I dropped my iphone in water and now it wont retrieve service?

Hi,

You have probably upgraded or fixed it by now but i can tell u what to do in the future if this occurs again

1. put your phone in un cooked rice - drains water out

2. it will probably still say searching so then go to settings, general, reset, reset all settings

3. if this still doesnt work u will restore.

4. If still no response go to the nearest apple retail shop, they might replace it for free or depending on your model u can replace it...

Maybe, but likely not. You should have powered it off immediately and put it in a bag of uncooked rice for a week or so (changing the rice periodically too as it swells from the water it is drawing out of the device). Odds are now, but using it while wet, you've shorted out something and done some permanent physical damage.

All you can do is try to dry it out and see how far you get. But using any electronic device while wet is simply asking for it to short out.

Thank you for coming to the ASC. In your post however, there are things that just repeat what was mentioned by the other poster, and water damage is not covered by the iPhone warranty, so Apple is not going to replace it for free. You can purchase an out of warranty replacement, no matter what model you have. Apple has those available.

Oh ok, it was a typo btw, I meant to saY apple will charge depending on what model u have, correct? And sorry I didn't read the previous post. I just recently joined , do u have to work for apple to reply to one of these?

Not at all. We are all users here. This is a user to user support forum that is just hosted by Apple. Feel free to respond to any post, just make sure that the information you use is correct and tested.