How do I Fix a Water Damaged Cell Phone?

Putting it in a plastic bag full of rice overnight works for me every time, but then again, I have an older slider phone. I'm not sure about the new smartphones.

Consider using a wet phone recovery pack like Rescuetec. They are specifically designed to suck all the moisture out of wet electronics. They are typically seven times better at this than rice, and three times better than silica gel.

I had the dreaded white screen. My cell provider was unable to give me any answers. But I kept trying to reset the programming. After reading several articles, I tried the rice solution. After letting it sit overnight the phone's display would work for only a few minutes and then go white again. I finally got a friend who works in chemicals to give me some desiccants. They were the small beaded types, so I placed the phone in a stocking to keep the beads from getting inside of the smaller holes. I placed the stocking phone inside of a zip locked bag filled with the desiccants and left it with back off and battery removed for 24 hours. My phone's display is now back to normal.

Moisture in cell phones is such a common problem, you would think that the cell providers would be more helpful in resolving this issue.

I've been hearing lately that rice may not be the best material to use for this problem. Yes, it will absorb moisture over time, but it can also break into dusty pieces and get trapped in sensitive electronic spaces. What I've heard works better are the dessicant packs often included in vitamin bottles and electronic gadgets. I think some electronics stores also sell them as separate products.

You're supposed to get one or two of those dessicant packs and put it in the battery case or other accessible area of the water-damaged cellphone. The dessicant packs will do the same thing as the rice, but won't break apart or turn to dust.

we used rice to get mine back to working but now the sound does not work on mine.

Unfortunately while insurance might help if your phone breaks, it does not always cover things like water damage. I also did not get insurance and therefore was not covered when I lost my phone and, about a month later, it turned up as stolen when someone tried to activate it at a local phone store of the same carrier. Criminals are stupid, and buying a new phone so you suddenly have two is annoying,and cell phones in general are often more trouble than they're worth.

I had this motorola razor phone that lasted through about a hundred falls, and it finally stopped working because I had it next to a water bottle and it leaked.

However, I fixed it by taking it apart, including the battery, front, and back, and leaving all of the cell phone parts on a car dashboard all afternoon in the sun. When I put it together it all worked. I would say if it is bright enough outside, try using sunlight as a heat source.

You can blow dry on low through the connections on the bottom all right through the phone after removing sim and bat. if no blow dryer is around, use the heat from your car heater.