I Dropped My Iphone In Water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maddibabe23]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[

[SephirothXR]

Lesson learned, that's the main thing. Do you still have warranty on your iPhone? Also gotta be careful that the water still isn't in there doing damage, make sure it's completely dry, and then look into getting a new 3GS (unless the phone you dropped was the 3GS, in which case I feel extremely sorry for you, lol).

[dccorona]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[

there, I changed your post to a less annoying version

now, onto your question...why were you texting in the shower?
You can't wait 5 mins to respond to a text?

but in all seriousness, take it into an apple store and talk to a genius. They're not gonna replace it for free (obviously) but I think the replacement cost is like $200

much cheaper than the $700 you'd pay to buy a new one out of contract

[mgamber]

ROFL! Who the f**k DOES THAT?!? Holy crap! As much as I hate to say it, you got what you deserved. Be damn glad you weren't texting while DRIVING! I know I am!

That aside, there are lots of places who will repair a water damaged iPhone. Google it or look on ebay.

[jonnyb]

maddibabe23 "still has issues"

Well there's a shock!

[joro]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[

Not to be a jackass but how could you expect to text in the shower and NOT mess something up on the phone? :rolleyes:

[mikey28]

OK. you asked for that. Why would you text in the shower? Ridiculous. It's hard for me to drum up any sympathy.

[CocoaPuffs]

I felt sorry for you until I saw your giant red fonts.

[joro]

I felt sorry for you until I saw your giant red fonts.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one...:D

[zoobaby]

I felt sorry for you until I saw your giant red fonts.

I felt sorry for him when I saw the red font, then laughed when I read his post.

[otis123]

that sucks, don't text in the shower. Same thing happened to my friend, I sold him my first gen for $25 as a favor and he dropped it in a sink full of dishwater.

[magpie maniac]

You don't need to simply drop a phone in the shower to get it wet. Just standing there should do the trick.

[maddibabe23]

well first off, i was home alone and it was my mom checking in on me, so i kind of needed to respond, secondly, im a chick (maddi is grls name) and third, the ONE time i text in the shower i drop it! gah... and if u arent giving me advice dont respond! i dont want people telling me wat an idiot i am! i already no that! gimme advice or dont waste ur time k? (thanks to those who are responding helpfully)

[mastershakess]

well first off, i was home alone and it was my mom checking in on me, so i kind of needed to respond, secondly, im a chick (maddi is grls name) and third, the ONE time i text in the shower i drop it! gah... and if u arent giving me advice dont respond! i dont want people telling me wat an idiot i am! i already no that! gimme advice or dont waste ur time k? (thanks to those who are responding helpfully)

leave it alone so it can fully dry, several days

[macintosh.apple]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[

why in the world were you texting in the shower?

[wfj5444]

.. and if u arent giving me advice dont respond! i dont want people telling me wat an idiot i am! i already no that! gimme advice or dont waste ur time k? (thanks to those who are responding helpfully)

Wat?
no?
ur?

What are these words? What do they mean? :rolleyes: Using poor English doesn't get you far either.

[McGiord]

Use it as toilet paper...it might revert the effect...

[mikey28]

You don't need to simply drop a phone in the shower to get it wet. Just standing there should do the trick.

+1

OP: YOU posted this. You can't expect that we won't comment on your STUPIDITY

[maddibabe23]

Wat?
no?
ur?

What are these words? What do they mean? :rolleyes: Using poor English doesn't get you far either.


hmmm its called shortening words!!! when u text, u shorten words!! AMAZING I KNOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now seriously leave me alone if UR just gonna sit here and critisize me. k? thanks!

[CocoaPuffs]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

[billchase2]

Technology has killed the English language.

[joro]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

And so it continues...:D

[ttech10]

Texting while in the shower then writing in big red font will give you no sympathy from almost everyone.

You wanted advice, though? Well, you could go post this on FML.

[joshellis625]

Why the f*ck would you text in the shower! If I even get NEAR water, my iPhone screams like a sissy girl!

[jonnyb]

hmmm its called shortening words!!! when u text, u shorten words!! AMAZING I KNOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now seriously leave me alone if UR just gonna sit here and critisize me. k? thanks!

What's amazing is that you haven't realised you're not texting - you're typing a post on a forum.

[Zadiek]

Technology has killed the English language.

lol, yeah it has. Wait, I said lol...now I am doing it! Noooooo!

[rdowns]

SHT HPNS when you do stupid things.

