iPhone went swimming and survived, but now overheating!

[ptmms]

This Worked For Me

3 weeks ago, my girlfriend got mad at me and threw my 3GS into the toilet. I reported her to the police and she was arrested.

I was really unhappy with her actions because I had to save an entire year in order to buy the phone in the first place.

I had read about water damage to the phone in this forum and knew that most people had permanent damage to their phone from water immersion. So I knew what to do and what not to do. I didn't try to turn it off or mess with it in any way.

It occured to me that after a plane crashes into the water, the NTSB always place the black box recorders in an ice cooler with water in order to preserve their condition while being transported back to their headquarters in D.C.

So I figured that if it is good enough for them then it's good enough for me.

So I removed the iphone from the toilet and placed enough of the toilet water into a bowl (with sealable lid). I then submerged the phone in the water in the bowl and sealed the lid.

I immediately drove to the Apple Store (after making a Genius appointment of course). I met the Genius and placed the bowl on the counter and said "I don't know what is wrong with my phone, it just stopped working."

He opened the bowl, looked inside, removed the phone, and examined it very carefully. He checked the water sensors too. He had a very puzzled expression on his face and called over a supervisor. They discussed it for a few minutes.

The Genius came back and said "Sir, I am sorry." I knew right then I was screwed, I tried to think of some fraud I could pull over on them. The Genius continued "obviously we have sold you a defective phone. It is still under warranty and we will, of course, replace it free of charge, and we will upgrade it to a 32mb for your trouble."

I was astonished, I had heard so many bad things about Apple, and yet here they were being humane.

I was so happy as I prepared to leave the store with my brand new shiny Iphone 3GS with 32mb memory. But I was curious, so I asked the Genius what was defective in the phone. He said "your water sensors didn't change colors".

I highly recommend this approach if you drop your Iphone in the water.

As far as my ex-girlfriend, well she had 20 hours of community service and is now dating some guy who has one of those Google phones. I wish them luck.

 

[leetskeetkris]

what attitude ?

You're the one trying to commit fraud



he's right, you messed up, just pay the money and move on

why is everyone in this forum so easily offended, even when they are clearly in the wrong >__<

Not easily offended.. I just misunderstood his tone. Happens a lot over text..

And if u read, I didnt want to commit fraud. I said that I read it could be done, but I didnt really want to do it.

Also, I finally got an appointment with Genius. Have them a big story about how it was my fault and they ended up giving me a discount on the phone. 25% off. so instead of 200, i payed like 150-160. not too bad.

And aggie was right, there was more wrong with the phone than just the battery. The touch screen was acting up randomly. The screen brightness was so bright it was actually damaging the screen.

Thanks everyone for all the replies, but its pretty obvious that the best solution is to just take the phone into apple.. give them a sad story and hope they discount the price a bit. either way $199 for a iPhone 3gs 32GB is a good deal.. just sucks in my case cuz my phone was pretty much new.

and now I cant jailbreak because my bootrom is too new -_-
guess i gotta wait for the dev team to cook something up for this new badboy.

 

[leetskeetkris]

IT IS SO FREAKING WEIRD THAT EVERY WATER INCIDENT I HAVE HEARD OF WITH THE 3GS HAS NOT HAD THE HEADPHONE JACK WATER SENSOR NOT TRIGGERED! is this just something apple did to make us go back and void our warranty because thats the number one place we check, and some of us dont know about the bottom one?

Nah I think it depends on the way the iphone falls into the water.. Might cause an air bubble in the headphone jack so water doesnt get in there.
When the genius checked my phone with the little flashlight thing, he didnt even notice the bottom censor was red.. but when my screen acted up infront of me he took the phone to the back and opened it and noticed one of the censors inside the phone was red -_-
if that wouldnt have happened im pretty sure I would have gotten on for free, but o well. Lesson learned. NEVER KEEP URE IPHONE IN URE HOODIE POCKET! lol

3 weeks ago, my girlfriend got mad at me and threw my 3GS into the toilet. I reported her to the police and she was arrested.

I was really unhappy with her actions because I had to save an entire year in order to buy the phone in the first place.

I had read about water damage to the phone in this forum and knew that most people had permanent damage to their phone from water immersion. So I knew what to do and what not to do. I didn't try to turn it off or mess with it in any way.

It occured to me that after a plane crashes into the water, the NTSB always place the black box recorders in an ice cooler with water in order to preserve their condition while being transported back to their headquarters in D.C.

So I figured that if it is good enough for them then it's good enough for me.

So I removed the iphone from the toilet and placed enough of the toilet water into a bowl (with sealable lid). I then submerged the phone in the water in the bowl and sealed the lid.

I immediately drove to the Apple Store (after making a Genius appointment of course). I met the Genius and placed the bowl on the counter and said "I don't know what is wrong with my phone, it just stopped working."

