Did your favorite Tablet drop into the bathtub, sink, the sea or even worse in the toilet? Have you forgotten and swam with your device in your swimsuit pocket or by hand. Did you touch it at some point and suddenly, with a sudden motion, drop some liquid or drink and soak up the Tablet? In this guide we’ll outline some steps to try to save the wet Tablet, or at least our data.

It is not at all unlikely that some liquid will drop on your device at some point. However, do not panic, just act immediately, since it is a malfunction that needs immediate treatment. In any case, we need to react immediately, as we can prevent the fluid before proceeding well inside the device. All liquids are not the same. When we say that the Tablet was upsetting, we should be able to say what kind of liquid it squeezed out.

For example, it’s different for our Tablet to fall into the sink and different to swim with us in the sea. If your Tablet was upgraded from liquid drinks such as coffee, juice, tea, soft drinks, as soon as they dry, they will leave residue and stick. It is also known that salt water contains salt, which is capable of corroding – oxidizing our device and creating many more problems than plain fresh tap water. Its composition, properties such as temperature, acidity, and salt content play a key role in the difficulty of repairing. Rain, seawater, natural juice or tea are different in each other.

In such cases, we can rinse our appliance with pure alcohol. Clean alcohol is particularly volatile and can flush points that we can not reach.

Another very important factor, which can affect the success rate in case our Tablet is upset, is the reaction time. In any case, we need to react immediately, as we can prevent the fluid before proceeding well inside the device.

What you should definitely prevent from happening to your device if it gets wet is the oxidation of its motherboard, which is almost irreparable. That’s why it’s time to pass from the moment your Tablet gets wet until our technicians take it.

But there are also some actions that you must do to make it easier to save it.

Immediate actions:

1. Turn off the Tablet immediately to minimize the possibility of a catastrophic short circuit. As soon as we remove the Tablet from the liquid, we must disable it if it is open. Turning the Tablet as close as it is, it is much safer than if it stood up while it is open.

The next step is to remove the battery. Remove the battery and all peripherals if this is feasible as many Tablet models have it built in.

Electricity, electronics and liquids are not a good combination. Many accessories inside the Tablet may short-circuit and become corrupted. So we need to act quickly. We also need to remove what else we can from our device, such as a case, sim card, memory card or headphones.

2. Drain the moisture away from sources of intense heat (eg hair dryer, oven, etc.), which can overheat it, quickly evaporating the water, leaving salts and deposits to slow down the oxidation of the circuits. Wrap it with absorbent paper (for example, kitchen towels). If it falls into the sea, rinse it directly with tap water. Wipe our phone with a soft cloth / towel or absorbent paper wherever it is possible.

We avoid over-shaking the phone to avoid moving the water inside it. Wipe our appliance gently to remove as much water as possible. We also wipe the memory card and the sim if they are wet. Remove as much water as we can.

We recommend sucking the liquid and not blowing as it pushes inward the remaining fluids / water and at the same time can destroy the circuits. In order to suck, we use a vacuum cleaner and holding the device with the wet side to the ground, we pass the vacuum cleaner out of the area without touching it so that it sucks / evaporates the liquid from the Tablet.

3. Use a material with high absorbency to remove as much water / liquid as possible, to completely dry our device. This can be accomplished by putting our device in a material that has the ability to absorb moisture. Such a material everywhere is simple rice.

There is no preference for some rice, they all do us. The secret throughout the process is the rice-Tablet environment to be isolated. We use a sachet or cap that closes airtight and fill it with dry rice. We put the appliance and its battery in, or any part that may have been wet until it is completely covered with rice. We wrap the package and let the rice work for at least 24 hours at room temperature. The rice will pull the moisture and drain the air and absorb the moisture from the device.

Another substance that has a high absorbency, much larger than common rice, is Silic Gel Gel. We may not have heard this word before, but we have all seen it. It’s no other than the sacks we find in new shoes, bags and electronic components to absorb moisture.

