To dry out a cell phone that got wet

[flexagon]

1) Take out the battery to help the rest of the phone dry out faster.

2) Put it (the phone) on top of your monitor or near the exhaust fan of your CPU. The hot, dry air will help significantly.

I was at the point of shopping for new phones yesterday when Trick #2 finally revived my old one, a day and a half after it got wet. Yay for my officemates who know these things!

Comments

[hiddenbear.livejournal.com]

If those tricks don't work, there may be some rust messing with the contacts. You can take it apart and swab it with alcohol. Or you can take it apart, realize you don't have alcohol, leave it in your kitchen till you get some, and find it two years later, after having given up and bought another, move it to your new house, and then throw it out.

I like your tricks better!

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Couldn't you just dunk the whole thing in CLR rather than bothering with taking it apart. That sounds much easier.