My ipod went in the wash for 40 minutes and the screen was crushed. i immediatly put it in a baggie of brown rice. is there any hope for the hardware? (i know i need a new screen)
can it be saved? i know the rice thing has worked for other people but the bottom have of the screen is in basically small fragments so it probably got extra wet...
If you take or send it to Apple for the broken screen, they will replace your iPod (for a significant price) with an equivilant refurbished model. It doesn't matter what else is wrong with it.
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Hello kpratta,
There is some hope. I have heard of someone putting the ipod in a bag of dry rice and putting the bag in a dark place for a 4-5 days. After that they used this:
www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/
This has the best chance. The rice absorbs any liquid in the ipod.
Hope this helps.
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See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
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My ipod went through the wash. how successful is the rice trick?
my ipod went through the wash. how successful is the rice trick?
not very. It think your best bet is to let it air dry for several days and cross your fingers.
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alanfromwickford wrote:
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