Heya Everyone.
I'm just posting a helpful little guide to dealing with the modern day stress of water damage.
We all know the situation, you're on the toilet, or in the bath and you lose concentration for a moment and poof, your phone is already making its transformation into a fish.
Your first initial reaction would probably be to shout "NOOO" at the top of your voice. Then you quickly research the best ways to save your phone and pray it still works.
Well, the ugly truth is, your phone or tablet or whatever will probably not be the same as what it was. But, you can make it extremely similar, almost to the point where it seems like nothing has happened.
Ok, your first step is to remove it from the water source. Yes that might mean sticking your hand down the loo. It's not good it sitting there as every second it's taking on more water that will do no good for the device. Get it out immediately.
Step 2 is to completely power off the device. Don't turn it back on until the whole revival is finished. It might be tempting, but it is important not to. If you're really that desperate, ask a family or friend if they have a spare phone you can borrow, although this procedure generally takes no more than 2 days maximum.
Step 3 is to assess the situation. Is the device clearly water damaged. First, soak up any water that's on the screen, back or in the case. Don't use a towel as this spreads some of the water around into parts that'll downgrade the performance even more. Use a flannel or similar to soak up the water.
Step 4. Removing the back cover. Yoy got to get inside the phone now, as this is where most damage is likely to take place. Make sure the battery and sim card are removed. Then soak up any water with the flannel. Check the back flaps to see if the the white squares are pink or red. If they are the phone is definitely water damaged.
Step 5. Rice? Seriously. Rice. You will have heard how rice seems to cure phones from the water damage disease, and it genuinely does work. It soaks up any moisture, even the less visible stuff. Cat litter (ew i know), oats and risotto rice also work very well. It works like a charm.
Step 6. Leave the phone. Fill a sealable bag with rice, and put your phone in there, leave it for a minimum of 12 hours, but a day or up to two days is best. Overnight is fine too.
Step 7. Coming back the phone. When your 12 hours or so has passed, you can then come back the the phone. Remove it from the rice. You've now got to asses the phone.
Step 8. The most likely places for water to come in are the speakersz the charging socket and the headphone jack. First, you must check whether the phone charges with the provided USB cable. None others. If it doesn't then either it needs to be dried out for longer or the battery doesn't work. You'll need to get a new one or speak to your insurance providers about maybe getting a new phone.
Step 9. When the phone is turned on, check the display. If the display is flickering, or touchscreen unresponsive then you'll need to once again, either dry it out longer or try getting a replacement. Try out the speakers, play some music or a YouTube video through them. If they sound distorted or in any way downgraded in quality, try drying out for longer. Try the same with headphones.
Step 10. When you're sure everything is fine, you should be good to go. Keep a close eye on the phone for the next few days.
Don't:
- Start pressing everything
- Use the phone directly after pulling it out of the water
- Charge the phone until it is properly dried out
- Change any settings
- Blow the water with a hairdryer, heater or similar. This pushes the water into other parts of your phone, as well as heating it up
- Try to bang the water out. Damages the internal parts physically
- Panic. 9 times out of 10 phones can get working again to a similar standard to what it was before. Don't worry!
Usually, the speakers are the worst affected after you've dried it out. There'll be a slight dip in quality. The phone may also become laggier or slower. Try cleaning your phone.
All in all, accidents happen, it's just how you deal with them.
Thanks for reading, I hope it's useful to you!
I'm just posting a helpful little guide to dealing with the modern day stress of water damage.
We all know the situation, you're on the toilet, or in the bath and you lose concentration for a moment and poof, your phone is already making its transformation into a fish.
Your first initial reaction would probably be to shout "NOOO" at the top of your voice. Then you quickly research the best ways to save your phone and pray it still works.
Well, the ugly truth is, your phone or tablet or whatever will probably not be the same as what it was. But, you can make it extremely similar, almost to the point where it seems like nothing has happened.
Ok, your first step is to remove it from the water source. Yes that might mean sticking your hand down the loo. It's not good it sitting there as every second it's taking on more water that will do no good for the device. Get it out immediately.
Step 2 is to completely power off the device. Don't turn it back on until the whole revival is finished. It might be tempting, but it is important not to. If you're really that desperate, ask a family or friend if they have a spare phone you can borrow, although this procedure generally takes no more than 2 days maximum.
Step 3 is to assess the situation. Is the device clearly water damaged. First, soak up any water that's on the screen, back or in the case. Don't use a towel as this spreads some of the water around into parts that'll downgrade the performance even more. Use a flannel or similar to soak up the water.
Step 4. Removing the back cover. Yoy got to get inside the phone now, as this is where most damage is likely to take place. Make sure the battery and sim card are removed. Then soak up any water with the flannel. Check the back flaps to see if the the white squares are pink or red. If they are the phone is definitely water damaged.
Step 5. Rice? Seriously. Rice. You will have heard how rice seems to cure phones from the water damage disease, and it genuinely does work. It soaks up any moisture, even the less visible stuff. Cat litter (ew i know), oats and risotto rice also work very well. It works like a charm.
Step 6. Leave the phone. Fill a sealable bag with rice, and put your phone in there, leave it for a minimum of 12 hours, but a day or up to two days is best. Overnight is fine too.
Step 7. Coming back the phone. When your 12 hours or so has passed, you can then come back the the phone. Remove it from the rice. You've now got to asses the phone.
Step 8. The most likely places for water to come in are the speakersz the charging socket and the headphone jack. First, you must check whether the phone charges with the provided USB cable. None others. If it doesn't then either it needs to be dried out for longer or the battery doesn't work. You'll need to get a new one or speak to your insurance providers about maybe getting a new phone.
Step 9. When the phone is turned on, check the display. If the display is flickering, or touchscreen unresponsive then you'll need to once again, either dry it out longer or try getting a replacement. Try out the speakers, play some music or a YouTube video through them. If they sound distorted or in any way downgraded in quality, try drying out for longer. Try the same with headphones.
Step 10. When you're sure everything is fine, you should be good to go. Keep a close eye on the phone for the next few days.
Don't:
- Start pressing everything
- Use the phone directly after pulling it out of the water
- Charge the phone until it is properly dried out
- Change any settings
- Blow the water with a hairdryer, heater or similar. This pushes the water into other parts of your phone, as well as heating it up
- Try to bang the water out. Damages the internal parts physically
- Panic. 9 times out of 10 phones can get working again to a similar standard to what it was before. Don't worry!
Usually, the speakers are the worst affected after you've dried it out. There'll be a slight dip in quality. The phone may also become laggier or slower. Try cleaning your phone.
All in all, accidents happen, it's just how you deal with them.
Thanks for reading, I hope it's useful to you!
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It still works, though (sort of).