iPhone 3G Temperature Error - Water Damage
Let me give a basic run down of what happened. (I'll get to the temperature error)
2 nights ago, I was shaving and had the sink full of water (I had a very strong feeling I was gonna drop my phone in). and I did. I pulled it out in half a second or less, almost as soon as it hit the water. There was a towel right there and I dried it off immediately. I sat outside thinking hey it's hot it'll dry out my phone. I was texting people but my service was shaky and it kept giving me the "accessory was not made for iPhone" error and asking if I wanted to put it in airplane mode to reduce audio interference. I started seeing water leaking out of all the openings and the home button so I took it inside and put a hair dryer to it, part of the time on the hottest setting. (Yes, stupid me, I didn't know any better I had never dropped something like that in water). I could still text at this point and receive texts but my service was still on and off. I turned my phone off let it dry, later turned it back on and it wouldn't stay off, it would just reset and flash on and off. Apparently I was still receiving texts, but at this point I just left it in a bag of rice to dry. Came back to it later, it was off, turned it on and got all my texts/replied to them, then my service dropped again. So I just turned it off and let it dry more. I heard about the "vacuum trick" to vacuum all the water out of your phone. So earlier today I tried it, and tried to turn my phone on. It gave me a temperature error, saying I would have to wait and let the phone cool down before I could use it. I also had no service. And the phone won't turn off, just reset. It wasn't in an environment where it was too hot or cold, just in a 75 degree air conditioned room in a bowl of rice. Oh yeah, and I took the SIM card out to let it dry as well. I vacuumed the slot for that too.
Can anyone help me figure this out? I even let it sit for a while after I vacuumed it and I'm still getting the temperature error.
2 nights ago, I was shaving and had the sink full of water (I had a very strong feeling I was gonna drop my phone in). and I did. I pulled it out in half a second or less, almost as soon as it hit the water. There was a towel right there and I dried it off immediately. I sat outside thinking hey it's hot it'll dry out my phone. I was texting people but my service was shaky and it kept giving me the "accessory was not made for iPhone" error and asking if I wanted to put it in airplane mode to reduce audio interference. I started seeing water leaking out of all the openings and the home button so I took it inside and put a hair dryer to it, part of the time on the hottest setting. (Yes, stupid me, I didn't know any better I had never dropped something like that in water). I could still text at this point and receive texts but my service was still on and off. I turned my phone off let it dry, later turned it back on and it wouldn't stay off, it would just reset and flash on and off. Apparently I was still receiving texts, but at this point I just left it in a bag of rice to dry. Came back to it later, it was off, turned it on and got all my texts/replied to them, then my service dropped again. So I just turned it off and let it dry more. I heard about the "vacuum trick" to vacuum all the water out of your phone. So earlier today I tried it, and tried to turn my phone on. It gave me a temperature error, saying I would have to wait and let the phone cool down before I could use it. I also had no service. And the phone won't turn off, just reset. It wasn't in an environment where it was too hot or cold, just in a 75 degree air conditioned room in a bowl of rice. Oh yeah, and I took the SIM card out to let it dry as well. I vacuumed the slot for that too.
Can anyone help me figure this out? I even let it sit for a while after I vacuumed it and I'm still getting the temperature error.
iPhone, iPhone OS 3.0
