How do I fix a phone that was dropped in water
I dropped my Iphone 4 in water i retrieved it in seconds and put it in rice. Is there any thing else I can do to dry it out and what is the chance that it will work?
Remove the battery from the device. This is critical, and do it as soon as possible, even if you are not going to follow this technique, this is your best chance for device survival.
Find a container slightly larger than the device that will hold liquid.
Remove battery covers and other compartments so you can be sure to get into all areas of the device.
Place the device in the container and fill with Isopropyl alcohol (80% or greater) completely submerging the device. Jiggle the container around a bit to make sure the alcohol gets in there well. You may need to weight your device to keep it submerged. I would suggest a 5 minute period of soaking, you can vary the time based on your results and optionally repeat this step if you are not successful.
Remove the device and put it somewhere to dry for a few hours. Q-tips and a hair dryer are helpful to speed up the process. BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THE DEVICE IS 100% DRY.
Reassemble your device and hopefully you are good to go.
NOTE: all you're doing with the alcohol is helping to get the phone dry. The alcohol mixed with the minute amounts of water in the phone will evaporate more quickly than the water would by itself. The point is to get the phone dry. You could also just skip the alcohol and disassemble as much of the phone as possible and use a hair dryer.
Moisture in itself will not damage electronics if they are powered off and there is no power supply connected. What you are hoping for is that during the brief period of time when the phone was still powered on with the battery connected and it was exposed to water/moisture that a short did not occur damaging the circuitry. There is a good chance this did not happen if you pulled out the battery quickly.
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