Water damaged i phone 4

dekbhoy

Had the unfortunate situation of dropping i phone down toilet, when it was retreived it had been submerged for 20 minutes.Now wont switch on even after trying all the usual tricks (rice hot press etc..)
question is .... is the i phone worthless now , can it ever be saved or any data retreived from it or has it now become an expensive paper weight.....

opinions welcome

fox007

Unfortunately it's gone, just hope you have it backed up to iTunes recently and you will get all your numbers photos etc from there.

massy086

dekbhoy wrote: »

Had the unfortunate situation of dropping i phone down toilet, when it was retreived it had been submerged for 20 minutes.Now wont switch on even after trying all the usual tricks (rice hot press etc..)
question is .... is the i phone worthless now , can it ever be saved or any data retreived from it or has it now become an expensive paper weight.....

opinions welcome

20 mins in the water WHY??????????

akadesign

The rice trick only works if the phone is only submerged for a short period, but 20 bl00dy mins!!!!

Paparazzo

What about getting a bag of silica gel and sticking it in there?

CathalDublin

I'd stick it on ebay if I was you, if you really need stuff off it, dismantle it and soak the logic board in isopropanoyl for a day or so and see how you get on

dekbhoy

massy086 wrote: »

20 mins in the water WHY??????????

child dropped it down and didnt say anthing till i looked for it.....

The phone is virtually brand new , its killing me that it just wont come on

sassychick

take it back to where you bought it,just say it wont power up,apple will know its water damaged but will offer you a replacement for 210 euro...same ting happened to me altough was only in water for less den aa minute...if u pay 210 make sure u insure it this time like me i learned the hard way:rolleyes:

dekbhoy

sassychick wrote: »

take it back to where you bought it,just say it wont power up,apple will know its water damaged but will offer you a replacement for 210 euro...same ting happened to me altough was only in water for less den aa minute...if u pay 210 make sure u insure it this time like me i learned the hard way:rolleyes:

this is interesting , will try this tomorrow...... will post how i get on

sassychick

so did you go back to the shop??

dekbhoy

sassychick wrote: »

so did you go back to the shop??

no unfortunately never got the chance, father in law in his wisdom decided to dismantle phone to remove screen and try swap it for his cracked one ,failed miserably and is now left like a million tiny tiny screws and still a cracked screen.:mad:

CathalDublin

A screen in water for20mins was going to be very badly water marked if it worked at all

brophs

massy086 wrote: »

20 mins in the water WHY??????????

That's how long it takes him to do a poo.

whiterebel

dekbhoy wrote: »

no unfortunately never got the chance, father in law in his wisdom decided to dismantle phone to remove screen and try swap it for his cracked one ,failed miserably and is now left like a million tiny tiny screws and still a cracked screen.:mad:

Apple have declared phones Beyond Economic Repair (BER) before, so its not guaranteed they would replace it for €211. Otherwise everyone would banjax their phone and get a brand new one for €211..........