How to save a wet cell phone

What would you do when a mishap causes you to drop your cell phone into the toilet? You will probably replace your phone with a new one right? In fact, that might not be necessary as you may be able to revive your phone if you are fast enough. WikiHow has a tutorial on how you can do just that. It would surely come in handy someday. A snippet is as follows:

Soak in Alcohol. Alcohol is hygroscopic (attracts water), it will dissolve all the water in the phone, which will then pour out of the phone with the alcohol. Any remaining alcohol will evaporate. Alcohol will not harm your phone but may mess up glue (from stickers and the like). Use 95% alcohol, not the regular 70% rubbing type. Do it outside!. If you use alcohol, do not follow the rest of the advice here, instead leave your phone outside for a day or two to dry.

Link: WikiHow
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