Yes - Electrons and water don't mix. That may impact the phones work if you ever try to sell. Is there any way that I can repair the camera without replacing the phone? I was out, so I left it in my purse until I returned home later that night, then kept it in rice all night long. Sorry this happened to you. Details on current Apple Out-Of-Warranty costs for iPhones are listed in the post above. Do I need to check to see if Id be able to turn it off at any time? Sep 20, 2015 by Hopefully itll be okay. What happened? A good question and one thats hard to answer. john, Hi, I accidentally dropped my iphone 5 in a toilet bowl this morning, and hardly blowing and off the water from the phone and get to work, and its almost 8 hours I just put my iphone in a plastic bag, and read solutions for it online and decided to put it in rice. I dropped my iphone5s in a bucket of water but within few seconds I took it out, switched it off and removed the sim. Cheers , Hey Madison After 24 48 hours, the phones about as dry as its gonna get. What you think is going to happen to my phone in general? Good Luck. Will this prevent the moisture from being removed? I now know I shouldnt have turned it on. People with an iPhone 4S or lower will show little empathy for your plight. When the home button didnt work I put the phone on charging. its been there for about 14 hours. You never know, it might just need a little scrub of the corrosion and be fine again with a new battery. I read somewhere 12 hours, now I know I should have left it in longer I did take it out and it works fine HOWEVER the sound is shot in some ways It rings when I receive a call, but when I make one I dont hear anything. Do you think I can sync it on my computer after it dries? John, After 4 days of having my iphone fall in a bucket of water I took it out the rice the phone only turns on with the charger plugged but shuts off immediately when I take off the charger , I have no reception it just says searching I cant call cant text etc is my phone pretty much done or should I wait awhile longer ? Water. Apple dont fix way iPhones, they simply replace them. Youve nothing to lose by finding out what al your options are, before you make a move. A phone may only need 6 hours, but the longer you leave it in the less chance you have of turning it on while its still damp. The more time you leave it in the lower the risk. I let it sit in the rice for 24hrs and its fully functional. I dried ut anf have put it in the rice container! You need to prepare some tissue or a dry cotton cloth to absorb excess water gently and carefully. I dried it off and finished a text to someone (only later did I find out what a bad thing that is to do) and it shut off. Feb 19, 2016 3:02 PM in response to Allan Eckert. I dropped my iphone 5 in the toilet last night, I was pretty drunk so I was like okay it still works and I just took toilet paper and wiped off the water I saw and it worked perfectly fine. This is the second time Ive done this. Hi there would you mind letting me know which web host youre using? or if you have to manually code with HTML. Hi Kevin It youve got it working now, chances are itll be fine. Switched it off but restarted it again to check if it was working and immediately switched it off. Thank you so much! It took me about 15 min to get home and I immediately put it on enriched rice, I know enriched rice leaves some white dust or whatever but I dont care thats the only rice I have. But if apple were to replace my iPhone, would I for sure get a refurbished one or is it possible that I could get a new or fairly new one? If the Sim card doesnt work the phone may not function correctly. You may have answered this question already but you have so many comments it would take quite a while go through them all. Read though your options in the post above. If the device appears to power up but behaves erratically, then use a tool like 3uTools to flash the firmware as it may be corrupted. John. The As long as you dont turn on the phone during the process. Will it crash in a few days? Hi Ereka With this kind of issue, you cant do much more than follow the instructions above. In use in water = Im hosed!! I dont know if my side buttons and or the home button work. Leaving the power on the device accelerates the process. Jun 12, 2017 by After the iPhone is dry, if it doesnt function correctly you may still be able to make a backup. I turned it off and took out the SIM card and put it in a bag of rice once i got home. If the toilet only had water, it should be fine. Have a look at the options listed at the end of the post above. but unfortunately I cant predict if a water damaged iPhone will work again. However, the phone would not turn off and stayed on a black screen. Rust is always a possibility. Hoping it stays that way , Hey Jodie Thanks for sharing your