You can usually restore a phone after water damage.
If you have dropped your phone in the sink and thought you lost all your information, you may still be able to save all your phone numbers and have your phone working again in a couple days. Not all damage can be reversed, especially if you have not begun resuscitating your phone quickly enough. Do not turn your phone on until you have tried a repair method.
Instructions
Fan Dry
1. Take the battery out. Do this immediately or you may further damage your phone because of the electricity left in your battery.
2. Remove the SIM card if your phone has one and dry it off. The SIM card usually can't be damaged by water alone as long as you dry it off before using it. Wipe off the faceplate with a smooth cloth.
3. Disassemble the phone completely at this point. You may need to use a screwdriver to take the faceplate off. The screws for that are usually in the same area as the battery.
4. Use a soft cloth or cotton swab to dry off any water you can see on the parts of the phone.
5. Lay the parts in front of a fan for 24 to 48 hours.
Bowl of Rice
6. Remove your battery, SIM card and/or memory card from your phone as soon as you can and dry them off.
7. Dry off your phone as best you can with a cloth and slightly shake your phone as you do so.
8. Gently blow dry phone with blow dryer on a low setting. This can remove a lot of moisture, but if water is visible in the phone's screen, do not use the blow dryer because it may leave a water mark behind the screen.
9. Place the phone in a bowl large enough for your phone to fit in and completely cover the phone in rice.The rice will need a few days to absorb water that was left in your phone.
10. Rotate your phone a couple times so the water that gets stuck will drain out. If there is water in your screen, set your phone in the bowl of rice vertically so the water will drain out of there as soon as possible.
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