Dropped my iPhone 5 in the toilet, will it be okay?

I had forgotten i put my iphone in my back pocket and it fell into the toilet, within seconds I got it out and immediately put it in some (uncooked) rice. (Also in panicked rush i didn't wipe my phone down very much)

About 5 minutes later my phone just lit up randomly (?)

But it wasn't until about 15 minutes later I remembered you're supposed to turn your phone off and take the case off, so I went to do this and as I tried to turn my phone off it was already off.

Does this mean my phone is dead?

I have left my phone in the rice still (its only been a couple hours so far) Do you think my phone will be okay?

(I'll be v disappointed if my phone is dead as it was only in a small amount of water for a matter of seconds where as 2 years ago i dropped my phone in a swimming pool for almost 5 minutes!)

5 days ago I somehow dropped my tablet in a dish pan of water. I snagged it out immediately. I blew into all the open ports to clear out as much water I could. Then for two days it did like your phone did. Turned on and off when it wanted to. The 3rd day it was kind of working ok but would shut off when it wanted to. Now 5 days, it seems to be working alright. Gees. Thought I killed it and I just bought it new in January. I didn't do the rice thing which I heard was good to use for a phone in water. But I did stand it agaisnt my base board heaters I have in my house. It's still cold here in upstate NY and the heat still goes on. So maybe that helped dried it out also. So about 5 days to dry out and my tablet is working. Wait awhile with your phone, and maybe it will work again for you.

For your best chance to save your device…
1. Do not turn it on or try to charge
2. If possible, remove the battery
3. Contact http://www.tekdry.com/ - they have a patented process that will remove all of the water for sure - typically in about 30 minutes, without taking it apart. Best part is that you only pay if they are successful (your shipping cost may be at risk if you're not near their store). Best results are if received in the first three days and you haven't tried charging it for hours.

Hair dryers won't get into all of the nooks within your phone and it is critical to completely dry out the device.

With rice or desiccant, it takes much longer (days) and you don't know if/when your device is dry. Each time you try to power it on to find out if it is dry, you do more damage to your device. Plus while your device sits in rice for days it continues to corrode and you get rice particles inside creating more issues.

Rice (or silica gels/desiccants) does absorb water, but only when in direct contact. Rice outside of your device will not draw water from within it. If the humidity is extremely high it is possible rice will draw some water from the air, however the humidity around your wet device is not going to get that high. So while popular to try, rice does not actually do anything to dry your device. You might think it did if your device turns on but there's likely still water inside that can continue to cause damage

Take it to the hospital, they will immediately get the phone hooked up to life support. If the phone is already not showing signs of life it could be to late, i'm sorry to tell you. They may need to use defibs to bring it back but I don't even know if that is possible. I will pray for your phone to the almighty God, Odin. Best of luck to you and your phone:'c

Lyk ef yu cri evri tym:'c

No, it will be wet and sticky