How do you fix a waterlogged video nano ipod?

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My video nano iPod got waterlogged from excessive rain. It wouldn't turn on, and then I charged it for about 5 seconds, and when I turned it on the screen was flickering. I turned it off, and then my friend turned it on again and tried to fix it, and stopped the flickering but made the screen darken even more than it already was. Then I put it on the window sill. It is an 8 gig iPod. It is now creeping towards the third day of being waterlogged. I found out some info about how to fix it, but it was all REALLY confusing. So PLEASE HELP ME!!!! :-(

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I put my ipod in a snack sized ziploc filled with rice (I didn't have sand) for 24 hours and then checked it. It seemed to have gotten out most of the water but I'm going to put it in for another 24 hours just to be safe. Then I'll hook it up to my computer to see if it worked or not. If it doesn't work, I'll send it to the apple people and see if they can fix it or I can use my warranty (it's the newest generation, so they'll know the warranty couldn't have expired).
Hopefully it's fine though! :-/

I hooked it up to the computer a little while ago and found good news and bad news. Good news is that all the content was spared and works. Bad news is that the screen is completely SCREWED up. When I hooked it up the little iPod symbol showed up on the desktop and in iTunes, but it looked like the screen of the iPod was turned off. Then I looked closer and saw that the screen was on, but extremely dark with blotchy spots on it. So I think I'll have to send it to the Apple people or bring it to the Apple store :( . If any of you have any solutions that don't involve completely disassembling my iPod, then PLEASE CONTRIBUTE!!!!! <:-( S <---------That's a begging person, btw.

Answer 1

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Try putting it in a ziploc bag filled with dry rice. I had a cell phone that got wet and this did the trick. The rice will draw moisture from the I-Pod.
Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

Put it in a ziploc with sand and rice, it soaks the water out of it, and then after just wrap it tightly in a towel and let it dry, maybe on top of a dryer, for some heat, I had that happen to my phone and that worked!

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