It happens to everyone, eventually. Cell phones are a universal technology, revolutionizing the way we communicate and interact. They travel with us everywhere. Which means eventually, even the most careful consumer winds up with damage to their cell phone. Many times, that’s water damage. Cell phones are notorious for finding ways into water: their owners have dropped them in bodies of water as large as oceans or as small as mugs.
Fortunately, water damage isn’t always fatal for your cell phone. Cell phone repair specialists offer a few important tips for reviving your cell phone from an accidental bath. The most important, obviously, is to get the device out of the water as quickly as possible. Next, remove the battery and the SIM card immediately and dry them off thoroughly. Water carries electrical current, which means your battery can actually damage the phone more than the water can, frying the internal circuits. The SIM card is removed for a different reason: they actually have a fairly good survival rate; even if a cell phone repair technician can’t revive your phone, at least your data and contacts may survive with this step.
Shake the phone to get as much water as possible out. Hold it tightly; you don’t want to throw your cell phone against a wall while you’re trying to save it. When you can’t get any more water out of the phone, begin patting it dry, pressing it with paper towels to remove all the water you can. Push the corners of the towels into cracks in the phone; water’s capillary action will cause it to wick up the towel, even if you can’t get the towel very far into the phone.
You may use a small vacuum to pull water from the phone, but never use a hair dryer, which has the effect of forcing water deeper into the phone. When you can’t get another drop from the phone, it’s time to wait. Put it somewhere sunny and well-vented, and give the remaining water a day to evaporate. After a day, try the phone out. If it works, it’s probably going to survive. If not, you may need to see a cell repair specialist to correct the remaining problems.
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Jeff Gasner is with CPR-Cell Phone repair. The leader in Cell Phone Repair and iPod repair offering cell phone repair services nationwide. Visit www.chicagocellrepair.com
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