Should you put your phone in rice? Only if you want to buy a new phone

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[@kriswingert1662]

Jess, after being in the electronics repair industry for over 25 years, it is nice to see you practice and also pass on common sense to the masses in regards to proper repair. Thanks for being part of our community!

[@propanemusic]

how is this common sense? If you know it because you are a trained professional, how are lay people supposed to know? Thats not "common sense"

[@o0fernand0]

Dear Jessa, I came to the comments section only to express my admiration to you. Your explanations are so clear, you're incredibly charmful, completely skillful, and I just love how didáctic and calm you are. Zero arrogance, very mature and an absolutely lovely personality. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but at least this video of yours contributes against a true sad era of impersonalization through brief and reductionist tutorials about almost anything in KZbin. I mean, the extension of your videos, your naturalness and your charm gives a very pleasant, human vibe. I felt like it was a personal advice tutorial video, not just a generic, synthetized, step-by-step, impersonalized video. Your style of teaching is unique, or at least, extremely uncommon in KZbin. My best regards.

[@JessaJones]

Comments like this mean a lot to content creators---thanks for taking the time to write :)

[@RealButcher]

Spot on!!!!

[@Alacritous]

She's still not going to sleep with you.

[@Drew791]

I absolutely adore you and your videos for being simple and straight forward. Love that you give real answers for moisture problems and steering people away from the "rice myth". Thank you so much for opening up your shop and techniques for all of us electronics DIYers :)

[@jeffflowers5489]

This is one good reason to go back to removable batteries.

[@NoSubsWithContent]

Definitely

[@nichderjeniche]

or a button in a small hole on the backside to disconnect the battery from the board, like some samsung windows tablets

[@Darthy0]

Removable batteries would mean less profit for companies. If you cant buy new battery or you cant pull it out when its water damaged...you have to buy new device = money for company.

[@Baron9969]

YES!!!!!!!!! :D@@Darthy0

[@steveretiredandcranky]

Sing it brother!

[@nickivygoal]

Rice worked for me. My iPhone was soaked in water for about 2-5 minutes in sink. It was iPhone plus with a plastic cover. The phone was dead. I was planning to buy a new one at the moment, but my mother immediately put the phone in rice and told me that she rekindled 3 phones before. Honestly, I did not believe her. Guess what, it took less than 10 minutes before my phone went back on itself. There were some problems: the hole for the ear piece was plugged by rice, the speaker phone did not work, the Bluetooth did not awake. But the WiFi and other functions worked. About 2 hours later in rice, speaker phone worked. Next day morning, the Bluetooth came back. Rice works.

[@IamDerick]

I have been a Electronics Tech for 38 years and I am still amazed at the work you and Louis Rossman do. Thanks for putting this out! BTW you are in my old stomping grounds. (grew up near Caledonia) Cheers!

[@JessaJones]

+Iam D Thank you!

[@GadgetUK164]

Subbed =D Found your channel through Louis.

[@H32-u7d]

me too!

[@davidschwartz5127]

me three

[@Dwarf19864]

May The Schwartz Be With You... sorry, i couldn't resist :)

[@makinjica]

me 2 :)

[@CharlieTechie]

Loved the "Grandma fixes an iPhone" on Louis' channel, now a subscriber to your channel as well. Cracked up over the sheep on your head while you worked. Both of you rock.

[@kuhrd]

Speaking from electronics experience, if you measure across a capacitor for continuity or resistance you may get a reading or a short beep depending on how large the capacity of the capacitor is. Your meter is putting out a small voltage DC to the circuit you are measuring and so any capacitors in the device will take a short time to charge up. Most meters will register a continuity beep up to 30-40 ohms so that cap charging up is going to look like a short for enough time in most cases that the meter will see it as a momentary short. One other thing to add to this is many of the more expensive meters use a latching circuit on the continuity tester for the length of one beep so even if your meter only reads under the 30-40 ohms for a micro-second it will audible as a full beep.

