How to Do and Should Not Do When Dropped Your Phone in Water

By Carrie Tsai,  Last Updated: June 04, 2019

Summer is fast approaching, and that means barbecues, beaches, and the splashing sounds of thousands of smartphones. Indeed, no summer would be complete without at least one of your friends or relatives, or even you, giving a perfectly good smartphone an impromptu burial at sea.

There’s a chance you can save it, but only taking immediate actions can prevent your phone from further damage. So take the following measures to protect your cell phone.

Things You Should DO

• Shall  pulled your dripping phone from water at the fastest speed

• Shall  using dryness soft-cotton fabric to wipe water off immediately

• Shall remove your SIM, microSD cards and battery from your phone

• Shall use a vacuum to carefully suck out water, such as headphone jack and USB ports

• Shall bury the phone in a ziplock bag full of uncooked rice

• Shall let your phone dry for a day or two

Things You Should Not Do

• Do not turn it on

• Do not plug it in/try to charge it

• Do not press any buttons or keys

• Do not shake, tap or bang the phone

• Do not blow on it. This could send water into other internal parts of the phone that it hadn't already reached, causing more damage in the process

• Do not use a blow dryer - it can have the same effect as described above. Heat could also cause further damage.

Now I have to start splitting in the following situation to discuss how to save your dropped phone in water.

When there is water on your phone screen

It is common that your phone screen will get wet when using phone in rainy days or washing hands. And there is no need to worry about that since no water penetrate into headphone jack, charging port and receiver. Drying out with tissue or textile in time is enough.

What to do when there is slight water damage

The water damage is rather moderate if you pick up your dropped phone from shallow water, and phone can still display without problems. However, it is not wise to use the phone to see if it can function well.

What you should do is to power off your phone immediately and then dry it using tissue, wrapping it completely with tissue and then keep it in rice. It will just take one night for your phone to recover.

What to do when severe water damage occur

If your phone fall in relative deep water and stay for some time, and unfortunately, there is no display on the screen after picking it up, bear in mind that don’t try to power on! Because this attempt will lead to complete damage on your phone.

The proper measure you should take is that clear up all the water on your phone with tissue as soon as possible and then send it to the maintenance point, letting professional maintenance staff take your mobile phone apart and repair it.

Best ways to prevent your phone from getting wet

It is in rainy days or when we playing by the sea that our phone tends to get wet. In that particular cases, why not put your phone into a Mobile phone waterproof bag? By doing so, you can enjoy yourselves in any wet circumstances without worrying about your phone’s malfunction.

Try this one!

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Based on the stable protective structure of GQ3071 and the tenacity of glass, GQ3071 finally achieved a high degree of unity between aesthetics and protection.

Open the waterproof plug, headphone, USB interface is still waterproof; tight waterproof plug, it can also be waterproof in the sand.

Conclusion

It is often the case that your phone suffer from humidity and you don’t know how to deal with it. Nevertheless, following the methods mentioned above, whether it be prevention beforehand or remedy for water damaged phones, you are able to find a best choice and hopefully, you don’t have to be beset by humidity any more.