I'll make it short and sweet, as much as i can anyways; spare you the details.
Was watching a movie, reached to my left to grab my glass of milk without looking, was off by an inch and knocked the cup over spilling Strawberry milk on top of my ipod touch. It is plugged into the computer, charging. I know a bit about this short circuit shit, enough to know i can't have it activate, by unplugging it, trying to turn it off, or hitting home, so i dried it off best i could and got most of it to drip out from behind the case, but the milk was on top of the screen while i sprinted for a towel; i don't know if any seeped in through the home button or edges of the screen. Most of the liquid was in a puddle near the bottom, submerging the button. I've read similar stories with water, but this is different, being milk and all, and i can't unplug it to move it in front of the fan...have it sitting folded up in a towel atm, hoping maybe it will help it dry out faster, but i don't know what to do. It must still have voltage being charged, so I'm a bit afraid to move it just incase there IS milk floating around in the circuits...What the fuck do i do? Let it sit for a few days and hope for the best? What if an itunes update comes out and it tries to sync it, activating the screen and whatnot? And will it be safe to let it evaporate, or being milk will it just fuck shit up?
If your charging VIA usb, Then unplugging it is a non-issue, As the voltage is too low to do any real damage to you or the ipod.
But, Cover it in rice, That has saved tons of my electronics.
It will probably start to smell after a while, milk does that.
My ipod has gotten water into it, and it turned out fine. Shit, its had everything bad happen to it, including me throwing it onto the floor, but it still works.
No idea about how damaging milk is, though. Sorry.
Since it's an iPod Touch and not an iPhone, you could stick it into a container of rice to draw out the moisture for a day or two.
Now listen: No matter what idiot will post this suggestion, [B]do not put it in the oven.[/B] I'm sure some moron will post this in the near future, butthe extreme heat can warp and melt your LCD screen, melt the plastic body, reflow solder making internal connections loosen up, and possibly rupture or blow up your battery. Besides the external milk residue which is easy to wash off, there might be some milk residue left behind on the insides, making the home button function a bit strange or not at all.
Rice is your best bet to getting moisture out as much as possible.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;21342116]Since it's an iPod Touch and not an iPhone, you could stick it into a container of rice to draw out the moisture for a day or two. No matter what idiot will post this suggestion, [B]do not put it in the oven.[/B]
I'm sure some moron will post this in the near future, butthe extreme heat can warp and melt your LCD screen, melt the plastic body, reflow solder making internal connections loosen up, and possibly rupture or blow up your battery.[/QUOTE]
Wow, If someone would suggust that, then i would wonder how such stupid people can still be alive. I hate it when people suggest things that with break other peoples stuff.
Well I fixed my graphics card by putting it in the oven... But it didn't have water/liquid damage. It just needed reflowing.
[QUOTE=bijan;21342140]Wow, If someone would suggust that, then i would wonder how such stupid people can still be alive. I hate it when people suggest things that with break other peoples stuff.[/QUOTE]
Somebody dropped their iPod Touch in their glass of milk, and someone suggested the oven to dry it out. I hate dipshits like that.
Have it sitting in a small square tupper-ware container in some white rice, covered in it like you said. I also stuck a lid on it, should i leave that, or take the lid off to maybe...let moisture escape or something?
[QUOTE=rieda1589;21342154]Well I fixed my graphics card by putting it in the oven... But it didn't have water/liquid damage. It just needed reflowing.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, graphics cards are okay, they don't have things like LCDs and batteries to worry about. :3
Listen, you've kinda fucked up with milk but do what you would usually do with rice and such but before doing that, soak it in PURE water to get the milk out, I mean get some nicely filtered shit with as little impurities as possible.
Also remove battery if you haven't already.
Ipod Touch. Can't remove the battery...It's not a cell phone
[QUOTE=justin1992;21342241]Ipod Touch. Can't remove the battery...It's not a cell phone[/QUOTE]
Ah never owned one myself, so maybe putting it in water may not be a good idea because you cannot take out the battery, but that is ultimately your decision.
