How to Dry Out Your IPod
After spending time on Google reading other peoples accounts it came clear there was one possible solution to a wet iPod, and that was Silica Gel Packets. Simply air drying your iPod is not enough. The Silica Gel will actually pull moisture from the iPod and its sensitive components.
After reading several accounts of people with wet iPods bringing them back to life I had to give it a try. It was a pretty simple process, I first had to go to Google and find a supplier for the Silica Gel Packets. You just have to Google "Silica Gel Packets" and you will find several suppliers. You don't need a lot, just a few of the smaller-medium size packets (about 20 of the 3 gram packets).
Leave your iPod out and do not try to power on or charge it and just wait for your Silica Gel Packets to arrive. Then place them in a zip-lock bag and insert your iPod. Just leave it sit overnight in the sealed bag and this will pull all moisture from your iPod. If your iPod is very saturated you might have to let it in the zip-lock bag with the Silica Gel Packets for up to 2 days.
After several agonizing days being without your podcast's, it's finally time to charge up the iPod. First you will want to fully charge the iPod, then once it is fully charged boot up the iPod. Some of you will be amazed to find that your iPod is now working again and you will be on your way! For the ones who don't find much luck in this drying method, I'd recommend placing the phone back in the bag with the Silica Gel Packets for one more day and hope for the best.
Comments are welcome regarding your experience getting your iPod dry and back working again!
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Post a Commentinstant rice, duh. saved my nano after 2 days. Working on a classic now, but with brown rice--not pulling moisture fast.
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Great for electronics. Also great for clothing, believe it or not. I had a VERY expensive pair of designer boots ruined recently. I always knew to worry about damp basements, but these were in the attic, and not even for very long. Ruined. When I opened the box, they were covered in fungus. Truly unfortunate. Those boots were bright, shiny, and always attracted mens attention. I cant count the number of pregnancy-terminations I had to endure as a result of wearing those things (lol…combined with my hyper-promiscuity, I guess would be fair to say). But we are getting off-topic. In addition to electronics, and scandalous clothing, I have also used Dr. Feldsteins suggestions regarding rashes, ringworm, and athletes foot…all of which I’ve had at one time or another. Many of these infections are caused by moisture, which I bet you didn’t know. So I made some custom undies and socks which hold these precious little beads of joy, to keep my skin dry during breakouts, ringworm infectio
Can we put the silica in a plastic cylinder container with dry white rice? Because I hear the rice works too, so we put the silica in with the rice. Is that okay?
how many days do we hv to put da ipod in with da silica packets???there ws very little amount of water that wen in my ipod
ok my ipod can turn on but none of my apps work not even the volume i left the ipod in the silica gel for 3 days now
Freak: As long as the Silica Gel is in the closed bag with your iPod, it will begin start absorbing the moisture. Silica Gel packets can be in contact with your iPod as long as it isn't the Blue (pink when full absorbed) indicating Silica Gel. Just google Cobalt Chloride and you will find a lot of bad stuff about this chemical that is used within the blue indicating Silica Gel. As long as the Silica Gel is white/clear or the orange indicating Silica Gel you should have no problems having it in contact with your electronic device.
Panda: Put the entire packets into the zip-lock type bags and just let your iPod sit within the closed bag and leave the Silica Gel pull the moisture from the phone and dry it out. There is really no better absorbent material available to use, so a wise choice to use Silica Gel.
Keep in mind "used" packets aren't going to do much help for you, as these are probably already fully absorbed. If you don't know who the manufacture of the packets is or your not sure where this packet as been, I wouldn't advice trying to reactivate the packets as who knows what your "releasing" into the air.
Just google Silica Gel Packets and you will find several vendors selling Silica Gel products.
Do I open the Silica Gel Packs and pour it into the ziplocks? Or do I leave it in the packs and let my iPod sit on it?
So what you mean is just to put the ipod and silica gel packs in one ziplock? And let is sit there for days? Or... does the silica gel pack have to be under the ipod, while standing?
And is there hope for my baby? A week has already passed by before I tried the rice plan, and still nothing happened, and yes... I plugged my ipod to the computer after it fell in the tub, with minimal water content.
WHAT TO DO!?!!? HELP, is much appreciated.