What to do if you dropped your iPhone in water or other liquid?

What to do when you drop an iPhone in water, toilet or other liquid, and your phone gets wet?

1. DON’T TURN IT ON and DON’T CHARGE IT! This is very important. This one move can cause short circuits when current is pushed through the phone while it’s still wet.
2. Gently wipe the phone with soft cloth.
3. Bring it to us as soon as possible.

The sooner we receive the phone, the better our chances of fixing it. Starting the cleaning process before the residue deposits begin to form will stop corrosion before it starts.

Things NOT to do with a water damaged iPhone

There are many things you have to avoid when trying to fix a water damaged iPhone. The following actions can mean the difference between a ‘totaled’ phone or a survival story. You better be careful what you do. Before we jump into finding a solution, let’s try to prevent major failures. So in all cases, avoid the following:

• Do not turn on your phone, as we have already mentioned. Electrical components don’t play well with water when phone is on. An iPhone dropped in water usually wont turn on, so you’d better not even try it.
• Don’t plug it in either! For the same reason.
• Don’t press any buttons. (The power button can be an exception here to turn off your phone.) This can push water further into the phone.
• Don’t shake your Apple device, don’t blow into your iPhone. This could also push water into deeper areas of the iOS device. In all circumstances, try to avoid blow driers.
• Do not apply any heat to the phone. Remember excessive heat can also damage the phone. You don’t want to add more damage.
• Don’t move the phone around too much. You don’t want the water to move around inside the phone.

How to fix a water damaged iPhone (iPhone 5, 6, 7, 8, X?

What about rice? I’ve heard it helps…

We definitely do not recommend this. Rice will not remove any liquid from inside your device. It’s an urban myth. Rice has actually got the potential to clog your charging port and the starch in the rice could in fact accelerate the corrosion process and cause motherboard damage. The best solution is to send it to our technicians at iPhone Repair Base for a full chemical clean. Don’t take chances…

Water resistant cases

This is rather prevention. Hopefully this info will help you rescue your phone from death by drowning. If you want to protect your iPhone from water in the future, it might be worth getting a water-resistant case for your device.

Water resistant iPhones

It might be worth noting, that there are quite a few water resistant iPhone available to buy.

The following models are all water resistant:

iPhone 7 / 7 Plus / iPhone 8 / 8 Plus / iPhone X

You may read the following Article: Are the iPhone 7, 7 plus and Apple Watch waterproof? What is IP67, IP68 water resistance?

iPhone water damage repair cost in the UK 

“I dropped my iPhone in the toilet”

This is a sentence we hear on a day-to-day basis.

Don’t Panic! iPhone Repair Base can fix it for you. 🙂

Can a water damaged iPhone be fixed at iPhone Repair Base?

We are so confident in the quality of our service, that we also provide a warranty on every water damage repair we carry out. If you dropped iPhone 5s, 6, 6s in water and it won’t turn on, don’t hesitate to bring or send your device to our repair service.

No Fix, No Charge

If we can’t get the phone operating well enough to get your data, then we won’t charge you anything.

Got other issues with your phone, like a cracked screen? Then click how to fix a cracked screen on iphone to learn more about getting it sorted.

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