Yes, I agree. Apple should use your story as a marketing tool. LOL! Happy for you that it was found, and just for the sheer joy of the oohs and ahhs of the people in the Apple store either tell the story or bring your email.
reggie & Lex On Apr 23, 2016, at 2:01 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: I agree. That is one of those things Apple should brag about. It would be even more awesome if the screen started working again on its own. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Apr 23, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think you should print out your Email and take it with you t the Apple > store. > If only the screen was damaged, that is a totally amazing story of durability. > > They should give you a free replacement just on that account. Not really, > but in a perfect world … > > Richard > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S > has 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. 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