How can i fix my cell phone it got wet !?Lets face the facs here, you have gotten your mobile phone wet. And there nothing in the world, (accept a timemachine) that can undone what has been done. But calm done, it is not the end of the world right ? But you need your mobile to play mobile games, send your daily sms,
surf on the net, or whatever.
This guide of tips and information will give you good hopes of getting it to work properly again.
STEP BY STEP:
- Lets start of by looking on the most common ways of getting a cell phone wet, and whats need to be done in these circumstances. It is common of people to accidently drop their cell phone in the toilet, go swimming not knowing their cell is with them, loose it in the ocean, washing maching, in a puddle of water outside on a rainy day, or in a swimmingpool.
- Start by IMMEDIATELY REMOVIG THE BATTERY AND SIM CARD.
- DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY TO TURN THE CELL PHONE ON, TO SEE IF IT WORKS.
- IF you dropped you cell phone in the ocean or a swimmingpool, there is a great chance that there is salt water or chlorine inside your cell phone now. And that is BAD. And you need to get this time of contaminated water out, be cleaning your phone. DO this by taking your cell phone and put it in the tub, or a bowl of water. Make sure it is distilled water, and shake it gently around so that saltwater or chlorine gets out most likely. This has to be done as soon as possibel.
- Now starts the long process of completely drying your mobile out. Start by taking your cell phone and dry it as much as you can with a clean towel.
- Then put the cell phone in the oven at the lowest temperature or try ~125 °F temperature. Let it dry here for about 5 hours. DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT USEING A MICROWAVE OVEN ;)
- After that I will recommend you to take the cell phone out, and letting it dry for 24 hours in your room, or maybe even wait 3 days to be on a safer side.
- Then you put the battery and sim card back in. And hopefully it will work again ;)
- If all fails, and you do not get it to work. You could try sending it in for repair, I have made you some links in the link section.
There are no guarantees in following this guide, also
try this at your own risk. It may not work for all types of phones, but atleast I know people who have fixed their cell phone this way. And besides what do you have to lose? I wish you the best of luck ;)
- You should also know that even though the cell phone will dry and appear to operate normally, the circuitry could slowly corrode and pose a safety hazard. (Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission )
Updated - A common way you could accidently destroy your phone:
I recently read somewhere, that a girl ruined her phone using it while her hair was wet. This seems like a very common way people could destroy their cell phone. Like if your in the shower, and the phone starts to ring. And you RUN out to get it, for who knows, it could be extremely important (but most likely isnt). So you pick it up, and press it directly into you wet hair (this requires you to actully have long hair though). Then water leaks into the phone. Thats bad. The girl I read about her, didnt destroy the phone entirely, but the display stop working (ok thats almost completely destroyed then, but still she could receive calls and stuff :P).
In the spirit of fixing your cell phone yourself, I would in this case, see if it was possibel to replace the screen somehow. Thats all for now, and this little update. More to come soon.
