iPhone 7 new patent for water damage

We are all eager to learn more about the iPhone 7 and above all to know its release date. But in the meantime, we must satisfy ourselves rumors that abound on the web to make us our own idea of the features and design of the new iPhone 7. A few months ago, we were discussing the possibility of seeing appear an iPhone 7 waterproof, c ' ie completely watertight thanks to a new technology that just apply on all components of an electronic device. Today's information comes a bit clarify this point but not in the way to which we would like.

Indeed, it is a bad news we will announce the company since Apple just file a new patent todetect water-related issues on its devices. This means that this new patent has been exclusively designed to help staff at Apple determine whether an iPhone or other product suffered water damage. So it means somehow that technology allowing the iPhone 7 to be sealed will not see the light on this iPhone version.

Here is some additional information about this patent:

Exposure of the water is one of the main reasons that may cause significant dysfunction of the devices [...] Therefore, the verification of the exposure to water (or immersion in water) is important for Manufacturers of these devices. For example, for purposes such as evaluation of the security, troubleshooting for repairs, and product development.

The water detection mechanism requires reactive materials in H2O to be positioned inside the iPhone from Apple 7 and which would thus have a visual indicator once the iPhone immersed in water. This detection device will be easily accessible for the Apple support staff to check what kind of technical problems, as stated in the patent. But there is no notice about recovering lost data. How to restore lost data from water damage is another problem users concerns. I search the market with Google and find many iPhone data recovery tool is developed by third parties. This is a great news.

What is important for us consumers is that Apple's warranty does not cover water damage. It will be almost impossible for us to be reimbursed for our phone or get it changed since thanks to this patent, Apple will know when a client tion. We will have to buy an iPhone 7 if this problem happens to us, or have it repaired but in all cases it will pay. Unless Apple creates a new warranty (pay course) for this kind of problems.

Thus, as we approach the release date of the iPhone 7, it may be time to think about new tricks and then find ways to ensure your future iPhone 7 dice now to avoid taking you the head in case of water problems: washing machine, heavy rain, swimming pool, toilets and other blunders!

HOW TO SAVE A WET PHONE

1. This anxiety when you see your iPhone where it should not be: in the water! This is indeed problematic, but this is not an unusual situation. If you want to know how to do best after your iPhone is dropped into water, scroll down the page and read tips that can save him.
   There is a procedure to be applied when your iPhone falls into the water. To prevent the water completely permeates the iPhone, we must act quickly. This guide provides a set of processes that could restore your iPhone. But beware, we are not responsible if the procedure below does not work on your iPhone. Remember that there is no magic solution. Depending on the severity of the problem, we will have to admit that your iPhone is unrecoverable.
   1-Get out your iPhone and water immediately turn it off by pressing 5 seconds on the "Sleep / Wake" at the top, then doing drag the cursor to the right. Obviously, if your iPhone is already off will not turn on.

It is very important to turn off the iPhone, because this can really damage the iPhone, are short-circuit produced by electricity and water.

1. Dry the iPhone with a towel or piece of cloth. Do not use a hair dryer, oven or microwave (excess heat can damage the iPhone).
2. Take a plastic bag, preferably one that closes tightly. Fill it with uncooked rice and / or with packets of silica gel. Place the iPhone into the plastic bag and make sure the unit is completely covered with rice. If you do not have rice or silica freezes, you can place the iPhone in a dry and well ventilated cold air (eg a room used for drying clothes).
3. If you do not have a resealable plastic bag, you can use a regular plastic bag. It will just take care to remove air and close it properly. If you really have nothing of all this, use a bowl.
4. The iPhone should remain in the rice at least 24 hours. However, it is best to leave it 48 hours.After that time, the rice well absorbed iPhone water.
5. Before turning on your iPhone, follow the steps below:

THE IPHONE AND WATER DAMAGE

All iPhones have a liquid contact indicators (LCI) which is activated on contact with water. If the iPhone (its circuits) has been damaged by water, the indicator will light bright red.

When you exit the iPhone rice, be sure to check that the indicator is actually red. If you are lucky and there is no water damage, you should see the usual color of the indicator in white or silver.

To find where LCI is located on your iPhone, see the table below: 

Remember: it is always safer to bring your iPhone to the Apple Store nearest before attempting to light the appliance.

RESTORE THE IPHONE DATA AFTER IT FELL IN THE WATER

In some cases, the iPhone can escape water damage and remain usable. If you have been quick to leave the water, turn it off and dry it by following the steps above, you might not have to restore the device.

