Apple Iphone 4 in the toilet ..

Unbelivable... my girlfriend dropped her iphone in the toilet .. she fished it out and wants to know why it doesn't work ? SHe's blond so don't be too surprised... the phone is 8days old :yikes:


Anyone know if this phone can be fixed or made to work again without sending it to Apple ?

Has anyone had a similar instance ?

Thanks
Howard

 

My gf dropped her 1st gen iphone in a puddle while running in the rain a couple years ago. She left it to dry out and and after a couple of days, it worked without problems.

Maybe remove the sim card tray and the backing (if you can) and letting it dry...?

 

My only suggestion would be to put it in a zip lock bag full of rice.

 

unscrew it and let all components dry and fingers crossed that itll work agian

 

Look on eBay for replacement components. Usually you can find them really cheap and the installation is usually pretty simple.

 

You can try to doing the bag of rice trick. Remove the sim card tray and let it sit inside a bag of rice (deep inside) for at least 7 days. Also, instead of paying for the parts on Ebay and then having to pay for installation, just go to the Apple store. If you book an appointment with an Apple Genius and truthfully tell them what happened, they will offer a direct swap of the 16gb model for $199 or 32gb for $299, which is still way better than paying the full retail price ($669/$759)/

 

Really? Ive never heard of that before...

 

Well the rice will work sometimes. If she tried to turn it on when it was wet probably not.

 

That's the case at least for the Apple store in Ottawa, Canada. A friend of mine had water damage on her phone and had it swapped outright for $199 for the 16gb model.

 

Boy's Big Thank you for the advice. I'm going to try rice (Basmati of course , and see what happens...

 

I have a budy that can fix it this all that he works on.
if wont i aks him for you
Im not sher what he will cost
send me a PM if me to ask

I can fix it also but just no time sory

 

If it's screwed take it to the Apple store. They hands down have the best customer service I've ever had. You will either get a large discount or give you another for free. I've permanently broke my iPhone 2-3 times and got a brand new one every time with no hassle. Water damage is a bit touchy but it's worth a try.

 

Don't they have an App to fix this type of problem... :lol2:

 

Jason, in fact they do. The app bends you over and you kick yourself in the ass!!

 

bag of rice works. my blackberry got soaked once (with coffee) and it wouldnt work. tried bag of rice trick and few days later it magically worked again.

 

:gasp:if theres poop on it it can be fixed...

 

The rice idea is pretty genius.... because it will absorb water! Man why didn't I think of that!