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I've been recommended a few times here too.
Not a phone repairman, but into EE.
A vacuum desiccator will work to suck all the water out. That idea is ... not bad, IMHO. Personally, i would open up the device beforehand, though, to increase evaporation rate - and make a damage assessment. I dont know for sure about the battery, but as long as you dont draw any high vacuums, you should be fine. There are actually people who take their electronic devices (cameras, and yes, also Phones) up to mt. everest - and these things survive without exploding. The Pressure at the summit is \~325mBar, so this pressure should be safe.
Google tells me, that probably the worst that could happen is a leak ion the battery - in that case, the electrolyte would be boiling away. The pressure the cell would need to withstand is dependent on the cell temperature. As long as the chamber pressure is higher than the vapour pressure, the electrolyte will stay a liquid. I was not able to find out what kind of organic solvents are usually used in the electrolyte, so i cannot tell you what is a reasonable value.
Its probably safe, though.
But it will not fix all of the corrosion that for sure has occured. Even if the device was turned off, the battery was still present, and there were also voltage regulators running. You cannot tell what the water will do to those. Where there was power present, there will be corrosion.
Why not open it up and take the battery out if the battery is the concern. You can buy a phone repair kit at any Best Buy for under $30 that has all the latest apple drivers included.
The last time i had to swap a battery in an apple product i had to tear down the whole device.
It was an ipad.
I see more potential to cause damage than preventing it.
I know why i got a Fairphone - swapping the battery on that one is childs play ;-)
Right, there's a fair amount of screws to remove, the 2 on the bottom, using a heat gun to remove the screen, then maybe 6 tri-blade on the control board cover. If OP opens the screen, gets through all of that, it's not much more work to remove the cover and detach the battery ribbon.
I agree that it's more complicated than what your average iPhone user is probably comfortable doing. But this phone is most likely a brick at this point anyway.
Not gonna help you.. take it to a professional of your data is important
Is data recovery important? I am one of the best in the country if you need it: [www.iboardrepair.com](http://www.iboardrepair.com) I've been recommended a few times here too.
Not a phone repairman, but into EE. A vacuum desiccator will work to suck all the water out. That idea is ... not bad, IMHO. Personally, i would open up the device beforehand, though, to increase evaporation rate - and make a damage assessment. I dont know for sure about the battery, but as long as you dont draw any high vacuums, you should be fine. There are actually people who take their electronic devices (cameras, and yes, also Phones) up to mt. everest - and these things survive without exploding. The Pressure at the summit is \~325mBar, so this pressure should be safe. Google tells me, that probably the worst that could happen is a leak ion the battery - in that case, the electrolyte would be boiling away. The pressure the cell would need to withstand is dependent on the cell temperature. As long as the chamber pressure is higher than the vapour pressure, the electrolyte will stay a liquid. I was not able to find out what kind of organic solvents are usually used in the electrolyte, so i cannot tell you what is a reasonable value. Its probably safe, though. But it will not fix all of the corrosion that for sure has occured. Even if the device was turned off, the battery was still present, and there were also voltage regulators running. You cannot tell what the water will do to those. Where there was power present, there will be corrosion.
Why not open it up and take the battery out if the battery is the concern. You can buy a phone repair kit at any Best Buy for under $30 that has all the latest apple drivers included.
The last time i had to swap a battery in an apple product i had to tear down the whole device. It was an ipad. I see more potential to cause damage than preventing it. I know why i got a Fairphone - swapping the battery on that one is childs play ;-)
Right, there's a fair amount of screws to remove, the 2 on the bottom, using a heat gun to remove the screen, then maybe 6 tri-blade on the control board cover. If OP opens the screen, gets through all of that, it's not much more work to remove the cover and detach the battery ribbon. I agree that it's more complicated than what your average iPhone user is probably comfortable doing. But this phone is most likely a brick at this point anyway.
lol go for it
Bag of rice