What to do if you drop your phone in water? Read here

Unlike the early South Africa telephone sets, which served their owners for decades and, as they say, did not burn in the fire and did not drown in the water, modern smartphones break quite often, including under the influence of moisture and water.

But in fact, you should not immediately put up a cross on a phone that has fallen into the water - you can try to save it. We tell what to do if your gadget "drowned" in the bath, lake or the bowels of the washing machine.


First aid

First of all, you need to remove the battery from the smartphone, of course, if such a possibility is provided by its design. In no case do not try to turn on the gadget: the main danger for it is not the water itself, but the electric current, which can damage the contacts and elements of the board when turned on. Then disassemble the phone as much as possible, and remove the SIM card and memory card from it.

Finally, let the unassembled phone dry out - this process can take up to several days. However, on the Internet you can find dozens of tips on how to dry your smartphone much faster and more efficiently. Let's see which ones actually work.

Is it worth drying a smartphone with a hairdryer?







In no case. A powerful stream of air can drive droplets of water to where it was not originally, and only make it worse.

Is it possible to dry the gadget with a vacuum cleaner

You can, however, this method will work only if your phone is not immersed in water, but only slightly wet. But even in this situation, you need to be extremely careful: do not dry the apparatus, from which water drips, and do not hold the hose too close to the details - otherwise you may be shocked. Before taking up the vacuum cleaner, ideally dry all the accessible parts of the smartphone with paper napkins. And one more thing: make sure that all parts hold tight, otherwise they risk disappearing in the vacuum cleaner hose.

Will rice help to save the phone? Yes Offcourse Read 


es, indeed, rice will help remove excess moisture from the phone. Put the wet gadget in a jar or plastic bag with rice, close tightly and leave for a day. By the way, if there was no rice in your home, you can resort to another method - pour silica gel into the container, bags of which can be found in boxes with shoes, put inside the smartphone and cover with a lid. Silica gel will help to pull out water from the device even faster than rice.

Final step

Finally, 24 hours later, after all possible attempts to save the “drowned man” were undertaken, you can try to turn on the smartphone. You are good to go and well  recovered - congratulations!

If not - alas, they can help you only in the Smarphone service center.

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