Dropped phone in water

mcduff16

Hi guys

Accidentally dropped my phone in the drain. Got the phone back, sim card is working okay. However i have alot of pictures on the actually phone. It was immersed for about 25 minutes. Is there anyway i can retrieve the data on it? Any place i can take it to or send it away? I don`t care how much it costs, the data on it is invaluable to me (yes i know i should have backed it all up lol). Thanks :cool:

iwanttosave_2

Leave it to dry for a min of about 3 days and do not try to turn it on, it might still work. I've dropped about every one of my phones in water or something and they've all been fine.

crampo_2

What i do is to take the phone apart - by which i mean , taking the back battery cover off , removing the battery sim card. everything that can be removed that doesn't need a screwdriver or force, then place each item , including the phone on a cold surface , i use the metal computer case, but a cold radiator, leave it there for a couple of days and try turning it on.

ABH_3

mcduff16 wrote: »

Hi guys

Accidentally dropped my phone in the drain. Got the phone back, sim card is working okay. However i have alot of pictures on the actually phone. It was immersed for about 25 minutes. Is there anyway i can retrieve the data on it? Any place i can take it to or send it away? I don`t care how much it costs, the data on it is invaluable to me (yes i know i should have backed it all up lol). Thanks :cool:

General advice is to take the phone apart as much as you can and RINSE in water, to get the grime and any residue that may have stuck to the insides OFF!

Then take the phone and wrap it in a towel, then put some rice (yes the foodstuff) and put it in the middle of a tissue - it's supposed to work as a desiccant and absorb any condensation, then wrap the lot and leave it for a couple of days in the Airing cupboard. DO NOT EXPOSE it to direct heat or use a hair-dryer\radiator to speed the process along.

Then buy some cables to attach it to a computer, connect cables a couple of days later to the phone, attach battery and get the data off it quick!

Or send it away to someone who will do the same thing but charge you for it

If it's still working after getting wet, turn it off you don't know how long it will continue to do so. Get the cables, and only turn it on again when you have too to save out the data.

HTH

McKneff

Could've been a lot worse, i saw one of our workmen drop his in a bucket of wet concrete!!!! There was no saving that one

4743hudsonj

was it a brick?:rotfl:

McKneff

4743hudsonj wrote: »

was it a brick?:rotfl:

It was when it dried out:rotfl::rotfl:

rygon

IVe dropped mine in water..took battery straight out then used car heater to dry it out..worked fine afterwards. Known phones to be dropped in toilet, puddles and pot noodle, and they all worked fine afterwards.

aliEnRIK

I cant see it working having been submersed so long. Put it in a bag of rice. The rice will draw out what water it can (Id leave it in there for at least 3 days)

Strider590

Stick it in a warm room, in low humidity, the dampness will be drawn out very quickly into the surrounding air. Basic principles of humidity/temperature
It's why people get dry skin in warm rooms on really cold day's, air at low temperatures cannot hold as much water, so when it's warmed up it tries to pull in as much moisture as possible from where ever it can.

coolTechno

remove the casing, and carefully dry all the parts including circuit.. make sure its not open to very high direct sunlight. phone should work fine.
Tried and tested with one of my friends phone, he jumped and had a swim with his phone near a waterfall