It worked! Friday 8:30pm dropped phone in toilet drove 5 minutes to buy rice, put phone in rice in brown paper bag. Tried using for 30 minutes nothing! Found your video, vacuumed phone put in rice in a ziploc bag. Bought the damp rid next day and put the open rice bag w/phone in a larger bag of Damp rid pellets and sealed that bag. Followed your advice and did not touch until Sunday afternoon about 4:00. The phone lit up said it needed a charge and it has worked perfectly now for 3 weeks!!
I used your steps about 1.5 years ago for my iPhone 4s after I forgot I had it in my swim trunks and went into Lake Michigan for 10-15 minutes with the phone fully submerged. Your steps are worth its weight in gold - I was able to get my phone working after 1 week (used to dry follow steps from the video) and I still use the phone today with no issues. This video saved me a headache and having to spend hundreds of dollars to replace the phone. Even though the video told you not to try turn it on after the phone gets wet, I did anyway since it's a panic reaction and everything still ended up working in the end. I have purchased a Lifeproof case since this happened to prevent this from happening in the future but this video was a life saver.
still be careful, im herre because my life proof cracked without my knowledge and i was swimming for a few hours it seems okay though after a few days of rice
My Daughter's friend jumped in the pool with her iphone and was totally devastated. I found your video. Thank you so much for posting this, you saved her phone! I didn't do the damp rid, but I did grab the Dyson vacuum and started vacuuming! AMAZING! I could not believe it worked. The camera flash is on and won't turn off, but everything else works great. You've never seen a happier 14 year old.
Tx so much for you're advice. My I Phone 6s works!!! I watched a lot of other video's. I decided to follow you're advice. My I Phone was missing for a week. And found it in my driveway. What happened was we had a lot of snow and when the snow melted there was my phone. I did NOT open my I Phone. As you recommended I did the following things: vacuumed the end & top of my phone for 10 min. w/ a Dyson vacuum, filled a ziplock bag with rice, went to the hardware store and bought "Damp Rid" put it in another bag. Got a larger zip lock bag, put the bag of rice with/ my I Phone 6s and put the Damp Rid. Very important- waited a week. And my phone works!!! Very happy!! And saved $600 and did not have to buy a new I Phone 6s. Thank you soo very much you ROCK!!!!
YES!!!! This method WORKED! dropped my phone in the dog's water bowl for 4 seconds. I quickly dried it off and put it in rice and sealed container . Like the gentleman in the video , I was impatient too. Checked every couple of hours for a day. No dice. Put the phone in the rice bag and then the bag of damp rid and sealed it for roughly 4-5 DAYS. Yes, be patient, it takes TIME. I also recommend his advice of NOT trying to plug it in after the initial accidental dunking . Vacuum the ear and power ports, too. I vacuumed them after the first rice treatment. After the 4-5 days in the rice/Damp Rid bags, It took about 5 minutes after I plugged it in for the phone to connect and start charging. I thought it was a goner!! This gentleman knows what he's talking about. No taking apart the phone or soaking it in alcohol. Thank you, Sir!
Omg I can't believe !!!! I did exactly what you said ! I left my iPhone 6 for about 2 days in rice and damprid and my iPhone it's alive!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!😍😍😍😍😍😍
Your welcome Sandra but I just posted a how to video. Comments like yours will give me reason to continue making them. I'm glad your phone works. Stay dry. Josh
This is a long overdue THANK YOU to the Amazing Mr. Josh!!! This worked incredibly well. My wife buys Damp Rid regularly for the basement closets and storage areas. It works really well pulling the moisture out of those areas. So I had faith that this would work. My wife left her phone on a glass table top through a wicked half-hour T-storm. We tried the rice bit for two days before I found this post. we followed these directions to a T, and after 24 hours the phone came back to life. But -- it was a little buggy, and the home button was not working. So..... we gave it another 24 hours and viola!!! It worked perfectly. And, it has continued to work perfectly for the next 18 months and counting. Thanks again Mr. Josh!! This solution came as aGREAT RELIEF to my wife and I.
Vacuum worked great! Now I've got it sitting in rice filled ziplock overnight, for good measure! You're a badass, sir. Thanks for the great vid, very informative!!
My phone went into the toilet. I was on my way to work and just grabbed it and dried it off. It was working. I am old and didn't know I should shut it off. After a few hours it stopped working. I got home and watched videos on what to do. I followed Mr151Josh's advice because it was the simplest, as I said I'm old. I used the vacuum cleaner method and just kept holding on the places he described all of a sudden the apple came up on the screen! Then it went away... I kept holding the vacuum and the apple came up again! I just kept holding the vacuum to the phone and then the screen popped up to unlock the phone! Thanks so much!!!!
Semi- Lengthy description of how I saved my iPhone 6, but hey feel free to ask me questions: So I Dropped my iphone 6in the pool for A MAX of 10 seconds. It went down, hit the 3ft floor. I quickly grabbed it, removed my case (Tech 21 non waterproof), and ran back to the apartment to the kitchen. Somehow I managed to text my bf, and accidentally open an app, but I turned it off quickly after and removed my SIM card and kept the port open. I shook my phone in a downwards motion to get the water out through the speaker/charging port/audio port... And sideways, where the SIM port is.i took paper towel and rolled a small tip and lightly placed it in the ports. I also got a vacuum and put it up to the ports... Then I placed it in rice. Sat there for about 8 hours. I started searching for more solutions and found this video. By this point it's after midnight, I run to my closest 24hour Walmart, got a tub Damprid (it was all they had and I was frantic haha). I placed my phone in some old cotton fabric (piece of old shirt), put it back in the rice (ziplock), and placed the rice bag in a bigger bag of Damprid, leaving the rice bag open and the bigger bag (containing everything) sealed. I left my phone in there for about 19 hours.... About 28 hours after the water drop, I decided to test my phone. I WAS SO ECSTATIC TO SEE THAT IT FUNCTIONED COMPLETELY NORMALLY; camera, sound, mic, phone, touch and Touch ID, headphones, charging... As if nothing had happened. Only thing was there was this small darkish ring in the center of my screen, only noticeable on white backgrounds or something bright and plain. BUT after a couple of hours and putting my brightness to max... The ring also went away. And now I'm typing away, 2 days after the incident on my UA-cam App. Time really matters in these situations. Summary of the hectic shit I went through: phone shut off/sim removal, shaking, dabbing with paper towel, vacuuming ports, rice bag alone, rice bag + Damprid bag + Cotton/breathable material around phone), patience Good luck all!!!!
