Yes, it happened. My iPhone fell in the toilet. The good news: it was a clean toilet. The bad news: it was a toilet, and the phone was submerged in water.
I grabbed it out with hardly a second thought. Turned it off. Toweled it off. Shook it out. Grabbed the hairdryer, no heat, and blew that on it for a few seconds. And then stuck it in my purse and went to work, because I was already late.
After a couple meetings I remembered what I'd heard about rescuing drenched phones by letting them dry out while submerged in rice. Home for lunch where I confessed to Marty what had happened (he'd been sleeping at the time) while I pulled out the rice.
The internet says to leave it in rice for 24-48 hours before attempting to turn it back on again.
24-48 hours is a really, really long time to 1) be without a cell phone (I didn't even know how to call Marty's cell or our home number with our new phone numbers) and 2) be in limbo about whether the phone was ruined.
Tonight after work was time for the big reveal. And miracle of miracles--it works! Such a relief!
score-- iPhone: 1 toilet: 0
Maybe it's time to invest in either an insurance plan or a waterproof case for it.
2 comments:
Snoozer said "Ack!" when she read the story. Glad to hear that it worked.
Or you could just invest in an Android...
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