In four minutes you have helped so much. NO BS build up why you're doing the video. No filler, just fact. good editing and great presentation. Perfect.
You are a genius! Had my phone in rice for 4 days but to no avail. Decide to watch a vid before buying a new phone and BOOM, phone fixed after a quick vacuum. Will never bother with rice again
I would type a bunch of things talking about how the vacuum works and stuff but I’m dumb so I won’t and instead, I’ll write whatever you’re reading. Hi.
Chris! You are a genius! I had watched numerous videos and google searched commentary on how to revive my somewhat water logged cell phone which had gone into catastrophic failure while taking a no start-up possibly terminal nap. I had managed to drop my phone into the toilet...rather quickly retrieving it as it meandered towards the bottom...definitely fully submersed. In total denial of my stupid move I cleaned up the phones exterior...it was still momentarily operational and I thought I had dodged a bullet...but not so fast. The next morning it was in total fail mode..no life whatsoever. Hence my search for a revival answer as thoughts of $500 plus outlay for a new phone wafted through my consciousness. Your sock idea was pure genius...I decided that a little bit more warmth might be in order but not too much and plenty of easy, warming air...so I used a hair dryer set on low speed and low temp . I did this for three hours all the while rotating the phone within the sock. Low and behold this worked perfectly...phone immediately restarted and has never been better! I am now a fully subscribed follower and will look forward to future pearls of wisdom...thanks again.
Thank you so very much Chris. My husbands, less than 24hr new phone down the toilet. Didn’t have a reversible vacuum so used your method with a warm hairdryer, nothing to lose. Ran it for 15 minute increments so as not to overheat. In 2 hrs it worked. You truly are his saviour. Many many thanks.
@@armyxy3683 Until you feel the water has evaporated already. Make sure your phone doesn't overheat from the warm air tho. I think I left my phone in for 2 hours turning the vaccuum on and off every 15min
You have done a detailed analysis and study, yet the video is very short, to the point, and giving precise information. That is what I really liked! A lot of information in very little time!
The vacuum idea worked! Moisture entered my phone somehow - it could be visible under the camera lenses covers, and after a while the screen stopped working. After a few hours of blowing in the sock, the water was gone and the screen is back on. Thank you Chris!!!
@@nicomercado9550 I would not do it with a hairdryer. It is too warm and you will dissolve the glue holding the phone together, the blowing power is not enough, and you would probably overheat and break the hairdryer...
Hello guys! So happy to see these comments. What's the max time I should leave the phone in the sock and connected to the vacuum. The gentleman in the vid said he did it for three hours. Is that the best time? And do you know how long I should wait before I turn it on after leaving it in the vacuum that long? Thank you in advance
So helpful! I love that you get right to the point and clearly explain and demonstrate what is being done. The way you display your results: nice! The camera angles and close ups of specific product info: fantastic. GREAT TUTORIAL, HELPFUL INFO, WELL DONE! THANK YOU. I'm off to vacuum my phone now!
After 6 days of no luck getting my phone to function properly due to some water damage, the vacuum method had it up and running in a couple of minutes! Seriously, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Another triumph for Chris' methodology!! My S21Ultra went through a full wash cycle, then 5 minutes in the dryer. Everything still worked perfectly, but the camera had hishly visible bubbles over the lenses and only showed dim poor resolution pictures. With only 2 hours on the shop vac exhaust in a sock, all bubbles were gone and the photos were back to original quality. Just fantastic! I was skeptical of most TH-cam methods I saw, but Chris has a totally pragmatic and systematic approach to finding the right solution -- and he did it. Great job, Chris!
Wow!! Thanks for that great feedback and I'm glad you were able to bring your phone back!! My only suggestion would be to let it dry another hour on the vacuum like I did in the video to be sure you have all of the moisture gone.
This guy is awesome! I almost went the rice route. I need my phone to scan a passport to get out of the country. This is a godsend. My camera is foggy inside
Hey Chris, thanks so much for this. I did all the things you're not supposed to do after dropping your phone in water like continuing to use it without drying it off, making calls, taking pictures and trying to charge it before not turning it off first. It was only when I tried to reboot that it got stuck in the infinite boot loop spiral of death....😱or so it felt. After a day of rice drying and no joy, I found your post. So, I gave it a try using the vacuum first to suck out the water inside. Then, I used a hair drier on low and 'cool' setting for two hours. I know some say don't use a hair dryer, but this never got hot since it has a cool air setting. After that, I was afraid to turn it on thinking too much damage had already been done. But then it booted up and started working!!! Thank you so much! I'm not sure rice could have ever worked in this case.😁👍👍👊
This video is the ultimate and my favourite guide on what to do if your phone gets water inside of it. My phone had water damage and couldn’t switch on so i used the vacuum both ways as you explained in the video and my phone switched on about 25 minutes later. Thank you so much for doing this. So informative and helpful.
@@edwardfletcher7790 and I know multiple people who've done this so all that phone tech idiotic rumor stuff you talking bout you can go head with that because being a phone tech don't mean you're just super smart
This worked so well. I dropped my phone in a creek, and I did your sock with the vacuum on the 'airblow' setting method. Worked like a charm!! Thank you so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THIS VIDEO SAVED MY PHONE AND SAVED ME THOUSANDS FOR PHONE SERVICE. Hours ago, my phone fell into the water. I immediately browsed on TH-cam and I'm glad to have bumped into this video 😭 what a savior! Thank you Chris!
Still blown away that you get "thumbs down" from a few people on every video. Your vids helped entertain me through my 6 month furlough from work. Thanks for all you do!
My wife was in panic mode when she got her phone wet and thinking she lost all her pictures. Did th sock trick for 4 hours, charged the phone. Powered up right away. she even made a call. will backup photos. Thank you Chris
That's great! The number of kids that have commented that they will never smoke after watching it has gone well beyond my expectations! My estimate is about 3000 kids! I read all comments. Please do share and keep showing your students. This video is ageless and smoking will continue to kill a part of the population. Thanks again!!
