Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Kwork]

I'm a few days late here, but wow! I'm quite surprised it even partially works, 
enough to be used by a blind person anyway. I wonder if the camera works? How 
about the microphone? Headphone jack? Very interesting anyway. Thanks for the 
update.
Travis
- Original Message - 
From: Sieghard Weitzel 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 


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RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I doubt the snow made a difference, it’s the temperatures which for a few 
nights went down close to minus 40, that means whatever is in the battery would 
have been frozen absolutely rock solid and after all, these temperatures exceed 
not only the recommended safe operating temperatures but also the storage 
temperatures by quite a margin.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Woody Anna Dresner
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:52 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Hi,

I dropped an iPod into a bathtub once, and the battery was never the same 
again, though otherwise it worked fine. So I'm not surprised that the battery 
didn't survive the snow very well. I'm very glad the phone is under Apple Care 
protection.

Cheers,
Anna



On Apr 25, 2016, at 11:55 PM, Joseph Hudson 
<jhud7...@gmail.com<mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Oh wow, sounds interesting. I never imagined that the battery we'll start 
acting like that but I guess that's what you get after it's been sitting in the 
snow for over a good six months.
Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com<mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
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Telephone
2543007667
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On Apr 25, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Sieghard Weitzel 
<siegh...@live.ca<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

Hi Joseph,

Maybe, but I have also noticed now that the battery drains very quickly. The 
phone doesn’t have an active SIM in it so it’s basically an iPod Touch and if, 
for example, you put an iPhone in Airplane mode even if you turn WiFi back on, 
the battery life is a lot longer. Yesterday I took the 6S off the charger at 
6:30 in the morning and all I did was listen to Audible a bunch. By 8:30 PM (14 
hours later) I was down to 13% and that is definitely not normal. Before I had 
the iPhpone fully charged and it was just sitting on my night table with the 
screen locked and when I picked it up 24 hours or a bit more later it was 
actually dead and I had to plug it in again. I will definitely request that the 
entire phone is replaced.


Regards,
Sieghard

From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Hudson
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:15 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Wow, very unbelievable. I'm glad that it's working. I bet you all they'll 
probably need to do is replace the screen on the iPhone and it'll possibly 
start working again.
Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com<mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
I device support
Telephone
2543007667
Skype
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On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel 
<siegh...@live.ca<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

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 awa

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Woody Anna Dresner]

Hi,

I dropped an iPod into a bathtub once, and the battery was never the same 
again, though otherwise it worked fine. So I'm not surprised that the battery 
didn't survive the snow very well. I'm very glad the phone is under Apple Care 
protection.

Cheers,
Anna



> On Apr 25, 2016, at 11:55 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh wow, sounds interesting. I never imagined that the battery we'll start 
> acting like that but I guess that's what you get after it's been sitting in 
> the snow for over a good six months.
> Joseph Hudson
> Email
> jhud7...@gmail.com <mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
> I device support
> Telephone
> 2543007667
> Skype
> joseph.hudson89 facebook
> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 
> <https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404>
> Twitter
> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 <https://twitter.com/josephhudson89> 
> 
> FaceTime/iMessage
> jhud7...@yahoo.com <mailto:jhud7...@yahoo.com>
>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca 
>> <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Joseph,
>>  
>> Maybe, but I have also noticed now that the battery drains very quickly. The 
>> phone doesn’t have an active SIM in it so it’s basically an iPod Touch and 
>> if, for example, you put an iPhone in Airplane mode even if you turn WiFi 
>> back on, the battery life is a lot longer. Yesterday I took the 6S off the 
>> charger at 6:30 in the morning and all I did was listen to Audible a bunch. 
>> By 8:30 PM (14 hours later) I was down to 13% and that is definitely not 
>> normal. Before I had the iPhpone fully charged and it was just sitting on my 
>> night table with the screen locked and when I picked it up 24 hours or a bit 
>> more later it was actually dead and I had to plug it in again. I will 
>> definitely request that the entire phone is replaced.
>>  
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On 
>> Behalf Of Joseph Hudson
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:15 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 
>> 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt
>>  
>> Wow, very unbelievable. I'm glad that it's working. I bet you all they'll 
>> probably need to do is replace the screen on the iPhone and it'll possibly 
>> start working again.
>> Joseph Hudson
>> Email
>> jhud7...@gmail.com <mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
>> I device support
>> Telephone
>> 2543007667
>> Skype
>> joseph.hudson89 facebook
>> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 
>> <https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404>
>> Twitter
>> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 <https://twitter.com/josephhudson89> 
>>  
>> FaceTime/iMessage
>> jhud7...@yahoo.com <mailto:jhud7...@yahoo.com>
>>  
>> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca 
>> <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
>>  
>> 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 butt

