I'm delighted at this news and do wonder what Apple will say to this adventure! Yes, be sure you let them know!:)
I hope that either the screen just starts working again or that you're able to replace it very soon. Meantime, we're so pleased to hear the news!:) Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: Date: Saturday, 23 April 2016 6.43 pm Subject: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt > > > Hi everybody, > > Finally, here is the long awaited last chatper of my lost iPhone story. > > yesterday the package with my iPhone 6S packed in rice arrived. Externally it > looks brand new with not a scratch on it. When I took out the SIM tray it > seemed like there was maybe a bit of moisture there so I left out the SIM > tray and stuck the iPhone in my toaster oven on a really low temperature for > a couple of hours just to maybe expel a bit more moisture from inside. > > After that the moment came and I plugged it in. My wife was there and we > quietly watched, but the screen remained black. After about 2 minutes there > was no change and I thought that answered the question as to whether the > iPhone was still working after having been lying on the ground outside for > 115 days, first in snow and temperatures of up to com40 Celsius/Fahrenheit > and as warm as 620 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and of course having gone through > the process when the snow and ice around it melted and so on. It was also > exposed to the sun, back in March there was another 10 inches of new snow > over the course of a week and in the week or two before my brother found it > on April 15 it had rained lightly a few times. > > Anyhow, I left it plugged in and when I came back to my office 2 hours later > I thought I check it out. I pressed the home button and bingo, Voiceover was > there and asked me to enter my passcode. I did so and the phone unlocked. > There was of course no service since I got a new SIM back in December when I > lost it and I had also just installed a new router at my store so I had to > reconnect to WiFi. As soon as I did so the phone started dinging and binging > away as emails came in, push notification alerts sounded and on top of all > that it started playing the lost sound since back on December 22 we logged in > to my iCloud account and triggered the Find my iPhone sound in case I had > just dropped it somewhere in the house. > > At that point it had charged up to 82 % and everything seemed totally normal. > I went to Settings > General > Software Update and since I registered this > phone on the public beta program, I was told iOS 9.3.2 public beta 2 was > available for download. I started the download and it downloaded the 1.2 Gb > file in about 14 minutes, after that the upgrade proceeded normally and the > phone was up and running again in about 12 minutes. > > So, happy ending, right? Well, almost. Shortly after I finished the update > one of my employees walked in to ask me something. I happily told her "Look, > the iPhone that was lying in the snow for 4 months is working". I held it up > and swiped around and Voiceover was chattering. Then she said "OK, but what > about the screen". I asked ";Why, what about the screen" and she said that it > was totally and utterly black. At first I thought that was no problem, maybe > the screen curtain was on. I did a 3-finger triple tap, but to my dismay > Voiceover said "Screen curtain on" and not "off". I did it again and > Voiceover confirmed the screen curtain was now off. I checked the brightness > and even increased it to 100 %, but she said it just was showing a completely > black screen. > > So, I guess for the time it's now truly an iPhone for the blind, it works > perfectly, I made a Skype call on it to my Mom and both speaker and > microphones seem to work just fine, but the screen seems to be not working. > It will be interesting to see if in the next few days it comes back. Anyhow, > it so happens that my wife and I have to go to Vancouver next week so I'll > take it an Apple Store and get it replaced since I have Apple Care Plus and > it's of course totally worth it to pay the $130 Canadian which is what an > accidental damage replacement costs. Let's hope the screen doesn't start > working by then ininsmile* > > The end. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn--you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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