By Suzie Sanchez
Sometimes, worse things happen even to the best of people and some consequences are really a bitter pill to swallow. One of these is accidentally dropping your cellular phone in a pool of water. Bear in mind that cellular phones nowadays act more than just a communications gadget. It has become a repository of important information such as schedules, information about your contacts, and a lot of other crucial information which is vital to your profession. So what do you do when your cellular phones get wet? Would there be any chance of saving them including all the precious information contained therein?
If you ever waded into a waist-deep water without realizing that your cellular phone is in your pocket, or probably unintentionally dropped it in the sink while you were washing your hands, there might be a chance to save it if you act fast enough. If one of these circumstances happens, the best thing to do is not to panic. Just immediately take it out of the water and remove the batteries as fast as you can.
As you well know, water is a good electric conductor and it may cause some components within your cellular phone to short out when there is still a power source like a battery. If you have a Subscriber Identity Module card, or a SIM card, try to get it off your wet cellular phone as well. You may have saved a lot of precious information in the card and sometimes it might be more important than the phone itself.
Try to carefully shake the cell phone up and down, naturally without dropping it, to dislodge any water particle that may have been trapped inside it. Next, try to open as many gaps or slots as you can so that water can easily flow out. After this, cautiously tap it with a paper towel, without clogging the wet paper in the slots and gaps, to remove any water residue from the phone.
Afterwards, try to bury your phone in a bag of rice for at least twenty four hours. Your plain, uncooked rice which you can get at a supermarket can help suck the moisture out of your wet cellular phone. Once done, take out the cellular phone and put it at the back of your television set, right at the top of the heat vents that are found on most television sets. This will give your cellular phone adequate heat without damaging any components such as its digital screen. Try to leave it there for about three days or more. After this, you can go ahead and try to test your cellular phone by re-attaching the batteries and turning it on again. Sometimes, all the procedures as described may revive your cell phone and get it working again. If it does not work, maybe it is time to take it to an authorized phone shop because they might be able to fix it for you.
Sometimes, worse things happen even to the best of people and some consequences are really a bitter pill to swallow. One of these is accidentally dropping your cellular phone in a pool of water. Bear in mind that cellular phones nowadays act more than just a communications gadget. It has become a repository of important information such as schedules, information about your contacts, and a lot of other crucial information which is vital to your profession. So what do you do when your cellular phones get wet? Would there be any chance of saving them including all the precious information contained therein?
If you ever waded into a waist-deep water without realizing that your cellular phone is in your pocket, or probably unintentionally dropped it in the sink while you were washing your hands, there might be a chance to save it if you act fast enough. If one of these circumstances happens, the best thing to do is not to panic. Just immediately take it out of the water and remove the batteries as fast as you can.
As you well know, water is a good electric conductor and it may cause some components within your cellular phone to short out when there is still a power source like a battery. If you have a Subscriber Identity Module card, or a SIM card, try to get it off your wet cellular phone as well. You may have saved a lot of precious information in the card and sometimes it might be more important than the phone itself.
Try to carefully shake the cell phone up and down, naturally without dropping it, to dislodge any water particle that may have been trapped inside it. Next, try to open as many gaps or slots as you can so that water can easily flow out. After this, cautiously tap it with a paper towel, without clogging the wet paper in the slots and gaps, to remove any water residue from the phone.
Afterwards, try to bury your phone in a bag of rice for at least twenty four hours. Your plain, uncooked rice which you can get at a supermarket can help suck the moisture out of your wet cellular phone. Once done, take out the cellular phone and put it at the back of your television set, right at the top of the heat vents that are found on most television sets. This will give your cellular phone adequate heat without damaging any components such as its digital screen. Try to leave it there for about three days or more. After this, you can go ahead and try to test your cellular phone by re-attaching the batteries and turning it on again. Sometimes, all the procedures as described may revive your cell phone and get it working again. If it does not work, maybe it is time to take it to an authorized phone shop because they might be able to fix it for you.
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