Wife washed my Ipod

ClaytonBigsby · Jul 5, 2013

I looked to see if anyone else had anything on this and didn't find anything, so here I am.

I put it in a cup full of rice. Anyone else ver do this? Did it work? How long did it take? Anything else work? Thanks

SirGreenThumb · Jul 5, 2013

ClaytonBigsby said:
I looked to see if anyone else had anything on this and didn't find anything, so here I am.

I put it in a cup full of rice. Anyone else ver do this? Did it work? How long did it take? Anything else work? Thanks

Powerful air compressor. Will dry that sucker out real quick. Seriously, my step dad did it with his cellphone that he dropped into the pond.

neosapien · Jul 5, 2013

I got no valid input besides, "Dude, that sucks". Rice is a desiccant though, so it seems plausible that it might work.

420God · Jul 5, 2013

Rice works, my wife's done it, just don't try and turn it on for at least a day or two.

BygonEra · Jul 5, 2013

Can't blame your wife on that one. ;-)

But yeah, turn it off and let it sit and rice for a few days, then try a hard reset to turn it on.

bluntmassa1 · Jul 5, 2013

HAHAHAHAHA LMAO!! that's all I got to say............hahaha :bigjoint:

bluntmassa1 · Jul 5, 2013

BygonEra said:
Can't blame your wife on that one.
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tell me about it my wife always gives me shit after she washes something I left in my pocket I'm like what the fuck then 5 minutes later .... I'm sorry beautiful.

Hugo Phurst · Jul 5, 2013

Remove the battery. Give it a good rinse in 99% ISO, air dry.

Flaming Pie · Jul 5, 2013

I don't know what kind of batteries Ipods have (because I am cheap and won't buy an Ipod) but I know that with cell phones the batteries shut off as soon as they get wet to protect the phone. As long as the phone was submerged a new battery will get it going again.

Then again, ipod batteries are prob expensive too...

cannabineer · Jul 5, 2013

Since iPod is an Asian dish, rice is appropriate. a Nokia should be served with those dark grain flat cracker things. cn

slowbus · Jul 5, 2013

ClaytonBigsby said:
I looked to see if anyone else had anything on this and didn't find anything, so here I am.

I put it in a cup full of rice. Anyone else ver do this? Did it work? How long did it take? Anything else work? Thanks

no shit Bigsby? you got a Ipod ? I always figured you were a walkman kinda guy.......

sunni · Jul 5, 2013

rice but don't take it out actually leave it in for like 3 days

1itsme · Jul 5, 2013

i did a small amount of electronics repair when i was in the navy, one of the things for water immersion was to immerse it in distilled water for a bit before trying to dry it to Prevent salt (water spots) from causing short circuits. no exp with ipad tho. gl

cannawizard · Jul 5, 2013

I think the rice technique works, hope your ipod is still kicking~ :leaf:

bigworm6969 · Jul 5, 2013

Yeah it works if you turned it right off and like sunny said 3 days before you try it

ClaytonBigsby · Jul 5, 2013

slowbus said:
no shit Bigsby? you got a Ipod ? I always figured you were a walkman kinda guy.......

Spot on, MF! It IS a 1G shuffle.......

fxbane · Jul 6, 2013

I've sent one of those shuffles through the machine machine and dryer, surprisingly it survived.

minnesmoker · Jul 6, 2013

Did it clean up any of the lyrics?

(The rice will work, you already got good advice on it.)

For future reference, you should not immersion wash your electronics! (turns out that the Galaxy series, and Droids are also poor candidates for machine washing, sink washing, or even a quick toilet rinse.)

curious2garden · Jul 6, 2013

minnesmoker said:
Did it clean up any of the lyrics?

(The rice will work, you already got good advice on it.)

For future reference, you should not immersion wash your electronics! (turns out that the Galaxy series, and Droids are also poor candidates for machine washing, sink washing, or even a quick toilet rinse.)

^^^^^ yea this.

If I can remove the batteries and there's no LCD screen I'll put it through a dishwasher, what can I say. As for the rice it can work but I've found unless you open the electronics you are looking at a lot longer than 3 days. Some of my stuff has taken as long as 3 months to come back online. BTW if you have hard water, shooting it with compressed air or distilled water is good advice too.

I think your wife just successfully communicated her interest in your emptying your own pockets. I must admit to deliberately washing an item or two in my time..... to make a point (to a recalcitrant learner).

cannabineer · Jul 6, 2013

curious2garden said:
^^^^^ yea this.

If I can remove the batteries and there's no LCD screen I'll put it through a dishwasher, what can I say. As for the rice it can work but I've found unless you open the electronics you are looking at a lot longer than 3 days. Some of my stuff has taken as long as 3 months to come back online. BTW if you have hard water, shooting it with compressed air or distilled water is good advice too.

I think your wife just successfully communicated her interest in your emptying your own pockets. I must admit to deliberately washing an item or two in my time..... to make a point (to a recalcitrant learner).

I gave my offspring the "guess how you'll find yourself to have bought me a brand-new washer" speech recently.

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