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Friday, July 22, 2016

iPhone troubles...



iPhone in rice

After dropping my iPhone in the kitchen sink last Sunday morning, I immediately dried it off, took off the protective otter box, shut it down, and and stuck the phone into a bag of rice to dry it out. 

Wednesday morning (almost 3 days later), I took it out and turned it on. It worked, but there was still a bit of water smudges that could be seen through the screen (which didn't bother me), but... the darn recharger no longer fit in the recharging slot!  Now I would have to check it out with Apple or Sprint - or both - because I can't recharge it. 

I'm pretty sure we bought the replacement insurance when we signed the lease, but think there may be a deductible?  (DH and I have had the new iPhone6's for about a year.) I would appreciate any input from anyone else who has had this experience. My daughter said that she had to pay $200 to have her iPhone replaced. 

Update:  Went to Apple Thursday morning and had them look at the phone. They took it in the back and did "something" to  it - cleaned out the port that holds the recharging wire??? Whatever they did, it worked and it now fits and recharges! Hooray! 

(I had put the phone back into the rice on Wednesday night and the water smudges disappeared too! So hopefully all is well??)

Happy Weekend to all!








12 comments:

  1. Darling photo. I once dropped a phone into the toilet. Straight from my bag to the toilet as I bent to pull up jeans. I took it to the store, and basically was outta luck, so I bought my first smart phone.

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    1. My daughter's and my grand daughter's phones went into the toilet too. Mine slipped into the kitchen sink... which was filled with water and dishes. But guess I've lucked out... so far anyway.

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  2. And I have been smart enough to avoid the toilet tumble.

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  3. Maybe they had to pull out the kernels of rice. :-)

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    1. Actually... that may be true, DJan. I think some of that stuff that comes off rice coated things on the connections.

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  4. Great that you were able to get your phone back in working order. I really like the people at the Apple store. They always seem to be able to help.

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    1. They do. You may have to wait in line to get help, but they usually can solve your problem.

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  5. Now that is a story with a good ending. Doesn't it make you feel great when all gets fixed and costs nothing?? Way to go.

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    1. "... and costs nothing??" You bet!! I knew that I could not pay for a new one if this one was ruined. But I could always abscond with DH's... he hardly uses his.

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  6. My daughter had to use rice to dry her phone twice. One time it fell into the toilet.

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    1. That seems to be the most common scenario for iPhones. So happy the rice worked!

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