It may not have happened to you yet, but chances are that sometime in your life, you may end up dropping your cell phone in water whether it be the kitchen sink, a puddle, or maybe even… the toilet! So what are you supposed to do when something happens to your precious phone? Today’s helpful tip explains two things that you can do should your phone get wet. Our source of information was wikiHow, so checkout their site for additional tips.
Get a bowl of rice…
That’s right, get yourself a big bowl of uncooked white rice, take your battery out (and SIM card if you have one), and then bury your phone in the bowl. The rice will soak up the water from your phone and there’s a good chance your phone will work once all of the water is removed.
Use a Hair Dryer on low…
Once again, be sure to remove the battery and your SIM card and don’t turn it on to see if it works! The key here is not to use high heat, but to use the lowest possible setting on the hair dryer. The heat can actually damage the phone even more, so keep that in mind before you go putting it under a heat lamp, in the microwave (this will destroy the phone and possibly the microwave), or blast it with hot air from a dryer.
Additional Tips
- Most phones have an indicator (many times there are multiple indicators, some which you wouldn’t be able to see, and one is usually under the battery) which changes color if the phone has been exposed to water. If you were to take your phone back to the place you got it from, they’ll likely check this indicator first. Many insurance plans on phones will not cover damage from water, and this is the way that they’ll check.
Image Source - Be sure your phone is completely dry before you try turning it on for the first time. This means the non-visible inside parts need to be dry too. Give the phone plenty of time to dry both on the outside and the inside.
Drop your phone in water? Tell us what you did, and if it worked!
I actually tried all of those and more and nothing brought a girlfriend of mine’s back from the dead.
She didn’t even get that wet running from the car to the house, but the indicator dote was changed, so T-mobile wouldn’t help any.
Phone was less than a month old, too.
I did this kind of work a month ago. It was SE, about 2 years old. After couple of day on central-heating radiator, I put the battery and
SIM card back and guess what, it worked!
I heard that putting the phone in a bowl of gin/vodka etc overnight works.
I wonder if someone tried to turn the phone on while it was still wet. That’s a common thing that people do after getting their phone wet, and it will immediately short the circuits if they are wet.
That doesn’t even make sense. You are trying to dry the phone so you put it in something wet overnight?
If your phone gets wet you need to use Silica Gel Packets to completely dry it out. Place your phone in a zip lock bag with Silica Gel Packets. Silica Gel will remove all the moisture from its components, that is what Silica Gel does… dries things out! It is used in all kinds of new products from factory line your cell phone, electronics, etc. There is a reason they use Silica Gel!
Google “Silica Gel Packets” and you will find several companies selling these products.
none of those things worked for me and i dont want to go to thr store and get a new one. and i dont think that my parents will let me do that they think that i did it on purpoes!
HELP my brother put his phone through the wash i have it in the sun drying it is starting to work he did this about 3 days a go any tips
If your phone is wet and you havent tried anything. DONT TURN IT ON. Take out the sim card and the battery. Open up your phone and expose everything. Use a hairdryer on it for a few minutes then put it in a bowl of rice. Let it dry out for a few days.
help?!?! i spilt lucadaze all over my pohne and i-pod, i put them both onto a heated radiator for a few hours, my i-pod worked, but my phone still isn’t working
any tips i really need my phone
thanks,