Okay, so I'm an idiot, and long story short I dropped my phone right into the toilet bowl. It was definitely in there for less than ten seconds. It didn't turn off, or do anything weird - it was working fine.
If I had not have been drinking, I would have taken immediate action, but I was.. and.. I didn't. So the next morning I woke up and it was off, and would only turn on when plugged in. At this point, I didn't realise I dropped it in there, or else I would never have attempted to power it up. But it DID power up, and it seemed to be working fine, excluding the fact that it wouldn't connect to optus, just kept 'searching' for signal.
So since then, I have had it in a bowl of rice, covered in cling wrap then a tea towel, in the cupboard. I have also blowdried it a little.
It still only shows life when connected to a power source. When I try to reset it, whilst connected, it shows the apple sign then just crashes, but that ONLY happens when I reset it. Otherwise, at this point, when it's plugged in it just shows the 'connect to iTunes' sign. When it connects to iTunes, it detects that the phone is in recovery mode, but it can't reset it, just comes up with an error after trying - the phone does spazz out a bit during that, going on and off). As soon as the power source is disconnected, it dies, instantly.
At this point, I have had it in rice for just under two days. Is there any hope, or is it seeming like I may as well just buy a new phone? I do have insurance, but my previous iphone was stolen from my back room at work during a shift about four months ago, and I made a claim for that. So with the excess + the extra cost required when making a second replacement claim, it comes to about 600... in which case I will just buy another phone outright, because I'd rather pay the same without having another claim to my name.
Any help, or even 'drying out' suggestions, would be very much appreciated! Thankyou in advance
-Helen
If I had not have been drinking, I would have taken immediate action, but I was.. and.. I didn't. So the next morning I woke up and it was off, and would only turn on when plugged in. At this point, I didn't realise I dropped it in there, or else I would never have attempted to power it up. But it DID power up, and it seemed to be working fine, excluding the fact that it wouldn't connect to optus, just kept 'searching' for signal.
So since then, I have had it in a bowl of rice, covered in cling wrap then a tea towel, in the cupboard. I have also blowdried it a little.
It still only shows life when connected to a power source. When I try to reset it, whilst connected, it shows the apple sign then just crashes, but that ONLY happens when I reset it. Otherwise, at this point, when it's plugged in it just shows the 'connect to iTunes' sign. When it connects to iTunes, it detects that the phone is in recovery mode, but it can't reset it, just comes up with an error after trying - the phone does spazz out a bit during that, going on and off). As soon as the power source is disconnected, it dies, instantly.
At this point, I have had it in rice for just under two days. Is there any hope, or is it seeming like I may as well just buy a new phone? I do have insurance, but my previous iphone was stolen from my back room at work during a shift about four months ago, and I made a claim for that. So with the excess + the extra cost required when making a second replacement claim, it comes to about 600... in which case I will just buy another phone outright, because I'd rather pay the same without having another claim to my name.
Any help, or even 'drying out' suggestions, would be very much appreciated! Thankyou in advance
-Helen