He opened the bowl, looked inside, removed the phone, and examined it very carefully. He checked the water sensors too. He had a very puzzled expression on his face and called over a supervisor. They discussed it for a few minutes.

The Genius came back and said "Sir, I am sorry." I knew right then I was screwed, I tried to think of some fraud I could pull over on them. The Genius continued "obviously we have sold you a defective phone. It is still under warranty and we will, of course, replace it free of charge, and we will upgrade it to a 32mb for your trouble."

I was astonished, I had heard so many bad things about Apple, and yet here they were being humane.

I was so happy as I prepared to leave the store with my brand new shiny Iphone 3GS with 32mb memory. But I was curious, so I asked the Genius what was defective in the phone. He said "your water sensors didn't change colors".

I highly recommend this approach if you drop your Iphone in the water.

As far as my ex-girlfriend, well she had 20 hours of community service and is now dating some guy who has one of those Google phones. I wish them luck.

This is ridiculous.
your a lucky SOB

 

[brimill68]

@ ptmms... Thanks for the laugh! True or not (presumably not... the "tall tales" of Twain live on!), that was funny! I nearly fell out my chair laughing.

 

[LLL1424]

I definately don't think aggie should be giving that kind of attitude to anyone. I love this site and some people here are very welcoming but aggie is one debbie downer....he or she is a bitter person. it seems everytime i come on....he has this lame whack attitude that really isnt needed. so my advice to you you my little bitter friend, dont post if you arent going to post anything helpful. thank you.....and oh..i dont care if you or if you think lying to apple is wrong.......

 

[-aggie-]

I definately don't think aggie should be giving that kind of attitude to anyone. I love this site and some people here are very welcoming but aggie is one debbie downer....he or she is a bitter person. it seems everytime i come on....he has this lame whack attitude that really isnt needed. so my advice to you you my little bitter friend, dont post if you arent going to post anything helpful. thank you.....and oh..i dont care if you or if you think lying to apple is wrong.......

I think MANY would have a different opinion than you. You should try reading the whole thread. You also might try reading more of my posts. I'm VERY helpful on this site.

BTW, what help did you give in this thread?

 

[GGJstudios]

I definately don't think aggie should be giving that kind of attitude to anyone. I love this site and some people here are very welcoming but aggie is one debbie downer....he or she is a bitter person. it seems everytime i come on....he has this lame whack attitude that really isnt needed. so my advice to you you my little bitter friend, dont post if you arent going to post anything helpful. thank you.....and oh..i dont care if you or if you think lying to apple is wrong.......

I've counted at least 3 of your total of 26 posts in this forum where your first and only post in a thread is to attack someone else who is offering an opinion/recommendation/solution to the thread starter, and yet, you offer no answers yourself. I'd say -aggie- has contributed immeasurably more in his forum in his 7,500+ posts than you have. You'd do well to spend more time actually helping people than criticizing those who do.

 

[rdowns]

Have I missed something? Is aggie changing his user name again?

 

[skunk]

Have I missed something? Is aggie changing his user name again?

"LBF" - Little Bitter Friend. Has a good ring to it.

 

[LLL1424]

maybe aggie has helped a lot but in several post here...he always offends by the tone of his replies when people just want to figure out what to do when the obvious everyday mistake happens to our precious iphone. and u say i always attack ppls comments, its those that are negative that i reply back to. im a member of this site for 5 years and got tons of info and i dont and wont claim that i can give specific advice but i do sense attitude and isnt it a bad sign when ppl are so "sensitive" on this forum...or is it that ppl have bad attitudes....hmm. but we are all entitled to an opinion. sorry if i offend.

 

[leetskeetkris]

OK OK..

So this thread was answered..
should prob. be closed before more of this bickering takes over. lol

Thanks to everyone that contributed!

 

[GGJstudios]

... when people just want to figure out what to do when the obvious everyday mistake happens to our precious iphone ...

You're still fixated on a thread that happened 7 months ago! Get over it!

im a member of this site for 5 years and got tons of info and i dont and wont claim that i can give specific advice ...

While there's nothing wrong with choosing not to post, being a lurker for many years isn't helping anyone but yourself. So unless you choose to contribute in a helpful way, criticizing others who DO help, even if you don't like their attitude, is still not helping. The site is better off if you just continue lurking and let people like -aggie- continue offering assistance. An answer with "attitude" is better than no answer at all!

 

[LLL1424]

You're still fixated on a thread that happened 7 months ago! Get over it!