[@N3ON23]

Breath of fresh air finding someone who actually knows what they're talking about. Some of these other videos are just completely counterproductive. Keep up the good work!

[@joshmodeernaplesfl557]

Love your tutorial. Struggling with a 7 issue currently "water". You are very good at explaining what happens inside these crazy phones. Thank you very much!

[@mr02gixxer1000]

thats pretty cool to have a wife who can do these kind of repair lucky guy.

[@uploadJ]

Plus, PhD in .. microbiology?

[@mdamaged]

Would be better to have a wife that wouldn't let a loved one even USE an Apple product to begin with.

[@carstuff4u942]

Well it is a 6s plus. Those are 50.00 now. Lol2

[@GlycerinZ]

"The microscope doesn't lie" Very true, but Apple does!

[@royalrod_]

The rice helped my phone.. It got water damage and affected my volume.. It was stuck on headphone mode. I put it in some rice for a few hours and walah!! It worked

[@generalyasukethe2nd564]

I just watch these videos for fun, even though I don't know how to fix iPhones

[@thisisaname4661]

Her husband falls through the ice. She rushes to help... "Forget me! Grab my phone!" I can just picture that.

[@JessaJones]

+Jessica Postopoly sometimes I think about how that night would have went had I only went for the phone

[@ShR33k]

This is an awesome video. I have a water damaged iPhone to fix for a friend. You've given me lots to look for once I get it. Thank you!

[@brawleybear2061]

Idk I've been lucky because I've used 99% iso alcohol/ dried with cool air option on hair dryer then 48hrs in rice....SUCCESS everytime! Just saying, if u dont have the $ or a professional living w/you,otherwise totally agree with the lady if u have the means certainly seek a pro anyway great vid! Nasty about Apple, banning people who have good/alternative advice the 'greed is so evident' isnt it.

[@Knowbody42]

1. Disconnect the battery ASAP 2. Disassemble the phone 3. Put the board into distilled water to dissolve any minerals 4. Put the board into methylated spirits to blow away the water 5. Let the methylated spirits evaporate (it evaporates quickly), and reassemble

[@UBrickIFix]

I just found you and this is crazy You teach me iPhone I fix it, maybe Cheesy, yes. You? No. Thanks for this awesome channel. Hope to take your class in the coming future!

[@rossmanngroup]

Doesn't he know you don't fix water damage for the sake of the phone?

[@ibjessa]

Guess not.

[@juanbo1982]

A trick : you can watch series on InstaFlixxer. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.

[@gaelcullen668]

@Juan Bo Yup, been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

[@annami6314]

Oh, for Pete Sake, why do people INSIST on making jokes, makes one wonder "if they're trolls." It's so obvious Ms. iPad Rehad is educated, knows technical forensics, is an expert in the field. As for me, 'trolls, go live under the bridges from whenc you came--and, thanks, Ms. iPad Rehab for this information.

[@bigvideoenergy]

used rice and silica on my gopro 3 black edition after it went for a swim without the case. got rid of the battery straight away. compressed air the holes in gopro. stuck it in rice for 3 weeks. 3 years later its still working.

[@Unsensitive]

Thanks for this. Just fixed my fiances iPhone X. She dropped in a gutter and it was boot looping. Turned it off. Shook as much water out as I could out the sim card slot. Was going to drop it in a container with dessicant, but saw this. Next morning I picked up a kit from iFixit and opened it up with a hair dryer. Was a bit nervous I'd break something, but everything looked good cept a few potential mineral deposits on MB. Pulled it and soaked in 99.9% alcohol, let it dry.. and like it never happened... Wishing I didn't have to reopen it to replace the seal in 2 days once it comes in the mail, but I think I'll be fine.

