Have you ever dropped your phone in the sink or a swimming pool? All is not necessarily lost. There are a few steps you can take to salvage your device.

1. How to Salvage a Wet Cell Phone

2. Don’t Give Up
On Your Wet Cell
Phone
Use the following tips
to help salvage your
phone. In many cases,
you can get your
device working again
if you follow a few
simple steps.

3. Remove Your Phone From the
Water
• Your first step should be
to remove the device
from the water.
• Wipe away as much
water from your phone
as possible. Remove
the battery and sim
card, and dry behind
these areas.
• Even if the phone still
appears to be working,
power it off.

4. Put the Phone in Rice
Putting the phone in a bag of uncooked rice can help to wick moisture out
of the phone. Be sure to reposition the phone every half-hour or so to
allow water to escape the phone. Crisped rice cereal can also work in place
of uncooked rice.

5. Grab Some Absorbent Towels
• After you remove your
phone from the bag of
rice, place it on an
absorbent towel.
• This will help to draw
any remaining water
out of the device.

6. What if Your
Phone Still
Doesn’t Work?
You can sell your old
smartphone for cash—
even if it’s broken. Visit
SmartPhone-
Buyer.com to learn
more about selling old
and broken
smartphones.