Rice is overrated---I get phones all the time sent to me dutifully put in bags of rice for days only to open them up and frank pools of liquid--not just drops or condensation.
Almost any phone that is dropped into a liquid is salvageable IF you take steps immediately to get rid of the molecules of water---for example, toss the whole phone straight into some rubbing alcohol.
We think that rice or hair dryers etc are drying a phone, but really they are not. It isn't any different than tossing a bunch of wet clothes in a garbage bag, sticking it in the sun, or rice, or whatever and hoping that the clothes in the center of the bag don't get moldy.
You gotta open that sucker up!
When we apply electricity to the "dry" phone, we cause short circuits inside the phone---not much different than if the phone was filled with little balls of wire inside that could connect things that shouldn't be connected. Sometimes we can get away with it without doing permanent harm, but sometimes a short or corrosion will damage something important.
So to answer your question:
1.) Is it a big deal that you didn't put it in rice right away? Not at all---rice doesn't really do anything. But it is a big deal that you plugged it into a charger when it was wet, and that you tried using it without opening it up and at least getting your eyeballs in there to see if it was dry and corrosion free. Lesson to learn? Get that phone open to dry.
2.) What to do now? Sell it on eBay as water damaged and buy a new phone. OR, do like machead suggests and follow a guide to open it up and clean it---at least you'll get some experience for next time. You never know, it might just need a little scrub of the corrosion and be fine again with a new battery.
3.) All water damaged phones need new batteries.
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I lost my iPhone outside and found it after 9 days it had been rained on at least 3 times, I had a tempered glass cover on the screen and it was in an open front magpul case. It had moisture in the case when I found it and condensation was visible in the camera lens. After removing it from the case and wiping dry I immediately stuck it in a bag of rice overnight. The next day I removed the SIM card and took a vacuum with a small nozzle and vacuumed all the orifice / openings of the phone for quite awhile at least 30 minutes which cleared the condensation from the camera lens. I reinserted the SIM card and then stuck it back in the rice for 4 more days before charging it and powering it up, low and behold I got lucky and it works good as new !!!!!! :)
da JIM AUSTIN
hey my phone was in the water 2 months ago. Tried the rice trick but didnt work. I bought a new phone. Now I am watching your tutorial. Can I use this method to try it? I has been sitting in the drawer for 2 months already.
Thanks
da Harrison
I'm unsure if the rice and vacuum trick is permanent as my iPhone worked great for 3 months after I dried it out then the lcd started going dim and couldn't be adjusted, it was so bad it was all but impossible to see it when outside. It still works but I feared it was dying so I bought a new phone. Good Luck hey it's worth a try go for it, you have nothing to lose.
da JIM AUSTIN
The rice bag definitely works. I dropped my iphone5s in a bucket of water but within few seconds I took it out, switched it off and removed the sim. I dried it with a cloth first and put in in a rice bag and kept it for two full days. I was excited and surprised to see that it had drained the water completely. So yes it definitely works based on how quickly you can put it in the rice bag.
da crownedforever
I dropped my phone in the bathroom cuz it was in my back pocket. I need help. I put in in a bag of rice and took it out a few minutes ago, but my whole phone was crashed and it didn't work. What am I supposed to do right now. I NEED YOUR HELP!!!
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