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« on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 05:37:30 »

Is there anywhere in Swindon that someone could recommend to get my iPhone looked at?

It's been dropped in the bath and now won't turn on or charge.

Thanks in advance.
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 06:59:30 »

no recommendations. But try to resist turning it on to avoid blowing things up (internals). if you have any of those silicon gel things you get in shoe boxes and Wang it a ziplock bag. ideally the battery needs out asap (hence your question i guess!).

no help but a women at work fixes then, that was her advice last week after a friend dropped hers down the toilet.
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 07:33:11 »

4G Repairs
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:08:03 »

4G smartphone repairs in Cheney Manor
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:13:08 »

Phone Fixers on Regent Circus opposite the MECA.
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 08:33:54 »

Cheers all
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 09:34:36 »

My son dropped his in a pond the other day and I have been looking for a way to fix it. I came across this video on You tube and will probably give it a go....



Incidentally, we tried claiming off our house insurance. It wasn't covered but as a commercial gesture they are going to pay half the value of the phone. You might want to try your insurance as you never know.....
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 12:47:49 »

also another option is to put it in rice for 2 days, it will dry the phone out (rice is an absorber).
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:19:47 »

The first thing I did was put it in rice for 24 hours.

Maybe I should've used basmati rather than brown rice.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:37:39 »

A wet and dry vacuum cleaner or window vac will be a better idea than rice. It's more than likely died if you tried turning on or charging it.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 13:41:29 »

The first thing I did was put it in rice for 24 hours.

Maybe I should've used basmati rather than brown rice.

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Arborio would have done the job.
Not sure rescuing an iPhone would have been worth the white wine & loads of chicken stock though.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 16:14:06 »

also another option is to put it in rice for 2 days, it will dry the phone out (rice is an absorber).

More bullshit from Verbose Chang

https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/myth-debunked-uncooked-rice-isnt-best-way-save-your-water-damaged-phone-0154799/
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 18:51:19 »


done it twice myself so  Smug Fuck Off ... it depends on how much depth the phone was in and the phone, and how long after it was submerged........
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 19:51:39 »

Course you have princess.
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, August 11, 2017, 20:22:28 »

the women at work, who repairs iPhones, didn't really rate rice either. Hence the silica gel suggestion.

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