Wet Iphone help

[Viking Warrior]

Im sure im not alone. But I was climbing from a dinghy on to my girlfriends parents yacht when the dingy went from umder me and I fell in the sea.

 

Took me ages to clamber into the yacht, Sadly my iphone no longer works . I have tried to dry it out and its still completely dead.

 

Anybody got any advice on drying the thing out or getting it to work again

[CB Saint]

Oven, gas mark 4 for thirty minutes

 

Hth

[JPTCount]

I tried the oven with mine but no luck, 4 mins on high in microwave did the trick tho

[mcjwills]

Take it to the iphone shop ?

[Jillyanne]

Place it on a radiator for 20 mins, worked for mine, take sim out first though and put that on the radiator separately for 5 mins

[Saint-scooby]

DO NOT TRY AND TURN IT ON OR CHARGE IT

 

Ok is it a 3 or 4 ?

if its a 4 then remove the rear glass, two small screw next to the docking port TS1 driver

The back slides up, when thats off you will see the battery and several ribbon connections to the top.

its easy to remove the battery from there, leave it for a while in a warm place, if you give it a gentle shake you might get a few drops of water from around the midframe, if so keep drying it until they stop.

There is a very small moisture detector next to the battery, plus another one near the docking port, I guess as its been swimming its a no **** sherlock moment.

Check the top ribbon connections for any sign of damage, salt water is a killer

replace the battery and cover.

see if it will power up, if not " I will offer you £50 now to buy your old iphone

PM if you need anymore help

[doubleonothing]

Try this

 

http://www.save-a-phone.co.uk/articles_c89.aspx

 

Costs about £20 but a mate of mine used it recently and it worked for him. Take some time, but worth it.

[tony13579]

Check to see if any insurance covers the phone. House or some bank accounts etc

 

Go on to YouTube and see if there any instructional videos on de-salting and drying out an iPhone.

[HK_Phoey]

Trick I have tried a couple of times is to put it in the airing cupboard in a sealed container full of dried rice for three or four days. Worked for me.

[Nolan]

Was gonna say the same thing about the rice trick. That's worked for me before.

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[mdearlove]

Bag of rice worked for me after I jumped in a swimming pool and had a swim, then realised I still had by phone in my pocket. It took a few days but got there eventually

[Doctoroncall]

This may help prevent water damage although I'm not sure how long it lasts...

 

http://mobzilaa.com/hzo-protects-your-phone-from-water/

[Saintandy666]

Don't turn it on or charge it or do anything with it. Just put it in an airing cupboard for a week or two. If all the water is not gone before you use it, it could break properly somewhere down the line. Has worked for me in the past. Though I also hair-dried it for a couple of minutes instantly afterwards.

[sfc1971]

Rice works every time, remove battery and put both batt and phone in a pint glass fill with rice and leave in the warmest part of house for a few days it will work.

[hypochondriac]

I'll buy it off you for 80 quid.

[Cascadia Saint]

Rice. Don't put in the microwave for fuc k s sake.