That is good news, Joshua. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 2:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience
Thanks for all your encouragement. My phone is working fine. I have made several calls since the incident happened, and have also used a bluetooth speaker and headset. Glad to know my iPhone is tougher then I first thought. On 5/1/20, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > That is so totally cool! > > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. > *My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when > I pee > > it cleans the toilet. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sieghard Weitzel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2020 9:44 PM > Subject: RE: just had a very scary iPhone experience > > > It really isn't a big deal especially with anything like the iPhone 8 > which > > Josh has and newer. The iPhone 8 has a rating of IP67 which means you > can actually submerse it under 3 feet of water for 30 minutes and it > should not > > hurt the phone. Of course while Apple tests this, they wouldn't > recommend you routinely do this, but just in case if it did fall into > a full bath tub > > and you took it out nothing bad would happen. The latest iPhones are > actually IP68 which means they can stand submersion under 2 meters (a > bit over 6 and a half feet) for I think 30 minutes or 1 hour. > Some of you may remember the story of my 6S Plus which I got after it > was released in September 2016. Then at Christmas I visited my family > in northern British Columbia, went for a walk when it was -30 degrees > out and promptly lost my phone. Despite hours of search along the > approx. three quarter long driveway (my family has a working ranch in > a very remote area) > > nobody found the phone. About 4 month later in mid April when the snow > was gone my brother had another look and easily found it only feet > away from where they all looked before, it was lying in the mud, by > then it had gotten > > warmer, during the winter it got warmer, it got cold again, it snowed > and it > > rained and all in all you'd think the phone would be dead. I told my > brother > > to stick it in a bag of rice and to mail it to me, by the time he went > to town and I received about a week passed and as soon as I got it I > simply plugged it in. At first nothing at all happened and I got busy > at my store, > > then a couple of hours later I came back in the office and not > expecting anything I pushed the side button, Voiceover came on loud > and clear asking for my PIN, as soon as I put it in the phone went > crazy with dozens of notifications, messages and emails coming in. > Since by then I had gotten a new phone this meant the SIM card was > deactivated, yet after all this time in the harsh elements the phone > connected to my store's WiFi and at first I > > thought all was working, in fact, I could make Facetime calls and all > seemed > > normal. This lasted until I told one of my sighted employees with > great astonishment that my phone had been found and was still working, > but then he > > said that the screen was black. At first I thought screen curtain was > on, but it was not and nothing we did made any difference. In other > words, the phone was working normally except that the screen was > obviously not working > > at all and later when I took it to an Apple store and they ran > diagnostics they also told me the camera seemed to be damaged as well. > The long story ended with me being able to get a replacement iPhone 6S > Plus from Apple for > > a relatively small fee under the Apple Care Plus coverage I had > purchased when I bought the phone, but still I thought it was pretty > cool it survived > > this long period lying out in the open in harsh weather even though it > didn't survive 100%, but all the touch gestures were working, all the > radios > > from WiFi to Bluetooth and so on were working, just the display > apparently was damaged as was the camera. I wouldn't be surprised if > all would have been fine had this been an iPhone 8 or even an XR, XS, 11 or > 11 Pro. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > ----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Maria > > Reyes > Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 9:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: just had a very scary iPhone experience > > you should be good. I know when I knocked my phone off the counter > into the > > sink while the water was running I removed it right away and dried the > screen off. luckily my phone had a screen protector on it. It seems > fine after a few months since that incident happened. I took of the > screen protector and case and shook the phone just to make sure all > the water had come out. the speaker sounded funny for a few hours but > they went back to normal. > > sent from the iPhone 11 Pro > >> On May 1, 2020, at 10:24 PM, Joshua Hendrickson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I wasn't told how long to wait. I finished my book and I had my >> iPhone resting face down for at least a couple of hours, maybe longer. >> It feels completely dry and isn't sticky at all. >> >>> On 5/1/20, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You likely do not have to do anything more if that is all they said >>> to do. >>> You could call them back after it has set there for a good long >>> time; or did he say how long to wait? >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from >>> happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good." >>> >>> Sent with the iPhone SE 2020 >>> www.turner42.com >>> >>> >>> On May 1, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Joshua Hendrickson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi to all. Today while having a late lunch, I accidentally spilled >>> a cup of soda and some of the soda got on my iPhone. I quickly >>> turned off my iPhone and dried it off with a towel. I turned on my >>> iPhone and it did come back on. The speaker at the top of my iPhone >>> didn't sound all that good. I listened to a bit of my book using my >>> bluetooth headphones and I then called apple. I was told to place >>> my phone face down on a lint free cloth and let any liquid run out >>> of my iPhone. My iPhone doesn't feel sticky at all which I guess is >>> a good thing. I used a clean t-shirt from my drawer and my iPhone >>> is now sitting face down on the t-shirt. What else should I do? I >>> think my iPhone is okay since when I called apple, I could hear the >>> person okay since I was using my iPhone on regular speaker. >>> >>> -- >>> Joshua Hendrickson >>> >>> Joshua Hendrickson >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>> iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this >>> list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please >>> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the >>> list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected]. 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