While there's nothing wrong with choosing not to post, being a lurker for many years isn't helping anyone but yourself. So unless you choose to contribute in a helpful way, criticizing others who DO help, even if you don't like their attitude, is still not helping. The site is better off if you just continue lurking and let people like -aggie- continue offering assistance. An answer with "attitude" is better than no answer at all!

what are you talking about? a thread started over 7 months ago. im not talking about that. ive been over it.

no one is a lurker here.........and....FYI....i went through your threads and postings and wow......you rest my case. bitter bitter bitter......how about you take your own advice. you seem to only give negative feedback and you seem like a broken record. nonetheless.....close this topic before it gets too out of hand. i dont have the time to argue with someone who has an attitude of......answer with attitude or no answer....i rather you reply nicely then with a nasty attitude...if u bring that into this site/forum, you shouldnt be here. thank you very much

 

[GGJstudios]

what are you talking about? a thread started over 7 months ago. im not talking about that. ive been over it.

no one is a lurker here.........and....FYI....i went through your threads and postings and wow......you rest my case. bitter bitter bitter......how about you take your own advice. you seem to only give negative feedback and you seem like a broken record. nonetheless.....close this topic before it gets too out of hand. i dont have the time to argue with someone who has an attitude of......answer with attitude or no answer....i rather you reply nicely then with a nasty attitude...if u bring that into this site/forum, you shouldnt be here. thank you very much

I'm not bitter at all. I just don't put up with BS. I've helped a lot of people here, and I'm sure I've ticked off some, as well. But I've participated. I've contributed. I've answered questions, provided ideas, suggestions, explanations and pointed people to resources. What have you done? Unless you're going to offer answers and help to those who pose questions, you have no justification to criticize those who do.

I've contributed help in a dozen of my posts so far today. How about you?

 

[LLL1424]

ill agree to disagree. i do agree with your opinions on my lack of postings. i dont want to reply half of time due to people being at my throat for my suggestions. i am a long time fan of this forum though and i dont like bitterness on it. just because i am not as active as you doesnt mean i dont care about the forum. we shall leave it at that and maybe ill take your advice if you tone down the critical responses you have for people and for your not taking "BS" attitude...it's a forum bro. and an awesome one at that, we dont want it to be known for bitterness and attitudes which several people i know accuse of it as.

 

[-aggie-]

ill agree to disagree. i do agree with your opinions on my lack of postings. i dont want to reply half of time due to people being at my throat for my suggestions. i am a long time fan of this forum though and i dont like bitterness on it. just because i am not as active as you doesnt mean i dont care about the forum. we shall leave it at that and maybe ill take your advice if you tone down the critical responses you have for people and for your not taking "BS" attitude...it's a forum bro. and an awesome one at that, we dont want it to be known for bitterness and attitudes which several people i know accuse of it as.

You started this crap with me, and we thought you were pissed over a thread from 7 months ago (one where you had the attitude, if anyone, since no one was giving you the answer you wanted to hear). Now you say that wasn't it. So, you base your criticism on what????? This thread? Do you know what attitude means? Seriously, point out the text of any of my posts (other than this one) that shows I had any friggin' attitude.

And now you attack another long time user, who helps people, as well.

Oh, and you've still not offered anything in this thread (or any thread for that matter), but to whine about your perceived tone and attitude. Where's all this knowledge you have? There are lots of people who need help. Show me you can help someone. I'll wait.

 

[Shenaniganz08]

3 weeks ago, my girlfriend got mad at me and threw my 3GS into the toilet. I reported her to the police and she was arrested.

I was really unhappy with her actions because I had to save an entire year in order to buy the phone in the first place.

I had read about water damage to the phone in this forum and knew that most people had permanent damage to their phone from water immersion. So I knew what to do and what not to do. I didn't try to turn it off or mess with it in any way.

It occured to me that after a plane crashes into the water, the NTSB always place the black box recorders in an ice cooler with water in order to preserve their condition while being transported back to their headquarters in D.C.

So I figured that if it is good enough for them then it's good enough for me.

So I removed the iphone from the toilet and placed enough of the toilet water into a bowl (with sealable lid). I then submerged the phone in the water in the bowl and sealed the lid.

I immediately drove to the Apple Store (after making a Genius appointment of course). I met the Genius and placed the bowl on the counter and said "I don't know what is wrong with my phone, it just stopped working."

He opened the bowl, looked inside, removed the phone, and examined it very carefully. He checked the water sensors too. He had a very puzzled expression on his face and called over a supervisor. They discussed it for a few minutes.

The Genius came back and said "Sir, I am sorry." I knew right then I was screwed, I tried to think of some fraud I could pull over on them. The Genius continued "obviously we have sold you a defective phone. It is still under warranty and we will, of course, replace it free of charge, and we will upgrade it to a 32mb for your trouble."

I was astonished, I had heard so many bad things about Apple, and yet here they were being humane.

I was so happy as I prepared to leave the store with my brand new shiny Iphone 3GS with 32mb memory. But I was curious, so I asked the Genius what was defective in the phone. He said "your water sensors didn't change colors".

I highly recommend this approach if you drop your Iphone in the water.

As far as my ex-girlfriend, well she had 20 hours of community service and is now dating some guy who has one of those Google phones. I wish them luck.

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