DIY drowned phone repair

To begin with, you can immediately answer the most frequent question that torments!

We will answer right away. From 800 rubles! The master will determine more precisely. But as a rule, repairs are much cheaper than buying a new phone.
And one more subtle question

Of course yes! As we said, it is much cheaper.
Think for yourself.
Cost of a new mid-range phone
10-15 thousand rubles

average 800-2000 rubles
Does it make sense to buy when your refurbished mobile phone will work like a new one? In this case, there will be no need to restore contacts!

So about the cellular "diver-diving".

This article spurred me to write a large number of calls with the questions “My phone fell into the water, what should I do, how much will it cost to repair a drowned phone?”, Or “My phone got wet, it worked right away, then it stopped turning on”, or typewriter, the phone does not turn on, can it be repaired? " etc.

First of all, I'll tell you what to do first if liquid gets into your phone:

1. The first step is to remove the battery from the phone and do not insert it for at least a day. Oddly enough, it is not so much water that kills the elements inside the phone, but electric current, which oxidizes the elements inside and destroys the radio elements and the device board.
2. Second thing the phone needs to dry from the inside... But based on practice, I will tell you that liquid gets inside the phone very quickly, but it can dry for a very long time, far from one day. And even if all the liquid inside dries out, salts dissolved in water still remain, which corrode radioelements when the phone is operating, since salts are conductors of electric current.
3. Therefore, the third step in saving the phone after getting into it with moisture I advise apply to a service center for the repair of phones, and it is better not to hesitate, the faster it is done, the cheaper the repair will be, and perhaps only the prevention of the elements of the phone will be enough.

But it's not always so easy. Let's say you dropped your iPhone in water and you can't get the battery in it without disassembling the device. In this case, if you cannot contact the service center in the very near future, I advise put iPhone in rice (don't laugh, but it really helps! The most ordinary food rice, at first I did not believe it myself, but after people brought the drowned iPhones dried in rice, during the repair it was really seen that the effects of moisture were minimal). The photo shows the board of a drowned iPhone 4, which was put in rice, and then brought to the service. The board was perfectly clean, the only thing that oxidized was the touchscreen connector (marked with a red circle). The red diamond indicates an indicator of liquid penetration into the iPhone.

And now I want to answer the most common question: "How much will it cost to repair a drowned phone?" If the phone does not turn on after the liquid gets inside, then I will answer honestly: “I don’t know”. In this case, one cannot do without diagnosing a malfunction, since water could damage any element, and therefore the phone must be disassembled and tested to identify a malfunction.

Next, we will consider several options for repairing phones, inside of which water or other liquid has gotten.

The most harmless case is when the phone was dropped into water, it continues to work, but water stains remain on the screen. It seems to be okay, but it looks unpleasant, especially against a light background. The only way out of this situation is to replace the display on the phone.Even after the water dries up, traces of it still remain, and it is impossible to remove them from the old screen, since the display contains several layers of film that scatter the backlight, and it is impossible to disassemble them without damaging them.

The worst case is when water that gets into the phone oxidizes the radioelements and disables them. The oxidation state depends on the time the phone is in water, on the amount of liquid that got inside, on whether the battery was pulled out of the drowned phone at once or after a while. If, after getting liquid into the phone, you do not immediately take action, then it will be approximately the same as with the phone in the photo. The elements oxidize, salts corrode the parts of the phone, and the recessed phone becomes unusable.

The last picture shows the board of the phone, which fell into the water and the battery was not immediately taken out of it. The phone worked for a while, and then turned off and did not turn on again. Yes, it will not turn on anymore, the phone cannot be repaired, since many radio elements inside have simply rotted away. In this case, it is necessary to completely change the payment on the phone, which is usually comparable in cost to the price of a used phone of the same model.

Therefore, in order to avoid this and extend the life of your phone after getting liquid into it, immediately take the measures that I wrote about at the beginning of the article.

What Happens During Electrochemical Corrosion?

