Comments on: How to Save a Wet Cell Phone https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/ Money Saving, Making Money, and Investment Ideas Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:50:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.23 By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10717 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:33:39 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10717 Matt,

You need to get the moisture out ASAP to prevent corrosion. Placing in the sun or a blower would be a bad idea because you could mess up the internal solders with the high temperatures.

]]> By: Matt https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10713 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 02:08:02 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10713 Cool tip. Very handy and very cheap to do. I figure you use the rice to absorb the moisture completely. Would it also work if you let it dry in the heat of the sun? Or use a blower?

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10699 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:55:01 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10699 Jon,

Cool – I’ve never heard of one of those bags before. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10698 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:54:20 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10698 Brock – good point about the battery. I will change that around. Thanks for the input!

]]> By: Jon @ Money Smart Guides https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10696 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:16:51 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10696 Good to hear you saved the phone. My boss had a similar story. He went kayaking and his phone go soaked. He did many of the things you mention, like drying it off, shaking out the excess water, etc. But he then bought a bag that is designed to draw out the water. He figured he had nothing to lose so he tried it and it worked. He used his phone for another couple of years. But, he too had to leave the phone in the bag for a few days. It wasn’t an overnight thing.

]]> By: brock @cleverdude https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10695 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:09:09 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10695 Nice save! The first reaction to dropping a phone in water is to see if it still works…which of course is the WORST thing you can do. I’d actually recommend pulling the battery immediately (if possible) over turning it off. It’s a faster way of getting that phone OFF. Very useful post!

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10694 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:39:50 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10694 Amos, very true! When you consider the time to transfer data, settings, apps from one phone to another it really is a big pain in the butt if it succumbs to water damage!

]]> By: Amos @ Modest Money https://www.moneyahoy.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone/#comment-10693 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:03:00 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2642#comment-10693 It saves a lot of resources to save a phone from succumbing to water. Having in mind all the important data that a phone carries and the price of the phone, it makes one do all it takes to save it.

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