Destroying a cell phone so that it unexplicably doesn't work

[McGoose]

Due to a set of red-tape circumstances, I need to destroy my current cell phone. I need to damage/destroy it in such a way as to not indicate water damage nor clear cracking. I simply need to fry it.

The reasons are many. The story - boring. But with this phone out of my life in the form of being destroyed, I will be moved to a different device which is what I've needed to begin with.

So - tips? Microwave? Oven? Let my kid drop it repeatedly and perhaps teeth on it? Can any electrical engineers give me some tips on how to smoke this thing without showing any outside damage?

I don't consider this to be illegal as this was exactly what a rep that I schmoozed recommended I do. He was not willing to tell me how to do it, but he told me to do it nonetheless.

Your help on this is appreciated in advance.

McG

[tball]

Power on; freezer for one hour; beat it on counter; 200F oven for 15 minutes; beat it on counter; freezer for one hour; beat it on counter; 200F oven for 15 minutes; beat it on counter

If it works after that, you should just keep it.

[JoeyJojo]

i would prolly "brick" it by updating the software on the phone the wrong way. but that all depends on the type of phone it is.

[RUSSIAN]

Give it 120v

[Commodore]

Don't microwave it unless you want to buy a new microwave.

Extreme hot and cold like tball said should do the trick. I do like the 120 idea.

[Rhawn]

Accidentally run it over with your car, several times.

[churchy]

The temp cycling won't work.. Trust me when I tell you that the reliability requirements for the components exceed that which have been outlined here. You could temp cycle more extremely, but I doubt you have the ability to get it cold enough, and if you get it hot enough, the housing, etc. willl probably melt first.

I would also recommend sending 120V through it.

[JoeyJojo]

120v can cause some circuits to explode, causing a rattling sound. in rare cases, it may even be able to melt. he said it needs to be ninjafied, so i still say you brick it.

whats the phone type?

[jt09]

if you can open the casing and take the guts out, you can drop them into a glass of rubing alcohol. the liquid should jack up the electronics enough to render them useless and when you take it out, the alcohol will evaporate and leave no trace.

[Dpierce37]

can a strong enough magnet do anything?

[churchy]

[JoeyJojo]

there are stickers in place to show that the case has been opened. also, the water sticker will turn red b/c alcohol has water in it. and rubbing alcohol wont do anything but clean it, i have saved many phones dropped in the water by washing them out with alcohol

[DJew Jake]

Connect the charging leads to extremely high voltage

[Commodore]

Feed it to a big dog, poopify it. They won't question ya too much, and they sure as hell won't want to go near it.

[Mikeob1]

A good friend of mine broke her phone by shocking it after going down a slide. It had no visible damage but it wouldn't even turn on. Put on some socks and shuffle around on some carpeting and hope that works.

[churchy]

Mikeob1, won't work... too much shielding.

[dmb]

[RUSSIAN]

To an electronic device, 120v is extremely high. And will do the job

[NKCrider]

1.open it up and snip a few wires
2.hook it up to a battery on the charging leads to fry the circuits.
3.drop it in alcohol