iPhone submerged in water. Any thoughts?

[spankswife]

So.... DH jumped in the pool fully clothed to get a little boy who can't swim. The little boy is fine, which is the most important thing.

But he had his phone in his pocket, which isn't a big deal but he had 100s of picks of DD on it since she was a newborn :/ any tips or success stories? We have it in a bag of rice....Even if we could just salvage the pics....

[Deleted]

leave it in rice for as long as possible and do not turn it on to test it.

did he have icloud?

[EllieArroway]

Rice for a couple of days - do not try to turn it on!!

Did he have an icloud backup of the pictures?

[yellowbrkrd]

Oct 14, 2012 16:49:53 GMT -5 tacom said:

leave it in rice for as long as possible and do not turn it on to test it.

I suggest the same thing. My friend dropped hers in the river and it took about 5 minutes to find it and get it out. They replaced her battery (bc she tried to turn it on) and it works perfectly fine.

[spankswife]

How long are you suggesting? 24 hrs? 48? A week?

[lanyac]

At least a few days. Keep it in the sun, to encourage the evaporation.

[yellowbrkrd]

I would leave it in rice 3-5 days and then take it in. Usually they can tell if it's safe to turn it on yet or if you need a new battery, etc.

[Pom]

Mine did not survive the pool. I did the rice, I waited. Hopefully, you will have better luck.

[insominac]

Glad the boy is safe and kudos to your husband.
When I stuck my phone in a humidifier overnight, I stuck it in a "rice coffin" for about 4 days and it worked okay.

[dr.girlfriend]

Mine has been resurrected twice with the bag of rice. Once DS threw it in the bathtub full of water, another time it fell in a wading pool. There's hope! Good for your DH!

[ellipses84]

DH's iPod went through the washing machine and the rice trick worked. I would leave it in for more than 48 hours and make sure the bag is open so the rice is exposed to air. If that doesn't work, take it to the apple store and see if they can do anything to save the phone or the pics.

[biscoffcookies]

If the rice, etc. don't work, you might want to look into Drive Savers. There was a news story not too long ago about how they were able to recover pictures from a digital camera that had been sitting in the pond in Boston's Public Garden for a couple of years. Link to story here: boston.cbslocal.com/2012/10/04/tech-columnist-unlocks-mystery-of-camera-found-in-public-garden-lagoon/

The price might be kind of steep, but it might be worth it if they can get back your DD's pictures? It can't hurt to ask them how much it might run. Link to their website here: www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/

[rubytue]

I has iphoneaid.com resurrect an iPhone that rice couldn't. Cost me about $100. They are local to me so I could drop off and pick up, but they do shipping, too.

[Deleted]

my friend dropped her phone in the pool for about 5 minutes before realizing it 2 summers ago. She put it in rice and it worked for over a year longer.

[spankswife]

Thanks everyone! What would I do w/o GBCN?! I really appreciate the tips! We'll see what happens, fingers crossed. Thanks for the kind words about DH. He didn't think twice, and def made the right call!