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Gutted!!!

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My HP Stream 7's officially dead!
the rain started pouring down just as I was leaving work last night and I had the said Tablet PC in my body warmer pocket and down it Won't charge up or come on.
By the time I got home it was too late to start messing around with rice (does putting a wet mobile phone in rice actually work?) and there wasn't any in the house and the battery couldn't be removed anyway,
So I've (temporarily) gone back to using Pocket PCs (good job I hung on to them).
Ideally my next tablet'd be a Windows tablet but failing that, it'll have to be an Android one. Either way, I'm gutted!!

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  • CosinCosin Posts: 765
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    Sorry to hear that
  • MaxatoriaMaxatoria Posts: 17,980
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    leave it alone to dry out nice and slowly for about a week before turning it back on and see if anything happens, its always possible its shorted out and sometimes if you're feeling brave you can pop open the back and clean it all up and see if it'll work but given its probably now a cheapo end tablet its not worth too much crying over
  • shaddlershaddler Posts: 11,574
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    A minute's silence for Motsy's tablet please.
  • farmer bobfarmer bob Posts: 27,595
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    Sorry for your loss Motsy lad.
    I've got one of those HP tablets too.
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    You could try this http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a3419/dry-out-your-cell-phone/
  • ArcanaArcana Posts: 37,521
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    ✟rip⁣
  • AddisonianAddisonian Posts: 16,377
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    Poor you.

    The uncooked rice thing does work though. Leave it submerged in a bowl of uncooked rice overnight then try it.

    I once dropped my mobile in a basin of water and bleach and thought it was absolutely gubbed. It eouldn't turn on or anything but after leaving it overnight in the rice, it was as good as new.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,341
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    Maxatoria wrote: »
    leave it alone to dry out nice and slowly for about a week before turning it back on and see if anything happens, its always possible its shorted out and sometimes if you're feeling brave you can pop open the back and clean it all up and see if it'll work but given its probably now a cheapo end tablet its not worth too much crying over

    Good job it was only ninety quid and isn't one of the big name ones the media idealists assume everybody has like the latest one from Samsung or Apple.
    Should I risk getting it seen to (I could end up with a cowboy job being done on it) or not or start saving for a new one?
    What would you lot do?
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    motsy wrote: »
    Good job it was only ninety quid and isn't one of the big name ones the media idealists assume everybody has like the latest one from Samsung or Apple.
    Should I risk getting it seen to (I could end up with a cowboy job being done on it) or not or start saving for a new one?
    What would you lot do?

    Give the rice thing a try to see if that works. As it was only £90 a repair could cost more than it's worth - get some estimates first.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,341
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    Maybe I'd be better off getting a new one in case a cowboy does a 'repair' jon which renders it FUBAR.
    When I got home it was too late to try the rice trick (It was already raining as I was leaving work last night and HAD to walk home in it and there wasn't any rice in the house anyway).
    I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO RAIN DID I??
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