Monday, November 18, 2013

How to Restore Soaked Phone to New

This low-end post is only for new hands, the highly skilled can click the fork in the upper right corner to leave.
First of all, don't panic, we put the case into three situations:
1. The phone fell into water when it is energized;
2. The phone fell into noncorrosive liquid when it is power cut;
3. The phone fell into unclean water when it is energized or fell into corrosive liquid, sticky liquid or other unclean liquid whether it is energized.

Here is my personal advice for the three different situations:

First, in the case that the phone fell into water when it is energized, you usually don't need to take apart the phone for processing.
1. Power off as soon as possible.
2. Forcibly shake it dry to get rid of the water in the screen, but don't drop the device. If water droplets remain within the screen, there will be marks when it's dried.
3. Put it under the desk lamp, light such slight heat sources to let the water evaporate slowly. This process requires more than six hours. Be patient. Don't use strong heat source such as hair dryer, which will screw things up.
After the three steps, generally, your device can work normally after it is wired up.

Second, the phone fell into noncorrosive liquid when it is power cut.
1. Shake it dry hard, but don't throw the device.
2. If there is no mark on the LCD screen, deal with it according to step 3 of the first case.
3. If something left on the screen and it is severe, don't tackle it according to the step 3 of the first case. Though it can make the electronic circuit work normally, the screen may be quite ugly. You can send it to the nearest maintenance department to handle it or open the device to clean up by yourself. (The one with poor hands-on skill had better send it to the professionals.)

Third, the phone fell into unclean water when it is energized or fell into corrosive liquid, sticky liquid or other unclean liquid whether it is energized.
1. Power off as soon as possible.
2. If it fell into the corrosive liquid (e.g., seawater), flush it with clean water immediately. Or put the device into clean water and try to dilute the internal corrosive liquid.
3. Disassemble the device as soon as possible, but be careful.
4. Clean it with alcohol or professional device-washing water.
5. Assemble. Or you can give the whole pack of parts to the maintenance point to clean up and assemble for you.

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