G Ferrer my iphone six is the same but it works kind of pretty good rn but still, if i use it for about half an hour, it goes black and it over heats. will your method do the same with mine? my phone got drenched in water yesterday
My mom asked me to call my sister, and ask her if she wanted dinner. I did this calmly and asked my sister if she needed anything. She yelled at me over the phone and was stressing me out. I accidentally dropped my moms phone in the dog water bowl. My mom is blaming me, and yelling at me
Thanks for making this video.My daughter's purse which held a container of wine leaked onto her IPhone 6.Sat in wine long enough to not power up after discovering the leak.I followed the instructions in this video and the phone is fully recovered.The only problem is a splotched portion on the screen which is almost not visible.Thanks again for such help.Of course, we all panicked at first discovery of the leak.This video is totally accurate.Just follow the instructions.
swam two lengths of the pool underwater - a full minute of dunking - phone was of course totally dead - (even tried to turn it on) - used the rice and desiccant cure - three full days and voila! good as new! THANKS!!!! saved my holiday
I was bending over loading my dishwasher with my brand new iPhone in my top pocket and it fell out and went into the silverware basket jack side up! It was the last place I checked, the dishwasher had washed an rinsed by the time I found it I SCREAMED MFer! And ran to youtube in about 5 sec. And came on your vid, I put the Hoover on it for 7-10 mins and the phone turned on right away by itself, I stuck it in a bag of rice over night just to make sure it was completely dry.the phone works perfectly!Thanks for the SAVE! Your THE MAN!
So far its working every time i check on my iphone 6 (12 hours each time) it look like its getting better! first i did the vacume thing for about 5-10 min then bag of rice for 2 days until i got my hands on some damprid and i definitely see improvements cause now my phone is fully functioning (: so happy! thankyou
Hi! I was wondering if your home button worked? Mine is not working and im freaking out, yesterday I was at the pool with a friend, and my phone has a life proof case and we thought it was going to be fine underwater. We tried two times and we couldn't take the picture and realized the system was saying that the device something is not capable. Or something like that, And it was a little wet,i made sure to take it out of the case and try to dry it as best as i could and when i got home several minutes later i put it in rice until 9am today. The home button is not working and sometimes the phone acts up a little with siri or the volume thing popping up. I dont know what to do and Id like some help please. I already called apple and everything and asked questions...
Dude thanks!!! i went swimming for 10 minutes with my new iphone 4s and thought i could never use it again... but thanks to only rice and a bag, it works perfect again, and everything is still on it!
Thank You so much!!!! I used the crevice tool of the vacuum for ten minutes as you said, then I put a closet hanger of damp rid into a sealed gallon sized freezer bag and placed the phone in the freezer bag with, but not touching the damp rid. (I secured the phone in the bag with a clothespin) Then hung the whole mess up with a skirt hanger. NEXT DAY MY PHONE WORKED PERFECTLY!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
You've done gods work my friend. This fixed my phone, but the fingerprint no longer works. Regardless I'm happy with the results. Highly recommend this method
Thanks for the info. My wife's phone got wet last night and it was the end of the world. Your video helped calm her down. We will try the way you did it and ill let you know how it came out. Thanks!
Thank you Mr151josh. On Christmas eve my wife's IPhone 5 fell in the toilet, (nuf said, use your imagination). The one mistake I made which everyone advises against was initially check to see if it was working and the screen came on but looked like it was going to die and was unable to power it down. As much as I was in a rush as I was about to have a crowd of 20 people over for the holiday I took your advice and held the vacuum up to the ports for a full 10 minutes then stuffed it in a zip lock bag of rice, (I didn't have the other absorbent he talked about in the video). I to am very impatient and it took everything I had not to go and check it every 12 hours. I left it in there for a full 48 hours, put the sim card back in and like a miracle it worked. Thanks again.
Glad you got your phone back. Glad the video helped. It doesn't work for everyone but it seems to work if you vacuum quick and then get it in the rice and have a little patience.
Omg this video saved my life. i dropped my phone in the bath and my dad was going mental saying i would have to pay for a new one as my screen had weird multicoloured stripes on it. i quickly googled ways to repair water damage and found your video i tried your first suggestion of using a vaccum cleaner at the bottom of my iphone 5 and 20 minutes later my phone was back to normal and i no longer had to cash out for a new one thanks SO MUCH!!! THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
Thank you so, so much! My iPhone has been in rise for about 48 hours and still doesn't work, so I'm a little freaked out. But seeing this made me relax a little, so thanks!
thanks very much my iphone got wet and the sound stopped i was going to by a new iphone but then i saw ur video the vaccum method worked great for me :)
Even if the water mark stays and causes more problems later, my two year contract is up at the first of 2014. I can get a 5s then, for a huge discount! This just wigged me out cause I just used one of my AppleCare incidentals two weeks ago. I have one left, but it costs $50 for restocking and refurbishing fees, each time. Glad I may not need to make a Genius Bar appointment on a Saturday! Thanks again, dude!
NEXT VIDEO: How to dislodge rice from charge port/headphone jack. Learned that the hard way, this time I put it in a thin sock before putting it in rice.
My experience was my little brother was jumping on the bed and my phone flew into a bowl of water, the top half was wet and I've tried vacuuming the water out and charging it and the rice thing, is there any other steps I can do? Other than wait longer for the rice. My parents really trusted me with getting a phone and I'm freaking out here
wow so i put it in a container of rice for less than 30 seconds and i took it out so i could position it better, but it was already working fine! super duper happy!
It was paper when I made that video in 2011 but the 4000 US dollars I've made on that video alone have kept me in the latest and newest real phone since. Thanks for the view.
People, this works! It happened to me. Twice.... First time I turned on my iPhone and put it in the charger. Unlucky me... I damaged it beyond repair. Second time (new iPhone) I shut it of immediately, put it in a bag of rice for 24 hours and used the vacuum cleaner afterwards (yes, wrong order, I know). And presto, it still works! Imho not turning on the device and putting it in a bag of rice for a long(!) period is the key to succes. BE PATIENT! Thanks for your video!
Worked!!!!! Left it in the rice and damp rid for 3 days just to be safe and it turned right on i had water under the screen, that was gone. My touch sensor wouldent work, it worked when i pulled it out! I also recommend before you put it in the rice to shake out some of the water and vacuum out the ports for a couple minutes as well and it should work. Also if you want more success purchase a screwdriver to take it apart and dry the insides out easier but when you do that dont put it back in the rice but instead leave it drying for like 12 hours or so. I knew someone who had one and he took it apart and without him doing that my phone may have never came back.
