[Peaches]

Rescue a Wet Cell Phone

So you dropped your cell phone in the toilet. Or left it out in the rain. Or ran it through a load of whites. Hey, it happens. Before slinking into the phone store for a replacement, try bringing your drowned device back to life. First, remove the battery (which may need to be replaced). If your phone has a memory card, take that out, too--it should be fine once it dries. Submerge the phone in a bowl of dry rice, cover it, and leave it overnight. The rice should suck out the moisture from the phone's innards. Pop in a new battery, and you might just be back in business.

[darkerside04]

This is excellent advice, and I've heard the same thing from a couple news sources.

Also, I was told to use a vacuum after the battery is taken out and the phone is turned off Before you do the rice.

[arachnid40]

I have done that, took it apart as far as I could and put it in a bowl of rice over night. Works great still.