Iphone water damage

[Anonymous]

I have an iphone 4 on pay as you go, my cat has just knocked it off my knee into a cup of coffee :(, the top half went in, so no liquid got in through the charger bit, it now wont come on, ive put it in rice like many say, are there any other options, is there a chance of it working again as I bought it outright for £400+ and have no insurance!

Also just incase, does anyone know how much an iphone4 16gb is on pay as you go? I cannot find the price anywhere online, it just directs me to stores that have it in stock.

Thankyou

[MI5]

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@Liquid wrote:
Found out you can essentially flush electronics with distilled water to try and shift any sediment that may be the cause. (Not de-ionised water!) then dry it out again it happily worked.

I am yet to try this with a phone. Motherboards I imagine to be much more complex.

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Most electronic boards are "washed" with water after assembly to remove debris and sediment....

[Liquid]

I did not know that. Definatly makes sense though.

I wonder if the same concept could be applied to a phone.

[MI5]

I assume so.... It's not the water that's the problem it's the application of electricity to a wet board that gives issues

[Liquid]

Sssshhhh

As long as you don't attempt to power it up again after getting it wet without attempting to dry should have a fairly good success to fix it(or I've just been rather lucky to date)

I'm tempted to drown my old 3GS to find out:/

[perksie]

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@MI5 wrote:
I assume so.... It's not the water that's the problem it's the application of electricity to a wet board that gives issues

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Absolutely right and using water is only ok if you can access all parts to dry them thoroughly, not something you can easily do at home.

[Liquid]

I wonder if somthing like IPA spray could be used. Would stop the need to dry the phone again. 😕

drowning my old Sony Ericsson see how it goes(ill move to the 3GS if I'm brave enough)

[MI5]

You don't learn unless you try

[Liquid]

I'm young, ignorance is my friend:)

[MI5]

and I commend you for your appetite to learn

[Liquid]

Well the Sony is defiantly bricked. Bag and rice for 48 hours then ill see if it turns on. If it does ill have to drown it again:(

There's no laws against water boarding a mobile are there?:D