I found me iPhone 11 at the bottom of the kitchen sink where it had been submerged in soapy water for over 2 hours. (The cat knocked if off the window sill). I did the sock thing using moderate heat as I was worried I’d fry my phone. It’s been 24 hrs since this happened and so far so good. Thanks for this video.
I used a hair dryer on low heat. I first opened up the phone, There wasn't any visible water, but it was dropped into a sink of water for a couple seconds and started acting up.. I couldn't turn it off, So I disconnected the battery inside. (Iphone 6s) I hair dried it for a bit. Then I saw your video. I put it in a pillow case bungee corded the nozzel and ran it for a couple hours. It worked, Thank you! This is a good education in Electronics, PC boards can actually be submerged in water, as long as after its completely dry everywhere in the sockets and such, completely desicated, you can plug it in and it should work. PS it can take some heat. It is soldered at pretty high temperatures. You just have to not melt the thing especially the battery.,
I tried the "vacuum and sock method" a while ago. For the first 20 minutes, the condensation on my phone camera lens was gone but it came back after 2 minutes so I turned on the vacuum again for 30 minutes and the condensation was gone again but it came back after 5 minutes but much lesser this time. Put it on for another 15 minutes. The condensation was gone and it's been 8 minutes and it hasn't come back yet and hopefully, may it never come back at all. Thank you so much sir. Subscribed!
Never would have thought just a fan would be the winner. Haven't seen newer videos than 5 months, I hope you plan to make more. Please keep broadcasting!!
Brilliant! Thank you!! You saved my iPhone X. I did the vacuum trick, followed by a sock over the end of a leaf blower [didn't have a shop vac] and then two days in front of a fan. I was about to give up when suddenly it came back to life!!
Great idea! but as a professional mobile phone technician i can confirm that the best and quickest way to clean water out is by dismantling the phone, using a hairdryer to dry the water out and then using isopropyl alcohol to clean the components as water leaves mineral deposits which can corrode the motherboard and ruin the device.
Yes but this is a really fast way without dismantling. It took me 6 weeks to test all of these methods and that one with the vacuum was hands down the fastest and totally dried it. Everything was weighed before and after to prove it. Plus I let it take in as much water as it could each time. Worst case scenario. Thanks.
It does work! My I blow it with hair dryer for 40 seconds to 1 minute and the original sound came back! 🌬️😌 Turn on the blower to 1/slow mode only. My phone is Huawei P30 lite 💖
@@bayenmanuel107 you will need to power of the phone first then apply a bit of motherboard cleaner to the end of toothbrush and use that to clean the inside of the charger port.once cleaned dry motherboard cleaner out with hairdryer and leave the phone off for half an hour and hopefully that should solve your problem.
I went canyoning with some friends last weekend and thought that a waterproof case from Amazon would keep my phone safe. A knock on rock while climbing a waterfall blew the case open and I ended up with a water logged phone not that different from the video here. I took inspiration from the solution proposed at the end and resolved the issue using a sock and a hairdryer. Would never have thought about it had I not seen this video. It got a bit stressful this morning because my phone kept on restarting on it's own and it wasn't able to detect my sim card either. Thank you very much for making this video. I hope others in a similar predicament will find this link in their moment of need.
Hey Chris... Thank-you sooo much! My girlfriend dropped her phone in boiling water today.I doubled up sock and taped it to the end of a hair dryer on the cool setting for a couple of hours....went from black screen to up and running again!!!🙏😊
YOU SAVED MY PHONE!!!!! The sock vacuum method is pure genius, i was having water inside the camera but after 3h was completely gone. THANK YOU MASTER 🙏
@@capybaraking777 ok great, that's what I'll try then. Thank you and wish me luck. Still not sure if it will work tho because my PHN doesn't seperate 😩
You Sir, are truly amazing. Reading online sources show that it takes 30mins-24 hours to dry your phone after it has been wet from the rain. I watched this 3 minute video and put my phone through a vacuum for 1 minute and now my phone is perfectly dry and charging like it is brand new! Thank you sir!
Wow this man saved my life, 2 months ago i dropes my phone in the lake while retrieving a drone. I had no hope that it will work however… After having it in a shopvac in a sock for 4 ours. I found out only the screen broke. I accidentally opend spotify and it works😂. Im getting the screen fixed tomorrow ill keep you guys updated. I recommend this method to anyone!!!
I got water inside my go pro....I used a fan and then put it inside my humidity controlled cabinet where I store my cameras and lenses. It took about a day. While most people may not have one, it works well if you do. Thanks for sharing.
Sock and Vacuum trick was genius. Put mine in rice for about 15 hours, no change, though I hadn't opened the back cover before putting it. Saw this video, opened the back cover, put it in a sock and let warm air from the vacuum blow inside. Took it out in around 45 mins (phone didn't have a lot of water), waited for the battery to cool down a bit, plugged it in, and its now working. Thank you for this.
Heat will speed up the process no matter which method you use. Mine was under water for 20 minutes and all I had was the sun to dry it out so I shook it and sucked on it with my mouth and set it in the sun for 10 minutes then let it cool off and set it in the sun again. Slow but effective . . . I was backpacking so I had no vacuum or fan or any of the other items. It took about 4 hrs to dry it out to the point that it worked again. One way to find out if it is dry is to put it in a plastic container with a lid, warm it up in the sun for 1/2 an hr and then put it in the refrigerator for 1/2 an hr. If moisture condenses on the plastic container, dry it and repeat the process until no more condensation appears.
I accidentally took my Samsung G9+ in my pool. It was in my pocket for about a minute. I saw your video and put my phone in a sock and used a blow dryer on low heat about 3 inches from the opening so the phone didn't get too hot. I ran it for 5-10 minutes then let the phone set for an hour. After about 4 rounds of this, my phone started and seems normal. Thanks for the video and ideas!
Thank you so much! I dropped my phone in water for just 1 second, but that was enough to get a message that my usb c port was disabled. I turned off the phone, sucked out the ports with a vacuum like you showed, then did the sock method for 1 hour. After turning the phone back on, there is no more message and my usb c port charging and data transfer works! Thank you!