story. Very scared to turn it on. hope everything just find. Hi Jen I doubt the tape will greatly impact the moisture removal. Please read the post. its workming fine, but cant seem to get the charger in, it as if somethings blocking it? :((, Hi Natalee Theres no point in putting it back in the rice and charging it could be dangerous. Only a repair shop, or Apple could tell, but it does sound like the phone is damaged. If the rice doesnt work, try taking it to a third-party repair shop and asking if they can fix it. The first step: Immediately cut the power by removing the battery. Read the post above. The next day I turned it on, and everything seemed to be working perfectly! Im sending good vibes and hoping for the best. It was about 20 minutes from the time of the accident until I was able to submerge it in rice. It has been in the bag of rice for about three hours. Im worried, help?? I followed your instructions to power off the phone by pressing the power button and home simultaneously but it wont power off. I removed the case and screen protector immediately after it was submerged. I reinserted the SIM card and then stuck it back in the rice for 4 more days before charging it and powering it up, low and behold I got lucky and it works good as new !!!!!! do you think it will power back on after all this? As soon as I pulled it out I hair dryed it. Hold down the power button until you see the red. I dropped my iphone 5s in the toilet yesterday for about 3-4 seconds. Hello, I dropped my phone in the toilet then took it out after few seconds. 2.) Hi i dropped my iphone 5 down the toilet last week! I'm guessing that has caused some permanent damage. What to do now? Wait until it is completely dried out, before you attempt to put a charge through it. Unfortunately, no-one can give you odds on whether it will work or not. home button, lock button, etc. Details on the Apple site are here . Youll be doing all you can. I plan on leaving it there for 24hrs. Hi Fatima I would still put it in rice. John. I dropped my iPhone in the toilet as well. Don't Panic. I should clarify: there was nothing IN the toilet except for billions and billions of germs from previous users. Now that i did the research on how the save the iphone i turned it off and put it in rice and now its been sitting there for a 15 minutes. and it was there for at least 5 minutes. Good luck. Is there anything that I can do to make it work? Im leaving in rice for a few more days but what is your input on everything so far? It sounds like youve got a good chance and have done the right things. At this point its put of your hands. The longer you let a phone sit in rice, the more time you are giving corrosion to damage your logic board. I was on holiday and lost my phone in the toilet and I didnt know all this so what I did was just to take it out of the water and try to dry it as much as possible and sat it in the window so the wind could maybe dry it a little. John, hey this morning i dropped my iphone 5 in the toilet i grabbed it out strait away and started to dry it it turned itself off which i thought was probably for the best anyway. You need to take it to a 3rd party repair store to get an estimation of the damage. Ive had it in rice but I was wondering if its really messed up now. shipping) for an iPhone 5 is $229.00. and will the sound ever be back to normal? My phone is an iPhone 4. Now today screen is fine, it powers on fine the only thing that is happening is the home button is not working. John. Many shops have a no fix/no fee policy so you don't have to spend money to find out if the phone is fixable or not. everything seemed fine except now my screen flickers a bit, mostly on the left side. I would bring the phone to the Apple store, explain what happened, and have them test it. Hello, John. John, Hi Kim did it work again? I tried to reboot it again and the whole screen was flashing with the white apple and then it powered itself off. Thats such a unique problem theres no way to tell without looking at it. Checked screen responsiveness, speakers, camera, all worked as they did before. Hopefully it will work again. John. Your best option is to try the method listed above. Do you have any advice? Your forum and advice here definitely helped me keep it alive. Feb 19, 2016 3:58 PM in response to NishaA293, Feb 19, 2016 4:33 PM in response to Csound1. I backed it up, but the only problem is vertical lines running thought the phone when the screen is black. Hey! barely 2 seconds after probably. Hi John!! Use a soft brush, like a toothbrush and lightly brush away any corrosion you see. If it was dropped in anything but clean water, Id bin it and get a refurbished one. Sorry, I dont have more info to give. What should I do? I dropped my iPhone 4S down the loo, Ive dried it out, I can receive iMessages and use the internet, the