Hi!
On December 25 my iPhone 5 had an accident: it fell in the washing machine along with my dirty clothes. This is the story of what happened and how we recovered it.
Late on the 25th we get home from the family Christmas lunch and it´s time to give our son (7 months) his snack, when disaster strikes: I knocked over all the baby food! Soaked jeans and leather shoes all wet...
While the child was crying disconsolately, I took off my clothes and left them on the floor. Then, half naked, I went to prepare a new snack for him while my wife put the dirty clothes in the washing machine.
Finally, the baby got to eat and everyone was happy.
20 minutes later, I asked:
- Darling, have you seen my phone?
- No.
- Are you sure? Strange, as I always have it the pocket of my... F%%K F%%K F%%K !!!
After some well due cursing, we started our attempts to recover the phone:
1 - Stop the washing machine. Although it may seem obvious, I can assure you that the first reaction is to watch as the drum rotates and rotates round with the phone inside it.
2 - If the phone is on, turn it off.
3 - Wipe the entire phone with a dry cloth. All small holes and slots too.
4 - Immerse the phone for 36 hours in white rice. If you notice that the rice gets very wet, change it.
5 - Try turning on the phone. If after that, the screen still has many wet patches, shut the phone off again and put it back into the rice.
After nearly two days the iPhone will come back to life and hopefully it will be 90% functional (Some areas of the screen will not be recovered).