Thank you so much i was just going to put my phone in a bag of rice. I used the vacuum on it just sucking and because i did not have the ability to blow warm air from it i put a heater on the lowest setting and put the phone in a thick sock and put it on the top moving it around often and within an hour it came back. Its an oldish phone but it had photos on it so i have been able to retrieve these brilliant thank you!
This fixed my phone after it fell in my dogs water bowl and sat there for 20-30 minutes! Over 2 days, it took about 12-14 hours w/ the shop vac, but it works again!!! Thank you VERY VERY much!!!!
Oh my god thank you. The vacuum worked!!! I dropped my phone in the toilet and googled how to dry a phone and this video popped up. I tried the method he showed here with hands cupping the vacuum. and socks too. and man it worked !!!!! WOW YOU SAVED MY PHONE! Why couldn't I think of that? Brilliant!
I use a similar method to clean and dry socks in five minutes when I’m traveling. I use the hotel hairdryer on socks I’ve washed out with soap and water in the bathroom sink. It’s so effective I am packing far fewer socks nowadays.
Hi, I just turned off my shop vac to find a nice dry Pixel 7 pro. Thank you so much! The three hour first run did enough good that I knew it would get it all eventually. I left it for another 2.5 hours. I really appreciate your good presentation and workable fix. Myles
One of the BEST VIDEOS I have ever come across to help me dry my phone. Thanks so much. I'm glad I found you before I put my phone in rice. You're so thorough. I really appreciate all you did to make this video so AWESOME!!!
Bro you are a F*UCKING LIFE SAVER. My daughter dunked my phone in her bath water earlier so it immediately started to glitch after I got her out and eventually just went completely black with the touch still functional. To make a long story short I was trying everything from rice to a blow dryer with minimal progress and 30 minutes into the sock method my screen is back on and running perfectly 👌🏾
I know I'm 3 years late to the party, but, thank you, I left my phone out in the rain last night, I think it's toast, but, I'm getting out the shop vac 🤞🤞🤞...
wow! i've had people argue with me that rice is THE WAY to dry an important electronic device(phone), and they wouldn't listen to me. my experience in electronics and living in a dry desert climate has shown me otherwise to the methods that may work good in humid climates. now you're results reinforce what i've said cause it's true! thank you.
I went into a pool with my phone still in my pocket. I got it out quickly, but it still didn’t work. I had tried rice for a day with no results. After watching this video, I tried the vacuum technique. It worked!!
@nohomo mine cant either man. I just did the typical normal vacuum thing. My phone wasn't saved tho ;_; but it might be because mine got drenched in ocean water.
I am crying bcuz my phone got wet 😭 by my own doing....... I wanted to cry the entire time while at my dentist appointment! Chr!s Ur brain 🧠 is a BLESSING 2 This Entire Platform!!!!✨ THANKS!!! From now on I'll rush 2 ur channel anytime I need help 📌
Accidentally left my black phone in a black bucket and drained a little water into the bucket. 10 minutes elapsed when I realized the phone was partially submerged. Phone went into "bootloop mode". I tapped and massaged the screen and eventually I was able to get the phone to boot up. But it only lasted 10 seconds. So I got it to boot up again, and I immediately did a shutdown. Then I stuck it in the sock and used my shop vac to pump air into the sock for 3 hours. It's working great now. Thanks! Gary
Awesome Chris, dropped mine in water, tried hair dryer, rice etc, watched this vid and did the vac thing and phone started working in about 30 seconds while I was vaccing it...sweeeet !! and thanks again
Dropped my phone in water, screen started glitching and eventually stopped showing, although the touchscreen still worked. Did the vacuum and airflow with sock method. Screen came back on, speakers work well, and also the charging port. Thank you so much!!!!
It's interesting to base it on the weight of the phone with the water inside. The silica being slower is interesting because I heard silica drew humidity out more/faster than rice did. It happened twice to my older phone that it got little water in it (first, by wet hand 2 years ago, then due to some rain), the screen went black, the touch sensor was still perfect (could "blindly" turn the flashlight on, the "I'm here" function could be stopped with a tap etc.). The rice seemed to help as it might have had not a lot of water in it. Also used hair dryer in cold mode. The screen came back after a night spent in rice. In my opinion, it could be still okay for small water inside overnight and fan + vacuum for when you are awake.
i just wanted to say a wee thank you so much for this video. after dropping my phone in water semi-briefly, i watched your video and drew out the water with the vacuum. then i didn't have a vacuum that would i could reverse the air flow, so following your trick i taped a pillow case to the out flow of air on a portable but proper dehumidifier (since it emits hot air). together they seem to have worked like a charm. thank you!
The vacuum one saved my iphone xr. I was hit by a flood, my phone cannot be switched on for 24hrs, i did the vacuum tip to get all the water out so that I can charge my phone. It really worked
After the cat got wet, I tried to tape him inside the pillow case; let's just say a cat works differently than a phone, and it is not possible. However, after that, I taped myself inside a duvet and had my wife turn on the vacuum and most of my blood was dry in under 15 minutes. 🙂 Your cleverness never fails to impress me.
OMG thank you so much!!! I was about to use rice until I came across your video. My so dropped his iPhone 10 in water and using your v Shop vacuum technique we waited about 2.5hrs and whalla his ph worked just fine. Thank you so much!!!! Saved me $1000!!
The most important thing is removing the battery if possible. If it's not clean water (wine/juice/salt/etc) and it's important then get it to a professional that can pull it apart NOW, don't wait and see if it will be OK. If just water and battery removed you can put in the oven at low temp (around 60c) obviously make sure your oven is accurate! and shield from direct heat from element. But again: the most damage I see is from leaving the battery in or clients thinking they 'got away with it' and it dying a few days later
Mine still had power but the screen wouldnt work so I couldnt shut it off, also didnt have a normal vacuum so I wound up having to using my dyson on the ports for a bit then leave it under a fan. Praying now.
Or you can rest your damp phone behind your computer fan output while you work at the computer (the warm air dries it quickly due to low humidity ratio). I like the initial vacuum idea though to remove the initial majority of water.
Thanks. This means a lot, my phone has been tripping out after a bit of rain fell on it, and now I can't charge it at all cause the "moisture detected" notification makes the phone vibrate and waste the little 0.1% battery it has.
