How to save a wet cell-phone?

How to save a wet cell-phone?

After having a few terrible monsoons in India, (and floods and tsunamis and all sorts of crazy things…) the question “How to save your wet cell phone?” is close to everyone’s heart!

Here we have given you a detailed guide that will tell you exactly what you can do to save your wet cell phone, and save 700 bucks in repairing cost, IFF you act fast enough! So, lets begin….Okay, so basically, there are two ways in which water, or some liquid can destroy your phone! First Way: If the phone is powered with the battery when it is wet, the water can “short-circuit” the phone! So, to solve this problem, you got to remove the battery, cut the power, and get rid of all the water. How to do this? Well, the best way to do this is explained below

Step 1: Get it out of the water as soon as possible (Obviously! Duh!)
The fact is that cell phones are designed to handle small amounts of water. So, if the cell phone is just slightly wet, nothing much will happen to it. The problem comes when the cell phone falls into a pool of water completely and the water gets into the cell phones circuit board. Then the cell phone gets “short-circuited” and it goes off! So, the point is, if you can avoid the cell phone from getting too wet, avoid it!

Step 2: Dismantle your phone
Remove the battery AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! Do not even waste time thinking about it! Just do it! It is very likely that your phones circuits have survived. But, if they are still powered by the battery, they will short-circuit when the moisture reaches them! So you have to cut the power. You must remove the battery.Remove the SIM card and the front panel and back panel and any other part of the phone that can be removed! Basically, as we said earlier, dismantle every piece of the phone that can be dismantled!

Step 3: Dry everything that you can manually..
Use a tissue or a soft cloth to wipe every part of the phone you can wipe and remove all the water of the surface of all the pieces of the phone.

Step 4: Be patient and let the phone dry! (The hard part)
Now it is VERY important that you DO NOT try to put in the battery and switch on the phone! Let all the parts be dismantled and let the phone dry. This is a hard thing to do. You will have a constant temptation to put the battery back in “just to see” if the phone is okay. But, DO NOT do this! Leave the phone in pieces and let all the pieces dry. Once of the best ways to dry your phone is to put your phone on the “heat vents” on the back of your computer of your TV! Just incase you are confused about what “heat vents” are, here is an image of heat vents behind the TV…

Turns out, the amount of heat coming from the “heat vents” is just the perfect amount required to fix your phone! So place all the pieces of the phone carefully over the heat vents such that the wet insides of the phone are exposed to the heat.Please Note: Heat other parts of the phone on the “heat vents”, but do not heat the phone’s battery! If you heat the battery, it is likely that the battery will leak and get spoilt. How long should you leave it on the heat vents? For at least 2-3 days!
Step 5: Test your phone

After 3 days of patient waiting and letting your phone dry, now you could try to put in the battery and all other parts and test your phone. If it works, hurray! If it does not, switch it off quickly and let it dry for some more time. Give it a day or so…if you have the patients!
However: This way of saving your phone may not work if the phone got wet in a liquid containing salts, sugar or minerals etc. So, incase you dipped your phone in sea water, boring water, a cup of coffee or tea etc. you need to use the “alcohol” method…

ALCOHOL METHOD

If you think the liquid in which your phone has fallen is saline, or containing salts or sugars or minerals (like sea water, coffee etc.), using only the previous method will not do. You will need to do a little bit extra to save your phone!
How do you get rid of the salts, sugars and minerals?
After you dismantle the pieces of your wet phone and remove the battery, try to put the pieces as fast as possible in a bowl of “alcohol”! I know this seems a little scary. I know you are afraid of taking an already wet and damaged phone and putting it into alcohol, but trust us, it’s a good idea!
Why alcohol?

Well, all the water/liquid in the phone (along with the salts, sugars and minerals) will dissolve in the alcohol. The alcohol is supposed to be “hygroscopic”. It means that the alcohol attracts water.
So now, once the phone is soaked in the alcohol, you should try to drain out as much alcohol as possible just by moving the phone around. Having done this, only little alcohol will remain on the insides of the phone. And this alcohol should dry up quite quickly, since alcohol evaporates at room temperature.

Note: If you feel that there is a lot of sugar clogged in the phone (from tea/coffee or some other drink..) you should get your self a bottle of "distilled" water. Let your phone soak in it. The sugars will likely dissolve in the "distilled" water and drip out of the phone.
Where do you get a bottle of distilled water from?
Ask an electrician. Distilled water is generally used for your home inverter batteries, so a local electrician will probably know where to get it in your area.