Listen to wabash, he's right. Milk residue will still leave corrosive acids behind. Water will help dissolve the milk and rinse out as much as possible. Adding water to a milk-soaked iPod might not sound right, but it will do more good than harm. Milk residue is a long-term electronics killer.
Is it safe to submerge though? What if i just run water over it or something...I don't have a warranty on it, nor do i have an extra 200 bucks laying around
[QUOTE=justin1992;21342325]Is it safe to submerge though? What if i just run water over it or something...I don't have a warranty on it, nor do i have an extra 200 bucks laying around[/QUOTE]
Water is much safer than milk.
Listen, before you do it though, the purer the water the better as it would be less conductive. (AND IF POSSIBLE, REPEAT AND CHANGE THE WATER)
did that already, repeated and changed for new water 2 times, left submerged, moved it around, tried to get milk out as best as possible. Sitting in rice as we speak. Hope everything goes okay...
Do what you have to do with any Apple product.
Hint: The thrash bin is over there ->
Then what? I spent 230 hard earned dollars of my own money, I'm 17 and unemployed, it was hard enough to get that...You want me to throw it away and get more money to buy some other shit, just because it's an apple? If you're buying, be my guest but i sure as hell can't afford it.
Get Q-Tips to try and get some of the left over milk/water out after doing what the others told you to do. Then place it in the rice and let it sit for at [b]LEAST[/b] 24 hours. Try leaving it for 2 - 3 days. Just to be safe.
[QUOTE=justin1992;21342427]did that already, repeated and changed for new water 2 times, left submerged, moved it around, tried to get milk out as best as possible. Sitting in rice as we speak. Hope everything goes okay...[/QUOTE]
Should have used mineral oil, unless you picked up the best quality distilled water in the world, even then I wouldn't have trusted it.
Should i pop a lid on it to make it suck the moisture out faster? or leave it exposed?
[QUOTE=Craptasket;21342642]Should have used mineral oil, unless you picked up the best quality distilled water in the world, even then I wouldn't have trusted it.[/QUOTE]
Mineral oil seems like a strange choice but I am intrigued, do tell me why that would be better than water? (other than the obvious hazard, like cleaning wise)
Well the obvious one would be that it doesn't conduct electricity. Meaning you could drown the fucker in it and nothing would happen. That would allow you to have it sit in there and...basically, even though the oil is thicker, it will clean it out just as well because you can leave it in without worry. Don't have any on hand though.
[QUOTE=wabash;21342657]Mineral oil seems like a strange choice but I am intrigued, do tell me why that would be better than water? (other than the obvious hazard, like cleaning wise)[/QUOTE]
High grade of mineral oil is great, people submerge their entire computers into it, all you do is clean the oil off with a rag, distilled water always runs some chance for conductivity.
Fluorinert is better than those two, but it's still oil based
[QUOTE=Craptasket;21342755]High grade of mineral oil is great, people submerge their entire computers into it, all you do is clean the oil off with a rag, distilled water always runs some chance for conductivity.
Fluorinert is better than those two, but it's still oil based[/QUOTE]
I was getting at the whole cleaning out the milk with mineral oil, that really intrigues me, can you do that?
[QUOTE=wabash;21342794]I was getting at the whole cleaning out the milk with mineral oil, that really intrigues me, can you do that?[/QUOTE]
I'd heat up the oil to lower it's viscosity, he only spilled the milk, so in a snack container I get the really warm oil and submerge it and move it around for a min or two, get it out and use a rag to clean it and then get a paper towel kinda soaked in rubbing alcohol to remove the rest of the oil. Be safe and do that odd rice trick for a full day.
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For the edges I'd use q-tips or thin nylon dipped in >90% methanol, cleans and evaporates very quick
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;21342155]Somebody dropped their iPod Touch in their glass of milk, and someone suggested the oven to dry it out. I hate dipshits like that.[/QUOTE]
How on earth do people manage shit like that?
It's probably too late for this post. But I would have rinsed it in distilled water, To flush out or dilute anymilk inside of it, then put it in a bowl of rice :)
[QUOTE=Mokkan13;21344883]It's probably too late for this post. But I would have rinsed it in distilled water, To flush out or dilute anymilk inside of it, then put it in a bowl of rice :)[/QUOTE]
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