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Wet Iphone 4 wont power on and flash light stays on - Help!

The bag containing my iphone got caught in the rain yesterday, and my phone wet as a result. It initially worked as normal but a little slow, then I realised it had gone off completely. Although the screen was completely blank, the flashlight stayed on.

After reading a few forums online I put my phone into a ziplock freezer bag full of rice and 1 silica gel pack.

Eventually the light went off (I guess as the battery died), After 24hours I took it out the bag and plugged it in the wall. The apple logo came up then immediately aftwards the screen went blank, but the flashlight came back on and a clicking noise seemed to be coming from the camera.

I'm a bit concerened now, and have put the phone back into the rice bag.

Does anyone have any tips to help me or is the phone dead?

I can't remember the last time I backed the phone up, so is it likely I've lost the data I haven't backed up?

Thanks
Paul

Iphone4

Posted on Feb 27, 2011 10:20 AM

20 replies

Jul 16, 2013 10:17 PM in response to pauldba

pauldba wrote:

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I plugged into itunes and it recognised the phone was there! so i immediately backed up.

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Good news is its still being recognised by itunes.

Any ideas? Is my screen just dead?

Excellent move!

You've achieved the best of all possible results after a liquid incident. Not only is your screen dead, so is your iPhone. Purchase a replacement and restore it from your backup.