DIY : How to dry a wet phone from boating .

[909]

1. Turn off your phone
2. Stick it in a sock
3. Put the end of a sock over a hair dryer
4. Seal with a rubber band or tape it
5. Turn it on low (no heat) for 12 to 24 to 48 hrs ( times will vary )

You're done.

 

[dubs283]

Yeah, new phone = free

Time and young people fret, too long....

 

[BWR1953]

Put it in a container full of rice. Let sit 24 hours.

 

[Scott Danforth]

If salt water or high mineral water.. .Pull battery, pour bottled water over the phone, pour rubbing alcohol into phone, set on dash of truck for 15 minutes with the defrosters on.

Or if fresh water pull the battery, rinse with rubbing alcohol and set on the dash

BTDT about 20 times over the years.

Any new phone without a removable battery is water resistant.

 

[jimmbo]

I dropped my iphone in the lake 2 yrs ago, I shook it vigorously, and placed it on the Defroster vents and directed Warm AC Air to it while I continued to load by boat on the Trailer. It turned on and I could send and receive texts, but no Phone. I continued to dry it during the drive home, at about 50 minutes it could make calls, but the Ear Speaker was very faint. I got home and found some Rice, I microwaved the rice in a Shallow Dish to try and drive some of the moisture out of it, I then placed the Phone in it and covered it. 3 hrs later I took it out of the rice and everything was fine. It has worked flawlessly since.

 

[909]

Keep up the great suggestions !

 

[Tassie 1]

Go to phone joint.
Buy new phone.
Go home.

( done the rice thang etc etc blah blah with two phones in the last couple of years.
Nuthin' worked )
Life 's too short.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

The new iPhones can be submerged with no damage.

 

[jimmbo]

The new iPhones can be submerged with no damage.

Mine is a 6plus, far from new

 

[Lou C]

I left my 6 in one of my central AC vents for a few hrs and the drying effect of AC dried it out without any heat just fine. It shut down because I had it in my pocket while doing a brake job in 100* weather last summer and just from perspiration!

 

[jimmbo]

Dry warm Air still dries things quicker than cool Air. Central Air does dehumidify real well, if the air is over cooled then reheated. At temps above 27C(80f), I avoid going outside, and still stick to the shade. Too hot.

 

[ForcedError]

Fresh box of rice and a zip lock baggy is great. it's Saved several "crApples" my daughter's have owned. Be patient. Place the bag and phone in a warm environment.