I dropped my iPhone 5 in the toilet (like an idiot) and after pulling it out, drying it off and all that, it still worked. I thought all was ok and I survived a tragedy.
Not so.
You see, about 30 minutes later the phone shut off and refused to turn back on. Great. I tried to keep it off but the thing would keep turning itself back on (it would stay stuck on the apple logo) and ended up getting really hot in my pocket (I wasn't able to rush home to fix it, you see). I'm hoping the heat helped dry out the inside.
Anyway, I dried it off, tried to turn it on (it doesn't seem like it's registering a charge now, although it does show the blinking "no charge" symbol, so I take that as a good sign), and after that didn't work I put some rice in a ziploc bag and shoved it in.
I'm obviously going to have to wait 48 hours to see if it worked, but what are the chances of my phone coming out alive? It was in the water for 10 seconds, and it took about an hour before it hit the rice.