Water damaged iPhone - Ultrasonic cleaning?

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Water damaged iPhone - Ultrasonic cleaning?

Hi, I have managed to kill my 16GB iPhone G3, it might be smart but unfortunately it can't swim. I have emailed a few repair companies. ipaqrepair.co.uk has offered me free diagnostic and said they can repair some water damaged units using an ultra sonic bath.

Does anyone know if ultrasonic cleaning could possibly repair my phone? Anyone have any experience of using this company.

Any advise on this matter would be much appreciated, I love my iPhone and am totally gutted, I kept it in a bag of rice for about 4 days to dry it out, it won't respond at all, when I plug it into my computer it detects it but gives an error message.

Thanks, Nev

13" Macbook 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Posted on May 19, 2009 12:12 AM

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Answer 1

Snagg

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May 19, 2009 12:56 AM in response to Mr Nev

try clean with pure alcohol.
good luck 😝

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Mr Nev Author

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May 19, 2009 2:23 PM in response to Snagg

Hi, thanks for the reply.

How would I clean it with alcohol?

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Tamara

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May 19, 2009 2:41 PM in response to Mr Nev

I don't think he is being serious. There is no cleaning method that will repair water damage.

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paulcb

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May 19, 2009 2:51 PM in response to Mr Nev

Ultrasonic cleaning of iPhone components in DI water and alcohol might remove some corrosion and contamination, which theoretically could solve your problems, but it will certainly not repair any shorts or other electrical issues. If they will attempt to clean it and only charge you if it works, it might be worth a try. Doesn't sound like you've got much too lose since it sounds like it's a brick now. Another option is to take it apart yourself and attempt to clean it, perhaps with alcohol and/or a spray electrical cleaner.

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