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how to deal witha wet phone?

Started Jan 16, 2021 | Discussions thread
Cariboo Contributing Member • Posts: 774
Re: how to deal witha wet phone?

Check YouTube for tutorials and do a web search for print sites.

Everything that I have ever read or viewed says that using rice is 100% useless and will actually hold moisture in vs. dry it out.

Look in pill bottles for Dessicant pouches or vials and put a bunch of them together in a plastic bag with your device. Dessicant is what you need, not rice.

I think that you need to give it TIME to dry out, even if just sitting out in the open or in warm dry air.

Ideally, you could take it apart to dry out faster. For some devices it's actually very easy using just a credit card to pry off the display and to open it up if there is no battery access. Again check YouTube for disassembly or repair tutorials.

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