iPhone 5 - Water damage

07Lapierre

Anyone ever get their phone working again after its been in a washing machine?

Yep..I Left it in my jeans pocket while and the jeans were put into the washing machine!

So its now sitting in the hot-press and i'll leave it there for a few days and try and dry it out.

Am I wasting my time?

Zcott

I'd say it's extremely unlikely...

eddhorse

Rice Rice Baby....

Captain Flaps

Put it in a bag or rice and leave it in the hotpress as others have said.

Having said that, it only usually works for small amounts of water, not 40+ minutes of sustained soakage in soapy water!

07Lapierre

Its in a bowl covered in rice and sitting in the hotpress...fingers crossed for a miracle!

I've already bought another phone so we'll see what happens.

Cheers!

biko

Best of luck but it's extremely unlikely. Do report back in 72 hours or so.

MarkR

If that phone resurrects after three days, we may have a new religion.

07Lapierre

MarkR wrote: »

If that phone resurrects after three days, we may have a new religion.

I think your right! probably a waste of a packet of rice!

laoisfan

You'll be fine as long as it was running iOS7 - linky

flyguy

In case you can't get it working again apple will replace it for €261.30 (price likely to go down once the iphone 6 goes on sale)
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Ireland&product=iphone

guil

flyguy wrote: »

In case you can't get it working again apple will replace it for €261.30 (price likely to go down once the iphone 6 goes on sale)
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Ireland&product=iphone

Would it not be €211 or €160 for an iPhone 5?

flyguy

Not according to the link (you know the one that was actually included in my post;-)
5s/5c/5 all -still- the same price.

mikemac1

flyguy wrote: »

In case you can't get it working again apple will replace it for €261.30 (price likely to go down once the iphone 6 goes on sale)
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Ireland&product=iphone

From reading that link Apple will attempt a repair.

Your post has replace. Would Apple give you another iPhone of the same model for 261 euro if your iPhone is beyond repair?

flyguy

Apple generally just swap out phones for refurbished ones (except with the current "sleep button" and "battery" programs).
So normally you send in your phone, it gets checked and they'll send you a refurbished one (of the same model).
If it is out-warranty-repair it might be worth waiting a week or 2 until the price drops.

stimpson

I got mine replaced with a brand new one on the express replacement program. Not too shabby.

guil

stimpson wrote: »

I got mine replaced with a brand new one on the express replacement program. Not too shabby.

Did it come in a plain box? If so it's a refurb. What's the first two letters of the serial number?

agfasfos

flyguy wrote: »

In case you can't get it working again apple will replace it for €261.30 (price likely to go down once the iphone 6 goes on sale)
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=Ireland&product=iphone

That's very interesting, nice one.

stimpson

guil wrote: »

Did it come in a plain box? If so it's a refurb. What's the first two letters of the serial number?

The first 3 letters are the factory - F97

The date of manufacture is coming up as August 2014