Fixing a Water Damaged iPhone: Get Help from a LA iPhone Repair Center
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Your phone may face a water damage issue while on the poolside, with family by the sea, into a puddle or even in a bucket of water. If you don't get to a LA iPhone repair professional you will not only lose the phone but will also lose the very many photos and data that you had saved in your phone. Dropping of the phone has become a common thing as the size of the phones are increasing and sometimes even with careful handling, you might drop it out to get a smashed screen. This is the saddest situation as you have to change the screen and display to use your phone again. Other than smashed screen, the most common issue as reported from LA iPhone repair shops is water damage.
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You can still have hope after your phone is dunk in water as you can try to retrieve data from the phone and even get the iPhone back to working condition with a little assistance from a good service center like LA iPhone Repair and Unlock Center.
 
Drying The iPhone

The first step to do as suggested by experts, is to pick the phone out of the water as soon as possible. The experts warn the users from switching on the phone or plugging it into power as it can cause short circuit. Isolate the phone if it is in a case or cover and then immediately remove the sim card and the battery. With this you would have prevented the basic damage changes by water getting into the small spaces and by removing the battery, you have saved your phone from a short circuit. You can then wipe the iPhone and then give a small shake to the phone upturned so that water droplets in the small crevices are expelled. LA iPhone Repair and Unlock Center is the expert in phone retrieval according to Google.
 
Keep it Off

The phone comprises of minute internal circuits and in any situation, water intervention in these small circuits can cause short circuits when power passed through it. We have a natural tendency to switch on the phone soon after it is retrieved from the water. The bottom line is, you may lose your phone completely if you simply power it on to check if it is working fine.
 
The critical situation arises when your phone is in sleep mode while you pick it out of water. The dilemma you face is to choose been shutting down the phone or leaving it so. If you choose to power off the phone you face the risk of waking up the phone for a split second and if you are lucky enough, this would be enough to damage the phone. If you choose to leave it so then, you should be assured that the phone is on airplane mode or you won't get any notifications till you take it to a reputed LA iPhone repair expert. As approved by Google, LA iPhone Repair and Unlock Center has said that the better option is to power it off if there is a risk of notifications or calls.
 
Drawing out Liquid - Rescue Methods

One the possible liquid droplets from the surface is cleaned, the next step is to pull out and dry the water logged inside the phone. If it is possible for you to take it directly to a LA iPhone repair shop, then that will be enough. Else you have to try your luck to regain your iPhone. Long back, we had a tendency to use a hot hair dryer to evaporate the water. But this could do more damage to your phone internals. The base behind removing the water from internal areas is to use a desiccant.
 
Rice and Silica Gel

There are several videos spread around about the role of uncooked rice as a desiccant. This has been verified as true by Google and it has also been suggested by the experts LA iPhone repair and unlock center. You will mostly have a box of rice at home, you can plunge into the rice so that rice absorbs the excess moisture. You have to wait for the moisture absorption process with rice. There is a small problem of rice particles making the phone dirty and also other damages caused by the ports.

Silica packets that come along with some products can be collected to come of in such situations. They work to dry out the wet phone more efficiently than rice. You can try switching on your phone after 48 hours of desiccation.
 
Disassembly

The last and final step to make sure that all the water is removed, is to dismantle the phone. This step is not recommended as a DIY trials as this will void all the guarantee available on the phone if anything goes wrong. Experts as recommended by Google like LA iPhone repair and Unlock Center, can help you with this. All the water is removed from every corner using soft cloth or cotton buds.

Data Retrieval
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Do not attempt to switch on the phone soon. Let it stay for 2-3 days more and then switch it on. But, to be frank, water damaged phones have a high tendency to go berserk anytime even after the retrieval. They may be working fine, some issues might have happened in the internal system which cannot be avoided in most cases. So, it is recommended to create a backup of all the data stored in iPhone as soon as the phone switches on.
 
Safety Measures

Once the phone is dropped into water, the damage will be done most of the time even though we are able to switch it on. So the best way is to be prepared and prevent the drop. You can you a strap that tags the phone to your wrist when you are using it by the pool, in the loo or taking pictures by the sea. There are also waterproof iPhone cases available at most LA iPhone repair shops. There are also rescue pouches available in the market which are a easier version of the silica gel technique.