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This is a discussion on Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Plonk! within the Technical Help forums, part of the Off Topic category; I have just dropped my 2G iPhone down the dunny! Its still works thank god but now it has this ...
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11-06-09, 04:14 AM
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| 13/10/2010 - Baby Born!!  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Barnet! OH NO!
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  |  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Plonk!I have just dropped my 2G iPhone down the dunny! Its still works thank god but now it has this strange diaganal line going down the screen. I hope this goes. Has anyone else dropped there iPhone down the dunny & have not had a problem. I have put it out in the sun to dry & hope this works. Tippy
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11-06-09, 04:28 AM
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| 13/10/2010 - Baby Born!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Barnet! OH NO!
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| I think i spoke to soon! Its dead as a DODO! Oh S**T!!! Tippy
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11-06-09, 06:00 AM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Aberdeenshire
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  | Try drying ut out by putting it in a box of Rice or something that absorbs water like those Silica Gel pouches you get in new shoe boxes.
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11-06-09, 06:14 AM
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| Mr Baldy Chicken  Join Date: Mar 2006
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| look in the earphone socket and see what colour it is inside. |
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11-06-09, 06:35 AM
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| What you need is the silicone stuff that you get when you buy some shoes etc. leave it in a box with a few of them and the moisture should go. Not sure if it'll help as you could have damaged it by turning it on while wet.
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11-06-09, 06:37 AM
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Thank you Tippy
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11-06-09, 06:41 AM
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11-06-09, 06:44 AM
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| i dropped my mp3 player in water but then i opened it and put it in sunny place ... after hours it worked ... but you have to charge your battery because with the water all the energy is gone |
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11-06-09, 09:19 AM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Leicester
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| I was going to suggest exactly what Beezer said! It works a lot of the time, just take everything out and put it in a box of rice. I told a mate this once, and they just laughed, oh well  |
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11-06-09, 09:25 AM
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| Call me Ben ....  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol / Neath
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| Yeah the rice method is apparently the best thing to do. Fingers crossed everything will dry out as a result and it will work fine again!
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11-06-09, 11:20 AM
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| Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I will just let it dry out overnight in a warm place. I am praying that all the water will dry out & it will work! Don't really want to pay for a new phone. Fingers crossed! Tippy
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11-06-09, 11:24 AM
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| What were you doing at the time lol, was the water dirty, because the ammonia will screw it up completley... We had someone who's cat pee'd on his laptop keyboard and the laptop was a right off. |
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11-06-09, 11:26 AM
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| Mini Mac  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: l33dz
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| id leave it alot longer than just over night, 2-3 days at least.
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11-06-09, 11:33 AM
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| I will leave it for a few days! Cheers guys! Tippy
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11-06-09, 05:29 PM
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| iPod 60gb Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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| I'd def say use the rice or silicone, they'll actually draw the moisture out so it should be much quicker
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11-06-09, 09:13 PM
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| iPod Nano 1GB  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cheshire
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| Dont know whether to laugh or cry! At least you didnt flush. Hope it does work - fingers crossed!  |
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11-06-09, 10:48 PM
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| iBook  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Swansea
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| sorry to hear that, but if i were you i wud think about getting ur next phone insured just in case. especially if its as expensive as an iphone hope everything works out tho
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12-06-09, 08:39 AM
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| 13/10/2010 - Baby Born!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Barnet! OH NO!
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| My iPhone has started to switch itself on & i switch it off & it comes back on. Any more suggestions. It seems to be working ok a party from that. Thank you Tippy
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