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November 30, 2009

What would happen if I put a mobile phone in a microwave oven?

Filed under: Engineering — Tags: , , — admin @ 2:44 pm
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Ben T asked:

Now, my brother put my mum’s mobile in the microwave, he is only 2, so it is understandable :) But what would actually happen inside of the phone? She has a memory card in there also, so would it wipe the photos and data from it?

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19 Comments »

  1. I think so… lol

    Comment by laurenxlumos — December 3, 2009 @ 12:33 am

  2. If you turned the microwave on it could arc and damage the phone and the microwave.

    Comment by PJ — December 6, 2009 @ 3:14 am

  3. it will breack

    Comment by h20player12 — December 8, 2009 @ 2:48 pm

  4. You will need a new cell phone!

    Comment by hesperias_witch — December 11, 2009 @ 7:11 am

  5. Your mum might have conniptions…and you might be in trouble…

    Comment by colorado kid — December 12, 2009 @ 8:22 pm

  6. Nothing at all will happen.

    BUT if you turn the microwave ON, then the phone will be destroyed.

    .

    Comment by billrussell42 — December 13, 2009 @ 5:21 am

  7. No, it would melt the chip, and then the data would still be there but irretrievable.

    Comment by Pinky S — December 14, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

  8. no of course not are you crazy

    Comment by lea l — December 15, 2009 @ 4:28 am

  9. Only one way to find out

    Comment by Richard C — December 15, 2009 @ 11:09 am

  10. dependin on how long its in dere it would probably melt da memory card

    Comment by russianbabi107 — December 18, 2009 @ 3:38 am

  11. This is what happens to a mobile in a microwave
    :D

    Comment by Duncan Henderson — December 20, 2009 @ 11:35 am

  12. It may scramble circuity; placing calls, forwarding text messages and photos, having a general mind of its own. You wouldn’t want the phone to send sensitive texts or photos to people who they aren’t intended for now, would you?

    This could be embarrassing for your mum. Technology + Radiation is a scary thing.

    Comment by euro_son — December 23, 2009 @ 10:22 pm

  13. It would brick the phone, and render the memory card inert.

    Why, are you hiding something on the card?

    Comment by Zooey — December 24, 2009 @ 2:36 am

  14. it will bw damaged from the inside because a microwave ovens heats items from the inside and this will cause the cell phone’s inside to heat up. Then maybe the battery and sim would break and you know what that means

    Comment by friendlyuser101 — December 24, 2009 @ 1:14 pm

  15. it depends on what ur brother did after that. if the oven remained in the normal temperature then it wouldn’t effect in any manner. but if it was heated up after that then there r so many circuitries which may get affected by the heat not only the memory card. well for safety purpose u should remove all the data as soon as possible. if the problem of flickering of the screen or repeated automatic shutting down of the mobile comes after this, then go for mobile servicing. but most prbbly it wudn’t happen ‘coz now a days mobiles r manufactured of semiconductors which can withstand heat better than metals. usually mobile phones can stand the temperatures upto 80 degrees except fr the fractional hype upto 200 degrees. hope ur phone didn’t go upto that severity.

    Comment by Chittrarth — December 24, 2009 @ 8:29 pm

  16. the electronics would fry and the phone will catch fire. the phone will obviously die. getting the data back – impossible. that will be least of your worries, better make sure ur house doesnt burn down first.

    Comment by Anand — December 27, 2009 @ 12:22 am

  17. 1st of all put it….. & Plz tell me…. I hav the same question…….

    Comment by Rv — December 27, 2009 @ 6:38 am

  18. If you were to call someone up then put the phone in the microwave and turn it on. The person who is on the phone when you do it gets microwaves in their ear, so don’t do it you can hurt somebody!

    Comment by BRUZER — December 30, 2009 @ 1:02 am

  19. 1
    big boom! 2 houuse on fire 3 no celly :( thats for a verizon phone

    Comment by killerclansoilder3 — December 31, 2009 @ 4:54 pm

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