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

[Kwork]

Sieghard, thanks for this next, and probably last chapter, of your story. Even 
if ultimately not entirely successful, it'll give you a good talking point for 
some time to come. smile.
Travis
- Original Message - 
From: Sieghard Weitzel 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 9:14 PM
Subject: iPhone replaced, was: The final chapter - The story continues... Long 
lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt


Hi Travis and Listers,

 

Interesting you asked about the camera. Here now is really the final part of 
this unfortunate episode.

 

My wife and I had to go to Vancouver on Wednesday which is where the closest 
Apple Store is to where we live even though it’s an hour and 40 minutes flight. 
Anyhow, I had made a genious bar appointment at 6 PM and explained to the nice 
young lady who was helping me what happened. I did tell her she might want to 
bring this to the attention of her manager and tell him/her that this phone had 
been outside in the snow and cold and rain for 4 months and that maybe Apple 
might be interested to examine it more closely. Whether she did I have no idea 
and it’s out of my hands now. Since I was able to use the phone with Voiceover 
she wanted to run a diagnostic on it. According to that the camera was also 
damaged/not working and of course the screen. Interestingly enough the battery 
test came back good even though I felt it discharged very quickly. I asked her 
if she could tell whether there was water damage and she said the diagnostic 
didn’t show that and she would have to look at the SIM tray for that. 
Apparently the SIM tray is treated with some sort of material which turns pink 
when it’s exposed to water. This of course is an easy way for Apple to check 
for water damage since the SIM tray is easily accessible and one place where 
water would of course enter almost immediately. I told her not to bother 
because one of my employees commented on the fact that the SIM tray was pink 
when I pulled it out after receiving the phone so apparently water had 
definitely entered the phone.

 

There was no issue getting the phone replaced on Apple Care which we did and we 
now have a new iPhone 6S which my wife is going to use. This will mean that 
we’ll most likely sell her iPhone 6 64 Gb Silver which I bought for her at the 
end of January last year after she came to Canada from the Philippines. I still 
have to get Telus to unlock it, but that shouldn’t be a problem at this point.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Kwork
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

 

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

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

[cmohney1961]

Hi, I'm glad you were able to get your iPhone  replaced.
Connie 

Sent from my iPod

> On Apr 30, 2016, at 12:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Travis and Listers,
>  
> Interesting you asked about the camera. Here now is really the final part of 
> this unfortunate episode.
>  
> My wife and I had to go to Vancouver on Wednesday which is where the closest 
> Apple Store is to where we live even though it’s an hour and 40 minutes 
> flight. Anyhow, I had made a genious bar appointment at 6 PM and explained to 
> the nice young lady who was helping me what happened. I did tell her she 
> might want to bring this to the attention of her manager and tell him/her 
> that this phone had been outside in the snow and cold and rain for 4 months 
> and that maybe Apple might be interested to examine it more closely. Whether 
> she did I have no idea and it’s out of my hands now. Since I was able to use 
> the phone with Voiceover she wanted to run a diagnostic on it. According to 
> that the camera was also damaged/not working and of course the screen. 
> Interestingly enough the battery test came back good even though I felt it 
> discharged very quickly. I asked her if she could tell whether there was 
> water damage and she said the diagnostic didn’t show that and she would have 
> to look at the SIM tray for that. Apparently the SIM tray is treated with 
> some sort of material which turns pink when it’s exposed to water. This of 
> course is an easy way for Apple to check for water damage since the SIM tray 
> is easily accessible and one place where water would of course enter almost 
> immediately. I told her not to bother because one of my employees commented 
> on the fact that the SIM tray was pink when I pulled it out after receiving 
> the phone so apparently water had definitely entered the phone.
>  
> There was no issue getting the phone replaced on Apple Care which we did and 
> we now have a new iPhone 6S which my wife is going to use. This will mean 
> that we’ll most likely sell her iPhone 6 64 Gb Silver which I bought for her 
> at the end of January last year after she came to Canada from the 
> Philippines. I still have to get Telus to unlock it, but that shouldn’t be a 
> problem at this point.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kwork
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:27 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 
> 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt
>  
> 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 s

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

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Travis and Listers,

Interesting you asked about the camera. Here now is really the final part of 
this unfortunate episode.

