Water Broken iPhone (Can I back it up!?)

[Pigowl]

I was in a hot tub and mist and all that stuff got into my iphone 12 and now its like really bad is there any way i can get data off of it because i didnt back it up

 

[EphraimK]

19 minutes ago, Pigowl said:

I was in a hot tub and mist and all that stuff got into my iphone 12 and now its like really bad is there any way i can get data off of it because i didnt back it up

 

If there is no sign of life I would say no, but try taking it to a third party repair shop (Not an apple official one, those are pretty much outright scams) and see what they can do.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

leave it for a week or a month and let it cook

 

basically itll just dry on its own and as long as you dont do anything it should be fine considering im using my moms then dads former phone (a8+ 2018) after it was deemed dead cause it got dunked in water only for it to work a few years after (i suspect it probably worked around a week or a month after or whenever it fully dried)

 

if anything did manage to die that isnt the board then youll probs have to replace for data recovery and if it is the board you are fucked

[jaslion]

Leave it OFF FOR A WEEK!!!!!!!!!! No trying to turn it on to see if it works or ANYTHING before that. Any attempt too soon breaks it more/will just kill it.

 

Often these devices will just come back to life for a bit after letting it dry for a week in a warm place (NOT IN THE SUN!!!!).

 

dont try rice or that dumb stuff it doesnt do anything.

[TylerD321]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

Leave it OFF FOR A WEEK!!!!!!!!!! No trying to turn it on to see if it works or ANYTHING before that. Any attempt too soon breaks it more/will just kill it.

 

Often these devices will just come back to life for a bit after letting it dry for a week in a warm place (NOT IN THE SUN!!!!).

 

dont try rice or that dumb stuff it doesnt do anything.

If you wanted to feel better about it you could try silica gel, which does work. But I’d still wait a week to be sure.

[Milesqqw2]

20 hours ago, TylerD321 said:

If you wanted to feel better about it you could try silica gel, which does work. But I’d still wait a week to be sure.

Yeah I bought a pack of 100 packets just in case.