Sometimes you can rescue a wireless phone that got wet, but you must act quickly. First and most important, remove the battery as quickly as possible, wipe it dry and set it aside. The quicker you get the battery out of your wet phone the more likely you will be able to save your phone. Wipe your phone dry and remove the sim card, if your phone has one. If the water you dropped your phone into is dirty, you will need to remove contaminants that were in the water. To do that, immerse the phone in distilled water or alcohol. Alcohol is preferred, since it evaporates quickly and cleanly. Hardware stores have denatured alcohol, which is commonly used to clean electronic parts. Be careful using rubbing alcohol and make sure it is 91 percent alcohol or higher. The lower the percentage, the more water is used as filler. You don’t want to add any more water than needed! Then immerse your wet cell phone in a container of uncooked rice overnight — or longer, if you can do without your phone that long.
This does not always work. Unfortunately, electronic devices just don’t like water, but sometimes it’s worth a try to save your phone.
