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What Has Your Phone Survived?
NotAnIndividual writes "On an ice fishing trip two months ago, I lost my iPhone somewhere in the snow. I searched and searched, but to no avail. But just this weekend when moving the ice hut, lo and behold there it was. I quickly threw it into a bag of rice and placed it under a lamp to defrost. Three hours later I plugged it in. I wasn't expecting much. I mean, really, it had been frozen in snow for the last two months! To my surprise, the Apple logo popped up. I put in the SIM card and voila, my iPhone was back. My apps, my contacts, my music and more importantly my life were back. And this is the same iPhone that I dropped in a cup of coffee a few months ago! This got me wondering how much damage a cell phone can actually take. How have other Slashdot users punished their phones without actually killing them completely?"
but if I did, I'd probably leave it in the stove, and the next day is wouldn't be burnt at all and would work perfectly.
My apps, my contacts, my music and more importantly my life were back.
You should really see a dotor about your addiction. I mean, seriously, that's just a phone!
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How do you drop an iPhone into a cup of coffee? The thing is barely small enough to fit into a duffel bag, let alone a cup of warm beverage.
Hard core coffee drinkers have huge mugs and for some reason they don't like to wash them either.
slashdot is mirroring the crazy awesome friday night conversation i'm having at the bar with all my male friends *right now*! and there's no girls here either!
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
I'm *so* glad your iphone survived. Thanks for sharing your inspiring story with us, I can sleep easy tonight knowing full well that another iphone owner out there has found another way to talk about his iphone on slashdot. Thank you, thank you for this.
Realized the iphone didn't have a drive I could mount, Safari didn't have flash, no voice recognition... a battery that can't get through The Dark Knight...
Laid it down on the basement floor and pissed on it.
Still running. Didn't help at all.
Mike
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My iPhone 2G has survived almost three years of AT&T's spotty reception, their failure to offer a reasonably priced rate plan for people who don't talk much but need data service, their woeful customer service, and their lack of 3G coverage outside metropolitan areas. Other than that, it's been very enjoyable.
Sent from my iPhone
No, it's so much MORE than just a life. It's life, it's the meaning of life, and it's the afterlife.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
It took you 30 minutes to walk down 4 flights of stairs?
Yes, my phone has survived many a slow news day.
Are there any phone manufacturers that will certify their products as 'washing machine safe'? :)
Be sure to set the washer on delicate, and dry on low heat
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Mine is a (work) Windows Mobile. I looked at it and it froze up. It doesn't survive much use at all (worst user interface EVER!)
What has my iPhone phone survived?
After spending hours trying to work out how to get my iPhone to run more than on aPplication at once, I thought sod it, and proceeded to nail my iPhone to a wooden cross.
Three days later, I picked it up again. I wasn't expecting much. I mean, really, I'd shoved a nail right through the almighty touchscreen! To my surprise, the aPple logo popped up. My apps, my contacts, my music and more importantly my life were back.
Life wouldn't be worth living if I hadn't discovered the iPhone.
It took you 30 minutes to walk down 4 flights of stairs?
Maybe he's a quadriplegic (you insensitive clod!) and he had to drag himself down the stairs using only facial twitches.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
This fucker's LIFE is his damned phone?
I had an old just-a-phone get ran over by a loaded 18-wheeler
While deep-sea fishing 3 years ago, I accidentally dropped my iPhone over the subduction zone of the Mariana Trench.
Last month I got an email from a guy in New Zealand who found it while skiing on Mount Ruapehu after a volcanic eruption.
Praised be Apple.
Oh wow, my iPhone syncs everything to my exchange server in my basement right away, you call yourself a geek. Shame!
- The Google Toolbar has a spell checker button AND it works, consider that before hitting submit next time k?
a "geek" has what kind of server in his basement?
Watch this Heartland Institute video
Worst. Pickup line. Ever.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Sorry, you're both wrong. It's the same iPhone and it was just the glass they replaced.
If you had mentioned HOW you know it's the same phone, your post would have some actual content, and someone might rate it Informat...
Oh, never mind.
My iPhone, has survived several drop calls, particularly when I left my girlfriend ends up talking to her self. This my be good for me sometimes, but she normally never blames the phone, but me.
I don't know if I'm going to be safe next time I leave my gf talking to herself, but the iPhone has remained unpunished.
Yes but why the hell would you want to find a Zune?