[mac4theblind] Re: damage limitation

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:22:45 -0500

good tip, styro preen will work but for how long do you leave it packed?

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On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you haven’t damaged the chip or shorted anything out internally you should 
pack the phone in rice.  The rice will suck the moisture from with in the 
phone.  By rice I mean of course uncooked dry grains.

On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:29 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> try drying it with a hair drier.  it takes time for all the water to seep 
> through, dry it in bursts of a minute or so because you don’t want it to get 
> to hot.  you could also wait another day or so to see if it comes back to 
> life.  What has happened is that water has reached something preventing 
> operation.
> 
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> Jonnie Appleseed
> With His
> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
> touching the internet
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> 
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 3:31 AM, Mackenzie Andrew (EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST - RJN) 
> <andrew.mackenzie4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, I have dropped my iphone into a small amount of water and thought I’d 
> initially saved it from drowning.  The thing continued to work for an hour 
> after and has now given up the ghost.  Obviously donn’t know if the thing is 
> doing anything currently but there is no audible sound coming from it.  I 
> will get some sighted help with this but it isn’t looking hopeful. If repair 
> needed here best in the uk to have it done? Due to upgrade in march/april 
> next year so don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on this.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Andy
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