SAVE A WET PHONE! How To Save Your Dripping Wet Phone:

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What do you do if you dropped your phone in water? Or got it wet on a rainy day? This instructable teaches you a method that will SAVE your phone from damage.

  1. By: mushyfung
  2. Categories How To
  3. Views 154,395
  4. Added :14-Aug-07
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  • Great

    Now my phone smells like an asian restaurant. :P

    By ArrowVision 1187196719
  • weak

    barely wet, just get a good phone to start. my phone got washed and dried and works fine!

    By dude_0198312 1187646917
  • good call on the rice

    also, it depends how long it's been in the water. 5*

    By sinisa10 1187158763
    • Yeah time is the key

      I left my phone out in the rain one nigh, and I tried this rice thing and it did not work because it was out all the night.

      ALSO MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE THE PHONE IN THE RICE FOR A FEW DAYS!!!!

      By qoshi 1187226276
    • yeah...i bet that phone could work

      even without the rice thing because it wasn't really wet...that was pretty pointless

      By triskel77 1202437782
  • this is the most stupidest thing ive see...

    one my phone fell in sea for an hour after i found it i washed it with clean water and i left it in the sun for 30 min and it worked

    By jakeeeeeeee 1187772220
    • oooooooooh creepy phone.... very believa...

      lol... ood thing you found it... in the sea.... and... its still working?...

      By yebah 1188392149
  • im not sure

    rice had anything to do with it, you had the phone in there for 3 seconds, i think if you actually turned it on, its gonna work

    By brianhuangbh 1187667001
  • Good tip

    I'll remember this one

    5 stars and a digg!

    By Kainoa03 1187154809
  • wow!

    he had da fone in da water for maybe 2 seconds, wen he took it apart da insides were completely dry

    By Quicksilver11 1246597453
  • whatever the method and time

    you have to make sure there's no water left. I would disassemble down to the circuit board and check before turn it on

    By neziticy 1206192007
  • cool

    cool even though i new it already but still cool,5*rs

    By EverythingVideos 1202254106
  • now what?

    what do i do if i drop my phone in rice?

    By ishypop 1201916975
  • Try this

    Me and my dad fell in a river fishing once and we put our phones on top of the dash of my car and let it sit a day. it worked great

    By ajscout 1199838339
  • IT WORKS

    i was thrown in a pool last weekend my phone was in my pocket i remeberd seeing this video tryed it and my $300 samsung phone now works cheers mate

    By JD8369r 1197277754
  • wah

    mitchell such a handsome clever man. F**k you. fat. gay. submarine.

    By bangbangsplat 1196426495
  • crazy asians

    your phone was in water for like 2 seconds. Not even. You might as well have just spit on it and been like "omfg omfg put it in rice quick!"

    By chickensgocluck 1193462587
  • Or...

    Put it in the oven on 50 degrees celsius for half an our..

    By Danielhp 1193085758
    • ??

      are you sure mate?

      By triskel77 1202437830
  • Bah

    My dad dropped his phone in the toliet the other day (no crap or piss, lol) and he took it apart dried it with a hair dryer and let it sit for about 12 hours. Next day, phone worked fine.

    By noonespecial 1193040104
  • nicely done

    i my tastes like rice now smells too

    By wow i did it! 1192963561
  • LOL

    "you Turned Me On"

    By dis_one_dude 1191640399
  • OR

    just let the phone dry over night...your process is only useful if the phone is submerged for a long period of time. even then, rice is not going to "pull" excess water from the circuit board.

    By noidest04 1190851306
  • Rice is Nice and nicer than salt

    Ok, it really may work without the rice, but the rice absorbs most of the moisture ( that's why people put rice on saltshaker)
    what makes the mobile become ready for use faster than leaving it dry alone.
    There are 2 points in witch rice is better than salt.
    The first is that it absorbs more water than salt.
    The second is that salt damages the inner circuits of the cell-phone, because the tracks that connects a component with another are made from a thin layer of copper, witch reacts and oxydes with salt ( AKA rust)

    By Gasoto 1190762323
  • but....

    if my phone dropt in water .. i cant get the rice quickly

    By zamalkawy123456 1190426415
  • what was the use in showing that it work...

    you dropped it in a bowl of water and took it out before any water could ever get in it, didnt even warrant taking it apart but simply drying off the surface water.

    IN any case yes if it is to drop into water so that water goes in first thing to do is immediately take out the battery so the circuits dont fry,

    By FatPumPumLovah 1188479475
  • Your phone never weted untill inside.

    and I prefer rice to salt to take moisture.
    The most important thing is "turn off"

    By hosee 1187864723
  • whats the best rice

    jasmine or basmati? I tried special fried rice but the phone got too greasy
    seriously thanks for simple idea. If you put rice in your salt shaker it helps stop it sticking

    By oscarwilde 1187806717
  • once

    i droped my phone in Coke. I didn't put it in rice and is still working just fine

    By Scianne 1187780125
  • What a dumb*ss....

    Did u noticed that when u dropped your cellphone to the water, not even the battery got wet??All u had to do is grab a towel and clean it... -_-
    PS: If your cellphone falls into the water, take off the battery and the SIM then let the sun heat the back part a few hours...Happened twice to me... =|

    By ANDRELOPEZ12 1187744952
  • Is this a Nokia Ad?

    i was wondering

    By lleti 1187608649
    • no

      its a rice ad

      By oscarwilde 1187806880
  • rice?/

    you don't need rice to save a wet phone. trust me i've done it so many times cuz of my sister and my wife ... all i do is take the battery (and sim card, if its got one) wipe it dry and let it sit for a while (to dry) ...