A bit of theory ...
Metal conductors in the phone lose some of the atoms (they pass into the electrolytic solution in the form of ions), electrons replacing the lost atoms charge the metal with a negative charge, while the electrolyte (electrolyte is a liquid that conducts an electric current) has a positive charge. A galvanic pair is formed: the metal is destroyed, gradually all its particles become part of the solution. Accordingly, the solution becomes conductive, which subsequently short-circuits the conductors it covers.
For the process of electrochemical corrosion, it is not at all necessary to immerse metal conductors in an electrolyte - a rather thin electrolytic film on its surface. Simply put, it is not necessary to drop the phone in water, a humid environment is enough.
In a nutshell: nothing good will happen. The following will occur, either a short circuit of the conductors, or a break in the conductor ...

If liquid gets into your phone ...

What should I do if liquid still gets into the device?

1) Remove and do not reinsert the battery immediately! This will avoid the most serious damage. Remember, while the battery is removed, the processes of electrochemical corrosion do not occur, and damage to the phone's motherboard will stop. At the same time, there is no need to try to charge the device if it does not turn on - this will significantly aggravate the current situation.
2) Timely contact a qualified service center (hereinafter - SC) for diagnostics and repair. All this time, the battery must be removed.

If you are sure that very little liquid has gotten, or there is no way to contact the SC, try to gently dry the device. For this purpose, in no case should you use heating devices (hair dryer, heater, etc.), as well as a microwave oven! Dry the device, avoiding heating above the temperatures indicated in the instructions and observing the described operating conditions; dry the battery only at room temperature. It is impossible to dry the device well in 5 minutes, or even in 5 hours. It takes more time, no need to rush. After completing the operation, try turning on the phone, check charging, connectivity, and all other functions. Everything is working? So, you are in luck, carefully observe the behavior of the device for several days, and in case of any problems, immediately contact the SC. If the device does not turn on, or there are any malfunctions, immediately contact the SC.

One of the misconceptions, which is undoubtedly a reflection of national ingenuity, is the assertion that a wet apparatus should be rinsed with vodka or alcohol. This is absurd. Alcohol will evaporate from vodka inside the apparatus much faster than water, and the situation will only worsen. Flushing with any alcohol-containing liquid, including “pure” alcohol, will not remove or stop the incipient corrosion.

Let us consider the nature of the damage caused by the ingress of liquid using the example of a device that came to us for repair. Nokia N70.

On the photos 1 oxides and corrosion of the components of the motherboard are clearly visible in the area of ​​the power controller microcircuit (in the center of the photo). Water damaged not only the external elements, which are relatively easily accessible for restoration or replacement, but also the soldering, which is located directly under the microcircuit - the liquid flows inside, and in this case, replacement of the microcircuit soldering is required (in the case of extensive liquid ingress - several microcircuits), or replacement the microcircuit itself. Thus, the phrase "Clean my phone" absolutely unacceptable for such an example, since corrosion, in addition to external components, got under the microcircuit. In addition to damage to components and microcircuits, numerous miniature circuit board conductors (the so-called "tracks") rot away, in the photo they are visible as light green broken lines connecting the elements. The diameter of these conductors is different, but basically they are approximately equal to the thickness of a human hair, the process of finding breaks and rotten connections is very difficult, and in some cases impossible.

On the Pictures 2 oxides and corrosion of the components of the motherboard are clearly visible in the area of ​​the power controller microcircuit (in the center of the photo). Water damaged not only the external elements, which are relatively easily accessible for restoration or replacement, but also the soldering, which is located directly under the microcircuit - the liquid flows inside, and in this case, replacement of the microcircuit soldering is required (in the case of extensive liquid ingress - several microcircuits), or replacement the microcircuit itself. Thus, the phrase "clean my phone" is absolutely unacceptable for such an example, since corrosion, in addition to external components, got under the microcircuit. In addition to damage to components and microcircuits, numerous miniature circuit board conductors (the so-called "tracks") rot away, in the photo they are visible as light green broken lines connecting the elements. The diameter of these conductors is different, but basically they are approximately equal to the thickness of a human hair, the process of finding breaks and rotten connections is very difficult, and in some cases impossible.

