Iphone down the toilet..

Virgo2011

Hi, as the title explains, my iphone went down the toilet today by accident. I have insurance with Vodafone. Not sure if i should ring and tell the truth or say that i lost it. It wont turn on, i'll leave it until tomorrow to dry out and see what happens.

Any suggestions?

Holsten

Make sure it's off, don't turn it on at all.

Put it in a ziplock bag of rice, in between some towels in the hot press for a day or two to dry it out.

Try it after that.

Virgo2011

Thanks, i tried to turn it on earlier before i went online the light on the back is on and will not go off. Will try the ziplock bag...

digitaldr

Have a careful read of your Vodafone insurance policy - I have claimed from O2 for a water damaged iPhone.

Virgo2011

It does cover water damage, but other websites say not accidental water damage.It would cover if the rain soaked through my pocket, but not me being stupid and dropping it.

guil

never mind what some websites say, have a look at your insurance policy and see what it says

johnayo

Virgo2011 wrote: »

It does cover water damage, but other websites say not accidental water damage.It would cover if the rain soaked through my pocket, but not me being stupid and dropping it.

Sure there is plenty of rain lately.:mad:

Kenno90

guil wrote: »

never mind what some websites say, have a look at your insurance policy and see what it says

Exactly , if it says accidental water damage then you can say you dropped it.

craftypaddy

try this
http://irepair-ie.blogspot.com/2012/01/irepairie-cpr-for-liquid-damaged.html

kjl

If it was me, I would take the whole phone apart and give the main circuit board a bath in lacquer thinner, check each individual piece too see if there has been any damage to it. If there is, just replace the part. You can find most things you need on eBay. and you can get lacquer thinner in a hardware store.

everyone says put it in rice, but this doesn't always work and will still leave water in your phone, the above method is a professional clean.

kjl

kjl wrote: »

If it was me, I would take the whole phone apart and give the main circuit board a bath in lacquer thinner, check each individual piece too see if there has been any damage to it. If there is, just replace the part. You can find most things you need on eBay. and you can get lacquer thinner in a hardware store.

everyone says put it in rice, but this doesn't always work and will still leave water in your phone, the above method is a professional clean.

And why would you bother your arse doing that if you've insurance?

MrO

I did the same thing a couple of years ago with the first generation iphone. i let it dry out for a week or so and it worked after that

CathalDublin

If you want to DIY it, Isopropanoyl and a toothbrush on the logic board, there is a high chance your battery died preventing further damage to the logic board.
Just don't put your phone in the hot press to dry, its far too slow and there is too much moisture, within hours there will be corrosion on all the surface mount components, and connectors and even if it works you run the risk of the screen connector/battery connector/etc being totally corroded and could break off if you even need to open your phone.
http://irepair-ie.blogspot.ie/

Deep Thought

I often wondered what people are doing with a phone in their hand whilst in the loo.....

guil

really, i can't sit on the toilet without playing a game on my phone lol