Okay, well, I recognize that everyone needs a bit of humour and "good story" every now and then, so I thought I would share this. If you get bored, sorry! I got my iPhone 4 in September... and it has completed my Apple centric existence (MacBook Pro, iPad, iPod, Airport Extreme, Apple TV, etc etc.)
Fast forward to this weekend. My girlfriend and I decided to take a little luxury trip across the water (We are from Vancouver) to Victoria this weekend. We decided to stay at the luxurious Fairmont Empress Hotel... and treat ourselves to a relaxing weekend in the capital, shopping, spa, afternoon tea, etc.
So, after a lovely relaxing Saturday morning of spa treatments, we decided to hit the jacuzzi. Now, I must interject and tell you, for the purposes of back story, that way back during the "overboard versus Aquapac" contest, I was one of the lucky Aquapac winners. (And I use it faithfully every time I use the jacuzzi at home.) This weekend I was on-call (via phone) so I needed to keep my phone with me the whole time (minor inconvenience but oh well!). I had just finished sending a text back home and I slipped the phone into my swimsuit pocket. You can guess what's coming next right? Yup... I showered, went out to the pool deck... and lowered myself into the lovely hot tub. As I sat there my hand brushed the side of my leg, and felt the indisputable shape of my iPhone 4 in my swimsuit pocket.
Well, I don't know if the look of horror on my face could be accurately captured with words, so I won't even try. Suffice it to say, my girlfriend said my face looked like it would if I had just been told I had terminal cancer! Yikes. I leaped out of the hot tub, pulled out my phone, and immediate started wiping it down. As I got most of the surface water off, I ran straight to the spa reception desk and got a paperclip. I popped out the sim card. I continued drying the phone with a towl, shaking out any water I could as I went.
I made it to the hotel room in about 3.4 seconds... (okay maybe a few minutes longer!). I remembered reading a thread somewhere about putting the phone in a bag of rice. So, as I started with the blowdryer on low... gently blowing some air through the device, I called down to the concierge to see about some rice!
After explaining the situation to him, he told me to meet him downstairs with the phone in few minutes. So, I did. He escorted me to the kitchen. He said "You're not the first guest we've had that has done this!"... in the kitchen he took a bag of rice, buried my phone in it, and proceeded to vacuum seal the bag!!! He said "leave it there for 48 hours, then take it out, wipe it down, remove the rice from any ports, throw your sim card back in, and turn it on!".
So here I am, 48 hours later. I took my beloved iPhone 4 out of the bag of rice (had to use tweezers for a couple of pieces stick in the sim slot LOL). Blew some air through to get any dust out. Wiped it down, and inserted my sim card.
I turned the device on and OMG everything works like a charm! In fact, as I was testing the functionality, I phoned my mother, and she said its never sounded clearer! **laugh** There is no part of the functionality of the phone that is reduced!
So there it is... I am humbled that some quick action, and a bag of rice can save my little "communications universe" from utter destruction!
PS. Yes, the water sensors are pink. Bye bye AppleCare...
PPS. The Aquapac will travel with me from now on!
Fast forward to this weekend. My girlfriend and I decided to take a little luxury trip across the water (We are from Vancouver) to Victoria this weekend. We decided to stay at the luxurious Fairmont Empress Hotel... and treat ourselves to a relaxing weekend in the capital, shopping, spa, afternoon tea, etc.
So, after a lovely relaxing Saturday morning of spa treatments, we decided to hit the jacuzzi. Now, I must interject and tell you, for the purposes of back story, that way back during the "overboard versus Aquapac" contest, I was one of the lucky Aquapac winners. (And I use it faithfully every time I use the jacuzzi at home.) This weekend I was on-call (via phone) so I needed to keep my phone with me the whole time (minor inconvenience but oh well!). I had just finished sending a text back home and I slipped the phone into my swimsuit pocket. You can guess what's coming next right? Yup... I showered, went out to the pool deck... and lowered myself into the lovely hot tub. As I sat there my hand brushed the side of my leg, and felt the indisputable shape of my iPhone 4 in my swimsuit pocket.
Well, I don't know if the look of horror on my face could be accurately captured with words, so I won't even try. Suffice it to say, my girlfriend said my face looked like it would if I had just been told I had terminal cancer! Yikes. I leaped out of the hot tub, pulled out my phone, and immediate started wiping it down. As I got most of the surface water off, I ran straight to the spa reception desk and got a paperclip. I popped out the sim card. I continued drying the phone with a towl, shaking out any water I could as I went.
I made it to the hotel room in about 3.4 seconds... (okay maybe a few minutes longer!). I remembered reading a thread somewhere about putting the phone in a bag of rice. So, as I started with the blowdryer on low... gently blowing some air through the device, I called down to the concierge to see about some rice!
After explaining the situation to him, he told me to meet him downstairs with the phone in few minutes. So, I did. He escorted me to the kitchen. He said "You're not the first guest we've had that has done this!"... in the kitchen he took a bag of rice, buried my phone in it, and proceeded to vacuum seal the bag!!! He said "leave it there for 48 hours, then take it out, wipe it down, remove the rice from any ports, throw your sim card back in, and turn it on!".
So here I am, 48 hours later. I took my beloved iPhone 4 out of the bag of rice (had to use tweezers for a couple of pieces stick in the sim slot LOL). Blew some air through to get any dust out. Wiped it down, and inserted my sim card.
I turned the device on and OMG everything works like a charm! In fact, as I was testing the functionality, I phoned my mother, and she said its never sounded clearer! **laugh** There is no part of the functionality of the phone that is reduced!
So there it is... I am humbled that some quick action, and a bag of rice can save my little "communications universe" from utter destruction!
PS. Yes, the water sensors are pink. Bye bye AppleCare...
PPS. The Aquapac will travel with me from now on!