Surely, each of you knows that any liquid is kryptonite for a smartphone. Modern phone models are waterproof, but not waterproof, so sometimes you have to deal with unpleasant situations – falling into the bathroom, getting wet in the rain, and so on.
Avoid Basic Mistakes
In order for you to be able to fix the phone after it has “swimmed”, you should familiarize yourself with common mistakes and avoid them:
- Do not turn on the phone to avoid short circuit.
- Don’t charge your phone.
- Do not dry your wet phone with a hair dryer. Otherwise, air currents will only make things worse – they will disperse the water over all the small details.
- Do not dry your phone in the microwave. It will just burn out.
Now I will tell you how you should do the right thing.
Step 1: Take out and dry
You must remove the phone from the water immediately after being dropped. Next, remove the cover and place it on a dry surface (for example, a towel). If the phone was on, turn it off immediately. On modern smartphones, you cannot remove the battery yourself. However, if you have an old phone with a removable battery, then you need to quickly remove it and leave it to dry for at least 2 days.
Step 2: Pull out the cards
Do not forget to remove SIM cards and memory cards (if any). They also need to be left to dry all day. To prevent corrosion, you can wipe the contacts with alcohol.
Stage 3. Remove the water
No need to “blow” on the phone, put it under a fan or put it in rice (this life-hack is a myth that does not work). I recommend just leaving it on a flat, dry surface. You can put a terry or paper towel. And the best thing is to immediately contact the service so that the masters dry it with the help of special tools.
Why does my phone stop working after being dropped into water?
Many users are faced with this problem: the phone was removed from the water, dried well and worked smoothly for the first few days. After a while it just turned off and stopped working. Why is this happening?
Moisture does not always have an immediate effect on the parts of the device. It provokes the appearance of corrosion, which grows over time and reduces the throughput of electrical parts.
How to understand that the details inside the smartphone have begun to corrode?
The main signs of the problem will be reflected on the smartphone display. You may find:
- The appearance of white or yellow spots.
- The appearance of vertical or horizontal stripes.
- Illumination of individual pixels.
Among other signs, unstable display operation can be distinguished. For example, the lack of response to pressing in certain places.
Most often, it is the speakers that suffer from the effects of water in the first place. 90% of users experience sound problems after dropping their smartphone into water.
How to fix a phone after falling into water?
If you did everything according to the instructions, but the device still does not work, there is only one option for solving all problems – contact the master for service. Just remember that phones dropped into water are not covered under warranty. It will not work to hide this information, since almost all devices have a special indicator – a litmus test. According to it, a specialist can easily determine whether there was an impact of water or not.
It is best, of course, to try not to drop the equipment into the water. If an unforeseen situation overtook you, then after providing first aid, you need to contact a specialist.
