Rather than cleaning myself up, or the table or floor where the tea splashed, I grabbed my celly and held it to the nearest piece of fabric, my t-shirt, and immediately began wiping dry. Then I quickly turned the phone upside down and pressed the fabric firmly against the keys, which leaked out a little more fluid. The hard part was next. I tried to open the little door that has the battery in it. I had to really work at it. I couldn't remember the trick to opening it. So, I highly recommend you practice once in a while. Time is of the essence. When I got the battery out, it had very little moisture. Quite minimal, in fact. Still I put the cloth to it. Forgot to mention that during all this I had frantically pulled my t-shirt off to provide this drying service to my celly as I ran to the kitchen.
The next part is the absolute most important. If you don 't have any rice on hand, you will be out of luck, so go out to the store and stock up. Will ya?
With the battery removed and the door to it left off, I put my cell phone into a bowl and covered it completely with dry rice. Now this is not the time to fuss that it is not whole grain. You definitely will have more effective results if you use white rice. Why does this work? Because rice will absorb the rest of the moisture that may be hidden in the crannies of your phone. Just like when you cook rice on the stove, it absorbs the water in order to become soft and fluffy food.
Reminder!!! Rice must be uncooked... dry!Now this is the hard part! You have GOT to leave that phone in the bowl of rice undisturbed for at least 24 hours. Can you do that? If not, then it's time to admit you might have an attachment problem with your phone. If you run out to the phone store and pay a ridiculous price to have a new one immediately then we are talking addiction. It may be time for intervention! Reconsider your priorities!
So, after the allotted time, and then some, I rescued my phone from it's ricey rest, popped the battery back in and smoothly replaced the little door to the battery as if I did this sort of thing every day. Voilà! I can now use my cell. Text me!
Now, I just gotta figure out how to get that dried tea stain out of the carpet!
Thank you! My husband has destroyed several cell phones...he dropped on in the toilet, one in the sink, one in a mop bucket, and just the other day he washed the last one. I'm gonna go buy some rice now.
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ReplyDeleteThe time before the tea cup bath, my cell went into the washing machine! I kept it in the rice for well over a week. I forgot to mention, we should always keep our old phones so they can be used temporarily when we have a wet phone disaster.
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Good one, Elizabeth. The same is true with digital cameras. If they get wet, remove the battery immediately. Chances are you won't be near rice if the camera gets wet (mine has gotten wet in the rain and while on Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls). Removing the battery saved the camera though!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. I hadn't thought of the camera! They didn't have warning signs about cameras before getting on the Maid of the Mist? BTW, I was raised in Niagara Falls :-)
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