<p>I just discovered the banging noise coming from the washing machine was my son’s iPod, inside the pocket of his jeans. Sigh. I usually check for these type of things before throwing them in the wash, but these jeans were damp and muddy (from sitting in his lacrosse bag during a wet practice). Is there any hope for it?</p>
<p>I did that once. With his, it was ruined. I felt awful and replaced it. He would check all his pockets before putting dirty clothes in the laundry, but I had picked these up off the floor and didn’t check pockets.</p>
<p>egads, been there, done that. It was my fault also - I grabbed his pants off his bed. My son’s came out with a 
on the screen - it was pretty funny!</p>
<p>The only thing I can think to try is something that has worked for us for cellphones. Put the ipod in a baggie full of uncooked, white rice and leave it there for a few days. The rice absorbs the moisture. It probably won’t work, but would be worth a try.</p>
<p>I have it sitting on the dryer right now. Maybe in the baggie of rice AND on the dryer. The problem is, you can’t open up an iPod like a cell phone and try to dry the inside.</p>
<p>Also, don’t try to turn on the ipod until you have left it in the rice for a few days. If there is moisture in the ipod and you turn it on, the electronics will burn out.</p>
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Right. I had good luck with a wet cell phone by taking the battery off the back and putting the pieces in a LOW temp oven for a short time. Then I left it alone (out of the oven) overnight. A final go over with a warm hair dryer, and voila – it all worked when I put it back together. I got this “recipe” via a Google search. The most important thing, according to all the remedies, was don’t turn the phone on until it had been dried out. Of course I read that after I’d tried turning it on several times. But, it still worked. Not so sure about an iPod – but an online search may turn up something.</p>
<p>My husband is an electrical engineer, and he also recommends the zipper bag of white rice for a few days - and DON"T TURN IT ON! Heating the unit past normal ambient temps will damage the delicate electronics and it won’t hasten the drying anyway. You need something to absorb the moisture, i.e., rice.</p>
<p>I have also done this with happy results. Yes, don’t turn it on or mess with controls. I put his IPod next to the heating vent overnight (near heat, not directly on vent) & it worked the next evening. For the first few days there was condensation under screen and it was hard to see graphics, but that too cleared up. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I also mistakenly washed a family members iPod - the one who NEVER leaves anything in pockets…</p>
<p>I immediately put it in the sealed baggie with rice. Did NOT turn it on. Did NOT touch it for 4 or 5 days. Knock on wood, it’s still working over a year later.</p>
<p>I save all the silica gel packets (from shoe boxes, etc) in a baggie for just this type of incident. It’s ready to go when I need it (saved two cell phones so far).</p>
<p>OK, its sitting in a baggie of rice right now. When I put it in, I noticed much of the condensation on the inside of the screen was already gone (perhaps from sitting on the dryer?). I will leave it there for several days. I am hoping the fact that we have a front-loading HE washer that doesn’t use as much water will help – the clothes never sit submersed in water the way they do in traditional machines.</p>
<p>The crystallized-type of cat litter also works well–it’s just silica gel in bucket form. Helpful hint: used cat litter is not optimal.</p>
<p>My brother, an electrical engineer, intentionally ran his waffle iron through the dishwasher because he’d deemed it too cruddy to continue using, and this was its last shot at continued existence. It’s a Waring Pro, too monolithic to take apart, so I told him it was a terrible idea. He ignored me and just let the thing dry for two weeks after taking it out of the dishwasher before he plugged it in and turned it on. The verdict: good as new. (I still am leery about recommending it as a viable course of action…)</p>
<p>^^^Wow. I’d love to do that to my waffle iron. It gets overflow batter in places that aren’t supposed to be submerged, and using Q-tips to get in all those nooks and crannies just doesn’t work. Hmmmm. I am considering this.</p>
<p>And I never heard about the bag of rice before. Thank you all.</p>
<p>S dropped his phone in a filled glass on the counter. Wiped it down as best we could and then stuck it in a container of dry white rice, after taking out the battery. Worked well. Some sticking of keys on phone, but not too horrible.</p>
<p>I dropped my iphone in the dip a few months ago. It still works, although for a few days it kept telling me it couldn’t connect…</p>
<p>Anything I want to dry out slowly and gently, I put on top of the hot water heater (only works if heater is in a closet). I’ve saved many an electronic item that way and have dried many pairs of shoes overnight.</p>
<p>You can open an iPod. I’ve done it to replace a battery.</p>
<p>Look for iPod battery replacement websites. Many have instructions. It varies a bit from model to model.</p>
<p>Gosh, I did this too a year ago. Wish I’d thought to post on CC :)</p>
<p>I do estate sales and in prepping for a sale we have to clean EVERYTHING. We put small kitchen appliances in the dishwasher all of the time. Let them sit for a couple of days and so far they always work. I knew a man who had an electronic surplus business and they would take all of the stuff to the car wash, spray it down let it dry and it always still worked. I am very glad to know about the white rice.</p>
<p>Older D is an Apple employee who repairs iPods/iPhones all day, everyday. I read her the posts so far and she hopes that one of the home remedies works otherwise you are looking at repair options. You can take it in to your local Apple store and they can exchange your damaged iPod for another iPod of the same type for a fee that is less than purchasing a new one. There are also third party vendors out there that do repair. If you do take it in to an Apple store, it’s best to explain the situation accurately since the employee can easily determine that the iPod has been exposed to moisture. I guess there is a sensor inside that turns a pretty pink color. She says it happens all the time. I dropped my iPod in the tub and got the lecture of a lifetime from D. I knew better and still used it in the tub!!</p>