Solutions for Wet Cell Phones

Wetness is a typical issue with cell phones. Right here's some typical circumstances (I'm sure you can think of much more): you forget your phone is in your pocket when you dive right into the lake, your phone moves out of your back pocket and right into the toilet, you forget your phone is in your pocket when you put your garments in the washing machine - anyway, you get the picture. Is that phone toast or can it be rescued? Right here's some guidelines.

1. Take a non-metal stick and disconnect the phone before doing anything if the phone is plugged in as well as in water. You do not want to be electrocuted.

Phones that have really had prolonged time in water could possibly need to be disposed of. One of the most crucial initial activities with any sort of phone is to take out the battery and also the SIM card (if your phone has one), and also completely dry all parts off completely. Your phone has water damage if this mark is pink or red.

3. Dry off all parts with a soft fabric or paper towels, making sure not to shake or move the phone too considerably as that will certainly drive the water deeper right into the interior workings. Focus on the small openings in the phone such as the plug sockets. Remove any sort of outer covers or accessories.

4.Use a vacuum to extract the wetness yet do not put the nozzle too close to the phone. This may produce static electricity which is even worse for the phone. Dry each area of the phone focusing once again on the openings.

5. Do not use a hair dryer even on cool settings as this may drive the wetness deeper right into the phone. Do not shake the phone or bang it upon your hand as this too may drive the water deeper.

6. Put your phone in a bed of absorbing material such as raw rice or allow it to rest on absorbing towels or paper towels overnight. Here is a tip from the WikiHow article: "How to Save a Wet Cell Phone".

 

7. Add a desiccant packet, such as silica gel — often found with new shoes, purses, noodle packets, etc — in with the cell phone. The downside of this method is the packets packed with shoes has usually already reached its absorption capacity. Dessicant for flower drying can usually be purchased at most craft stores. Leave the phone with the dessicant or rice as long as possible (at least overnight) to absorb the moisture.

 

Rotate the phone to a different position every hour until you go to sleep. This will allow any water left inside to run down and hopefully find an opening to escape.

 

8. After 24 hrs re-install the electric battery and test your phone. Do not plug it into a power source now.

9. If your phone is not working, try taking out the electric battery, plugging it in and powering it up. If it functions then you need to change the electric battery.

Take your phone to an recognized supplier as they may be able to repair it. The supplier can take the phone apart to see the problems. It's suggested that you not try this as it is very easy to damage the very small connections in a mobile phone.

Obtaining a safety cover or keeping it in a plastic bag may be an excellent idea if you are around water a lot. Answering it will certainly take a whole lot much longer. My parting words: get an cost effective cellphone to take in your boat, and store your information in more than one location along with on the phone - maybe "in the cloud".