Can we just appreciate the fact that he dumped FIVE PHONES into water for an hour just so he could show us this?!?!?!? Legend.

In four minutes you have helped so much. NO BS build up why you're doing the video. No filler, just fact. good editing and great presentation. Perfect.

The vacuum idea is so simple it’s brilliant.

Chris! You are a genius! I had watched numerous videos and google searched commentary on how to revive my somewhat water logged cell phone which had gone into catastrophic failure while taking a no start-up possibly terminal nap. I had managed to drop my phone into the toilet...rather quickly retrieving it as it meandered towards the bottom...definitely fully submersed. In total denial of my stupid move I cleaned up the phones exterior...it was still momentarily operational and I thought I had dodged a bullet...but not so fast. The next morning it was in total fail mode..no life whatsoever. Hence my search for a revival answer as thoughts of $500 plus outlay for a new phone wafted through my consciousness. Your sock idea was pure genius...I decided that a little bit more warmth might be in order but not too much and plenty of easy, warming air...so I used a hair dryer set on low speed and low temp . I did this for three hours all the while rotating the phone within the sock. Low and behold this worked perfectly...phone immediately restarted and has never been better! I am now a fully subscribed follower and will look forward to future pearls of wisdom...thanks again.

Finally somebody with a scientific approach, experimenting rather than regurgitating what they saw online.

At the world needed him most, He vanished.

The sock + vacuum method worked perfectly for me!! Thank you so much for doing these experiments. You've put this age-old question to rest! Bravo!

You have done a detailed analysis and study, yet the video is very short, to the point, and giving precise information. That is what I really liked! A lot of information in very little time!

The vacuum idea worked! Moisture entered my phone somehow - it could be visible under the camera lenses covers, and after a while the screen stopped working. After a few hours of blowing in the sock, the water was gone and the screen is back on. Thank you Chris!!!

Still blown away that you get "thumbs down" from a few people on every video. Your vids helped entertain me through my 6 month furlough from work. Thanks for all you do!

I’ve just discovered your videos, great editing. The main principles of design and engineering is your sense of wonder!

You are a genius! Had my phone in rice for 4 days but to no avail. Decide to watch a vid before buying a new phone and BOOM, phone fixed after a quick vacuum. Will never bother with rice again

Thank you so very much Chris. My husbands, less than 24hr new phone down the toilet. Didn’t have a reversible vacuum so used your method with a warm hairdryer, nothing to lose. Ran it for 15 minute increments so as not to overheat. In 2 hrs it worked. You truly are his saviour. Many many thanks.

This guy is awesome! I almost went the rice route. I need my phone to scan a passport to get out of the country. This is a godsend. My camera is foggy inside

Hey Chris, thanks so much for this. I did all the things you're not supposed to do after dropping your phone in water like continuing to use it without drying it off, making calls, taking pictures and trying to charge it before not turning it off first. It was only when I tried to reboot that it got stuck in the infinite boot loop spiral of death....😱or so it felt. After a day of rice drying and no joy, I found your post. So, I gave it a try using the vacuum first to suck out the water inside. Then, I used a hair drier on low and 'cool' setting for two hours. I know some say don't use a hair dryer, but this never got hot since it has a cool air setting. After that, I was afraid to turn it on thinking too much damage had already been done. But then it booted up and started working!!! Thank you so much! I'm not sure rice could have ever worked in this case.😁👍👍👊

The vaccum cleaner idea worked liked a charm! Thanks for this.

So helpful! I love that you get right to the point and clearly explain and demonstrate what is being done. The way you display your results: nice! The camera angles and close ups of specific product info: fantastic. GREAT TUTORIAL, HELPFUL INFO, WELL DONE! THANK YOU. I'm off to vacuum my phone now!

As a Phone Tech, the "rice fixes wet phones" BS drives me CRAZY ! Thank you for helping destroy this idiotic rumour !

As usual, brilliant! Thanks for doing all the "risky" foot work! :). I hope no electronic devices were harmed in the making of this demonstration:)

After 6 days of no luck getting my phone to function properly due to some water damage, the vacuum method had it up and running in a couple of minutes! Seriously, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

This is great, thank you! Appreciate the scientific method.

Great idea! but as a professional mobile phone technician i can confirm that the best and quickest way to clean water out is by dismantling the phone, using a hairdryer to dry the water out and then using isopropyl alcohol to clean the components as water leaves mineral deposits which can corrode the motherboard and ruin the device.

