I could have used this bit of info last year. Hopefully this will save some of you from having busted cell phones. Gotta wonder who first did this to find out that it worked.

Alcohol? *scratches head*

hmm-- do we know if this is true?? I just had to replace a cell phone b/c of a wet battery-- what a pain!

I'm with geeknoob ... personally I would not want to soak anything electronic (that I cared about) in alcohol. I'm no expert, though ...

Hmmm, interesting. Maybe when the alcohol evaporates, it carries any remaining moisture that you couldn't dry away with it? If you used 99% Isopropyl alcohol, it would evaporate very quickly.

As a baby, my little one drooled all over two cell phones and that really killed them. Baby drool is a phone killer, that's my psa for today.

I am not too sure about that soak in alcohol part.......

This could work but needs a bit more detail.

1) If you tried to turn your phone on after it was soaked that could have cause a short circuit and fried it completely.
2) There is a chance the phone could be rescued but that chance is much less for the battery. If you are not sure go into your operator's store and say that you think you battery is dead and to test it I am sure they will give you a battery.
3) DO NOT just use ANY alcohol. DO NOT use liquor as it is mixed with water.
4) Use 99% RUBBING ALCOHOL for this. It is not conductive and evaporates quickly dissolving rust, grease and even taking some water with it.

Oh....I see. you're supposed to soak YOURSELF in alcohol, then you won't care about the cell!!

LOL, chrisrom.

I dropped my phone in the pool once and then I just left it out in the sun for one day and it worked fine the next day. I guess it depends what kind of phone it is, mine was Nokia.

Its all true...alcohol will dry out the remaining moisture very rapidly. Pure Alcohol that is...check that its not acetone based--this can dissolve plastic bits inside your mobi!!! I used to use ethanol when preparing semiconductor samples!

but like giraffe said dont turn it on before you do the alcoholi thingy!! you could short circuit the delicate electronics...

My verdict: give it a go!

Most electronic equipment will work again after water damage. There were two occasions when my entire scanning electron microscope lab got flooded due to leaks from the floor above. Everything got wet. The Technicians came in with fans and wet vacs to dry the room first. Then we worked on drying out the equipment including computers printers and their stuff. Everything worked again. Nobody on the whole floor lost equipment.

So it's true. The big item to avoid is televisions. They manage to hold charge n the tube and the moisture inside would be hard to get to to make sure it's dry. Plugging in a TV with wet inners is a big mistake. cell phone - that one is easy.

you need to wash it in alcohol. I came to this site via googling to find out if 99% is ok, I found an extremely good picture/explaination document for the razorv3, it recommended denatured 98% "as this is the strongest that leaves the least amount of residue behind" The theory with the alcohol is simple, it binds to the water molecules and thus removes corrosion from the motherboard that is effecting the electricity from flowing.
You need to do the wash, trust me, if you think your phone if fine b/c you dropped it in the pool and it works the next day dont. Your phone has cancer, and alcohol is the only cure. Can anyone confirm the 99% alc is ok?

3 nokia phones dropped in water at different times last year.
They all work to this day!

Hey guys,
you should try this link: http://www.indiahowto.com/how-to-save-a-wet-cell-phone.htm...

It tells you everything you need to know about well cell phone saving. It covers different kinds of situations and a whole lot of stuff!

Cya