Have you ever gotten your cell phone wet? Many of us have. In my experience, it happens at the most in-opportune times. Perhaps you rely on your cell phone to be a critical component to your remote worker solutions. If so, you need to act fast by taking the following steps.
- The first thing you want to do is remove any cases or covers from your phone. Once these are removed, you should then dry the outside of the phone the best you can.
- You should then remove the battery from the phone.
- After you have taken the phone's battery off, place the phone and the battery (separately) in a Ziploc baggie full of uncooked white rice. This may sound crazy, but I've seen it work.
- Leave the phone and battery in their separate baggies with rice for at least 24 hours. The rice will act as an absorbent and dry the phone.
Never ever try to turn your phone on immediately after moisture damage!
I know it's hard not to, and you want to see if your phone works, but this can actually cause more damage. The best thing to do is wipe away the moisture, dis-assemble the phone and battery and place in a Ziploc baggie for at least 24 hours as noted above.
Most batteries have a water indicator which will turn color when exposed to too much moisture. Depending on the severity of moisture exposure, I have seen phones survive even with this indicator turned red.
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