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Prevent iPhone battery water damage this way!
Accidentally ever drop your iPhone in the snow, tip a glass of water as you reach for the salt – drenching your iPhone – or accidentally forget to take it out of you work pants before you wash them? All common accidents, amongst many, which may afflict your phone with a bad case of iPhone battery water damage.
iPhone battery water damage, however, may not be the end of your iPhone.
While the iPhone battery is not water proof, there are some ways to help reduce the harmful effects of iPhone battery water damage.
Unlike many mobile phones on the market these days, if you experience iPhone battery water damage, you can’t just pop the battery out and replace it with a new one. Taking out your battery is no picnic. Basically, you need to remove the bottom casing in the back of your iPhone with a fine flathead screwdriver, then remove the aluminum casing off of the back of your phone, fiddle with the iPhone’s mother board, solder some wires – depending on what model of iPhone you have – and, well, you get the point: it’s difficult.
Before you need to take the battery out, however, you can easily check to see if you have water damage. According to Apple’s Web site, if you look directly down into the headphone jack, you will see a small colored dot. If your iPhone is not damaged, you will see a silver or white dot. If your iPhone is damaged, you will see a red or pinkish dot.
There are, however, some troubleshooting steps you can take to fix your iPhone.
If you experience iPhone battery water damage, whatever you do, do not turn on the phone immediately after the water damage, as this may cause the phone to short circuit.
To troubleshoot water damage, first remove the iPhone’s outer casing and sim card. To remove the sim card located at the top of the iPhone, insert a paper clip into the pin size hole, which releases the sim card. Then, remove the bottom casing in the back of your iPhone, by inserting a flathead screwdriver in the opening, slowly tweaking it until it pops off. Be careful, though, not to damage the area.
After removing the sim card and outer casing, gently shake out all the excess water. During this process, you can even blow dry your iPhone for up to 20 minutes. Make sure, however, to set the blow dryer on low.
Now, here comes the strange part.
Once all the excess water is removed, place the iPhone in a bag or cup of rice for 4-5 days, as rice absorbs water, while not clogging the device. It doesn’t matter what storage device you use, as long as you make sure the iPhone is buried completely.
If the phone is still malfunctioning, you may have iPhone battery water damage.
As iPhone battery water damage is serious, and, for most batteries, usually means the death of them, there may not be any way to salvage it. So what do you do?
Apple, which used to refuse service to any iPhones damaged by liquids, changed its water-damage policy for all generations and models. You will have to pay a one-time fee of $199, to receive the same-generation iPhone you had before or a refurbished unit, which seems kind of expensive.
If you don’t want to pay the $200 for an old iPhone, you may find a cheaper third-party repair service. These service providers often offer free diagnostics to check which part of the iPhone is malfunctioning, and, in most cases, will replace the bad part for less money than Apple charges.
Accidents happen, but it doesn’t necessarily mean your iPhone is dead. And, if after exhausting all troubleshooting steps, your phone still doesn’t work, just remember – you always have cheaper options.
In case you are confronted with water damage in your iPhone battery contact iMobileDoctor immediately. Get to know more about them through their website: www.imobiledoctor.com.
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