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Thread Number: 72357
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Fixing a washed Iphone |
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Post# 956331 9/5/2017 at 20:54 (2,436 days old) by chetlaham  (United States) |
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Ok- I finally did it! (GRrrrrrrrrrrrrr) I inadvertently left my iphone 6 in my jeans pocket after I lost my clip-on case the other day. So to make a long story short it took a ride in my Speed Queen. Tide and fabric softener to compliment.
Forgive me if this sounds dumb (rather not able to come to terms with grief)- but if I let the phone dry, will it work again? Also, washing it didn't release anything like Mercury into the wash water, correct? I know things like back lit displays sometimes have mercury in them. | ||
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Post# 956336 , Reply# 1 9/5/2017 at 21:29 (2,436 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 956338 , Reply# 2 9/5/2017 at 22:07 (2,436 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 956339 , Reply# 3 9/5/2017 at 22:15 (2,436 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I got my instant read thermometer wet today and it wouldn't work. I was going to get another, then I thought what the hell, I opened the battery compartment, took out the batteries, they were wet, tried to gently dry out where the batteries go then I took the hair dryer and hit it with low heat, slow speed for about a min., then put the batteries back in and voila, it works!
So, maybe trying a hair dryer on low heat may speed the process for you. HTH, Eddie This post was last edited 09/05/2017 at 22:38 | ||
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Post# 956371 , Reply# 5 9/6/2017 at 07:00 (2,436 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 956397 , Reply# 6 9/6/2017 at 10:50 (2,436 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Chances are it's D.O.A.
I'm not trying to be Mr doom here, just realistic.
If you dropped it in (standing water/liquid) then pulled it out immediately, it may have a chance at survival. However, going through an entire wash cycle?? I'm sorry to say the odds are NOT in your favor. If the back cover and battery were easily removable like other brands (it's not), you could open it up to carefully and thoroughly dry it, but even then the chances would be slim. Yes a bag of uncooked rice or oatmeal could help for brief water exposure, but that's only if the phone is opened up and separated into as many pieces as possible. Leaving it assembled while in the rice/oatmeal will not remove ALL the moisture from inside the phone.... even if it stayed in the bag for many months.
I have found enough things in pockets or bouncing in the dryer over the years, that I've trained myself to A L W A Y S check pockets on everything AS I'm loading the washer. This has saved a number of things from dying in the wash.
Kevin | ||
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Post# 956401 , Reply# 7 9/6/2017 at 11:32 (2,436 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma) |
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Batteries Plus and Staples have a service that is supposed to dry your phone out in an hour. Never tried it or needed it, but you could five them a try. Jon | ||
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Post# 956486 , Reply# 9 9/7/2017 at 02:30 (2,435 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 956488 , Reply# 10 9/7/2017 at 04:39 (2,435 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Homeowner's Insurance: I began renter's insurance with State Farm last month and was told phones are not covered by accidents.
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Post# 956638 , Reply# 11 9/8/2017 at 13:45 (2,433 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Years ago I dropped my pager into the toilet! Luckily post flush but still.
I pulled it out and rinsed it off. I opened it up and rinsed the internals with fresh water and shook it dry. I placed all the parts on a cookie sheet and put them in a 150 degree oven for an hour. I reassembled it and it came to life right away. But it took a few hours till it would receive pages, my hunch is that residual moisture detuned the radio. Used it for a number of years after that. By and large electronics are totally immune to water. I have washed populated circuit boards in the dishwasher before. The big concern is allowing the water to cause corrosion if it is moist too long. The drying needs to be done FAST. Ideally it would help if you had the tools to pop the phone open, an iPhone is easy to open but you need a P1 Pentalobe screwdriver and a suction cup screen tool. To dump out the water and maybe give it a quick alcohol wash would really help. The rice trick is commonly stated but it likely isn't any better then a warm oven or a place with airflow. Putting the device in a ZipLock bag with Silica Gel desiccant might work well. Unfortunately I fear that just waiting for the phone to dry without opening it will not end up well. It could take days before it truly dries out :( The phone has a sticker inside of it that changes color if it is exposed to water, so don't try to tell Apple "It just quit" lol I had a friend that was canoeing years ago and they capsized the boat. He had two Nikon N90 SLR bodies go into the lake. He called the tech and the advice was to open the cameras up and douse them with distilled water. Then place each body into a ZipLock bag FULL of more distilled water (lack of air minimizes corrosion), and get them to the repair shop ASAP. Both cameras were fully functional after repair. | ||
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Post# 957076 , Reply# 13 9/11/2017 at 04:40 (2,431 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Doesn't look like HO insurance will cover this, at least not in full. Fortunately this phone is 2 years old, dinosaur old by today's standards. So I am not to bummed, just like it when things last a while. In so far it still won't turn on. I want to try the charger, but want to wait a little longer.
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