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Originally Posted by unclefester
Do not put the phone in the oven at all!! There have been cases here in Phx where people leave thier phones outside in 112 heat for too long and have actually fried the motherboard completely. Distilled water is also not a good idea, since any moisture at all can further damage the electronic components.
The best way to try to solve water damage issues is to take the phone apart as far as you are comfortable with (not necessarily entirely apart), and leave it in a bin of rice for a few days. The rice will absorb whatever moisture is left in the phone, and hopefully your phone will come to life again. Do not however run the phone while it is still wet. Doing this will damage the electronic components even more than they already are.
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i think the MB being fried has to deal with the UV radiation you guys get.
i have dried phones out with heatguns (200+) and other very hot things and have had no problem.
the oven has worked for me in the past where rice has been nothing more than a bit of a PITA (it sometimes can get sticky if it gets too wet... ewww)
Other things that usually work: submerge everything but the screen briefly in rubbing alcohol (this displaces water) and then bake in an over (not too hot, mind you!) to boil the alcohol away.
Depending on how bad the damage is (i had an old 8100 get but in a hot tub for ~ 2 min...) i usually take the screen completely off and then do a RO water rinse followed by an alcohol / hairdryer or oven dry.
also, the last thing you want to do is introduce other crap to the phone... that is why i say use the oven or the sun vs rice, compressed air or some other solvent (besides RO/distilled water) as they can/will introduce things to the motherboard.
Bottom line, various people will swear by different things, but your actions are your (and yours alone) responsibility. Neither i nor unclefester can be held responsible for what you may/will/can/should do to your phone as a result of what you read in this thread.