If the iPhone is back to default settings and you do not find any of your data, there are two ways to recover through restoration. You can do it from a previous backup created with iTunes or iCloud.

RESTORE THE IPHONE WITH ITUNES

If you sync the iPhone with iTunes recently before dropping it in the water, you can restore it via iTunes. The tutorial below shows how to restore a backup contacts made in iTunes. The same measures also allow to restore other data on your iPhone such as settings, messages, calendars and photos from the film.

Note that iTunes restores only the data that has been synchronized with your iPhone.

RESTORE THE IPHONE WITH ICLOUD

If your iPhone is running iOS 5 or above and if you have activated the iCloud backup before the incident, you can restore a backup made by iCloud. iCloud iTunes restores the same data - contacts, notes, messages, calendars and photos from the film.

If your iPhone will reboot after falling into the water, you can configure it as "new" or restore it from a backup after turning it on.

Press "Restore from iCloud Backup" and select the last entry dated iCloud backup. 

WHAT IF YOUR IPHONE FALLS INTO THE WATER?

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A glass of water spilled while your iPhone was on the table, an unfortunate fall in the toilet, sometimes a few drops of water are enough to a cell phone fails. Here's one way to help reduce this risk.

If it is not possible to predict when your phone will slide you fingers, however, can prevent this lack of attention is fatal. To do this, you need your iPhone Sim eject tool, a sealable bag (Ziploc type) and enough raw rice to cover the device.

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SUMMARY

• Step 1
• Step 2
• Step 3
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• Step 5
• Step 6

STEP 1

Get out your iPhone water as quickly as possible and then dry it. The longer it remains submerged, the greater the risk that it is unrecoverable.

NB. Please do place your iPhone near a source of heat (radiator, etc.) and especially not use hairdryer. Doing so could permanently damage your device.

STEP 2

Once your iPhone out of the water, immediately turn it off. If nothing happens, hold for a few seconds on the power button (power button) and the Home button (front panel key) to force it to turn off.

STEP 3

Extraction Tool Sim Card

Then remove your SIM card and his drawer. This requires you to use the SIM eject tool included with your iPhone. Store them carefully.

STEP 4

Then please have a freezer bag (Ziploc type) and insert your iPhone. Fill with rice uncooked until your iPhone is completely covered. The rice will in this way absorb moisture from the unit. Close the bag and place it away from moisture and heat.

STEP 5

Arm yourself with patience: it is advisable to wait 48 hours to 72 hours before your bag out of the smartphone. Once the SIM card tray and replaced in your iPhone on again. Note that it may be discharged. Put it in this case supported.

STEP 6

Once your iPhone on the road again, test all its functions to ensure that everything is back in order.

NB. Although this method has proven itself, it is not infallible and do nothing to certify that your device finds his duties at 100%. But when we know that the iPhone's warranty does not work for this type of accident, it is worth trying.

Also note that a patch in the device allows Apple to find out if your iPhone is already fallen into the water. It turns red when immersed. If this is the case, the warranty is canceled.

Our tips: There is a product called hydrophobic Never Wet (never wet) allowing the iPhone (and any electronic device) to resist water. Spray applied, this product is however not yet available on the market.

Guide: What to do when his phone fell in the water

Hell and damnation! Your phone fell in the water. What to do? Just follow this guide, sometimes simple actions can save a life electronics.

The daily life is a minefield for our mobile phones. We are almost constantly surrounded by plenty of liquid containers, from simple glass to the pool via the bathroom. The phones may therefore often find themselves drowned, carrying down with them valuable information, and funds.

Fortunately, there are some simple things that can sometimes save water phones. So follow our guide to aid first phone to adopt the gestures to do and not do if your precious falls overboard.

The tranquil rice field

Dismantle the phone immediately after leaving the water certainly facilitate healing, but it has two problems. On the one hand, the guarantee may be canceled immediately, the other opening often requires special tools and a helping hand, do yourself could do exacerbate the damage. Instead, we recommend that you follow these steps.

1. Remove the phone as soon as possible of the liquid, the more time passes, the more damage will be important.

2. Resist the temptation to press buttons to make sure everything works. This could make the liquid penetrate deeper.

3. Please do not try to turn the phone on if it is off to avoid short circuits. Wherever possible, remove the battery. If it does not turn off, better to do it manually and violate rule number 2.

4. Remove any devices that might be connected to it, do the same with the SIM card and SD card, if applicable. Leave open ports to facilitate ventilation.

5. Dry the outside with a towel by ensuring that the gravity takes the liquid outwards. IPhone for example to the dock socket.

