washed their iPods too before, and put them in rice! Charging + water = dead! So I put the Sony Walkman in a bowl of rice, and each day I tried pressing buttons but it would still not turn on!

Then after 5 days I became impatient... and plugged in the charger praying it would not die of water + electricity... and VOILA it was alive!

Man I learned my lesson. Always do my own laundry... and rice can do much more than serve as food.

Since the silicon case was on too I guess that helped as well... I can still see the impact marks left on the silicon case.

 

[zfmduel]

wait so do I put them in cooked rice?

 

[nycdoi]

you better not eat those rice.........

 

[Danneq]

Well, the rice should be uncooked. Rice absorbs moisture, so it might work. At least it seems to have done in this link: Dry out your soaked gadgets in rice - Cell Phones - Lifehacker

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

Nice. That Walkman is a rock.

 

[Drag0n]

Spanish rice ok? Pork fried rice?

 

[Drag0n]

Sushi?

 

[Ricardo Dawkins]

Uncooked rice, man.

 

[nycdoi]

which brand/origin has best absorption rate?

 

[Drag0n]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricardo Dawkins /img/forum/go_quote.gif Uncooked rice, man.

Uncooked rice doesnt taste good though, but i guess that can be a matter of opinion.

 

[Szadzik]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drag0n /img/forum/go_quote.gif Uncooked rice doesnt taste good though, but i guess that can be a matter of opinion.

I bet the one he used for hix X1061 tasted great afterwards.

 

[Mr Do]

A friend of mine tried this with his iPhone and it seemed to work. It was funny going to visit him and seeing his phone sitting in a bowl of rice.

 

[Young Spade]

Yep and I'm glad you got it working

Oh and I'd suggest leaving it untouched in the rice for at least 5 days and not trying to turn it on until that time is up. As you stated charging + wet = dead and turning it on a day or two into the drying process could start it up with moisture still inside the player.