How to Fix iPhone Water Damage?

Recently, a friend of mine dropped his iPhone into toilet and got his iPhone water damaged. According to some online tutorials, my friend blow his iPhone with hair dryer, and then placed it in uncooked rice. Few days later, he found that his iPhone was scrapped, which made him had to buy a new iPhone. I believe many of you have encountered such problem. Then how could we fix iPhone water damage and get it back to normal? Let's check it out.

How to Check iPhone Water Damage?

Actually, since iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, later iPhone models are equipped with the function of water and dust resistance. Hence, your iPhone will be safe in almost all wet conditions. Until now, there are 16 iPhone models are water proof. They are:

• iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max

• iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max

• iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max

• iPhone SE (2nd generation)

• iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus

• iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus

Among them, iPhone 12 series, iPhone 11 series, iPhone XS series, iPhone XR and iPhone SE (2nd generation) are resistant to accidental spills from common liquids, such as soda, beer, coffee, tea, and juice. In the event of a spill, rinse the affected area with tap water, then wipe your iPhone off and dry it.

However, there are some cases that your iPhone might get wet by accident. And the water resistance is related to the use time of your iPhone. The longer it is used, the water resistance will decrease. In such cases, you can check whether your iPhone get water damaged by Liquid Contact Indicators (LCIs), which you can check and see from outside.

For iPhone 5 and later models, the LCI is in the SIM card tray slot. For iPhone 4 and earlier, the LCI is in the charging port. 

If you find that the LCI turned red, you should do as follow as soon as possible to reduce loss. If you find that the LCI is still green, you can place it on somewhere ventilated and wait until it gets dry. If it is just software damaged or crashed, you can seek help from iOSFix, which is able to fix 50+ iOS system issues like stuck on Apple logo, black screen of death, iPhone no service, etc.

What Should I Do If My iPhone Gets Wet?

There are several situations that your iPhone gets wet, including drinking, pure water, pond water, toilet water and oil. All the liquid above, according to our test, will ignite and corrode the main board of your iPhone when it connect to power. There is BMS (battery manage system) in battery, which will cut down the power when it is short-circuited or the current is too large. However, if it gets wet, it will no longer work. 

Drinking water is less corrosive, while sea water and dirty water from toilet are more corrosive. There is a test that pouring water on main board is just like pouring water on a lotus leaf, which will not get corrosive after few days placement. 

So the key point is how to deal with it once it dropped into water.

Step 1: Pick it up from water immediately. And remember DO NOT SPIN-DRY! It will make water in your iPhone flow to everywhere, which will corrode more places. Generally, water will not reach to main board if it is just sink for no long.

Step 2: Turn off your iPhone. No matter the screen is on or off, turn off your iPhone to reduce the loss of main board from short circuit. After shutting down, we can move to the next step.

Step 3: Absorb moisture from the outside of your iPhone. Take off the case of your iPhone, then grab a dry rag or tissue to absorb the water stains outside the phone. 

Step 4: Contact Apple or professionals to clean up water stains in the phone.

How to Avoid iPhone Water Damage?

• Don't take your iPhone to swim or bath.
• Don't expose your iPhone to pressurized water or high velocity water.
• Don't use your iPhone in a sauna or steam room.
• Don't submerge your iPhone in water intentionally.
• Don't operate your iPhone outside the suggested temperature or in extremely humid conditions.
• Don't try to disassemble your iPhone.
• Make sure that your iPhone is free of water before opening the SIM tray. 
• Back up your iPhone regularly in case accident happens.

Although all new iPhones are water resistance now, you need to minimize exposing your iPhone to soap, detergent, acids or acidic food, and any liquid - for example, perfume, insect repellent, lotions, sunscreen, oil, etc. If your iPhone comes into contact with any of these substances, follow the guidance above to clean up your iPhone.