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Joseph Hudson]

Oh wow, sounds interesting. I never imagined that the battery we'll start 
acting like that but I guess that's what you get after it's been sitting in the 
snow for over a good six months.
Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com <mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
I device support
Telephone
2543007667
Skype
joseph.hudson89 facebook
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 
<https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404>
Twitter
https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 

FaceTime/iMessage
jhud7...@yahoo.com <mailto:jhud7...@yahoo.com>
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joseph,
>  
> Maybe, but I have also noticed now that the battery drains very quickly. The 
> phone doesn’t have an active SIM in it so it’s basically an iPod Touch and 
> if, for example, you put an iPhone in Airplane mode even if you turn WiFi 
> back on, the battery life is a lot longer. Yesterday I took the 6S off the 
> charger at 6:30 in the morning and all I did was listen to Audible a bunch. 
> By 8:30 PM (14 hours later) I was down to 13% and that is definitely not 
> normal. Before I had the iPhpone fully charged and it was just sitting on my 
> night table with the screen locked and when I picked it up 24 hours or a bit 
> more later it was actually dead and I had to plug it in again. I will 
> definitely request that the entire phone is replaced.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Joseph Hudson
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:15 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 
> 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt
>  
> Wow, very unbelievable. I'm glad that it's working. I bet you all they'll 
> probably need to do is replace the screen on the iPhone and it'll possibly 
> start working again.
> Joseph Hudson
> Email
> jhud7...@gmail.com <mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
> I device support
> Telephone
> 2543007667
> Skype
> joseph.hudson89 facebook
> https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 
> <https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404>
> Twitter
> https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 <https://twitter.com/josephhudson89> 
>  
> FaceTime/iMessage
> jhud7...@yahoo.com <mailto:jhud7...@yahoo.com>
>  
> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca 
> <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:
>  
> 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 downloa

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Joseph,

Maybe, but I have also noticed now that the battery drains very quickly. The 
phone doesn’t have an active SIM in it so it’s basically an iPod Touch and if, 
for example, you put an iPhone in Airplane mode even if you turn WiFi back on, 
the battery life is a lot longer. Yesterday I took the 6S off the charger at 
6:30 in the morning and all I did was listen to Audible a bunch. By 8:30 PM (14 
hours later) I was down to 13% and that is definitely not normal. Before I had 
the iPhpone fully charged and it was just sitting on my night table with the 
screen locked and when I picked it up 24 hours or a bit more later it was 
actually dead and I had to plug it in again. I will definitely request that the 
entire phone is replaced.


Regards,
Sieghard

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Joseph Hudson
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:15 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Wow, very unbelievable. I'm glad that it's working. I bet you all they'll 
probably need to do is replace the screen on the iPhone and it'll possibly 
start working again.
Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com<mailto:jhud7...@gmail.com>
I device support
Telephone
2543007667
Skype
joseph.hudson89 facebook
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404
Twitter
https://twitter.com/josephhudson89

FaceTime/iMessage
jhud7...@yahoo.com<mailto:jhud7...@yahoo.com>

On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel 
<siegh...@live.ca<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

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 wo

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Joseph Hudson]

Wow, very unbelievable. I'm glad that it's working. I bet you all they'll 
probably need to do is replace the screen on the iPhone and it'll possibly 
start working again.
Joseph Hudson
Email
jhud7...@gmail.com 
I device support
Telephone
2543007667
Skype
joseph.hudson89 facebook
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 

Twitter
https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 

FaceTime/iMessage
jhud7...@yahoo.com 
> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
> 
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Accessible games [was "Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt"]

[Christopher Chaltain]

You can also check out applevis.com for lists and reviews of accessible 
games for IOS.