A dive buddy and I found an iPhone while scuba diving. My friend used a hair dryer on low. He plugged in the phone and brought it back to life. We posted the picture of the Lock Screen on FB in a lost and found. The owner came forward and told us the phone was in the water for two weeks.
I rescued a wet i-Phone a few years ago. The vacuum had no blow function so I first reduced its suck to minimum. Then cut a length of old mountain bike inner tube (c 10cm). Slipped one end over the vacuum pipe the other over the phone at the socket end. Turned on the vacuum & placed the phone about a meter from the outlet. I left it for about 30mins, never thought about weighing the phone. Good idea! Make sure that the phone is very close to the pipe outlet or the inner tube will close flat.
Dagnabbit, Chris, I've been saving wee silica packets from everything they come in, in case it ever happened to me. Oh well, in another 20 years I might have enough to make a bean bag chair.
Hi, Chris! Thank you for this amazing video! It's so informative and well-edited. I wiped my iPhone 11 with a lysol wipe yesterday and somehow liquid got under the glass. It is working perfectly fine, but I can see the water on/under the screen. I powered it down a few minutes after I noticed the water under the screen, and I submerged the phone in rice and silica for 12 hours, turned it on, and didn't notice a difference. I now put the phone in front of a fan for the past 4 hours and turned it on to check and noticed it's a little more dry! The water is starting to evaporate! I never sucked any water out with a vacuum first. Is it too late to suck water out with a vacuum at this point? I have to resist the urge to keep turning the phone on to check progress!
Thank you so much! Fixed my Samsung S10 that got water inside the SD card slot (and possibly through a small dent I haven't noticed before). The phone was frozen and in Safe mode. Followed your instructions and the next day, I restarted the phone and it is working again (using it now)!
Ive watched about 6 videos about this subject. This is, hands down, the best one yet. Short, and to the point. This is good information. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I subscribed and liked!
Can we just appreciate the fact that he dumped FIVE PHONES into water for an hour just so he could show us this?!?!?!? Legend.
I can appreciate the fact that he said he did.
In fact it just one phone
It’s a 5s or se lol
Or 1 phone used 5x...
It was probably a broken iPhone 5S, he only let the water dry inside and then did the experiment with another method.
In four minutes you have helped so much. NO BS build up why you're doing the video. No filler, just fact. good editing and great presentation. Perfect.
Wow! Thanks for that great feedback!
@@chrisnotap One note, clean out that shop vac before you blow into the sock phone. that end can send dust and dirt from the vac into the sock.
Finally somebody with a scientific approach, experimenting rather than regurgitating what they saw online.
Thanks for that!
You are a genius! Had my phone in rice for 4 days but to no avail. Decide to watch a vid before buying a new phone and BOOM, phone fixed after a quick vacuum. Will never bother with rice again
The vacuum idea is so simple it’s brilliant.
I would type a bunch of things talking about how the vacuum works and stuff but I’m dumb so I won’t and instead, I’ll write whatever you’re reading.
Hi.
Yes, 🙂
Yeah I was going to say it sucks, but in this case it actually blows!
@@mickjager5974 say what
@@mickjager5974 but does it actually ligma?
Chris! You are a genius! I had watched numerous videos and google searched commentary on how to revive my somewhat water logged cell phone which had gone into catastrophic failure while taking a no start-up possibly terminal nap. I had managed to drop my phone into the toilet...rather quickly retrieving it as it meandered towards the bottom...definitely fully submersed. In total denial of my stupid move I cleaned up the phones exterior...it was still momentarily operational and I thought I had dodged a bullet...but not so fast.
The next morning it was in total fail mode..no life whatsoever. Hence my search for a revival answer as thoughts of $500 plus outlay for a new phone wafted through my consciousness.
Your sock idea was pure genius...I decided that a little bit more warmth might be in order but not too much and plenty of easy, warming air...so I used a hair dryer set on low speed and low temp . I did this for three hours all the while rotating the phone within the sock. Low and behold this worked perfectly...phone immediately restarted and has never been better! I am now a fully subscribed follower and will look forward to future pearls of wisdom...thanks again.
A great story with a great ending!! Thanks!
Same
Same issue except I used rice and the touch screen won’t work :(
I found the video extremely helpful too...!
Thank you!!!
Thank you so very much Chris. My husbands, less than 24hr new phone down the toilet. Didn’t have a reversible vacuum so used your method with a warm hairdryer, nothing to lose. Ran it for 15 minute increments so as not to overheat. In 2 hrs it worked. You truly are his saviour. Many many thanks.
I'm actually using the hair dryer now with cool... even it's still warm gonna leave it running for a good hr
The sock + vacuum method worked perfectly for me!! Thank you so much for doing these experiments. You've put this age-old question to rest! Bravo!
How Long do i have to keep my phone in the Stock ?
@@armyxy3683 Until you feel the water has evaporated already. Make sure your phone doesn't overheat from the warm air tho. I think I left my phone in for 2 hours turning the vaccuum on and off every 15min
@@alfonsodelosreyes119 ok Tank you so much…..
He said to change the suction to the exhaust side. how to do it?
@@Erebus_official just change the hose to the other hole , on the other side o the vacuum cleaner
You have done a detailed analysis and study, yet the video is very short, to the point, and giving precise information. That is what I really liked! A lot of information in very little time!
The vacuum idea worked! Moisture entered my phone somehow - it could be visible under the camera lenses covers, and after a while the screen stopped working. After a few hours of blowing in the sock, the water was gone and the screen is back on. Thank you Chris!!!
Did the moisture from the camera lense returned or was permanently removed, i got the same problem with my samsung note 10. Thanks
@@nicomercado9550 it was 5 days ago and it has not returned yet...
@@mstep Thank you for the info, Is it okay if I use a hair dryer for that method? I got no vacuum at home. Hope it can.
@@nicomercado9550 I would not do it with a hairdryer. It is too warm and you will dissolve the glue holding the phone together, the blowing power is not enough, and you would probably overheat and break the hairdryer...
