Fairphone rain damage

[Stefan]

You should first read through this:

Fairphone got wet

My 2nd batch FP got wet in the rain. I removed the battery immediately and dried it. Now I put it into a sealed plastic bag together with a handful of silica packs (kindly provided by a store which sells watches). I switch it on every other day. After one week, I can still see white spots on bright parts of the display. Does anyone know if these are water inclusions? Or is the display damaged? My other question: I opened the phone and searched for a moisture indicator. There are two white stic…

Drying it for a few hours definitely is not enough. And if you use your phone while it is still wet, it can be that there is a short circuit and the phone is damaged.