My wife and I had to go to Vancouver on Wednesday which is where the closest 
Apple Store is to where we live even though it’s an hour and 40 minutes flight. 
Anyhow, I had made a genious bar appointment at 6 PM and explained to the nice 
young lady who was helping me what happened. I did tell her she might want to 
bring this to the attention of her manager and tell him/her that this phone had 
been outside in the snow and cold and rain for 4 months and that maybe Apple 
might be interested to examine it more closely. Whether she did I have no idea 
and it’s out of my hands now. Since I was able to use the phone with Voiceover 
she wanted to run a diagnostic on it. According to that the camera was also 
damaged/not working and of course the screen. Interestingly enough the battery 
test came back good even though I felt it discharged very quickly. I asked her 
if she could tell whether there was water damage and she said the diagnostic 
didn’t show that and she would have to look at the SIM tray for that. 
Apparently the SIM tray is treated with some sort of material which turns pink 
when it’s exposed to water. This of course is an easy way for Apple to check 
for water damage since the SIM tray is easily accessible and one place where 
water would of course enter almost immediately. I told her not to bother 
because one of my employees commented on the fact that the SIM tray was pink 
when I pulled it out after receiving the phone so apparently water had 
definitely entered the phone.

There was no issue getting the phone replaced on Apple Care which we did and we 
now have a new iPhone 6S which my wife is going to use. This will mean that 
we’ll most likely sell her iPhone 6 64 Gb Silver which I bought for her at the 
end of January last year after she came to Canada from the Philippines. I still 
have to get Telus to unlock it, but that shouldn’t be a problem at this point.


Regards,
Sieghard

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Kwork
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S 
has finally resurfaced after snow melt

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<mailto:siegh...@live.ca>
To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto: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 

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>
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 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
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 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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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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>  
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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.


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

[Mickey Quenzer]

Hi:
Just curious did your phone have a case?
I'll be really interested to see if it works.
Good luck!

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> On Apr 19, 2016, at 7:38 PM, Joseph Hudson  wrote:
> 
> Hello, I'm glad to see that your old iPhone has finally resurfaced, however, 
> I will be interested to hear whether it actually still works once it is been 
> sitting in Rice for a week.
>> On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>>  
>> just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
>> yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the 
>> side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back 
>> then. My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost 
>> right away when he went back there.
>> From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>> course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>> Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>> pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>> that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>> electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>> ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>> long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>> will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at 
>> that point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most 
>> likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll 
>> just plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should 
>> still be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan 
>> even if I have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or 
>> $160 or something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting 
>> another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.
>>  
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>>  
>> 
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Re: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Joseph Hudson]

Hello, I'm glad to see that your old iPhone has finally resurfaced, however, I 
will be interested to hear whether it actually still works once it is been 
sitting in Rice for a week.
> On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
> yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the 
> side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. 
> My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away 
> when he went back there.
> From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
> course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
> Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
> pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
> that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
> electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
> ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
> long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
> will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at 
> that point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most 
> likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll 
> just plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still 
> be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I 
> have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or 
> something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new 
> iPhone 6S 64 Gb.
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Re: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Kwork]

Me too. It would be something if it did work.
- Original Message - 
From: Robin Frost 
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt


Hi,
Oh thank you for the update as I had wondered from time to time about it. do 
let us know how it behaves once it reaches you.  I’ll vote for it coming to 
life just for the sheer fun of thinking it could (smile).
Best of luck getting it ultimately sorted.
Robin


From: Sieghard Weitzel 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

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

[Terrie Terlau]

Hi Sieghard,

Adding my interest and good wishes to those of others for your  phone. Once I 
lost a Braille ‘n Speak; someone in my apartment complex found it after the 
snow melted (though not as long-lasting as your snow) and put it on a tree 
stump. A friend of mine sqaw it there and brought it to me. I didn’t know about 
rice then so I let it sit a week – and it worked well for the next few years. 
All this is to say that your phone stands a good chance!

Let us know.

Terrie

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

 

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

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

[Merv Keck]

Congratulations on finding your phone, smile! I worry about losing my 6S+ or 
drowning it down here in Florida which is the more likely hazard for me. 
Yesterday I got caught about a half mile out in a storm wearing my apple watch 
and my phone and I was more worried about the tech than my neck, laughs!

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Robin Frost
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 1:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

 

Hi,

Oh thank you for the update as I had wondered from time to time about it. do 
let us know how it behaves once it reaches you.  I’ll vote for it coming to 
life just for the sheer fun of thinking it could (smile).

Best of luck getting it ultimately sorted.

Robin

 

 

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

Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM

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

Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

 

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

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

[Connie Mohney]

I'll say it will since it will be in rice for a week.
Connie

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Pinky
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

We should get a pool going on whether the phone will work or not.
Ed

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rajmund
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,
While the phone has nothing to do with me, I do hope it works.  
That would be kind of
unbelievable.
Sent from a BrailleNote

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Date sent: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:48:55 -0700
Subject: RE: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi Sieghard,



If the phone works, you should send the story to all the news outlets and 
Apple.  That would top even the most outlandish Timex watch story.



Richard





From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt



Hi,



just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday.  I lost it during a walk on December 22.  
It was just off to the side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole 
hour looking back then.  My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he 
saw it almost right away when he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it.  Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working.  I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining.  At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed.  They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me.  By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I'll just plug 
>it in and see what happens.  If it is completely dead I should still be able 
>to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to 
>pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it's $130 or $160 or something like 
>that here in Canada.  Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.