Hello guys! So happy to see these comments. What's the max time I should leave the phone in the sock and connected to the vacuum. The gentleman in the vid said he did it for three hours. Is that the best time? And do you know how long I should wait before I turn it on after leaving it in the vacuum that long? Thank you in advance
So helpful! I love that you get right to the point and clearly explain and demonstrate what is being done. The way you display your results: nice! The camera angles and close ups of specific product info: fantastic. GREAT TUTORIAL, HELPFUL INFO, WELL DONE! THANK YOU. I'm off to vacuum my phone now!
Wow! Thanks for that great feedback!
@@chrisnotap , thanks a lot for your knowledge, I have enjoyed it to the maximum. Cheers.
After 6 days of no luck getting my phone to function properly due to some water damage, the vacuum method had it up and running in a couple of minutes! Seriously, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Another triumph for Chris' methodology!! My S21Ultra went through a full wash cycle, then 5 minutes in the dryer. Everything still worked perfectly, but the camera had hishly visible bubbles over the lenses and only showed dim poor resolution pictures. With only 2 hours on the shop vac exhaust in a sock, all bubbles were gone and the photos were back to original quality. Just fantastic!
I was skeptical of most TH-cam methods I saw, but Chris has a totally pragmatic and systematic approach to finding the right solution -- and he did it. Great job, Chris!
Wow!! Thanks for that great feedback and I'm glad you were able to bring your phone back!! My only suggestion would be to let it dry another hour on the vacuum like I did in the video to be sure you have all of the moisture gone.
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Hes probably thinking of awesome video ideas :)
Good video ideas dont just come from thin air
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This guy is awesome! I almost went the rice route. I need my phone to scan a passport to get out of the country. This is a godsend. My camera is foggy inside
Hey Chris, thanks so much for this. I did all the things you're not supposed to do after dropping your phone in water like continuing to use it without drying it off, making calls, taking pictures and trying to charge it before not turning it off first. It was only when I tried to reboot that it got stuck in the infinite boot loop spiral of death....😱or so it felt. After a day of rice drying and no joy, I found your post. So, I gave it a try using the vacuum first to suck out the water inside. Then, I used a hair drier on low and 'cool' setting for two hours. I know some say don't use a hair dryer, but this never got hot since it has a cool air setting. After that, I was afraid to turn it on thinking too much damage had already been done. But then it booted up and started working!!! Thank you so much! I'm not sure rice could have ever worked in this case.😁👍👍👊
That's great!!
Mine is Poco M3, also get the infinite boot loop, ,so the vaccum method will really work?
@@冥路-v8l did it work?
@@danijelaosmanovic1085 vaccum suddenly has some internal broken so I can't do it
Thank you for sharing your hair dryer experience. I wondered.
This video is the ultimate and my favourite guide on what to do if your phone gets water inside of it. My phone had water damage and couldn’t switch on so i used the vacuum both ways as you explained in the video and my phone switched on about 25 minutes later. Thank you so much for doing this. So informative and helpful.
Me after dumping my phone like 5 seconds : *panik*
Him dumping his phone for hours : *kalm*
As a Phone Tech, the "rice fixes wet phones" BS drives me CRAZY ! Thank you for helping destroy this idiotic rumour !
The vacuum blowing works the very best!
@@edwardfletcher7790 fyi rice does work the vacuum method just works faster
@@DwayneMontgomery-z3j Rice doesn't remove the corrosion water causes...🙄
@@edwardfletcher7790 I don't know what the rice removes but I do know I've tried it a couple times before and it definitely works...
@@edwardfletcher7790 and I know multiple people who've done this so all that phone tech idiotic rumor stuff you talking bout you can go head with that because being a phone tech don't mean you're just super smart
This worked so well. I dropped my phone in a creek, and I did your sock with the vacuum on the 'airblow' setting method. Worked like a charm!! Thank you so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THIS VIDEO SAVED MY PHONE AND SAVED ME THOUSANDS FOR PHONE SERVICE. Hours ago, my phone fell into the water. I immediately browsed on TH-cam and I'm glad to have bumped into this video 😭 what a savior! Thank you Chris!
You're welcome!
Still blown away that you get "thumbs down" from a few people on every video. Your vids helped entertain me through my 6 month furlough from work. Thanks for all you do!
Thumbs up or down help the algorithm the same (or so they say) The algorithm only cares if you "participate".
Probably because he abuses squirrels..
@@MommaZim2 and how do you know that?
The dislikes are from phone repair shops
@@kenkiz100 😂😂
My wife was in panic mode when she got her phone wet and thinking she lost all her pictures. Did th sock trick for 4 hours, charged the phone. Powered up right away. she even made a call. will backup photos. Thank you Chris
After so many years still making amazing videos. I remember showing your smoking video in health class like 2 years ago.
That's great! The number of kids that have commented that they will never smoke after watching it has gone well beyond my expectations! My estimate is about 3000 kids! I read all comments. Please do share and keep showing your students. This video is ageless and smoking will continue to kill a part of the population. Thanks again!!
I found me iPhone 11 at the bottom of the kitchen sink where it had been submerged in soapy water for over 2 hours. (The cat knocked if off the window sill). I did the sock thing using moderate heat as I was worried I’d fry my phone. It’s been 24 hrs since this happened and so far so good. Thanks for this video.
Be sure to use the vacuum to suck as much water out as you can!
I used a hair dryer on low heat. I first opened up the phone, There wasn't any visible water, but it was dropped into a sink of water for a couple seconds and started acting up.. I couldn't turn it off, So I disconnected the battery inside. (Iphone 6s) I hair dried it for a bit. Then I saw your video. I put it in a pillow case bungee corded the nozzel and ran it for a couple hours. It worked, Thank you! This is a good education in Electronics, PC boards can actually be submerged in water, as long as after its completely dry everywhere in the sockets and such, completely desicated, you can plug it in and it should work. PS it can take some heat. It is soldered at pretty high temperatures. You just have to not melt the thing especially the battery.,
I tried the "vacuum and sock method" a while ago. For the first 20 minutes, the condensation on my phone camera lens was gone but it came back after 2 minutes so I turned on the vacuum again for 30 minutes and the condensation was gone again but it came back after 5 minutes but much lesser this time. Put it on for another 15 minutes. The condensation was gone and it's been 8 minutes and it hasn't come back yet and hopefully, may it never come back at all. Thank you so much sir. Subscribed!