[@holybatwingsbatman]

Incredible video Jessa. I've worked at Fluke for years and have worked as a technician so I really respect what you are doing here. Honestly a lot of companies got out of board test because of the extreme miniaturization you're dealing with. We had digital testers that probed legs along the IC, we had probes that even probed those original Motorola and Intel CPUs. I'm just fascinated by your videos......being that I'm coming from the test world where we basically threw in the towel on trying to fix devices like you're fixing! By the way, I'll say it again thank you for standing up to Apple. It really infuriates me they ban you from their forums for trying to help their customers. What ever happened to common decency? Ooooooh, it boils the blood.

[@irgendwerjoker]

I thought that the idea behind rice was not fixing the water damage itself, but rather that it attracts some Chinese factory workers who will sneak in at night, take the rice, and fix the device overnight. SCNR

[@diesalweasel]

yer lol

[@vwbugrentals]

Hi I need my phone repairing can u help 07789797568

[@N3ON23]

Ha haaaaaa tis truth!! Thems chinese thems play joke!

[@crownofall]

I believe you're thinking of magic elves, but I can see the mistake

[@shayarmstrong5422]

irgendwerjoker LOL epic 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@esadmuric7839]

Jessa another great video. I love how you mention all the details and all steps. I really do have much respect to you. Only thing what I do different is that I also desolder shield from flex cable on lcd and clean components underneath. Sometimes that can save you LCD. A lot of time lcd needs backlight change which is not hard to change. Good work.

[@jeffflowers5489]

One thing I learned in college was when you use a meter to test a component while it's still in circuit you're testing all components around it in the schematic. You could have a resistor and a capacitor parallel in a circuit. If you test the capacitor it's going to show resistance.

[@JessaJones]

+Jeff Flowers well we do professionally fix iPhone motherboard problems all day every day for phones sent in from all over the world. If you have a short to ground on a line, the multimeter will show low/no resistance to ground on that line as measured at any cap in the circuit.

[@sjankarcher]

I remember leaving my Game Boy on the swing and the rain came... I dried it on the heater. Game boy works to this day after that but I know it's probably due to bigger components(corrosion has to be much bigger to make critical damage). I will take it apart and see if I can find any marks of water damage. Just for fun.

[@Ronco160]

So mail the phone in a bag of water for you to repair? Instead of letting it dry out.

[@Eklegomai]

+Ronco160 why are there idiots like you in this world?

[@Eklegomai]

+Ronco160 why are there idiots like you in this world?

[@emnoir]

+Ronco160 than you will need a new screen for sure on top of everything. but if battery was unplugged or you switched phone off straight away and will not try to charge it than yes you can send ur phone with a bad full of water, most shops will fix it without any problems. but be ready to pay for every single part replacement and board clean on top of that :)

[@Sldrs64]

hmm salt is a preservative right? Im going to mail mine in saltwater so it lasts longer

[@x.y.8581]

DOH! LOL!

[@thunderloong]

it costs 8c per board to fully seal the electronics. don't buy apple

[@toymachine4253]

"Ease of repair" isn't a concern for Apple. Or most current manufacturers of consumer goods, it would seem.

[@Yas-zq4rk]

damn you're actually really right about this! my mom used rice on her phone and it doesn't work properly anymore.

[@tonyweavers4292]

Great video, thanks. You have spent some serious money on tooling and supplies. My eyesight is poor and I am too ham fisted to attempt intricate repairs myself. Keep up the good work and videos!

[@robertgallant6422]

Finally the Real and Correct way to recover a water damaged phone. Thanks, great video!!!

[@jay7264]

Love watching you and Luis. You guys make great repairs your such an expert in micro electronics so is luis

[@MrStevetmq]

Yes I agree with you for things like iPhones. The rice thing comes from a time when phones were bigger and they had more space for the water to evaporate before corrosion can happen and in that case rice(dry un-cocked LOL) would help.

[@anarkan191]

Dear Jessa, many thanks for yet another informative video, I have learned a lot by just watching your videos and have since subscribed, your great work and efforts are very much appreciated.

[@larryarbour1560]

What about submerging it in isopropanol to displace the water. Disconnect the battery first? Also I do have an ultrasonic cleaner. What type of solution do you use, how long and what temperature?