On 25/04/16 02:30, Afik Sofir wrote:

Liel

First of all, Thanks.

Second, my name spelled with K and no CK.

I'll look for Blindfold games now and let you know.

Afik

*From:*viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On
Behalf Of *?Liel Ben Simon ליאל בן סימון?‎
*Sent:* Monday, April 25, 2016 10:27 AM
*To:* viphone@googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost
iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Hi afick. there are accessible games for iPhone. try to look for
blindfold on the appstore. they have manny games that they are developed
for ios.

Sent from  my iphone


‫ב-25 באפר׳ 2016, בשעה 2:40, ‏‏Regina
Alvarado‏<reggie.alvar...@gmail.com <mailto:reggie.alvar...@gmail.com>>
כתב/ה:

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 <jpanar...@gmail.com
<mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com>> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com <mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com>

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
<richardturne...@outlook.com
<mailto:richardturne...@outlook.com>> 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:*viphone@googlegroups.com
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]*On
Behalf Of*Sieghard Weitzel
*Sent:*Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
*To:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
    *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

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[‫Liel Ben Simon ליאל בן סימון‬‎]

oh! tanks for my misspelling. there are several games that i can recommend for 
you.
try audio rally ricing  I lill send link to here. 
Audio Rally Racing EN by ivan venturi
https://appsto.re/il/CHkU9.i


Sent from  my iphone

‫ב-25 באפר׳ 2016, בשעה 10:30, ‏‏Afik Sofir ‏<afik.so...@gmail.com> כתב/ה:‬

>  
> Liel
>  
> First of all, Thanks.
> Second, my name spelled with K and no CK.
> I'll look for Blindfold games now and let you know.
>  
> Afik
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> ?Liel Ben Simon ליאל בן סימון?‎
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:27 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 
> 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt
>  
> Hi afick. there are accessible games for iPhone. try to look for blindfold on 
> the appstore. they have manny games that they are developed for ios.
> 
> Sent from  my iphone
> 
> ‫ב-25 באפר׳ 2016, בשעה 2:40, ‏‏Regina Alvarado ‏<reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> 
> כתב/ה:
> 
>  
> 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 <jpanar...@gmail.com> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com
> 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 <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> 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 &

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Afik Sofir]

 

Liel

 

First of all, Thanks. 

Second, my name spelled with K and no CK.

I'll look for Blindfold games now and let you know.

 

Afik

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
?Liel Ben Simon ליאל בן סימון?‎
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

 

Hi afick. there are accessible games for iPhone. try to look for blindfold on 
the appstore. they have manny games that they are developed for ios.

Sent from  my iphone


‫ב-25 באפר׳ 2016, בשעה 2:40, ‏‏Regina Alvarado ‏< 
<mailto:reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> כתב/ה:

 

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 <jpanar...@gmail.com> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com

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 <richardturne...@outlook.com> 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:  <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com [ 
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To:  <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> viphone@googlegroups.com
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

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[‫Liel Ben Simon ליאל בן סימון‬‎]

Hi afick. there are accessible games for iPhone. try to look for blindfold on 
the appstore. they have manny games that they are developed for ios.

