Cell Phone Tips & Tricks : How to Dry Out a Wet Cell Phone

[XMuruX]

If the cellphone fell into water for a couple seconds it won't die, you just need to wipe the water and remove the battery and the little chip card and let it dry on itself.

[brandonjohnmani]

It's all a crapshoot really. It may or may not work. The phone will never be the same. Corrosion will set in and potential shorting and componet malfunctions and failures will happen. Potential fire hazard from excessive current draw when charging and shock hazard. Best to use insurance or get a new phone.

[migelcaca9]

I hate my iPhone right now I just wanna kill it -_-

[xDlaughterDx]

Yeahh well my mom put my pants in the whashing mashine (whith my phone in the back pocket) and it was in their for about Thirty minuites.. do you think this is fixible? i took the phone apart and put it over a air vent in my house and its been their for maybe 2 hours and it still doesnt come on? like the screen comes on for like 2 secounds and goes off.. and i know for a fact its not dead.. any help?

[kisharsenal]

@xDlaughterDx 2 hours for a completely soaked phone is no where near enough. Water is much harder to evaporate out of enclosed spaces - give it 48 hours or more. Good luck :)

[heyitsmejason1]

that wont be a problem for me im chineese i got bags and bags of rice

[ambyy16]

my fone it's still not working !! i tried putting d phone in box of rice sealing it but it won't work!!!!

[skrillexreptile]

does it matter what kind of rice?

[InsaneZidane12]

my mom thought it would float

so she dropped it in her coffee

xD

[aznfighter999]

1 week after i dropped it and it doesnt work

[ilovedrawing15243]

same phone i drop it the toilet

[dka482]

i dont have any rice

[darkego99]

@dka482 a vaccum helps sometimes too

[dka482]

@darkego99 oh thanks

[barkman1]

Blow drier for 5 minutes worked for me

[EverlastingWildFire]

who has a phone?

i do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rockprincess38]

Hair dryer?

[AmericanaEnglish]

Your hot,,

[geekerdoerick]

how about a touch screen phone?

[wolfpackstar02]

the phone thats in the fish bowl, thats the phone i have. and i dropped it in my sink filled with water

[SORANDOM4877]

Long story short: pop spilled in my backpack. It is right now sitting in rice for two days and if it doesnt work my mom is buying me a 70 $ one:) i luv my mom:) p s im not spoiled i do in fact have to pay her back she just doesnt want me to pay for just a sim card with out a cell phone...

[KurenaiMichan]

This may work for phones that had dropped into water, but what about phones that were in the washing machine while it was on? It's a flip phone and the screen is water logged. I've put the phone in the rice. Would it work?

[FujiwaraMomoko]

i dropped my phone in the toilet and i just got it last night

T-T didn't even get the chance to play with my phone for 24 hours

its a Motorola xt720 is it possible to save it ?

i toke battery out like 5 min latter

and it was on until i toke out the battery

it wont turn on right now and i blew dried it after school

>.< i shaken it and thought i can make the water come out or something

and it is in rice right now T-T do u think there's any hope for my phoen to be saved ?

please reply

[JacesJerc]

I still can't believe this actually works.

Proof: On saturday evening, my sister's Nokia 2700 fell in the water in the bathroom, she came to me for a solution, I told her about this method. Took a bowl, removed the cover, battery and memory & sim card. Put the phone in the bowl. Pour the dry rice into it. Left it overnight. Sunday morning, the phone is good as new. Still can't believe it!

0_O

[Nqamoerox]

my LG GRF500F is touch and has one of those keyboards that slide out with individual letters on it . they call it qwerty keyboard or something LOL ! it's been water damages for like a month now i think . will this still work ? yesterday i looked up tips on google and it told me to soak it in meths because it will make th water slip straight out so i did . but obviously that didn't go so well . will it still work if it's been damaged for like a month and i did that meths thing ? lol hope so :/

[ATVRyan]

ahhahah



[DevynShaverVideo]

I dove in a pool with it in my pocket today so its in a bag of rice right now

[thisissofuctup]

It works!! leave it in for more than 48hrs it was submerged for a while, i dropped mine in the toilet for only a few seconds, put it in some rice for 48hrs in a zip lock bag and whala! but ya if it was under for a minute or so id leave it in for a lot longer..

[wolfemancola]

@thisissofuctup does the bag need to be sealed?

[MrszHarajukuBarbi3]

@spreckles3 lmfao yuh jus lucky man !!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDrNightmare]

It didnt work 4 me but I think thats because I was in the pool 4 like 5 hours but its cool lol because I got a new phone.

[Sblazer101]

i droped phone in thewater will it work in rice? i dropped it in the water a week ago???

[bufffan0987654321]

I went tubing down a river and brought my cell phone in case of an accident and my phone was in TWO Zip-lock bags to prevent water damage. Two hours later when i took my phone out...it was soaked! The screen buzzed out sent 5 text messages of random letters to people on my contacts and the touch screen wouldn't budge at all. Threw it in a bag of rice for 24 hours and ta-da, its working perfectly! Dont listen to bullshit about water corrorsion, This does work.

[kabaltwo]

My phone just took a dip in the swimming pool. It was TOTALLY soaked, and it was on at the time. I've drained it as much as possible, after disconnecting the battery, and it's now sitting in a ziplock bag full of rice. If this phone works after this, it will be a mini-miracle, but it's worth this much effort before biting the bullet and buying a new one.

[BikeStand122]

@kabaltwo does it work now??

[kabaltwo]

@BikeStand122 - No. When I put in the battery the keypad lit up, but that was it - no boot up, nada. My case was a worst case situation, though - it was a few feet underwater for well over a minute. I bet this method works for other less drastic circumstances because the phone was bone dry - display and all - when I pulled it out of the bag. It's definitely worth a try.

