Comments on: iPhone Meet My Toilet

By: Chocoholic

Chocoholic — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:00 +0000

I read somewhere to put the phone in a thing of uncooked rice and let it sit. The rice is supposed to absorb the moisture from the phone. You could try that and see if it help, maybe there’s still some water in it.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:18:00 +0000

My phone seems to be working a little better today than yesterday. It only shut itself off once, which I'm taking as a very good sign that it might just survive after all.

@ms. miniducky -- the toilet had just been cleaned, but I will admit I cringed before reaching into the bowl!

@dong -- I've considered turning off the phone for a few days, but I've grown so accustomed to using it that I can't seem to be w/o it.

@foxie -- this is the first time my cell phone has every fallen in. The iphone is really thin and slick. It just slipped right out of my pocket.

By: Foxie

Foxie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:08:00 +0000

I’ve always wondered how that happens… I’ve seen a wide variety of poor phones that have had the misfortune of meeting the toilet water, and most don’t return to their old selves. (My job deals with a lot of phone sales, so I’ve seen phones with all kinds of abuse.)

The best advice is to take the phone fully apart, battery and sim card out (I assume the iPhone has one, since it’s AT&T?) and let it dry for a nice, long time. Then reassemble and cross your fingers, really. Otherwise you’ll need to get a new one, but water isn’t necessarily the end of a phone’s life.

By: dong

dong — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:57:00 +0000

I shut it off for days. A friend of mine dropped his blackberry in a swimming pool, and it was little iffy , but then he shut if off for a couple days. It worked fine after that.

By: Ms. MiniDucky

Ms. MiniDucky — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:43:00 +0000

Aw geez, I hope it starts working normally soon. That’s actually one thing I’m totally paranoid about. I often forget that things are in my back pockets and when I’m washing my hands or cleaning the bathroom, and pens will fall out very close to the toilet. *yikes*