If the smartphone has fallen into the water, it cannot be turned on immediately, but must first be dried. This was stated by the head of the analytical department of AMarkets Artem Deev.
“It is categorically impossible to turn it on, it threatens with a short circuit. If it was turned on before, the smartphone must be turned off and the battery for drying, as well as the SIM card, must be removed. The device itself, the battery and the SIM card must dry for at least a day, “Gazeta.Ru quotes the specialist.
Deev also added that one cannot follow the advice of bloggers and dry the smartphone on a battery or lower it, for example, in rice.
“After drying, you need to insert the battery, SIM-card and try to turn on the device. If the screen does not respond and the sensitivity has disappeared, then there is only one option – to carry the device to the service, ”the expert summed up.
We will remind, earlier Android users were warned about the virus stealing bank passwords. According to cyber experts, the Vulture malware is capable of stealing logins and passwords from banking applications and e-wallets. However, for the virus to work, the user's permission to remotely access the smartphone is required, 360 TV channel reports.