Uh oh! This morning I threw in a load of laundry and when I put it all in the dryer there in the bottom of the washing machine was my son’s iPod. He must have left it in his pocket. I feel terrible, even though I always tell him to put his iPod on the charger at the end of the day.
I did some searching and the most common piece of advice is not to turn it on and leave it in a bowl of dry rice for a few days to dry out. So I have it sitting in a container of rice in front of a little space heater. Wish me luck!
Update: Well, my son handled the news much better than I expected. It could be because I used to have an iPhone 3, and after the iPhone 5 came out I upgraded to the iPhone 4 when the price went way down. So I gave him the old iPhone which works just like an iPod. In the mean time, the iPod is still in a container of rice and we’ll give it a few days and see what happens.
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Sending prayers up for you instead. I have a teenaged son, too, so I feel your pain.
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Thanks! While reading through some of the forums on this topic I found a few people who tried putting their iPods in the microwave. I would not suggest trying that.
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better than flushing it down the toilet – i hear that happens a lot too.
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Uh, oh. Maybe try this: http://www.bheestie.com/
I had good luck with a radio that got dunked and put it in a convection oven at 100 degrees overnight. Success!
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noooooooooooooooooo, not the IPOD!!!! MOM, HOW COULD YOU???! (would be me. at the age of 48. car=okay, ipod= end of life as I know it) Good luck with that
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I just updated the post. He handled the news quite well. Must be the old iPhone I let him use as an iPod.
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I know you took out the battery…? Also use a hair dryer on low heat and power (set phone in small towel while doing this) and
blow dry with back cover removed..don’t get dryer too close to iPod. What a great kid you have!
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No, it’s an iPod Touch and the battery is sealed inside. I didn’t want to make matters worse by taking it apart.
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