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Water in ipod help!
dollstar76
24-06-2010
Hi I dropped my i pod in the sink with water and when I connect it to the Mac to charge the screen on the ipod is fine, bar what looks like a water mark on the Apple logo when first plugged in and it plays the songs but when i take it off charge and put the headphones on it is dead. Think there is still a bit of water in it... If it is playing when charging does that mean once it's dried out it should be fine to play with headphones? Help!
chrisjr
24-06-2010
Switch it off NOW!

Do not turn it back on until it has thoroughly dried out. Place it in a warm dry place for several hours and do not touch it at all. Sometimes placing it in a bowl of rice helps (the rice absorbs the liquid)

But you risk serious damage by turning it on while wet. Be thankful it was water though. if it was tea or coffee it would be much worse. I have had to throw away hundreds of quids worth of pro audio gear because some idiot thought it would be a good idea to give it a cup of tea or coffee!
dollstar76
24-06-2010
I want to know the liklihood of it being Ok. I've dropped a mobile down the loo before and it's been fine...
It got wet Tuesday night. It's now off. There's a slightly darker stripe down the middle of the screen as well. Oh, I got it to play for a bit on the headphones last night but now nothing.
clonmult
24-06-2010
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“Switch it off NOW!

Do not turn it back on until it has thoroughly dried out. Place it in a warm dry place for several hours and do not touch it at all. Sometimes placing it in a bowl of rice helps (the rice absorbs the liquid)

But you risk serious damage by turning it on while wet. Be thankful it was water though. if it was tea or coffee it would be much worse. I have had to throw away hundreds of quids worth of pro audio gear because some idiot thought it would be a good idea to give it a cup of tea or coffee!”

Unlike a phone though, you can't pull the battery out of the iPod touch to totally stop power from coursing through its teeny veins.

I had the same issue with mine - dropped it in the sink (as I've done with phones in the past), got rather worried, switched it right off, then put it in the airing cupboard to dry out (no wet towels in there).

I left it there for a day - it was dead. Shame, as exactly the same procedure worked with every phone I've tried to drown ....
chrisjr
24-06-2010
It is impossible to say with any degree of accuracy what will happen.

But one thing that should never be done is trying to use a device whilst still wet. That does increase the chances of something dying. It can take a long time for something like this to dry out completely. Even days.

Ideally you should take the thing apart and use something like kitchen towel to mop up any "standing water" then leave it to dry out completely. But things like iPods are not the easiest of things to get into. A gentle shake can often get most of the liquid out.

But if you have any doubt about it being completely dry leave it alone.

As I posted above I have had to throw away some very expensive kit because someone spilt drinks into it. And then decided it would be a good idea to ignore it and continue using it. The golden rule, learnt the hard way over the last 30yrs or so I've been fixing electronics is -

If it's wet switch it off immediately. Take it apart and mop up as much of the liquid as possible. Try to clean up any residue as soon as possible. Tea and coffee leave behind a nasty mess that can destroy electronic circuits (which is why if you are going to dunk your iPod you chose the right liquid, plain water- I assume it was just plain water and not soapy?). But you only turn it back on once you are sure it is dry and all the mess has been cleaned up.

The only thing you can do is leave it for maybe the rest of the day and hope it dries out without any damage being caused.
dollstar76
24-06-2010
How do I take it apart? Not technical minded and don't want to cause further damage
unique
24-06-2010
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
clonmult
24-06-2010
Originally Posted by unique:
“http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone”

And the iPod/iPhone/etc fail at the 3rd step "Remove the battery" - just can't be done.

Fingers crossed that just holding down the power button and doing the closest that the Touch can to actually powering down is sufficient. Sadly on mine it wasn't
unique
25-06-2010
i remembered the rice trick, but i thought there was something else you could use too, thus googling for the link

i've never done anything like that before, spilling tea on a keyboard is the worst, just unplug, turn upside down and shake it out then use paper towels and they are usually fine, or swap keyboard with a collegue when they aren't looking, and have some fun at their frustration when the J and R keys don't work properly

once i salvaged a pc that had literally been sitting under about 4 foot of water when a river flooded next to a factory. the water went in, but didn't come back out, so when they opened the doors it was like a swimming pool inside. i never saw it myself, but i was given the pc to salvage data. i just pulled it apart, lay it on paper towels and let it dry out. the HD was knackered, but replacing that and the pc worked for at least a couple of years later by my flatmate. this was a few years ago so the switch must have been a physical one that removed power to the mobo or it would have been screwed
dollstar76
25-06-2010
It's fine! What I did was plug the charger and the headphones in at same time and then removed charger and it works!!! Thanks for your help guys
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