This Photo 3 illustrates damage in the area of ​​the battery connector (in the lower left corner) and the camera (upper right corner), as well as nearby components.
Severe corrosion damages not only external elements, microcircuits and conductors. The motherboard of any cell phone has a complex multilayer structure, the conductors from the outer layers go to the inside of the motherboard to connect electrical circuits in different parts of the board. It is extremely difficult to identify and eliminate on-board breaks caused by rotting conductors, and often completely impossible.
Corrosion leads to oxidation of the solder, the products of this reaction can cause short circuits in various electrical circuits. This is dangerous due to the failure of electronic components, including those that are not corroded, as well as the appearance of the so-called “leakage” - a significant increase in energy consumption (sometimes even in the off state), which leads to a rapid discharge of the battery, and a reduction in the operating time of the device.

This photograph also shows numerous damage, traces of extensive corrosion. In this case, the electronic micro-BGA component is badly damaged (it functions as a backlight control).This electronic component must be replaced and the area underneath thoroughly cleaned. There can be a lot of such small micro-BGA components in a modern phone.

Thus, the restoration of any device after the ingress of liquid is a very time-consuming and complex process, the success of which is largely due to your correct actions in the event of a malfunction. In general, the repair of any flooded device must be considered strictly individually and it is IMPOSSIBLE to immediately say about the possibility and cost of repair. It is imperative to diagnose the device, identify damaged blocks and / or components, as well as a thorough check of the device's performance after replacing these components. This type of repair requires the availability of modern equipment in the SC and highly qualified engineers, therefore, Dear Customers, do not repair your phones in unknown and unqualified "workshops". Remember the old adage: "A miser pays twice!"

I think that everyone knows the person to whom the phone fell into the water, and even worse, this person is you.

Phone after hitting water, no matter what lenovo, samsung galaxy, meizu, htc, asus, nokia, huawei or iphone, you need to try to save - restore.

Don't worry, water for electronics is not as scary as it is painted.

Most flooded mobile devices are salvageable and do not require any extra action on your part.

First of all, remember that the most important thing is time. As soon as your cell is in the water, take out and remove the battery as soon as possible.

During a rescue operation, this is the most important step for recovery.

If the battery is not removable, turn off using the button. Then remove all cards: SIM cards, memory cards, and so on.

If you have the keys, disassemble the case. Do not shake the device - all the water will not be shaken out, and this can cause even greater harm - water will get from surface spills into relief depressions, where it will hardly evaporate.

As I wrote earlier, time is of the essence, so you can't hesitate in this phase.

As a rule, they say goodbye to mobiles after water gets into them, for 48 hours.

This peak could cost your device life. If the phone is dropped into a river, lake, soup, or any other place where various impurities are present, you will need to wash it.

For this purpose, it is preferable to rinse with distilled water and isopropyl alcohol (alcohol is a non-corrosive element).

If you've already disassembled and cleaned the device, leave it to dry (some recommend putting it in a bowl of rice, but personally, I never do that - dust from rice can damage your smartphone).

Dryer, oven and other dehumidifiers are prohibited unless you want to have a fried smartphone.

In addition, then the water evaporates at an accelerated rate and can deform the inside of the device, which we definitely want to avoid.

Keep the device for at least 48 hours in a warm place, although 24 hours would probably be enough, but why risk a short circuit and total death.

If everything goes smoothly, you can slowly start folding and testing all the functions for correct operation, if yes, then you were able to successfully save your phone - 100% restore.

However, if the phone won't turn on, don't try it again (it won't be better).

Then immediately contact the service, where specialists manage to save 90% of the flooded devices.

Personally, I have a rescue operation according to the procedure described below and the phone served for a very long time.

They say one in ten people drops the phone in the water. Mine fell into the toilet, although in terms of harm it does not differ from a bath or a pool.

NOTE: remember to take your phone out of your pocket before going to the toilet. If, however, trouble came, follow the instructions:

1. Pull the phone out of the water quickly - quick response will avoid water getting inside the device.
2. Turn off - if water gets inside the device to avoid possible short-circuit / burning of components. If your smartphone is turned off or turned off, do not try to turn it on.
3. Remove the parts you can - if your smartphone has a removable battery, remove it immediately and remove the SIM card.
4. Dry your phone with a dry paper towel - do not use a dryer.
5. Get rid of moisture - insert the device into a bag with silica gel (of course, if you find it).
6. Restore your phone - leave your device in a warm place for at least 24 hours.