problem is it doesnt seem to be able to register the SIM card, but I know its not damaged the sim cause when I put in another iPhone it works perfect, it just says searching all the time, What would you recommend ????? Cost is $79.00 + $6.99 S/H. VERY FUNNY SIRI! Im afraid I fried the circuitry, maybe not. Added note, your prior posts were not up when I wrote this note. Apple classify liquid damage to an iPhone as Out Of Warranty, but they may replace the unit. Im starting a Confused :S, Hi Mike It sounds like either the SIM card or the SIM reader is damaged. I dried it with a cloth first and put in in a rice bag and kept it for two full days. Do you think I am in the clear or should I do the rice just in case? So i took it out toweled it off & immediately threw it in some rice. I immediately removed it, and put used the rice trick. Hey Cassi Theres really no way to know. If it still turns on, it's okay. John C. Well, I did not bring it to the service center and it worked properly for 24hrs before I had to fully charge it. Ive had it in rice for 24 hours and it doesnt turn on at all and when plugged into the computer nothing happens anymore. I wish I could help more, but with problems like you describe you need a hands on evaluation. Take it to Apple or a repair center. I might be okay. The next day I removed the SIM card and took a vacuum with a small nozzle and vacuumed all the orifice / openings of the phone for quite awhile at least 30 minutes which cleared the condensation from the camera lens. I tried to turn my phone on a few times since then with no luck. So anyway, the phone was on while all this was happening and I decided to check if its still working using sleep/wake up button at the top. I dropped my 4S in a cold mop bucket and put it in rice over night and now the clicky sounds and sound isnt working like IDe be texting and the noises would just go off! Stressing will not prevent rust or ensure the iPhone works. To dry out water from the charging port and headphone jack, you can use the Q-tip or other tiny cotton. What info does it carry? John. Hi. I took it out right away (it was only submerged for 4 seconds, tops) and shook out as much water as I could. Also I made a call and my friends voice came in and out; they said mine was crackly. other than that and a repair shop theres nothing I know of that you can do. If you can hear your speakers, this probably wont work but its worth trying. This was around 3:00, so about 5 hours ago. John. I would examine the charger socket using a high powered Maglite. I left it in over night and it turned on by itself after 6 hours. And also i have a worry that although the phone was working fine now, could it be negatively effected by the rice, or could the phone not work properly after a few days or months of it working properly? All the information you need imposted there. , Hi Juana I would try to do a soft reset. It has been around 4 hours since my phone is in the heap of rice.. Can u gauge my chances of getting back my device to normalcy with the rice method?.. if it didnt work what is the next step i have pictures with no back up. What should I do? How long do you advise I wait until next checking on my phone/does it sound like it may be ruined by now? Hi Im santu and yesterday I dropped my phone in the toilet and our my only hope and I picked it up quickly but I had no rice so I had to wait like 1 hour but I put it in a ziplock with rice and I shook the water and I kept it there I checked this morning and it wont turn on and the day it dropped I was panicking so I powered it on and tried making it work cuz I didnt know what to do and I had 10% battery left so how do I tell if it works and also when it fell I put it on charge thinking it was fine but it just died Im really scared this phone is all I have till grade 12 and I need it so pleased help me!?? Sorry about your phone. so it was must have been around 4 hours before i put my phone in a ziploc full of rice. Its a 4 gb that I got in early July so I'm actually impressed it has lasted this long. the other person can hear me. I think it did help me when I bumped on this page and took some quick steps after my little monkey (my 2 yr old son) decided to throw my iphone 5 into bucket full of water. When pressed, the screen came up, I was able to slide and unlock. I didnt notice I had my iPhone 5 in my pocket and I jumped in the pool, I realized immediately and took it out of the pool, I didnt get a chance to turn it off because my screen went black. Do you think it will work and if I put my SIM card back into it will my contacts and photos be there? I would go into the store and ask them what your options are or upgrade with Verizon. Took it out after a few second,and it was still working as usual,the only problem was the sound,the sound was not working. Theres no way to tell. I