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Water inside my iphone 5s screen!

I crashed motorcycle in the rain. Just look at the phone screen cracked tempered glass (screen ok thank God) when on screen all ok no problem. Until arrive at home i found that in the iphone screen there is some water (probably rain water) at the right angle of the phone and then in some time it become big and spreading . But the screen is ok. i still can use it without and problem at all. But because of i am worried a lot, I take my phone off and put it in the airtight plastic container that filled with rice. Is my action is correct? I really concerned if there was any effect which may be discharged my warranty claim. I am using iphone 5s gold 32GB.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 4, 2014 5:35 AM

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Apr 4, 2014 6:28 AM in response to wjosten

how about this. My problem i think is similar with this guy.


I wanted to share my damaged iphone experience and offer a tip to help remove water marks from screen after exposing your iphone to excessive moisture. I was lucky enough to having my phone still operational after the water issue but had screen markings / dark spots from water. I was caught in a rain storm and ended up getting soaked, including my pockets which was where my phone was located. I decided to compile a few ideas I found online in 1 recommended tip. If your phone is not operational, you may just want to bag the phone in rice while powered off for a few days. This is for those people with water marks beneath the screen but phone is still working otherwise: 1. Go to settings>general>auto-lock and select 'never' 2. Go to settings>brightness&wallpaper and select auto-brightness 'off', then set brightness level to max! 3. Connect charging cable and place phone in a bag or container completely submerged in instant rice (uncle bens worked for me) 4. Allow a day or two of this drying out to occur and observe how the stains start changing and disappearing! I was amazed that this actually worked! The rice helped to pull the moisture out of the phone and the screen, being on , helped to generate enough heat which helped it dry out quicker. Definitely give this a try before spending up to $200 in insurance deductibles for a refurbished phone. Hope this helps, please feel free to share any other tips / ideas you may have. iPhone 5


you think will it help?


*my phone now in the dried rice. the outer one is just casing.


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Apr 4, 2014 6:31 AM in response to zikery

zikery wrote:

you think will it help?

*my phone now in the dried rice. the outer one is just casing.



Again, you can only try. Sometimes this works, most of the time it doesn't. Perhaps you'll get lucky.


I wouldn't advise powering your phone on though...too much of a risk of shorting something out.


Good luck.

Water inside my iphone 5s screen!

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