We’ve all done it. No one can deny that they’ve dropped valuable items in the toilet – whatever it may have been – and it’s an absolute heartbreak when it happens.

The worst thing that could slip into that porcelain abyss is your smartphone, as it almost always results in the funeral of your mobile device. That said, there are ways to help your anguish, as there are handy tips to help save your phone from its water-logged death.

While the above tips can help resurrect your phone, it’s never for certain, and let’s be honest, digging your hand into the toilet bowl is not a good look.

Instead, you could just insure your phone with Sure Thing, you know, before the bad thing actually happens.

SureThing is South Africa’s only insurance company for students and young South Africans, helping to cover all things portable and electronic. Precious personal items like your cellphone, tablet, laptop, e-reader or game console, for affordable prices.

So for a 64GB model of an iPhone 5, for example, it would only cost R140 per month, with a once off excess payment of R300 payment on claim.