Help my iPhone was affected by a few splashes of water I put it in rice for a day and it seems to work except after about 30 min it'll start to off and take random screenshots. Idk how to fix this do u have advice to fix an iPhone that was previously affected by water pls help!
This WORKS... (so happy to see i am not out the cost of the insurance 'replacement' cost). My iPhone 5s, yep, the one with the glass face that breaks if you look at it wrong, or drop it to the floor from a distance of 6 inches or more, was SAVED!!! The iPhone 5s, with its broken glass face, and i am not just talking about a crack the upper left corner is missing, and this is nearly the size of a US dime hole in the glass. You can see the camera glass. (no small opening into the inside of the iPhone 5s) I dove into the swimming pool, swam for at least 5 minutes with the phone in my pocket. I realized the phone was in my pocket, and then took it from my pocket, and handed it to a friend who was not in the pool. It was at least 30 minutes that the phone sat on the table next to the pool. The outside airtemp was approximaetly 75F. I took the phone into the house, opened a bag of rice in the kitchen, and poured approximaetly 2 cups of rice into a cake baking pan. I carefully placed the phone so the big whole in the 'cheap' glass face was slightly lower than the rest of the phone (read, almost level, with a tiny tilt towards the open (broken) iPhone face. I turned on the kitchen oven, to WARM setting (lowest setting), and then put the baking pan now holding the iPhone, buried in the 2 cups of dry rice, into the oven. I left the iPhone 5s in the oven for approximaetly 16 hours. I pulled the phone out of the oven, and let it cool in room, for 10 minutes. I could pick it up, and it was never so hot that i could not hold it in my hand. I plugged into the charger, and saw the little apple, as the phone charged (GOOD SIGH). To my GREAT amazement, i heard the iPhone 'chime' in less than 5 minutes, as it automatically turned on, and attached to cell network to download text messages. iPhone 5s with 32 GB RAM (400$) Home Swimming Pool with actual water (25,000$) Hiking shorts with handy pocket that you can put, and forget you have, your iPhone in (32$) Bag of rice (3$) SAVING YOUR SELF FROM HAVING TO BUY A NEW iPhone because you are too forgetful to remember your new slim iPhone in your pocket in your hiking shorts.... (PRICELESS) !!! SUCK IT, iPhone INSURANCE REPLACEMENT policy !!!
My HTC just fell in the toilet im trying exactly what he did , I'm impatient as well Like nothing else in the world matters right now until i know this phone is okay lol .. It's too much like no joke
Daniel Peoples bruh I just dropped my phone in the toilet.... my home button doesn’t work and neither does the off button, I’ve been putting it in rice but I keep taking it out cause I’m so scared😂😭
lol ik this late but ik how u feel!!!!!!!! I don't even have all this stuff, just rice. it lucky didn't get a full dunk of water, only a bit but it was left like that for 9 hours, it comes on and everything but there is water marks. I am so impatient lol idk what to do
Thanks Josh for your clip. My phone just got wet today (forgot to take it out from my jacket and washed the jacket! :( ). I will try with rice first for 48hr. Then will try charge it as you told. HT
I repair iPhones for a living and I can say yes the rice is a quick fix but the liquid is not the problem, the only harm the liquid does is short the battery out. Yea simply replace the battery but the real problem is any sediment in the liquid gets left behind after drying it out and causes corrosion on the components and thats when the permeate damage takes place. When I do liquid damage recovery I remove the mother board and clean it with 99.9% alcohol to remove any sediment that got into the phone. Sure this guys phone works for now but give it a few months and there will be no coming back. Trust me I've done hundreds of liquid damage repairs not just one like this guy.
Never put you phone in charge after a water damage or it will blew your phone circuit due to water in it. Always remember water only damages the screen not circuit until forced to start by charging or trying to switch it on more then 3 or 4 times. If your phone water damaged don't panic just get rid of the water inside let it dry.
I dropped my phone in orange juice this morning...had heard about the rice thing so I immediately wiped it down and threw it in. 3 hours later, still not ok...found this and tried the vacuum trick. HAVE PATIENCE. After 10 mins, my button would finally close apps, but couldn't double tap and the phone thought it was docked. All seemed fine after 20+ mins, kept it up until over 30 mins. Working well, something wrong with speakers still and I'm worried about the OJ causing problems later. Thanks!
Good to know that you are impatient like me. I guess I will need to leave it in the rice for longer! Thanks for the advice! I hope this will work for me.
Rice is a bad idea......it can work but theres a bigger chance of it ruining it. Rice dries it out but it leaves the mineral components and starches from the rice that will corrode your connections inside...
Patrick John i understand that rice has disadvantages but iPhones get wet in places everywhere on the planet. Silica gel or alcohol or damp rid may not be accessible to some people watching in over 100 different countries last time I looked at my analytics. Rice however is usually an easy cheap and available method for those that don't have Home Depot or genius stores in their area.
Cookie I feel like hiding your broken phone is not a great idea. I hope it's back on soon. Be patient and you know as well as I do your parents are gonna figure it out.
Mr151josh MY STORY (w/question to follow): I dropped my iPhone in shallow water and quickly took the case off and dried it and my only issue was my speaker. It sounded kind of grate-y per say, so I looked up how to fix it. I put on this video and turned up the volume a lot and now my speaker seems to have blown out that bit of water that was still in there because now it's fixed. QUESTION: Should I still use a vacuum on it for 10 minutes or put it in rice for a bit just to be on the safe side?
Mine worked cuz I used the rice and when I saw the rice I'm like I hope this works and six hrs later it just starting working and I was so scared when it fell because I have so much important stuff I've purchased and I'm like crying for the rest of the day till it turned on
This guy is not an idiot, this works and I have seen it work many many times. I have more technology certificates and degrees than the average person wasting their time ripping people on their advice. Rice and damp rid absorb moisture......perhaps you missed that class in cell phone college.
Never heard anyone say that before I've always thought my voice is a bit on the annoying side. I do hope this credo has helped some of you that got their iPhones wet. Good luck to all.
hey wen i drpd ma ipn 5 the sensor n the ear speaker ws workin good.....but wen i took f the water from the scren the ear spear n the sensor r nt workin.......wt to do now.....s dis method work for dat................
Rice is actually one of the WORST things you could use to dry out electronics....especially phones. The rice DOES dry the phone, but it also leaves all the minerals from the water caked all over the connections and motherboard. I have seen so many of these phones after the rice method and we usually have to remove IC chips and reball them on the MOBO because of how bad the minerals in water can damage said connections. It may work as a temporary fix, but somewhere down the line the phone will fail out of nowhere and you will be paying a pretty penny to have it fixed. not knocking you video...just a heads up as a fix it store owner. If your phone gets wet...take it to someone immediately who knows what they are doing with the guts of the phone. We have had iPhone 6's come in and had them fixed in less than 2 hours because the person brought it in same day or next day after their incident. This time of year (summer) there is a lot of pool water and toilet phones. These are the worst since the chlorine leaves a ton of residue after drying. Best chance to save it is get it in the hands of someone that can take it apart.....just try to avoid the rice!!