This video is the ultimate and my favourite guide on what to do if your phone gets water inside of it. My phone had water damage and couldn’t switch on so i used the vacuum both ways as you explained in the video and my phone switched on about 25 minutes later. Thank you so much for doing this. So informative and helpful.

Another triumph for Chris' methodology!! My S21Ultra went through a full wash cycle, then 5 minutes in the dryer. Everything still worked perfectly, but the camera had hishly visible bubbles over the lenses and only showed dim poor resolution pictures. With only 2 hours on the shop vac exhaust in a sock, all bubbles were gone and the photos were back to original quality. Just fantastic! I was skeptical of most KZfaq methods I saw, but Chris has a totally pragmatic and systematic approach to finding the right solution -- and he did it. Great job, Chris!

Brilliant! Thank you!! You saved my iPhone X. I did the vacuum trick, followed by a sock over the end of a leaf blower [didn't have a shop vac] and then two days in front of a fan. I was about to give up when suddenly it came back to life!!

I got water inside my go pro....I used a fan and then put it inside my humidity controlled cabinet where I store my cameras and lenses. It took about a day. While most people may not have one, it works well if you do. Thanks for sharing.

After so many years still making amazing videos. I remember showing your smoking video in health class like 2 years ago.

WOW! I have used a hairdryer on my phone and it was pretty good. But the vacuum, both sucking and blowing, was brilliant!

People who r watching this with water in their speaker

I tried the "vacuum and sock method" a while ago. For the first 20 minutes, the condensation on my phone camera lens was gone but it came back after 2 minutes so I turned on the vacuum again for 30 minutes and the condensation was gone again but it came back after 5 minutes but much lesser this time. Put it on for another 15 minutes. The condensation was gone and it's been 8 minutes and it hasn't come back yet and hopefully, may it never come back at all. Thank you so much sir. Subscribed!

Never would have thought just a fan would be the winner. Haven't seen newer videos than 5 months, I hope you plan to make more. Please keep broadcasting!!

Thank you so much i was just going to put my phone in a bag of rice. I used the vacuum on it just sucking and because i did not have the ability to blow warm air from it i put a heater on the lowest setting and put the phone in a thick sock and put it on the top moving it around often and within an hour it came back. Its an oldish phone but it had photos on it so i have been able to retrieve these brilliant thank you!

I went canyoning with some friends last weekend and thought that a waterproof case from Amazon would keep my phone safe. A knock on rock while climbing a waterfall blew the case open and I ended up with a water logged phone not that different from the video here. I took inspiration from the solution proposed at the end and resolved the issue using a sock and a hairdryer. Would never have thought about it had I not seen this video. It got a bit stressful this morning because my phone kept on restarting on it's own and it wasn't able to detect my sim card either. Thank you very much for making this video. I hope others in a similar predicament will find this link in their moment of need.

Another awesome video! Chris Notap ROCKS! 👍🏼

Awesome Chris, dropped mine in water, tried hair dryer, rice etc, watched this vid and did the vac thing and phone started working in about 30 seconds while I was vaccing it...sweeeet !! and thanks again

Thank you so much for the vacuum cleaner trick. Saved my phone. 😊

Wow this man saved my life, 2 months ago i dropes my phone in the lake while retrieving a drone. I had no hope that it will work however… After having it in a shopvac in a sock for 4 ours. I found out only the screen broke. I accidentally opend spotify and it works😂. Im getting the screen fixed tomorrow ill keep you guys updated. I recommend this method to anyone!!!

Me after dumping my phone like 5 seconds : *panik* Him dumping his phone for hours : *kalm*

Brilliant! And sensible (which is even better). I enjoy your videos so much.

This is the best video on this subject I’ve seen. Straight into testing and even gave some great ideas I haven’t seen anywhere else

You my friend are a phone saver 😉 thanks for the tips!

Or you can rest your damp phone behind your computer fan output while you work at the computer (the warm air dries it quickly due to low humidity ratio). I like the initial vacuum idea though to remove the initial majority of water.

Thank you Chris. I learned something new today. This is very good to know. 👍👍

Thanks for the video and information, CHRIS NOTAP

OMG thank you so much!!! I was about to use rice until I came across your video. My so dropped his iPhone 10 in water and using your v Shop vacuum technique we waited about 2.5hrs and whalla his ph worked just fine. Thank you so much!!!! Saved me $1000!!