dropped my phone briefly in water only the top of it got wet, immediately dried it. It was in water only for a few 3 sec i suppose! Do you think I have a chance..? My question is how long should I leave in the rice, and If you think itll actually work? I know there are no straight answersbut I do know that I will be nervous for few days after I take this phone out this evening and start using it (if it comes back up alright again!). If the rice method doesnt fix the Home button, your only option is to bring it to Apple or a repair shop. I dropped my iPhone in the toilet last night so I did everything you suggested in your article and it worked! Id take it to a third-party service center or to Apple. . I kept it in rice for 3 days. Once you disassemble the the phone you should drop the logic board in an ultrasonic cleaner with the proper amount of alcohol. I took it out and dried it off completely with a towel. I cant turn the phone off as the phone off button wont slide over. Read the post above. I just dropped my iphone in the toilet for less than a second. Add the iPhone. Wish me luck, Good Luck and hopefully a Happy New Year John. I was still working then there was black lines and white lines in my screen. Check out the comments above for information on Apples Out-Of-Warranty program. I would take the phone to a third party repair shop and get an estimate to fix it.Your choices are limited unless you want to take it apart yourself and I dont advise that. I turned it on and bars and patterns came up on it, will it survive . Its certainly been in long enough. Well I did that and left it for about 6 hours I had to turn it on because I had no contacts no way to contact any one accept through Facebook. But the touchpad is not working. Once you get it out of the water, you should turn it off and dry it out as soon as possible. I did the rice thing and it all worked OK but my battery now only lasts for about half a day. Help? You may just need to take it to the Apple Store. JOHN. Hope it works out for you. 90 minutes later Im using it to type this and the only problem is two spots on the screen one white and one blue. thanks for hour help, Mar 6, 2018 by Either way unplug the iPhone. Any advice or is it fried? The Apple logo pops up and weird text shows up at the top of the screen. 3 hours isnt enough. @originalmachead. Hai! She quickly got it out of the toilet and started drying it with a towel. Do you think Im in the clear, or should I also try the rice trick? At close range hairdryers produce extreme heat that may damage the iPhone. My one year old dropped my iPhone in a glass of water. John. I empathize, but please dont leave comments asking for what amounts to psychic advice. But it is a big deal that you plugged it into a charger when it was wet, and that you tried using it without opening it up and at least getting your eyeballs in there to see if it was dry and corrosion free. Im thinking that it being in that case for 9 hours hurt my chances of the phone functioning properly even if it survives. My guess is that your phone wont work simply because its wet. Its possible the attempted charge had no impact at all. Is it a big deal that you didn't put it in rice right away? Ive adjusted the instructions above to take into account what you learned. Thanks for your help x, Hey Chan Thanks for your comment. Take it to a third party service center and they will be able to estimate the damage.- John. Apple classify liquid damage to an iPhone as Out Of Warranty, but they may replace the unit. Your email address will not be published. Trying to force it to turn it off wont help at this point. Thanks. Everything is working fine, except all of the sudden the charger does not want to plug in. Nov 30, 2015 by Ive heard that saltwater tends to kill iPhones:/. The screen wouldnt come on!!! John. Besides I came up with a theory (just to convince myself may be) that when phone went under water, there is no way water could start going in right away (within first few seconds I mean) considering the size of the openings and even small amount of air on the inside of the phone that needs to come out first for phone to let water in. Besides that, it seems that screen has no apparent damage. Dry off your phone with a towel. The only thing I can think of is if a small piece of rice got wedged in the charger slot and was then pushed in further when you tried to insert the charger plug. Leave it in rice for the full 24 hours or should I just take it to a local repair shop since it isnt major problems. I knocked my iphone into the shallow pool for probably less than one second I immediately dried it and it was still working fine so i decided to test for sound (none) to see if ear phones worked (yes) and if it charged (yes) I know you are supposed to immediately turn it off so I did after about 10 minutes maybe and