Water Damage Restoration May Restore Your Cell Phones


by Barney Ruch - Date: 2008-09-29 - Word Count: 532 Share This!

Electronic items get very quickly damaged with any kind of liquid spills. Saving any electronic item can prove to be difficult to do on your own if they get water damaged. Cell phones also can prove to be difficult to restore if damaged by water. If the cell phone is severely damaged with water, it is always a good idea to take it to a mobile phone repair specialist for water damage restoration.

However, there are certain things you can do at home for water damage restoration for your cell phones.

If your cell phone has fallen into a water source such as a swimming pool, the first thing you should do is to take it out immediately.

Once you have removed the cell phone from the water, the first step in water damage restoration is to take out the battery from the phone. Removing the battery from the phone will ensure that there is no electrical current in the cell phone. This will increase the chances of your phone surviving the damage through water damage restoration.

Remove your SIM card. It is not very difficult to save your SIM cards. Just make sure that you don't allow it to come into contact with a heat source. Just pat the SIM card dry and keep it in a safe place until your cell phone and battery are safe to use.

Once you have removed the battery and the SIM card from your cell phone, water damage restoration will involve the removal of excess water. To accomplish this, shake your phone to remove the droplets of water present in the phone.

Continue with this step in the water damage restoration of your mobile phone by pressing absorbent paper on your cell phone to remove the excess water.

If you see water under the display, press it slightly. It might help in forcing the water out. Absorb this excess water with another sheet of absorbent paper.

Getting the water out of your cell phone will help in its water damage restoration. So shake the phone again and keep wiping the excess water which comes up to the surface.

Once you are quite sure that the removal of excess water has been successful, begin with the next step in water damage restoration. This involves allowing the cell phone and the battery to dry.

Place the cell phone near a window, below a fan, near an air conditioner or dehumidifier or above the vent of a TV set. This will absorb the excess moisture from the phone and help in water damage restoration.

Allow you cell phone and battery to dry for at least 24 hours before testing it out.

Re-attach the battery to the phone to check if your water damage restoration steps were successful. If the phone is working, you were successful. If your phone is not working, check to see if it is the battery or the cell phone which causes the problem. If the battery is a problem, get a new battery. If the cell phone is a problem, it is time to take your phone to a cell phone repair professional. They will help you in locating and fixing the problem.


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Barney Ruch is a house issue disaster writer for Water Damage Restoration and Water Damage Restoration

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