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Edit for know-it-alls and assholes: Listen up all you turds and thread crappers. I posted this as an informative what NOT TO DO for anyone that has this problem. According to this article right here, http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...7_million.html there are 30 million iphone/ipod touches in the wild right now. If only one tenth of 1% of these devices are subjected to liquid damage such as mine, I think that would make 30,000 people with a problem that they would like to fix. That is a small city of people with wet ipods. I put this up so someone does not make the same mistake I did.
Like many other people, I have read countless forum posts saying "NEVER CLEAN YOUR LCD WITH ALCOHOL. YOU'LL DAMAGE IT AND YOUR LEGS WILL FALL OFF AND THE BANK WILL REPOSSESS YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WILL DIE OF WEST NILE VIRUS." I scoured the web and couldn't find any conclusive evidence other than it might eat the anti-glare coating. I decided it was an old wive's tale and risked it. Here is my story.
I'm starting a new thread on this so someone looking to solve this problem via google might have a bit easier time finding this. I purchased an iPod touch 1G 16gb off of craigslist for $30 because someone spilled stuff in it. When the backlight is on, you can see whatever he spilled is still stuck inside the screen. It also did funny things when power management is concerned. Whenever it was charging it would continuously restart. Immediately after "charginging" it would give a "warning: less than 10% battery remaining" and then the battery indicator would slowly fill up over the course of an hour. I removed the battery and soaked the whole thing in rubbing alcohol to clean off all of the sticky crap and in hopes of dislodging whatever is stuck in the screen with a liquid that is more apt to evaporate.
Only kind of Fail.
Before pics- the backlight appears to be uneven because I took the picture at an extreme angle in order to highlight the issue.
I disassembled the unit, removed the battery, and soaked the LCD and other parts in separate baths for probably 12 hours. Then I put all of it in a giant bowl of uncooked rice and put it in the oven for another 12 hours at about 100 or 150 F. As I type this, it sounds like a recipe...a recipe for disaster. I then reattached the battery and crossed my fingers.
The alcohol did, in fact, affect the substance stuck between the LCD and backlight. It didn't get rid of it completely but it at rearranged it. The outside edges of the LCD itself was obviously most affected because they were exposed to the alcohol the longest as it worked its way in. You might be able to get away with flushing and rinsing, but prolonged exposure is not recommended.
Like many other people, I have read countless forum posts saying "NEVER CLEAN YOUR LCD WITH ALCOHOL. YOU'LL DAMAGE IT AND YOUR LEGS WILL FALL OFF AND THE BANK WILL REPOSSESS YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WILL DIE OF WEST NILE VIRUS." I scoured the web and couldn't find any conclusive evidence other than it might eat the anti-glare coating. I decided it was an old wive's tale and risked it. Here is my story.
I'm starting a new thread on this so someone looking to solve this problem via google might have a bit easier time finding this. I purchased an iPod touch 1G 16gb off of craigslist for $30 because someone spilled stuff in it. When the backlight is on, you can see whatever he spilled is still stuck inside the screen. It also did funny things when power management is concerned. Whenever it was charging it would continuously restart. Immediately after "charginging" it would give a "warning: less than 10% battery remaining" and then the battery indicator would slowly fill up over the course of an hour. I removed the battery and soaked the whole thing in rubbing alcohol to clean off all of the sticky crap and in hopes of dislodging whatever is stuck in the screen with a liquid that is more apt to evaporate.
Only kind of Fail.
Before pics- the backlight appears to be uneven because I took the picture at an extreme angle in order to highlight the issue.
I disassembled the unit, removed the battery, and soaked the LCD and other parts in separate baths for probably 12 hours. Then I put all of it in a giant bowl of uncooked rice and put it in the oven for another 12 hours at about 100 or 150 F. As I type this, it sounds like a recipe...a recipe for disaster. I then reattached the battery and crossed my fingers.
The alcohol did, in fact, affect the substance stuck between the LCD and backlight. It didn't get rid of it completely but it at rearranged it. The outside edges of the LCD itself was obviously most affected because they were exposed to the alcohol the longest as it worked its way in. You might be able to get away with flushing and rinsing, but prolonged exposure is not recommended.
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