cleaned it with cu-tips and dried it lightly with hairdryer (mistake two) before i submerged it in rice. What do you suggest I do if there is even a chance the phone can still be working? Oh how I hate to write, as the old country song goes. Power the iPhone off. Mine was an iPhone 5 and I only just got it but thankfully after following advice from this website mine just turned back on which i was doubtful with because my mum kept trying to turn it on and on the Internet it says do not turn on!!! Should I just leave in on in the rice? Take the phone to your carrier and ask them to test out another sim card. captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of Hi Maddie It may not work, but try this. WebAct Fast. It was under the water for about 3 minutes until I found it. You can avoid trying to find the correct kit from an honest seller on Ebay and then having to locate and follow a pretty complex set of instructions. Avoid enriched rice as it leaves a residue. Cleaning it with a pro, may save the phone, it may not, it depends on who you go to and how good they are at it. I dont know if thats what you mean by clean water or not.even toilet water with nothing but water in it seems pretty foul. Hi Kim At this point, you have to take it to Apple or a 3rd party repair center. Sign in online to check. If its impossible to get a phone dried out under vacuum within several days, theres one last-ditch trick Naumann has to offer. So after I used it for documenting myself about what should I do in case of dropping it into water(for about 1h) I turned it off and put it in a bag of rice and left it there for 48h. Hi i dropped my iphine 5 into the toilets a couole of hours ago and it isnt charging what do i do? i dropped my phone in the toilet at school around 2 oclock 2 days ago, i tried the rice method for about a little over 24 hours, everything works but the screen wont turn it seems like the screen is dead. any proposed solutions on the community forums. I dried it and took off the case. Can I leave with this?? The flash light for the camera is also on (wont go off). Will it faint? should i replace the battery? Hi Tyler Have a look at the options at the bottom of the post. I recently dropped my iPhone 4 into the toilet just as the water was draining out. Hi Rich Theres absolutely no way to tell. Whatever you do, dont connect it to a Mac or other power source. It's easy to spiral into despair when we think we've destroyed our phone by dropping it in water. Everything worked fine except what i just mentioned. I dropped my phone in the bathroom cuz it was in my back pocket. Kassandra Estandarte. If someone texts me and or call me the sound is working. Last night I had dropped my iphone5 in the sink pot full of water but my phone had cracks on the.screen will it still work if I put it in rice ?? Hopefully itll be fine. If you have questions or need Mac, iPhone or iPad help, support, service or repaircallNo Problem Macat 310-621-5679. John. Dropped my iphone 5 in a drain about 55 hours ago managed to retrieve it after half an hour the phone was working and on stupidly used it and then suddenly went off wont take a charge and so left it in rice not for whole time took it out or rice for 12 hours and have now put it back in. This post provides basic go to information on how to dry out a wet phone. Hi Mushtaq Unfortunately, I dont have a fix for the screen problem. Everytime the other person answers, it says Call ended and we never connect. If youre careful with a hairdryer, you may be fine, but most people are panicked after their phone gets wet and not thinking all that clearly. I took it to the Apple Store and they ran it through an app which checked conditions. Thank you! 2am I rushed to a friends to get some. ), but I didnt think to turn it off right away. I left it in the rice for about 24 hours and I have been using it for the last day and a half. , Hi, I dropped my iphone 5 in the toilet, put it in rice for 30+ hours and tried turning it on. By the time that becomes necessary, youll probably already know the answer. I saw the water marks and said Hey, Ill just stick it back into the rice I did that and now its stuck on the white screen of death with the black apple logo whenever I try to charge it. My phone has overheated several times and been fine. The bottom, where the charger goes, has a red line inside. Can I use this method to try it? There was a bright light on the back, which has gone now, and is now on charge. I dropped my iphone 5 in the toilet, i immediately grabbed it. i dropped it yesterday and turned it on today. John. Hi Cheryl Apologies for the delayed response. I put it in the bag of rice but I did take it out a couple of times to check it. Looking for a unique holiday gift? Then take it to an Apple certified repair center and get them to fix the problems caused by