Fianlly: You could once again dry your phone in the “heat vents” of the computer or TV and wait for at least 2-3 days before you put in the battery and power up the phone.
In most cases, if you act fast enough, these methods will save your phone. But, if it does not, try taking it to your dealer. Sometimes they have a “quick fix”. As a last resort, go to the phone repair guys!
Best Of Luck
Jai Hind.

Creating a cleaning schedule...for a fast PC!

As we have said before, cleaning can take some time to accomplish, but you don’t need to do the cleaning all at once. You can break up the big job of cleaning into smaller, more manageable tasks. Do a little here and a little there until you’re done cleaning completely.
In reality, cleaning is never done completely — it should be done continuously. If you set up a schedule for your cleaning, your system can remain clean and you lower the chance of having a messed-up computer. So what type of schedule should you set up for cleaning? In this article we have told you about things you can do once a week and once a month to keep your system clean.
Weekly Tasks!
Got some spare time on your hands today? The following list explains just five things that you can do in just 10 or 20 minutes to help make your system cleaner. Try to do these at least once every week:Clean the trash: To empty your computer trash, right-click your Recycle Bin (on the Desktop) and choose Empty.
Eliminate unneeded e-mail messages: Go to your e-mail program and empty the e-mails from three areas: Sent Items, Deleted Items, and Junk E-mail. (These names are typical in Outlook; the folder names may be different in your e-mail program.) Note: In some cases you may want to keep some of your e-mails in your “Sent Items” folder for example. Please do so. Do not delete things just because we tell you to do so!
Delete unused programs: Choose “Start >Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs” to open the Add/Remove Programs window. Examine the programs listed there and see if you can delete any. If you don’t use it any more, you should delete it. It is important to be brave here. You might not want to delete any programs even if you have not used them for the last 3-4 months. But you must delete them. Many times you will find programs that you used many months ago for some particular task and do not use any more. Delete these programs. You can always re-install them. We know that takes time to re-install, but think of the time these installed programs take by slowing down your computer each day. So delete them. Be brave.
Clean out the Web cache: The Web cache is your system’s storage of files downloaded from the Internet. Why are they downloaded? So that next time you visit the site, the site is completely stored on your system and everything goes faster! However, you must delete these files from time to time because if you don't the build up and eat a large part of your systems space. Exactly how to remove your web cache depends on the type of browser you have. In Internet Explorer you choose “Tools>Internet Options” to display the Internet Options dialog box. Select the General tab and click Delete Files.
Clean out the root directory: Every drive has a root directory, the place at the top of the drive’s file hierarchy. For instance, the root directory for the C: drive is C:\. All paths for other files and folders start with the root directory.You can clutter up your root directory, putting lots of files and folders there, but doing so can really slow down your system and make it much less organized. Periodically clearing out your root directory helps prevent this slowdown and disorganization. Take a look at the files and folders stored there. If possible, move the files elsewhere or delete them. The only folders that should be in the root directory are those that represent major data divisions. Move folders of lesser importance further down in the hierarchy.
These are just some small tasks that you must do weekly to keep your systems performance up. However, there are some more important tasks that you must do at least once a month to keep your system from breaking down. They are explained in the next section.

Before you do anything! - Precautions!

THIS BLOG IS IN CONTINUTION OF MY PREVIOUSE BLOG - How to clean up your Windows XP? . ........... So Please read it first........

