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Post by gato on Apr 15, 2021 7:11:54 GMT -5
I've never dropped my iPhone in water. Dropped it on a tile floor once (crack!) but never in water. So, I've only listened with half an ear when phone-into-water droppings occur on TV shows. The "everybody knows" solution, is to immediately put the phone into a container of rice, which magically draws out the moisture. Badda bing, badda boom. Turns out this is one of the least workable solutions, especially with uncooked rice. Uncooked rice has a hard shell, which limits its absorbing ability. Instant rice and instant oatmeal does better. "instant products are steamed, which cracks starch. Starch, already known for its absorbent nature, becomes more porous thus taking in more water than usual." So does cat litter, for that matter, or silica gel packs, both of which do a better job than rice. Sigh..... just one more plot device shown to be drivel. This was almost as disappointing as when I found out that I can't just leap into a car on the street, slap the underside of the dash, and see two wires drop down, just begging to be twisted together to start the engine. All in about four seconds. smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/myth-debunked-uncooked-rice-isnt-best-way-save-your-water-damaged-phone-0154799/ |
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Post by HenryJ on Apr 15, 2021 7:30:41 GMT -5
Maybe off-topic, but when I was in consumer electronics retailing, it seems that Sprint customers were more likely to drop their phones in water and have to buy new ones. Much more so than Verizon or BellSouth/Cingular/AT&T customers.
But I think that was way back in the day when Sprint offered cooler phones than the others.
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Post by LTB on Apr 15, 2021 7:51:10 GMT -5
Yes happened to me once ( not in toilet though). Lost cause, new phone.
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Post by HenryJ on Apr 15, 2021 8:51:38 GMT -5
I once left a flip phone in my cargo pants pocket and forgot about it. I put the cargo pants in the hamper, and they got washed with the phone it them. Thankfully, the batter in the flip phone was already dead, so no harm was done to the phone. I let the phone sit in the oven for a while and didn't attempt to use it for a couple of days.
After charging the battery, it worked fine. This was a number of years ago, before smartphones that we charge every night.
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Post by tahitijack on Apr 15, 2021 9:51:29 GMT -5
Sorry Gato, but its probably new cellphone day (NCD). I'd recommend moving away from Apple products, as everyone knows they are prone to making a one and a half gainer into the water. Thanks Tim Cookie.
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Post by themaestro on Apr 15, 2021 10:14:07 GMT -5
What model iphone do you have? My XR is water resistent and should survive a swim in the toilet.
The iPhone XR and XS are not waterproof. But they are water resistant, and you can take them for a swim without too much concern -- even in salt water. According to Apple, the iPhone XR can survive a dunk up to 1 meter (3 feet) for 30 minutes, meeting the IP67 standard.
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Post by langford on Apr 15, 2021 11:57:35 GMT -5
I have the phone-in-toilet merit badge. I don't wear shirts with breast pockets anymore.
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Post by gato on Apr 15, 2021 13:04:02 GMT -5
What model iphone do you have? My XR is water resistent and should survive a swim in the toilet. The iPhone XR and XS are not waterproof. But they are water resistant, and you can take them for a swim without too much concern -- even in salt water. According to Apple, the iPhone XR can survive a dunk up to 1 meter (3 feet) for 30 minutes, meeting the IP67 standard. Mine is an iPhone 7. Screen was replaced after getting cracked and I was told by the installer that the phone would no longer be "water resistant." |
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 15, 2021 16:30:48 GMT -5
It’s probably beyond time to replace it. Like four or five years beyond time. It has served you well. It’s time for it to slip away into the long night.
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Post by FlyonNylon on Apr 15, 2021 16:53:18 GMT -5
I ruined an old flip phone by answering a call with a wet face (water got into the charging port) but have never ruined an iphone in 10 years now and my third, a 12 mini, is waterproof to 6m for 30min per Apple so more reason to use the minimalist of cases..
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Post by Seldom Seen on Apr 15, 2021 18:52:48 GMT -5
I’m a veteran phone water boarder; having dropped one in a toilet and one in a trout stream. Amazingly, I quickly retrieved the “toilet phone”, yanked out the battery, dried it out using a blow drier, and it made a full recovery. The “trout stream” phone was a total loss because, as I recall, there was no easy way to remove the battery.
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Post by modbus on Apr 15, 2021 19:22:25 GMT -5
Well, whatever you do, don't throw it in the microwave! That almost never works.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 15, 2021 19:37:18 GMT -5
Well, whatever you do, don't throw it in the microwave! That almost never works. 😂🏆 |
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Post by dadzmad on Apr 18, 2021 15:58:20 GMT -5
I brought back a flip phone that went through the wash (red razor in my sig photo) but no such luck with any smart phones. In my limited experience these are bricked after a dunking.
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Post by jhawkr on Apr 21, 2021 16:52:28 GMT -5
So far no iPhone submarines here. But I do think the rice trick has some merit. If your salt shaker clumps up from high humidity, a few grains of rice will keep it flowing.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 21, 2021 16:57:24 GMT -5
So far no iPhone submarines here. But I do think the rice trick has some merit. If your salt shaker clumps up from high humidity, a few grains of rice will keep it flowing. My mother puts a few grains the bottom of the shaker, for just that reason. |
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Post by MoJoe on Apr 22, 2021 1:23:10 GMT -5
Toilet, once. Dang kid. But may have been her iPod a few years back..
IPhone soaked in a day's riding the bike in pouring rain, once, by myself.
Both times carefully heating and left to dry in rice for a few days worked.
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