How do you repair water damage on a phone?

It is very important to prevent damage to it. Remove it as soon as you can and let it dry. I have seen many people valuing their SIM more than the phone itself.

In theory, SIM cards have better chances of surviving water damage, but that is only when you don’t let it heat but get it dry. All these are valid only if you are using GSM phones. CDMA phones do not contain SIM cards.

Dry your phone. Obviously, this is the most important step in the water damage control process. You need to remove as much water as possible from the cell phone.

Shake it out (carefully) and use a cotton cloth or paper towel to gently remove the wetness. There are few more ways to dry your cell phone. Hair Dryer: You think hairdryer can only help soaking your hairs?

Well, not really, they can helpful drying your phone too. Switch on the hairdryer towards your phone with utmost attention to the battery. If you have speed control feature, make sure you keep it to low.

If not, keep the hair dryer away from the cell phone. This is useful only to dry the outer parts. This is definitely not my preferred way to dry the wet phone, since the key is to make sure the phone doesn’t get heated up.

So you would have to be very careful when using a hair dryer or a blower. Alcohol: Place the device in the container and fill with denatured alcohol, or a 95% alcohol solution (regular rubbing alcohol is about 75%) completely submerging the device. The alcohol will displace any water left in your device.

Jiggle the container around a bit to make sure the alcohol is able to drive out the water droplets in your device. You may need to weight your device to keep it under the water. Remove the device and put it somewhere to dry for an hour or two.

The alcohol will evaporate very quickly but be sure it’s really dry.