    By coydgreat 1187583746
  • So.

    What do you do if your phone gets eaten by a shark, in the water?

    By jameswsparker 1187551129
    • what to do?

      you buy a new phone

      By lysacid 1187587489
  • I sat in a hot tub for 15 minutes.

    Then i realized my phone was in my pocket. All I did was left it for a few days and it worked. No rice or taking a part needed. Although I'm sure it helps it dry faster.

    By el_roy1985 1187483423
  • i was curious.

    so i dipped my phone in water and then did what u said but i 4got the rice :P so i ran to the cupboard to get it and then left it for about a week but my phone broke. :(
    phone: you turned me on lmao!!!

    By omg u morons 1187347807
  • 5 STARS

    REALLY SUPER MARVELLOUS EXCELLENT SUPERB WAY THANKS U SHOULD UPLOAD LIKE THIS VIDEOS MORE

    By KHSALMAN 1187346268
  • wat a wanker

    id say he would b gr8 fun 2 go out wit some night.....NOT

    By lavyyo 1187306313
  • you S**k !!!

    yyyouuu S**k !!! . you don`t pun the phone interally in water. only a part.

    By zamfirelu 1187266757
  • Nokia pwnz...

    but what if a grain of rice went inside the cellphone and you couldn't take it out. You wouldn't be so happy then, would you?

    By Hammama1 1187260906
  • That's geat...

    But what do you do if your phone goes through the wash?

    By Starmoonshine 1187245704
  • man

    just take your phone in and complain about how the screen stopped working (wait a few days so its relatively dry) then hope to god your warranty isnt up yet

    By goider 1191805926
  • wat the hell

    this is a useless method
    1st the phone is juz wet its not wash ....
    2nd u still can use dat phone without rice
    3nd can u still cook de rice ?

    By sepomix 1190201063
  • duhhh rice haha ..

    hey hey hey wut rice u use is it a basmathi or ponni herb or anything else ^^

    By headshot_sora 1188727477
  • bull shait

    when my phone falled in watter... for about 5 min! it was there before i got it... it felt in a river anyway kinda hard was to get it out...
    ok the thing ive done is after i got it out i turned it on and wow it didnt work... daa... after 2h i got home and tared it apart... leaft that way for the night and when i woke up and put it together it worked.... no fkn rice needed... o and comon mine was in watter for 5 min dude but ure shiti phone u just dumped it in for a bout a sec... and tore it apart like in 2 sec so no way watter could of gotten in the phone by the time...

    Damn now that tiping.

    And dont forget, bannanas are for eating.

    By No_Filter 1188532493
  • Im wet

    If i seal myself in a container of rice will i dry out? I just like using a hair dryer lol! It works just as well!!!!!!!

    By SMILEY STU 1188069909
  • load of fken crap

    oh please what about water damage on the board itsel rice wont fix jack S**t buddy you have a long way to go

    By dude36 1187948451
  • ØŸ??

    i can belief it
    is it right or he just make some trickes

    By asheqa 1187591466
  • How NOT To keep Your cell dry!

    Never Put Your Cell in a plastic ZipLock The bag In Hot Conditions Will Actually Create (Inner bag Moisture) and your Phone Will Be Ruined!

    By TheDramaTube 1187527947
  • FAKE!

    in the beginning he only dropped his phone in the water for not even one second and then he took up the phone, i have dropped my phone in water before, just take out your battery, and then keep the phone standing up for a few days and it will be fine....this is a fake....

    By weezybaybee 1187422634
  • Didn't prove anything if it work or not ...

    .

    By ahhha 1187330501
  • a day or two?

    what if I get an important call?

    By doctorgary34 1187237977
    • well...

      the phone will be out for lunch lol

      By H.N. 1187258400
  • Drop the phone in the toilet....

    then show your idea.

    By rtdem 1187224981
  • Drop the phone in the toilet....

    then show your idea.

    By rtdem 1187224974
  • Useful trick

    It always happen to someone...
    Nice video. Rated 5 and dugg !

    By LUCCHINA 1187162304
  • ...

    I had dropped mine SE in to a container 5 inches deep and when I got it out, the phone was still working, then I removed fast as I can the battery, dry it whit hairdryer, then 20 minutes under the Sun and the phone was working perfectly ;]

    By alus1onZ 1187129906
  • Pretty cool!

    I will remember the rice tip! This can work for pretty much any electronic device I bet as long as it isn't ruined first.

    By ZackScott 1187128485
  • how...

    do we know the phone was broken in the first place? Dont want to be a sinic, its a very cool trick, but he didnt show us that the phone was actually at risk of breaking.

    None-the-less, great video, quick and straight to the point.

    By lukenn 1187122327
  • thats a need trick

    i like the way you point out that the battery must be removed first... 5 stars ^^,

    By TheNinjaHobbit 1187122157
  • NICE

    I have SOOO mony friends drop theirs in the pool or get pushed in a parties and they never work again

    By tdub125 1187110820
  • It might be helpful

    If I lived and worked in a kitchen all day

    By catcam 1187098382
    • the phone would still work

      Because tnothing happend to it, the water dint even get into it!!!! :P

      By peter_ua 1187128429
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