Salvaging wet electronics help?

I don't think you can know until it's fully dry. The rice thing can help as it draws out moisture faster, it's not really a cure for sadly.

I remember seeing Revive A Phone on the BBC show "Dragons' Den", but I don't know how effective it is, and if it is effective, you probably have to drop the device in right away.

Hope the rice works though. :-*

It's probably something like you get in the silicone packs in stuff you buy. It just acts like the rice and draws out moisture. At least there'd be less dust.

My OH once put my phone in the washing machine, and putting it in a bag of rice helped the phone to come back to life. I fully took it apart though, so the rice could reach difficult places.

my ipod got a teeny bit of water on, put it in rice for days and it didnt work =[ gave up and got a new one. 2 years later, my mum found the ipod and tried it and it works again! must have fully dried out over that time! haha

The rice thing is a load of hooey. Doesnt work at all. You need to put it in a dry place near a heat source such as a radiator for a few days. You can also blast it with a hair drier, down the charging plug and the headphones jack.
A good way is also dipping it into rubbing alcohol, as that expels the water out and evaporates soon after getting it out but i have never tried it with an ipod, only an older phone.

I remember the rubbing alcohol thing now you say it Puerkz. And that the rice thing is rubbish lol I'd totally forgotten seeing that on a programme once, no idea which. I wouldn't have done it myself anyway, purely because of the dust factor.

The revivaphone is your best bet. It isn't the water itself that is the problem but the minerals inside which causes the bits inside to short circuit. No one will touch the repair so for £15 it's probably worth a shot. http://www.firebox.com/product/6432/Reviveaphone?via=searchbox

Meeshy said exactly what I was going to say.  Revivaphone removes the minerals that are all over the circuit board after a phone gets wet, and you can buy it on Firebox.

You also want to put it in a warm, dry space like an airing cupboard for at least a few days.