No need to get it replaced if only the screen is black. You don't need the screen anyway so it still works perfectly for you!
On 4/23/2016 9:52 PM, rajmund wrote: > Hi Sieghard, > I'm sure the deepness would matter, too. Still, it must be a touch beast. > > Sent from a BrailleNote > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:51:02 +0000 > Subject: RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long > lostiPhone6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt > > Hi Rajmund, > > Yes, but actually submersing something by, for example, putting it in a > bowl of water is different from splashing water over it and submersing > it further (in deeper water) is different again because the deeper you > go the more pressure the water is under. I am not at all worried using > my phone in the rain, but I still wouldn't want to walk through a > waste-deep river with it clipped to my belt. That is the difference > between "water resistant" and "water proof". > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of rajmund > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 1:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost > iPhone6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt > > Hi, > Well, it isn't documented, but, considering it survived the snow, > which is, when melting, pure water, it leaves me wondering. > > Sent from a BrailleNote > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:32:54 +0000 > Subject: RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long > lost iPhone6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt > > I wouldn't quite call the 6S or 6S Plus waterproof, but it is > apparently quite water resistant even though Apple has so far not > actually mentioned this as a selling point. When IFixIt did the > tear-down of the 6S and 6S Plus last fall they found a number of > improvements which made the phone more water resistant and I > could see how Apple may have done this to see how it stands up by > evaluating any returns they get and maybe this fall with the > iPhone 7 they improve on it further and make an actual statement > towards water proofness. I could see how having only a single > Lightning port with no 3.5mm port could make it easier to make it > more water-resistant. After all, all Garmin GPS units have an > IPX-7 rating which means they can be submersed under 1 meter > (just over 3 feet) of water for up to 30 minutes without damage. > Of course they don't need to have openings for speakers or > microphones and the battery compartment is sealed off from the > rest of the unit and is not water-proof, but I think it's > probably possible to achieve this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of rajmund > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long > lost iPhone 6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt > > Hi, > Wow! Just, wow! Oh, my! The water proof 6s! > If my phone would have something like this, I wouldn't bother > with the screen, but, each to their own. > Sent from a BrailleNote > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:43:26 +0000 > Subject: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long > lost iPhone 6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt > > Hi everybody, > > Finally, here is the long awaited last chatper of my lost iPhone > story. > > yesterday the package with my iPhone 6S packed in rice arrived. > Externally it looks brand new with not a scratch on it. When I > took out the SIM tray it seemed like there was maybe a bit of > moisture there so I left out the SIM tray and stuck the iPhone in > my toaster oven on a really low temperature for a couple of hours > just to maybe expel a bit more moisture from inside. > > After that the moment came and I plugged it in. My wife was > there and we quietly watched, but the screen remained black. > After about 2 minutes there was no change and I thought that > answered the question as to whether the iPhone was still working > after having been lying on the ground outside for 115 days, first > in snow and temperatures of up to -40 Celsius/Fahrenheit and as > warm as +20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and of course having gone > through the process when the snow and ice around it melted and so > on. It was also exposed to the sun, back in March there was > another 10 inches of new snow over the course of a week and in > the week or two before my brother found it on April 15 it had > rained lightly a few times. > > Anyhow, I left it plugged in and when I came back to my office 2 > hours later I thought I check it out. I pressed the home button > and bingo, Voiceover was there and asked me to enter my passcode. > I did so and the phone unlocked. There was of course no service > since I got a new SIM back in December when I lost it and I had > also just installed a new router at my store so I had to > reconnect to WiFi. As soon as I did so the phone started dinging > and binging away as emails came in, push notification alerts > sounded and on top of all that it started playing the lost sound > since back on December 22 we logged in to my iCloud account and > triggered the Find my iPhone sound in case I had just dropped it > somewhere in the house. > > At that point it had charged up to 82% and everything seemed > totally normal.. I went to Settings > General > Software Update > and since I registered this phone on the public beta program, I > was told iOS 9.3.2 public beta 2 was available for download. I > started the download and it downloaded the 1.2 Gb file in about > 14 minutes, after that the upgrade proceeded normally and the > phone was up and running again in about 12 minutes. > > So, happy ending, right? Well, almost. Shortly after I finished > the update one of my employees walked in to ask me something. I > happily told her "Look, the iPhone that was lying in the snow > for 4 months is working". I held it up and swiped around and > Voiceover was chattering. Then she said "OK, but what about the > screen". I asked "Why, what about the screen" and she said > that it was totally and utterly black. At first I thought that > was no problem, maybe the screen curtain was on. I did a > 3-finger triple tap, but to my dismay Voiceover said "Screen > curtain on" and not "off". I did it again and Voiceover > confirmed the screen curtain was now off. I checked the > brightness and even increased it to 100%, but she said it just > was showing a completely black screen. > > So, I guess for the time it's now truly an iPhone for the blind, > it works perfectly, I made a Skype call on it to my Mom and both > speaker and microphones seem to work just fine, but the screen > seems to be not working. It will be interesting to see if in the > next few days it comes back. Anyhow, it so happens that my wife > and I have to go to Vancouver next week so I'll take it an Apple > Store and get it replaced since I have Apple Care Plus and it's > of course totally worth it to pay the $130 Canadian which is what > an accidental damage replacement costs. Let's hope the screen > doesn't start working by then *smile* > > The end. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V > iPhone list.. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this > list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, > please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than > posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is > Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V > iPhone list.. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this > list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, > please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than > posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is > Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V > iPhone list.. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this > list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, > please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than > posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is > Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list.. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn > - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list.. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn > - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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