[mpdrouin]

[FONT="Arial Black"]Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =

AWESOME!!! Dude - you kick a$$! That is dedication brother.

Though, this may be a contender for a Darwin Award.

I got to admit, when I go into the bathroom, I am not bringing in my Sports Illustrated any more. I take the iPhone and catch up on some web browsing, like text from last night dot com - that is a great read when I am on the throne.

[gillboyswims96]

let it dry.

how... do you even hear your phone beep while your in the shower :confused:

dont think im making fun of you or anything, i would probably do the same :p

[mbleopard]

That sucks about your iPhone, try filling up a bowl with uncooked rice and putting the iPhone in there covering the iPhone. My buddy dropped his blackjack in water and put it in rice for like 2-3 days and it took all the water out of it. It may not work but its worth a shot.

[JamesGorman]

lol this is kinda funny, but I do feel bad for her. And you people harassing the poor girl need to stop..Let her be, obviously she realizes she did something stupid. And just like her, a lot of us probably have. And for the shortening of words, a great number of people do it, and I'm sure the people who criticized her for it even do it. So please stop with that. I realize it is a forum, but when the forum rules state that we cant type like that, than I would hope people would stop, until than, its not to bad, and I'm positive the majority of people can decipher what she means. This is by no means a professional environment where proper english is a must.

Anyway, Now that my little rant is over , you might just wanna go to the apple store and get a replacement, which like stated before, is a lot cheaper than buying a new one off contract.;)

[sushi]

First thing that comes to mind is, "Why were you texting in the shower?"

This makes no sense at all.

As for the iPhone, let it dry and see it works then. If not, take it to an Apple Genius and see what they say. You might be able to get a replacement for a few hundred. Cheaper than just purchasing a new iPhone.

[rdowns]

Would have been epic were it a 3G S. :eek:

[glassjaw420]

I think this tread is BS and everything he said never happened, but if it did. Your warranty doesn't cover water damage. And they will know it was water damage as iPhones have sensors in the head jack that changes color when moisture reaches it.

[dbell]

get a bag of white rice, open the end and stick the phone in the middle. The rice will suck up the moisture, if it hasn't damaged anything it will be good as new.

[Artofilm]

What's sad is, I thought this was a thread to make fun of some of the people on this forum when threads show up about the same thing.

Honestly, that's like going outside in the winter with a pair of shorts on and complaining about how you stepped in snow....
Some of you people never cease to surprise me with your texting addiction.

[trendkiller]

well I'm not gonna point out the obvious here, too many other people have done that!!

Get a seal-able plastic container, fill it with un cooked rice and or Gel silica packs (you get them in new shoe boxes), put the phone in (turned off), put the lid on tight and place in there airing cupboard overnight.

The container with create condensation with will hopefully be absorbed by the rice and the silica packs.

hope it helps, I'd be gutted if that happened to me, good luck!

[Ricanlegend]

How long is your shower that you cant wait to answer the text later ? :confused: And who in there right mind take a shower with there iphone :eek:

[mcmonkiez]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[



It happened to me when i went for business trip to Atlanta from UK i was in the hotel and drop my iPhone in the water

best thing is just leave ur iphone switched off for atleast 1 day and get hair dryer and spray it the dock charging area and the speaker area there isn#'t any hols where the hot air can go easily to dry any water inside..


just leave it alone it will come back okay trust me.... just do not turn on as u cannot switched off the iphone as its need slide to switched off and u cannot see that

[Eso]

Clearly this is just for an excuse to buy the new iPhone 3G S.

Enjoy it, girl!

[njchris]

I can't believe nobody has asked this yet: Why were you texting in the shower? ;)

I would try the rice trick.

See what happens, but save up for a new one because eventually that water may have caused issues that will crop up later, even if the rice works

[tayshon]

That must have been one important text :eek:

[rdowns]

best thing is just leave ur iphone switched off for atleast 1 day and get hair dryer and spray it the dock charging area and the speaker area there isn#'t any hols where the hot air can go easily to dry any water inside..


In case you take this advice, please use caution and don't burn or melt your phone. :D

[IBradMac]

A timeless MR thread! :D

[cWeems]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

hahahahaaha

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


pic or it never happened!!

(post weight first)

[maflynn]

Worse comes to worse, just bring it into the apple store and upgrade/crossgrade. They recently loosened up on the water damage thing so you should be able to get a replacement for not too much money.

btw, I know you're beating yourself up (and some folks here are helping too) but really, water and electronics don't mix so taking anything, phone, laptop, 42" flat screen TV, thermonuclear device into the shower is generally not a good idea.

