Three weeks ago, it was in toilet for three hours. Recovered, separated panels, dried, Apple and white screen flashed every two or three seconds. Installed new battery. It came on, worked normally for maybe ten minutes. Charged it. It was at 52% when installed. Charged it to 70 + % . Now it won't come on. When I plug it back in charger white screen flashes every two or three seconds like before. But, it will not boot up and once unplugged from the charger, it will not even flash the white screen with the Apple logo. Any help out there ?
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wet phone : I Phone 6 - dropped in toilet
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Take it to Apple Store and find out repair costs. Simple after that - repair it or buy a used or new phone.
Take it to Apple Store and find out repair costs. Simple after that - repair it or buy a used or new phone.
I think at this point it's probably best to cut your losses. Apple offers an "Other damage (out of warranty)" repair service for water damaged phones. For the iPhone 6 it's $299, if you have an iPhone 6+ it's $329.
https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/pricing
It was in there for three hours? Blimey, I can't be without my phone for 5 minutes without breaking into a sweat 
I'm afraid with that lengthy submersion your phone is in all likelihood deid as a dodo. If it was a short time, or you got it quick enough you can try the old trick of putting it in a bag with rice and sealing it airtight, then leaving it for 24 hours to draw the moisture out.
There's also commercial products you can buy which do much the same thing, but with more sophisticated materials. Maybe worth keeping a couple of those in the house.
That's not going to help you now of course, but handy to know for any future occurrences.
I'm afraid with that lengthy submersion your phone is in all likelihood deid as a dodo. If it was a short time, or you got it quick enough you can try the old trick of putting it in a bag with rice and sealing it airtight, then leaving it for 24 hours to draw the moisture out.
There's also commercial products you can buy which do much the same thing, but with more sophisticated materials. Maybe worth keeping a couple of those in the house.
That's not going to help you now of course, but handy to know for any future occurrences.
With three hours submerged in water I'm surprised it even turned back on. Use it as a paper weight.
That's unfortunate. But impressive it worked briefly. There is no help in your situation. I would look for a used/refurbished device To save money in your situation.
I can't even imagine trying to fix or keep a device that's hit toilet water. Much less 3 hours.
I'd either buy a new device or you can find some decently priced used iPhones on Swappa. Sorry for your luck.
I'd either buy a new device or you can find some decently priced used iPhones on Swappa. Sorry for your luck.
It was in there for three hours? Blimey, I can't be without my phone for 5 minutes without breaking into a sweat
I'm afraid with that lengthy submersion your phone is in all likelihood deid as a dodo. If it was a short time, or you got it quick enough you can try the old trick of putting it in a bag with rice and sealing it airtight, then leaving it for 24 hours to draw the moisture out.
There's also commercial products you can buy which do much the same thing, but with more sophisticated materials. Maybe worth keeping a couple of those in the house.
That's not going to help you now of course, but handy to know for any future occurrences.
thx ! It was put in rice for three days ! Then when I took it apart there was still a little moisture in it. Left it in front of hot wood stove for the afternoon before I installed new battery. There was certainly no moisture in it then but....oh well, **** happens ! The water was clean, by the way. Not my phone but sister looked for it for three hours before finally looking in toilet. Slipped off the back of toilet.
Yeah, anything that drops in the toilet either gets flushed or thrown out with rubber gloves. No such thing as clean toilet water to me.
You must upgrade your cleaning regime, then you wouldn't have to be so wasteful.
On average there's more bacteria and often as much as 200 times more fecal bacteria on a chopping board than there is in the loo. The chopping board is an extreme example of course, it's due to the amount of fecal bacteria that originates from raw meat, those nasty animals have a lot to answer for.
Not to mention that most smartphones have significantly more bacteria as well due to them being used so frequently and in so many different places.
By contrast, the toilet in many people's homes is significantly cleaner. Because of what it is, most people clean it more than any other room and with stronger cleaning materials thanks to the psychological impression that it's a dirty place.
Of course those are just averages based on research. It wont apply the same to people like myself who are semi-obsessed with cleanliness and order. Or those nutters you see on TV who bathe in diluted bleach because they're so terrified of germs.
Which is so far beyond stupid it's baffling, we need exposure to germs and bacteria to build a healthy immune system, but that's another matter altogether.
I think it's less about how clean it actually is VS the psychological thought of what the toilet is used for. I'm not too scared of germs myself and have learned from my visits to the hospital (I have a heart condition) that I can't live in a bubble.
It's just the very nature of what a toilet is that makes me unwilling to bother with anything that would accidentally fall in there. Luckily I haven't had a phone eaten up there yet(and I hope I didn't jinx myself)
You're getting some signs of life so all hope isn't lost. Is it worth the cost to repair for an older phone is the question.
I do hope the OP plans on disposing that rice after the futile attempt
Rice is a poor desiccant...not that it matters in this case.
It's better than nothing essentially, although there are certainly better things out there, just typically not ones that most people have or would really bother with in most cases.
I see. So essentially it's simply that it's more widely available and most people already have it in their homes. That makes sense. You'd need to get something in haste when trying to dry out electronics.