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Unfortunately, if your cell mixes with other liquids, these steps won't work - a technician should clean with distilled water and alcohol as soon as possible. Juice, coffee, soda or a grimy puddle will corrode the inside of your cell. The longer it dries, the more concentrated the substance will become.
Source:I don't know. It was passed on to me as a magazine clipping but no identifying source
By cailifouhnofthemist from Williams Lake, BC
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05/02/2010
I have done both of these things, putting it in a ventilated spot, and also burying it in rice. One thing that is being forgotten here tho, is you should also remove the SIM card when you remove the battery so that it can dry along with the spot it was in.
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04/29/2010
A friend of mine dropped his cell phone in a bucket of paint. He quickly fished it out and cleaned it up. He let it dry in the sun for about a day and a half. It still worked when he finally started to use it again.
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04/29/2010
I second the rice trick. I put my husband's phone in rice for 3 days after a trip in the washing machine and it worked like always! We did have to get a new battery, but it sure beat getting a new phone!
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04/29/2010
I dropped my cell phone in the toilet! I immediately asked my son what to do. He said to get a bag of RICE and completely bury the phone in the rice in an OPEN position and let it there for THREE DAYS. I did so and when I checked three days later it worked! That was THREE years ago and I'm still using the SAME phone with no problems!
Help! I just unloaded my washer and found my cell phone in a pants pocket. Is there any saving it, my whole life is in that thing? Thanks.
By FloraDee from TN
By LeeAnne67
09/09/2011
Rice worked for us. The S.O. had his phone in his shorts pocket. He waded in a lake and the water went up to, you guessed it, his shorts pocket.
He was in a panic; brand new phone and it was wet. The person at the phone store told him to put it into a container of uncooked rice for at least 12-24 hours to hopefully resurrect the phone. It worked! Thank heavens. I would have not wanted to listen to him whine...er I mean complain about his lost phone for days on end. *L*
If you ever drop your cell phone in water, do not turn it on. You may be able to save it if you immediately remove the battery and the SIM card.
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