Holi, the festival of colours is here. If you like playing Holi with water, make sure you take care of your smartphone. For, no company covers water damage under warranty even if the device is water-proof. So, make sure you take care. However, in case your smartphone gets wet accidentally, act quick and follow these basic dos and don’ts. As these may help save your phone from damage. Here’s over to the list of things you need to do and the strictly not to
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To do: Turn off the smartphone and remove cover or screen protector
Turn off the phone as soon as you notice that the phone has come in contact with water/ any liquid. Also, remove the back cover and screen guard to remove all the excess water that may be around the device.
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To do: Wipe the phone with a clean and dry cloth properly
Next step should be cleaning the phone and drying it properly from outside. Take a clean dry cloth and wipe the entire phone properly. Make sure to wipe all the parts of the phone by removing the cover and tempered glass. Don’t think that it’s too late to do this now, as doing this may actually help save your smartphone.
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To do: Remove the SIM card slot
Remove the SIM card slot after completely drying the phone. This will protect the SIM or memory card from getting damaged.
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To do: Put the phone into a vacuum bag
Keeping the phone in a vacuum bag can help draw water out of the device. For this, take a plastic ziplock bag, put a straw inside it along with the phone and seal it. Now, suck all the air using the straw, then take it out and seal the bag.
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To do: Leave the phone overnight inside bag of rice
Keep the phone inside a bag of rice and dry. This can help evaporate the water out. The ideal time is considered to be 48 hours or slightly more, but if you don’t have this much time then at least put the phone overnight..
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Not to do: Never charge your phone when it’s wet
Never charge your phone when it is we. Even to test it is working. This may lead to a short circuit and also has electric shock risk. In case some water has gone inside the charging port, this may make it spread inside.
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Not to do: Never dry your phone using a hair dryer
You might think that a hair dryer can quickly dry the water inside the phone. No, this instead can damage your phone’s internals. For instance, the hot air directly on the display can damage the internal wiring, may even melt it and end up completely damaging the phone.
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Not to do: Never shake your phone to take out water
Shaking the phone too much can lead to the water inside travel to other parts and damaging them. So, no shaking please. .
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