WOW! I have used a hairdryer on my phone and it was pretty good. But the vacuum, both sucking and blowing, was brilliant!
Never would have thought just a fan would be the winner. Haven't seen newer videos than 5 months, I hope you plan to make more. Please keep broadcasting!!
People who r watching this with water in their speaker
Me for real
@@BiggestSTFan same😆ferping
@@BiggestSTFan ME AND. MY EMOJI THING IS NIT WORKING
Brilliant! Thank you!! You saved my iPhone X. I did the vacuum trick, followed by a sock over the end of a leaf blower [didn't have a shop vac] and then two days in front of a fan. I was about to give up when suddenly it came back to life!!
Great idea! but as a professional mobile phone technician i can confirm that the best and quickest way to clean water out is by dismantling the phone, using a hairdryer to dry the water out and then using isopropyl alcohol to clean the components as water leaves mineral deposits which can corrode the motherboard and ruin the device.
Yes but this is a really fast way without dismantling. It took me 6 weeks to test all of these methods and that one with the vacuum was hands down the fastest and totally dried it. Everything was weighed before and after to prove it. Plus I let it take in as much water as it could each time. Worst case scenario. Thanks.
Agree
It does work! My I blow it with hair dryer for 40 seconds to 1 minute and the original sound came back! 🌬️😌 Turn on the blower to 1/slow mode only. My phone is Huawei P30 lite 💖
Hi so i quickly dropped my phone and it says that i have mousture in charger its usbc and i cant take the back off what do i do
@@bayenmanuel107 you will need to power of the phone first then apply a bit of motherboard cleaner to the end of toothbrush and use that to clean the inside of the charger port.once cleaned dry motherboard cleaner out with hairdryer and leave the phone off for half an hour and hopefully that should solve your problem.
I went canyoning with some friends last weekend and thought that a waterproof case from Amazon would keep my phone safe. A knock on rock while climbing a waterfall blew the case open and I ended up with a water logged phone not that different from the video here. I took inspiration from the solution proposed at the end and resolved the issue using a sock and a hairdryer. Would never have thought about it had I not seen this video. It got a bit stressful this morning because my phone kept on restarting on it's own and it wasn't able to detect my sim card either. Thank you very much for making this video. I hope others in a similar predicament will find this link in their moment of need.
Hey Chris...
Thank-you sooo much!
My girlfriend dropped her phone in boiling water today.I doubled up sock and taped it to the end of a hair dryer on the cool setting for a couple of hours....went from black screen to up and running again!!!🙏😊
Best way to dry a phone
i want to try it but wont it damage the phone
Not if you use the COOL setting:))
ok thankss
YOU SAVED MY PHONE!!!!! The sock vacuum method is pure genius, i was having water inside the camera but after 3h was completely gone. THANK YOU MASTER 🙏
Fantastic!
So do u leave it for 3 hrs straight with the vaccine on ??
@@erinjoy5625 Yep, vacuum motor are very powerful and reliable they can stay on hours without problems. I have a black&decker's one
@@capybaraking777 ok great, that's what I'll try then. Thank you and wish me luck. Still not sure if it will work tho because my PHN doesn't seperate 😩
@@erinjoy5625 hope it worked
You Sir, are truly amazing. Reading online sources show that it takes 30mins-24 hours to dry your phone after it has been wet from the rain. I watched this 3 minute video and put my phone through a vacuum for 1 minute and now my phone is perfectly dry and charging like it is brand new! Thank you sir!
That's great! Try to leave it the same amount of time I did in the video to make sure it is totally dry!
Wow this man saved my life, 2 months ago i dropes my phone in the lake while retrieving a drone. I had no hope that it will work however… After having it in a shopvac in a sock for 4 ours. I found out only the screen broke. I accidentally opend spotify and it works😂. Im getting the screen fixed tomorrow ill keep you guys updated.
I recommend this method to anyone!!!
That's fantastic!!
The vaccum cleaner idea worked liked a charm! Thanks for this.
I honestly came here sceptical, but man is that vacuum such a brilliant idea, my phone is currently in rice as I'm typing this.
I got water inside my go pro....I used a fan and then put it inside my humidity controlled cabinet where I store my cameras and lenses. It took about a day. While most people may not have one, it works well if you do. Thanks for sharing.
i would honestly want this guy as my grandpa, hes so wholesome lol
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Sock and Vacuum trick was genius. Put mine in rice for about 15 hours, no change, though I hadn't opened the back cover before putting it. Saw this video, opened the back cover, put it in a sock and let warm air from the vacuum blow inside. Took it out in around 45 mins (phone didn't have a lot of water), waited for the battery to cool down a bit, plugged it in, and its now working. Thank you for this.
Heat will speed up the process no matter which method you use. Mine was under water for 20 minutes and all I had was the sun to dry it out so I shook it and sucked on it with my mouth and set it in the sun for 10 minutes then let it cool off and set it in the sun again. Slow but effective . . . I was backpacking so I had no vacuum or fan or any of the other items. It took about 4 hrs to dry it out to the point that it worked again. One way to find out if it is dry is to put it in a plastic container with a lid, warm it up in the sun for 1/2 an hr and then put it in the refrigerator for 1/2 an hr. If moisture condenses on the plastic container, dry it and repeat the process until no more condensation appears.
Wait, you had a refrigerator backpacking?
@@Raptor200637 LOL, No, I did that when I got home to see how much moisture was still in the phone and was surprised to see how much it was.
That is a great idea!
What number phone do you have?
@@thanayestarr5191 prolly ligma
I accidentally took my Samsung G9+ in my pool. It was in my pocket for about a minute. I saw your video and put my phone in a sock and used a blow dryer on low heat about 3 inches from the opening so the phone didn't get too hot. I ran it for 5-10 minutes then let the phone set for an hour. After about 4 rounds of this, my phone started and seems normal. Thanks for the video and ideas!