I used a hair dryer on low heat. I first opened up the phone, There wasn't any visible water, but it was dropped into a sink of water for a couple seconds and started acting up.. I couldn't turn it off, So I disconnected the battery inside. (Iphone 6s) I hair dried it for a bit. Then I saw your video. I put it in a pillow case bungee corded the nozzel and ran it for a couple hours. It worked, Thank you! This is a good education in Electronics, PC boards can actually be submerged in water, as long as after its completely dry everywhere in the sockets and such, completely desicated, you can plug it in and it should work. PS it can take some heat. It is soldered at pretty high temperatures. You just have to not melt the thing especially the battery.,

Absolute legend for the sock trick. Saved me BIG time.

Very clever. You never cease to amaze me...

One of the BEST VIDEOS I have ever come across to help me dry my phone. Thanks so much. I'm glad I found you before I put my phone in rice. You're so thorough. I really appreciate all you did to make this video so AWESOME!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THIS VIDEO SAVED MY PHONE AND SAVED ME THOUSANDS FOR PHONE SERVICE. Hours ago, my phone fell into the water. I immediately browsed on KZfaq and I'm glad to have bumped into this video 😭 what a savior! Thank you Chris!

Big thanks man .. did it for the wife's mobile phone.. you are a real lifesaver ❤❤👍😂😂

More than perfect ! Just in few minutes. Thank you.

I honestly came here sceptical, but man is that vacuum such a brilliant idea, my phone is currently in rice as I'm typing this.

Heat will speed up the process no matter which method you use. Mine was under water for 20 minutes and all I had was the sun to dry it out so I shook it and sucked on it with my mouth and set it in the sun for 10 minutes then let it cool off and set it in the sun again. Slow but effective . . . I was backpacking so I had no vacuum or fan or any of the other items. It took about 4 hrs to dry it out to the point that it worked again. One way to find out if it is dry is to put it in a plastic container with a lid, warm it up in the sun for 1/2 an hr and then put it in the refrigerator for 1/2 an hr. If moisture condenses on the plastic container, dry it and repeat the process until no more condensation appears.

Makes a lot of sense. I'm going to try it right now. Thanks for sharing.

I had no hopes until I saw this video It fixed my problem immediately Thanks a lot 🙏

i would honestly want this guy as my grandpa, hes so wholesome lol

Hey Chris... Thank-you sooo much! My girlfriend dropped her phone in boiling water today.I doubled up sock and taped it to the end of a hair dryer on the cool setting for a couple of hours....went from black screen to up and running again!!!🙏😊

My little princess just dropped her tablet into the bath. Was going the rice route but found your video and giving the vacuum a go.

Great video! Thanks for doing all of that experimenting!

Chris, I've used a "De-Humidifier" to remove moisture as well, never had the opportunity with a phone but I'm sure it would be effective.

Thanks for the videos, I've learned a lot from them. I'm struggling to replace a dimmer switch on a zadro makeup mirror and after watching your conversion video I thought you might be able to help me to replace a dimmer switch that's wired to the dimmable ballast and the 22 watt fluorescent bulb.

It works....Thanks Chris for sharing the best solution. Cheers!

Thanks for taking the time and the tips.

Oh wow good to know! I just subscribed today after the DIY bird feeder video with the pipes, it’s fantastic and I hope you could upload more like it! ❤️

Chris - Have used rise in the past with mixed success. Next time I need to dry something I will try your method. Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you.

Thank you, that's a fantastic video. You're helping a lot of people. Thanks again.

You have great ideas on here always. I enjoy your videos

It's interesting to base it on the weight of the phone with the water inside. The silica being slower is interesting because I heard silica drew humidity out more/faster than rice did. It happened twice to my older phone that it got little water in it (first, by wet hand 2 years ago, then due to some rain), the screen went black, the touch sensor was still perfect (could "blindly" turn the flashlight on, the "I'm here" function could be stopped with a tap etc.). The rice seemed to help as it might have had not a lot of water in it. Also used hair dryer in cold mode. The screen came back after a night spent in rice. In my opinion, it could be still okay for small water inside overnight and fan + vacuum for when you are awake.

