How to Dry Out a Cell Phone
You have got a new mobile phone, and it suddenly falls in water, becomes wet in the rain, or gets exposed to water by any means. What will you do in such a situation? You will certainly wonder how to dry it out quickly. There can be many different reasons why your cell phone might get wet such as in the rains or the falling in water. If your mobile phone gets exposed to water, you immediately have to think of the best way to dry it out as soon as possible, for preventing further damage.
As water and electricity never go together, when water gets into a cell phone, you should most importantly remove the battery. If the cell phone is a GSM one, also make sure that you take out the SIM card. See to it that you remove the memory card, if it has one. Try to dismantle the phone, as much as possible, but do not try to dismantle it completely. To preclude major damage to the inner circuits and components of the phone, you need to dry out the water completely. The more time the water stays in the phone, more are the possibilities of serious damages to the parts. Many a time the cell phone will go dead after water entering it and you may feel that nothing can be done at that moment. However, using few simple drying methods, can make the phone work again.
Let Dry
After you have removed the cell phone battery, the SIM card, the memory card, the body, and other cell phone accessories; you need to wipe it thoroughly with a soft dry cloth or a paper towel. After wiping off the water visible, leave the mobile phone in a cool and dry place. With all the components taken apart, you can even keep it for drying out in the sun. This method can mostly be used if you want to dry out a cell phone screen or the body.
Vacuum Cleaner
You can use a vacuum cleaner to suck out the moisture from the phone. Run the hose through all the parts which you think may have been exposed to water. Also make sure if there are any minor cracks from where there are chances of the liquid to seep in. If a wet-dry vacuum cleaner is not available, you need to use a can of compressed air as an alternative. Do not use a hair dryer, as the heat emitted from it can be harmful to the inner parts of the mobile phone.
Rice or Silica Gel Packets
Many people are surprised, when they come to know that rice can also be used for drying out water from a wet cell phone. In order to dry out a cell phone with rice; take a bowl of dry rice, put the cell phone in it, and keep overnight. This is also a good method of soaking out all the moisture out of the cell phone. If you are worried that the dust of the grains would get inside the mobile, you have the option of using silica gel packets as a good alternative to rice.
Heat Vents
Another option is to keep the cell phone on heat vents of computers or televisions. The heat emitted from these vents is most appropriate for drying out the moisture. But you also need to see to it that you do not keep the cell phone on the vents for a substantial period of time, as extra heat can do a lot of damage to the inner parts. Never experiment to dry out a cell phone in the oven.
There are many other things, which can be used for drying out the cell phone off moisture. Just make sure, you do not expose the cell phone to excessive heat, which can damage the circuits and components.
