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Originally Posted by skysidhe
Drying out a wet phone with a hair dryer is often a first impulse, but heat can damage the phone even more.
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If a hairdryer could harm a cell phone, then burned hair and blistered foreheads is also a common safety threat.
Problem drying electronics is the membrane switch. Each button is a little air cavity that must be completely dry. Once water gets in, switch membrane must be removed and dried.
What causes roads to dry after rain? Heat? No, airflow causes most drying. Problem with drying electronics is to get airflow of dry air. Have tried some other tricks such as putting electronics inside a vacuum bag (chamber) to repeatedly remove and release air into electronics. Eventually it will work. But too much work. Easier was to simply remove and dry the switch membrane.
Heat from a hairdryer is a perfectly normal and ideal temperature to electronics. Those who know by ignoring numbers never learned that; instead entertain their emotions rather than learn facts.