Hi MrJosh. my Iphone fell out of my pocket into a river. The iphone was in a ziploc bag and since the river is incredibly strong, water got in and when i found the bag it was basically a bag of water. The phone was completely wet and had lots of water in it, as I shook it out as much as possible. I have no turned it on, but it did take me ~2 hours to get home and i vacuumed for ~5-10 min. My vacuum is very strong. I then placed it in a ziploc bag of rice. It has been drying for 24 hours.
Will definitely let you know what happens. Didn't realize my iPod classic was in the washing machine for 5-7 minutes most likely. Ugh !! Right now have it in a bag with rice and then two bags surrounding it each with refill of damp rid. So instead of the one bag with the hanger on it I got the refill and filled up two small clear bags with that and surrounded on each side of the iPod bag with the rice. Used the vacuum for at least a half an hour like you said. Last thing the iPod said was to contact apple help and had a big red X with a circle surrounding it. I guess we'll see what happens. So annoyed I did this. Thanks for the help
+massud almassudi your probably fine. Just put it in the rice and let the rice suck out the moisture. It will take a couple days but it might still work. Good luck.
So I spilled a bit of coffee on my iPhone and lost sound. I place it by my fan and seemed dry, but still no sound. I found this video. Said to use a vacuum to suck the water out. Well, I did the opposite, I did I blew a bit of air with my mouth through the head jack and power connector and I got my sound back! As you didn't mention this, but I have thank you because you mention to not to be afraid in trying something.
After drying with rice and vacuum suction did anyone try changing the battery instead of using the same of water damaged battery,of course after it is all dried out.??? I think for some of you may have short the circuts trying to turn it on before it was dried out. I would take the battery out and change it also for best results. Don't use the same old water damaged battery they are cheap on Amazon. Dry the phone with what every your pleasure rice,vacuum, Alcohol dip then after fully dry. Change the battery then power on. If you power while wet or still saturated it short circuits and it will never be the same.
It works.. My son's Iphone is working now after being in the lake for more than 20 minutes..
Thank you !!!
It worked! Friday 8:30pm dropped phone in toilet drove 5 minutes to buy rice, put phone in rice in brown paper bag. Tried using for 30 minutes nothing! Found your video, vacuumed phone put in rice in a ziploc bag. Bought the damp rid next day and put the open rice bag w/phone in a larger bag of Damp rid pellets and sealed that bag. Followed your advice and did not touch until Sunday afternoon about 4:00. The phone lit up said it needed a charge and it has worked perfectly now for 3 weeks!!
*its a waterproof case they said*
*you can bring it in the shower they said*
OnlySketxher same
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I used your steps about 1.5 years ago for my iPhone 4s after I forgot I had it in my swim trunks and went into Lake Michigan for 10-15 minutes with the phone fully submerged.
Your steps are worth its weight in gold - I was able to get my phone working after 1 week (used to dry follow steps from the video) and I still use the phone today with no issues. This video saved me a headache and having to spend hundreds of dollars to replace the phone.
Even though the video told you not to try turn it on after the phone gets wet, I did anyway since it's a panic reaction and everything still ended up working in the end.
I have purchased a Lifeproof case since this happened to prevent this from happening in the future but this video was a life saver.
still be careful, im herre because my life proof cracked without my knowledge and i was swimming for a few hours it seems okay though after a few days of rice
These tricks really did work well! Thank you very much!!! You saved my Iphone 4!
My Daughter's friend jumped in the pool with her iphone and was totally devastated. I found your video. Thank you so much for posting this, you saved her phone! I didn't do the damp rid, but I did grab the Dyson vacuum and started vacuuming! AMAZING! I could not believe it worked. The camera flash is on and won't turn off, but everything else works great. You've never seen a happier 14 year old.
This is awesome! Thank you so much! We used rice, damp rid, & silica gel packs. 24 hours later our iPhone works!!!
Sry but what’s damp rid???
Ohh nevermind sry lol
Tx so much for you're advice. My I Phone 6s works!!! I watched a lot of other video's. I decided to follow you're advice. My I Phone was missing for a week. And found it in my driveway. What happened was we had a lot of snow and when the snow melted there was my phone.
I did NOT open my I Phone.
As you recommended I did the following things: vacuumed the end & top of my phone for 10 min. w/ a Dyson vacuum, filled a ziplock bag with rice, went to the hardware store and bought "Damp Rid" put it in another bag.
Got a larger zip lock bag, put the bag of rice with/ my I Phone 6s and put the Damp Rid. Very important- waited a week. And my phone works!!! Very happy!!
And saved $600 and did not have to buy a new I Phone 6s. Thank you soo very much you ROCK!!!!
YES!!!! This method WORKED! dropped my phone in the dog's water bowl for 4 seconds. I quickly dried it off and put it in rice and sealed container . Like the gentleman in the video , I was impatient too. Checked every couple of hours for a day. No dice. Put the phone in the rice bag and then the bag of damp rid and sealed it for roughly 4-5 DAYS. Yes, be patient, it takes TIME. I also recommend his advice of NOT trying to plug it in after the initial accidental dunking . Vacuum the ear and power ports, too. I vacuumed them after the first rice treatment.
After the 4-5 days in the rice/Damp Rid bags, It took about 5 minutes after I plugged it in for the phone to connect and start charging. I thought it was a goner!!
This gentleman knows what he's talking about. No taking apart the phone or soaking it in alcohol. Thank you, Sir!
Love this guy! So non-robotic, gentle yet on point, genuinely reassuring, thoroughly informative and freshly unique in style. Congrats and thanks!
Omg I can't believe !!!! I did exactly what you said ! I left my iPhone 6 for about 2 days in rice and damprid and my iPhone it's alive!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!😍😍😍😍😍😍
Your welcome Sandra but I just posted a how to video. Comments like yours will give me reason to continue making them. I'm glad your phone works. Stay dry.
Josh
Is not possible I try alrady may divide is stil not working
Tahir Hmtahir how many days did you put your iphone inside the rice?
