How To Fix A Phone With Water Damage Effectively

| Sunday, July 17, 2011
By Mary S. Waugh


Electronics are a big part of everyone's life now, so it is no surprise when little accidents happen and we are faced with learning how to fix a phone with water damage. The accident may happen when you are about to use the toilet and the device slips out of your pocket and falls in the urinal. It might happen when you are fumbling in your handbag and the cellular falls in your drink, one never knows.

Liquids that come in contact with electronic devices can spell disaster to some people. But if you act quickly enough, you can prevent damage before it even happens. Once the liquid has penetrated the device, the first thing one should do is dry off the external parts of the unit and take the device apart to dry off the internal parts as best they can.

The easiest thing to get to is the battery, so remove the battery and your sim card immediately and start drying off the battery compartment of the cell. Take the device apart and fill a container up with alcohol and soak the cellular device in it (not the battery and the sim) so that the alcohol displaces any other liquid. The alcohol will remove liquids that can be corrosive to the phone parts.

There are situations when a person will drop their unit in coffee or juice, which is very sticky and thick. To prevent stickiness in the unit, it is best to soak the device in distilled water for a few minutes to get rid of the stickiness. Once this is gone, then the unit can be soaked in alcohol to displace the water and prevent corrosion.

Once the soaking is completed, the device should be placed in a dry area, preferably in a place with dry air and air conditioning, and dried upon a highly absorbent cloth. Earbuds can also be used to speed up the process to dry up external and reachable parts. Complete drying should take a little more than two hours. Shaking the unit will also assure you that all the liquids are dislodged.

Using a hair dryer at its cool setting will help you dry your cellular device faster. It is best to use a cool setting so that plastic parts inside the unit do not melt. Once you are sure the entire unit is dry, reinstall the battery and sim card and test the unit.

This method on how to fix a phone with water damage has been a tried and tested procedure that often gets positive results. However, if the phone does not turn on, you may need to bring to back to the place you brought it to get it looked at by a professional.




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