Have you had an adventure with a flooded smartphone? How did you save him?

Well, who does not happen to ... I never had! Since you described the case that your phone fell into the toilet, I beg you very much: take care of your smartphone, and never drop it, this is still a technique: I emphasize your words, and it is very fragile. Long trouble-free life and your smartphone as well as mine. This is for you in response to your wishes to mine.

I didn’t turn off the phone right away, I have a maze m3s and the battery doesn’t run out. Is it possible to save

This is only the service will say. In most cases, they save, but unfortunately not always.

Good day! The phone drowned, the functions were restored, but the screen did not turn on. Can you get it repaired?

Most likely you can, but in the service.

working radio display-contacts-when trying to call-only emergency calls! what to do - messages are not sent either!

Everything indicates a malfunction of the SIM card, SIM card slot or the module itself. Simka can be checked on another phone (or vice versa). If everything is in order with her, then the matter is in the module or in the slot.

Unpleasant situations happen in life. For example, if you handle it carelessly, you can drop your brand new smartphone into a bathtub with hot water, or, even worse, into the toilet. If the phone is dropped into water, it will not have the best effect on its performance. How to recover a drowned phone? In this article, we will give seven tips, following which you can provide first aid to your smartphone.

If your phone does not have protection from water and an unpleasant force majeure happened to it. Tips that in practice helped to reanimate a drowned smartphone.

The first step is to quickly remove the phone from the water and turn it off. If it is left on, it can cause a short circuit. Please note that the USB cable connector as well as the headphone connector can quickly leak water into the device. The same goes for its back cover.

When you take your phone out of the water and turn it off, remove the memory card, SIM card and battery (if removable).

The next step is to remove any visible moisture from the phone. You will need a soft cloth or paper towel.

Be careful, during drying, try to keep moisture out of the visible openings of the phone. Remove moisture as gently as possible, then dry the screen with a paper towel or tissue. Be careful not to get paper into the gaps on the phone.

All means are good in the fight against moisture. So, if there is a lot of moisture on the smartphone, it can be removed with a vacuum cleaner. It will help clear hard-to-reach areas of liquid droplets.

Before starting drying with a vacuum cleaner, make sure that the memory card, SIM card and battery are removed from the smartphone.

Rice absorbs water well, so put your phone in rice to dry it and quickly clean the surface of excess moisture.

All you need to do is submerge the device in a bowl of dry rice and then place it in the refrigerator. Rice will remove all moisture from your phone, and the temperature in the refrigerator will allow it to dry quickly. When using this method, remember to constantly change the position of the device in the plate so that the water comes out through the holes in its body.

When the phone is dry, place it on an absorbent material.This is necessary so that the smallest particles of moisture are removed from the device.

The towel should be changed regularly for 4-6 hours. If moisture remains after drying with a towel, then dry again with a vacuum cleaner and rice.

After completely dry, let the phone rest for a couple of days without turning it on. After the expiration date, you can turn on the device. If it turns on, then you can start charging the reanimated smartphone for the first time. If charging fails, the battery is most likely damaged. Try using a different battery.

Now you know what to do if your Xiaomi phone gets into the water. In the event that, after drying and replacing the battery, the phone still does not show signs of life, it should be taken to a service center.

In any case, such prevention will not hurt. As Xiaomi repair specialists say, if there is a recessed phone and at least a drop of moisture remains in it, then over time it will make itself felt when the process of oxidation of the contact surfaces begins.

You dropped your brand new phone or smartphone into the water. This usually means that the device can no longer be saved, but you do not want to give up.

When repairing a smartphone that has fallen into the water, try to disconnect as many parts as possible from the motherboard: screen, microphone, speakers, etc.

Moisture causes short circuits in electronic devices that can cause irreparable damage. If you've dropped your smartphone in water, the most important thing is not to waste time turning it off with a button or just looking around. The first step is to remove the battery: if it is not there, there is no energy, which means that a short circuit is impossible. Attempts to repair a flooded smartphone under warranty may not even be considered. Now almost all mobile devices are equipped with moisture sensors that react to the ingress of water into them. Even if you dry the device thoroughly, the warranty workshop will still understand that the phone has come into contact with water, since the humidity sensors will change their color.

