Its almost a natural occurence of water
coming in contact with your cell phone.
Maybe you were bathing and placed
your phone somewhere but one thing
led to another and then it fell into the
bucket of water.
Or maybe you ran under rain while
receiving that call from your boss
telling you how late you are. A dip in
the pool, perhaps? Or an unexpected
trip into some salty water at the
beach?<!--more-->
There are very many scenarios that
can lead to water damaging your cell
phone. It is a known fact that water
and phones don't mix like oil and
water although some phone
companies are beginning to produce
devices that are water resistant.
It is never a thing of joy when your
phone takes its first lesson of learning
how to swim but just incase such
happens, do not fret my friend, your
cell phone might not be gone for
good.
In today's post, I just want to lay out
certain tips to help revive your
phone if the waters had plans of
damaging it
Tips To Save A Water Damaged
Mobile Phone
1. Quickly Take Your phone out of the
water : You don't need or have to
start screaming or crying if you find
your phone in the water. The time it
takes you to scream, your phone is
taking in as much water as it can.
Immediately pick up your phone if it
falls into a pool of water, bucket of
water or wherever. Don't waste any
second in doing that.
2. Don't Press any button : As
tempting as it may seem, never
press any button when you pull out
your phone from the water body. You
will be tempted to check if it is still
working, resist the temptation like a
plague and do not press any button.
Pressing a button on your phone can
let any residual moisture seep
through, increasing your risk of
damage.
3. Dry The phone exterior : When I
say exterior, i mean the casing as a
whole. Grab a towel, a cloth, tissue
or any other absorbent material to
wipe off all traces of water on the
phone's casing. Wipe of the water on
the screen too. Basically, do
whatever you need to do to dry the
phone off as thoroughly as possible.
4. Take out the internal
components : If your phone has a
removable pack panel, take it off.
Dismantle the phone entirely. I don't
mean smashing the phone. Just take
out the parts quickly as fast and as
much as you can. Take out the sim
card, your memory card and dry
them off completely. Saving these
can be useful as you will just be
saving any important information
you must have stored on them.
5. Shake Your Cell phone : Yes! Swing
it, shake it so as to let any other
remaining water leave the exterior
and interior parts of the
phone. There still might be some
water hiding in the headphone jack
or beneath any physical keys you
know, so, SHAKE!
6. Stick the phone into grains of
rice : This might sound ridiculous but
it helps a lot. You know rice is a good
absorbent of water? If you didn't
know, ask your mum, wife, sister or
whoever that cooks for you. Just get
a bowl, pour in some rice and then
place your cell phone in it. Move the
phone around in the bowl of rice so
as to dry out some of the left over
water in the device.
7. Wait for some time without
putting "on" your phone: This will
help in the drying process too
Take your phone out of the bag or
remove it from the bowl of rice. Dust
off any starch, put all the pieces back
together, and try to power it up.
Hopefully your phone will turn on. If
it doesn't, you can try putting it back
into the bowl of rice for another day
or so.
So how can you prevent this from
happening again? Easy. Stop taking
the phone into the bathroom. If
that’s simply not an option, you can
always purchase a waterproof case.
Nowadays you can find one for just
about every type of smartphone
there is, though there aren't many
out there for feature phones.
And if
this is the sort of thing that happens
to you a lot, you may want to think
about getting a water-resistant
smartphone. You still won’t be able
to go deep sea diving with it, but it’ll
almost certainly bounce back from a
quick dip in the pool.
Hope this helps