6. Once everything is dry, will start the recovery period. If the exterior looks perfect, there is always water in and so you have to let it dry while absorbing moisture. The solution that was not necessarily available is to enclose the phone in an airtight container with anti-humidity sachets. 

 The famous dehumidifiers

The D system solution is to completely immerse the device in rice believed that will dehumidifier office.Regardless of the material used, leave the phone to rest for 24 hours at least 48 or 72 hours at best. 

7. Pray and turn the phone on.

What not to do

One can read on the web that a quick solution would be to switch the phone to the hair dryer to speed the process. This is totally wrong, either with a hair dryer or other forms of heating (eg on a radiator). If the heat enable faster evaporation, it may damage the components. 

Worse, a phone does not always have plenty of vents, which means that the steam generated by the rapid drying will condense just Moreover, to fall on liquid water later. Just like in the "water cycle" well known to schoolchildren.

 The water cycle Picture: Wikipedia

Similarly, advocating the crazy idea of ​​wrapping the unit in a towel before putting it in the freezer will only be back to better jump, in the best case. If the water in the solid state is less conductive than in the liquid state, after the ice we will find ourselves at the starting point.

In the worst case, the glass being larger than water, the solidification could take off components.

Finally, the phones do not dry in a microwave proof!

Rouillez Youth

If your phone restarts, congratulations, you have won a battle but perhaps not war. Indeed, with time, the metal parts of the telephone may rust. 

A professional repair may be able to fix things, but time will necessarily his contempt, the solution will be temporary. However, experience in the water fell a phone held several months without problem, of what to expect a future model and especially recover its data.

What about the warranty

It's become a common practice on smartphones and more generally on electronic devices, we now find "Dumping sensors" that change from white to red if they have been in contact with a liquid.

 Sensor location on an iPhone 4 / 4S Image: Apple

Contact with liquid is almost always a cause for breach of warranty and will therefore be very difficult to replace the phone in this case. Sometimes if a single pellet turned red without any trace of oxidation replacement may be possible (emphasizing some). This is the case for example of a drop of water fall into the jack of the iPhone.

If it does not change color, and the phone does not work, a manufacturer probably proceed to exchange.

You now know the proper actions to take if dropped in liquid. Feel free to share tips that we would have missed in the comments.

IPHONE REPAIR FALLS INTO WATER

IPhone iPad Tips and IPod in contact with water or moisture 

Your iPhone just take a bath with you in a pool or the sea? You wash your iPhone with your machine? Water can be fun and healthy for we humans, but the iPhone does not like water! 

Do not attempt to turn on a wet iPhone! even if one is quickly trying to find out if he is still alive, we know, but your motherboard iPhone is very sensitive to moisture especially for iPhone 4 and IPhone4S. 
 
reparation-iphone-France suggests emergency actions for iPhones, iPads, iPods quiaà took water. 

Our procedures deoxidation ded for processing and iPhones water damaged iPods work better 

if:. Your iPhone is not completely submerged in water (the worst scenario) 

Your iPhone was only splashed with water (or maybe it was exposed to steam?) 

Okay, here's what to do for a water damaged iPhone or iPod damaged water
 

To avoid front:

! No heat BKMEDIA do not recommend using any type of heat on a wet iPhone. That means no hair dryer (can spread moisture) - No oven - no microwave ( there are some who try essayev ca)

Option A: Send it to experts from the deoxidation IPhone and let us face it: 

Procedure for sending the iPhone repair-Iphone-France: 

Put the iPhone water damage in a bag dry rice and send the entire bag. - yes, the dry and wet bag of rice for the iPhone Repair-IPhone-France 

Contact 09-81-78-63-05 to a technician if you have questions 

What s wait: UNFORTUNATELY, water damaged iPhones are almost always serviceable - unless your microprocessor was damaged (there's got nothing more to do with crying) 


Other suggestions and options for water damage iPhone and iPod: 

    If you bought protection against accidental damage from your mobile operator - 
    use. If your phone is always a guarantee of 1 year or 2 years, go to the Apple Store or call AppleCare AppleCare is not against accidental damage, but you may still be able to replace it for $ 190. Apple has a new and more lenient policy against water damage (from early 2011). [More details this: Previously, Apple would not replace water damaged iPhone and considered as the guarantee of your canceled. There are multiple sensors inside your iPhone that turn pink when water damage happens. Previously, a pink sensor means your warranty has been canceled. Recently, however, Apple changed its policy on water damage and you may be able to replace an iPhone under warranty for a refurbished phone for less cost.] This is 190Euros for a refurbished iphone (recfonditioné) and the new security may be limited, but this is a big savings off of a totally new phone and we applaud Apple for a large customer-friendly move. (Yes, we love Apple.)

