Posted on 06/16/2020 8:36:12 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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I use to watch Ultraman on WWDC20 when I was a kid.
WWDC - aka DC101 - was where Howard Stern got his start as a shock jock. At least that’s what I remember from first listening to his show on my morning drive to HS around 1981 or so. Of course, it was a favorite classic rock station much longer before that. WHFS 102.3 FM - “Homegrown Radio” - was even better for the newer music trends / not the same Top 40 over and over again at the time.
Oh, wait, not a radio thread? Never mind...
Swordmaker I don’t want Hijack Your Thread but would like to ask for some HELP !!!
iPhone 6sPlus got drowned by the Grandson and will not Function at ALL. Can’t get it Charged or connected to iTunes or the Laptop. I’ve downloaded multiple Recovery Programs and not connecting to any of them.
I have a bad feeling that I am Screwed !!!
Anybody have any input on what to do next ?
I DO NOT have any Backups anywhere. Yes I know I’m stupid for not having a Backup but what’s done (or undone) is done.
I have a buttload of Pics, Contacts, Notes and Voice Recordings that I would like to recover if possible.
Thank You in advance.
Swordmaker- I just copied the Folks from Your Ping in Post 2.
HELP !!!
See My Post 5 Please for details.
Ma, your best bet is to put your iphone in a bag of rice for a couple of days. If you have an old gas oven with a pilot light, put the bag in the oven and let the pilot light heat help dry it out. Then try charging it. . . If it will charge, quickly back it up to your computer as there is no guaranty how long it will keep working. Back up photos to your Photos app first, the rest, such as emails are most likely still on the email server.
Ive heard you can also put your iphone in a vacuum sealer bag and use a food vacuum sealer to pump out the air. This will cause the water in the phone to turn to vapor and be removed as the pressure drops. I dont know if this will damage any other components, though.
Freeper mabarker1s grandson dunked her iphone6s in water and its now non-functional.
She has lots of family photos and other unbacked-up data that may be unretrievable. Any ideas that have worked for you fellow Freepers would be appreciated.
Dunk grandson in water.
Next find out if the iPhone was backing up to the iCloud or to her computer. The classic plunge iPhone in bag of dry rice, leave it there for several days and pray technique also has merit.
Have a repairman open it up to get all the moisture out. Good luck from there.
Put it in a ziplock bag with a couple of cups of uncooked rice overnight. May help dry it out.
I’ve had some success with electrical devices using 99% rubbing alcohol. But unless you have some in the house already you are out of luck.
I just revived a walkie-talkie that I had left by the coffee pot and the coffee pot must have spilled over a bit and it was sitting in a puddle of coffee. It would turn on but the buttons didn’t work and the screen display was screwy.
Dripped some 99% alcohol into the various buttons and by the screen and let sit overnight. Was better, but still not functional. Did it again, and now it works!
Can hardly wait for this exciting event from the Racial Justice Computer Corp.
Already done the Rice thing to no avail. Sorry I forgot to put that in My #5.
I wonder if the Medical Vacuum unit that’s hooked up to the bandage on My Foot might get anything else out of it ???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-pressure_wound_therapy
Thank You.
SM suggested puting the unit, with rice, in a gas oven with pilot lite. Failing the availability of such oven, I would warm the uncooked rice in the microwave (not too hot), put the phone in the rice in a ziplock bag til it cools down, take the phone out, microwave the rice, and repeat a number of times depending on your patience/determination.The point is that rice naturally attracts/absorbs moisture and gives off heat as it does so. Because the moisture which it absorbs changes from the vapor phase to liquid as it is absorbed by the rice. And warming up the rice causes the reverse process - the water absorbed by the rice changes from the liquid to gaseous phase. So your warm rice is bone dry, and as it cools it wants to absorb moisture from its environment.
There is a kinda spooky principle involved. Unless youre using your vacuum device, the atmospheric pressure is always 14.7 psi, give or take. But the partial pressure of the water vapor can be varied. And the phase which the water assumes doesnt depend on the total (14.7 psi) pressure but only on the partial pressure of the H2O. Your grandson varied the partial pressure of water in a very undesirable way, and you are reversing that process when you do the things being suggested. Only question being whether the effect of the water on the phone is reversible. Hope so.
Its almost certain that its all backed up on the cloud. When Grandma buys a new phone and enters her Apple ID and password it should all reappear.
Your negative pressure medical device might just be the right thing to use. Dropping the air pressure will help remove the water vapor inside.
What kind of water did you grandson drop the iPhone into? I hope it was clean water. Water that was ionized is harder to clean out.
Ok,will try again. Thank You.
I’m mentally deciding how to hook it up.
The Dog’s Water Bucket.
Your standard galvanized metal bucket with daily fresh tap water containing a moderate amount of K-9 Drool mixed in.
About the only “solution” I’ve ever heard anyone having actual success with involves making sure phone is powered down immediately, then dry as well as possible with a hair dryer on low heat - then stick in a ziplock with dry rice for a few days (or a desiccant if you have access to it).
Beyond that - not sure of any hope.
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