[@BarryS-fh2rg]

I too am an admirer of your skills, candor, and effort for this free info. I'm not an electronics expert. How do we know if it's safe to just remove a capacitor and not replace it? I think that's what you did for this repair or maybe you replaced them and I couldn't see. Thanks for all of this. I just ordered my microscope -- not as fancy as yours. I went to S.U. so I might want to visit again and take your course.

[@rosearthur4299]

Thank you for addressing the rice myth, it drives me crazy that so many people do this.

[@antonyquigley5219]

people just don't realize that it's the shit thats in the water after it drys that wrecks phones, not the water itself.

[@carlosnava8351]

I used rice and it worked

[@carlosnava8351]

it turned on. It only showed some water damage on the screen. But I don´t know if something may happen in the future

[@acumbry]

Carlos Nava have anything else happened yet ?

[@carlosnava8351]

foreverangela C not really

[@coolg4669]

me too

[@klatos2188]

My phone was swimming in the pool and later I put it in rice. After 2 years still works.

[@tu_munich]

Did you just crack the screen open with bare hands?! remarkable! I failed to open the screen with tools..

[@erin19030]

Naahhh.. if it gets wet , place it in paper towels in the microwave on high for 20 mins

[@formatjelly7972]

Great idea for sure Sir. But isn't it better to place it in soaking wet paper towels, then wrap it - together with the soaking wet paper towels - in tin foil, and THEN microwave the whole caboodle for on high 20 mins? Granted, the phone may not work much, but the fireworks would be absolutely AMAZING. Still, yours is a brilliant idea without a doubt, thanks for the help :)

[@Romiedahomie415]

Cosimo Kramarawicz I agree with you

[@BF4pawntard]

I droped my iphone in the lake . It was in there for 5 mins took it home dried it out put it in a bag of rice stuck it in a draw and forgot about it for 5 months . Found it last week when having a clean out and suprised it works perfect.

[@SuryaKundali]

BF4pawntard same happened to my iPod. I was shocked turned on no problem after few months I was hopeless lol

[@FisherCatProductions]

You could have put it in a bag of dog biscuits and it would have worked five months later. It dried out! Think about it. If rice is setting in your house at 55% humidity, the rice is at 55% also. Unless it's magic rice, there is no differential for the rice to remove moisture any quicker than the air in your house. Less actually, as there is no air circulation in the bag, and in fact the moisture is trapped in the bag! If you are going to dry it yourself, just set it in an airy spot (the air stream of an air conditioner would be great) with as much of the phone disassembled as you feel safe doing.

[@TMH-wx6qn]

Yep works every time! My phone drropped 3 years ago and it works like it never happened

[@pierreuntel1970]

never have a water damaged phone before.. but does caps actually get shorted because of water? it make no sense to me since those ceramic cap are not affected by water, I think the corrosion is what actually doing the short and when you remove the cap then it get removed together

[@rachellek4585]

I'm watching this video and thinking "no way". For lack of a better option with only 2% battery left on my phone, I figured I didn't have much to lose by trying this method.... Less than 2 minutes later ~ IT WORKED! IT WORKED! IT WORKED! Thank you so much for posting your vid!

[@cooper9658]

Yeah my phone was in a broken lifeproof case underwater for approximately 10 minutes. First thing I did was hit the home button. Phone heated up, probably short circuiting. Dried it when I got home and put it in a container full of silica gel. Set up an appointment at the Apple Store for Sunday. I guess I'll see if it turns on tomorrow or if I'm going to have to get it repaired. Funny thing is that the exact same thing happened to me 2 years ago. Had to buy the early upgrade last time. This time though, I want to get the phone before I go on vacation and am willing to buy a replacement if necessary.

[@jameshorn7830]

Just a note after reading all these comments... Modern phones still have processors and other chips that generate a lot of heat. That is why they don't seal the boards with silicone rubber, etc. That being said, they could seal the cases much better, at greater cost. They do it with cameras, for example...

