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Originally Posted by eschwartz
For water-damaged electronics, you often hear the advice to leave it in a bag of uncooked rice, supposedly it draws the water out.
Alternatively, you can try returning it to Amazon and getting a replacement under warranty.
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Although rice can usually be found in everyone's house and is therefore free and instantly available, I have read that it is far from the best dessicant to use.
Much more potent are silica gel beads that are sometimes included in packages one receives when it's important that the item being shipped be kept mositure free. There are probably other substances besides silica gel available at stores that sell packing materials, but silica gel is the only one I can recall now.
As far as returning a water damaged electronic device, I remember reading that Apple puts a small paper strip in its devices that turns color when it gets wet. This enables Apple to refuse replacement of a device they would otherwise be willing to replace, since they have proof that the device was mistreated, albeit unintentionally, by the owner.
I have no idea if Amazon uses these strips. My guess is that they don't, because Kindles etc. are so much less expensive than Apple's and are important (primarily?) sales machines for Amazon Store products. But you never know. At least, I don't.