Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet?

Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet?
Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer?
It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.
1. Remove the Battery. This is one of the most important steps. Don't take time to think about it, electricity and water do not mix. Cutting power to your phone is a crucial first step in saving it.
2. Dry your Phone. Obviously you need to remove as much of the water as soon as you can to prevent it from getting into the phone. Use a towel or a paper towel to remove as much of the water as possible.
3. Soak in Alcohol. Alcohol is hygroscopic (attracts water), it will dissolve all the water in the phone, which will then pour out of the phone with the alcohol. Any remaining alcohol will evaporate. Alcohol will not harm your phone but may mess up glue (from stickers and the like). Use 95% alcohol, not the regular 70% rubbing type. Do it outside!. If you use alcohol, do not follow the rest of the advice here, instead leave your phone outside for a day or two to dry.
4. Allow the phone to dry. Since you do not want to ruin your phone or lose all the numbers in your phone book, you need to allow the phone to dry. Don't try putting the battery back on to see if it works as this would risk damaging the phone with a short circuit. Leaving your phone in a bowl of dry rice will help to expedite moisture evaporation.
5. Heat your Phone. Apply enough heat to your phone to cause the water to evaporate without waterlogging your digital screen. One of the best things you can do to save a cell phone is to set it on the back of your computer monitor or TV screen over the heat vents. This is usually the perfect amount of heat to fix your phone. The convection action of the heat vents will help carry away the moisture in your phone. Leave the phone on the heat for at least 2-3 days. Another option is to leave it overnight in the oven on warm (make sure to take off the battery first).
6. Test your Phone. After you have waited 3 days, make sure everything is clean and dry looking and re-attach the battery to the phone and see if it works. If your phone does not work repeat step 4. If it still won't work, try taking your cell phone to an authorized dealer. Sometimes they can fix it.

Tips :
* Don't put the battery on for at least 3 days or longer if your digital screen is foggy.
* Place a piece of satin finish scotch tape over your water damage sticker before you drop your cell phone in the water to prevent the water damage sticker from voiding your warranty. This sticker can usually be found under your battery. It's a small round white sticker, possibly with dots on it. If this sticker gets wet it changes color and your phone is marked for water damage.
* Remove the tape if you ever have to return your phone for repairs or warranty. (See the note in the 'Warnings' section about doing this!)
* The best way to dry out your phone is to place it in front of an air conditioner or air conditioning vent. Cold air won't damage your phone (hot air can warp or in extreme cases even melt plastic), and air from an air conditioner is dry, and so will evaporate water faster than you might think (which is why a car air conditioner will de-mist the windshield so effectively, even if the engine hasn't warmed up yet). Warm air from a reverse-cycle air conditioner works even better, of course. If you dry your phone in this way overnight it should be fine by the morning.
* Use a hairdryer set on warm; it won't melt your head so your phone should be safe.
* Use a food dehydrator.
* Use the oven on the warm setting (make sure to take out the battery)

Warnings :
* Don't heat the battery or it could leak acid. If you use an oven or hairdryer, make sure to remove the battery first.
* If you use alcohol make sure to do so outside, and do not apply heat in any form, not even the gentle heat of a monitor. Do not hook up the bettery till the alcohol smell dissipates.
* Do not apply heat to your phone other than mentioned above. You don't want to melt or burn your phone.
* Warranty fraud is naughty! If you dropped your phone in the can with your other 'droppings'--are you really going to send it in for a warranty tech to have to open? Yuck!
* FYI, Most modern phones have more than one liquid damage indicator on them, only one visible to you (and sales/technician agents), and chances are, if the sticker under the battery is triggered (or would be, with the scotch tape trick), then the odds are that the internal stickers you can't access are tripped as well. This will still result in you paying a voided-warranty fee in the long run, and it may be best to just learn from your mistake (and not make it more financially severe!).
* Even if all these steps are followed, minerals dissolved in the water can precipitate on solder and component pins, causing corrosion or shorting. Components pins are packed so closely together in a modern cell phone that even a small encrustation can create a short, rendering the phone inoperable.

Hope It Helps

Disk Partition Space in WINDOWS VISTA

For All who wondered About Hard Disk Partition Space in WINDOWS VISTA
Now i will tell you the exact partitions.(200GB Hard Drive)

Out of 200 GB - we get 186 GB by default (1024 MB=1GB) calculations.
that means our hard disk total capacity is 186 GB.
and then 9.94GB is utilised for the recovery partition.
so in all total available hard disk space of C drive in the default stages is 176 GB.
Now from 176 GB - Vista OS and preinstalled softwares — takes around 14.5 GB.
which comes to 176-14 = 162 GB.
and another 12 GB of space is utilised by an totally invisible source called the HARD DISK SOURCE FILE of INSTALLATION FOR VISTA OS.
these guys dont provide the cd for source file of vista , but the source file for vista installation is already there in hard disk which is around 12 GB.
so 162-12 = 150 GB,, the total free space in default conditions.
I hope i am correct on it, please let me know if i am wrong Anshuman or anyone.
PS- Please note the difference between VISTA OS and the source file for VISTA OS installation.

MY NEW SONY VAIO VGN-CR35 (pink)

First look: Sony VAIO CR35
This week I got a chance to look at the latest Sony VAIO series laptops recently launched in India.
I was looking for a laptop in the sub 50k range and I am very lucky to be probably to be one of first owners of CR35 in India.
I usually do not like Sony’s laptops. 2 reasons.
First they do not have any offerings in the budget category.
And second that their laptops are usually expensive.
However, my notion changed after I looked at the new CR series.

Here is the configuration of CR35:
- Intel T8100 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo
- 2 GB DDR2 RAM- 200 GB HDD
- ATI Radeon 128 MB dedicated graphics
-Built-in 1.3 megapixel camera: MOTION EYE
- 14.1” LCD screen
- DVD Superdrive
-Windows Vista Home Premium
- Apple type keyboard (not backlit though)
Some other features include:- AV mode (no need to boot windows to watch DVDs or watch photos or listen to songs)
- Color choice- The black one probably comes with a fingerprint reader(CR36).
This model is available at a MRP of around 54k at all the Sony showrooms. You can also purchase this from some shops in Nehru Place for about 52.5k.
As is evident from the config above, this seems like a nice deal.
You cannot get a similar config in any other brand for this price.

I used the laptop for a few hours and here is how I rate it
(on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 being poor and 5 being excellent)

Performance: 3.5 (due to vista. Install XP and you are at atleast 4)
Value for money: 4.5
Features: 4
Build quality: 4.5
Overall: 4
And i am pointing this out. The above configuration is better than the existing CR23 and CR26 models in the Sony VAIO range. People considering to buy those should go for CR35 as it is considerably cheaper.
SONY VAIO VGN-CR35/Pink

NOTE:As per my opinion, Sony’s laptops only look delicate. But their build quality is superb. I am not saying that it is tough and robust as the Panasonic Toughbook, but if you treat it like a normal laptop, it will last equally long.
The only vulnerable thing which i noticed was the lid which is susceptible to scratches as it is very smooth. But it would not matter much as you rarely lay your laptop upside down.
Hope this helps.