Comments on: How To Quickly Fix A Phone or MP3 Player With Water Damage

By: Water damage Sacramento

Water damage Sacramento — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:36:07 +0000

Have you tried placing the phne and battery in a bowl of rice? I heard that helps when you have a phone with water damage.

By: Madieta

Madieta — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:33:38 +0000

There’s something you don’t say and people forget: First thing, when you notice that your phone/MP3/Laptop/whatever electronic is wet: don’t try to use it to check if it works, if it’s not off turn it off immediatly! If it’s wet and you use it you risk damaging it forever.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:41:27 +0000

One method that I have been told about, but haven’t had to use yet *crosses fingers*, is to 1) Take the battery out and dry, 2) dry the phone as much as possible with a towel, and 3)submerge the phone in a cup or bowl of rubbing alcohol. The alcohol displaces the water so that when you take the phone out the alcohol will quickly evaporate leaving you with a water free phone.

By: absurdist

absurdist — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:54:50 +0000

The best way I’ve found is to remove any visible water as above, then put the piece of equipment into an oven at its lowest setting (around 110-120F) and leave it overnight. This is warm enough to dry any equipment out thoroughly without being hot enough to damage anything.

By: forexkill

forexkill — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:39:10 +0000

i try to repair with rice,, its work,

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:42:21 +0000

“Try to point the back of the phone upwards with the screen facing down. “. I have an annoying blank bit at the base of my screen because I did that once.

I would suggest standing the phone upright, with its open back exposed. That way, any minimal amounts of moisture won’t drip/condense onto the screen, as they did on mine.

Good article. Hopefully it might stop some usable phones being chucked away.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:55:43 +0000

Instead of a hair dryer use a vacuum to suck the moisture out then in a bag of rice for several days if submerged completely I resurrected an iphone this way

By: confidential247

confidential247 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:31:28 +0000

I once used those silica gel packets that come with electronics and put the cell phone in a plastic bag and it worked just fine. I think you could also use a paper bag to let out more moisture too.

By: AussieRodney

AussieRodney — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:37:00 +0000

Yes, anything that will absorb the moisture. Rice is perfect & easily available.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:50:59 +0000

I’ve also heard that using cat litter instead of rice works also. Obviously wrap the phone in a clothe or something, but the cat litter should work as an absorbing agent.

By: like the real boy

like the real boy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:58 +0000

One of the tricks I have used on 2 occasions now is drying off the phone as much as possible, separating the battery from the phone and placing it in a bowl of uncooked rice overnight. I’ve recommended it to several friends as well and it does the trick every time.