How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

Did you ever feel the adrenaline rush not because your sky diving but because your cell phone got wet. If this ever happened to you or maybe it will in the future -- here are the steps to prepare you to save your phone.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Rice
• towels

1. Take out the phone out of the water as soon as possible. Even if your phone is in the water for 30 seconds all hope is not lost. Your phone is pretty well sealed so water does not enter it so quickly.

2. Separate the phone as soon as possible. That includes taking out the batteries and all of the other parts.

3. Quickly put them on a towel or napkin so most of the water wouold get soaked into the towel.

4. Then put your separate cell phone pieces in rice. Yes rice. This is because it soaks up the water very well. Leave your phone in the rice for about 30 minutes or even the whole night depending on the situation.

5. Try your phone. Put the battery back inside and test it out. If it doesn't work then charge your battery and try again.

Tips & Warnings

• In some instances only the battery is damaged therefore you will only need to replace the battery.
• Do not use a hairdryer.

[mweise]

on 6/21/2009 The rice is a great suggestions. Good article, 5*

[kimmij]

on 6/17/2009 I know I'll need to know how to save a wet cell phone at some point...BOOKMARK...and five stars!

[reydar76]

on 6/17/2009 Great Tip! never would of thought of rice..

[howwedoit]

on 6/15/2009 What a super tip! Blessings, Granny

[ajoy]

on 6/10/2009 I shoul have had this advice handy around this time last yr. How ironic that your warning is don't use a hairdryer, I'm the dummy who did that. I thought about how bad of an idea that was later. Oh well, I have a new phone.