Extremely unlucky but not everyone can be lucky...
dropped my iPhone 5c down the drain. absolutely devastated as my last phone fell down the toilet after I put it in my back pocket during a night out
This time I got out the car and it was on my lap and it slid down the drain. It was like a living horror nightmare. I couldn't believe my eyes.... Out of all the places, the car stopped by the drain and a small one might I add. It slipped down and thought I had no hope of getting it. An hour or two later my stepdad came back from his house and managed to grab a tool to remove the covering of the drain and grabbed the iPhone.
I immediately put the phone in a bowl full of rice. I think my phone was out of battery so I didn't need to turn it off or anything like that (although it would've done that itself when it stopped working)
Although last time my phone was saved (except the wifi which stopped working which is why I got a new phone), I'm worried that my phone being submerged for quite a while will not turn back on even if I left it in rice. I think I will leave it in there for a couple of days before I check.
do you think 2 hours of swimming in drain water has left me with no chance? I know the rice trick does work but most forums have said to take it out of water quickly....
What do you think? Do you know of any success stories?
Thank you
dropped my iPhone 5c down the drain. absolutely devastated as my last phone fell down the toilet after I put it in my back pocket during a night out
This time I got out the car and it was on my lap and it slid down the drain. It was like a living horror nightmare. I couldn't believe my eyes.... Out of all the places, the car stopped by the drain and a small one might I add. It slipped down and thought I had no hope of getting it. An hour or two later my stepdad came back from his house and managed to grab a tool to remove the covering of the drain and grabbed the iPhone.
I immediately put the phone in a bowl full of rice. I think my phone was out of battery so I didn't need to turn it off or anything like that (although it would've done that itself when it stopped working)
Although last time my phone was saved (except the wifi which stopped working which is why I got a new phone), I'm worried that my phone being submerged for quite a while will not turn back on even if I left it in rice. I think I will leave it in there for a couple of days before I check.
do you think 2 hours of swimming in drain water has left me with no chance? I know the rice trick does work but most forums have said to take it out of water quickly....
What do you think? Do you know of any success stories?
Thank you
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