How to Save a Wet Mobile Phone
Mobile phones are now an important piece of equipment. Almost everyone never leaves home without their mobile phone since mobile phones continue the ability to communicate. Some mobile phones only have text and calling features but there are smartphones today that could be a personal organizer, music and video player and game console.
But this small gadget is very vulnerable to extreme conditions. Like most electronic gadgets, mobiles phones are highly susceptible to water. Whether dropped in water or got soaked in the rain, mobile phones could be easily affected and they could be destroyed if they are not taken cared of immediately.
When your mobile is in this condition, here are some tips on how you can address that problem and possibly save your mobile phone:
Time is of the Essence
When your mobile phone fell on the water or got soaked in the rain, the time that you dry your phone from the time it got wet is very important. If your phone has been wet for more than five minutes, there is a great chance that the damage will be permanent. That is why from the moment you notice that you phone got wet, remove all the removable parts of your mobile phone. Don't just remove the battery. Remove the mobile phone case and keypad as soon as possible. Some mobile phones allow this while others do not. In case some parts are not removable except the battery, you need dry the mobile phone even faster.
Ideas to Dry the Phone
There are many ways on how you can dry your mobile phone. The simplest way of drying your mobile phone is place it under the sun from two to three days. Make sure it will be under direct sunlight so that water could evaporate. But do not place your mobile phone in a surface that could easily get hot or else you are frying the components of your mobile phone.
Another idea of drying your mobile phone is to use a mini vacuum cleaner. Some will say that you can use hair dryer but if you could have a choice, go with the vacuum. Vacuum cleaners suck the water which eventually removes the water from the gadget. Hair dryers on the other hand will push the water which means it could end up in other parts of the mobile phone.
Heat vents are also an option. Your television or computer monitor has heat vents that you can use to dry the mobile phone fast. Some use rice to absorb the water.
It is also important to clean your phones as fast as possible. Cleaning your mobile phone is better when used with alcohol instead of wiping them. But be sure not to place the alcohol inside the mobile phone.
Visiting the Technician
After applying these steps on cleaning and drying your mobile phone, try to switch on the mobile phone. If nothing happens, it's time to visit a mobile phone repairman. If you suspect that your mobile phone was soaked too much that the LCD was destroyed, better visit the repairman directly.