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Topic: I jumped in a pool with my phone in my pocket. (Read 1056 times)

hero member
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OK, so am I the only person to read this who thought it was about a *mining* pool?
sr. member
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Sony’s Xperia Z Smartphone Is Waterproof.
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ITs dead, did you backup you Google Authenticator key somewhere else ?
sr. member
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I think everyone can learn a valuable lesson from all of this: Always swim naked.  (Unless you're swimming in rice, in which case hold the meal when I stop over, I'll just have a beer please)
yvv
legendary
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This caused me to lose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad
It was an iPhone 4, and I'm pretty sure it's a goner. Does anyone have some tips or tricks? (It's already in rice)

Use Motorola Defy next time, looser Smiley
sr. member
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If rice trick doesn't works Place it on a uncooked pizza as a topping and put it in oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius temperature.



After 10 minutes
You will get world's first  and fresh iphone pizza.
legendary
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Away on an extended break
Well, remember to back your GAuth QRcodes up in a secure place every time you get a new one...
legendary
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Goonies never say die.
Well, it doesn't turn on at all. I'm sure I could recover the drive if I really wanted to.
But I managed to recover my accounts! The recovery process was pretty easy.
You should never try to turn on an electronic device that has water in it.  Cool

If it had of been me, I would have removed the battery immediately and attempted to disassemble, then sat it next to a fan for a few days without ever attempting to turn it on... I guess you could put it in a bowl of rice if you want... but I would assume something in the device fried as soon as the water hit it, and drying it out is pointless... but I would also assume, as you said, the data still exists in the phone, I'm just not familiar enough with an iphone to know where  Roll Eyes   but glad you were able to recover the accounts!  I assume they were being sync'd to some cloud-based site that owns all of your information?  Tongue
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
This caused me to loose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad
It was an iPhone 4, and I'm pretty sure it's a goner. Does anyone have some tips or tricks? (It's already in rice)

Simply getting wet caused the data loss? I don't think so. Surely, you get some kind of award for this blooper.

Try leaving the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or two - it might absorb the moisture.
This!
legendary
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May Bitcoin be touched by his Noodly Appendage
How much bitcoins did you lose? sorry to hear about this.
I would've lost 3, but I managed to recover the accounts.
Do you realize that your iPhone 4 is worth more than 3BTC?
sr. member
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How much bitcoins did you lose? sorry to hear about this.
I would've lost 3, but I managed to recover the accounts.
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How much bitcoins did you lose? sorry to hear about this.
sr. member
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Try leaving the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or two - it might absorb the moisture.
Lol what the hell am I reading?
Urban legend states this is a good idea. I think it actually is, though.

Rice is a natural desiccant (absorbs moisture).  There are limits however.
sr. member
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Try leaving the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or two - it might absorb the moisture.
Lol what the hell am I reading?
Urban legend states this is a good idea. I think it actually is, though.
legendary
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May Bitcoin be touched by his Noodly Appendage
Try leaving the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or two - it might absorb the moisture.
Lol what the hell am I reading?
sr. member
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Well, it doesn't turn on at all. I'm sure I could recover the drive if I really wanted to.
But I managed to recover my accounts! The recovery process was pretty easy.
full member
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Love the Bitcoin.
This caused me to loose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad
It was an iPhone 4, and I'm pretty sure it's a goner. Does anyone have some tips or tricks? (It's already in rice)

Simply getting wet caused the data loss? I don't think so. Surely, you get some kind of award for this blooper.

Try leaving the phone in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day or two - it might absorb the moisture.
sr. member
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This caused me to loose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad

Tighten it up.   Wink
Tighten what up?
Vod
legendary
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Licking my boob since 1970
This caused me to loose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad

Tighten it up.   Wink
sr. member
Activity: 420
Merit: 250
This caused me to lose my Google Authenticator details for inputs and Coinlenders. Sad
It was an iPhone 4, and I'm pretty sure it's a goner. Does anyone have some tips or tricks? (It's already in rice)
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