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Well it finally happened folks...

Wittpilot

Wittpilot

Warbird Guru
After 8 years of being an avid cell phone user..... My iPhone found it's way into water..... All gone.... I am most upset about losing the pictures because I hadn't backed them up in a very long time... Everything else I think can be replaced. It was a good run... I typically made a point to take care of my phones, but I guess my time was up. Now I have to see if I'm in that "couple of months early" grace period for re-upping my plan so I can get a new one. We will have to see.

-witt

Lionheart/Panther, you can send your "Sorry for your iLoss" to 1434 I'm Screwed LN......
 
It was in the waist band of a pair of shorts and I had forgotten it was there...was getting ready to jump in the shower and it fell in the toilet..... and if I had had my old case on it, I bet I could have saved it before the water got in, but I had it in a newer less protective case....
 
Wittpilot said:
It was in the waist band of a pair of shorts and I had forgotten it was there...was getting ready to jump in the shower and it fell in the toilet..... and if I had had my old case on it, I bet I could have saved it before the water got in, but I had it in a newer less protective case....
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Eeeks!

Did you have an insurance on it?
 
Panther_99FS said:
Hmmm...
Somehow, I kinda knew that "toilet" was going to be mentioned....:monkies:
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bad luck, witt, sorry about that.
it is such a drag to lose pictures.

I recall hearing somewhere that the toilet
is the #1 cause of cell phone water death.
where I work, getting run over by a forklift tops the list.
I have been considering
high velocity impact against a concrete wall for mine,
that, or going airborne out the truck window at 60 MPH.
among other things, the darn thing has taken to shutting itself off
when I try to answer a call...grrrr
 
Witt,

They have this new gell material stuff you put in a ziplock bag with your phone and let it set for 24 hours and it takes all the moisture and water out of the plastic bag and phone. Give that a try first.

Sorry for your loss. At least you are close to the newest iphone release.


Bill
 
If your phone gets soaked, remove the battery and let it dry out for a night or two. It should at least work well enough to allow backing up every relevant content then.
 
If it's got a simm card you might try drying that out for a few days, and reading it with a card reader. Phones prolly toast tho, if not, being in the toilet is just gross.
 
I just want to point out that I manage 400 plus BlackBerry's....

The number one reason for their demise is a trip to the toilet. I think we lose about a dozen a year as sacrifice to the porcelain god.

I'm not sure what observations one should take from that....
 
TeaSea said:
The number one reason for their demise is a trip to the toilet. I think we lose about a dozen a year as sacrifice to the porcelain god.

I'm not sure what observations one should take from that....
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The take-away is that throne room reading is now in the digital era....:d
 
Fortunately folks my wife got a new iPhone a few months ago because her last one the on/off button did not work... So, I am using that one... I mean, how often do you really turn your phone off anyways??? So, all is not completely lost.. and I am awaiting either just getting another phone like I had, or trying to figure out if the new iphone will be available this year?????

-witt
 
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