Myth on the test bench

Can YouTube save your phone from water damage?

After broken displays and defective batteries and buttons, water damage is one of the most common types of smartphone damage.(Bild: Sheviakova)

Millions of smartphone users turn to YouTube for help with water damage. Special videos promise to remove the water from the devices. But can this really work?

All it takes is a moment's carelessness in the bathroom or toilet or a sudden downpour and your smartphone is wet and, in the worst case, inoperable. This actually happens more often than you might think: according to a Statista survey, water or moisture damage after display breakage and defective batteries and buttons are among the most common smartphone damages.

But what should you do if your device has taken an involuntary dip and no longer works as it should? According to hundreds of thousands of YouTube users, a video could be the solution ...