How Can I Fix My Cell Phone-It Got Wet

You finally got to go on that dream fishing trip but just as you thought you were putting the cell phone back in your pocket it falls in the lake instead of going in your pocket. You grab it just in time but its not working. Water is slowly but surely draining out of your cell phone. Yes the cell phone you paid the two hundred dollars for is ruined. Or is it? As soon as you can remove the cell phone battery. Do not attempt to power on the cell phone or you may do more damage.

Apparently this or a similar situation happens a lot of the time. And in about half the cases people are able to dry their cell phone out and get it to work again. What you need to do is immediately remove the back cover and the battery. Place the batter out in the sun and allow it to dry. There may be water in the battery that you can not see.

As soon as you can purchase a two pound bag of rice. Yes rice. Rice is a real effective way to dry out your cell phone and your cell phone battery. What you want to do in a large bowl is place a layer of the uncooked rice. Lay your cell phone and your cell phone battery on top of the rice. Now fill the bowl completely with rice. Set the bowl aside and forget about it for at least six hours. At the end of six hours remove your cell phone and the cell phone battery from the rice and put the battery back in the cell phone. if the battery was charged you have a 50/50 chance of now being able to power on your cell phone. Try it and see if it works.

Almost fifty percent of the time rice will work to dry out your cell phone. Its very important that you remember to immediately remove the battery if your cell phone ever does happen to get wet. If the phone is not on or appears not to be on never try to turn the power back on or you may damage your cell phone more.

If you spend hundreds of dollars on a cell phone purchase a damage and replacement policy if at all possible when you purchase the phone. Ask the cell phone company or dealer if the replacement policy will cover your phone in case it gets wet.

Another method that people often use to dry out their cell phones is to use a blow dryer set on the cool setting and not the hot setting. If you us the hot setting you can do more damage to your cell phone.

Remove the battery from the cell phone as soon as you know it is wet. Use a blow dryer set on the cool setting to dry out your cell phone. Dry out the battery compartment first and stay back from the cell phone at least six inches. Dry out the rest of the cell phone completely. You don't want to get the phone to get hot but you do want it to be completely dry. After you are sure that you have the phone as dry as you can possibly get it set the phone and battery down in a warm dry place and wait at least four hours before you put the battery back in the phone and try it.

You know what? You can't kill a dead cell phone so why not try one of the methods above. One of them just might work. The rice method above works about fifty percent of the time. If you drop the phone into water and immediately get it back out it will usually work. If the phone gets dropped into water and it stays there 10 minutes or longer nothing is really going to fix it except a new phone but if you want to give it a try. You may be surprised to see the phone light up and work and you won't have to buy a new one.

Above is also a great video about ways you can save your wet cell phone. Just because your cell phone got wet doesn't always mean that your cell phone will never work again. Just be sure that you read the methods carefully before you try them. And if you spend a lot of money on a cell phone buy insurance in case your cell phone does get wet.

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