Wet Iphone 5

smurfjed

Wife fell off a boat a couple of days ago (No i didnt push her ). All of her stuff got soaked with sea water. Unfortunately one of those items was a month old iPhone 5 (Unlocked so no phone company involved).

I tried drying it with a vacuum cleaner and leaving it in a bag of rice, but there is no sign of it coming back to life.

As drowning your phone isn't covered by the warrantee, does anyone know if Apple Belfast will be an out of warrantee exchange for Iphones not purchased from them?

Thanks

smurfjed

spiderman1885

Sounds sexy

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Put it in a bag of rice, the rice will attract Asians who will fix the Iphone for you.

Corkbah

was this in the pacific ocean, atlantic or a different one....different salt levels.

you are more than likely goosed, but remember that when "drying" out an electronic item - its no use trying to dry it for a few hours, let the item "dry" for a number of days until dessicant has properly taken ALL moisture, then you can assess the damage - some parts might be changeable, it might even work - but at this stage I'm guessing its a lesson learned.

insurance is for accidents - the stuff you dont think will happen but when it does happen to you, insurance will repair/replace.....so for the future you are forced with two options: buy insurance or take more care !!

if this was after hours, I'd say if you can afford passage onto a boat (most likely a cruise or foreign destination holiday) and a contract less mobile phone - you can afford to buy a replacement.....no fancy stuff like that in my house (well the place where I rent) ... recession and all that jazz !!

naasrd

Probably a lost cause but connect it to itunes and see what happens. I did this with my daughter's after a similar incident and somehow it worked.

guil

They should swap it for around €240 in Belfast

biko

A couple days isn't enough sometimes. More like a week in rice in the hot press.

kjl

I would do a board clean in paint lacquer but I would imagine the circuit board is fried.

smurfjed

contract less mobile phone

While this obviously sounds decadent to you, it's an obvious choice for someone who travels a lot and wants to avoid excessive roaming charges.

you can afford to buy a replacement.

Yep, but before doing that I will fly to New York for the day and get them to swap it

But at the moment, Belfast is closer and cheaper.

Thanks for the other answers, I have left it for 4 days to no avail, but it was worth trying

smurfjed

flyguy

Are you saying it's an iPhone bought in the states? I've read Apple won't do anything with them outside the US (repair/replace). If it's not, why don't you just get an online out-of-warranty repair/replacement with apple directly, even easier than going to Belfast.

smurfjed

Phone purchased in the Middle East where there isn't an Apple store, previously just brought phones /ipads into Apple store USA and they replaced them at little cost. So will be interesting to see how they operate outside USA.

Mailing isn't an option as I leave Ireland in a week.

Thanks

Smurfjed

dave oc

Fairly sure that iPhones have a worldwide warranty. I've replaced iPhones up in Belfast that where bought south of the border with no hassle. There was no cost for in warranty replacement, obviously out of warranty repair/replace will have a cost. Just make sure you make a genius appointment a couple days before heading to the store. Also maybe ring the store before going up and make sure it can be swapped out on the day.

guil

Dave6195 wrote: »

Fairly sure that iPhones have a worldwide warranty. I've replaced iPhones up in Belfast that where bought south of the border with no hassle. There was no cost for in warranty replacement, obviously out of warranty repair/replace will have a cost. Just make sure you make a genius appointment a couple days before heading to the store. Also maybe ring the store before going up and make sure it can be swapped out on the day.

Yes they do but the iPhone 5 has different LTE chips based on what region it was bought it, Europe and USA have different models and will only be replaced in the region it was purchased

smurfjed

Replaced by Apple Belfast for 179 sterling. They checked it, noted that the "wet" indicators had changed colour, then checked the model number versus the model available in Ireland, whole exercise took less than 10 minutes, and we got to have a nice lunch in Belfast.

Thumbs up for Apple

Water proof case already ordered

Smurfjed