Sent from  my iphone

‫ב-25 באפר׳ 2016, בשעה 2:40, ‏‏Regina Alvarado ‏<reggie.alvar...@gmail.com> 
כתב/ה:‬

> 
> 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 <jpanar...@gmail.com> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com
> 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 <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
>> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> 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

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Regina Alvarado]

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 <jpanar...@gmail.com> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com
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 <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> 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 

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Connie,

I actually sort of hope it doesn’t start working. While everything else seems 
to work, one never knows if being exposed to such low temperatures and all that 
isn’t going to cause problems down the road. I have to do a bit more testing, 
but last night when I came home the battery was dead. I had charged the phone 
all the way on Friday afternoon and it was basically just sitting there locked 
for 24 hours so I wonder if the battery was damaged maybe by being frozen to 
-40 degrees. I charged it again over night and right now (a little less than 2 
hours) the battery percentage is sitting at 97% which doesn’t seem strange. 
I’ll use it today to listen to Audible quite a bit and see where it is later 
this afternoon or eveing. Since the phone has a SIM which is not activated it 
is basically an iPod Touch right now and it really shouldn’t use up that much 
battery just for audio playback.


Regards,
Sieghard

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
cmohney1...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 6:52 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Hi Sieghard,
How cool that your iPhone is working.  With any luck the screen will start 
working so you won't have to replace the phone.
Connie

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 23, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Cristóbal 
<crismuno...@gmail.com<mailto:crismuno...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Smells like an email to the TII podcast is merited.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
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 

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Cristobal,

I did actually send this to Rob. Haven’t heard back from him. I guess we’ll see 
if he mentions it on one of the next Podcasts. At this point there is still no 
change, the phone works but no screen.

Regards,
Sieghard

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Cristóbal
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 6:18 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Smells like an email to the TII podcast is merited.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

The end.


Regards,
Sieghard

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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

['Sandratomkins' via VIPhone]

Sieghard,

Congratulations! Something that strikes me though, is: between now and the time 
that you get the screen replaced, will you use the phone and discover if your 
battery life is greatly extended? in the past, we have all discussed the 
efficacy of the screen curtain as a  battery life saver, Some saying it makes 
no difference and some saying it does. my position, for what it is worth, is 
that it does make a difference based on the following: I have a case for my 
phone which has a fold over flap which covers the screen, if I am listening to 
a book, say, at night, using earphones, I have the phone with the screen flap 
closed under my pillow, if I have the screen curtain off, the phone gets very 
warm. if I have the screen curtain on, phone gets noticeably less warm. as heat 
is an indication of expended energy, I can only assume that less  energy is 
being used by the phone. so, with your screen not working at all, we have the 
perfect opportunity to discover just what difference the screen makes for 
battery life. if it makes a substantial difference, it might be worth thinking 
about putting in an application to Apple to give us the toggle of turning the 
screen, completely, off.

just a thought, Sandy

sent from the dark side of the moon

> On 23 Apr 2016, at 18:43, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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 

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Margaret]

That’s amazing that your iPhone is still working after all that time and the 
different types of weather it was exposed to. At least you can still use it. 

 

Margaret 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Lois Butterfield
Sent: Sunday, 24 April 2016 3:54 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

 

Wow, that is nothing if not amazing.  Unbelievable.  Good for you.

 

Take care,

Lois

 

 

From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca>  

Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 1:43 PM

To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  

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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 

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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

['Simon w' via VIPhone]

Great story! Glad you got your phone back.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 23, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[cmohney1961]

Hi Sieghard,
How cool that your iPhone is working.  With any luck the screen will start 
working so you won't have to replace the phone.
Connie

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 23, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Cristóbal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Smells like an email to the TII podcast is merited.
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> 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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start 
> working by then *smile*
>  
> The end.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Woody Anna Dresner]

Hi Sighard,

How cool! I'm so glad it basically works. Maybe you can do a testimonial for 
Apple ☺️

Best,
Anna

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
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RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Cristóbal]

Smells like an email to the TII podcast is merited.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 

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RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

It was in a case from Evutec, they are super-thin cases which only cover the 
back and the sides and have just a little bit of a rim that sticks up higher 
than the screen so it doesn't scratch if you drop it on a regular smooth floor.
On their website they say "We’ve combined the strength of DuPont™ Kevlar® 
fibers with the beauty and sleekness of a case so thin, it may as well be a 
skin..".
They make a series of cases which have a wood veneer finish and I like them 
because they look pretty good, offer decent protection from normal drops 
without adding much bulk and they fit in most slightly over-size hip holsters. 
In any case, it was by no means in something like an Otterbox Defender or 
Lifeproof case, with the Evutec case there is no screen protector and the 
charging port, headphone jack and speaker/microphone grills are completely 
exposed.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Shermeen Khan
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

wow. I definitely lurk on this list, but it has been entirely
worthwhile just to read this story! Unbelieveable! And I do hope you
tell us what happens next. I am impressed, as I once dropped my IPhone
5 in a toilet (it was in the back pocket of my jeans, never again,
ugh), and nothing could save it. I echo the curiosity about what case
it was in, if it was in one at all.

