Phone Sat in the Snow ALL DAY

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I had one of my phones pressure washed once. I took the battery out and sucked as much of the water out that I could using my shop vac with the detail attachment. I propped it up in front of a fan for a couple of days and it worked fine except for a sticky button on the keyboard. That worked it's way loose after a few uses.

 

[hooblah2u2]

So I activated my older phone today at the Verizon store. The woman who was helping me told me that the rice trick and all the other tricks out there aren't really trustable. I am sure they are, but she recommended just letting it sit for about 2 days. I guess that's what I'll do.

For now I'm back to the old flip phone!

 

[barbee]

i have a sudden craving for rice.:icon_ banana:

good luck though

 

[NomadicMom]

Rice will work in a pinch. One of the reasons that it doesn't get saturated and moldy in the cupboard is that it is kept in a closed container. If you left it in contact with water it would absorb the water, that is after all how it cooks. Another solution is to use Silica Gel packets. I have used them to rescue my husband's phone. There is a new product available that is specifically designed to rescue wet phones: the iRecovery Dry Kit (iRecovery Drying Kit - Perfect For Cell Phones, iPods, Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Hearing Aids, Calculators, Garage Door Openers, Watches, etc. - SilicaGelPackets.com)

 

[drivinfocused]

This is the best (and most reasonable) approach...
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-faq/8539-how-deal-droid-thats-gotten-wet-right-way.html

The rice BS is just stupid... it will NOT draw any moisture out.. think about it people... IF rice had any hygroscopic properties than the rice in your cupboard would take moisture from the air and would get soft and/or moldy relatively quickly.... I don't know who started this stupid solution or why but it's complete BS... it will do nothing more/extra than just allowing the phone to sit wrapped in a towel for the same period of time...

(and yes, now a bunch of people will quote this saying 'riced save my phone'.... BULL!!!!!! see above... unless you can find me anything proven that states rice suddenly becomes hygroscopic in the presence of cell phones it was simply the TIME and the DRY environment):soapbox:

very true, i had a fone that i thought i had gotten wet, and well i don't think it did but my phone was actually a little moist when i took it out after a few hours...... and don't let any of the cell providers try to tell you to try it, its all bs!