Regards,

Sieghard



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

[Lea W Langley]

Hi all,

Seighard,
You are always so nice and so helpful to all of us. I am hoping that your phone 
will work.
I am an optimist, so with Al I have, I am voting but the phone will work. 
Someone as nice as you are deserves a break like this. Best of luck to you with 
the phone.
God bless,
Wren Langley  

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
> yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the 
> side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. 
> My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away 
> when he went back there.
> From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
> course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
> Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
> pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
> that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
> electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
> ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
> long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
> will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at 
> that point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most 
> likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll 
> just plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still 
> be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I 
> have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or 
> something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new 
> iPhone 6S 64 Gb.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
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RE: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[M. Taylor]

Hello Sieghard,

Thank you for this update.  

I was wondering what happened to that phone.

I look forward to the final chapter in which you tell us if the device still 
works or not (smile).

Mark



From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.
>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.


Regards,
Sieghard

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

[Alan Paganelli]

Yes, please do let us know if the phone comes to life.  My guess is that it 
will.  Good luck anyway!  I think I'll hold off on getting a new phone until 
the iPhone 7 comes out.


Alan

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> On Apr 16, 2016, at 10:25 AM, 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone 
>  wrote:
> 
> Well, we all want to know when it's working ... or at the very least when you 
> get an extra phone as a replacement!
> 
> Carol P
> 
> 
>> On 16/04/2016 16:34, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  
>> just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
>> yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the 
>> side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back 
>> then. My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost 
>> right away when he went back there.
>> From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>> course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>> Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>> pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>> that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>> electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>> ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>> long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>> will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at 
>> that point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most 
>> likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll 
>> just plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should 
>> still be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan 
>> even if I have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or 
>> $160 or something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting 
>> another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.
>>  
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
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Re: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

['Carol Pearson' via VIPhone]

Well, we all want to know when it's working ... or at the very least 
when you get an extra phone as a replacement!


Carol P


On 16/04/2016 16:34, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:


Hi,

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my 
iPhone 6S yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was 
just off to the side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole 
hour looking back then. My brother said now that the snow and ice is 
gone he saw it almost right away when he went back there.


From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on 
it. Of course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as 
low as -30 Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain 
showers since it is pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I 
guess one good thing is that the battery should be deader than dead 
and there is definitely no electricity remaining. At this point I told 
my brother to just stick it in a ziplock bag filled with rice so that 
any moisture is absorbed. They live a long way from any town on a 
cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it will not be until next 
Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that point my Mom 
will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely next 
Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just 
plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should 
still be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus 
plan even if I have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s 
$130 or $160 or something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile 
for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.


Regards,

Sieghard

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

[Robin Frost]

Hi,
Oh thank you for the update as I had wondered from time to time about it. do 
let us know how it behaves once it reaches you.  I’ll vote for it coming to 
life just for the sheer fun of thinking it could (smile).
Best of luck getting it ultimately sorted.
Robin


From: Sieghard Weitzel 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

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

[Pinky]

We should get a pool going on whether the phone will work or not.
Ed

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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
rajmund
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,
While the phone has nothing to do with me, I do hope it works.  
That would be kind of
unbelievable.
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To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:48:55 -0700
Subject: RE: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi Sieghard,



If the phone works, you should send the story to all the news outlets and 
Apple.  That would top even the most outlandish Timex watch story.



Richard





From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt



Hi,



just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday.  I lost it during a walk on December 22.  
It was just off to the side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole 
hour looking back then.  My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he 
saw it almost right away when he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it.  Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working.  I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining.  At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed.  They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me.  By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I'll just plug 
>it in and see what happens.  If it is completely dead I should still be able 
>to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to 
>pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it's $130 or $160 or something like 
>that here in Canada.  Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.





Regards,

Sieghard



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

[rajmund]

Hi,
Actually, the hour is believable, but then again, depends on 
deepness, temperature, and whether the phone had a case.


Sent from a BrailleNote

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From: "Sherrie" <nanagoose4...@gmail.com
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:44:18 -0400
Subject: Re: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has 
finally resurfaced after snow melt


Please keep us informed.  There is a vid on YouTube about a guy 
who put one under water for over an hour and it worked so you 
never know! And yes, I know the video is likely not true, but 
interesting as I have a 6S as well.

Sherrie Gosling


From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally 
resurfaced after snow melt


Hi,



just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found 
my iPhone 6S yesterday.  I lost it during a walk on December 22.  
It was just off to the side a bit in a place where we spent 
probably a whole hour looking back then.  My brother said now 
that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when he 
went back there.


