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My situation so far: My ipod touch went through a whole cycle in the washing machine after being left in my jean pocket. My first instinct was to turn it on, and when I did, it showed the apple logo (as it always does when it starts up) which flickered off for a second on occasion, but stayed consistently the same for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes I turned it off. It turned back on after 5 minutes, so I turned it off again and it stayed off. I left it out on a paper towel to dry over-night. It wasn’t until the next morning when I looked at different forums for advice, where I discovered that I should not have tried to turn the iPod on and that putting it in uncooked rice is extremely helpful. There were no forums that told me what I could do now that I had already turned it on (which is apparently fatal if it hasn’t had time to dry out). It is currently turned of and submerged in a bowl of dried rice. What are the chances of its survival? What else can I/should I do?
Chad Potter, Rice is great as a first aid, but you do not need to worry any more about it. The next thing I strongly suggest is that you do no longer try and turn it on. I strongly suggest is that you disassemble your iPod. Use these guides to work on it. After you have it disassembled, clean all the parts with high grade isopropyl alcohol (90%+ would be perfect). You can follow this guide for the cleaning. It will work for your iPod. After the cleaning replace the battery and re-evaluate for any damage. If you can’t, or don’t want to do this, the least you want to do, is to not try to start your iPod. It may make things worse. Hope this helps, good luck.