This is a long overdue THANK YOU to the Amazing Mr. Josh!!! This worked incredibly well. My wife buys Damp Rid regularly for the basement closets and storage areas. It works really well pulling the moisture out of those areas. So I had faith that this would work. My wife left her phone on a glass table top through a wicked half-hour T-storm. We tried the rice bit for two days before I found this post. we followed these directions to a T, and after 24 hours the phone came back to life. But -- it was a little buggy, and the home button was not working. So..... we gave it another 24 hours and viola!!! It worked perfectly. And, it has continued to work perfectly for the next 18 months and counting. Thanks again Mr. Josh!! This solution came as aGREAT RELIEF to my wife and I.
Vacuum worked great! Now I've got it sitting in rice filled ziplock overnight, for good measure! You're a badass, sir. Thanks for the great vid, very informative!!
My phone went into the toilet. I was on my way to work and just grabbed it and dried it off. It was working. I am old and didn't know I should shut it off. After a few hours it stopped working. I got home and watched videos on what to do. I followed Mr151Josh's advice because it was the simplest, as I said I'm old. I used the vacuum cleaner method and just kept holding on the places he described all of a sudden the apple came up on the screen! Then it went away... I kept holding the vacuum and the apple came up again! I just kept holding the vacuum to the phone and then the screen popped up to unlock the phone! Thanks so much!!!!
Great. I tried the blow dryer and connected it to my charger before watching this.
Did your phone ever work again? Please, I need to know! I connected to my charger too, and now I'm freaking out.
The vaccum thing works everyone, i did it on my 5s and it worked perfectly after i vaccumed it! thank you so much dude!
Semi- Lengthy description of how I saved my iPhone 6, but hey feel free to ask me questions:
So I Dropped my iphone 6in the pool for A MAX of 10 seconds. It went down, hit the 3ft floor. I quickly grabbed it, removed my case (Tech 21 non waterproof), and ran back to the apartment to the kitchen. Somehow I managed to text my bf, and accidentally open an app, but I turned it off quickly after and removed my SIM card and kept the port open.
I shook my phone in a downwards motion to get the water out through the speaker/charging port/audio port... And sideways, where the SIM port is.i took paper towel and rolled a small tip and lightly placed it in the ports. I also got a vacuum and put it up to the ports... Then I placed it in rice. Sat there for about 8 hours. I started searching for more solutions and found this video. By this point it's after midnight, I run to my closest 24hour Walmart, got a tub Damprid (it was all they had and I was frantic haha). I placed my phone in some old cotton fabric (piece of old shirt), put it back in the rice (ziplock), and placed the rice bag in a bigger bag of Damprid, leaving the rice bag open and the bigger bag (containing everything) sealed. I left my phone in there for about 19 hours....
About 28 hours after the water drop, I decided to test my phone. I WAS SO ECSTATIC TO SEE THAT IT FUNCTIONED COMPLETELY NORMALLY; camera, sound, mic, phone, touch and Touch ID, headphones, charging... As if nothing had happened. Only thing was there was this small darkish ring in the center of my screen, only noticeable on white backgrounds or something bright and plain. BUT after a couple of hours and putting my brightness to max... The ring also went away.
And now I'm typing away, 2 days after the incident on my UA-cam App. Time really matters in these situations.
Summary of the hectic shit I went through: phone shut off/sim removal, shaking, dabbing with paper towel, vacuuming ports, rice bag alone, rice bag + Damprid bag + Cotton/breathable material around phone), patience
Good luck all!!!!
G Ferrer my iphone six is the same but it works kind of pretty good rn but still, if i use it for about half an hour, it goes black and it over heats. will your method do the same with mine? my phone got drenched in water yesterday
This works
My mom asked me to call my sister, and ask her if she wanted dinner. I did this calmly and asked my sister if she needed anything. She yelled at me over the phone and was stressing me out. I accidentally dropped my moms phone in the dog water bowl. My mom is blaming me, and yelling at me
G Ferrer yeah *BRIEF*
did you take it all apart?
Thanks for making this video.My daughter's purse which held a container of wine leaked onto her IPhone 6.Sat in wine long enough to not power up after discovering the leak.I followed the instructions in this video and the phone is fully recovered.The only problem is a splotched portion on the screen which is almost not visible.Thanks again for such help.Of course, we all panicked at first discovery of the leak.This video is totally accurate.Just follow the instructions.
If your phone gets wet, try putting it in dry rice. At night the rice will attract Asians who will fix it for you
That is offensive sort of. I am Asian and we should at least acknowledge we are at least smart. Not saying you are dumb but it is just offensive.
epicgreenies Im Asian and I laughed
trap veteran lol that's funny and messed up but it's really funny good job😄😄😄😄🤗🤗
trap veteran hi
Jizelle Amaya hi
Everything that you said worked beautifully for a iphone4, It took only 24 hrs to dry out after following all your steps.
Great video dude, the vacuum cleaner technique worked for me. Great video.
swam two lengths of the pool underwater - a full minute of dunking - phone was of course totally dead - (even tried to turn it on) - used the rice and desiccant cure - three full days and voila! good as new! THANKS!!!! saved my holiday
I was bending over loading my dishwasher with my brand new iPhone in my top pocket and it fell out and went into the silverware basket jack side up! It was the last place I checked, the dishwasher had washed an rinsed by the time I found it I SCREAMED MFer! And ran to youtube in about 5 sec. And came on your vid, I put the Hoover on it for 7-10 mins and the phone turned on right away by itself, I stuck it in a bag of rice over night just to make sure it was completely dry.the phone works perfectly!Thanks for the SAVE! Your THE MAN!
THANKS! Fell in the pool today trying to rescue a snake with the phone in my pocket. I'll give this all a go, and keep you posted! Merry Christmas!
So far its working every time i check on my iphone 6 (12 hours each time) it look like its getting better! first i did the vacume thing for about 5-10 min then bag of rice for 2 days until i got my hands on some damprid and i definitely see improvements cause now my phone is fully functioning (: so happy! thankyou
Did you do the rice and damp rid ? Or just put your iPhone in damprid
i think the damprid worked better than the rice (:
+Kayla Skinner How long did you leave the iPhone 6 in the damprid for?
Hi! I was wondering if your home button worked? Mine is not working and im freaking out, yesterday I was at the pool with a friend, and my phone has a life proof case and we thought it was going to be fine underwater. We tried two times and we couldn't take the picture and realized the system was saying that the device something is not capable. Or something like that, And it was a little wet,i made sure to take it out of the case and try to dry it as best as i could and when i got home several minutes later i put it in rice until 9am today. The home button is not working and sometimes the phone acts up a little with siri or the volume thing popping up. I dont know what to do and Id like some help please. I already called apple and everything and asked questions...
