ronjeramy

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As above my wife dropped her iPhone 4S in the toilet needless to say its fubar'd. We tried it in a sealed bag of rice for 48hours but it still doesn't power up. The question is can we retreave any photos ect off it? The phone is being replaced under the insurance which is fortunate.

Cheers in advance.

hpoolsteve

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Was it not backed up to iCloud/iTunes. Unfortunately I don't think there is a way if you can't get power to the phone. Have you tried turning on when connect to wall.

Ant

Hopefully she had it synced to photo stream

albob

a 'gentle' waft with a hair-dryer may help.....

ronjeramy

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I don't know if she had it synced with cloud or not we've just had a baby 3 weeks ago so there's some baby pics on there. I have most of the pics on my phone I think. Fingers crossed.
Cheers guys

Ant

Take the back off then put it in rice see if that helps get the moisture out the internals. Also try a new battery?

Galifrey

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Leave it in your airing cupboard for a week, did the trick for me when my wife spilt a vodka and tonic on my Nokia Communicator.

StrikE

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Shine a torch into the headphone jack point, if you can see a red dot it will never switch on again. It should be a white dot!

so i have been told.

best of luck

riiidaa

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JackClark

The red dot means the indicator has been wet. That could be a dunk in the ocean or a lucky bogey strike. It does not mean your phone will not turn on.

hpoolsteve

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+1

dpb

Sony experia next time then.

StrikE

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Just passing on what i have been told

Dr Hu

We use a lot of iPhones at work - have repaired several that got wet - some are straight knacked - but several once dried out just needed a new battery - obviously the batteries had shorted and these LiPo batteries *really* don't like that.

For the sake of a fiver for a new battery of the 'Bay it's worth a try - have rescued a few like this!
The battery is a very easy fit - just two little screws holding down the connector, and its lightly stuck down on sticky tape. 5 min job end to end.

So don't give up hope yet...

Miniman

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How do people drop phones in the toilet? Personally when I'm feeling the need I am well aware there is a bowl of probably not too clean water right by me. If I was making a call or hand the phone in my hands it's put well out of the way before I get anywhere near the bowl.

Tidgy

depends on whens its cleaned and with what, each times its flushed does get clean water potable water in it.

Wouldn't advise drinking it

bioforger

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Fapping?

Galifrey

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Dropped mine out of a top pocket bending over to close the toilet seat, there is a moral to that story I am sure...

dpb

Well after checking repeatedly to see whether my new drop valve in the loo is still dropping water into the cistern, I can see how for sure.

**jay**

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Try plugging a the usb into it then plugging it into a computer you still maybe able to to read the storage device on it and retreive your photos.

Luminous

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A professional data recovery firm should have no issue getting the data off the phone. The phone does not have to be powered up for them to be successful. All they will have to do is take the phone apart and link up to the memory chips directly.

The tough part will be making the connection, and being able to read the data in the right format. I cannot see you getting the job done for less than £200 though, not unless you know someone who has the right kit and won't mind taking a bash at it.

neil-h

Don't do this until you've dried the phone out though, may end up damaging the phone and/or laptop.