Dropped my phone in the ocean. took it out promptly, took out the battery and put it in rice overnight. any hope of surviving

If it has a battery you can take out, take it out. Keep the phone in a warm dry place and do the dry rice thing again for about 3 days before putting the battery back in.
Good luck

Dry your phone with simple towel. Then put your phone in a bag of rice for over 24 hours. Take out your phone and try to start it and see if it works. I am talking about phones in which battery can't be separated. If you could separate the battery then, dry it from outside then pull out the battery and dry gently inside then put it in a bag of rice overnight and start it next day.

Good luck!

i have used rice before in the pass an it ok it depends on how bad it is

Ok, keep it in the rice and also put teh phone itself into the rice for three or so days, then you may need a new battery if it got wet, but it should work fine

It most likely is dead. Whenever this happens you should immediately remove the battery. If that is not possible turn the phone off. From there, letting the phone dry by putting it in a Ziploc bag with rice for several days sometimes will fix the phone.
I once dropped mine in a pool. I popped the battery off, dried it out with the rice method and tried to get it working again. It did not work until I replaced the battery but the phone was fine after that.

turn the phone off, take out the battery - if you have one of those airtight bags - half fill it with uncooked rice and seal the phone in the bag and leave overnight.

Alternatively use a hairdryer on the phone for about 30 mins but don't put it so close that if overheats the phone....gently does it.

Regards....................B

Remove the battery and then immerse both the camera and the phone into a pound of dry uncooked rice for at least three days. The dry rice will **** all of the moisture out. After three days put in the battery and try it. If it works. problem solved. If not, remove the battery and stick it all back into the rice for a few more days.

I also dropped my Samsung Impression in the toilet, I immediately took the phone took the protective case off, took the battery cover off, and took the battery and my SIM card out and towel dried it as best as I could. Then I sat it on the floor next to my fan and let it dry until I got to my grandparents a little while later and I put it in a bowl of rice, completely covered the phone and battery with rice and left it sit overnight in the rice and all of the next day, so far i've had it on about 20 minutes and have had no problems with it so far, another solution is to sit it in the sun, to further dry it out. Water damage will void warranties on your phone and battery and your provider will know instantly if the damage was water related when they take your battery cover off, there is a small square sticker that when dry and hasn't touched water should be white, but as soon as it comes into contact with water it turns red, there is also one of these stickers on the battery. My stickers were red and after sitting in the rice they look like they got lighter in color considerably, I don't know if that is really possible but appearance wise it looks that way. I hope this helps anyone who has had this problem. Good Luck!

Get a bowl of rice. Remove the battery from the phone. Leave the phone back open. Put phone and battery in the bowl of rice, cover and leave overnight.

The rice will hopefully soak up any water inside the phone and battery. If this doesn't work there may be permanent damage to the phone from the water and charging afterwords.

iy may just need to be cleaned and dried out.