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my iPod fell into the toilet, please help

a couple days ago my iPod nano (second gen.) fell into the toilet, it barley works now, i can still play songs but the "skip right" button on the click wheel doesn't work and i can't scroll with the click whell. I've tried reseting it (menu and select button) but that doesn't even work. And when i put it on the docking station it charged but when i took it off it said it was still charging... help!

Posted on Dec 17, 2008 4:22 PM

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Dec 17, 2008 6:47 PM in response to deggie

After it fell in the toilet my Dad said to get a fan and a blow dryer, he told me to dry it off as best as i can, then he told me to set it upsidedown overnight so the moisture would kinda rise out of the ipod, it's actually sitting rice right now, my Dad said that it would help absorb more moisture...

Dec 17, 2008 7:07 PM in response to mmssuds

The fan and blow dryer were also a bad idea, this just forces the water farther into the iPod causing more damage. As long as it is raw rice, and you placed the raw rice and iPod into a baggie it might dry the iPod a bit faster, say 3 - 5 days rather than 5 - 7, but be sure to carefully clean out any residue of the rice from the dock connector and the headphone jack.

Your battery will be dead after this, if it isn't already shorted out. When it is done drying connect it to power (wall charger is best for this) and let it charge for at least 30 minutes, and while it is still connected to power, Reset it (with the hold switch off, i.e. no orange showing, hold down the menu and center buttons for 6 seconds. You may have to do this several times, if it revives fully charge it then Restore it in iTunes and Resync.

If you are still having problems after this, use the link I provided and get it repaired.

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