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How To Fix a Wet Cell Phone

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It should come as no surprise that water and electronics don't mix. But don't panic—your cell phone can be saved.
Added December 10, 2007

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Very useful. Never new about the silica gel packs.

Reply 9 months ago by mhm1339

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That rocks! A word of heed, however...using a microwave to speed up the drying process isn't as helpful as you might initially think...

Reply 8 months ago by gigafide

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I didn't even know you could dry out a phone. very helpful, Love the hot tub.

Reply 8 months ago by barbdwar

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Thats how I saved my current phone, as well as the phone I was using before it. Good job spreading the word, to clumsy people such as myself.

Reply 8 months ago by Cory

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Thanks!! Helpful!

Reply 8 months ago by Dean

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There is a better wat if you live somewhere it gets over say 75-80 degrees. You do all this said but then you put the cell phone in a car and roll all windows up and oark it in the sun. I have LITERALLY done this a dozen times and it works.

Reply 7 months ago by dwnsth123

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after removing the sim-card and the battery It's actually very good to dip the phone into distiled water. this helps remove any minerals and salts found in plain water or any other liquid you dropped your phone into. if the phone was just blowdried the salts could later ruin the electronics by disolving in humidity from the air and eating out the tiny SMD solder connections.

Reply 5 months ago by svinjaric

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