Here are some basic precautions or rules to follow so that you do not damage your computer in the process of cleaning it up!Don’t delete files without knowing what you are deleting:When cleaning up your system, you are going to delete many files. However, do not delete a file if you do not know what it is. If you are in doubt, simply move the file to a different directory. If everything goes well and nothing stops working, then you know that you can safely delete the file. If something stops working, then you can always move that file back to it’s original location. Make periodic backups of your system: If you’re getting ready to do a huge cleaning session, you might want to make a backup all your valuable information before you start.
How to backup valuable information?
It’s pretty simple. Just take all the files and data that is important to you and burn it on a CD, DVD, Zip Drive whatever. That’s all. You need to do this kind of backup form time to time whether or not you are “cleaning up” your system. You never know when a computer will stop working and you will loose all your valuable data.
Be careful how you delete programs: In the days of DOS, programs usually consisted of a couple of files or all the files in a given directory. It is not so in Windows. When you install a program, the installation program can move pieces and parts all over the system. Because of that, the best way to delete a program is to use either the "uninstaller" provided with the software or the "Add/Remove Programs" applet in the "Control Panel". Don’t just delete the main folder of the program — pieces and parts will remain scattered all over your system.If a new icon shows up on your desktop suddenly, don’t double-click it: If you don’t know why it’s there, someone (or some program) has possibly put it there. If you don’t know what it does, DO NOT double-click it and run it? Its most likely some sort of virus.
Use Windows System Restore Utility:
System restore is a Windows XP utility that basically lets you go back in time! Suppose you change some delicate Windows settings and your computer does not work properly, then you can use system restore to change the settings back to the original settings and make everything work properly again. Using System Restore:Before you make any major changes on your computer or delete any risky files or change any major settings, you must use System Restore to create a “restore point”. The restore point basically is a note of all the systems settings etc. before you made the changes. If something goes wrong, you can use this restore point to get things back to normal. Setting a restore point:
Choose Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
The System Restore window appears.
Select the “Create a Restore Point” radio button and click Next.
Enter a description for the restore point and click Create. You do not need to type in anything technical in the “Desctiption”. It’s just the name of the restore point so that you can use the restore point in the future. So just put in some simple descriptive term or phrase that you can remember.
In a few moments you’re notified that the restore point is created.
If something goes wrong and you need to restore your system…
Choose Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore and start System Restore
In the first program window, select the “Restore My Computer to an Earlier Time” option and click Next.
A calendar appears, revealing all the available restore points.
Click any date shown in bold. The right side of the screen shows the description of the restore points available for that date.
Pick the restore point desired and click Next.
When prompted, confirm that you want to do a restore.
When you confirm, System Restore sets another restore point before actually doing the restore you want. It does this so that you can undo the restore you’re about to do if need be.
After a reboot, your system behaves exactly as it did when the selected restore point was set.
Having understood the basic precautions that you must take, let us take a look at a simple cleaning schedule that you can implement in your busy schedule to keep your computer running fast!
Creating a cleaning schedule...for a fast PC!

How to clean up your Windows XP?

Is your Windows XP too slow?
Do all the programs take a minute or so to start?
Does your computer take amount 15-20 mins to start up?
You need to clean it up!
You need to speed it up!
You need to do the required maintenance!

This article will show you how to do this!
However, cleaning up your system is a boring and time-consuming task. To help you decide whether cleaning your system is worth the effort, we have given you the “Pro’s & Con’s” of cleaning your system! This should help you decide whether you want to actually put in the time and effort and clean your system!
The Pros
The benefits of cleaning up your system, are listed here:Speed: A clean system runs faster than one that needs cleaning. Do you remember when you got your PC? It ran very fast. If your system stays clean, you shouldn’t notice it running any slower over time. Unfortunately, most systems don’t stay clean and require attention. Give it that attention — do the cleaning — and your system can run just as fast as it did the day you got it.Reliability: A huge benefit of a clean system is that it is more reliable than one that is not clean. If you do not clean your system, over time it becomes unstable. Unstable systems crash. Unstable systems have a tendency to lose data. Unstable systems are a real pain. Clean your system, and you should see stability. Stress reduction: Having a clean system can reduce stress and provide peace of mind. How so? Consider the worry you would have if a virus infected your system, or if you weren’t sure that the financial data on it was safe…you know what we mean! Worry comes in all shapes and sizes. If you clean your computer, you have a better control on what’s on your computer and how it’s being used.Economics: Cleaning your computer can save you money — sometimes lots of money. “Running low on space? Get a new drive! Computer running slow? Get a new system!” That is the general thinking that most people have. Some of those new drives and new systems would have been unnecessary had the users done just a little cleaning.
The Cons
Time-consumption: Cleaning your computer takes time. You probably have little time right now. Cleaning your computer can take anywhere from a small amount to a substantial amount of time.How much time will your clean-up take? We can’t answer that, but we can say be prepared for a time commitment and be patient — your time will pay off in the end when your computer is running more smoothly. You don’t have to do all the cleaning together, although you could. You can spend the time over a period of days or weeks, as the time becomes available. We have showed you how to "schedule your cleaning" later in this article.
The bother: We won’t lie to you — cleaning up your computer can be a boring. But we encourage you to not procrastinate cleaning; don’t put it off!
So, what say? Are you going to clean your system? We HIGHLY recommend that you do! But before you start deleting files and cleaning up your system, you first need to take some precautions and learn some basics of system maintenance!

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