It was in a case from Evutec, they are super-thin cases which only cover the back and the sides and have just a little bit of a rim that sticks up higher than the screen so it doesn't scratch if you drop it on a regular smooth floor. On their website they say "We’ve combined the strength of DuPont™ Kevlar® fibers with the beauty and sleekness of a case so thin, it may as well be a skin..". They make a series of cases which have a wood veneer finish and I like them because they look pretty good, offer decent protection from normal drops without adding much bulk and they fit in most slightly over-size hip holsters. In any case, it was by no means in something like an Otterbox Defender or Lifeproof case, with the Evutec case there is no screen protector and the charging port, headphone jack and speaker/microphone grills are completely exposed.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shermeen Khan Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6S has finally resurfaced after snow melt 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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