In this case, we place our device in a sachet, box or cap that closes airtight, along with “Silica gel” pouches, leave the system isolated for at least one day. In any case, after one day we check whether the moisture has been removed from our appliance.

If we notice that there are still traces of moisture – liquid we repeat the above procedure with new rice / “Silica gel”. We never try to activate or connect a charger to our device. Do not forget that we have also removed the Tablet battery to any tablet that’s possible. We have some instructions on the internet to try to open it and check the Tablet for any problems, microphone, speakers, camera, etc. EVERY EVENT EVEN IF WE HAVE ALL ABOVE AND DIRECTLY, it is a great risk to open the Tablet. We mentioned before liquids in electrical – electronic circuits are a bad combination. Indeed, the fluids cause oxidation in the circuits that progress over time. All the above process if we do it quickly and properly just increases the chances of saving – repairing our Tablet.

Our Tablet should in any case go to a special repair center like EasyService with qualified technicians and equipment such as ultrasonic cleaners that with special liquids and rubbed in the pool will remove fluids and oxidations from all points your tablet and your Tablet. They will also measure with special diagnostics your circuit board for possible short circuits.

It may have shaken our Tablet and brought it back to EasyService, but it may get us back or fall again. Battery problems (even months later), unexpected interruptions and general instability of our device may suddenly occur.

In general, it is very important that we back up our data (photos, videos, files, contacts, etc.) so that we are prepared in case the fatal happens.

If our Tablet is within a warranty period, do not try to take it to an official Delegation. It’s impossible to trick the service and repair your device for free. Except that moisture will be seen in many places on the Tablet, there are many special moisture markers on all Tablets. This special indicator “testifies” if the device was shaken by a Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI).

This indicator is usually white or silver and gets red when wet. This makes it easier for technicians to see what happened and let us know that the warranty does not cover us. In some Tablet, the pointer is behind the battery, while some are in the headphone port or in a slot. In fact, there is not only one but in many places a battery, motherboard in 4.5 points and other places where companies know that there may be some liquid.

Why do some phones work when they dry out and the others do not? It is up to the water to go into the appliance:

 For example, went only on resistors and capacitors, these accessories are very easy to dry. If the water did not leave traces of salt or other elements to create a potential bridge between these components, then the phone will work for a long time.

If the water has gone through the circuits (ic), or shorted the flexes, which have very close contact blocks and in some other points that would be pointless to explain here, then things are dark. Mostly when these currents pass through a voltage of 4-5 V. This second case is also the most common as most tablets receive a large amount of liquid inside them.

Recall that to repair wet Tablet and removal of debris requires specialized tools, such as high power ultrasonic bath and special tools – cleaners, available only in specialized workshops as in professional EasyService. Do not attempt this repair yourself if you do not know what you are doing, as it is likely that your attempt will be in vain and may cause even greater damage and irreparable damage. The repair depends on the type of liquid, the extent of the damage and the possible replacements of the oxidized parts.

At EasyService, we will initially perform the necessary diagnostic tests to see if repair is possible. We will then inform you of any parts requiring change as well as the total cost of the repair.

If you spilled water, coffee, tea or some other liquid on your Tablet, EasyService is responsible for repairing it. You poured water on your Tablet, wet it with some liquid and you do not know what to do; Many times at work or at home we can drink coffee, water, tea, some beverage or drink next to the Tablet we work on. The most common thing is throwing our coffee in the Tablet. Do not panic, come directly to EasyService and our dedicated technicians will open your Tablet to gain access to its wet interior. We will clean or replace parts that are not working properly on its subsystems such as the keyboard, screen, battery, … Even if the liquids have reached the motherboard we will repair any damage to it with the help of our state-of-the-art laboratory.

So if your favorite Tablet – smartphone gets wet, bring EasyService as soon as possible to increase your chances of repairing it. We are here, always beside you to see you smile.