iPod nano survives trip through washing machine

I usually listen to my Ipod at work and keep it in a a pocket of my sweat shirt. My Ipod nano went through the washer. Nothing happens when I tried turning it on and it is currently drying out on my cable box (the only thing I could think of that will produce countinous heat all night. Any tips?

During my workout some of my sweat found its way into my ipod nano, unfortnatly not knowing what to do and after fiddling with it trying to get it working, I thought id just let it dry out and see if it would come back to life after a few days since it was just a little bit of sweat. (i shouldve thrown it in the washin machine straight away instead).
By then I had found out any liquid voids the warrenty, so i pulled the nano apart carefully and saw a section on the board with tiny salt crystals that had built up. I cleaned it out with fresh water and dried it then put it back to together and tried my luck.. unfortunatly all I got was a flickering screen and sound when i connected it to the computer, it wouldnt detect the nano. Proof that salt always wins :( Time for an iPod Video :)

my 1Gb ipod shuffle went through the washer and dryer it was pretty much already dried out after the tripp through the dryer, but i dried it out the best i could let it sit for a day. tried to turn it on, there was nothing no power at all, tried to hook it up to my computer, and my PC wouldnt detect it.... so i guess im pretty much screwed, it sucks cause those little bastards are expesnsive... oh well

My shuffle took a ride in my washing machine last week. I dried it, but it did not work.....but... when connected to my computer it appears as usual and I can do everything as usual. It seem to charge when it is connected to my computer... takes some hours.. the green light appears but a soon as I try to turn it on... it seems to discharge. An extra battey does not work in this situation, I have tried. I was wondering if it was only the inside battery that is not working.

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Almost identical story that eleongonzales told happened to me on my birthday at the lake. Had a few drinks in me, and my cell phone in the pocket of my swimsuit. Went out to the lake for a bit, the water hitting my swim trunks where my phone was, caused me to look and find my cell phone. I got home, took it apart and dried it out then put it all back together. Worked with the exception of the end call/power off button was a little harder to press then before. BTW, higher end electronics better survive the water dunking. Cheap electronics don't. I can't tell you how many Tamagotchis got washed in my daughter's clothes and didn't survive.

Okay, here's one for everybody who's nearly killed electronics in water. Last new years I by mistake put my cellphone into a glass of coke, (we were camping, and using the cup holders in our chair-arms for our cellphones, and in the dark a glass full of coke looks just like an empty cup holder). It stopped working right away, so i chucked it to one side thinking there's no way a phone would work after that treatment. The next morning, I found it and put it all back together, thinking it would be nice to open up and check it out seeing as it was dead now. Tried the power button and it worked. It then worked for another month or so, before totally giving up the ghost. So I bought some screw drivers to open it, and saw what looked like a corroded cmos battery. Its welded on to the circuit board, but i tried to lever it off. Next thing, my phone is working again - and it worked for another 4 months. Now its dead again. What I was wondering is is there some solvent that can remove rust and the gunk that forms on batteries, but not corrode metal/circuit boards? I mean, i've got nothing to lose here, and maybe I'll get a working cellphone out of it? Cheers!

Water is not your enemy here. Salt is. Trying to turn on wet gadget will obviously allow haphazard conduction of electricity thru the device due to the water containing electrolytes but the long term killer is corrosion. If this happens to you make sure the device is rinsed in freshwater asap to remove any traces of salt and then leave it to dry thoroughly. Note that freshwater still contains some salt so there will still be a chance that the device may fail in the future due to corrosion.

I jumped into the water at the lake with my new LG phone in my pocket over the summer. Didn't realize it till i had been swimming a bit. I took the battery off and took the case apart. I put the phone in the fridge for 2 days, screwed it back together, put the battery back on, and put it in on the charger. It started just fine and still works great. I have saved 9 phones to count with this method. The fridge sucks the moisture out, so as long as you don't fry anything and the water doesn't leave deposits... all is well. Might think about this next time your gadget goes scuba.

On a camping trip once, i found a phone that was six inches in silt and water. after believing that it was dead, My wife charged the battery that was in it (Thinking is was an extra) and the phone worked.