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Steps to Follow if Your Mobile Phone Gets Wet
Frazier Barretto, Jul 21, 2009 1230 hrs ISTPrevent your phone from conking out
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Rains could spell doom for your mobile phone or any electronic appliance if it comes in contact with the device's circuits. At times, this occurs in spite of all precautions. Well, in case you are in such a situation, where you think water may have entered your cellphone, here are a few steps you could follow to save your phone from permanent damage.
Some of the points mentioned below can be followed in case of other gadgets as well.
1. Get the phone out of water as soon as possible
This is the first thing you should do. Get your phone to a dry place. Get it out of your rain soaked pants or jeans and place it out in a dry place. If this is not possible, shield your phone and follow the next step.
2. Remove Battery
Open the phone and take out the battery. Do not bother about switching off the phone if you are out in the rain but do remember to shield the phone with your hand so that water doesn't get into the battery compartment. If you are in a dry place then switch off the phone and take out the battery. Now you can be sure that the phone won't short circuit and damage internal components.
3. Remove the SIM
Once home, take out the SIM as well. I didn't ask you to do so earlier because chances of you misplacing the SIM are high. Removing the SIM may seem unnecessary to some, but it sure is important. The SIM is also part of a circuit. Breaking it is very much needed to save the connectors from damage.
4. Drying your phone
Well this is the next part wherein you dry the phone so that all the moisture is out and you could possibly continue using your phone like nothing ever happened to it. To get rid of the water, tap the phone dry with a piece of cloth.
The simplest way to dry the phone is to place it in the open for a couple of days. This way it will dry out but the process is very slow and there is a possibility of corrosion. Many people either have the phone placed under a table lamp or dry it with a hair dryer. Both these options will only do more damage than what the water could have done.
If you got a vacuum use that on a slow mode. This pulls the water out of the phone rather than push the water further in with the use of a hair dryer. After using the vacuum for about 15-20min leave the phone open on a napkin. The napkin will soak whatever water comes out. Put away the phone for about 2-3 hours.
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