Glad your phone is OK. If someone has such an accident with an older phone or wants to be sure, pour rice into a bag or a box, put your phone in the rice for a day or two and it should be dry and good as new.
On 5/2/20, Joshua Hendrickson <louv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all your encouragement. My phone is working fine. I have > made several calls since the incident happened, and have also used a > bluetooth speaker and headset. Glad to know my iPhone is tougher then > I first thought. > > On 5/1/20, Mike B. <mb69ma...@fastmail.com> 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 surprised if all would have >> been fine had this been an iPhone 8 or even an XR, XS, 11 or 11 Pro. >> >> Best regards, >> Sieghard >> >> ----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> Maria >> >> Reyes >> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 9:16 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience >> >> you should be good. I know when I knocked my phone off the counter into >> the >> >> sink while the water was running I removed it right away and dried the >> screen off. luckily my phone had a screen protector on it. It seems fine >> after a few months since that incident happened. I took of the screen >> protector and case and shook the phone just to make sure all the water >> had >> come out. the speaker sounded funny for a few hours but they went back to >> normal. >> >> sent from the iPhone 11 Pro >> >>> On May 1, 2020, at 10:24 PM, Joshua Hendrickson <louv...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I wasn't told how long to wait. I finished my book and I had my >>> iPhone resting face down for at least a couple of hours, maybe longer. >>> It feels completely dry and isn't sticky at all. >>> >>>> On 5/1/20, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: >>>> You likely do not have to do anything more if that is all they said to >>>> do. >>>> You could call them back after it has set there for a good long time; >>>> or did he say how long to wait? >>>> >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from >>>> happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good." >>>> >>>> Sent with the iPhone SE 2020 >>>> www.turner42.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 1, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Joshua Hendrickson <louv...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi to all. Today while having a late lunch, I accidentally spilled >>>> a cup of soda and some of the soda got on my iPhone. I quickly >>>> turned off my iPhone and dried it off with a towel. I turned on my >>>> iPhone and it did come back on. The speaker at the top of my iPhone >>>> didn't sound all that good. I listened to a bit of my book using my >>>> bluetooth headphones and I then called apple. I was told to place my >>>> phone face down on a lint free cloth and let any liquid run out of my >>>> iPhone. My iPhone doesn't feel sticky at all which I guess is a good >>>> thing. I used a clean t-shirt from my drawer and my iPhone is now >>>> sitting face down on the t-shirt. What else should I do? I think my >>>> iPhone is okay since when I called apple, I could hear the person >>>> okay since I was using my iPhone on regular speaker. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joshua Hendrickson >>>> >>>> Joshua Hendrickson >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. Mark can be reached at: >>>> mk...@ucla.edu. 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