How to save your iPhone when is wet?

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Possibly, it depends on how much moisture the iPhone was subjected too. If it was dropped into the lake and went to the bottom, chances are it is ruined beyond repair. If it got a light sprinkling of moisture, it may have survived.

Normal everyday water is a conductor of electrical current - in electronics, anything with power applied, like an iPhone turned on (even in standby mode) all the electronics are still active ... water covering the plus and minus contacts of an electronic component will short it out and render it completely useless. There is a type of water that does not conduct electrical current - it is called DIW or De-Ionized Water - used in large power amplifiers to cool electronic components.



Here is an excellent blog on how to fix your wet iPhone (with references to detailed technical information). (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=416062563&blogID=435512784)
Well i dropped my iphone off a dock into the ocean water at night and came back the next day at noon to get it(it was pretty deep and it required some diving). It survived amazingly because of some blogs i read about how to save you iphone and the best advice i can give you is dry it off with the sun first then shake the phone to get rid of most of the remaining water,and dry it in a container full of uncooked rice for two days or so. Then i tried plugging it in and i could see the apple on the screen but it would turn on and off, so i did some more research and i read that you should dip it in 91% alcohol for some time. Instead i did a quick dip and put it in a bowl of a product called "damprid" for a night, then i dried it with a blow drier on the coolest setting for some time( i also reccomend the cans of compressed air that you buy in office depot) and i tried plugging it in again and it shows the sync icon and as far as i know its fully operational. It may have some issues with the battery, and some remaining haze below the screen but i dont mind . I hope this helps, good luck.


You should try Silica Gel Packets to dry out your phone. There was a good article on associatedcontent.com that explains how to dry a wet cell phone, iPods, or any electronics. You need to take the battery out of your phone and place your cell phone and battery in a zip lock bag with Silica Gel Packets. Silica Gel will remove all the moisture from the phone and its components, something air drying will not do!
I did this after my husband's phone went through the wash and it worked like a charm.

Just Google "Silica Gel Packets" and you will find several companies selling these products. There is also a web site called: http://www.SilicaGelPackets.com that has them.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1028188/how_to_dry_out_your_iphone.html?cat=15
http://www.irecoverycellphonedryingkit.com/