Today, almost every one of us cannot imagine life without gadgets, including without a mobile phone. The market offers a huge number of devices that differ in color, size, memory size, battery capacity, photo and video shooting quality, functions performed and many other parameters.
The service life of mobile phones is also different, but sometimes the user himself reduces it as a result of not very careful attitude to technology. The main problem leading to the repair of the phone is getting water into the device. What to do if water gets into the phone? And how to help the gadget? We will talk about this in the article.
How does water affect phone components?
Inside the phone there is a motherboard, thanks to which the device is powered and the uninterrupted operation of all its components is ensured. Board elements may consist of copper, brass and other metals. If water gets into the phone, it enters into a chemical reaction with metals, destroying the components of the board. In the event that the phone gets very wet, the board itself may suffer. Then, quite possibly, the device will not be repaired. What to do if the phone is drowned? This will be discussed later.
What to do if the phone is drowned?
If water gets into the gadget, then first you need to disconnect the device from power, that is, remove the battery. This is possible on models with a removable battery. But what if the smartphone, like most modern models (especially Chinese-made), has a non-removable battery? You won’t be able to separate such a battery at home, so in any case, you need to take the mobile phone to a mobile phone repair workshop. If you are unable to remove the battery, then simply turn off the phone with the button. It happens that water gets into the phone when you are on vacation and cannot get into the workshop for repairing mobile phones. Then you need to remove the battery and put the device in a dry room, do not turn it on for at least three days.
In addition to the battery, you need to remove the SIM card, memory card, headphones from the phone, remove the case or bumper, in general, everything that can clog the phone and openings. There is no need to remove the protective film or glass from the screen.
Drying your phone at home
If a small amount of water gets into the phone, and it does not have time to penetrate deep into the device, you can try to dry it at home. Your assistant will be a regular vacuum cleaner. Put the phone a short distance from the vacuum cleaner and blow it over for 20-30 minutes. After leaving for a while unassembled.
Dry rice absorbs moisture well. What to do if the phone is drowned? Try to lower it in a bag of rice, immerse the components of the device there. In this way, you have to dry the phone for at least three days. After, perhaps the device will work.
The main problems that occur when the phone gets wet
Consider the main violations in the operation of the device when the phone fell into the water and does not work. If the screen does not work on your device after falling into water, contacts may have closed on the screen. The workshop will try to repair the contacts, but most likely you will have to change the screen completely.
If after a fall on the phone the speakers stopped working, this is not a very serious breakdown. Specialists will replace the speaker.
The camera does not work as a result of water ingress? What to do? Everything will depend on the cost of the phone and quality. If you have a Chinese copy of a famous brand, it will be very difficult to repair due to the low quality of the items. On original devices (even Chinese-made, but original), the camera can be replaced, but you have to pay a decent amount.
If the microphone does not work, try to carefully clean it with a toothpick or needle. If you doubt your abilities, it is better to return the phone to a repair shop.
Helpful information
If your phone runs on the Android, Windows Phone or iOS operating system and you drowned it, you must do the following:
- Disconnect the smartphone from power.
- Remove the battery.
- Remove all available SIM cards from the smartphone.
- Dry the smartphone (with a vacuum cleaner, in rice, just in a dry place).
A smartphone is a whimsical technique. Smartphones cannot be overheated, therefore, when drying the smartphone, in no case use a hairdryer or put the device on the battery. It is best to dry it in a dry, warm room.
The most dangerous thing that can happen with smartphones is getting water on the screen. In this case, pixel stains, dots and stripes will appear on the screen, which are unlikely to be removed. In this case, the repair of a drowned phone will have to be entrusted to professionals.
Even more dangerous for a smartphone is sea salt water. Salt very quickly corrodes various contacts and connections, so the answer to the question is whether it is possible to restore a drowned phone if sea water has got into it, it is impossible to answer unequivocally. Everything will depend on the time and extent of exposure to water.
Workshop recessed telephone repair
If none of the above methods helped to dry and restore the machine, go to the workshop. There, specialists will repair the recessed phone. To begin with, they must disassemble the phone, inspect the solder points for corrosion changes. Next, the device will be cleaned with ultrasound. To do this, the board is placed in a specific liquid and processed. After the cleaning procedure, the board is dried and examined under a microscope for unresolved defects. Then they complete the necessary and collect the phone.
Approximate prices for repairing major breakdowns in the event of moisture getting into the phone:
- ultrasonic cleaning of the device - 890 rubles;
- sensor replacement - 990 rubles;
- screen replacement - 990 rubles;
- replacement of the loop of the matrix - 890 rubles;
- repair of a speaker or microphone - 500 rubles.
Prices are approximate, it all depends on the place where you live, and the pricing policy of a particular workshop for the repair of mobile phones.
How to protect your phone from water?
What to do if you drowned the phone, now it’s clear. But how to prevent such an unpleasant situation? First of all, do not leave your device near possible sources of moisture. Do not take the phone with you to the bathroom, do not place glasses or open containers with water, bottles with drinks, and so on. One wrong move - and the phone may not be recoverable.
The best option to protect your phone from water is a waterproof case. In the market of accessories for phones, a huge selection of such cases. Manufacturers claim that with such protection the phone can be immersed in water to a depth of thirty meters, but you should not immediately check in practice such an acquisition.
There are waterproof smartphones. In terms of protection against moisture, they are different. There are models that are protected only from a small amount of water, and there are those that can withstand immersion for several meters for a long time. Some models of such smartphones are equipped with special sensors that show if there is moisture in the case or not. In the event that you want to charge such a phone, it will show an error, thereby protecting itself from damage, and you from unnecessary repair costs.
A waterproof smartphone is especially suitable for active people, those who like to engage in extreme sports, snorkeling and hunting, and so on.
How to choose a waterproof phone?
Samsung smartphones ( Galaxy S7, S7 Edge models) comply with protection standards. Some users left the phone overnight in a water bank, after which it continued to work correctly. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3, in addition to everything, is reliably protected by rubber inserts.
No worse are water tested iPhone in the 7th version.
In the Sony line, Sony Xperia XZ and other models comply with waterproof standards. So, for example, Z3 can be kept in water for more than thirty minutes, and it will not suffer. And Sony Xperia M4 Aqua is designed for use in places where constantly high humidity.
So, we talked about what to do if you drowned the phone.