Tutorial - How to check if the liquid contact indicator of your iPhone is activated

Tutorial - How to check if the liquid contact indicator of your iPhone is activated

If your iPhone has never been in contact with water, it may be that the chip allows Apple to see if your iPhone takes damage on water. Indeed, all Apple devices has what are called liquid contact indicators (LCI) which are activated on contact with water. Find out how to check if your humidity sensors were activated.

Do not hide if your iPhone has fallen into water or has been in contact with water, your LCI (Liquid Contact Indicator) is can be activated. Both say immediately in case of water damage, you are not covered by the Apple hardware warranty, and therefore an indicator has been activated.

When these indicators are activated, they take a bright red color. Then, it indicates that your device has been in contact with water.

By default, the color of the moisture sensors is generally white or silver when there is no water damage.

Find where LCI your device in the table below.

 LCI Indicator iphone

 You're ready to make your check. It'll just cross your fingers.

How to fix an iPhone that has fallen into water

" I am broke ! My iPhone fell in the water! "... Who has not heard that? Maybe it scares you so much that you do not know how to handle this problem. A water-damaged unit must be handled carefully and if you really want to save your precious iPhone, first try to repair it yourself and then contact a repair shop.

Like any other electronic device, the iPhone undergoes potential damage by coming into contact with any liquid. But it is false that "because it is wet it will no longer work and will be irreparable." If you have dropped your iPhone in a bathtub, a river, sea or other body fluid, time plays a key role. In this case, recover your phone as quickly as possible so that damage is minimized. But beware, keep your phone in this condition even if you repair the damage. Follow the instructions below.

What is the first thing to do with a wet iPhone?

Forgetting how you arrived there, think carefully about how you should approach the situation. In case you do not have insurance, the best thing to do is to turn off the phone, dry it with a dry cloth and perform one of the following:

• Put the iPhone in a pot or a bag of uncooked rice and allow to dry in for a few hours.

• Put the phone in a plastic bag with silica
• Switch the device a hairdryer for a few minutes

The aim of these methods is to minimize moisture phone. The hairdryer is a fair option but not as fast as others. However, if any of your attempts is successful you should go to an Apple store.

How to repair a wet telephone?

Once you know how to deal with water affected your iPhone, the next thing you must be Worrying That is about fixing it so completely Call That it's restored to the state it once was.

Now that you know you do it with a wet iPhone, your next concern is to repair it completely so that it again become as before.

• What are the most common problems caused by an iPhone that has fallen into the water?

What is most obvious is that your iPhone will malfunction if it comes into contact with water. A phone off is unusable, but having it under warranty does not stop trying to do something constructive to fix it. Sometimes it may be that you turned on the phone but the logo disappears, then you see a white screen or a thin red line that indicates the unit requires service.

• How to fix it according to the different cases?

Repair your iPhone if you dropped it in the water.

If you filed your iPhone in water .... Turn off completely and immediately, and put in a non-raw rice bag.  

Many times, your iPhone slips out of your hand and accidentally falls into the water. Your natural immediate reaction to this shift will be removed from the water, and then with shaking strength and shake the water he was involved in those few seconds when immersed in water. 

For other phones, your next action will be to remove its battery. Here, in the case of the iPhone, sorry, you can not to that. So, to limit the damage, which should be your next step to take? Damage iPhone waters is one of the most common types of iPhone repairs we see. It is also one of the deadliest for iPhones if you allow corrosion. As shown in the video, it is imperative to remove the iPhone out of the water as soon as possible. Once the iPhone is out of water, you want to make sure it is off. 

If you get a blank reel on the screen and it does not turn, you hold the power button and the home button until it turns off. In the video we have not managed to record back on again after turning it off. We simply have repeated the "power down process" and moved on to the next important step, remove the SIM card. Once the SIM card is removed you want to put the iPhone in a bag of uncooked rice. 

Tighten the bag so that all the extra air is gone and seal it. If you follow the above steps above and messaging water damaged iPhone, we can fix it like new. If you decide that you want to see if it works for you, wait 48-76 hours after exposure to water and try it. If you find at this time do not work properly due to water damage iPhone back into the rice and mail to us. iFixYouri made ​​a short video to suggest to users what to do if they give up their iPhone in water. If you do not already know, you should immediately turn off the iPhone and place it in a sealed bag of uncooked rice.