It can be very difficult to discover that your cellular phone has been affected by water causing some costly damages to your phone. So how exactly can you determine if your phone has any water damage? Easily enough, every phone has been equipped with a little dot behind the battery of the phone that will turn red when it has been affected by water damage.

Not many people know about the little red dot of death, but it doesn't mean your phone is no good anymore. There could still be the luck that only a little amount of water got into your phone which turned the dot red, yet still allowing your phone to be functional.

So what exactly can cause water damage on your cellular phone? Just about any substance that is a liquid. Many people are known to accidentally drop their cellular phone into a puddle or forget it in their car with the windows open during a rainstorm causing the phone to get wet and be subjected to water damage.

Does this mean your phone is no longer useable? No, if you catch it on time you could actually save your cellular phone. If you accidentally dropped your cellular phone in a puddle or some area of water quickly take the battery out of the phone and turn your phone to have the buttons facing the ground. This allows the water to travel away from all the mechanisms of the phone that make it work. With the battery out as well, it will not be functioning even if the phone is off. It is still pulling juice from the battery causing it to most likely stop working if you leave it in.

Water damage is difficult to avoid especially if you are clumsy and tend to drop your cellular phone many times a day. So let me put some steps together for you to help you restore your cellular phone after being affected by water damage:

* Remove the battery from the phone.

* If you have a SIM card in your phone remove it.

* Place the phone on its front with buttons facing ground lying down (if it's a flip phone open it up and have it lying down with buttons facing ground as well).

* Leave cellular phone like this for a few days.

* Replace the battery into phone after several days and only when everything is dry.

* Attempt turning the phone on (if it doesn't turn on right away try plugging in as battery may be dead).

* If phone does not turn on, it is no longer functional.

Some things you will not want to do to your cellular phone if it has been affected by water damage is taking an item that pushes out air to the phone, such as a blow dryer or fan. This will not speed up the drying process but it will just push the water around causing worse water damage to your phone.

Any liquid substance easily affects cellular phones and this could stop your phone from functioning properly. The best way to avoid your phone from ever being affected by water damage is just keeping it away from water entirely. I know this might be difficult, but it is doable.