wow. I definitely lurk on this list, but it has been entirely worthwhile just to read this story! Unbelieveable! And I do hope you tell us what happens next. I am impressed, as I once dropped my IPhone 5 in a toilet (it was in the back pocket of my jeans, never again, ugh), and nothing could save it. I echo the curiosity about what case it was in, if it was in one at all.
Shermeen On 4/23/16, Lea W Langley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sieghard, it is wonderful that your phone is working, and I'm so glad for > you. That is such an amazing story. It might even make the news God bless, > > Wren Langley > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 23, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 -40 >> Celsius/Fahrenheit and as warm as +20 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. 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