dropped phone in water, heelllp please

i dropped my s4 in water, totaly submerged for about 2min. Put it in front of a fan for a full day with the battery out and back off. Went back and it was back to normal. was this luck, you tell me.

Yes it was luck.:)
 
I still don't understand why people keep thinking that putting their electronics in rice is a good idea. Yes, rice does absorb some moisture but probably no more so than if you put it in a bag full of some other kind of dried goods like beans. Not to mention that rice tends to have very fine dust that can get into the device and further damage it. If you're going to try to save your $500+ device, why would you deliberately cheap out and not get a true desiccant? Seriously, go to your local Wal-Mart or home improvement center (Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, etc.) and get a desiccant pack like [URL="https://goto.walmart.com/c/1943169/612734/9383?sharedid=159229&subId1=UUacUvbUpU3357580&subId2=vbac&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FStack-On-Safe-n-Dry-Desiccant-10-Pack%2F14707414%22]this[/URL]. And for everyone else who haven't dropped their electronics into liquids yet, having a few packs of these around just in case probably wouldn't hurt either.

Dry the exterior of the phone as best as you can then drop it into a zip-lock bag or another air-tight container with desiccants and leave it in for a day... after that, take out the used desiccant and drop in a few packs of new ones and seal it up for another day or so. Doing that would maximize your chance at saving your device; running a current through it (via charging or powering it on) before it is completely dry will likely fry the device and significantly reduce your chances at ever saving it.
 

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