This WIRED article (link HERE) makes clear that using a hairdryer and/or putting your phone in a bag of rice are not good ideas. Your best strategy (my take on the article):
- Turn your phone off ASAP to prevent short circuits.
- Wipe it dry with a paper towel (or whatever you have handy), trying to keep water from leaking inside.
- Put your phone into a sealed container (or zip-tight bag) filled with desiccant packets like the ones that come packed with shoes or vitamins for 24-48 hours. (That’s a long time!)
My key takeaway? I need to start saving those random little desiccant packets now so we’ll have them on hand when a wet-phone emergency happens. And maybe carry a little zippered bag of them with me in case things go terribly wrong as I’m taking pictures on a rainy day or during a snowstorm.
David Carrington, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Good idea to start saving those.
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It’s such a smart idea. Yet I’ve never heard anyone talk about it before I read that article.
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Yikes! That is good to know. I was this close to just throwing away the dessicant packet I received with something recently, and thanks to your post I have saved it. I hope I don’t have to use it, and I hope you don’t need to use yours either!
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But I love that we’ll be ready JUST IN CASE😂
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