Original iPhone Came Back to Life After Water Damage!!
Here's a great story.....so far.
I fell asleep in the tub while listening to the iPod feature on my iPhone which was on the side of the tub. The iPhone slipped into the water. I grabbed it and jumped out of the tub, took all the coverings off the iPhone and used the hairdryer on it for a while. No response! I waited a few hours and plugged into iTunes and the "restore to iTunes logo" came up, but when I tried to sync and restore it, no luck. I went to the Apple Store and they confirmed the water damage and sold me a new 3g iPhone. They said to use the original iPhone as a "Paper Weight".
Next day I decided to try one more time and when I plugged the sync cable into the original iPhone it started the restore process! It even downloaded the new 2.2 software. I was amazed; after the iPhone was fully restored I tried all of the functions and they worked (except for the camera which when the shutter opened nothing appeared other than blackness). I called the Apple Store and they were amazed! They told me I was really lucky and that I had 30 days to bring the 3g back for a refund.
Shortly after, I ran into a guy who was an electronics whiz who told me to take the water-compromised phone and put it in a bag of uncooked rice. The rice would absorb any remaining dampness. He said all the electronics guys knew about this trick.
I'm going to wait a few days and if the old phone continues to work ok, even w/o the camera function, I'm returning the 3g for a refund!
I fell asleep in the tub while listening to the iPod feature on my iPhone which was on the side of the tub. The iPhone slipped into the water. I grabbed it and jumped out of the tub, took all the coverings off the iPhone and used the hairdryer on it for a while. No response! I waited a few hours and plugged into iTunes and the "restore to iTunes logo" came up, but when I tried to sync and restore it, no luck. I went to the Apple Store and they confirmed the water damage and sold me a new 3g iPhone. They said to use the original iPhone as a "Paper Weight".
Next day I decided to try one more time and when I plugged the sync cable into the original iPhone it started the restore process! It even downloaded the new 2.2 software. I was amazed; after the iPhone was fully restored I tried all of the functions and they worked (except for the camera which when the shutter opened nothing appeared other than blackness). I called the Apple Store and they were amazed! They told me I was really lucky and that I had 30 days to bring the 3g back for a refund.
Shortly after, I ran into a guy who was an electronics whiz who told me to take the water-compromised phone and put it in a bag of uncooked rice. The rice would absorb any remaining dampness. He said all the electronics guys knew about this trick.
I'm going to wait a few days and if the old phone continues to work ok, even w/o the camera function, I'm returning the 3g for a refund!
iBookG4/iMacG5, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
