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Tech: Your Phone Got Dunked In Water? Here’s What To Do by oluwapoju(m): 9:43am On Sep 15, 2015
If your precious smartphone gets water spilled on it, or falls into a bowl of water or the PC bowl (yuck!), don’t panic. There is something that you can do immediately to save it.



What To Do:

Turn it off immediately, and if the battery is removable, do remove it
Immerse the phone in a container of dry uncooked rice for about 8 hours
Put the battery back in and turn it back on.
Why rice? Rice is an absorbent and so absorbs moisture. When you immerse your wet phone in rice, the rice absorbs the moisture without putting your phone at the risk of heat. Sunning your wet phone can actually be damaging, as direct heat isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered.

Alternatively, just buy a water-proof smartphone instead if you regularly hang around a lot of water, so you never have to worry.

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Re: Tech: Your Phone Got Dunked In Water? Here’s What To Do by jworos(m): 10:36am On Sep 15, 2015
Nice tip.
Re: Tech: Your Phone Got Dunked In Water? Here’s What To Do by dsnet: 12:30pm On Sep 15, 2015
oluwapoju:
If your precious smartphone gets water spilled on it, or falls into a bowl of water or the PC bowl (yuck!), don’t panic. There is something that you can do immediately to save it.


What To Do:

Turn it off immediately, and if the battery is removable, do remove it
Immerse the phone in a container of dry uncooked rice for about 8 hours
Put the battery back in and turn it back on.
Why rice? Rice is an absorbent and so absorbs moisture. When you immerse your wet phone in rice, the rice absorbs the moisture without putting your phone at the risk of heat. Sunning your wet phone can actually be damaging, as direct heat isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered.

Alternatively, just buy a water-proof smartphone instead if you regularly hang around a lot of water, so you never have to worry.

Dear original poster, it wouldn't have hurt to add the source of this post. Thanks.

The above post was originally published on MobilityArena.com: Your phone got dunked in water? Here’s what to do
Re: Tech: Your Phone Got Dunked In Water? Here’s What To Do by Emypresh(m): 3:30pm On Sep 15, 2015
Let me throw my phone inside water and try it. Plz dnt go ooooh.
Re: Tech: Your Phone Got Dunked In Water? Here’s What To Do by Nobody: 9:07am On Sep 25, 2015
Cool.....

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