Dopey daughter and iphone help IT WORKS

[beautycat]

Daughter in france, working but booked a long weekend in Amsterdam , travelling by megabus.

On her way early this morning she dropped her phone down the loo

Earlier on her phone still worked but wouldn't charge, it's now languishing in a bowl of uncooked rice,

What are it's chances of recovery please ?


The screen is ok now but still won't charge , she is having a good time but is fed up she can't take photos it makes it and recovers

[leo]

Slim if she kept using it. If this ever happens best is to switch off immediately and leave it for minimum 48 hours somewhere warm before attempting to switch back on. But unfortunately it doesn't sounds like she did that!!

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They managed on 'The Glades' lastnight by doing that, beautycat. A read of this may help.... www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-fix-rescue-water-damaged-apple-iphone-3448140/
Maybe too late though.

[ronaldo]

if it was working when she put it in a bowl of rice it should be fine
but generally anything that gets wet get the battery out of it ASAP then remove all cards memory and sim and get it in rice as soon as possible and leave it there to do its work
I have a 70 - 80% success rate myself

I have a spaghetti storage container 3/4 full solely for this purpose

[beautycat]

Thanks jess most of the problem is she is away, however she does have travel insurance, arranged yesterday afternoon.
To claim though you must take to repairer and get written proof and provide the receipt, so tomorrow's job is looking for receipt.

Mostly though when she had her phone, I knew she was ok but now I don't

[beautycat]

Sept 12, 2014 21:50:15 GMT ronaldo said:

if it was working when she put it in a bowl of rice it should be fine
but generally anything that gets wet get the battery out of it ASAP then remove all cards memory and sim and get it in rice as soon as possible and leave it there to do its work
I have a 70 - 80% success rate myself

I have a spaghetti storage container 3/4 full solely for this purpose

Ah it's an iphone and battery is inside , she had an iphone 4 that got damp before and stopped working, however switched it on a couple of weeks ago and it works fine now

However going to suggest she buys a nokia lumia or suchlike as fairly good but a heck if a lot cheaper

[beautycat]

And ronaldo do you drown your electrically on a regular basis?

[beautycat]

Sept 12, 2014 21:45:08 GMT leo said:

Slim if she kept using it. If this ever happens best is to switch off immediately and leave it for minimum 48 hours somewhere warm before attempting to switch back on. But unfortunately it doesn't sounds like she did that!!

Noooo she didn't argh x x

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Has she got enough dosh on her to track down & buy a simple cheapy, until she can get the other one sorted, beautycat? As hopefully her sim has survived, so she'll at least be contactable.

[beautycat]

Sept 12, 2014 21:57:27 GMT jess said:

Has she got enough dosh on her to track down & buy a simple cheapy, until she can get the other one sorted, beautycat? As hopefully her sim has survived, so she'll at least be contactable.

She could I suppose however the iphone sim is a nano and other sims will be normal size for a cheapy phone,

Actually jess do French mobile shops do unlocked sim free phones ?

[ronaldo]

Sept 12, 2014 21:55:39 GMT beautycat said:

And ronaldo do you drown your electrically on a regular basis?

no but just about everyone in my home town brings me there wet phones I have had a dozen in the jar at one time

[beautycat]

Sept 12, 2014 22:04:53 GMT ronaldo said:

Sept 12, 2014 21:55:39 GMT beautycat said:

And ronaldo do you drown your electrically on a regular basis?

no but just about everyone in my home town brings me there wet phones I have had a dozen in the jar at one time

You're a super bloke to sort it all

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Sept 12, 2014 22:01:06 GMT beautycat said:

Sept 12, 2014 21:57:27 GMT jess said:

Has she got enough dosh on her to track down & buy a simple cheapy, until she can get the other one sorted, beautycat? As hopefully her sim has survived, so she'll at least be contactable.

She could I suppose however the iphone sim is a nano and other sims will be normal size for a cheapy phone,

Actually jess do French mobile shops do unlocked sim free phones ?

Ah, just shows what I know about iPhone's!!

Yes, most do & also supermarkets, leccy shops & Aldi!! :DShe wants to look/ask for portables débloqués or sans abonnement.

[dinamic22]

beautycat your daughter should be able to buy an adaptor that her nano sim fits into to make it normal sized sim they are free in most phone shops in Uk but if she has to pay it should only cost a couple of euro's

[beautycat]

Thank you jess and dinamic22 , that's very helpful x x