Dropped your phone into water, mud, soup, or even beer? Here’s how you might be able to save it

Redux

It seems that people drop their phones a lot, and they seem to drop them more often when they’re around the toilet, puddles, or even pints of beer. There are a number of tricks on the web that claim to be able to suck the moisture out of your device, but in my experience they have a less than 50:50 chance of working.

Enter Redux.

Redux is a lunchbox-sized device that can bring back to life liquid-damaged phones. The device has revived phones damaged by beer, mud, and even soup, and the company boasts a success rate of 84 percent.

Nearly 700 Verizon Wireless stores nationwide are now offering the Redux service.

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