And my 3GS was rained on. I left the bedroom windows open, left the phone to charge through the night as always, and at around 3:AM a thunderstorm came on! Next thing I knew when my Mom woke me up at 6AM, no phone! I’ll never forget the smell coming from inside the phone! I’ll never forgive myself for that phone’s death! Enviado desde Correo para Windows 10 De: MarieEnviado: sábado, 2 de mayo de 2020 08:49 a. m.Para: viphone@googlegroups.comAsunto: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience Just to let you know from a long time IPhone user, they were not always nearly as tough as now. My iPhone 5 took a swim in the toilet and it died a sudden death! LOL! Marie-Original Message- From: Joshua HendricksonSent: Friday, May 1, 2020 11:37 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience Thanks for all your encouragement. My phone is working fine. I havemade several calls since the incident happened, and have also used abluetooth speaker and headset. Glad to know my iPhone is tougher thenI first thought. On 5/1/20, Mike B. wrote:> That is so totally cool!> > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.> *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I > pee> > it cleans the toilet.> > - Original Message -> From: Sieghard Weitzel> To: viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2020 9:44 PM> Subject: RE: just had a very scary iPhone experience> > > It really isn't a big deal especially with anything like the iPhone 8 > which> > Josh has and newer. The iPhone 8 has a rating of IP67 which means you can> actually submerse it under 3 feet of water for 30 minutes and it should > not> > hurt the phone. Of course while Apple tests this, they wouldn't recommend> you routinely do this, but just in case if it did fall into a full bath > tub> > and you took it out nothing bad would happen. The latest iPhones are> actually IP68 which means they can stand submersion under 2 meters (a bit> over 6 and a half feet) for I think 30 minutes or 1 hour.> Some of you may remember the story of my 6S Plus which I got after it was> released in September 2016. Then at Christmas I visited my family in> northern British Columbia, went for a walk when it was -30 degrees out and> promptly lost my phone. Despite hours of search along the approx. three> quarter long driveway (my family has a working ranch in a very remote > area)> > nobody found the phone. About 4 month later in mid April when the snow was> gone my brother had another look and easily found it only feet away from> where they all looked before, it was lying in the mud, by then it had > gotten> > warmer, during the winter it got warmer, it got cold again, it snowed and > it> > rained and all in all you'd think the phone would be dead. I told my > brother> > to stick it in a bag of rice and to mail it to me, by the time he went to> town and I received about a week passed and as soon as I got it I simply> plugged it in. At first nothing at all happened and I got busy at my > store,> > then a couple of hours later I came back in the office and not expecting> anything I pushed the side button, Voiceover came on loud and clear asking> for my PIN, as soon as I put it in the phone went crazy with dozens of> notifications, messages and emails coming in. Since by then I had gotten a> new phone this meant the SIM card was deactivated, yet after all this time> in the harsh elements the phone connected to my store's WiFi and at first > I> > thought all was working, in fact, I could make Facetime calls and all > seemed> > normal. This lasted until I told one of my sighted employees with great> astonishment that my phone had been found and was still working, but then > he> > said that the screen was black. At first I thought screen curtain was on,> but it was not and nothing we did made any difference. In other words, the> phone was working normally except that the screen was obviously not > working> > at all and later when I took it to an Apple store and they ran diagnostics> they also told me the camera seemed to be damaged as well. The long story> ended with me being able to get a replacement iPhone 6S Plus from Apple > for> > a relatively small fee under the Apple Care Plus coverage I had purchased> when I bought the phone, but still I thought it was pretty cool it > survived> > this long period lying out in the open in harsh weather even though it> didn't survive 100%, but all the touch gestures were working, all the > radios> > from WiFi to Bluetooth and so on were working, just the display apparently> was damaged as was the camera. I wouldn't be sur
