iPhone 5C water damage, any hope?

[ericarzou81]

I have a 5C that fell in the pool about a month and a half ago. I replaced the battery hoping that would fix it but it didn't work. When I charge it, the phone doesn't turn on but one of the parts inside the phone gets really warm. Do you think there's any hope that it can be fixed? Thanks.

 

[Titillating]

Not really much you can do to fix water damage. You can hope your warranty covers it, but you're mostly stuck getting a new phone; repairing it will probably cost you just as much between the parts and labor.

Some people claim leaving it in a bag/bowl/tub/whatever of rice for a while will magically reverse the fact that water got into your phone, reached the circuits and shorted the thing. I think it's nonsense, but if you don't want to buy a new one, it's worth a shot.