dropped iphone4s into toilet...

Reon

obviously im an idiot for doing what i did.. but anyways dropped iphone into toilet it was in there for about 3 seconds took it out immediately , the audio was working but sounded abit weird so i switched it off and back on and now the audio doesnt work for youtube vids or itube, i rang my phone and the audio seems to works but it only comes out of the right speaker, everything else seems fine if i flick the switch for silent that works except it doesnt show the volume bar, if i turn up the volume with the + - buttons the volume bars dont show, utube volume and itube volume bars doesnt show aswell, any idea?

also does anyone know how much a repair would cost?

moonshadow

Switch it off stick it in a sealed bag of rice for 24 hours probably be ok.

dodderangler

moonshadow wrote: »

Switch it off stick it in a sealed bag of rice for 24 hours probably be ok.

Yup
The rice will attract Asians who will come and fix your phone...
Sorry couldn't resist( not racist or anyting but my gf always laughs at that one. She's Asian)

Reon

moonshadow wrote: »

Switch it off stick it in a sealed bag of rice for 24 hours probably be ok.

so would that fix the problems with the volume bar not showing?

Skill Magill

Lash it into a bag of rice post haste. then put it it in airing cupboard. Unless you have the comfortable with dismantling it?

gazzamc

Does the audio work when you use a pair of earphones?

Did you leave the phone dry out?

I wouldn't do that rice trick as it will just make it worse.. It may only be the dock and audio flex jack that is damaged, from the water..

If there is no condensation behind the screen or sight of water the it didn't get into the internal components... No sound is usually the audio jack, sometime the dock.. Both are inexpensive the replace (by yourself)..

Reon

Skill Magill wrote: »

Lash it into a bag of rice post haste. then put it it in airing cupboard. Unless you have the comfortable with dismantling it?

nope id probs make it worse tbh

Reon

gazzamc wrote: »

Does the audio work when you use a pair of earphones?

Did you leave the phone dry out?

audio isnt working but when i ring my phone it works , naw i'l do that now

Reon

gazzamc wrote: »

Does the audio work when you use a pair of earphones?

Did you leave the phone dry out?

yes sorry earphones works fine

gazzamc

Reon wrote: »

yes sorry earphones works fine

Good it may only be some dirt in the jack socket, or it may need a little more time to dry.. At worst it like €5 for a new audio flex cable

Btw is it charging fine?

Reon

gazzamc wrote: »

Good it may only be some dirt in the jack socket, or it may need a little more time to dry.. At worst it like €5 for a new audio flex cable

Btw is it charging fine?

ok wow i switched it off for like 5 mins and everything is working perfectly! volume bar is working and youtube vids are working , ive no idea how that happened but thank goodness , anyways thanks very much for all the helpful information!!!!

gazzamc

Reon wrote: »

ok wow i switched it off for like 5 mins and everything is working perfectly! volume bar is working and youtube vids are working , ive no idea how that happened but thank goodness , anyways thanks very much for all the helpful information!!!!

It was most likely dirt in the headphone dock.. If it happens again try cleaning that first..

Reon

thanks everyone for the helpfull information its working fine i just switched it on and off that didnt work so i tried again for about 10mins and it started working fine probably cause it didnt fully submerge maybe it just got abit fuzzy but the audio cut out the only way i could hear any audio was if i plugged in earphones or rang my phone but anyways all is good

Reon

gazzamc wrote: »

It was most likely dirt in the headphone dock.. If it happens again try cleaning that first..

ah ok will do thanks again!

Bigcheeze

Reon wrote: »

and it started working fine probably cause it didnt fully submerge

So you're saying it was a floater ?

jamesd

gazzamc wrote: »

Does the audio work when you use a pair of earphones?

Did you leave the phone dry out?

I wouldn't do that rice trick as it will just make it worse.. It may only be the dock and audio flex jack that is damaged, from the water..

If there is no condensation behind the screen or sight of water the it didn't get into the internal components... No sound is usually the audio jack, sometime the dock.. Both are inexpensive the replace (by yourself)..

How would the rice trick make it worse?

challengemaster

jamesd wrote: »

How would the rice trick make it worse?

If it attracts badly trained asians, and they botch the repair job. :pac:


In all seriousness, it won't make it worse. Short of putting it in water, you can't make it too much worse anyway.

gazzamc

jamesd wrote: »

How would the rice trick make it worse?

It doesn't work, I've no idea where people got the idea... if the water got into the internal components it's gone and no amount of rice will fix it...

I was thinking of something else.. it won't make it worse but certainly won't make it any better.. just because rice soaks up water doesn't mean it's a magical fix for water damaged electronics...

This is a good read and explains it well, it's just a misconception.
https://www.iphonelife.com/promotions/why-rice-can-not-effectively-dry-wet-cell-phone