Imagine this: you are walking by the pool or taking a trip through the bathroom with your phone in your hand. Then, all of a sudden you hear a splash. Your phone flew out of your hand into the water.

After panicking and involuntarily jumping into the pool or sticking your hand in the toilet trying to save your phone from damage, you must act quickly to prevent a shortage or even more damage from occuring in your phone.

Once you take your phone out of the water, dry it off and turn it off immediately. This action will prevent the water from shorting any of the circuits. If the phone is off, there is less of a chance of damage occurring.

Then, take a q-tip and sweep as much water out as you can from the headphone jack, speakers and around the buttons. After you are finished drying it, put your phone in a plastic bag full of rice. Make sure to squeeze the air out of the bag and seal it tightly. The rice will help soak up any excess water left in the phone.

Keep your phone in the bag of rice for 24 hours.  After the 24 hours passes, take your phone out of the bag and use a toothpick or a needle to remove the pieces of rice that get stuck in the headphone jack or the charger area.

Then, turn on your phone and hope for the best results.