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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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This next case is from Stockton California (95215). It's about an iPod Touch 4th Gen and I wasn't able to bring it back to usefulness. It started with an email that read,
"I would like to send my iPod 4 32g in for you to see if you can repair. It went through the entire wash machine cycle in a sweatshirt pocket. I put it in a bowl of rice for 5 days before I attempted to turn it on. When I did try it did turn on and all the icons were on the screen but every time I would try to go into one it would not do anything. I had never done the last iOS update so I hooked it to the computer and tried to do the update. At first the computer would not recognize the iPod. When it did I did the update overnight . The next morning the iPod showed the battery was almost dead but would not turn on. Now that is the only thing I can get it to do is show the low battery sign. Do you think you can help?
Brandi
Sent from my iPad"
There is going to be a time when I becomes so disturbed by people thinking a bowl of rice... Let me put it this way, if rice were an effective dessicant and would really solve the problem of putting your iPod or iPhone through the washing machine wouldn't Apple put it in their owners manual and then when it didn't work, (which it doesn't these days because of the WiFi and BlueTooth transmission) then Apple would be obligated to replace them. Of course Apple doesn't put it their owners manual because it doesn't work.
There is going to come a time that in hearing someone has put faith in rice rather "work" (taking it apart to correct the corrosion problem) or science (knowledge that the device has to be taken apart right away) that I will pass on these projects. People that wait out a recovery for a rice "fix", are making this trade off. "Is it possible that water exposure is slight enough that near none really got into the device and therefore the problem will correct itself, with or without rice immersion?" Once you answer "Yes" to that and decide on the magic of rice, you take away all the potential of a real save because if you are wrong, the time used for waiting it out will institute the corrosional death these go through post water exposure. Trying to charge it between bouts a rice will assist the corrosion. The lead oxide corrosion is the result of oxygen from the air and water binding with the lead in the lead/tin solder alloy that holds the parts to the logic board. Once started the way to stop it is to have someone take it all apart and clean it, with the hope they aren't too late. Charging the battery damages the positive and negative contacts for the LCD's backlight. Do it too much and the contacts get crisped off the logic board altogether.
In Brandi's case, the damage to the logic board was permanent at the voltage regulator and battery recharge circuits which are at the bottom of the iPod's docking port.
After taking it completely apart and cleaning everything, it still had the same result she had.... the display would show the battery was low and needed charging. To make sure it wasn't the battery I took another iPod touch battery and soldered over wire leads to it from the battery solder pads of Brandi's iPod. The batteries were now connected in parallel. I connected my Apple A1102 USB wall adapter which delivers 35 watts at 5 volts to the system to see if either the old or newly connected battery would charge. An hour later, I unplugged the system to see if the new battery was charged. It wasn't the least bit charged, meaning the battery recharge circuits of the logic board were permanently damaged.
That problem isn't repairable except by replacing the logic board, which really means the iPod has to be replaced, since Apple doesn't make logic boards available.
I sent it back with a $30 of the $60 she sent in by PayPal.
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I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country.
If you live nearby, are traveling through or live in the San Francisco Bay Area bring your iPod to me and I can do the work while you wait or go wine tasting for a while. Send me an
email just to make sure I have on hand whatever parts your repair will require.
Call or email me
with questions or to set up a repair. You can also call, I am here most days from 8am to 8pm
Toll Free 1-877-IPOD-PRO (1 - 877 - 476-3776)
Send the device to:
Frank Walburg
2145 Service Court
Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
Methods of payment
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