trying to take it apart. The screen also froze or didn't let me press on certain parts. There are no other options Im aware of. If it has a dust shield thats easy to remove, take that off too. Hi Lizzy Im pretty sure it would be refurbished, but Apple have high standards and I havent seen any that didnt look perfect. Hi Ken I would talk to AT&T and then Apple. Now the LED light is on and wont go off. Keep your fingers crossed. Any suggestions? Youre better off getting it checked out. I dropped my iPhone 5c in the toilet today at school around 3:30 and I fished it out after about 4 seconds. hopefully youll get lucky. I realized that I had never turned it off!! On oovoo, I dont even have a chance to answer. Unfortunately when this happened it had a super duper protective case on it that I wasnt able to remove until this morning. With water damage, you have to decontaminate the logic board before doing anything else, otherwise there will be latent issues down the road. or am I going to have to replace it? Ive since put it back in the rice and will wait a few more days. I took it out, shook it lightly and then dried it with a towel quite quickly. You either need to take it to a third party service center or Apple and they will be able to estimate the damage. Hi TJ What you need to do is hold the Power button and the Home button at the same time. Once assembled try top preform a hard reset, given you get a apple logo to show up. Once this done, blow it dry and reassemble. Your best bet is the rice method. Fill a sealable plastic bag or Tupperware container with plain, uncooked rice. Other than that, it sounds like youre doing all the right things. Im worried because last time this happened, a piece of rice got lodged into the charger hole and I damaged my phone trying to chip it out. Can the battery be changed? The sim card water sensor was tripped. Wow.. that is literally exactly what happened to me (minus the river part). Standing over the bath, shake as much water from the phone as you can. I charged it for short amounts of time with a portable charger and it was fine till I plugged it to a plug in charger and the phone restarted, flashed blue, went back to normal, then wouldnt respond to touch. Take it to a third party repair facility and get their opinion on whether or not it can be repaired. Its been almost 24 hours its just kind of been sitting there. Everything seems to be working fine now, except the camera seems to have drops on it that you can see- as does the flash. If the phone is damaged, it may not be safe. There is no way for anyone to tell without seeing it. If this answer is acceptable please remember to return and mark it. I just answered a question about this. Its still working to some degree so it may be worn taking to a third party repair service so someone experienced can take a look at it. WebHello, I dropped my phone in the toilet then took it out after few seconds. With the Outside Of Warranty program, you dont get to choose if the phone is new, refurbished, etc,., The cost should be above in the Update section. Hi Sara Unfortunately not. I tried to restore it and it allowed me to restore through iTunes, however my macbook died in the middle and ever since then, my iPhone won't even let me restore. You can try powering it on to see if it works. Good luck. Note, though, that if you elect to have the iPhone serviced by an unauthorized shop, all further support from Apple will be voided. Charged fully Monday night and its working normally at the moment, back to usual speed etc. I took it out blow dried it shook it out put it in rice several times but the touch screen still does not work. When we apply electricity to the "dry" phone, we cause short circuits inside the phone---not much different than if the phone was filled with little balls of wire inside that could connect things that shouldn't be connected. In two-weeks this will be a terrific story you can tell people at parties. hi my daughter dropped my iphone into the toilet it had no case on it and it was submerged for about 3 minutes. John. Hopefully more people get to read this page and get a chance to take quick actions that could help save their phone. Put it in rice for 48 hours, turned it on and it lights up with the apple logo but thats as far as it goes. Everything works fine except for my home button. Hi, So why not have them take care of it. But it had no sound and the camera did not work. Well my iphone 4 got dropped in the toliet, I grabbed it quickly, took it out the case and wrapped it down fast, and this happened at church. Thank you in advance. Is it too late???? Hey Rachel It seems obvious, but make sure its not just out of power. I took it off in the morning. John. I got on the flight and turned on airplane mode..played games on it, and still looks fine. Husband, as I was cleaning out the pool. Update. Is