My little princess just dropped her tablet into the bath. Was going the rice route but found your video and giving the vacuum a go.
Thank you so much! I dropped my phone in water for just 1 second, but that was enough to get a message that my usb c port was disabled. I turned off the phone, sucked out the ports with a vacuum like you showed, then did the sock method for 1 hour. After turning the phone back on, there is no more message and my usb c port charging and data transfer works! Thank you!
Thank you so much i was just going to put my phone in a bag of rice. I used the vacuum on it just sucking and because i did not have the ability to blow warm air from it i put a heater on the lowest setting and put the phone in a thick sock and put it on the top moving it around often and within an hour it came back. Its an oldish phone but it had photos on it so i have been able to retrieve these brilliant thank you!
This fixed my phone after it fell in my dogs water bowl and sat there for 20-30 minutes! Over 2 days, it took about 12-14 hours w/ the shop vac, but it works again!!! Thank you VERY VERY much!!!!
Oh my god thank you. The vacuum worked!!! I dropped my phone in the toilet and googled how to dry a phone and this video popped up. I tried the method he showed here with hands cupping the vacuum. and socks too. and man it worked !!!!! WOW YOU SAVED MY PHONE! Why couldn't I think of that? Brilliant!
wpnt the heat from the vaccum damage the phone??
As usual, brilliant! Thanks for doing all the "risky" foot work! :). I hope no electronic devices were harmed in the making of this demonstration:)
I use a similar method to clean and dry socks in five minutes when I’m traveling. I use the hotel hairdryer on socks I’ve washed out with soap and water in the bathroom sink. It’s so effective I am packing far fewer socks nowadays.
I have stuck my wet socks to the return vent whike sitting out some citations back 10 years ago
Hi, I just turned off my shop vac to find a nice dry Pixel 7 pro. Thank you so much! The three hour first run did enough good that I knew it would get it all eventually. I left it for another 2.5 hours.
I really appreciate your good presentation and workable fix.
Myles
Great to hear!
One of the BEST VIDEOS I have ever come across to help me dry my phone. Thanks so much. I'm glad I found you before I put my phone in rice. You're so thorough. I really appreciate all you did to make this video so AWESOME!!!
Wow! Thanks for that great feedback!
Bro you are a F*UCKING LIFE SAVER. My daughter dunked my phone in her bath water earlier so it immediately started to glitch after I got her out and eventually just went completely black with the touch still functional. To make a long story short I was trying everything from rice to a blow dryer with minimal progress and 30 minutes into the sock method my screen is back on and running perfectly 👌🏾
I know I'm 3 years late to the party, but, thank you, I left my phone out in the rain last night, I think it's toast, but, I'm getting out the shop vac 🤞🤞🤞...
Follow what I did for its best chance of survival.
wow!
i've had people argue with me that rice is THE WAY to dry an important electronic device(phone), and they wouldn't listen to me. my experience in electronics and living in a dry desert climate has shown me otherwise to the methods that may work good in humid climates.
now you're results reinforce what i've said cause it's true!
thank you.
I went into a pool with my phone still in my pocket. I got it out quickly, but it still didn’t work. I had tried rice for a day with no results. After watching this video, I tried the vacuum technique. It worked!!
are you serious? The first vacuum technique where he suctioned or the 3 hour when where he "exhausted"?
@@musicmeister1313 Using the exhaust
@@petersheikman3567 damn, my vaccuum doesnt have that option :(
@nohomo mine cant either man. I just did the typical normal vacuum thing. My phone wasn't saved tho ;_; but it might be because mine got drenched in ocean water.
@nohomo well for starters, wtf is true depth??
I had no hopes until I saw this video
It fixed my problem immediately
Thanks a lot 🙏
I am crying bcuz my phone got wet 😭 by my own doing....... I wanted to cry the entire time while at my dentist appointment!
Chr!s Ur brain 🧠 is a BLESSING 2 This Entire Platform!!!!✨ THANKS!!! From now on I'll rush 2 ur channel anytime I need help 📌
Wow! Thanks for that!
Accidentally left my black phone in a black bucket and drained a little water into the bucket. 10 minutes elapsed when I realized the phone was partially submerged. Phone went into "bootloop mode". I tapped and massaged the screen and eventually I was able to get the phone to boot up. But it only lasted 10 seconds. So I got it to boot up again, and I immediately did a shutdown. Then I stuck it in the sock and used my shop vac to pump air into the sock for 3 hours. It's working great now.
Thanks! Gary
It's dry but will it still work?
Awesome Chris, dropped mine in water, tried hair dryer, rice etc, watched this vid and did the vac thing and phone started working in about 30 seconds while I was vaccing it...sweeeet !! and thanks again
Dropped my phone in water, screen started glitching and eventually stopped showing, although the touchscreen still worked. Did the vacuum and airflow with sock method. Screen came back on, speakers work well, and also the charging port. Thank you so much!!!!
That's great!!
@@chrisnotap hi i have a question, my phone has been wet for over 7 days now. How long should I put let the vacuum dry out the phone?
@@hewardthediamond2997 Follow what I did in the video. Make sure to suck out all of the ports and take even more time doing that.
I’ve just discovered your videos, great editing. The main principles of design and engineering is your sense of wonder!
Very good video! It's obvious invested many hours of work to put this video together. The vacuum idea was genius. Great job! Thank you, Chris!
OH, MAGOO, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN!
Thx so much for this video. In 3 hours my phone recovered from it's brief swim in the toilet. Worked great!
It's interesting to base it on the weight of the phone with the water inside. The silica being slower is interesting because I heard silica drew humidity out more/faster than rice did.
It happened twice to my older phone that it got little water in it (first, by wet hand 2 years ago, then due to some rain), the screen went black, the touch sensor was still perfect (could "blindly" turn the flashlight on, the "I'm here" function could be stopped with a tap etc.). The rice seemed to help as it might have had not a lot of water in it. Also used hair dryer in cold mode. The screen came back after a night spent in rice. In my opinion, it could be still okay for small water inside overnight and fan + vacuum for when you are awake.