[@Spykersan]

Well this taught me a fair bit about water damage and everything. I too went swimming with a phone for 30 minutes before realizing that it was still in my pocket. Suffice to say, I attempted the rice method. though i did take it all apart. Luckily it was a fairly inexpensive phone, but still really bad luck with phones for a while.

[@gonzalobravo9]

if you open it up does the guarantee get void?

[@gillenzfluff8380]

When I had electronics get wet I took the battery out take the case apart and use a hair dryer or put it in the boiler room it always worked!

[@bogdanhossu2994]

I have an iphone 6 and i fell in a river while having it in my pocket. i got out fast and turned it off immediately , i got home and waited 1 day to let it dry, i heated it up with the hairdryer and after some time i started it up and worked perfectly fine . this happened 1yr ago and i'm still using the same phone and it works perfectly

[@JessaJones]

+bogdan hossu that means water never hit the board--as is sometimes the case and stories like these perpetuate the rice myth!

[@bogdanhossu2994]

+iPad Rehab maybe , but once i accidentally bent my iPhone pretty bad and it now has a gap between the screen and the body and this happened before it got wet . But i am not a profesional. Thank You for being Nice!

[@JessaJones]

My personal phone has no screws at all, and a cheap crappy ill-fitting screen. I toss in water all the time for these demos. When I lift it out and open right away, you'd be surprised how water sometimes does not reach the board.

[@czdaniel1]

For the record...you are taking this very well at 00:42 when telling a story with such a predictable ending (in the back yard no less). Your hubby is very lucky...too lucky. You need to communicate your displeasure, and discourage this bad behavior. Or buy him a $15 phone, and then explain to hiim that if he wants to go ice-skating with mobile web browsing, then he will need to bring his laptop.

[@protectaa]

yea problem is opening it up means voiding warranty.. id rather put it in rice and dont turn it on until ive let it with rice for the weekend.. it can prevent water that would eventually damage the board

[@JessaJones]

Opening your phone does not void the warranty, however water damage does void the warranty. If you immediately open a wet phone and disconnect the battery, and dry the phone you can save more phones than if you do nothing (by putting it in rice or anything else). Doing nothing can work sometimes if you're lucky, but often it just allows water droplets to roll across waterproofed surfaces inside the phone and drop down on the logic board causing a short circuit and kills what would have been a repairable phone. It also allows the full battery voltage to expend into logic boards that instantly got a short circuit when water hit the board---essentially electroplating the entire main power line. The takes what was fixable focal damage and turns it into widespread unfixable damage. Rice is ALWAYS a bad idea.

[@protectaa]

iPad Rehab well I can't get the battery out, it's attached and there is a sticker that makes opening it void in warranty!

[@jacobscharmberg4392]

Not being into electronics at all, I wonder how the removal of two components doesn't affect the functionality of the device. Why are they used then in the first place? Can somebody perhaps enlighten me about that?

[@ibjessa]

There are a lot of components on the board that have a minor practical function. It is always best to put them back and conform to the original design. Since this is my personal phone I left those off, but if I ever noticed a cell reception deficit or dropped calls I'd put them back.

[@jacobscharmberg4392]

+Jessa Jones Thanks for the explanation :). Though I'm still really astonished that the device is able to cope with that o.O . BTW I love your videos and believe it or not actually find them entertaining :D. It fascinates me to see somebody do something they are really good at ;). Also you convinced me of the trustworthiness of independent repair which I used to be skeptical about. Thanks for that ;).

[@MrStevetmq]

+Jessa Jones Put new caps back in please! Just because something works dose not mean it's right.

[@ibjessa]

+MrStevetmq on my personal phone? Nah.

[@MrStevetmq]

Some times these components are included in the device so that they don't interfere with other devices. Hypothetically: How would you feel if your device interfered with someones pacemaker giving much pain or even death due to you removing a component? Your suck it and say way of just removing cap's and not replacing them if the phone works is not good practise in the same way as just putting the phone in rice. All the cap's are there for a reason!!!

