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Went Wakeboarding with Iphone...

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ngates_EC
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It doesn't like water.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Jun 18 2011 1:22PM
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RICK_ROSS
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and it didn't like it? weird. mine loves water skiing. weird
Jun 18 2011 1:24PM
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disastertourism
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That was foolish.
Take the back off, battery out and sim card out and leave it somewhere.
It'll work in anywhere between a day and 6 months.

I had an MP3 player that went through the washing machine and it took about 6 months to dry out enough to work again.
Jun 18 2011 1:25PM
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CrunkNugget
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take out the sim card and put it in a bowl of dry rice, it will absorb the moisture. if you had it in the water for a while, though, you're totally fucked
Jun 18 2011 1:25PM
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RICK_ROSS
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+1 for bowl of rice. ive done that a couple times and its worked out. but your iphone? your fucked. hahaha
Jun 18 2011 1:26PM
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theabortionator
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^ this
Jun 18 2011 1:26PM
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PeteySkeety
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you could try the classic bag of rice trick and throw it in a bag of rice. But it depends on what you did, did you try to use it after it got wet? then in might be totally broken.
Jun 18 2011 1:26PM
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ngates_EC
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Its the verizon iphone 4, I don't think there is a sim card.
Jun 18 2011 1:26PM
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CrunkNugget
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still worth trying though, my brother went surfing with his iPod nano and dried it out successfully. the battery didn't work, but he replaced it for around $65 and it was as good as new
Jun 18 2011 1:26PM
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Christian[MN]
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Download the blowdryer app
Jun 18 2011 2:32PM
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Christian[MN]
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Jun 18 2011 2:34PM
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kstanz
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Rice is your best bet. I have had phones pretty soaked before and it really helped. Take it apart as much as possible and thow i in
Jun 18 2011 2:36PM
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erica
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My friend dropped her iPhone in the lake and then put it in the oven... It worked, but i'd go with the bag of rice
Jun 18 2011 2:36PM
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yupp
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rice 100%. its worked for me at least 6 times
Jun 18 2011 2:44PM
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50in07
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I left my ipod out in a storm and left in rice for abou 2 days and it worked fine
Jun 18 2011 2:48PM
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Peter.
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rice. just leave it in there for a couple of days
Jun 18 2011 3:01PM
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summersover
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RICERICERICERICERICE
and wait as long as you possibly can before trying to turn it on.
if you already have then its probably fucked
Jun 18 2011 3:03PM
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chuck_testa
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theres your problem. but rice will hopefully work.but next time try these http://www.h2oaudio.com/
there nice waterproof cases and headphones.
Jun 18 2011 3:05PM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
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beat me to it
Jun 18 2011 3:30PM
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JIBpsy^^
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I went swimming with my itouch i dried it out and the battery doesnt work thats all i can only use it luged in kinda useless
Jun 18 2011 3:48PM
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connory998
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just go on craigslist and find someone locally who can replace the battery. shouldn't be very expensive if you just find someone doing it out of their home and its a pretty easy task.
Jun 18 2011 4:40PM
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dreadyboy
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haha
Jun 18 2011 4:43PM
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jibjunkie
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is this funny to you for some reason?

Jun 20 2011 11:38AM
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infedel_one
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i dont think u can take out the battery on an iphone very easily :X
Jun 20 2011 11:45AM
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CAPITA-DEVOURS
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get it in some rice asap.....
Jun 20 2011 12:14PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
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bleach the waterdamage sticker and return it on warranty
Jun 20 2011 12:15PM
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dreadyboy
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Wow that's really fuckin easy. Too bad most people are retarded and would be too scared to do it.
Jun 20 2011 12:23PM
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Furrer92
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If you choose the rice way make sure you let it sit for full 48hrs
Jun 20 2011 12:25PM
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Inline.
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right when i saw this thread i sighed, "some people are retarded"
Jun 20 2011 12:25PM
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soulskier
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i took my old phone water skiing once, it got up on its first time but ended up like yours. the rice thing works, but luckily i was was up for an upgrade
Jun 20 2011 2:56PM
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e.wait
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Take it apart as much as you can (i.e. removing battery, etc.) and then put it in a bowl of rice in the fridge.
Jun 20 2011 4:22PM
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ngates_EC
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thanks man.

and for all of you guys who told me to put it in the rice, it turns on now, but there is still a bit of water behind the screen. So i'm going to leave it in there for a few more days.
Jun 21 2011 8:07PM
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alexat955
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DONT TURN IT ON. and like everyone else has said, rice. if it still doesnt work after you dry it out, try plugging it into the wall. if it turns on when you plug it in its the battery which is easily and cheaply replaceable. if it still doesnt work you probably fried the actual circuits inside the phone which are expensive as fuck to fix and not worth it
Jun 21 2011 8:30PM
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eheath
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Are you fucking kidding me? How the fuck did you pull that off?
Jun 21 2011 8:33PM
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Midwestoverdose
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My friends went down some water slide with an I phone and filmed it..he took part of it apart and put it in a bag of rice.
Jun 21 2011 8:48PM
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ngates_EC
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Just to let all you guys know.... after 3 days in rice, the phone is completely functional and dry. thanks to those of you who actually gave me some advice.
Jun 22 2011 10:48PM
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grahmcracker
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rice for 48 hours.
Jun 22 2011 10:52PM
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blackmamba.
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consider yourself lucky, bro.
Jun 22 2011 10:53PM
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cubber
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I have the wakeboard app, will this be a problem sir
Jun 22 2011 10:58PM
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plorr
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my droid went for a swim in a hot tub and I was able to rip the battery out real quick and put it in rice for a day or two. Works perfectly fine now. Just make sure you let it dry out as much as possible before trying to use it again.
Jun 22 2011 11:01PM
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jibjunkie
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lol have you ever cooked rice in your life?
Jun 22 2011 11:43PM
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Gameboy
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So dumb.
Jun 22 2011 11:52PM
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SkiThe603
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Uhhmm don't buy a nice phone that doesn't like water
Jun 22 2011 11:54PM
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BenWhit
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my good friend dropped his in a big tub of ice-water whilst doing dunkaroos. he didn't touch it for a few days ans it works fine.
i also hear putting it in alcohol is good. it draws out the water.
Jun 22 2011 11:58PM
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Chunter
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I guess the fate of your phone reallyyy relys on how good you are at wakeboarding.
Jun 23 2011 1:18AM
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