From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a 
scratch on it.  Of course after 4 months outside in the snow with 
temperatures as low as -30 Celsius and going through the snow 
melt and a few rain showers since it is pretty unlikely that the 
phone is still working.  I guess one good thing is that the 
battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
electricity remaining.  At this point I told my brother to just 
stick it in a ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture 
is absorbed.  They live a long way from any town on a cattle 
ranch in northern British Columbia so it will not be until next 
Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that point my 
Mom will send it back to me.  By the time I receive it (most 
likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I 
guess I'll just plug it in and see what happens.  If it is 
completely dead I should still be able to get a new phone from 
Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay whatever 
fee they now charge, I think it's $130 or $160 or something like 
that here in Canada.  Still worthwhile for getting another new 
iPhone 6S 64 Gb.






Regards,

Sieghard



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

[Sherrie]

Please keep us informed. There is a vid on YouTube about a guy who put one 
under water for over an hour and it worked so you never know! And yes, I know 
the video is likely not true, but interesting as I have a 6S as well.
Sherrie Gosling


From: Sieghard Weitzel 
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

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

[rajmund]

Hi,
While the phone has nothing to do with me, I do hope it works.  
That would be kind of

unbelievable.
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To: <viphone@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 08:48:55 -0700
Subject: RE: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has 
finally resurfaced after snow melt


Hi Sieghard,



If the phone works, you should send the story to all the news 
outlets and Apple.  That would top even the most outlandish Timex 
watch story.




Richard





From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel

Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues...  Long lost iPhone 6S has finally 
resurfaced after snow melt




Hi,



just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found 
my iPhone 6S yesterday.  I lost it during a walk on December 22.  
It was just off to the side a bit in a place where we spent 
probably a whole hour looking back then.  My brother said now 
that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when he 
went back there.


From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a 
scratch on it.  Of course after 4 months outside in the snow with 
temperatures as low as -30 Celsius and going through the snow 
melt and a few rain showers since it is pretty unlikely that the 
phone is still working.  I guess one good thing is that the 
battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
electricity remaining.  At this point I told my brother to just 
stick it in a ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture 
is absorbed.  They live a long way from any town on a cattle 
ranch in northern British Columbia so it will not be until next 
Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that point my 
Mom will send it back to me.  By the time I receive it (most 
likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I 
guess I'll just plug it in and see what happens.  If it is 
completely dead I should still be able to get a new phone from 
Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay whatever 
fee they now charge, I think it's $130 or $160 or something like 
that here in Canada.  Still worthwhile for getting another new 
iPhone 6S 64 Gb.






Regards,

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

[Gerald Mader]

Now the million-dollar question. Does the phone still work after being in the 
snow? That's very cool if it works.
Jerry Mader

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 16, 2016, at 11:48 AM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sieghard,
>  
> If the phone works, you should send the story to all the news outlets and 
> Apple.  That would top even the most outlandish Timex watch story.
>  
> Richard
>  
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
> after snow melt
>  
> Hi,
>  
> just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
> yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the 
> side a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. 
> My brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away 
> when he went back there.
> From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
> course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
> Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
> pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
> that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
> electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
> ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
> long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
> will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at 
> that point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most 
> likely next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll 
> just plug it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still 
> be able to get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I 
> have to pay whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or 
> something like that here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new 
> iPhone 6S 64 Gb.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
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RE: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Richard Turner]

Hi Sieghard,

 

If the phone works, you should send the story to all the news outlets and 
Apple.  That would top even the most outlandish Timex watch story.

 

Richard

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:34 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced 
after snow melt

 

Hi,

 

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.

>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I’ll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it’s $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.

 

 

Regards,

Sieghard

 

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The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi,

just wanted to let everybody know that my brother finally found my iPhone 6S 
yesterday. I lost it during a walk on December 22. It was just off to the side 
a bit in a place where we spent probably a whole hour looking back then. My 
brother said now that the snow and ice is gone he saw it almost right away when 
he went back there.
>From the outside the iPhone is in perfect condition, not a scratch on it. Of 
>course after 4 months outside in the snow with temperatures as low as -30 
>Celsius and going through the snow melt and a few rain showers since it is 
>pretty unlikely that the phone is still working. I guess one good thing is 
>that the battery should be deader than dead and there is definitely no 
>electricity remaining. At this point I told my brother to just stick it in a 
>ziplock bag filled with rice so that any moisture is absorbed. They live a 
>long way from any town on a cattle ranch in northern British Columbia so it 
>will not be until next Tuesday that somebody gets to a post office and at that 
>point my Mom will send it back to me. By the time I receive it (most likely 
>next Friday) it will have been in rice for a week and I guess I'll just plug 
>it in and see what happens. If it is completely dead I should still be able to 
>get a new phone from Apple with my Apple Care Plus plan even if I have to pay 
>whatever fee they now charge, I think it's $130 or $160 or something like that 
>here in Canada. Still worthwhile for getting another new iPhone 6S 64 Gb.


Regards,
Sieghard

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