[@BillAnt]

A phone in a bag of rice just corrodes more due to the moist environment that it's kept in. Instead remove the battery (if it's removable), don't charge it, and run, don't walk to your nearest repair shop!! ;) You gotta love it when customer say "Oh it only dropped in water for just a second!" lol #1 Or the other one "EVERYTHING works perfectly, they just can't hear me." lol #2 Or, "I dried it, and when I plugged it in, it came on for a second then nothing" lol #3 I've had phones which dropped in water for a day, went through the a full laundry cycle and they were perfectly repairable, yet others which "only dropped in water for a second" were simply un-repairable. REPLY

[@marklowe7431]

power phone off, if you can remove batter do so, submerge in isopropyl alcohol, agitate to displace water, allow evaporation. Silica is good after. Silica is standard storage procedure to keep humidity from electronics.

[@Alex-zb9zs]

You are so skilled, thank you for all the tips and for making these videos! Really interesting!

[@Roan_RoRepair]

Is it necessary to also replace the components that you took off? Or will only taking them off solve the shortage problem?

[@ericsgreyhairwisdom5799]

Rice absorbs water. Plain and simple. Best to just throw the phone in the dryer on the ready to wear setting for 10 minutes.

[@WaltonPete]

I'm not an Apple owner or fan but I know good advice when I hear it! As you said, 'It's YOUR phone!' no one, including the manufacturer, has the right to tell you what to do with your property. If you have the confidence to attempt to prevent a catastrophic failure of your device, why not? I really don't think ANY manufacturer is going to go to the trouble of inspecting a faulty product for microscopic signs of attempted moisture damage minimisation, especially as the device will already have obvious damage from the moisture ingress. It's just not worth the cost in man hours for them to bother. They probably only ever check that the device is actually faulty and possibly that the moisture indicators have been activated.

[@rustyaxelrod]

While I understand that water is not conductive but the dissolved minerals in the water are, the first thought is to get the phone dry so you can pretend it didn’t happen and maybe it will work again 🙂. While on a several day road trip, my wife dropped her phone in the hotel pool just before we preparing to check out. No plans to come back through the area later. We stopped at a market and, you guessed it, bought a bag of rice. Put in the floor of the backseat for 24hrs and it powered back up. It needed a new battery about six months later and lived another year after that. I realize that’s not a scientific test or proof of anything except we got lucky, but it did happen.

[@godisgreat6623]

What can you do if you drop it in a puddle and its still on but the ear piece doesn't work?

[@flyerh]

Would it be worth using water protective resin on all the boards and components at this stage to protect from future water ingress? My local electrical boffin did this to my water damaged Volvo car computer.

[@chevy57pkup39]

Do you have any thoughts about the use of a vacuum chamber to get water out of a phone?

[@JessaJones]

Useless

[@livvidd]

lol "magical rice is drying out my phone"

[@0himym]

My experiences with liquids on electronics: I've spitted a few drops coke on my new running PC... I immediatly unplugged it and used a hair dryer on the lowest setting with much distance so that the coke isn't moving and just drying out. No problems at all after booting it 30mins later. Then I used a stream of tap water to clean my running Iphone 5. The water got in it and behind the screen (glas had a crack) and in the charging port... Charging/Headphones didn't work for a day. I didn't turn it off and the next day everything was fine. Still no problems today after a year of using it. Then I've washed a mechanical keyboard in the shower. For a week the keys didn't work correct and it got detected / undetected by the PC each minute. Still working fine since 2 years. Then there is my sister who dropped a whole coke from McDonalds on her Ipod. The Coke was flowing out of this poor thing. Damn I was surprised it even lasted some more minutes before its final death.

[@dfortaeGameReviews]

Just found your channel. Very informative video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@hptkev6571]

Do not put your phone in rice! It will not do anything. You should take off case case then let it dry it in sun. Leave it there for 1 day+ to let it dry. The longer let it dry it will more chance to work. Nice video

[@Matlockization]

Is it possible to increase a phones battery capacity even though the original battery is soldered on ? What do you think about brushing on mineral oil on the mobo to reduce future corrosion and act as way to water proofing your phone ?

