subject: How to recover your wet mobile phones? [print this page] How to recover your wet mobile phones? How to recover your wet mobile phones?
If your mobile phone has been washed in fresh water, then there is no need to panic, because there are still ways through which it can be recovered. The worst thing is that your manufacturer will not take the responsibility even if it is still under warranty period.
The first thing you have to keep in mind is not to turn it on immediately and remove the battery. If it is still on, then immediately turn it off and remove the battery, also remove the SIM card and memory card. It is very important to cut off the power, because circuits of a mobile phone are extremely sensitive. You have 2 options,
Place the mobile phone in a sunny and warm place and leave it to dry for couple of days.
Get the hair dryer out, and from one foot away from the phone, start to dry out the phone, do not be in a hurry, the idea is to dry it slow and easy, think of it as your hair, you do not want to burn it .
Don't do anything drastic to your phone like placing it in a clothes dryer, microwave or oven.
After you believe have dried it out, let is stand for 2-4 hours, reassemble the cell phone and plug it in for charging. Turn it on and it will be alright most probably. Although most of the phones become operational after these steps, but prevention is always better than cure. In order to protect your cell phone from getting wet, never use it when it is raining. If you need to carry it during rain, make sure to keep it covered in a plastic bag so that water does not seep through to your phone. Do not keep your cell phone near liquids or in your breast pocket as it may fall out in water such as the toilet bowl.
All these steps will definitely protect your phone from getting wet or help in recovering it even if gets washed up in the washing machine.
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