Drying out a damp mobile

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What's the best way to dry out a mobile phone that's been dunked in a glass of water. There's nowhere warm to leave it, so do you think that a blast from a hairdryer would work?
 
Burying it in a container full of rice (uncooked) works apparently.
Or can you roll it up in a towel and put it on a radiator overnight.
I would think a hairdryer might make it too hot and damage it.
 
Do you have a CRT monitor/tv ?

I dried my phone after dropping it in the toilet on top of my monitor ( above the vents) for 12 hours and it came out fine more or less, make sure to have the opening at the top though and not the screen...

Try to open the phone up as much as possible ( and ofc take everything out, the sim, battery, SD/memory card, etc)...
 
Thanks for these but there's appears to be no boiler and no airing cupboard. To get a warm radiator, they all have to be turned on, which they're not too happy to do apparently.
 
yermum said:
Thanks for these but there's appears to be no boiler and no airing cupboard. To get a warm radiator, they all have to be turned on, which they're not too happy to do apparently.
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Surely you have something that emits heat?

A big amp ?
An electic heater?
Monitors/tv's?
PC case exhaust ( mine is always a good 10-15 C hotter than room temp) ?
Any elec transformers ?


Just look at the electrics in your house, surely at least one of them creates subtle heat during operation ?
 
Energize said:
I hope you didn't try to switch the phone on...
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Why not ? I did that myself 10 mins after being submerged, it got up to the main screen then froze, and the screen was very odd during that period, anyways i let it dry all night after that and next day it seemed fine mostly ( screen still a bit odd but cleared up during the day :p.).

Usually the battery is just too weak to cause any damage due to shorting...
 
snowdog said:
Usually the battery is just too weak to cause any damage due to shorting...
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I wouldn't like to bet on that...a normal AA battery or pp3 can cause fairly serious trouble if they short*, let alone the li-ion batteries most mobiles use (which can be much more dangerous, and are generally much higher capacity).



*As I found out when i left some AA's in the same pocket as my keys :p
 
Yeah, even though the voltage is only around 3.6v the current is also determined by the resistance, which if low can lead to high currents.
 
knip said:
Burying it in a container full of rice (uncooked) works apparently.
Or can you roll it up in a towel and put it on a radiator overnight.
I would think a hairdryer might make it too hot and damage it.
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Even better than just any old rice is Risotto rice as it can really draw a lot of moisture away; either that or try getting your hands on a load of silica-gel sachets.
 
A TV program I saw at some point recommended disassembling it as much as you can, then leaving it for at least 24 hours under a lamp - longer if possible. Apparently slow drying is the best sort.
 
Werewolf said:
I wouldn't like to bet on that...a normal AA battery or pp3 can cause fairly serious trouble if they short*, let alone the li-ion batteries most mobiles use (which can be much more dangerous, and are generally much higher capacity).



*As I found out when i left some AA's in the same pocket as my keys :p
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Well luckily when it happened my battery charge was 20 ish % iirc...
But anyways I was lucky enough thus in my experience the battery hasn't caused any real damage...


Mansize_tissue said:
A toilet on top of your monitor... genius!
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lol :p.
 
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