{URGENT} I DROPPED MY PHONE IN RAMEN

I WAS EATING RAMEN NOODLES AND ITS SO HOT HERE THAT MY PHONE RING CAME OFF (the sticky side melted) AND MY PHONE FELL RIGHT INTO MY FOOD. I immediately took it out (it wasnt even in there for five seconds) and wiped it off. I tried taking out all the water/broth and placed it into a bowl of rice as I had a panic attack. I can't afford a new phone and my data wasnt backed up because the cloud screwed up my files last time i tried backing everything up and i ended up having some things deleted. Anyway, I let the phone sit in the rice for a few days before taking it out and disassembling it to dry out the inside of the phone. I dried all that I could see and plugged it in. To my relief, the white apple showed up! However, my luck didnt last very well, as it got stuck in an infinite loop between a black screen and the white apple on the black background. I kept it plugged in for one more day, in hopes that it would go back to the same phone it was before I dropped it. No such luck. Its still the same loop as it was a day before. I'm honestly at a loss and I'm so scared for my phone. I cant by any means afford a replacement and I have a lot of irreplaceable pictures, videos, files, notes, apps, and more data like that on my phone. I can't afford to lose those. I don't know what to do and ngl I'm so ready to burst out in tears right now. Please help me I can't believe this happened.😢

iPhone 6s, iOS 11.3.1

Posted on Aug 8, 2018 1:13 PM

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Aug 8, 2018 1:28 PM in response to ImSoBadAtEverything

I only have few bits of advice to offer you at this point:

  1. Stop using the phone immediately. Any further use may cause more damage.
  2. If you opened the phone, you (most likely) voided the warranty and any potential repairs are going to be more costly.
  3. If you don't make regular backups of this phone to either iTunes or iCloud, then your data only resides on this device. If you cannot access it, it will be lost forever.
  4. Make a Genius Bar appointment at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to have them take a look and provide you with any repair/replacement options that might be available.

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{URGENT} I DROPPED MY PHONE IN RAMEN

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