Has your iPhone fallen into the water? Whether he fell in a puddle, in the open sea or in the toilet, do not panic! This tutorial is here to help..
Here are 6 tips to save your iPhone that fell in water
# 1. Get your iPhone out of the water quickly
Fish your iPhone out of the water quickly, then you can and shut it down by pressing the Sleep / Wake button on top for 5 seconds until you see the following screen, then swipe to turn it off. Certainly, if the iPhone is already turned off, then don't turn it on. Turning off the iPhone quickly as possible is the most important thing to prevent water damage. Keeping it off for a few days after the incident is also crucial. It is not the water but the short circuits, produced by the electric current within the device, which damage your iPhone.
# 2. Dry iPhone with a towel or piece of cloth
Dry the iPhone with a towel or cloth. Do not use a hair dryer or place iPhone in an oven as excessive heat can damage iPhone beyond repair..
# 3. Put your iPhone in a bag full of rice
Take a plastic bag, preferably a common zipped bag, and fill it with raw rice or otherwise with silica gel sachets. Put your iPhone in the bag and make sure it is fully submerged in the rice. If you do not have rice or silica gel, you can put iPhone in a very dry and ventilated place (eg a room used to dry clothes or a room equipped with a ventilator for fresh air) .
Also read:
- How to backup your locked iPhone data (opens new window)
- How to Recover iPhone SMS via iCloud when iPhone Broken / Lost / Stolen (opens new window)
# 4. Put iPhone in the rice bowl
Get as much air out of the bag as possible and close the zip. If you don't have a zipped bag, use a communal bag or bowl as a last resort..
# 5. At least 24 hours in the rice
Put your iPhone in the rice for at least 24 hours (48 hours preferably) after which it could be completely dry.
# 6. Do not turn on iPhone directly
Turn on iPhone after a water incident still risks damage. Before doing so, it will always be safer to take your iPhone to the nearest Apple Store before attempting to turn on the device.
If you have activated your iPhone and iPhone is usable, you must check the data in your iPhone. If the iPhone has returned to default settings and you can't find any of your data anymore, keep reading this article to find a better iPhone data recovery solution.
How to recover deleted data on iPhone?
With FonePaw - iPhone Data Recovery (opens new window) , you can recover deleted data by three modes, “ Recover from iOS device ”, “ Recover from iTunes backup ”, “ Recover from backup iCloud "
Note: For FonePaw for iOS software to detect your device, please make sure your iPhone / iPad / iPod touch has been unlocked.
# Step 1. Connect your iPhone to PC
Install FonePaw - iPhone Data Recovery on your computer, connect your iPhone to your computer.
# Step 2. Choose iTunes backup
Choose "Recover Part From iTunes Backup" mode, you can see all iTunes backups in the surface. Choose what you need and click “Start Scan”.
# Step 3. Recover the data you want
After the scan, the data from the backup is extracted and exposed in the window, select the data you want to recover and click “Recover”.
