What do you do when your iDevice gets wet?
 

I got my device all wet and sticky today after some juice spilled on it in my bag.
D: Dun Dun Dun.

It doesn't appear to be totally screwed, but I'm not taking any risks. Right now it's on, has been for the past 20 minutes or so, but it's stuck on start-up. I assume its probably okay, but I'm still worried as there's moisture all underneath the touchy part of my screen.


Has this happened to anyone else before? If so, did it work afterwards?

Dry it.

I jumped in the pool with my iPhone. It was fried. I put it in a bag of rice for a week, worked like new.

Dry it. Good idea. There's water stuck inside it. It's not really water now, more like moisture, but I'm unsure whether I should sync it or not.

idk. but after it works again, i'd send it to specialists who put some coating on it so i don't get wet ever again

Putting it in a container with rice normally works. I need to do that to my headphones, since I forgot to take them out of my pocket when at the beach. ._.

I'm trying to fix it without my parents knowing it happened. So that rules out the rice tactic. Any other suggestions?

Turn it off immediately. You're supposed to remove the battery but they don't let you do that so you're SoL. The best thing to do is immediately remove the power source and then let it dry thoroughly to prevent damage. The longer it's powered while being wet the higher the chances of something getting messed up.

Seriously, you can't just grab a cup of rice without them knowing?

Order Chinese.

Nope.

Dry it with something as much as you can, put it in a bag/bowl/box of rice for a week and don't touch it. Hope for the best.

EDIT: nvm fi you cant get rice.

There's just a few droplets of moisture on the screen now. Should I wait or try and sync it?
Thanks for helping me, everyone.

Dude don't turn it on. Patience. Turning it back on when it's still wet will just make it worse.

Do you have any idea as to how long this waiting will take? I miss my device already.

Dude, take a bowl of rice, and put your device in. Where the hell do you parents keep the rice, in an alarm triggered cupboard?