On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:10:10 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:

On 07/13/2015 07:26 AM, bob_villa wrote:
On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 5:00:34 AM UTC-5, Seymore4Head wrote:

I have read that the best thing to do if you get your phone wet is to
not turn it on. Turning it on while wet could damage it more easily.
Use a vacuum cleaner and then bowl of rice.

The best thing is remove the battery and SIM card quickly, as most, if not all, cell phones are technically always on (like most things today, it's a "soft" off).


Considering "off", I once measured the electrical power used by a cable
box when "off". It was indistinguishable from the power it used when on.

One of my cell phones would go weeks without needing a charge when off

OTOH, my cordless phones don't even have a switch to turn them off.
They last 2 or 3 days now but they'd last 10 days or more if I could
turn them off. I'd still hear the ringers on the base station and the
western electric phone in the basement.