Remember that in the test doing nothing was still faster than the rice method
❤❤ I used a blowdryer and pillowcaes. 8hrs. It might have been ok before that time. Charging my tablet right now. Thank you
i just wanted to say a wee thank you so much for this video. after dropping my phone in water semi-briefly, i watched your video and drew out the water with the vacuum. then i didn't have a vacuum that would i could reverse the air flow, so following your trick i taped a pillow case to the out flow of air on a portable but proper dehumidifier (since it emits hot air). together they seem to have worked like a charm. thank you!
wait so it worked you didnt have any problems?
@@ekkuee so far none at all!
The vacuum one saved my iphone xr. I was hit by a flood, my phone cannot be switched on for 24hrs, i did the vacuum tip to get all the water out so that I can charge my phone. It really worked
This is great, thank you! Appreciate the scientific method.
Where has this channel been all my life!! ❤️ Google algorithm fail!
Another awesome video! Chris Notap ROCKS! 👍🏼
After the cat got wet, I tried to tape him inside the pillow case; let's just say a cat works differently than a phone, and it is not possible. However, after that, I taped myself inside a duvet and had my wife turn on the vacuum and most of my blood was dry in under 15 minutes.
🙂
Your cleverness never fails to impress me.
Lol!
OMG thank you so much!!! I was about to use rice until I came across your video. My so dropped his iPhone 10 in water and using your v
Shop vacuum technique we waited about 2.5hrs and whalla his ph worked just fine. Thank you so much!!!! Saved me $1000!!
That's great!!
Worked!! Did it for 3 minutes and my phone can charge! You’re so amazing
If I may suggest, dry it for a longer period of time, like in the video, to be sure it is totally dry and to assure prolonged life of your phone.
me trying to do this without my parents noticing lol
Thank you so much. I'm waiting the three hours now. I have strong faith that it's gonna work. My only question is, can I use a blow dryer on cool?
Chris, I've used a "De-Humidifier" to remove moisture as well, never had the opportunity with a phone but I'm sure it would be effective.
That's basically what silica is.
Thanking for sharing, I used a vacuum to remove water, then 1 day in a car at 90f worked perfectly.
The most important thing is removing the battery if possible. If it's not clean water (wine/juice/salt/etc) and it's important then get it to a professional that can pull it apart NOW, don't wait and see if it will be OK. If just water and battery removed you can put in the oven at low temp (around 60c) obviously make sure your oven is accurate! and shield from direct heat from element. But again: the most damage I see is from leaving the battery in or clients thinking they 'got away with it' and it dying a few days later
Mine still had power but the screen wouldnt work so I couldnt shut it off, also didnt have a normal vacuum so I wound up having to using my dyson on the ports for a bit then leave it under a fan. Praying now.
Or you can rest your damp phone behind your computer fan output while you work at the computer (the warm air dries it quickly due to low humidity ratio). I like the initial vacuum idea though to remove the initial majority of water.
I used a blow dry instead of the hoover same way .. and it only took a few minutes and worked !!! Thank yooooou so much 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
How is the vacuum motor after running continuously for 3 hours?
Love your videos, Chris!
Vacuums are warriors. They take a beating for a long time.
Big thanks man .. did it for the wife's mobile phone.. you are a real lifesaver ❤❤👍😂😂
Thanks. This means a lot, my phone has been tripping out after a bit of rain fell on it, and now I can't charge it at all cause the "moisture detected" notification makes the phone vibrate and waste the little 0.1% battery it has.
Follow the video to get the best chance for your phone to survive !
@@chrisnotap it worked great. Typing on it right now!
A dive buddy and I found an iPhone while scuba diving. My friend used a hair dryer on low. He plugged in the phone and brought it back to life. We posted the picture of the Lock Screen on FB in a lost and found. The owner came forward and told us the phone was in the water for two weeks.
Chris - Have used rise in the past with mixed success. Next time I need to dry something I will try your method. Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you.
I rescued a wet i-Phone a few years ago.
The vacuum had no blow function so I first reduced its suck to minimum.
Then cut a length of old mountain bike inner tube (c 10cm). Slipped one end over the vacuum pipe the other over the phone at the socket end. Turned on the vacuum & placed the phone about a meter from the outlet.
I left it for about 30mins, never thought about weighing the phone. Good idea!
Make sure that the phone is very close to the pipe outlet or the inner tube will close flat.
Dagnabbit, Chris, I've been saving wee silica packets from everything they come in, in case it ever happened to me. Oh well, in another 20 years I might have enough to make a bean bag chair.
Please tell me we have to separate battery from mobile..?
Absolute legend for the sock trick. Saved me BIG time.
Hi, Chris! Thank you for this amazing video! It's so informative and well-edited. I wiped my iPhone 11 with a lysol wipe yesterday and somehow liquid got under the glass. It is working perfectly fine, but I can see the water on/under the screen. I powered it down a few minutes after I noticed the water under the screen, and I submerged the phone in rice and silica for 12 hours, turned it on, and didn't notice a difference. I now put the phone in front of a fan for the past 4 hours and turned it on to check and noticed it's a little more dry! The water is starting to evaporate! I never sucked any water out with a vacuum first. Is it too late to suck water out with a vacuum at this point? I have to resist the urge to keep turning the phone on to check progress!
Use the vacuum and sock if you can and yes, try to resist turning it on.
Thank you so much! Fixed my Samsung S10 that got water inside the SD card slot (and possibly through a small dent I haven't noticed before). The phone was frozen and in Safe mode. Followed your instructions and the next day, I restarted the phone and it is working again (using it now)!
Been a while since he has uploaded i wonder why probably just busy working on the next project
I took a well deserved break to refresh the old noggin. Will be back soon! Thanks for caring and asking!
@@chrisnotap I hope you had a good refreshing break
@@chrisnotap these videos are so inspiring and informative!!
watching this from a wet phone hits different
time to send this video to everyone i know
Ive watched about 6 videos about this subject. This is, hands down, the best one yet. Short, and to the point. This is good information. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I subscribed and liked!
Wow, thanks!
Me after watching: going to buy a vaccum Cleaner to complete the first step.