Kayla Skinner
Dude thanks!!! i went swimming for 10 minutes with my new iphone 4s and thought i could never use it again... but thanks to only rice and a bag, it works perfect again, and everything is still on it!
thankYOU sir!!!!! shure it works!!! Y OU SAVED MY I-PHONE!!! IN 48 HOURS!!!!!!!!LOVE FROM GREECE!!!
Patience & Common Sense is a good recipe for a relaxed life! H
Thank You so much!!!! I used the crevice tool of the vacuum for ten minutes as you said, then I put a closet hanger of damp rid into a sealed gallon sized freezer bag and placed the phone in the freezer bag with, but not touching the damp rid. (I secured the phone in the bag with a clothespin) Then hung the whole mess up with a skirt hanger. NEXT DAY MY PHONE WORKED PERFECTLY!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
You've done gods work my friend. This fixed my phone, but the fingerprint no longer works. Regardless I'm happy with the results. Highly recommend this method
Edit: Touch ID is now working
how did u fix touch id
Jaspreet Dhanjal my Touch ID works but Siri is gone
Which method
Thanks for the info. My wife's phone got wet last night and it was the end of the world. Your video helped calm her down. We will try the way you did it and ill let you know how it came out. Thanks!
Thank you Mr151josh. On Christmas eve my wife's IPhone 5 fell in the toilet, (nuf said, use your imagination). The one mistake I made which everyone advises against was initially check to see if it was working and the screen came on but looked like it was going to die and was unable to power it down. As much as I was in a rush as I was about to have a crowd of 20 people over for the holiday I took your advice and held the vacuum up to the ports for a full 10 minutes then stuffed it in a zip lock bag of rice, (I didn't have the other absorbent he talked about in the video). I to am very impatient and it took everything I had not to go and check it every 12 hours. I left it in there for a full 48 hours, put the sim card back in and like a miracle it worked. Thanks again.
It worked! I used the vacuum for about 12 min & then the bag of rice! Thanks for the video! I'm commenting from my iPhone 6 right now lol
Glad you got your phone back. Glad the video helped. It doesn't work for everyone but it seems to work if you vacuum quick and then get it in the rice and have a little patience.
+Mr151josh I agree I was so surprised. Still am. But thankful that it works now.
+Carolina Squishy for how long?
Carolina Squishy k
Omg this video saved my life. i dropped my phone in the bath and my dad was going mental saying i would have to pay for a new one as my screen had weird multicoloured stripes on it. i quickly googled ways to repair water damage and found your video i tried your first suggestion of using a vaccum cleaner at the bottom of my iphone 5 and 20 minutes later my phone was
back to normal and i no longer had to cash out for a new one thanks SO MUCH!!! THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
The vac made the difference on mine. Thanks for the tip!
thank you so much the vacuum trick worked! And you were very reassuring :)
Thank you so, so much! My iPhone has been in rise for about 48 hours and still doesn't work, so I'm a little freaked out. But seeing this made me relax a little, so thanks!
I accidentally went swimming with my iPod touch 6 for about a half an hour. Do you think it’ll work?
thanks very much my iphone got wet and the sound stopped i was going to by a new iphone but then i saw ur video the vaccum method worked great for me :)
Your definitely from Minnesota, like myself 👍🏻👍🏻
Even if the water mark stays and causes more problems later, my two year contract is up at the first of 2014. I can get a 5s then, for a huge discount! This just wigged me out cause I just used one of my AppleCare incidentals two weeks ago. I have one left, but it costs $50 for restocking and refurbishing fees, each time. Glad I may not need to make a Genius Bar appointment on a Saturday! Thanks again, dude!
NEXT VIDEO: How to dislodge rice from charge port/headphone jack. Learned that the hard way, this time I put it in a thin sock before putting it in rice.
Ah thanks so much for the advice! Dropped the iPhone in the lake yesterday as I tipped over the canoe! Soaking it in rice as I type.
My experience was my little brother was jumping on the bed and my phone flew into a bowl of water, the top half was wet and I've tried vacuuming the water out and charging it and the rice thing, is there any other steps I can do? Other than wait longer for the rice. My parents really trusted me with getting a phone and I'm freaking out here
So what happened
Bowl of water?
Flew?? Into a bowl of water??? I'm sorry this doesn't sound realistic enough to be fixed even though I could help you...
The hoover trick really worked, thanks soo much :) was thinking of spending £100 on a new phone. I owe you!!!
Thanks x
I know how u feel im 13 and im scared out of mind to tell my mom! :(
tvchick23 smeeeee
Omg same
Now you 20
Nick Kalogiannis 😂
so what happened when u told her 8 years ago lmaoo
I love this guys voice, respect.
Do you know what to do if your screen has water in it?
lexmoney screen replacement
oh ctap no :((((( i am dead i just got a new screen it coasted like 80$ and now i need to buy another 80$ my dad gonna kill me ugh
Nice job man...thanks for sharing for all of us that have had this problem and I'm sure they're many!
my life = saved
THANK YOU!!
wow so i put it in a container of rice for less than 30 seconds and i took it out so i could position it better, but it was already working fine! super duper happy!
ur iPhone went blank cause its paper bro
It was paper when I made that video in 2011 but the 4000 US dollars I've made on that video alone have kept me in the latest and newest real phone since. Thanks for the view.
+Mr151josh cute dachshund
+Mr151josh well 4k in 5 years is not really something to brag about.
+Sui Generis 4K???? I don't know what your saying here. What was 4K and why isn't it something to brag about.
the 4000 US dollars I've made on that video
THE VACUUM CLEANER TRICK WORKED!!! THANK YOU!!!
I'm literally on my phone right know that has water in the screen and seems to be working
amit Kishor It's gonna shut-off.
People, this works! It happened to me. Twice.... First time I turned on my iPhone and put it in the charger. Unlucky me... I damaged it beyond repair. Second time (new iPhone) I shut it of immediately, put it in a bag of rice for 24 hours and used the vacuum cleaner afterwards (yes, wrong order, I know). And presto, it still works! Imho not turning on the device and putting it in a bag of rice for a long(!) period is the key to succes. BE PATIENT!
Thanks for your video!
This man just saved my $700 phone
What kind of phone
iPhone 8
Worked!!!!! Left it in the rice and damp rid for 3 days just to be safe and it turned right on i had water under the screen, that was gone. My touch sensor wouldent work, it worked when i pulled it out! I also recommend before you put it in the rice to shake out some of the water and vacuum out the ports for a couple minutes as well and it should work. Also if you want more success purchase a screwdriver to take it apart and dry the insides out easier but when you do that dont put it back in the rice but instead leave it drying for like 12 hours or so. I knew someone who had one and he took it apart and without him doing that my phone may have never came back.
