iphone 4 been through washing machine - help!

moneysaver2b

As title really. iphone put through washing machine. Have had a look on google and told to put in bowl of rice. Anyone done this and any success or advice please?

DUTR

Yes try anything that is stupid! The handset is more than likely water damaged for good now, be more careful in future.

JJ_Egan

Bowl of rice and leave in a airing cupboard for a week is the advice .
Chance somewhere between slim and none and Slim has just left town ..
Lucky for me Android has a built in wash and go cycle .

jje

Sublime_2

Leave it to dry upside down on a radiator

Wintermute

Because you can't get the battery out you're going to have to be very lucky for it to survive, but I'd put it in a bowl of rice somewhere warm and dry for at least 48 hours.

keith1950

Hi, most printed circuit boards are made by an etching process using acid, they are rinsed off and dried, however minute traces of dried acid remain and cause no problems unless the circuit gets wet. This reactivates the acid which then slowly eats away the copper pcb and the legs of the components. Keep the phone in a warm dry atmosphere preferably with some air flow across it, as an extreme solution use a hairdrier on a very low setting at a distance of 12-18 inches. You may be lucky but the longer it takes to dry out the more corrosion damage there will be- good luck.

The_Matelot

Home insurance?

watcherman

Not sure if anyone above has actually tried the rice, but when my daughter's Curve took a swim, pulled the battery and put it in rice for 24hrs, worked as good as new for the several months she was using it.

myfairrlady

What about cat litter - - it absorbs water, isnt it better than rice?

tandeh

if u don't have insurance, apple replace physically damaged iphone 4's for £140 i read somewhere last year:

here i found link:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/will-the-apple-shop-replace-my-wate/574891?page=2

cgk1

Put the phone in a freezer bag (don't tie the top), put that bag inside another freezer bag with some rice in it - put in airing cupboard, leave for a few days - hope.