Miscellaneous: Today, I learned the reason they say don't keep your phone in...

By boo - 16/02/2010 20:46 - United States

Today, I learned the reason they say don't keep your phone in high humidity places. I left my phone on the counter when I went to take a shower. It now won't turn on due to water damage and the warranty doesn't cover it. FML

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By AnAngryyGiraffe - 06/12/2016 04:46 - United States - Chatsworth

Today, after dropping my phone in the toilet, I left it dismantled outside in my backyard to dry hoping it could be saved. I forgot about the phone as well as the sprinklers that were scheduled to go off. FML

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False advertising

By Anonymous - 29/01/2024 22:00 - France

Today, I woke up to find my cat had knocked my phone into the toilet. As I fished it out, soaking wet, I thought, "Well, at least it's water-resistant." Turns out, my phone wasn't. FML

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By JakeHolmes - 17/11/2009 06:48 - United States

Today, I was in my hot tub with my brand new phone. I set it down and when I grabbed my towel I knocked it into the water. I quickly snatched it up and dried it off with the towel and suprisingly only one button stopped working. It was the unlock button, a perfectly good phone that I can't use. FML

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Ironic

By Anonymous - 05/02/2023 10:00

Today, I dropped my phone in the toilet. Now I know why they call it 'smart' phone; it's smarter than me. FML

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By Crombinator - 01/05/2015 05:30 - United States - Estacada

Today, my roommate was making a waterproof iPhone case and decided to use my phone to test it out. It didn't work. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/09/2018 22:10

Today, my fancy rubber phone case did its job and saved my phone from damage when I dropped it on the bathroom counter. Unfortunately, it was rather useless after the massive bounce it took before landing in the toilet. FML

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Cool phone

By Anonymous - 30/01/2023 03:30

Today, I put my phone in the fridge to cool it down. Now it's cold, but it won't turn on. FML

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Insurance is a scam

By Zanquis - 30/12/2016 19:04

Today, I got stuck with a water-damaged kitchen. The manufacturer says their warranty doesn't cover it as it's a user error, my insurance says they don't cover it as it's a manufacturer error. FML

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By Quincy_Ethan - 29/08/2014 21:22 - United States - Killeen

Today, my little sister was using my phone to play games. About an hour later, she came to me and said my phone wouldn't work. Turns out my phone had gotten hot and she put it in water to cool it down. FML

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Club Tropicana

By Anonymous - 03/01/2024 09:00 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, I forgot to take my phone out of my bathing suit pocket before I went into the pool. It's not a high-end phone, so that's not why FML. The FML part is because I was on vacation, didn't have internet access, and the phone has no external memory card, so all the pictures I took while on vacation are lost. FML

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purplemnm 9

Wednesday 17 February 2010 1:34

I take showers with my phone in the bathroom all the time...it's fine

theluckygirl28 8

Wednesday 17 February 2010 1:32

Yea, that really sucks... But if you were told not to put it in a high humidity place and you did, YDI. Sidenote: put it in rice for a day. Dries it out niiice :)

Comments

The_9th_Doctor 18

Sunday 25 August 2013 4:07

leave the bathroom door or window open during your shower and it shouldn't happen again. works for me.

meouch 6

Tuesday 12 November 2013 5:03

Put it in a bowl of uncooked rice

NemusKiller 5

Thursday 14 August 2014 14:36

Happened to me a few days a go... Yay... Had to pay for a new iPhone.

thatnewgirl 16

Thursday 25 September 2014 5:53

I do this with my phone's all the time the only time it doesn't work is when I touch it with my watery hands I think you just have a crappy phone

evanawesome123 11

Friday 3 October 2014 2:06

Rice in a pressurized bag should fix it

dirty_dan_ 15

Tuesday 25 August 2015 14:20

What kind of phone do you have man? My phone follows me into the bathroom during showers too! Gotta have music

JustMe31412 2

Monday 22 February 2016 7:25

I did that & my camera stopped working, but I gave it a couple of hours & it started working again. Your phone just sucks. Keep a shirt or something wrapped around it so the humidity doesn't get to it.