The usual nightmare has happened. You dropped your iPhone in the toilet or spilled your tea or coffee on it. Maybe you accidentally took it swimming with you when your friends lovingly pushed you out of the boat. You reacted rashly, wiping the screen dry with your sleeve and pressing the button. You hoped to restore it to life. Instead, the screen simply flickered and died.
You have two options now. The more expensive one is to call up your phone insurance policy or hand an Apple Store attendant a huge wad of cash for a repair or replacement. Alternatively, you can also take a more patient route that might breath life back into your iPhone.
If you can afford to be without an iPhone for a few days, try this very simple method for water damage restoration. It won't cost you much money. All you need is a sealable plastic container and a few packets of silica gel. Silica gel packets are found in new shoes, guitar cases and leather products. You probably know them as those little sugar-packets labeled "Do Not Eat". Silica absorbs 40 percent of its weight in water.
If you can't get your hands on silica gel, try using dried rice. Dried rice grains love moisture and will reduce humidity in a closed container. If placed with your iPhone, they will slowly draw out the remaining moisture.
Place your phone in the sealed container with rice or silica gel. You have one instruction for the next four days: Do nothing. Do not touch the phone. Do not turn it on and do not plug it in. If you need to, you can remove the SIM card to use in another phone for the time being.
After these four days are up, you can see if the desiccation has worked its magic. Press the power button. You may be back in business.
If the screen doesn't initially light up, don't panic. The battery might simply be drained. Plug your phone in charge. If the phone has been restored from water damage, the screen should light up within about twenty minutes.
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