https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Archived-Posts/My-phone-got-wet-for-5-seconds-and-won-t-work/m-p/970745#M255011 <P>I guess it was longer than 5 seconds for it to completely die like this.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You need to turn the phone off and stick it in some rice and leave for at least 48 hours. DO NOT attempt to turn on.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This will completely dry the phone out. It may work again after this but it isn't guaranteed.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If it doesn't work your only option is to buy a new phone without insurance as this is not covered by warranty</P> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:08:42 GMT BrendonH 2020-10-25T13:08:42Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Archived-Posts/My-phone-got-wet-for-5-seconds-and-won-t-work/m-p/970744#M255010 <P>My Mum just bought a new Samsung A71 (really shoudn't have done but I convinced her she needed to update from her Nokia)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>She has had the account and phone about a month and has now confessed to briefly dropping it in some water (by briefly, I mean for about 5 seconds)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It won't work and she has no insurance.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What are the options????</P> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:05:06 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Archived-Posts/My-phone-got-wet-for-5-seconds-and-won-t-work/m-p/970744#M255010 jokedoke 2020-10-25T13:05:06Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Archived-Posts/My-phone-got-wet-for-5-seconds-and-won-t-work/m-p/970745#M255011 <P>I guess it was longer than 5 seconds for it to completely die like this.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You need to turn the phone off and stick it in some rice and leave for at least 48 hours. DO NOT attempt to turn on.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This will completely dry the phone out. It may work again after this but it isn't guaranteed.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If it doesn't work your only option is to buy a new phone without insurance as this is not covered by warranty</P> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:08:42 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Archived-Posts/My-phone-got-wet-for-5-seconds-and-won-t-work/m-p/970745#M255011 BrendonH 2020-10-25T13:08:42Z