Shermeen


On 4/23/16, Lea W Langley <wrenlang...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi Sieghard, it is wonderful that your phone is working, and I'm so glad for
> you. That is such an amazing story. It might even make the news God bless,
>
> Wren Langley
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>>
>> 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 Voiceove

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Apple Care Plus covers 2 accidental damage replacements, it doesn't matter if 
you drop it in the toilet or drive over it with the car. A Couple of years ago 
I fell on my 5S and bend it and received a replacement for a $79.99 fee. The 
fee for the 6S and 6S Plus has gone up to $129.99 just as Apple Care Plus has 
gone up significantly from $99.99 to $169.99. Some of this is due to the lower 
value of the Canadian Dollar, but the price has also gone up in the States 
simply because the phones are more expensive.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Ben Mustill-Rose
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

Does Apple care plus cover water damage? Hope it all works out for you!

On 4/23/16, Kim Samco <ksa...@me.com> wrote:
> OMG!  This is a great story!  Thanks for bringing us up to date.
>
> Kim
>
>
>> On Apr 23, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>>
>> 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

Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Shermeen Khan]

wow. I definitely lurk on this list, but it has been entirely
worthwhile just to read this story! Unbelieveable! And I do hope you
tell us what happens next. I am impressed, as I once dropped my IPhone
5 in a toilet (it was in the back pocket of my jeans, never again,
ugh), and nothing could save it. I echo the curiosity about what case
it was in, if it was in one at all.

Shermeen


On 4/23/16, Lea W Langley  wrote:
> Hi Sieghard, it is wonderful that your phone is working, and I'm so glad for
> you. That is such an amazing story. It might even make the news God bless,
>
> Wren Langley
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
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>> list.
>>
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>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Lea W Langley]

Hi Sieghard, it is wonderful that your phone is working, and I'm so glad for 
you. That is such an amazing story. It might even make the news God bless,

Wren Langley

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Ben Mustill-Rose]

Does Apple care plus cover water damage? Hope it all works out for you!

On 4/23/16, Kim Samco  wrote:
> OMG!  This is a great story!  Thanks for bringing us up to date.
>
> Kim
>
>
>> On Apr 23, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Kim Samco]

OMG!  This is a great story!  Thanks for bringing us up to date.

Kim


> On Apr 23, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> 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
>  
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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

['carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone]

I'm delighted at this news and do wonder what Apple will say to this adventure! 
Yes, be sure you let them know!:)

I hope that either the screen just starts working again or that you're able to 
replace it very soon.

Meantime, we're so pleased to hear the news!:)

Carol P


- Original Message -
From: Sieghard Weitzel  <siegh...@live.ca>
To:  viphone@googlegroups.com
CC: 
Date: Saturday, 23 April 2016 6.43 pm
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 com40 Celsius/Fahrenheit 
> and as warm as 620 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 ininsmile*
>  
> The end.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard 
>  
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RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Richard Turner]

Sieghard,

Was the phone in a case?  If so, which case?

 

Richard

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 

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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[John Panarese]

  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, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer

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> On Apr 23, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf 
> Of Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>
> 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

RE: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Richard Turner]

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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10:43 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 

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Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Lois Butterfield]

Wow, that is nothing if not amazing.  Unbelievable.  Good for you.

Take care,
Lois


From: Sieghard Weitzel 
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 1:43 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
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. Let’s hope the screen doesn’t start working by then *smile*

 

The end.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard 

 

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The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

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

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