how to fix iphone 5 lock button after water damage?

So earlier today I had dropped my iphone 5 into the toliet. Now I had just peed in the toliet.. and I grabbed the phone out asap. It was in there no longer then 2 seconds. I pulled it out, dried it off and it turned on. The only problem it had was the speakers didnt work but I found out that if you put a q tip in the headphone jack thatll fix it. So I fixed that and everything seemed to be working good. Then after about an hour I notice when I push the lock the response was delayed.. it took about 2 seconds after I hit the button for it to turn off. Then later it just totally stopped working. I cant turn on or off my iphone with using the power button on the top. Well I turned it off by going into the settings now I have it in rice. Anyone know how I can fix this? Will the rice work or is it just pretty much dead? what can I do? Thanks.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jun 13, 2013 4:38 PM

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Jun 13, 2013 4:44 PM in response to dedadoo

TMI (too much information - I don't want to know about your toilet activities and I guess neither does anyone else here)


you could (once the phone has dried out and you hav waited a few days and are game to turn it on) go to settings/general/accessibility and turn on assistive touch. A little button will appar on the screen and you can drag it around if it gets in the way. If you tap on the button then tap on device then hold the little padlock for a while it will turn the phone for you


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