You can try to bring your smartphone back to life yourself. To do this, you will have to completely disassemble it. How difficult this process turns out to be depends on the manufacturer of the device and its model. To figure out how this is done, look for a video with an example of disassembling your phone on YouTube. Type "disassembly" and the name of the model in the search bar. Try to disconnect as many parts as possible from the motherboard: screen, microphone, speakers, etc.

If you manage to disassemble the phone, lower the system board into a reservoir of isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol), which you can buy at any pharmacy, and leave it there for at least a day. Then take it out and leave to dry. The alcohol will dissolve the water and then evaporate quickly enough on its own. Make sure that alcohol penetrates all places where water can seep.

After the board is completely dry, put it back in alcohol. Avoid getting any parts of the phone other than the system board in alcohol, as this could harm them - for example, remove the anti-reflective coating from the display. For the second drying place the board in a dry, warm place - isopropanol and the water dissolved in it should evaporate without residue. It is best to place the board near the central heating battery, but place it on the battery itself.
not worth it. Leave the board in this location for at least one day. After that, assemble the phone, insert the battery and press the power button. Ideally, your smartphone should start up without issue.

CAUTION Before immersing your phone's motherboard in isopropanol, you may dissolve a few pieces of rosin in it. This will help protect the device from corrosion in the future.

It so happens that a cup of coffee, tea or a glass of Coca-Cola is spilled onto a mobile phone lying on the table.There are often cases when the device slips out of hands or falls out of a pocket and ends up in the water. It is clear that the normal operation of the device is disrupted in this case. And if you do not take urgent action, then the affected android smartphone may fail without the possibility of recovery.

What corrosive liquid can do to your phone.
Even plain water can harm a cell phone if it gets inside. What can we say about more aggressive liquids containing acids and saline solutions. The live conductors on the electronic circuit board are energized, and if electrically conductive liquid is spilled on them, it will create many low resistance jumpers, so the circuit will not work correctly. In addition, galvanic corrosion will begin to intensively destroy the available metal elements. Chemical corrosion will also affect the device, but at a slower rate.

How to provide emergency assistance to the victim by phone.
To avoid all these troubles, in the first minutes of an emergency it is necessary to disconnect and remove the battery from the mobile phone case, remove the remaining moisture. If the environment into which the device has gotten is rather aggressive (sour tea with lemon, Coca-Cola, sea or toilet water), then it is advisable to wash off its remains with clean tap water. In this case, a positive result of restoring the phone can be obtained if you have time to disassemble the device, rinse the board and other components for 2 hours. If clean river, rain or tap water gets inside the electronics, then the chances of a successful repair stretch for 4 hours.

Recovering a damaged phone at home.
Note that it is best to restore a damaged cell phone by relying on the experience of specialists and the technological equipment of the service center. However, when time is limited and there is no way to quickly turn to professionals, you should use the home tools at hand. It is preferable if a person with a technical education or experience in working with electronic equipment will be engaged in the restoration of a mobile phone. Here is a sequence of actions:

Is it possible to repair a smartphone that has gotten water?

How to repair a phone that has gotten wet?

Usually as lucky. If you got it right there, then there is nothing terrible at all, it will dry out and will be as good as new, if you lie in the water for a while (up to an hour), then open it (remove the battery, remove the back cover, i.e. open the motherboard of the phone and dry with a hairdryer in cold air mode). Usually, after such drowning, serious problems do not arise.

If the phone has been under water for a long time, then the options are possible from the most favorable to the most negative, tk. leading is a conductor of electric current and poorly insulated contact paths of the board and the legs of the radio components themselves may be closed and how this will affect the operation of the phone is not possible to predict.

Sometimes, in cases of prolonged drowning, the whole matter is limited to the charging controller, replacing it usually leads to a complete restoration of the device's performance.

And yes, the cheaper the phone, the worse the quality of the case, assembly and, accordingly, its tightness.

I had more than one expensive smartphone, but now I don’t buy them at all, I go from Nokia 130 to two SIM cards for 500 rubles and I don’t worry for anything.

So crushed sensors are generally a misfortune that I once changed twice a week, and the fact that a smartphone at the price of a car (which has a roof and drives) is generally a stupid purchase, I was convinced when I threw the third one into the trash (or rather, into a desk drawer).

