My iPhone has been doing great since 2007, and no matter which kind of ”essential” features apple threw out in newer models, I was still pretty happy with my 2G… until yesterday, when it accidentally fell out of my hands and was dropped into water! And not just any kind of water but… yes it was toilet water. Fortunately nobody had used that toilet yet that day! But you imagine the double frustration of having a wet phone that isn’t just wet, but it is toilet wet.
Apple did not do a fair thing here: I watched in horror the screen turn progressively white, while hastily trying to power off the device. I couldn’t make use of the software switch and so I had to watch with even more horror the phone get warm and stay on until I came home from work (50 minutes).
Damn… there should be a hardware switch to turn it off… and iPhones should be waterproof too. I mean what is the use of having a compass inside? Make it waterproof instead. These would be killer features I think…
However to turn it off I picked up one of the many disassembly videos and followed the instructions carefully. The phone eventually did turn off, when I unlatched some cable inside, and this nice picture is what I ended up with.
my iPhone dissection results: click to see bigger
I hope I will be able to put it back… just to disassemble it was pretty hard. For now it is soaked into rice, so that some humidity will go out, especially from the screen. I do not expect miracles, however it is worth a try, while waiting for the iPhone4 here in italy… wish me luck!
UPDATE: I tried to revive the phone… unfortunately when I reassembled the motherboard to the display it got quite hot and no image popped up on the screen. I have to go for the iPhone 4. Or the 3GS maybe. For now I stick with my ancient nokia 6110… not quite what you call a smartphone, but it’ll do for now.
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