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I've just dropped my phone in the washing bowl!

Guinea_2
Guinea_2 Posts: 505 Forumite
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HELP!

I have literally just dropped my IPhone4 in the FULL washing up bowl. Is there anything I can do? If not, what do I do next?

Thanks

G
:love:Baby Bump born 4th March 2010! :kisses:
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  • Outpost
    Outpost Posts: 1,720 Forumite
    Put it in a jar of rice I've heard. Draws the water out. And cross your fingers. ;)
    :cool:
  • Guinea_2
    Guinea_2 Posts: 505 Forumite
    Haven't got any...will couscous do?!
    :love:Baby Bump born 4th March 2010! :kisses:
  • Outpost
    Outpost Posts: 1,720 Forumite
    Guinea wrote: »
    Haven't got any...will couscous do?!
    Dunno. I don't even know if rice works that's just something I've heard! :)

    Google 'i phone in water' and see what it turns up!
    :cool:
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,520 Forumite
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    turn off , shake as much water as possible out of it now before placing in a warm cupboard , only rice will draw the moisture out ;)
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  • Guinea_2
    Guinea_2 Posts: 505 Forumite
    Just found a step by step guide on Google....I will try it out and see what happens!! Thanks for all your help
    :love:Baby Bump born 4th March 2010! :kisses:
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    Do not turn it on, don't even try.
    Take the battery, sim and memory card out. Dry them off, stick the phone in rice / airing cupboard, leave it a good few days. :cool:
  • MissKeith
    MissKeith Posts: 751 Forumite
    real1314 wrote: »
    Do not turn it on, don't even try.
    Take the battery, sim and memory card out. Dry them off, stick the phone in rice / airing cupboard, leave it a good few days. :cool:

    LOL, can't take the battery out in an iPhone. They don't havea memory card slot either. Just had visions of the OP hunting for a SD slot haha.
    Have I helped? Feel free to click the 'Thanks' button. I like to feel useful (and smug). ;)
  • x.x.x.
    x.x.x. Posts: 155 Forumite
    cry!

    I feel your pain - last year i dropped my 3gs (whilst rushing to work at 6am) at smashed the screen! As soon as i got my I-4 i took out phone insurance thru barclays - upgraded my current account, and you get mobile insurance as well as other stuff, for £5 a month. Although now I'm uber careful!
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    MissKeith wrote: »
    LOL, can't take the battery out in an iPhone. They don't havea memory card slot either. Just had visions of the OP hunting for a SD slot haha.

    Blimey are they like those cheap battery operated toys where the battery is sealed in and cannot be replaced?
    How do you increase the storage? SD cards have been around for a decade now.
    :cool:
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Think yourself lucky, builder friend of mine's phone was in his top pocket,
    he bent over a bucket of wet cement, you can guess what happened next.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
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