Repair a wet Cellphone
Liquid-damaged Cellphones
There are lots of theories on the internet about the electronics and liquid (I will clarify what I mean by that later). I will explain you my experience because I had lots of bad experiences with electronics getting damaged by liquid (ipod, cellphones, Plasma Screen). And I always managed myself to repair them easily.
1) Let's talk about the theories on the internet about the electronics and liquid-damage. There is that theory saying that you should not turn the electronic ON, until the electronic is not completely wet. For some reason, if you search a little more on the internet, you see that some people are saying that you should let it ON... Confusing isn't it? I know.
A) I find out that wet electronics, when turned off and on multiple times, will not damage your electronics. It will do nothing special at all. The thing is (based on my multiple bad experiences), when your electronics are wet, if you turn them off right after the liquid-damage incident, the electronics functions will just stop and they won't really "detect" that your electronic has been damaged by liquid (Again, that is IF you turned it off pretty fast after the liquid-damage).
B) Let's now say that your electronics were off before the liquid-damage accident. Well it's the same thing, your electronics system don't know anything about the liquid-damage incident for now.
C) When you turn on your electronics after the liquid-damage, yes your system will detect a problem, and won't be able to do the "normal job" that he usually does. There are chances that your electronics "short-circuit" itself. But, that does not mean that it's broken...(that is what I have learned with my experiences). You need to see the "short-circuit" is a protection. Oh, I am not saying that "short-circuit" is something added in your electronics to protect them. You can see a Short-circuit as something very "natural". It's exactly how the brain react that makes someone loses conscience. So, if your Ipod or Cellphone is not responding, do not panic, it's perfectly normal. Now below, I will explain you what I did to repair them, it will surprise you.
HOW I REPAIRED
1) In my case my cellphones could be turned on and off (there was no "short-circuit"). The only problem is that the screen was gray, but everything else were working. And I still had my warranty.
2) What I did is taking away most part of the cellphone away, like the cellphone plastic cover. (Do not open the cellphone) I let my cellphone turned ON and placed it in a sealed plastic bag with some rice because I read on the internet that it helps dry the humidity. Even after two weeks I kept having the same problem. It's important to mention that my cellphone was in contact with water for about two seconds, not more. So it was not that wet. And even after two weeks, I had exactly the same issue: gray screen.
3) I kept waiting, and after about four weeks I decided to stop the rice strategy. For some reason, something told me that I should remove the battery because the battery is not wet, and to connect the cellphone with no battery. So that is what I did: I connected my cellphone with no battery. I came back after about two or three hours, I disconnected my cellphone, replaced the battery and pushed the ON button. And there it is! The cellphone was perfectly fine. I repeat: It was PERFECTLY fine. The screen was just like a brand new cellphone (because I had the cellphone for only six months). The cellphone screen was exactly as he was before the liquid-damage incident. It's important to tell you that during the two weeks waiting for the rice strategy to work, I turned my cell off and on multiple times (because I was checking the evolution). This is the proof that, turning your cellphone ON and/or OFF will not damage your cellphone more.
As I explained above, when your cellphone is off, the only advantage is that your cellphone's functions are not going to detected that there was some liquid inside (that is if you turned it pretty fast after the liquid-damage incident). But you will eventually have to turn it on one day, you will have to take a chance and see if it's dry enough. When you do that, it will maybe create a "short-circuit". But you need to see the "short-circuit" as something natural with electronics, and not panic. Turning your liquid-damaged electronics ON, will not permanently damage your electronics. If it's permanently damaged after a liquid-damage, well that means it was probably a very big accident, and it would be working even if you had it left OFF for one year.
To conclude, if you ask me what repaired my cellphone exactly, I would tell you that it was mainly the fact that I just waited to get the humidity get naturally out. And you can follow the same strategy with a liquid-damaged ipod. The waiting time will be longer depending of the duration of exposure to the liquid. In this case, it was just two seconds. For my IPOD Classic, the liquid exposition lasted four to five hours (I realised it when I woke up in the morning) and I had to wait about six months! But after six months, it was working perfectly fine like if nothing ever happened. So, do not despair, and be patient.
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