So I drowned the last iPhone 4 smartphone when I was pulling my nephew out of the water on the pond, who turned over on the mattress, although the water was just above the knee, but this was enough to drown the fourth, who was in the pocket of his shorts.

Naturally, I pulled out the battery with a rhinestone, waved it so that the water would drain out and with the godfather went to the service, literally 2 hours after bathing, he was already in an ultrasonic bath.

After cleaning, it turned out that the power controller had died, after replacing it, everything seemed to work, nothing even disappeared from the memory, even the games and bookmarks were preserved.

But the master said that everything seems to be fine in terms of the board, but he advises to just sell it, since drowned - do not live long.

I didn't listen to him, because the iPhone worked, and there were no problems, but after a couple of months it just went out, in the morning I found that he was dead.

No reanimation in the service helped him, moreover, they did not even take him for spare parts, because he is a drowned man.

So my advice to you is, try to repair it, let them look and say how much it will cost, don’t pay money before, only when you see it working, if it works, sell it for something, because in fact it is already a corpse.

So, if you have drowned your phone, then you have come to the right place.
This topic discusses the problems and solutions associated with recessed phones.
How to rescue a drowned Nokia mobile phone or smartphone

Fundamental rules:
The first thing to do with a wet phone is to remove the battery immediately. Every second is precious here. The longer the components of the phone are energized, the less chance of recovery.
Do not try turn on the phone after half an hour (hour, two, 10, day) after getting wet. This can finish him off completely.
If tools are available, the phone should be completely disassembled immediately and the drying process commenced. If there are no tools, then the phone should be taken to the SC as soon as possible (or a friend with direct hands and equipment) so that it can be washed and cleaned.

Failure to comply with these basic rules will sooner or later lead to the failure of the mobile phone without the possibility of further recovery.

Here and here you can see how the phone looks after getting wet.

Mini-FAQ on Drowned Phones Question: Please tell me if I have a chance to recover the drowned phone?
Answer: If you immediately pulled out the battery and did not experiment with turning it on, then there are chances. Methods for dealing with water and its consequences are described above. But here it’s as lucky as anyone. It all depends on many factors such as - the time spent in the water, the amount of water that got into the device, the architecture of the case, etc. It happens that the phone is lying in the water for the devil knows how much and not what, but sometimes it got a little rain in the rain and covered itself. It all depends on a very large number of factors, which together form the level of luck.

Question: Is it enough to dry it on a battery for several days after getting water, or is something more needed?
Answer: It is impossible to dry the phone well without thorough disassembly. And drying alone is not enough. It is also necessary to wash out the traces of oxidation. You can rinse with high quality only with a special liquid and in an ultrasonic bath. You can dry it only in a special drying cabinet (under temperature).
Drying on batteries and hair dryers does not give any positive result. Except when the phone was disassembled and dried immediately after taking it out of the water.
The corrosion that starts in a wet phone doesn't just stop with a hairdryer or on the battery.

Question: What will be done with the phone in the Service Center?
Answer: In the service center, the phone will be correctly disassembled. Immersed in an ultrasonic bath, in a solution that pushes out moisture. Then it will be dipped in another solution, which washes off the oxides (formed by water). Then it will be dried in a heating cabinet. Then it will be correctly assembled and tested. However, there are one or two such real service centers.
Good SC database

Question: Tell me, if you take a drowned phone to a service center, will it be repaired for money, or free of charge under warranty?
Answer: There can be no question of any guarantee.The failure occurred due to the fault of the user, and this is not a warranty case.

Question: And how much will it cost to repair a drowned man in the SC?
Answer: It depends a lot, ranging from the mood of the SC masters. Approximately - from 500 rubles and up to the price of a new phone.

Question: Someone tell me what to do? Dropped my phone into the water. I dried it a little, now the camera / buttons / sim card / sound / other hardware / the whole phone is buggy, it does not turn on.
Answer: Carry to the Service Center, you did not dry it well. And no firmware will help here, these are iron problems. The firmware has a chance to finish off the phone completely. Flashing is like banging your computer on the floor and deciding to reinstall the system.

