ok so i come home today and some clothes are in teh washer...including a pair of shorts with my ipod in them...
so i take it out....soap is foaming out of it so i dry it off with a blow dryer and its dry ad everything but i keep getting this annoying folder with an exclamaton point and idk how to get it away or make it work....
so is there any hope at all to save it or should i just trash it and geta new 1?
2006-09-21 18:14:57 · 4 answers · asked by Sponge2009 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
I will take a long time for all the water to evaporate, as the components are fairly well sealed, although not quite enough.
Yes I'd take it to the warranty center, but only after I had given it a bit of time to dry out, and used the blow dryer a few more times, only for a few minutes, on the access points. If I could, I might let it dry at least a week, maybe two.
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If they have to service it , and refuse to warranty it, it should be fairly inexpensive to just open it and clean out the soap. and maybe change out some cheap part.
Good luck. Don't volunteer anything, but don't lie to them.
2006-09-29 17:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do NOT try to take the iPod apart.
It is not meant to be user serviceable and the back is very difficult to remove without damaging the components inside.
The folder icon you are seeing means your iPod cannot detect the hard disk, which means it's in serious trouble.
Dont junk it; take it to an Apple Centre. If it's out of warranty, you'll pay for repairs, but that must be a whole lot cheaper than buying a new iPod!
2006-09-28 18:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Bowzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your description that you are seeing a folder with a exclamation sign, --- screen, battery and operating system are working -- that leaves the hard drive---I assumed that you have hard drive based because if it was ipod nano then water is unlikely to corrupt a folder in it---- hard drives if shaken or stirred can have a corruption or damage. --my conclusion is that your hard drive possibly in bad shape. Either dry few more days and check ---if still problem repair in the apple service centre---read the link below for others experience on ipod nano in a washing machine
2006-09-29 04:16:47 · answer #3 · answered by nasta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your warrantys up.try finding the screws and getting the correct screw driver and taking it apatt leave every thing alone set it down on a dresser some where it wont be messed with and just let it dry it probbably has water on the inside not just they outside after that if its not working yeah i would just leave it on the side i wouldnt through it away i would perrsonaly probalby be able to fix it but thats me.
ps.
if you bought it less than 90 days ago you could go back yo the store and exchange it .
2006-09-21 18:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