How to Recover Your Cell Phone if it Drops in Water

Here is a very practical article from Dr. Mecola’s free email service regarding what to do when you drop a phone into water. How it seems to apply more so to electricians is that just about every electrician carries a cell phone to communicate with the office, customers, and their families. Electricians also have to get jobs done on time no matter if it rains or snows. So we often find ourselves working in the rains, often light but sometimes heavy rains, especially during a storm damage repair as when a tree or tree limb rips the electrical service off the back side of the house. So whether one drops a cell phone or an electrical tester in water or if a tool or phone is exposed to a light rain for an extended period of time, our electronic tools and gadgets often get wet and can easily get damaged. Moisture in electronics and moister in electrical parts corrodes, damages, and kills those items without conscientious maintenance. So what can a person do? Dr. Mecola’s article below is good advice to open the cell phone or tester, wipe it clean ASAP, dry it out ASAP, and blow dry ASAP. The longer a person waits to perform the required maintenance, the more likely there will be damage from moisture. I would think any electrical contractor has had to deal with this problem. We here at Sparks Electric, www.SparksElectric.com
, have dealt with this for years since we specialize in being an electrical service contractor and as such, we are frequently called upon during wind, rain, and electrical storms. I can testify similar procedures like the following procedure below really helps save tools and cell phones. Here is the link to Dr. Mecola’s article from Yahoo’s news: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/28/how-to-recover-your-cell-phone-if-it-drops-in-water.aspx.

Here is the article: “Did you just drop your cell phone into water? According to Yahoo News, all may not be lost! Here are their suggested steps which might enable you to rescue a drowned phone:

Step 1: Do NOT turn on the phone

Step 2: Pull out the battery and SIM card

Step 3: Rinse quickly in freshwater if you dropped your phone in salt water (to rinse out the salt)

Step 4: Dry your phone using compressed air (DO NOT dry it in the oven)

Step 5: Cover your phone with uncooked rice (in a ziplock bag) for at least 24 hours (to absorb moisture)

Step 6: Turn your phone back on and see if it works!”

Well, I hope you enjoyed reading the article and my blog post, feel free to leave a comment if you woudl like to add anything to it.

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