How to Dry a Wet IPhone, IPad, Smartphone & Save Phone Water Damage?

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Oh no! Your phone just fell into the toilet, sink, pool, or other type of water or liquid. What do you do now? How do you dry a few iphone, ipad, or smartphone and save the device from water damage?
The other day I dropped my phone in a puddle. I was walking along a trail with my dog. I took out my phone to take a picture and just happened to drop it in the exact wrong location. I recovered it pretty quickly and it only had a few cracks and scratches to the screen protector. But, it made me think about what I would do had I dropped it into a significant amount of water.
I decided to do some research and put together various ways you can dry a wet device and protect it from water damage.
Using silica gel packets, baggies, and uncooked rice you might be able to save your wet iphone.
The first thing you want to do is remove the phone from the water (of course).
Remove the case, SIM card, battery, and wipe it down.
To complete remove all moisture from the inside of the phone you’ll need a dessicant, or drying agent. The most popular is uncooked rice, but you can use silica packets as well.
There are also ways to prevent water damage to you phone. Look into special cases and waterproof smartphone pouches
Suggested materials:
  • Silica Gel Packets
  • Plastic baggies
  • Uncooked rice
Rachel Belkin
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  • ChrisHerlihy ChrisHerlihy on Mar 31, 2022

    Anything can be repaired. What matters is when the cost of the repair exceeds the cost of replacement. This is what you get with water damage - it is pervasive, and usually affects multiple parts. I also dropped the phone in the water and broke it, with the help of these tips https://www.softwaretesttips.com/android-not-making-or-receiving-calls I went over and became happier.

  • Silviastar Silviastar on Jul 13, 2022

    There are many reasons why your phone gets hot suddenly. In case you are watching a video or a movie, these ones are consuming a lot of power and are getting the phone hotter. You might have some unnecessary apps which are still open, and that is increasing the phone temperature. Take into consideration that if your phone is somewhat old, it will get hot pretty fast. People might want to take into consideration changing their phones for dedgoogled phones. Some friends told me that these phones have a better cooling system and aren't getting hot that fast.


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