Wet Nokia E71 Reset for idiots

If like me you are an idiot and you decide that it is a good idea to take you brand new Nokia E71 phone on a very wet Motorcycle ride. You to will likely discover in the Cafe at the other end that you have an very wet phone that no longer turns on. If this sounds like the brain dead sort of thing you would do then try the following.

Step 1
Take the battery out and put the phone in the airing cupboard for a couple of days.

Step 2
Turn it on.

Step 3
If after this it says "Phone failed to Start up - Contact retailer" try holding down the green button the 3 and * button (don't bother holding down the Function button that you would normally use to get numbers) and turn the phone on with the power button. Keeping holding the buttons until the phone boots into the startup wizard. If you lucky you will be back at a blank phone.

Step 4
If your even more lucky you will have synced your contacts with another computer or server and can just re-sync them to get your numbers back.

Step 5
Don't be such a fool again.