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hello ! so recently i was washing my phone off in water and when i was done my whole screen wasn’t responsive so i turned my phone off and waited a while and it’s now working. the problem is the top my phone screen is unresponsive to the point where i cannot slide down to see my notification center i’ve tried everything even contacted apple which they said i have water damage but couldn’t it have don’t more damage to my phone then just the top of it ? i was thinking about getting a whole new screen for my phone and install it myself but would that effect the water damage more ? i couldn’t find anything that says it’s not ok to do but i’m a little nervous please help !! what should i do ?
iPhones are water resistant and not water proof. As they age, that resistance will weaken, more so if the device has been banged up , bent, flexed or submitted to harsh environments. Sadly, washing a device is never a good idea. Every water damaged device reacts differently and you can never really predict how they will fail and wether or not they can be repaired. If your phone is still booting, that’s a good thing. However, you don’t know yet f just the screen is damaged or if it extends to the logic board and LCD drive circuitry as well. Additionally, water damaged phones tend to develop issues later on which is why most repair shops won’t even try to repair them beyond extracting data. At this point, make sure you have a suitable backup of your data while the phone still works. Then I would follow these guidelines: Open your phone and remove the logic boardInspect the logic board, especially around the connectors and look for corrosion.Inspect both sides of the board. Unfortunately, most of the board is covered in shields. That’s usually where the damage is occurring.Put your board in a container with >90% isopropyl alcohol and let it sit for a while.Use a soft brush, like a toothbrush and lightly brush away any corrosion you see.Rinse in alcohol and repeat.Let it air dry for a day.Re-assemble and hope for the best. You could try to replace the screen if everything else works well but caveat emptor, water damaged phones tend to be rabbit holes…
(Before anyone reads this, note I’m not a professional, I just simply had an idea) You could put it in rice for a day to draw out any remaining water. Also, I would check on your SIM and SD cards, because they hold a lot of your information.