[@neilaldenarmstrong9806]

What do you think of soaking a wet phone in something like isopropyl alcohol (99%, not "rubbing alcohol") to absorb the water and leave clean, easily evaporated alcohol behind which would dry cleanly?

[@alchemicalanarchist]

"Water Displacement" = put your phone in a big sock and spin it above your head like a bolas

[@michaelparadigm7836]

I like how there is an ad with lipstick in your Video. I would have expected something like "buy brown rice here' but nooo :D great content. And even better info.

[@Eddyhartz]

I have a old Nokia phone that I accidentally dropped in the toilet. I left it on the radiator for three days to dry off - watching this seems like that's the worst thing I could have done. It did work again afterwards though - that was three years ago now and I'm still using it lol. Shows just how well made these older phones were.

[@teardowndan5364]

In the case of relatively clean water/liquid ingress, you don't even need to clean the board, just disconnecting all power quickly enough to prevent electrolysis corrosion from occurring in the first place before setting it out to dry should be enough. Once dried, the residues shouldn't be conductive enough to hinder normal operation. But acting that quickly is easier said than done with devices not designed to have user-replaceable batteries where electrolysis will often have time to eat pads and leech metal quicker than you can open them. Removing power should be the first priority. Once that's done, the rate a which any further damage will occur is drastically reduced.

[@JessaJones]

Totally true. Which is why I leave the pentalobes and battery screws off my personal 6. Either that or I'm just too lazy to put them back. :)

[@mckinzi1]

instant rice I say and feed a supply voltage double the actual required voltage ...surely it will provide a smoky trail to one or more defective components which should cook the insant rice

[@danh2204]

How do you explain alot of people saying the rice method works? Did the phone's just dry out naturally?

[@jonathanbravo7108]

Hello, in the case of the heavily corroded phone, can the photos still be recovered?

[@JessaJones]

You never know. We have recovered phones that spent 4 months at the bottom of the ocean, and also failed to recover board that spent a few minutes in light rain. It all depends.

[@tomstrb]

Wow your smart!! I wish I had your soldering iron .... de soldering the caps was easy with that iron... Very smart!!!

[@TR5T]

WOW just WOW. a lot of knowledge going on here!!

[@johnwelin3894]

Just saw on one of your videos you mentioned how you had a lot of iPhone Xs to repair I’m thinking of buying or rather upgrading to the iPhone XS max do you have a lot of repairs of iPhone XS Max’s? what phone do you use? what Apple phone doesn’t have a lot of problems?

[@reggiemyboy]

omni directional has no fixed direction can be fixed in any position through 360 degrees

[@jze31]

do you think its worth it to buy a cheap jewelry cleaner or stick to scrubbing? also, how did you determine that the larger cap was blown? it looked fine to me at first glance.

[@JessaJones]

Jewelry cleaners do nothing.

[@irishguy200007]

Was the screem cracked in falling through ice or was it originally cracked.

[@ME-bw3rl]

Women in tech, Lesson #1: If a component "feels" wrong or "looks" strange, just take out your eyebrow tweezers, rip them off and thereby correct the picture. You know how looks matter! Sorry just kidding .... great video, Jessa! I have been watching louis' channel so far but I think I like this one more. I don't know why. Maybe its also the calmer lighting and color composition haha. Jesus I need rehab. I like the content of course!

[@RuneVenes]

So if we can disconnect the battery, send it in, in a bag of alcohol.

[@ByGraceIGo]

Some of us don't have enough money to let a professional. :-( Instant rice does dry things out. And my phone is a non removable cover, so what do you suggest about that???

