Use Rice to Dry Out a Wet Phone | Do It Yourself Fixes Tested
Publish date: 2024-06-01
Using a hair dryer on a cellphone can fry the electronic. Instead, try a bow of uncooked rice.
How it works:
- Quickly remove the battery.
- Remove the SIM card (if you have a GSM carrier).
- Do not shake your phone more than you need to in order to remove the moisture.
- Use a washcloth or paper towel to gently remove the water.
- Leave the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice overnight. The rice will help to absorb the dampness that remains.
- Never turn on the phone while it is still wet. It’s possible to short out the phone’s circuitry this way.
- Don’t lose hope even if the phone/gadget doesn’t immediately jump to life. Plug a charger into the device, then plug the charger into a socket. Keep close watch on the device to make sure it is charging normally. (If it doesn’t, you can also consider purchasing another battery from the manufacturer.)
What Happened:
We dunked an old LG EnV Touch in a vase of water for about five seconds, whipped it out and buried it in a bowl of rice overnight. When we turned it on, the phone sprang back to life. A week later, the device was just as responsive.
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