[BikeStand122]

@kabaltwo oh ok i will try it

[ivehearditallbefore]

im trying it right now, i hope it works because in my case, i connected it to the charger not knowing my friend had submerged it in water, and i saw the welcome screen for a couple seconds before it shut down for good. my friend forgot to clean out the battery, so i didn't realize my phone had been submerged until i opened up the battery to find it soaked... some friend huh

[motorolarival3]

@bigojc chill out kiiiid!

[chicax6]

im hoping this gets the water out from behind my screen... hahaha my phone is fine, i just have water marks behind the screen and the screen is really dim

[BikeStand122]

@chicax6 did it fix?

[elmexicanito2009]

@bustyboy123 no cuz then it will gwt all over and it wont suck out water

[XxMerecedexX]

I ran out of rice yesterday

[bustyboy123]

would salt work

[kabaltwo]

@bustyboy123 - No. The medium needs to absorb the water, and if you completely buried your phone in salt, you'd get it in the cellphone's components, which would ruin your phone.

[TheDrNightmare]

I was in the pool for hours with my phone in my pocket. Im trying the rice trick with my sprint lotus right now. Will this really work? please anwser

[paintballcrazy94]

@TheDrNightmare did it work for you ???

i just had my LG Keybo 2 in the pool for 1 hour its in rice right now hoping it works,

[zhir96]

ya good ideas but you can use hair dryer too

[taycy101]

@zhir96 i used a hair dryer and it melted my lg rumor 2

[jamesmanortiz]

@taycy101 why would you do that it just makes the water hot doesnt do anything really

[GeexKay]

The fish is sending a text to his shark friends cuzz he gangsta

[EverlastingWildFire]

@GeexKay lolz

[Anou97]

I have a samsung star and My juice "Exploded" in my bag and now there is juice behing the screen.

Does it work for that?

[FArkmeeMan]

orr u can jst blow dry it.. :P

worked for me ;]

[hazor777]

Pour 1 CUP of RICE into a POT.ADD your CELL PHONE, Add 1 tsp. of OLIVE OIL, & 1 CUP of WATER,a pinch of salt & pepper if so desired.BRING TO A BOIL. Lower heat,SIMMER for 1 HOUR & Serve. Great for Birthdays, Bahmitzvah's, Weddings,Funerals,Be-Headings,­Castrations,Pres. Innaugurations,Concerts,Poker, Poking your neighbors wife,Soap Box Derby's,Soap Opera's just about ANYTHING !! ENJOY !!!! :) :) :))

[Emo4life278]

my phone was the one in the fishbowl!

(i have that model,pantech matrix)

and fancy that, i dropped my phone in the tub today.

[bobbelsekwol]

it didnt work for me, my phones knackerd

[brokeNx5]

thx

[CCCISTHEBEST]

tht stuff lookz lak cocaine xdd

[asikh999]

but will it work???

[TheAKmatics]

yumm yummy MC Cell with chili sauce please

[VergilPrime]

I find that putting it on top of a boot dryer works pretty well.

[learber]

this risc thing work my cousin did it with her iphone

[learber]

i mean rice

[ftw1337ftw]

oh, great, now there is rice inside my cellphone ;(

[yo0ogosun]

Rofl

[VJDJPJ501]

just fell in my friends pool with my new alias 2 and i am so fucking pissed. if this doesnt work i will get owned. cuz my dad just got me this for my bday

[Lankey718]

Haha that's sad, but the getting owned part is pretty funny.

[VJDJPJ501]

ya not relle but this worked luckly

[oseart5556]

i have the same phone

[peaceloveandsports97]

i dropped mine in a glass of water it works for about 2 seconds then goes blank

[dryfrost]

i am so pissed i got my new phone the day before i jumed in the dam pool

[RYLANDDD]

that is exactly what i did ive been blow drieing it and put it over a lamp but havent told my parents

[pingpongman66]

i got pushed in my pool with my phone in my pocket, and it is an lg vu, i also took it apart than put it in the rice

[Lankey718]

I've always been afraid someone would do something like that to me, I thought I'd have to do some jackie chan stuff like yell somebodys name and throw it to them before I hit the water. Hmmmm to bad it only works like that in movies though.

[kevNchris445]

lol thats my phone! lg vu.. and mines also.....wet.. and broken atm..

[mozzy2410]

People, toilets and phones dont mix! Seems a few of you have done this - stop making it a new trend, it aint a good one, hahaha...

[LC1Banana]

just dropped mine in a lake...fuck i hope this works will i loose any data or anything?

[idiots4life33]

my phone fell in the toilet.... so now its in rice

[rosaradd]

LMAO mine just fell in there too!!

[idiots4life33]

haha really lol.....i put it in rice overnight and it didnt work...so i kept it in, and like 6 hours later it worked

[misskittie85]

I just dropped mine in a toilet today, Its only 3 days old, how stupid!!! I hope this works!

[akoolname]

i dropped my phone in a toilet and ive been to like 5 vids and a ton of websites, and its now sitting in a container of raw rice. I hope it works

[ilovesummerxx]

I'm trying it as I'm typing :)

My phone fell into the toliet :(

Silly, reckless me.

[kesoe007]

my blackberry keypad don't work what does that mean

[klklkl534]

my mate dropped his i phone into the sea and we tried to turn it on afterwards and it didnt turn on at all :s

he put it in the airing cupboard with silica gel and it works perfect now lol

[Quackupuncture]

yam yam baket cell phone

[scomberscombrus]

ok does that include sea water?

[jodex96]

If your phone has dropped to the sea, you need to put it in nonsalted water...