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justinlansdale · 07-06-2009, 03:07 PM

I just got in from fishing my Iphone out of my pool....

Anyone have any luck after submerging their phones in water?

I put it in rice and it's sitting outside airing out, i'm hoping this thing will still work.

Erik · 07-06-2009, 03:09 PM

never heard of the rice thing. i just let my phones air out for like, a good few days. no moisture at all or the things toast. although i had a nextel phone get submerged three seperate times, never even turned off. worked fine. until i flipped it open and broke the screen off. damn indestructables.

92sileighty · 07-06-2009, 03:15 PM

i've been tackled into a pool while textin, somehow my phone lives on without a problem though. good luck to ya

KrautFed20V · 07-06-2009, 03:25 PM

at work we have a pretty high success rate of reviving wet phones in a 176 degree F oven for about an hour, however we remove the batteries beforehand

lownslow95 · 07-06-2009, 03:28 PM

I've set my previous phone in a little puddle of water, charger side down. I realized it when it was to late that there was water in there, took it out, and it said it was charging, when there clearly was no charger hooked up to it.

poolmike · 07-06-2009, 03:41 PM

Remove whatever covers, batteries, whatever, that you can and blow it out, then let it air dry. I have more experience in this field than I really want to admit.

Drftpretty · 07-06-2009, 03:44 PM

Bucket of rice, let sit in sun for a week with no battery or SIM, buy a new battery on amazon.com. I've dropped my blackberry in the pool twice and it works both times.

Vypurr · 07-06-2009, 03:44 PM

The rice trick has always worked like a champ for me!

doug · 07-06-2009, 03:45 PM

iphones don't have any covers or anything.. lol. and the batteries dont come out with ease.

id say let it sit out in the sun for a while.

evomike · 07-06-2009, 03:59 PM

I did it like 3 times, I usually just leave it in the paint booth all day and it always works.

GOULET · 07-06-2009, 04:00 PM

dont lie. you dropped it in the toilet. got insurance? just get a new phone.

evomike · 07-06-2009, 04:04 PM

If its an iphone he has no insurance and its probably like 4 to 600 or something crazy

DPancoast · 07-06-2009, 04:15 PM

You can take apart an iPhone and have the sim battery put in less than 30 mins if you take your time. Just don't use it for a week. Anything you can do to dry out everything (like taking it apart) will improve your chances.

JSpecV03 · 07-06-2009, 04:34 PM

i dropped my blackberry in the sink once, it worked out for a few days till things started going wrong with it. is your phone insured?

justinlansdale · 07-06-2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSpecV03

i dropped my blackberry in the sink once, it worked out for a few days till things started going wrong with it. is your phone insured?

it is not insured, it's an iphone. it's been sitting in rice for a few hours now, i had it outside in the hot weather earlier, i'm really crossing my fingers that this **** works, i can't afford a new phone right now..

92sileighty · 07-06-2009, 04:46 PM

electronics can get wet, as long as they do not function while they are wet they should be fine. just make sure you do what most people have already said and wait a couple days before turning it on.

JSpecV03 · 07-06-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by justinlansdale

it is not insured, it's an iphone. it's been sitting in rice for a few hours now, i had it outside in the hot weather earlier, i'm really crossing my fingers that this **** works, i can't afford a new phone right now..

oh wow, usally most phones have insurance contracts you can take with the phone. when i had to replace mine, i had to go through this company called asurion, sucks that the iphone dont have a insurance throught at&t

justinlansdale · 07-06-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 92sileighty

electronics can get wet, as long as they do not function while they are wet they should be fine. just make sure you do what most people have already said and wait a couple days before turning it on.

sounds good.

Soon2bG60 · 07-06-2009, 04:56 PM

Dropped my instint in a cup of water before, took it apart, put it in a box of rice, under a head lamp for about a day, took my time, put it back together and it works great!

99SL2_Modder · 07-06-2009, 05:05 PM

I dropped my old mogul in a puddle.

Killed the top slide section. None of the buttons would work and neither would the touch screen. Took it apart, cleaned up some corrosion from a bunch of contacts using QDEC and a tiny wire brush, aired it out, sprayed it all down with more QDEC, checked for more problems, and rebuilt it. Touchscreen works flawless, but the top slide buttons still don't work and the LED's are funkdefied. It might have a constant power drain too, but I just went and bough another one off of ebay for 50 bucks and kept that one on the side. It still worked fine. Could text, use the touchscreen, etc etc. Just that the hotkeys on the front face don't work.

07-06-2009, 03:07 PM	#1
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07-06-2009, 03:09 PM	#2
Erik Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glenside, PA Member #1962 My Ride: 2001 Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo iTrader: (4)	never heard of the rice thing. i just let my phones air out for like, a good few days. no moisture at all or the things toast. although i had a nextel phone get submerged three seperate times, never even turned off. worked fine. until i flipped it open and broke the screen off. damn indestructables. __________________ --Eric '96 Mazda Miata \| FM V-Maxx Coilovers \| Jackson Racing Exhaust/Intake GONE To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 01' Audi A6 2.7 Twin Turbo \| Daily \| NoMods

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KrautFed20V Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quakertown Member #984 My Ride: 01 GTP & Honda ChitBox iTrader: (0)	at work we have a pretty high success rate of reviving wet phones in a 176 degree F oven for about an hour, however we remove the batteries beforehand __________________ -Rob To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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07-06-2009, 03:15 PM	#3
92sileighty Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Springfield Member #6020 My Ride: 05 S2000 iTrader: (1)	i've been tackled into a pool while textin, somehow my phone lives on without a problem though. good luck to ya

07-06-2009, 03:28 PM	#5
lownslow95 TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern Shore Maryland Member #276 iTrader: (1)	I've set my previous phone in a little puddle of water, charger side down. I realized it when it was to late that there was water in there, took it out, and it said it was charging, when there clearly was no charger hooked up to it.

07-06-2009, 03:45 PM	#9
doug Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Member #450 My Ride: 2007 WRX STi Limited, 1969 Z/28 Camaro iTrader: (1)	iphones don't have any covers or anything.. lol. and the batteries dont come out with ease. id say let it sit out in the sun for a while.

07-06-2009, 03:59 PM	#10
evomike Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Member #2578 My Ride: 03 duramax and a 04 evo iTrader: (3)	I did it like 3 times, I usually just leave it in the paint booth all day and it always works.

07-06-2009, 04:00 PM	#11
GOULET Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Member #8212 My Ride: LS430 iTrader: (0)	dont lie. you dropped it in the toilet. got insurance? just get a new phone.

07-06-2009, 04:04 PM	#12
evomike Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Member #2578 My Ride: 03 duramax and a 04 evo iTrader: (3)	If its an iphone he has no insurance and its probably like 4 to 600 or something crazy

07-06-2009, 04:46 PM	#16
92sileighty Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Springfield Member #6020 My Ride: 05 S2000 iTrader: (1)	electronics can get wet, as long as they do not function while they are wet they should be fine. just make sure you do what most people have already said and wait a couple days before turning it on.

07-06-2009, 04:56 PM	#19
Soon2bG60 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver Member #5437 My Ride: 06 SRR WRX iTrader: (2)	Dropped my instint in a cup of water before, took it apart, put it in a box of rice, under a head lamp for about a day, took my time, put it back together and it works great! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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