Advice please on Ipod touch repair

June 5, 2011 10:45 AM

My Ipod touch took a drink and I fear I did everything wrong to bring it back to life. I am looking at mail in repair. Any recent experiences/reviews or recommendations ? Going with the sage advice of the hive on this one.
posted by citybuddha to Technology (7 answers total)

Have you tried drying it out in a sealed bag of rice for several days? My iPhone made a full recovery after an epic water bottle spill (that turned into a small lake in my purse) when I put it in a ziplock with rice for a whole weekend.
posted by pupstocks at 11:07 AM on June 5, 2011

Response by poster: Did the rice. Time to call in the froops
posted by citybuddha at 11:10 AM on June 5, 2011

Response by poster: Troops...please excuse
posted by citybuddha at 11:16 AM on June 5, 2011

Someone is going to have to open it up and dry out any remaining liquid. Depending on the type of liquid that it got splashed with this may or may not prove successful. It's probably going to cost you at least 100 dollars in labor alone and parts could easily double that. Since a new or used ipod will cost you that much your nest bet is to toss it and get another one.
posted by Poet_Lariat at 1:04 PM on June 5, 2011

I recently laundered my ipod nano and put it in rice for three or four days. That didn't fix it, but over time (three weeks?) the liquid did just dry up and now it works fine again. Considering Poet_Lariat's comment about the cost of fixing vs. just buying a new one, I'd wait at least three weeks before making a move either way, if you can wait that long.
posted by prior at 3:23 PM on June 5, 2011

Response by poster: This was a 64gb Ipod touch. $100 to fix would not be too bad
posted by citybuddha at 4:11 PM on June 5, 2011

I've used a small company called Rapid Repair in the past with good success. They do repairs by mail, in case you're looking for someone to help you.
posted by hms71 at 4:41 PM on June 5, 2011