Help Anyone got their T-Bolt wet yet?

[AustinTech]

My wife just called and said that our two year old little girl climbed onto our bathroom counter and grabbed her t-bolt with a wet hand. The phone stopped working. My daughter didn't drop it or get it in water, just picked it up with a wet hand. When my wife tried to restart the phone, it wouldn't restart. She took out the battery, put it back in, and now the phone won't start, it just sits on the HTC white boot-up screen for minutes.


I advised the wife to take off the back cover and battery and let the phone dry. Any other advice? Comforting stories?

FYI - the wetness indicator on the battery is still fine - no wetness showing.

 

[AustinTech]

AN update - the phone will boot, it even shows missed messages in the notification bar. However, when you try to swipe the screen lock down nothing happens. It's like you haven't even touched the screen. I called her to see if she could swipe down to answer the call, the phone works, but the swipe down does not.

 

[jcnyc]

I had that happen on my blackberry in the past. Accidently held it with wet hands and the entire keyboard stopped responding. However, I could answer calls and use maybe 1 or two buttons. As the days past, the functionality of each button slowly returned one by one and after a day or two, everything returned back to normal. Now as for a touchscreen phone like the tbolt . . . not so sure. I would give it at least a day or two. If that doesn't solve the problem, just call the warranty center and tell them your tbolt just didn't work anymore. There's now ay they can prove it's been tampered by water because it hasn't