Water Damage Repair in Manchester
Dropped it in the sink, the bath or a pint? Do not charge it and do not put it in rice. Our assessment is £25, No Fix No Fee applies, and the sooner we get it the better the odds.
Signs You Have This Problem
Liquid damage is a race against corrosion. These are the signs, and speed genuinely matters.
Screen misted, blotchy or showing lines
Moisture has reached behind the display. The screen may work now and fail days later as corrosion spreads.
Muffled or crackling speaker
Water trapped in the speaker mesh distorts sound. Sometimes it clears, often it does not.
Charging refused or a liquid warning
Modern phones detect moisture in the port and block charging to protect the board. That warning is protecting your phone, so do not override it.
Works fine, then dies days later
This is the classic pattern. Corrosion keeps eating the board after the phone dries, which is why a phone that seems fine still needs cleaning.
What Causes It
The water itself is not what kills a phone. The damage comes from what is dissolved in it. Tap water, seawater, coffee and beer all leave conductive salts and sugars behind on the circuit board as they evaporate, and those deposits create tiny short circuits and eat through solder joints over the following days and weeks. That is why a phone can survive the dunking and then fail a fortnight later, and it is also why rice does nothing useful. Rice absorbs a little ambient moisture but cannot touch the residue that is already inside the phone doing the damage.
How We Fix It
Assessment is £25 and includes a full ultrasonic clean where the phone is a candidate for it. If we cannot bring it back, No Fix No Fee means you pay nothing beyond that.
The single most useful thing you can do is switch it off and leave it off, then get it to us. We open the phone, disconnect the battery to stop current flowing across wet circuitry, and clean the board properly, usually ultrasonically, to lift the corrosive residue rather than just drying it. We then test the phone section by section and tell you honestly what has survived and what has not. Some phones come back perfectly. Some have specific failed components we can replace. A few are beyond economic repair, and we will say so plainly rather than spending your money on a lost cause. In every case we can attempt data recovery first if your photos matter most.
Water Damage Repair FAQs
Should I put it in rice?
My phone is water resistant. Am I safe?
Can you get my photos back?
It fell in and still works. Do I need anything done?
Get It Sorted Today
Free collection across Greater Manchester, most repairs returned the same day. Or visit us at 5 Piccadilly Place, Aytoun Street, by appointment.