[@1Deejay7]

So I goofed up... My note 9 was in a backpack on top of a kayak and a wave hit it. I figured it was water proof and should be fine. Later to find out after it wasn't working and the water proof glass back was coming off at a corner. I poured bottled water on the bottom where the charging port and audio port are. Went back home and did the rice method... lol. I plugged it in at night about 6 hrs later and was excited to see it charging, then fell asleep. Woke up and of course it was working again because I'm misbelieved it was completely try thinking it was a water proof phone. I took off the glued on back and saw sodium settlements by the charging port. Watching a different video it recommended 91 to 99% iso-alcohol. So I used what I had which was 91% and a que tip to get all of the salt deposits off. I tried taking the battery out and i guess it was glued in there and IT CAUGHT ON FIRE briefly, broke the seal i suppose when i tried to leverage it out. I'm at a loss as what to do now... I cant afford $3000 as to what companies in my area are charging to recover. I dont have a back up battery. wondering if i should still try to take the battery out somehow so i can put a cut usb cable at the terminals for power, (probably a bad idea). I JUST WANT MY VIDEOS AND PICTURES =C

[@JessaJones]

Go to ipadrehab.com and click Get Started to tell us about your specific device and problem and we will respond with a quote and mailing instructions. It is not anywhere near $3000 to recover data

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

I have mass quantities of paperbacks I’ve dropped in the bath, which is the main reason I read books in their natural form when I go to the beach or when I take a bath...

[@paulskelton5601]

What is the liquid you put on the cap before you removed it ?

[@mattlord2906]

my note 3 hit the water for a second with an otter box cover. took it apart, could not see any water but washed the mother board with alcohol . it works then the screen freezes goes black. dried it with hair dryer after the alcohol. now I think the screen is OK cuz it works then it doesn't. i think the screen or the part that make the screen work is probably bad. not sure what to do. I hate to buy another this one has worked great. any Ideas? Thank You, Matt

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

It's not a myth it does what it is supposed to do. It absorbs the water doesn't mean it takes the solutes with it.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

The rice method came about, I imagine, because most people don't have a bag of chemical desiccant, ultrasonic cleaners, those funky tools Apple has created, or the knowledge of how to disassemble their phone and get into the little bits.

[@broderp]

I can't tell you how drying out a device - either phone, remote control, key fob etc. in rice has saved me. The truth of the matter is that there are not a lot of "professionals" readily available or affordable (aka- replace this and that etc..). Any method to dry out an electronic device is a good way to help preserve or prevent failure. In my profession, we actually wash electronic boards in a commercial dishwasher and then dry them in a Thermotron to remove the moisture. It works. Very well. I don't have a multi-thousand dollar Thermotron at home but have used rice many times. Phone and tablet manufacturers need to make these devices water proof. THAT is the real solution. People are going to really disagree with me, that's fine. I'm not saying that rice is better than disassembly and proper cleaning but although I live near a large metro area, I have never found anybody who will clean and fix. Everyone wants to replace or repair. Rice is better than nothing. How much do you charge for this service ???

[@samithasheshan8215]

Mine recoverd from the rice bag once

[@nagisaian]

A co worker did the rice trick then kept trying to charge it I took it apart and it was full of water, dried it out still wouldn’t charge? A piece of rice was wedged in the charge port turns out the rice prevented the phone from being charged ultimately saved the phone lol.

[@ainzooalgown7589]

is ti okay to let it sit in 100% alcohol after dropping it in water then dissemble or send it to repair shop while sitting in alcohol. What kind of soldering iron is that at 29:30

[@asicdathens]

That's why I have a S7 edge. If you take a small swim of the phone gets wet you just wipe the water from it. I am afraid what will happen when I have to replace the battery when the phone will no longer be properly sealed from water ingress.

[@danielfuchsberger8977]

Idk when my iPhone 6S got wet, but it shows all the symptoms of water damage like a gyroskope that doesn‘t always work properly as well as some bright spots on the screen and my SIM card slot looked kinda burnt when I opened it up, it also gets really hot sometimes...but it works fine for almost a year since these symptoms first showed up.

[@richiezombie531]

I would have never known! thanks for sharing!!!