What to Do When Your Cell Phone Drops in Water

Today cell phones are a necessity. For one to have his or her life roll along easily they need one, as most of today’s activities need constant communication. Many times when our cell phones fall in water, we do not know what to do and in most cases we panic, as we have a lot of information that we wouldn’t like to lose in them. Below I have some tips of things to do in case your cell phone falls in water.

1. The first thing you must do is to remove your phone from the water. This will help stop water from reaching to places it had not yet reached, thus reducing the damage.

2. As soon as you remove it from the water, switch it off. Water is a good conductor of electricity. That means if the phone is left on, you are most likely to get short circuits in your phone. To avoid this, switch off the phone and remove the battery.

3. Make sure you remove your SIM card and memory card if you have them. For many people a phone is valued much lower than the SIM card and memory card, as that is where all their important information is stored.

4. Try to separate parts of the phone and put them out separately so that they can dry faster. You can shake it to throw out the water or use a cotton cloth to wipe it dry. If you have a hair dryer then you can use it to dry the water in your cell phone. Focus mainly on the battery area and the battery. Make sure that the speed of the dryer is low and keep it at a distance from the cell phone, as you do not want to heat it because this will only cause more damage.

After doing all this and making sure that you have removed all the water that you can, leave the pieces separately for a day, then reassemble them and switch it on. If it does not switch on try connecting it to the charger without the battery. If it goes on you need a new battery, if it does not see a professional phone repairer.

The next time your cell phone slips off from your pocket to the toilet, there should be no reason to panic. Just perform the above steps and your gadget will be just fine. There is though one thing to remember. Damage caused by water needs to be acted on immediately, as the longer it takes the more serious the damage and sometimes it may be irreparable.