Also i for got to add but make shure that you use cooked rice study's show that it soaks up more water
Help my iPhone was affected by a few splashes of water I put it in rice for a day and it seems to work except after about 30 min it'll start to off and take random screenshots. Idk how to fix this do u have advice to fix an iPhone that was previously affected by water pls help!
Super video. I am pretty encouraged. The phone has been vacuumed and is in rice. Going to get damp rid now.
Did ure phone get really hot when u went out of the water
Samkilla122 Playsgames yes mine did, did your phone work in the end
Samkiller 122 mine did
Mine did! And now it wont work anymore😢
Me too huhu it get really hot
I put it inside in sack of rice for two days
i didn’t open it until
I hope it will work huhu
Thank you my phone is alive again :) I really didn't think this would work but it did !!!
Your welcome it surprised me when I did it to mine but clearly it does work on some types of phone for some just not everyone.
Mr151josh just a little question, for curiosity... do you know if i can fix my iphone that got wet with pee? :d yeah, just curiosity hahahaha
@Doug Salazar I would imagine pee would dry up just as well but if your drinking all sorts of weird stuff who knows what will happen.
So rice charges your iPhone too?
Inferno Scorpion
Hello good byee
Lol! Idk
This WORKS... (so happy to see i am not out the cost of the insurance 'replacement' cost).
My iPhone 5s, yep, the one with the glass face that breaks if you look at it wrong, or drop it to the floor from a distance of 6 inches or more, was SAVED!!!
The iPhone 5s, with its broken glass face, and i am not just talking about a crack the upper left corner is missing, and this is nearly the size of a US dime hole in the glass. You can see the camera glass. (no small opening into the inside of the iPhone 5s)
I dove into the swimming pool, swam for at least 5 minutes with the phone in my pocket. I realized the phone was in my pocket, and then took it from my pocket, and handed it to a friend who was not in the pool. It was at least 30 minutes that the phone sat on the table next to the pool. The outside airtemp was approximaetly 75F.
I took the phone into the house, opened a bag of rice in the kitchen, and poured approximaetly 2 cups of rice into a cake baking pan. I carefully placed the phone so the big whole in the 'cheap' glass face was slightly lower than the rest of the phone (read, almost level, with a tiny tilt towards the open (broken) iPhone face.
I turned on the kitchen oven, to WARM setting (lowest setting), and then put the baking pan now holding the iPhone, buried in the 2 cups of dry rice, into the oven.
I left the iPhone 5s in the oven for approximaetly 16 hours.
I pulled the phone out of the oven, and let it cool in room, for 10 minutes. I could pick it up, and it was never so hot that i could not hold it in my hand.
I plugged into the charger, and saw the little apple, as the phone charged (GOOD SIGH).
To my GREAT amazement, i heard the iPhone 'chime' in less than 5 minutes, as it automatically turned on, and attached to cell network to download text messages.
iPhone 5s with 32 GB RAM (400$)
Home Swimming Pool with actual water (25,000$)
Hiking shorts with handy pocket that you can put, and forget you have, your iPhone in (32$)
Bag of rice (3$)
SAVING YOUR SELF FROM HAVING TO BUY A NEW iPhone because you are too forgetful to remember your new slim iPhone in your pocket in your hiking shorts.... (PRICELESS)
!!! SUCK IT, iPhone INSURANCE REPLACEMENT policy !!!
My HTC just fell in the toilet im trying exactly what he did , I'm impatient as well Like nothing else in the world matters right now until i know this phone is okay lol .. It's too much like no joke
Daniel Peoples bruh I just dropped my phone in the toilet.... my home button doesn’t work and neither does the off button, I’ve been putting it in rice but I keep taking it out cause I’m so scared😂😭
lol ik this late but ik how u feel!!!!!!!! I don't even have all this stuff, just rice. it lucky didn't get a full dunk of water, only a bit but it was left like that for 9 hours, it comes on and everything but there is water marks. I am so impatient lol idk what to do
That happen to me lastnight and it's coming on but the touch is not working
Thanks Josh for your clip. My phone just got wet today (forgot to take it out from my jacket and washed the jacket! :( ). I will try with rice first for 48hr. Then will try charge it as you told. HT
I repair iPhones for a living and I can say yes the rice is a quick fix but the liquid is not the problem, the only harm the liquid does is short the battery out. Yea simply replace the battery but the real problem is any sediment in the liquid gets left behind after drying it out and causes corrosion on the components and thats when the permeate damage takes place. When I do liquid damage recovery I remove the mother board and clean it with 99.9% alcohol to remove any sediment that got into the phone. Sure this guys phone works for now but give it a few months and there will be no coming back. Trust me I've done hundreds of liquid damage repairs not just one like this guy.
If I don't have the tool to open it, can I just put the phone in a container of the alchohol
You just want to make business lol
THANK. YOU this really worked. I kept in the damprid bag for almost a week and I saw how the water smudges and water lines disappeared.
Never put you phone in charge after a water damage or it will blew your phone circuit due to water in it. Always remember water only damages the screen not circuit until forced to start by charging or trying to switch it on more then 3 or 4 times. If your phone water damaged don't panic just get rid of the water inside let it dry.
I dropped my phone in orange juice this morning...had heard about the rice thing so I immediately wiped it down and threw it in. 3 hours later, still not ok...found this and tried the vacuum trick. HAVE PATIENCE. After 10 mins, my button would finally close apps, but couldn't double tap and the phone thought it was docked. All seemed fine after 20+ mins, kept it up until over 30 mins. Working well, something wrong with speakers still and I'm worried about the OJ causing problems later. Thanks!
Lol that drawing though
Lmfao
rey anthony verzosa damn 4 years ago lmao
Good to know that you are impatient like me. I guess I will need to leave it in the rice for longer! Thanks for the advice! I hope this will work for me.
Jenni Wolfe nobody likes to let there phone sit in rice. It might take some time. Good luck.
Rice is a bad idea......it can work but theres a bigger chance of it ruining it. Rice dries it out but it leaves the mineral components and starches from the rice that will corrode your connections inside...
Patrick John i understand that rice has disadvantages but iPhones get wet in places everywhere on the planet. Silica gel or alcohol or damp rid may not be accessible to some people watching in over 100 different countries last time I looked at my analytics. Rice however is usually an easy cheap and available method for those that don't have Home Depot or genius stores in their area.
The rice worked! I using my iPhone now and it is working perfectly. Thank you!
