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Waded into a swimming pool and forgot to remove my iPhone 5 from my pocket. The phone was dead when I saw it and having tried all possible advise to dry it, its current symptoms are:
- Loops in startup but does not turn on
- Battery doesn’t charge
- Retina display appears to be okay I have gotten it to a point where iTunes recognises it and tries to restore it. However, once the apple logo and status bar is displayed on the phone, it then starts to fade away and then it loses its USB connection from my Macbook and iTunes. iTunes then gives an error (9) saying it has effectively lost the USB connection. Understanding that it cannot be device conflicts on the USB port of the MBP, what do you think might be damaged internally? Could it just be the battery, dock connector, or a logic board problem? Note that I have not opened the phone yet. Thanks in advance.
Congrats Vince, your the first person I know of that has ever done this, kidding, here is a teardown guide, iPhone 5 Teardown, once your finished with the teardown follow these instructions on taking care of the water damage, the guide is for an I3 but use the same methods to clean your 5, Repairing iPhone Liquid Damage, after reassembly if you have any issues get back on here and let us know, good luck, If this Answer is helpful please remember to return and mark it Accepted.
I drop my iPhone in a tube full of water … I could remove it 5min minutes later only! I was luck because where I work we have a Sauna, I left my phone there all day … in the beginning of the night the phone started again But…. I can not activate Wi-fi either bluetooth …. Restored it and I’m having the same problem still! Someone have an idea how I can fix it????? Thx