Question: I drowned the phone, dried it a little (rubbed it with a napkin), and now everything seems to be working. Tell me, is it worth contacting the SC, or will it work?
Answer: Well, here you are already acting at your own peril and risk, if you believe in hope, then use it, and if in the harsh reality, I would go to the SC just in case. If they don't find nothing, they won't rip it off right? But if they find it, then in the early stages and can prevent something worse.

Question: I drowned my phone, dried it with a hairdryer, now the phone won't turn on. What to do?
Answer: If you are 100% sure that you have dried your phone completely without disassembling it, take a fully charged battery and try turning it on. If you are very lucky, the phone will work. In the remaining 99% of cases, you will kill your phone, which may not be restored even in the SC!

Question: How long does it take to collect and turn on the phone after washing and drying it with a hairdryer?
Answer: When completely dry, then collect.
You can leave it for 5 days if you are not sure. Let it dry better.

Question: I look often advised to rinse the phone in an ultrasonic bath, but where can I get it and what is it?
Answer: Ultrasound. Ultrasonic bath. Articles on ultrasonic cleaning.

Useful tips from forum participants
Council number 1 People, my advice is - when you go to take a shower, don't put your phone on the shelf in the bathroom, you'd better call back later. It gets wet from steam no worse than from direct contact with water.

Council number 3 If you clean the entire phone after drowning, it will stop the occurrence of corrosion, and the likelihood of a complete recovery is very high. Many people drown their apparatus and do not carry out high-quality measures to save the drowned man, which leads to corrosion and gloomy statistics, but this does not mean at all that this is the case.
If all the basic methods for rescuing a drowned man are carried out in time and with high quality, then he will work as long as if he was not drowned.

Idea number 1 More people would know what to do after getting wet. Otherwise, they will usually drown and turn it on right away, and then they will not dry it out properly and still wonder why the contacts and connectors have turned into dust.
In place of manufacturers, it would not be bad to add to the instructions, immediately on the first page, the basic methods and rules that will help save the drowned man.

The story of one smartphone
Drowned my n72.
Upon contact with water, the backlight immediately went out, the phone went out.
The phone was immediately taken out, the battery got out, the panels were removed, the water was emptied.
I left home because was in a hurry, leaving the phone to dry. After 3 hours, because I had to leave the city for a long time, I drove home and bathed my body in a glass of alcohol for about 4-5 minutes. Upon arrival, the phone was completely disassembled, the protection was removed from the microcircuits, where it was not soldered, and the phone was thoroughly washed in alcohol. Then it is dried under the lamp and finally with a hairdryer with the supply of cold air.
After all the shamanism, the phone was turned on. The launch went well, all functions work: bluetooth is working, the network is catching, the speakers are making sounds, the microphone is working, the card is reading. -) In general, cool, BUT there is one thing. It looks like when bathing in alcohol, the liquid got under the display. The display works, but the image is stained.In some places, black spots (I understand that these are the places of the main concentration of the liquid), after 4 days on the battery (and not only) the black spots almost disappeared, but the stains remain, and the whole thing dries very slowly.

PS. Even if you have not drowned your phone, I still recommend reading the material presented above, especially this article. This will help you take the necessary action faster if your phone gets wet.

Having answered a dozen of the same type of messages like “Drowned, dried without disassembling, does not turn on,” I realized that I needed to end this.
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The mobile phone has become an integral part of our life. There are many who use multiple devices. And, like any complex technique, a mobile phone can fail for various reasons.

According to unofficial statistics, the most popular reasons for contacting service centers are damage caused by: the first - the ingress of liquid (dropped into the liquid, or flooded), and the second - mechanical impact (most often blow).

What to do if the phone crashed is understandable. But not everyone knows what to do and what not to do if the phone "drowned".

Modern electronics still for the most part do not like water very much. Most gadgets are contraindicated in water treatments. This means that upon contact with water, a favorite gadget can turn into a drowned man, and the chances of its further performance will be 50-50.

Very often “drowned men” bring phones to me for repairs, which could have been saved if the owner followed a number of simple rules.

I would like to talk about these rules today.

What to do. If your phone has turned into a drowned man?

The most obvious answer that arises is to run to the service center. And this is correct, but what to do before the phone gets into the hands of the master?

