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On May 27, about 3 weeks ago, I jumped into my pool with my iPhone 6 in my pocket. I jumped right out and put in rice. About 15 minutes later, I tried turning it on, and the apple logo,faded, and then turned off. It now does not turn on. Since the accindent, I have left it in rice, but nothing has happened. I took it out and charged it. It still vibrates, but everything else does not work. If I soak it in 99.9% isopropanol, will I have to take the phone apart? Please help me, I really dont want to have to get a new phone.
@jacksondavis you can stop using rice. It does absolutely not do anything. It will not prevent corrosion, nor will it fix and shortcircuited components. All it does is to get you to think you are doing something but are wasting time. I suggest you treat it just like any other water damaged iPhone. The very first thing you want to do is to not try to restart, sync or otherwise trying to use the phone. This may further damage your phone. The next thing to do is to clean it. Disassemble your phone using this guide. You must remove all EMI shields. If you do not remove those, you might as well not do anything. After you removed those, clean the whole board, connectors and all with +90% isopropyl alcohol. Just soaking it will not help. Follow this guide , and even so it was written for a 3G all the points are still pertinent to your phone. While you clean your board, check for any obvious damage, like burned or missing components etc. When it is properly cleaned, replace the battery. All these steps are to avoid delayed failure caused by corrosion. Best thing to do would be to clean it with an ultrasonic cleaner, but if you do not have access to one, this will at least help. Once all this is done, reassemble your phone and reevaluate. Until it is cleaned, everything will only be a guess. Even with all this, water damage has only a small chance to be fully repaired, but at least you can give it a try. Hope this helps, good luck.
