Taken Your Cell Phone Swimming Lately?

Have you ever accidentally dropped your cell phone into water? A firm out of Southern California has the solution to drying out your wet cell phone. Their product called, DryNow, is an eco-friendly way to absorb all the water from your wet cell phone. They tout it as affordable and reusable, as well as effective.

Taken Your Cell Phone Swimming Lately?

DryNow is made from silica gel. According to their website (DryNow.com) silica gel is a naturally occurring mineral that is processed into bead form. It is a non-toxic, non-flammable, odorless solid that is used to control moisture in many household products such as cat litter, in food packaging to prevent spoilage and even to preserve flowers. DryNow is an inexpensive insurance against accidental water damage. DryNow can also be used to remove condensation from many small electronic devices including hearing aids, hand held games, cameras, and more. DryNow is easy to use. Below are the directions for use:
* Immediately remove phone from water.
* DO NOT TURN PHONE ON.
* Remove phone cover and battery.
* Dry any visible water.
* Place phone and battery in DryNow bag for 24 hours making sure to seal bag.
* Remove phone and battery from DryNow and assemble making sure to shake off any visible gel beads that have stuck to phone.
* Power on phone.
* To reuse, simply follow above instructions again.
(After each use, always securely close bag to ensure that the gel is not exposed to moisture.)

DryNow won’t always work on water damaged batteries. Sometimes the water damage to the battery is permanent. So if you follow the directions above and your cell phone still doesn’t work, it may not be the cell phone. It may be the battery instead. In that case, buying a cell phone replacement battery is the way to go. You can get affordable cell phone and camera replacement batteries at batteries4less.com, and all products even come with a 30 day money back guarantee. If it turns out your cell phone is truly damaged and it’s not just the battery, you can return the battery and go find a new cell phone or camera.

A bag of rice is another solution to wet cell phones. I’m not sure it works as efficiently as the silica gel, but it usually handier. Unless you have prepared for this accidental dunking and have purchased DryNow ahead of time, rice may be the only thing on hand. Simply fill a Ziploc bag with dry uncooked rice and place your device and battery in the bag, seal the bag and leave for 24 hours. Again, when you remove the device and battery from the rice bag, remove any kernels of rice that may have stuck to your device before reassembling and powering on.

Have you dunked your cell phone? Have you perhaps forgotten it in your pocket and had it go through the washer? What’s your cell phone horror story? Were you able to salvage your phone? Let us know.

By: CellPlaza

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