The first and most important rule is never try to switch on a wet mobile phone. Even if it seems to you that it almost did not get wet, and you very quickly took it out of the water, No matter how you would like it, do not turn it on. By turning on the flooded phone, you, with a high degree of probability, will kill it completely, or hasten its death.

If you switch on a mobile phone that has been exposed to liquid, the moisture and electricity will cause the internal components of the phone to corrode. This is a very destructive process.

Rule two - remove the battery if possible. In general, the more you can disassemble your phone, the better. The best option would be to disassemble the phone completely, disconnecting all cables and connectors. If the phone is not collapsible and the battery is not removable, open all covers and ports.

But what if the phone did not turn off after falling into the water? That's right - turn it off, and as quickly as possible!

If the phone gets into salty or sweet liquid, then no matter how absurd it may sound - rinse it with fresh water. Of course, after you've turned it off, disassembled, or removed the battery. Salty or sweet liquid will speed up the corrosion process. The more dissolved elements in water, the higher its electrical conductivity.

Immediately after that, you must try to deliver the drowned man as soon as possible to the resuscitator, oh, to the master. The likelihood of restoring your phone will depend on your promptness.

If at this point in time it is not possible to take the phone to the master, it is necessary to provide the phone with comfortable drying conditions. Very often on the "Internet" it is advised to lower the phone in rice.

I can say that, although the method has the right to life, it is far from being as unambiguous as it seems. Yes, rice absorbs moisture well, but not as well as we would like, and most importantly, not as well as silica gel.These are the same balls in small bags that are so often found in shoe boxes.

The more bags you have, the better. By the way, inside many soft toys there is this very silica gel. If you have such a toy at hand, then feel where dense granules are concentrated inside it, and cover the phone with this side of the toy (of course, if the toy is not in a humid environment, or has not gotten wet recently).

Cat litter is also great.

After the device has dried, it is very tempting to try if it works. If you have such thoughts, remember the first rule.

By the way, if your phone model is considered non-collapsible, this does not mean that it cannot be disassembled. Instructions for parsing any phone are searched on youtube in just a couple of minutes. But here you decide - to take a chance and win, or break the phone completely. In the case of a successful disassembly of your device, its chances of survival increase significantly. In case of failure ... Well, that's why they fail. Decide for yourself.

Now let's talk about what not to do.

In addition to the obvious actions that contradict what needs to be done, there are a number of mistakes that the owner of the "drowned man" makes.

Do not try to dry your phone with a hairdryer. Hot air blowing can be harmful.

A hair dryer will either drive the moisture even deeper, or by heating the liquid, it will accelerate the corrosion process. Likewise, do not try to blow moisture out of the apparatus with your mouth. Make it worse. Even if the water has not penetrated deeply, it will definitely penetrate after such blowing.

Do not dry your phone on the battery or in the sun. Overheating can damage the components of the phone. It is best to dry your phone when it is wet in a warm, well-ventilated place out of direct sunlight.

Remember the joke that your phone can be charged very quickly if you put it in the microwave for a minute? I think everything is clear here - no microwaves.

Do not rinse your phone with alcohol. Although alcohol is often used to remove moisture from electronic components, it is not a good idea to use this method for bathing your phone. There are many components in the phone that will not survive alcohol baths. These are rubber plugs and gaskets, and adhesive joints, and much more.

Do not rely on chance. I often heard about how a person drowned his phone, then dried it and has been using it for several months without any consequences. Yes, such luck is also not uncommon, and the margin of safety of modern phones is sometimes striking. But the corrosion has not gone anywhere, and continues to destroy such a phone from the inside. This can lead to the fact that one day the phone simply will not turn on.

Most likely, for most readers, these rules will not be a revelation, however, constantly faced with recessed phones, I can conclude that not many people know about these rules. And if they do, they don't take them seriously.

The more amateur owners of drowned phones show, the more work the electronics repair technicians have, and the less chances of a successful repair.

And also, if you drowned your device, and it was repaired for you, remember¸ that not a single master, if he is not an altruist and in his mind, will give you a guarantee for a drowned phone.

Summer is over, which means there are many cloudy, rainy days ahead. Keep the electronics away from water, or use a waterproof one. Dry and warm days to you.