there any onscreen indication that it has power or is the screen completely black? It didnt turn off or anything when it got wet, it just stayed fine. it did have protective case and screen protector, etc. on. I turned it off stra Move it to a different power outlet. Tried the rice trick but didnt work. I doubt Apple would replace a water-damaged iPhone for free but it never hurts to ask. . Get that phone open to dry. I didnt know to power down my phone at the time and now it wont do anything. I took my phone out of the rice today and it is almost 100% functional! Unfortunately, the iPhone has moisture markers inside and Apple can tell if a phone has been dunked. I then put it into rice for the night, I tried charging the phone again this morning and nothing happened. My iPhone 5s just fell in the toilet for a couple of seconds. What do I do? All the keys are working except two on the keypad. John. Id definitely give the iPhone 48 hours. The phone has vertical lines It will give hope to the other readers who write in. I didnt do the rice thing, but I have needed my phone for school. The next day I when I turned the phone on everything seemed to work fine except for the camera. John. The only problem now is that the screen isnt bright at all. Hi there, There is no way to predict these kinds of things. Like an idiot, I tried to charge it. I got on the computer and seen reviews on shutting it off and putting it rice! John. only. Dropped my iPhone 5s in the toilet today. I might be that the sim card is damaged and not the sim bay on the phone. I had my phone in my back pocket and I went to go to the bathroom and it fell in the toilet. It is being baptized in minute rice as I write. Okay so I was on my way home from Nashville and as soon as I got into work I dropped my phone in the toilet. PLEASE HELP! the flash light started blinking. Release them the moment the screen goes black. Hi- I dropped my new iPhone 5c into the toilet yesterday. I dropped my iPhone 5c in a sink of soapy water and I pulled it out asap I dried it and it worked completely fine until it kept saying this accessory/cable isnt compatible with this device so I rebooted it and it came on and it kept saying in the top left corner searching (for service) and it kept saying this for hours I got fed up as I needed to contact someone and rebooted it again and it was still the same! the next day i totally forgot the case was still on & quickly took it off & put it back i nthe rice. Is there away to solve this problem? Any ideas? If not, then look at the Out Of Warranty information in the post. Im in LA and cant tell from here. After youve fished out your phone, immediately power down the device to reduce the chance of any electronic components shorting on I dropped my phone into a river a few weeks ago, well actually I fell into the water and the phone came with me! AT&T, Verizon, Etc. I have the same as you! John. What is it a sign of? Often, a piece of dirt lodged in the headphone hole makes the phone thing there are headphones inserted and it wont play sound through any other port. John. Will this go away when its completely dry? I rebooted it this morning and it worked for a little while but then it powered off. I started drying it with dryer and when i was doing so (an on-line suggestion. ???? After about an hour I plugged it in to charge. Should I be worried? But it wont connect to my wifi, the top bar that usually says the carrier name and wifi instead says searching, and the touch screen isnt responding at all. Because it Everything you need to know is in the post. I dropped my phone in water but quickly got it out. So i dropped my iphone on water, i dried it off with my towel as soon as possible. It seems like the hole is too big. And is it worth getting it looked at if it has been working this long. I, like many others, dropped my iphone in the toilet. When I went to setting and pushed the sound button along the volume line, I could hear the sound decrease/increase, just as it should. iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G and original iPhone $149.00. Have a look at the other comments for details on Apples out-of-warranty costs for water damaged iPhone replacements. Theres no way to tell if its safe without seeing it. I would search Google for other options. I didnt know I was supposed to turn it off. John. The phone is really hot. You have to take it to Apple. poorly. I dropped my iphone in the toilet 5 days ago. When I try testing it a couple of days from now, itll have to be plugged inis that ok? Which I use ALL the time. However, after the day ended, I tried to charge my phone and the white apple logo would flash. And its been hours it is switched off. John. Now I took it out,the sound works,everything works but the up sensor(headphones one) is light lighy orange but very light,and the down