I dropped my I phone 5c in toilet (fell out of back pocket) I left it in for 4 days. IT WORKS YAHOO!!!!! thanks for posting
Debbie Hiler
You didn’t use the toilet for 4 days?
Cookie I feel like hiding your broken phone is not a great idea. I hope it's back on soon. Be patient and you know as well as I do your parents are gonna figure it out.
Mr151josh MY STORY (w/question to follow): I dropped my iPhone in shallow water and quickly took the case off and dried it and my only issue was my speaker. It sounded kind of grate-y per say, so I looked up how to fix it. I put on this video and turned up the volume a lot and now my speaker seems to have blown out that bit of water that was still in there because now it's fixed. QUESTION: Should I still use a vacuum on it for 10 minutes or put it in rice for a bit just to be on the safe side?
bro thank you so much for the vacuum trick it worked as soon as i did it, thank you soo much
I left mine in rice for several days! Still never worked.
Same
Mine worked cuz I used the rice and when I saw the rice I'm like I hope this works and six hrs later it just starting working and I was so scared when it fell because I have so much important stuff I've purchased and I'm like crying for the rest of the day till it turned on
charles daino huhu
This guy is not an idiot, this works and I have seen it work many many times. I have more technology certificates and degrees than the average person wasting their time ripping people on their advice. Rice and damp rid absorb moisture......perhaps you missed that class in cell phone college.
Never heard anyone say that before I've always thought my voice is a bit on the annoying side. I do hope this credo has helped some of you that got their iPhones wet. Good luck to all.
Vacuumed for 10 minutes and it was in rice for ~ 5 hours. It turned on and is charging fine now! 😌
i drop my phone in the shower and I put in rice a day later will it still work
hey wen i drpd ma ipn 5 the sensor n the ear speaker ws workin good.....but wen i took f the water from the scren the ear spear n the sensor r nt workin.......wt to do now.....s dis method work for dat................
thank you so much bro! i used the vacuum cleaner for 20 min. and it worked, thanks again.
My iPhone have a crack in it will it still work?
Sames
Possibly, same w/ mine. It worked again yesterday
L
what if i pluget in?
ANYONE THAT DOSENT BELIEVE THE RICE THING.. IT WORKS!!
Thank you. I dropped mine in the sea water today . Came on line to see what I can do about it and I'm doing it now.. Thanks
Kathryn R
I know how you feel.. same shit happened to me yesterday. :) Good luck!
Me too, its been in rice for 36 hours, no luck
Faith Fernandes
No luck here either, 4 days now?..
yep, I picked up that damp rid thing, I hope it works
fellow fisherman and got your phone wet as well. I was wading. Trying the methods now.
wat do I do if I don't have any rice and I don't want my parents to know
please help
SARA ABDILLAHI RIGHT
SARA ABDILLAHI maybe because she looks about 8
Hello really great video ! I have a question tho before watching u video I had plugged in to charger do I think the rice bag will still help???
What if my phone is already dead? It has no power now. I don't know what to do because my parents will freak. :'(
Okay the vacuum idea is genius lol I used it and dried my phone in 5 min!
Rice is actually one of the WORST things you could use to dry out electronics....especially phones. The rice DOES dry the phone, but it also leaves all the minerals from the water caked all over the connections and motherboard. I have seen so many of these phones after the rice method and we usually have to remove IC chips and reball them on the MOBO because of how bad the minerals in water can damage said connections. It may work as a temporary fix, but somewhere down the line the phone will fail out of nowhere and you will be paying a pretty penny to have it fixed. not knocking you video...just a heads up as a fix it store owner. If your phone gets wet...take it to someone immediately who knows what they are doing with the guts of the phone. We have had iPhone 6's come in and had them fixed in less than 2 hours because the person brought it in same day or next day after their incident. This time of year (summer) there is a lot of pool water and toilet phones. These are the worst since the chlorine leaves a ton of residue after drying. Best chance to save it is get it in the hands of someone that can take it apart.....just try to avoid the rice!!
ModdSquad Would you recommend the same for an iPod touch? I accidentally washed mine in the washer and I don’t know what to do.
I'm just glad you made it out of the ice alive!
swam with my phone in the water for about 5 minutes, do i have a chance to fix it?
Congrats with the bass. Thanks for the tips man.
a piece of rice is stuck in my iPhone
Happened to me as well! LOL Use a small to medium sewing needle to get it out :)
same i got one in my charging hole
Wow!
Hi MrJosh. my Iphone fell out of my pocket into a river. The iphone was in a ziploc bag and since the river is incredibly strong, water got in and when i found the bag it was basically a bag of water. The phone was completely wet and had lots of water in it, as I shook it out as much as possible. I have no turned it on, but it did take me ~2 hours to get home and i vacuumed for ~5-10 min. My vacuum is very strong. I then placed it in a ziploc bag of rice. It has been drying for 24 hours.
I jumped in the pool and went "Oh shit!" when I realized I left it in my pocket
bruh same LMFAO
Will definitely let you know what happens. Didn't realize my iPod classic was in the washing machine for 5-7 minutes most likely. Ugh !! Right now have it in a bag with rice and then two bags surrounding it each with refill of damp rid. So instead of the one bag with the hanger on it I got the refill and filled up two small clear bags with that and surrounded on each side of the iPod bag with the rice. Used the vacuum for at least a half an hour like you said. Last thing the iPod said was to contact apple help and had a big red X with a circle surrounding it. I guess we'll see what happens. So annoyed I did this. Thanks for the help
I'm sure it will work for an iPod but probably still needs at least three days in rice or damp rid.
+massud almassudi your probably fine. Just put it in the rice and let the rice suck out the moisture. It will take a couple days but it might still work. Good luck.
Mr151josh l
Mr151josh
So I spilled a bit of coffee on my iPhone and lost sound. I place it by my fan and seemed dry, but still no sound. I found this video. Said to use a vacuum to suck the water out. Well, I did the opposite, I did I blew a bit of air with my mouth through the head jack and power connector and I got my sound back! As you didn't mention this, but I have thank you because you mention to not to be afraid in trying something.
After drying with rice and vacuum suction did anyone try changing the battery instead of using the same of water damaged battery,of course after it is all dried out.??? I think for some of you may have short the circuts trying to turn it on before it was dried out. I would take the battery out and change it also for best results. Don't use the same old water damaged battery they are cheap on Amazon. Dry the phone with what every your pleasure rice,vacuum, Alcohol dip then after fully dry. Change the battery then power on. If you power while wet or still saturated it short circuits and it will never be the same.
Thanks very much man..my fone got wet nd works now after 2 days in rice...
Fone