[Xiph0s]

Me, being the idiot that i am, was texting in the shower. I dropped it, go figure! so now in order to hear people when they call i have to put them on speaker fone, and i still have issues hearing them. They have issues hearing me from the other line as well. Any suggestions? Chances are I'll just have to save for a new phone =[


http://blog.enterpriseitplanet.com/green/blog/blogpost_img/picard_facepalm.jpg

[iOrlando]

200 bucks shes a guy and made the story up.

Any noob with less than 25 posts on MR is suspect to just nonsense.


moving on..........

[marksman]

No way you are smart enough to earn the money to pay for an iphone yourself, so please do a favor to whomever is paying your way through life and get the cheapest phone you can find.

[MattZani]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

Honestly, you made this thread.

[rdowns]

Like my new avatar?

http://www.mikethegasman.com/GuyInShowerOnPhone.gif

[MovieCutter]

hmmm its called shortening words!!! when u text, u shorten words!! AMAZING I KNOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now seriously leave me alone if UR just gonna sit here and critisize me. k? thanks!

I didn't know 9 year olds were old enough to have iPhones...

[Switz213]

Lol.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/boom%20headshot/kate4nsync/boom-headshot.jpg

It needed to be done :P

[akeemD]

Haha, seriously who does that and NOT expect anything to happen...

Anyway, Apple won't waste time with it, so if it's still not working or whatever, then you've got what you deserved really.

[TheBeard]

hmmm its called shortening words!!! when u text, u shorten words!! AMAZING I KNOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now seriously leave me alone if UR just gonna sit here and critisize me. k? thanks!

What is the point of "word shortening" if you are going to use 20 exclamation points?

[auburnfan24]

I felt sorry for you until I saw your giant red fonts.

ha.
you think you know stupid people....then you read this :confused:

common sense much? :p

[MacLadybug]

You have to tell us what happens after it finally dries out... if it works or not. The rice thing is interesting. (Putting it in a bag of rice and wait til it dries out) In case you are too young to know, cooks always put a few grains of rice in salt shakers to remove the moisture and keep the salt flowing... so that was a good tip a few of the others gave you. I'm curious to hear if it works or did you just o out and buy a new one?

[thevibesman]

Just a heads up incase you end up needing to replace your iPhone: I've read elsewhere on this forum that high humidity can change the color of the water sensor in the phone voiding the warranty. From what I read, it appears as though the sensitivity of this water sensor seems to vary in sensitivity so some people have this humidity problem and others don't. So I guess even being in the same room as a shower has the possibility of the triggering this sensor (I used to often leave my phone in the bathroom while in the shower--most of my water sensor still looks white, but part of it looks like it has changed color or maybe it is some debris (it is hard to looks straight down into the headphone jack without blocking my light source)).

[w00master]

Consider yourself lucky:

http://gizmodo.com/5297351/girl-dies-by-electrocution-while-twitting-in-bathtub-apocalypse-draws-nearer

[JohnnyQuest]

I didn't know 9 year olds were old enough to have iPhones...

I was thinking the same damn thing, I KNOWWWWWWWWWW, rite?! ;)

[DaGreat01]

well first off, i was home alone and it was my mom checking in on me, so i kind of needed to respond, secondly, im a chick (maddi is grls name) and third, the ONE time i text in the shower i drop it! gah... and if u arent giving me advice dont respond! i dont want people telling me wat an idiot i am! i already no that! gimme advice or dont waste ur time k? (thanks to those who are responding helpfully)

She texted you to check up on you, so i didnt think she needed a reply right away. If she did she would have called.

Just saying

[taran420]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

after a frustrating day trying to get the new iphone from rogers, you sir made my day. Thank You

[iUser4Lyfe]

I felt bad until read, "texting in the shower," the thought, this guy is a moron.

[Abstract]

I didn't know 9 year olds were old enough to have iPhones...


I was thinking the same damn thing, I KNOWWWWWWWWWW, rite?! ;)

Uh......I don't want to see photos of her dropping the phone anymore.

[conch575]

Show pictures of you in the shower and dropping the phone, or we're calling this fake!

Hahaha! Nice

hmmm its called shortening words!!! when u text, u shorten words!! AMAZING I KNOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now seriously leave me alone if UR just gonna sit here and critisize me. k? thanks!

You're not texting right now, so why do you have to shorten words? The rest of the users who have posted here are finding it perfectly capable to type out their words fully.