sensor (charger) is red. I'm unsure if the rice and vacuum trick is permanent as my iPhone worked great for 3 months after I dried it out then the lcd started going dim and couldn't be adjusted, it was so bad it was all but impossible to see it when outside. It cant hurt.Id give it a try. I was at a subway store and my phone fell in the toilet i shut it off immedatly and then took the case off and shook the phone i let it come with me to the store for a couple hours then left it to dry in the air last night for 24 hours the when i woke up i put it in a bag of rice to u think i still have a chance with my iphone 4s ???? Cleaning might restore the phone, it might not. I am at work and wont have access to rice bag for 6 more hours? covered my iphone 5 with a towel while taking a shower forgot about the humid weather and how the absorbs the water especially inside a humid place which made my phone wet. No way to know. It would be better if you keep the water damaged iPhone stationary during wiping. Hi John, Are held in flash memory on the phone. Just leave in in the rice for 24 to 48 hours. Hey Katie Check out the Apple Out of Warranty information below in case you do have to replace your phone. But those are phones that had minimal water ingress and not anywhere near a danger area on the logic board. i acted upon it real fast.phn is working fine till now but do u think there could be a problem?? I need help. Hi Renee That totally sucks. I dried it and shook as much water as I could out of it. Hi Alaina At this point all you can do is take it to Apple or a third-part repair center and ask them to have a look. I am recieveing text, and noise is fine. What can I do about this? turned it off after an hour or so that it was in there, and it was working just fine i was still texting on it. What do you think? Hi MJ Theres no way to trick the indicators that Im aware of. I dropped my iphone 4 in the toilet. Do you think theres any hope? Hopefully it will be fine. The rice is nowhere near where the water is. I has been sitting in the drawer for 2 months already. That said, there is no other information held on the Sim card. I had over a thousand pictures/memories saved on my phone. Good luck John. It was in there for 2-3 seconds. 4-inch iPhone released in March 2016 with similar hardware specifications to the 6S. John. It has been in the rice for over 12 hours, and is still vibrating and giving notifications. Before i did any research i was dumb so what i did was turned on my phone, everything seemed to be working well, but the sound was worse, there was sound but not alot, about 5 minutes later the sound got a better, not 100 percent recovered but it was better. am I in the clear? Well I took a wrong step and ended up in the shallow Theres no way of knowing if the speakers are damaged until it dries out. so i wrapped it in a towel and left it for two hours infront of my living room heater which is a gas heater. So my partner dropped her phone down the toilet and thous the device now has water damage. Ive done the rice thing and my phones completly fine well exept that it wont read my sim card . You thinking the same? I pulled It said hardware and software was ok so they fixed it. After that, you can decide what makes the best sense. Probably not. How long do you think I should wait to try it since I couldnt power down? Liquid damage to an iPhone is considered Out Of Warranty, but Apple may replace the unit. The only way to know is to swop out the SIM. johan_t. advice from someone with experience. the phone has been on and it seems to work fine , the button just isnt working i have it sitting in rice right now but will that help? : / It worked upon fishing it out (in fact, as I held it dripping wet, Siri asked how she could help me. I have to use a flashlight to even see anything. I checked my SIM in a different iphone 5 and it worked so must be the phone? The buttons are fine and vibrate works. if so what should i do. Its not going to do any good to you or your phone. The same thing happened to me, screen is unresponsive but phone turns on. Sounds to me like you saved it. Hi Santu Have a look at the options at the bottom of the post with regard to Apples Out of Warranty program and the option to use third-party repair shops. The rice bag definitely works. I grabbed it immediately.it never turned off, I dried it immediately and there was one of those super duper high powered dryers so i held it in there pretty much immediately for a few minutes. Fast forward 46 hrs. John. Have a look at the Out of Warranty replacement program above in the post. The case probably saved it. After that, your only options are to take it to Apple or a third-party repair shop. And its possible that the phone could have problems in the future. I have it in rice anyway. 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