I use a similar method to clean and dry socks in five minutes when I’m traveling. I use the hotel hairdryer on socks I’ve washed out with soap and water in the bathroom sink. It’s so effective I am packing far fewer socks nowadays.

Thank you so much for showing me the great tips that saved my phone

Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.

OH, MAGOO, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN!

Great video! When will be your next video coming out?

Thank you it worked with the vacuum suction then then the fan, followed by heater fan. Thanks so much

Very good video! It's obvious invested many hours of work to put this video together. The vacuum idea was genius. Great job! Thank you, Chris!

Great idea!

YOU SAVED MY PHONE!!!!! The sock vacuum method is pure genius, i was having water inside the camera but after 3h was completely gone. THANK YOU MASTER 🙏

Thank you Chris. I used dehumidifier in the last step. After 3 hrs, my new camera comes back to life.

Thanks for the breakdown and tips...

For me, I left my phone in the snow for 2 and 1/2 hours. I have a Galaxy Note 9 so it's waterproof- and I also have an otterbox (one of the ones that just is like a normal case but that brand- not with all the holes covered and the screen covered as well) but I got moisture in my charging port sOO I put a fan up to it for an hour.

Bro you are a F*UCKING LIFE SAVER. My daughter dunked my phone in her bath water earlier so it immediately started to glitch after I got her out and eventually just went completely black with the touch still functional. To make a long story short I was trying everything from rice to a blow dryer with minimal progress and 30 minutes into the sock method my screen is back on and running perfectly 👌🏾

you’re the best and DETAILED Advice ever! So Genius Sir! Thanks much GOD bless!

Where has this channel been all my life!! ❤️ Google algorithm fail!

i just wanted to say a wee thank you so much for this video. after dropping my phone in water semi-briefly, i watched your video and drew out the water with the vacuum. then i didn't have a vacuum that would i could reverse the air flow, so following your trick i taped a pillow case to the out flow of air on a portable but proper dehumidifier (since it emits hot air). together they seem to have worked like a charm. thank you!

Oh my god thank you. The vacuum worked!!! I dropped my phone in the toilet and googled how to dry a phone and this video popped up. I tried the method he showed here with hands cupping the vacuum. and socks too. and man it worked !!!!! WOW YOU SAVED MY PHONE! Why couldn't I think of that? Brilliant!

the blowing method worked like a charm! thank you very much

wow! i've had people argue with me that rice is THE WAY to dry an important electronic device(phone), and they wouldn't listen to me. my experience in electronics and living in a dry desert climate has shown me otherwise to the methods that may work good in humid climates. now you're results reinforce what i've said cause it's true! thank you.

Hey chris hope your doing alright stay safe and i hope your family is safe 👍😄

The most important thing is removing the battery if possible. If it's not clean water (wine/juice/salt/etc) and it's important then get it to a professional that can pull it apart NOW, don't wait and see if it will be OK. If just water and battery removed you can put in the oven at low temp (around 60c) obviously make sure your oven is accurate! and shield from direct heat from element. But again: the most damage I see is from leaving the battery in or clients thinking they 'got away with it' and it dying a few days later

You Sir, are truly amazing. Reading online sources show that it takes 30mins-24 hours to dry your phone after it has been wet from the rain. I watched this 3 minute video and put my phone through a vacuum for 1 minute and now my phone is perfectly dry and charging like it is brand new! Thank you sir!

Thank you sir. This worked for my Samsung bud pro case and buds that I put in washing machine.

I went into a pool with my phone still in my pocket. I got it out quickly, but it still didn’t work. I had tried rice for a day with no results. After watching this video, I tried the vacuum technique. It worked!!

Since I was concerned with the solids in the water that might precipitate out, I soaked my device in distilled water a couple of times to "wash/dilute the" junk.

great video thank you. vacuum worked great only wish i did it two days sooner

Brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing! You're awesome.

time to send this video to everyone i know

Thanks for the video Chris! Might be a silly question but if my phone is back to weighing the spec weight, is it safe to be turned back on? It was in water for around 4 minutes and was turned off, vaccumed, and sat infront of a fan.

I love how you get straight to the point

Thank you so much! I dropped my phone in water for just 1 second, but that was enough to get a message that my usb c port was disabled. I turned off the phone, sucked out the ports with a vacuum like you showed, then did the sock method for 1 hour. After turning the phone back on, there is no more message and my usb c port charging and data transfer works! Thank you!