What to Do if You Drop Your iPhone in Water

The worst has happened. Your iPhone has gotten wet, and as with all electronics and water, you fear the worst; your iPhone is broken.

Fix Your Water Damaged iPhone

This horror story has happened too many times, but if your quick and on the ball, you can possibly prevent your iPhone from damage. Follow the instructions below to help fix your water damaged iPhone before it is too late.

First, take your iPhone out of the water!

Turn your iPhone off immediately! Water and electricity do not mix well, and if there is anything you can do to help preserve your iPhone it is to make sure it is off immediately.

If your iPhone fell in any type of salt water, beer, soft drinks or anything else, put your iPhone in fresh water to clean off any of the previous liquid. A quick rinse should be fine, do not go overboardwith useless water damage.

Get a ziploc bag and put uncooked rice or silica gel in it (the packets that come in shoeboxes and beef jerky packets to keep them free of moisture) and place the iPhone and the rice/silica gel inside the plastic bag.

Keep your iPhone in this bag for 48 hours, or AT LEAST 24 hours.

Take your iPhone out and turn it back on. Hopefully if you were fast enough your iPhone will work perfectly again!

Warning – Do not test your iPhone immediately after the water damage has happened, you could damage your iPhone.

If you are electronics-savy you can unscrew some more of your iPhone. Follow this guide here to take the back off your iPhone. Unscrew as much as you are comfortable with and then put it in the bag with the rice/silica in step 4.

Good Luck, and remember, if you are not able to fix your water damaged iPhone you could always sell it to us at the iPhone Antidote here!

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